[Event "12th ECC final"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Relange, Eloi CE92"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen VK91"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 {Konikowski,J} 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 d5 6.Bg5 Be7 
7.Qa4+ Bc6 $5 
    ( 7...c6 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.g3 $14 )
8.Qc2 dxc4 9.e4 
    ( 9.e3 $5 b5 10.Ne5 a6 11.a4 b4 
        ( 11...O-O $5 )
        ( 11...Bb4 {Konikowski,J} 12.axb5 axb5 13.Rxa8 Bxa8 14.Bxc4 $1 h6 
            ( 14...bxc4 15.Qa4+ $16 )
            ( 14...O-O 15.Bd3 
                ( 15.Bxb5 Qd5 $13 )
            15...h6 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.O-O $16 )
        15.Bxe6 hxg5 
            ( 15...fxe6 16.Qg6+ Ke7 17.Qxg7+ Kd6 18.Nf7+ $18 )
        16.Nxf7 Qe7 17.Nxh8 Qxe6 18.Qg6+ Kf8 19.Qxg5 Qc4 20.Ng6+ Kg8 21.f3
        Bxc3+ 22.bxc3 Qxc3+ 23.Kf2 $16 {Gavrilov-Levin/corr/1993/} )
    12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Nxc6 Nxc6 14.Ne4 $16 
        ( 14.Ne4 Na5 15.Bxc4 $16 )
    )
9...b5 10.Be2 Nbd7 11.O-O O-O 12.Rad1 $44 a6 13.a4 b4 
    ( 13...Nb6 $5 )
14.d5 $8 exd5 
    ( 14...bxc3 $2 {Konikowski,J} 15.dxc6 Qb8 16.cxd7 Qxb2 17.Qxb2 cxb2 
    18.Bxc4 $18 )
15.Nxd5 
    ( 15.exd5 Bb7 16.Nb1 c3 17.bxc3 Nxd5 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 $15 )
15...Nxd5 16.exd5 Bxa4 
    ( 16...Bxg5 $2 {Konikowski,J} 17.dxc6 b3 18.Qb1 $18 )
17.Qxa4 Bxg5 18.Nxg5 Nb6 19.Qxb4 
    ( 19.Qc6 Qxg5 20.d6 
        ( 20.Qxc7 Na4 $17 )
    20...Qb5 $17 )
19...Qxg5 20.Qc5 
    ( 20.Bxc4 $5 $10 )
20...Qe5 21.Rd2 Qd6 22.Qd4 Qb4 23.Rc1 Rfe8 24.g3 
    ( 24.Bxc4 $4 {Konikowski,J} 24...Qxc4 $1 25.Qxc4 
        ( 25.Rxc4 $4 Re1# )
    25...Nxc4 $19 )
24...Re4 25.Qxe4 Qxd2 26.Rc2 Qe1+ 27.Kg2 Qa5 28.Bxc4 Nxc4 29.Qxc4 Rd8 30.
Qc5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

