[Event "12th ECC final"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor EPTK"]
[Black "Ahn, Martin ROEK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[ECO "E81"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hazai"]
[PlyCount "99"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Nge2 e5 $143 {This move is 
not so strong, when the B can still develope to g5. The main idea of 
6.Nge2 is exactly to provoke 6...e5 and then to play 7.Bg5.} 
    ( 6...c5 7.d5 e6 {is the main line nowadays.} )
    ( 6...c6 $5 )
    ( 6...Nc6 {leads to the normal Nc6 lines.} )
7.Bg5 $1 exd4 $6 {To give up the centre is unnecessary. Now White's main 
problem, the development of his kingside is easily solved.} 
    ( 7...Nbd7 8.Qd2 c6 9.d5 $1 $14 )
8.Nxd4 Nc6 9.Nc2 h6 
    ( 9...Be6 10.Be2 
        ( 10.Qd2 Ne5 11.b3 h6 12.Be3 
            ( 12.Bxh6 $2 Nxe4 $1 )
        12...Kh7 13.Be2 c6 14.Rd1 Qa5 15.O-O Rad8 16.Na4 Qxd2 17.Rxd2 b6 
        18.Rfd1 d5 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Nb4 $16 {Rybintsev-Guliev, Azerb. ch 
        1990} )
    10...h6 11.Bh4 
        ( 11.Be3 $14 )
    11...g5 12.Bf2 Ne5 
        ( 12...Nd7 13.Qd2 Nde5 14.Nd5 Ng6 15.O-O-O Nce5 16.Nd4 c6 17.Ne3 
        Qf6 18.Ndf5 $16 {and Black's dark square strategy has collapsed, 
        P.Jacobsen-Vukic, Biel 1990} )
    13.Ne3 c6 14.O-O $14 )
10.Be3 
    ( 10.Bh4 $14 )
10...Nh7 11.Qd2 
    ( 11.Be2 f5 )
11...f5 12.O-O-O g5 13.h4 f4 14.Bf2 Qf6 15.hxg5 Nxg5 $1 
    ( 15...hxg5 16.c5 $1 
        ( 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 Qxd4 18.Qxd4 Bxd4 19.Rxd4 Be6 $13 )
    16...dxc5 17.Bc4+ Be6 
        ( 17...Kh8 18.Rh5 $1 Rd8 19.Rdh1 $1 )
    18.e5 $1 Nxe5 19.Ne4 Qe7 20.Bxe6+ Qxe6 21.Rxh7 $18 )
16.Nd4 Be6 17.Nd5 $1 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Qxd4 20.Qxd4 Bxd4 21.Rxd4 
Kg7 
    ( 21...Rf6 22.Bb5 $1 $16 )
22.Bb5 {# provoking some weaknesses in Black's camp. The pawn structure is
favourable for White because of the backward pawn on c7.} 
    ( 22.Rh4 Rf6 23.Bb5 {looks more precise avoiding Nf7-e5.} )
22...Rf7 $6 
    ( 22...Nf7 $1 23.Rc4 Ne5 $1 
        ( 23...Rac8 24.Bd7 )
    24.Rxc7+ Rf7 {with a pawn sacrifice was the last chance to defend 
    because of the magnificent N on e5.} )
23.Kd2 Rh8 24.Rh4 $16 Kf8 25.Ra4 $1 a6 26.Be2 Kg7 27.Rb4 b5 28.a4 {Now 
Black's queenside is falling apart.} 28...bxa4 29.Rxa4 Rb8 30.Kc3 Nh7 31.
Rg4+ Kf8 32.Rxa6 $18 Nf6 33.Rh4 Kg7 34.Ra7 Kg6 35.Bd3 Kg5 36.Rh1 h5 37.b4 
h4 38.b5 Rc8 39.Rc1 Nd7 40.Bf1 Rg7 41.Kd4 Nc5 42.Rc3 Kh6 43.e5 Re8 44.e6 
Ree7 45.Ra8 Kh7 46.Rf8 Rxe6 47.Bd3+ Nxd3 48.dxe6 Ne5 49.Rxf4 Rxg2 50.e7 
1-0

