[Event "12th ECC final"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1996.11.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot YRVN"]
[Black "Zagorskis, Darius KSVL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[ECO "B52"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "63"]

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6.O-O Nf6 7.Nc3 g6 
    ( 7...Nd4 8.b4 $5 
        ( 8.Nxd4 cxd4 9.Nb5 Nxe4 10.Re1 
            ( 10.Nxd4 Nf6 11.d3 g6 12.b3 Bg7 13.Bb2 O-O 14.Qe2 Rac8 $10 {
            Nevednichy,V-Sakaev,K Jugoslavija 1995 64/ (196)} )
            ( 10.Qa4 $5 )
        10...Nc5 $8 
            ( 10...Nf6 $2 11.Qa4 $16 )
        11.Nxd4 Nd3 12.Re3 Nxc1 13.Rxc1 g6 14.Qf3 Bg7 15.Rce1 Be5 $1 $10 {
        Rublevsky,S-Sakaev,K Jugoslavija 1995 64/196 [Rublevsky,S; 
        Sakaev,K]} )
    8...Qg4 9.Kh1 
        ( 9.Nxd4 Qxd1 10.Nxd1 cxd4 11.d3 a5 12.Bd2 axb4 13.Bxb4 $14 {
        Azmaiparashvili} )
    9...Nxf3 10.gxf3 Qh3 {Kramnik,V-Polgar,J Dos hermanas 1996 66/(166)} 
    11.bxc5 dxc5 12.Rb1 e6 13.e5 $16 {Azmaiparashvili} )
8.h3 
    ( 8.Rb1 Bg7 9.a3 O-O 10.b4 Ng4 $1 11.Nd5 e6 12.Ne3 Nge5 13.Nxe5 dxe5 
    $1 $15 {/-/+ Salov,V-Shirov,A Madrid 1996} )
8...Bg7 9.d3 O-O 10.Be3 e6 
    ( 10...Ne8 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nc7 13.Rc1 $14 {Spassky,B-Ioseliani,N 
    Prague Wom-Vet 1995} 13...Rfc8 14.b3 Nxd4 15.Bxd4 Bh6 16.Be3 )
11.d4 
    ( 11.Qd2 a6 12.Bh6 Qc7 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.b3 Rfd8 15.Qb2 Rab8 16.a4 Kg8 
    $10 {Smyslov,V-Ligterink,G Donner mem-B 1994} )
11...cxd4 12.Nxd4 Rfd8 13.Rc1 Rac8 
    ( 13...d5 14.cxd5 exd5 15.Nxc6 
        ( 15.exd5 Nb4 )
    15...bxc6 16.exd5 
        ( 16.e5 Ne8 17.f4 f6 )
    16...Nxd5 
        ( 16...cxd5 17.Bd4 )
    17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.b3 
        ( 18.Qxd5 cxd5 19.b3 a5 $14 {but the game willend with a draw} )
    18...a5 $14 {/=} )
14.b3 b6 15.Re1 a6 
    ( 15...d5 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Nxc6 Rxc6 
        ( 17...Qxc6 18.Nxd5 )
    18.exd5 $16 Nxd5 $140 $2 19.Nxd5 Rxc1 20.Bxc1 $1 $18 Qxd5 21.Qxd5 Rxd5
    22.Re8+ Bf8 23.Bh6 )
16.a4 {preventing Nxd4 followed by b5 which was black's plan} 16...Qb7 17.
Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Bd4 $14 {white got what he wants from this opening slid 
position without one weakness when it is almost impossible to create real 
counter play by black,who has several weaknesses the d6 and b6 pawns} 
18...Nd7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 {now also the b lack squares around the king are 
weak} 20.Rc2 $1 Qc5 21.Rd2 {Xd6} 21...Ne5 22.Kh1 $1 {prepering f4-f5} 
22...h6 $6 {just weakening the king} 
    ( 22...Qb4 23.Re3 )
23.f4 Nc6 24.Rf1 $1 $16 {it is not clear what can black play in this 
position,while white's plan is very simple f5 and attck} 24...Kf8 $6 
    ( 24...f5 25.Re1 )
25.f5 $40 Kg7 {a very strange manoeuvre by black Kf8-Kg7} 26.Rdf2 Rf8 
    ( 26...Ne5 27.fxe6 fxe6 28.Ne2 {with Nd4 })
27.Ne2 $1 {the knight joins the attack now} 27...Qe5 28.fxg6 fxg6 29.Nf4 {
the threat is Qg4} 29...g5 $32 
    ( 29...Qxe4 30.Qxd6 Rce8 31.Nh5+ )
    ( 29...h5 30.Nxg6 $1 $18 )
30.Nh5+ $1 {also 30.Ng6 was strong and possiblr but the text move ends the
game immediately} 30...Kg8 31.Nf6+ Kg7 32.Qh5 {and black resigned without 
waiting for Ne8 or Ng4 by white} 1-0

