[Event "12th ECC final"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1996.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sermek, Drazen MROS"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric EMBE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "113"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.O-O Nc6
9.Be3 cxd4 10.cxd4 Bb4 
    ( 10...Be7 {the main line} 11.Nc3 Qd6 12.Qb3 O-O 13.Rfd1 Rfd8 
        ( 13...Qb4 )
    14.Rac1 
        ( 14.a3 Rac8 
            ( 14...Rab8 $1 15.Rac1 Nd5 16.Nxd5 
                ( 16.Nb5 Na5 17.Qc2 Bg6 $1 $10 {Nunn} )
            16...exd5 17.Qb5 f6 18.b4 Re8 19.Rc3 Bd8 20.Qc5 Be7 21.Qxd6 {
            1/2-1/2 Sermek,D-Lutz,C Ptuj zt 1995} )
        15.Rac1 Qb8 
            ( 15...Nd5 $5 )
        16.d5 $1 $14 {Nunn,J-Lutz,Ch Deutschland 1994 62/142 [Nunn,J]} )
    14...Qb4 15.Qxb4 Nxb4 16.g4 Bg6 17.Ne5 Nfd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.Nxg6 hxg6 
    20.Bf3 {Estrada Gonsalez,J-Ljubojevic,L France 1995 63/121 [Estrada 
    Gonsalez,J; Lukacs,P]} )
11.a3 Ba5 12.b4 
    ( 12.Nc3 Qd6 13.Nb5 Qe7 
        ( 13...Qd5 $1 $10 {Seirawan,Y} )
    14.Ne5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 O-O 16.Rac1 Rac8 17.Bg5 Bb6 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Nc4 $1
    Rfd8 
        ( 19...Nxd4 $4 20.Nxd4 Bxd4 21.Qg4+ )
    20.Nxb6 axb6 21.Rfd1 $14 {Deep Blue-Kasparov,G Philadelphia 1996 (m/1)
    } )
12...Bb6 13.Nc3 Qd6 
    ( 13...Qd8 14.Na4 Nd5 15.Rc1 O-O 16.Nc5 Qe7 17.Qb3 Rfc8 18.g4 Bg6 19.
    Ne5 Nxe5 20.dxe5 Nxe3 21.Qxe3 {1/2-1/2 Voitsekhovsky,S-Neverov,V 
    Kstovo op 1994} )
14.Qb3 
    ( 14.Nb5 Qb8 
        ( 14...Qe7 15.Ne5 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 Nd5 17.Rac1 Rc8 18.Qd3 {1/2-1/2 
        Pavasovic,D-Savchenko,S Portoroz 1996} )
    15.g4 Bg6 16.Ne5 Nd5 17.Bf3 Nxe3 18.Nxc6 Nxd1 19.Nxb8 Nb2 20.Ra2 Bd3 
    21.Bxb7 Rxb8 22.Bc6+ Ke7 {0-1 Afek,Y-Polgar,S Tel Aviv Czerniak 1996} 
    )
14...O-O 15.Rfd1 Rfd8 16.Rd2 Rac8 17.Rad1 Ne7 18.Na4 Qd5 19.Qb2 
    ( 19.Qxd5 Nexd5 $15 )
19...Ne4 20.Rc2 Nf5 21.Rxc8 Rxc8 22.Rc1 Rd8 23.Bc4 Qd6 24.Nc5 Bxf3 $1 25.
gxf3 Bc7 26.f4 
    ( 26.fxe4 $2 Qh2+ 27.Kf1 Nxe3+ 28.Ke2 Nxc4 29.Rxc4 b5 $1 30.Rc2 
        ( 30.Rc3 Rxd4 31.Qc2 Bb6 )
    30...Qxh3 )
26...Nxc5 27.dxc5 
    ( 27.bxc5 Qc6 28.Rb1 
        ( 28.Bf1 Nh4 )
    28...b6 )
27...Qe7 
    ( 27...Qc6 )
28.Qe2 e5 $1 29.fxe5 Qxe5 30.Qf3 Nxe3 31.fxe3 
    ( 31.Qxe3 $4 Qh2+ 32.Kf1 Bf4 $1 33.Qe7 Qh1+ 34.Ke2 Rd2# )
    ( 31.Bxf7+ $5 Kh8 32.fxe3 Qb2 33.Rd1 Qh2+ 34.Kf1 Rxd1+ 35.Qxd1 Qxh3+ 
    36.Kf2 $8 {all other moves with the king are losing the bishop} 36...
    Qg3+ 
        ( 36...Qf5+ 37.Qf3 Qxf3+ 38.Kxf3 g6 {and the game should end with 
        draw} )
    37.Kf1 $8 Qxe3 38.Qd7 {and it is not clear what can black do,since 
    after 38...g6 39.Bd5 his king is very weak} )
31...Qb2 32.Re1 
    ( 32.Rd1 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Rxd1+ 34.Qxd1 Qxh3+ 35.Kg1 
        ( 35.Ke1 Qh4+ )
        ( 35.Ke2 Qg4+ )
    35...Qxe3+ $19 )
    ( 32.Bxf7+ {transposes to 31.Bxf7} )
32...Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Bg3 34.Rc1 Qxh3+ $138 
    ( 34...Qb2 $142 $19 35.Bxf7+ Kh8 36.Rc4 Rd1+ 37.Qxd1 Qf2# )
35.Qg2 Qf5+ 36.Kg1 Qe5 $6 
    ( 36...Qg5 $142 $5 37.Qf3 Kh8 $17 )
37.Qf3 $2 {this move should lose immediately but Lobron let his opponent 
escape} 
    ( 37.e4 $142 )
37...Qg5 $4 
    ( 37...Qb2 {again this move (34...Qb2!), and the game is over, there 
    is no place for the rook} )
38.Kf1 
    ( 38.Bxf7+ Kh8 39.Bb3 )
38...Be5 $2 {it is very strange for about 8 moves white could have taken 
the f7 pawn but did not, black who could have protected it did not but now
this story comes to it's end!} 
    ( 38...Qg6 $17 )
39.Bxf7+ $1 {finally!!} 39...Kh8 40.Ke2 {it seems that white's king is 
very weak and open,but it is not easy for black to use this fact because 
also his king is not very strong} 40...Qh4 $6 
    ( 40...Qh6 $142 41.Rh1 Qa6+ $1 $40 )
41.Rh1 Qf6 42.Qxf6 gxf6 $10 43.Bg6 Rd7 44.Bf5 Rc7 45.Kd3 Kg8 46.Kc4 b6 47.
Kd5 bxc5 48.bxc5 Re7 49.a4 Rb7 50.a5 Re7 51.a6 Kf8 52.Rxh7 Rxh7 53.Bxh7 
Bc3 54.Kd6 Bb4 55.Bg6 Ba3 56.e4 Bb4 57.Ke6 1/2-1/2

