[Event "12th ECC final"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1996.11.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter HONV"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergei SPET"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "166"]

1.e4 {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 10.Nf3 Nf5 11.Bd3 O-O 12.O-O Nc6 {An improvement 
over Almasi,Z-Kortchnoj,V which was played one round earlier.In that game 
the knight stayed on b8 almost untill the end of the game.} 
    ( 12...Bd7 13.Nxc7 Qxc7 14.b5 Qc5 {This position occured in the 
    mentioned game with a chnge of move order.} 15.Qe2 f6 16.a4 Ne3 17.
    Rfe1 Nc4 18.Bc1 b6 19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Ne5 Be8 21.Ng4 Rf8 22.Qxe6+ Bf7 23.
    Nh6+ $1 gxh6 24.Qxh6 Bg6 25.Bxg6 Ra7 26.Bd3 $18 {
    Almasi,Z-Kortchnoj,V/EUCup f Budpest/1996/1-0} )
13.Nxc7 Qxc7 14.b5 Nce7 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.g4 $5 Ne3 17.Bxe3 dxe3 18.Qxe3 f5 
19.exf6 Rxf6 20.Ne5 Be8 21.Rae1 Rc8 22.f5 
    ( 22.c4 Qc5 $10 
        ( 22...Rd8 $2 23.c5 d4 24.Qe4 Bg6 25.Nxg6 Nxg6 26.f5 exf5 27.Rxf5 
        $16 )
    )
22...Qc5 23.Qxc5 Rxc5 24.g5 Rf8 
    ( 24...Rxf5 25.Bxf5 Nxf5 26.Nd3 Rxc2 27.Rxf5 exf5 28.Rxe8+ Kf7 29.Rb8 
    $18 )
25.fxe6 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Rc8 27.Nf7 b6 28.Nd6 $6 
    ( 28.h4 $142 {with the idea h4-h5} 28...Rc3 29.Nd6 Bh5 30.Nf5 Nxf5 31.
    Rxf5 d4 32.e7 Bf7 33.Rf4 $18 Rc7 $140 34.Bxh7+ Kxh7 35.Rxf7 )
28...Rd8 29.Nxe8 Rxe8 30.Rf7 
    ( 30.h4 Ng6 31.Bxg6 hxg6 32.Re1 Kf8 33.Kf2 Ke7 34.Ke3 Kd6 
        ( 34...Kxe6 $4 35.Kd4+ Kd7 36.Rxe8 Kxe8 37.Kxd5 $18 )
    35.Kd4 Rxe6 36.Rxe6+ Kxe6 $10 )
30...Ng6 31.Bxg6 hxg6 32.Rd7 Rxe6 33.Rxd5 Re2 34.Rd8+ 
    ( 34.c4 $5 Rc2 35.Rd6 Rxc4 36.Rxb6 Rg4+ 37.Kf2 Rxg5 38.Ke3 Rh5 39.Kd4 
    Rxh2 40.Re6 Kf7 41.Re3 Kf6 42.b6 Rb2 43.Kc5 Kf5 44.Kc6 g5 45.b7 g4 46.
    Re8 g3 47.b8=Q Rxb8 48.Rxb8 g2 49.Rb1 Kf4 50.Kb5 Kg3 51.Kxa5 Kh2 52.
    Kb5 g1=Q 53.Rxg1 Kxg1 54.a4 $18 )
34...Kf7 35.Rc8 Re5 36.c4 Rxg5+ 37.Kf2 Rf5+ 38.Ke3 Rf6 39.Kd4 Ke6 40.Rb8 
    ( 40.Rc6+ Kd7 
        ( 40...Kf5 $4 41.Rxf6+ gxf6 42.c5 Ke6 
            ( 42...bxc5+ 43.Kxc5 Ke6 44.Kc6 $18 )
        43.cxb6 Kd6 44.a4 $1 Kd7 45.Kd5 Kc8 46.Ke6 f5 47.Ke5 Kb7 48.h4 
        Kxb6 49.h5 $18 )
    41.Rxf6 
        ( 41.Kd5 Rf5+ 42.Ke4 Rf6 $10 )
    41...gxf6 42.c5 bxc5+ 43.Kxc5 a4 $1 
        ( 43...f5 44.a4 
            ( 44.Kd5 $4 a4 $1 $19 )
        44...Ke6 45.Kd4 Kd6 46.Ke3 Ke6 47.Kf4 Kd6 48.h3 Kd5 49.h4 Ke6 50.
        Kg5 Ke5 51.h5 gxh5 52.Kxh5 f4 53.Kg4 Ke4 54.b6 f3 55.b7 f2 56.b8=Q
        f1=Q 57.Qa8+ $14 )
    44.Kb6 f5 45.Ka7 f4 46.b6 f3 47.b7 f2 48.b8=Q f1=Q $10 )
40...Rf4+ 41.Kd3 Ke5 42.Rxb6 Rf3+ 43.Kc2 Kd4 44.Rc6 a4 45.b6 Rc3+ 46.Kb2 
Rb3+ 47.Ka2 Kc3 48.Rxg6 Kxc4 49.Rxg7 Rxb6 50.Rg4+ Kc3 51.Rg3+ Kc2 52.Rg2+ 
Kc3 53.h4 Rb5 54.Rh2 Rh5 55.Kb1 Kd3 56.Kb2 Rb5+ 57.Kc1 Rh5 58.Rh1 Ke2 59.
Kc2 Rc5+ 60.Kb2 Rb5+ 61.Ka2 Rh5 62.Rb1 Rxh4 63.Rb4 Rh8 64.Rxa4 Kd3 65.Kb3 
Rh1 66.Rg4 Rb1+ 67.Ka4 Kc3 68.Rb4 Ra1 69.Rb8 Kc4 70.Rc8+ Kd5 71.Kb4 Kd6 
72.a4 Kd7 73.Rc4 Rb1+ 74.Ka5 Rb7 75.Ka6 Rc7 76.Rh4 Rc6+ 77.Kb5 Rc1 78.Rh8 
Kc7 79.Ka6 Rc6+ 80.Ka7 Rc5 81.Rh7+ Kc6 82.Ka6 Rg5 83.a5 Rf5 1/2-1/2

