[Event "12th ECC final"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1996.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ionov, Sergei SPET"]
[Black "Horvath, Gyula ZLGS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "E16"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tisdall"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.d4 {Hecht} 1...e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Qe7 6.Bg2 Bb7 7.O-O 
Bxd2 8.Qxd2 d6 9.Nc3 Ne4 10.Nxe4 Bxe4 11.Qe3 Bb7 12.d5 e5 13.Nh4 g6 $6 {
Previous experience favored developing and playing to hold e5. Black does 
not have so much to fear from a knight invasion on f5.} 
    ( 13...O-O 14.f4 Nd7 15.f5 Nf6 16.Rad1 e4 17.Bh3 c6 {and this break 
    guarantees black good counterplay, reviving his bishop.} 18.dxc6 Bxc6 
    19.Nf3 d5 20.Nd4 Bb7 $15 {0-1 Komarov,D-Serper,G/Novosibirsk 1989 (56)
    } )
14.f4 exf4 
    ( 14...Nd7 15.f5 $36 )
15.Qxe7+ Kxe7 16.gxf4 Nd7 
    ( 16...f5 17.e4 fxe4 18.Rae1 $36 )
17.Nf3 b5 $6 {This is a natural attempt to be active, but it just makes it
easier for white to target c7, which is one of the weakest points in 
black's position.} 18.Rfc1 $1 bxc4 19.Nd2 Kd8 
    ( 19...Nb6 20.Nxc4 Kd8 {transposes to the game.} 
        ( 20...Nxd5 $4 21.Na5 )
        ( 20...Bxd5 $4 21.Nxb6 )
    )
20.Nxc4 Nb6 21.e4 Nxc4 22.Rxc4 Re8 23.Rac1 Re7 24.R1c3 $1 {a,b,h} 24...a6 
25.Kf2 f6 26.h4 Bc8 27.Bf3 {The rest of the game is a nice demonstration 
of the relative strength of the bishops. Despite the optical illusion that
white's is "bad", his greater command of space and ability to transform 
the pawn structure makes his bishop the one with greater potential.} 27...
Rb8 28.b3 h6 29.Rc1 Rg7 30.Ke3 Rb6 31.Rg1 Bd7 32.f5 g5 33.hxg5 hxg5 34.Rh1
{White continues to use open lines to press the initiative home. Black's 
pawns on f6 and c7 may look nice around the bishop, but they are easier to
attack. White's pawns obstruct a bit, but they obstruct black as well, and
they are easy to defend.} 34...c5 35.dxc6 Rxc6 36.Rxc6 Bxc6 37.Rh6 Rf7 {#}
38.e5 $1 {A neat tactic that allows a powerful strategic change.} 38...
Bxf3 39.e6 Rg7 40.Kxf3 g4+ $2 
    ( 40...Ke7 41.Rg6 Rh7 
        ( 41...Rxg6 42.fxg6 Kxe6 43.b4 d5 44.a4 $18 )
    42.Ke4 $16 )
41.Kg3 Ke7 42.Rg6 $1 Rxg6 43.fxg6 {#_|_ Hecht: weit voneinder entfernte 
weiße o^.. gegen verbundene schwarze o^... Temposache} 43...Kxe6 44.b4 
    ( 44.Kxg4 {Hecht} 44...f5+ 
        ( 44...d5 45.b4 f5+ 46.Kf4 d4 47.a4 $18 )
    45.Kg5 d5 46.Kh6 $18 )
    ( 44.b4 {Hecht} 44...f5 45.a4 d5 46.b5 axb5 47.axb5 d4 48.g7 Kf7 49.b6
    d3 50.b7 d2 51.g8=Q+ Kxg8 52.b8=Q+ $18 )
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