[Event "12th ECC final"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1996.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei STKZ"]
[Black "Hulak, Krunoslav VK91"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.e4 {Kharlov} 1...c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.f4 d6 
    ( 4...d5 5.e5 Ng8 6.Be3 d4 7.Bf2 Nh6 8.h3 f6 9.Nf3 Nf7 10.exf6 exf6 
    11.cxd4 cxd4 12.Nbd2 Bd6 13.Qe2+ Be7 14.g3 Nb4 $40 {
    Dutschak,H-Howell,J BL2-S 9293} )
5.Nf3 
    ( 5.Be2 $6 c4 $1 6.d4 Nxe4 7.Bxc4 d5 8.Be2 e5 $1 9.fxe5 Qh4+ 10.g3 
    Nxg3 11.Nf3 Qh5 12.Rg1 Nxe2 13.Qxe2 Bg4 $17 {Varavin,V-Lagunov,A 
    Novosibirsk 1989} )
5...g6 
    ( 5...Bg4 6.Be2 c4 7.dxc4 Nxe4 8.Nd4 Bxe2 9.Qxe2 Nf6 10.Be3 e6 11.Nd2 
    Be7 12.O-O-O Qa5 13.Kb1 Nxd4 14.cxd4 O-O 15.g4 $13 {
    Korzubov,P-Yuferov,S Ch club URS-T Roslavl Russia} )
6.g3 Bg7 7.Bg2 O-O 
    ( 7...c4 8.e5 dxe5 9.fxe5 
        ( 9.Nxe5 $1 {Kharlov} 9...Nxe5 10.fxe5 Ng4 11.d4 $16 )
    9...Ng4 10.d4 )
8.Qc2 
    ( 8.O-O {Kharlov} 8...c4 $5 9.e5 dxe5 10.fxe5 Nd5 $5 
        ( 10...Ng4 11.d4 Bf5 12.h3 Nh6 13.g4 Bd3 14.Rf2 {/\ 15.Ne1} )
    11.d4 $13 
        ( 11.dxc4 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Ne3 13.Bxe3 Qxe3 14.Re1 Qb6 15.b4 Bg4 $44 )
    )
8...Rb8 
    ( 8...b5 $5 )
9.a4 a6 10.O-O b5 11.axb5 axb5 12.h3 Ne8 
    ( 12...b4 $142 {Kharlov} )
13.f5 b4 
    ( 13...gxf5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Ng5 $1 Bd7 16.d4 $1 $16 {/+-} 
        ( 16.d4 {Kharlov} 16...f5 17.Bd5+ $1 Kh8 18.Bxc6 Bxc6 19.Rxf5 $18 
        )
    )
14.g4 Nc7 15.Qf2 bxc3 16.bxc3 e6 $6 {weakening the black squares (f6)} 
    ( 16...Nb5 )
    ( 16...Ba6 )
    ( 16...Nb4 $5 {Kharlov} 17.Rd1 
        ( 17.cxb4 $2 Bxa1 18.Qh4 Bg7 )
    17...Ba6 18.Ne1 $13 )
17.Qg3 Ne5 $6 {again Ba6 was better,black's all plan seems like a mistake}
    ( 17...exf5 $2 18.gxf5 )
18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.Bf4 Bxf4 20.Qxf4 exf5 $2 {that is already a mistake giving
white a very strong place for his knight on e4.20...e5 is a possible move 
and so is 20...Ba6} 
    ( 20...e5 21.Qh6 $40 )
    ( 20...g5 $1 {Kharlov} 21.Qe3 f6 $10 )
21.exf5 gxf5 
    ( 21...Qf6 $2 22.fxg6 Qxf4 
        ( 22...Qxg6 23.Nd2 $16 )
    23.gxh7+ $18 )
    ( 21...g5 {Kharlov} 22.Qg3 {/\ Nb1-d2-e4; c3-c4, Nb1-c3-e4} )
22.gxf5 Kh8 23.Ra2 $1 
    ( 23.Nd2 $6 {Kharlov} 23...Rg8 24.Ne4 
        ( 24.Kh2 Rb2 )
    24...Bb7 25.Ra2 Bxe4 $15 )
23...Rg8 24.Kh2 Bb7 {this was the last possible moment to play Ba6, now 
both king are very weak but it was white who managed to get first to his 
opponent's king} 
    ( 24...Ba6 )
25.Bxb7 Rxb7 26.Nd2 Nd5 $6 
    ( 26...d5 )
27.Qf3 
    ( 27.Qh6 $2 {Kharlov} 27...Nxc3 28.Ra8 Qxa8 29.Qf6+ Rg7 30.Rg1 Qf8 $1 
        ( 30...Qg8 31.Rxg7 $10 )
    31.Rxg7 Nd5 32.Rxf7+ Nxf6 33.Rxf8+ Kg7 34.Ra8 Rb2 $19 )
27...Qh4 28.Ne4 Re7 
    ( 28...Qe7 $32 $13 )
    ( 28...Rd7 {Kharlov} 29.f6 $1 $16 
        ( 29.c4 $2 Nf6 )
    )
    ( 28...f6 $5 {Kharlov} 29.Nxd6 Rbg7 30.c4 $13 )
29.f6 Re6 30.c4 $1 $18 Nb4 
    ( 30...Nb6 31.Rg2 Rg6 32.Rb1 Nc8 33.Rb7 )
31.Rg2 Rf8 
    ( 31...Rg6 $2 32.Nxd6 )
    ( 31...Qh6 32.Rxg8+ Kxg8 33.Rg1+ Kf8 34.Ng5 Re8 35.Qf4 )
32.Rfg1 Nxd3 {#} 
    ( 32...Nc6 $8 {although this is black's only move it only forces white
    to find another one strong move to win but after the text move the 
    game is immediately over} 33.Rg7 $1 
        ( 33.Qf5 {Kharlov} 33...Ne5 
            ( 33...Nd4 $2 34.Nxd6 $1 Rxf6 35.Nxf7+ R6xf7 36.Qxf7 $18 )
        34.Rg7 $1 Ng6 
            ( 34...Nxd3 35.R1g4 Qh6 36.Ng5 Re2+ 37.Rg2 $18 )
        35.Ng5 Re2+ 36.Kh1 $18 )
    33...Ne5 
        ( 33...Nd4 34.Qg2 )
    34.Qf5 $1 {and the game is over,against threats such as Ng5 and 
    possibilly Rxf7 black has no defence} )
33.Nxd6 Ne5 
    ( 33...Rxf6 34.Nxf7+ R6xf7 35.Qxf7 Qf4+ 36.Qxf4 Nxf4 37.Rf2 $18 )
    ( 33...Rxd6 {Kharlov} 34.Rg8+ $1 Rxg8 35.Rxg8+ Kxg8 36.Qa8+ Rd8 37.
    Qxd8# {matt} )
34.Rg8+ 
    ( 34.Rg8+ Rxg8 35.Rxg8+ Kxg8 36.Qa8+ )
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