[Event "12th ECC final"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1996.11.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Palac, Mladen VK91"]
[Black "Bologan, Viorel STKZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "B65"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "112"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O
O-O 9.f4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qa5 11.Kb1 Rd8 12.Be2 
    ( 12.h4 Bd7 13.Qd2 Bc6 14.Bd3 Qc7 15.Qe2 a6 16.Rhf1 b5 17.e5 Nd5 18.
    Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Qg4 dxe5 20.fxe5 Bxg5 21.hxg5 Bc4 22.Qe4 Bxd3 23.cxd3 Rd5
    24.Rh1 g6 25.d4 Qd8 26.Qf4 Qf8 27.Rh4 Rad8 28.Qh2 h5 29.gxh6 Kh7 30.
    Qf4 R8d7 $14 {1/2-1/2 Bologan, V-Kramnik,V/BL9394 1994 (60)} )
12...Bd7 13.Qe3 Bc6 14.Qg3 Qc7 15.Bd3 Kh8 
    ( 15...e5 $5 )
16.e5 Ng8 $6 
    ( 16...dxe5 17.fxe5 Ng8 18.h4 $36 )
17.Bxh7 $1 
    ( 17.h4 $5 f6 $2 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Qg4 $40 )
17...Bxg5 18.fxg5 Kxh7 19.Qh4+ Nh6 
    ( 19...Kg6 $4 20.g4 $18 )
20.gxh6 g5 $5 {Black's exposed king tempts white to keep queens even at 
the cost of a pawn . Much simpler decision was going to an endgame with a 
pawn up ...} 21.Qxg5 Rg8 22.Qf6 $16 
    ( 22.exd6 Rxg5 23.dxc7 Rc8 24.Rhf1 Rxc7 25.g3 Kxh6 $14 )
22...dxe5 23.Rhf1 Raf8 24.g3 Rg6 25.Qf2 $6 a6 $142 
    ( 25...b6 $1 $16 )
26.Qc5 Rc8 27.Rd6 e4 28.Qe5 e3 29.Re1 b5 30.Qc5 a5 31.Rxe3 b4 32.Ne2 Rxh6 
33.h4 Rf6 34.b3 
    ( 34.Nf4 $1 )
34...Rf5 35.Re5 Bd5 $2 36.Qxc7 
    ( 36.Rdxd5 $2 Qxc5 37.Rxc5 Rxc5 )
36...Rf1+ 37.Kb2 Rxc7 38.Nf4 Rf2 39.Re2 Rxe2 40.Nxe2 Be4 41.c3 $15 Bf3 42.
Rd2 Bxe2 43.Rxe2 Rxc3 44.g4 Rh3 45.h5 Rg3 46.Re4 Rg2+ 47.Kb1 Kg7 48.Ka1 f6
49.Rxe6 Rxg4 50.Ra6 Rg5 51.h6+ Kg6 52.h7 Rh5 53.Rxa5 Rxh7 54.a3 Rh2 55.
axb4 f5 56.Ra2 Rh4 1/2-1/2

