[Event "12th ECC final"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1996.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan HONV"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor BESH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]

1.e4 {Petursson Gershon,A} 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 6.b4 
cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 a5 9.Bd2 Nh6 $146 
    ( 9...Ne7 10.Nf3 Nf5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.Bxf5 exf5 13.Nfxd4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 bxc6
    15.Nxc7 Qxc7 16.Be3 f6 $10 {1/2-1/2 Minasian,A-Lputian,S/Philadelphia 
    World op ;EXT 94op 1994 (23)} )
10.Bd3 Bd7 11.Nxc7+ Qxc7 12.Nf3 Nf5 
    ( 12...Nc6 $2 13.b5 Na7 14.Nxd4 O-O 
        ( 14...Qb6 15.Be3 $16 Bxb5 $140 16.Rb1 $18 )
    15.a4 
        ( 15.O-O $2 Nxb5 16.Bxb5 Bxb5 17.Nxb5 Qc5+ $17 )
        ( 15.Qe2 $5 {/\ 16.0-0.} )
    15...f6 16.exf6 Rxf6 17.O-O e5 18.fxe5 Qxe5 19.Nf3 Qc7 20.Bg5 
        ( 20.Ng5 $4 Ng4 $19 )
    20...Rff8 21.Qd2 $16 )
13.b5 $1 Qc5 14.Qe2 O-O 15.a4 f6 16.O-O Ne3 17.Rfe1 
    ( 17.exf6 $5 Rxf6 
        ( 17...Nxf1 18.fxg7 Rf7 $8 
            ( 18...Kxg7 $2 19.Qe5+ Kg8 
                ( 19...Rf6 20.Qg5+ Kf7 
                    ( 20...Rg6 21.Bxg6 hxg6 22.Ne5 Be8 23.Kxf1 $40 )
                21.Rxf1 $40 )
            20.Ng5 Rf5 21.Bxf5 exf5 22.Rxf1 $18 )
        19.Rxf1 Rxg7 20.Ng5 $44 )
    18.Rfe1 Rxf4 $140 19.c3 $1 Rxf3 $8 20.Qxf3 Nc4 21.Rf1 $1 dxc3+ 22.Kh1 
    Ne5 23.Qh5 Ng6 
        ( 23...g6 24.Qxe5 cxd2 25.Qf6 d4 26.Rad1 $18 {/\ 27.Bg6 hg6 28.Qg6
        Kh8 29.Rf7+-} )
        ( 23...Nxd3 $4 24.Qf7+ Kh8 25.Qf8+ )
    24.Rac1 $16 )
17...Nc4 18.Bc1 b6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Ne5 Be8 $2 
    ( 20...Nxe5 $142 21.Qxe5 $14 )
21.Ng4 Rf8 22.Qxe6+ Bf7 23.Nh6+ $1 
    ( 23.Qf5 $1 {Petursson was also very strong} 23...Bg6 24.Qg5 Ra7 25.f5
    Bf7 26.Nf6+ Kh8 27.Nxh7 $1 $18 )
23...gxh6 24.Qxh6 Bg6 25.Bxg6 Ra7 
    ( 25...hxg6 26.Qxg6+ Kh8 27.Qh6+ Kg8 28.Re6 $18 )
26.Bd3 $18 Rg7 27.f5 Nd7 {The knight's first move of the game!!} 28.Qe6+ 
Rgf7 29.Bh6 Rc8 30.f6 Nf8 31.Qg4+ Kh8 32.Re7 Rc7 33.Qg7+ $1 {A nice finish
of beautiful game! Black resigned. The final would be:} 
    ( 33.Qg7+ Rxg7 34.fxg7+ Kg8 35.gxf8=R# )
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