[Event "12th ECC final"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander VNVS"]
[Black "Horvath, Gyula ZLGS"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tisdall"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Bxd2 Bb7 7.Bg5 d6 8.e3 
Nbd7 9.Qc2 Qe7 
    ( 9...a5 {A committal decision, limiting the chances of castling long.
    } 10.Rd1 h6 11.Bh4 a4 12.Nd2 Qe7 13.f3 e5 14.Be2 g5 15.Bf2 e4 16.O-O 
    O-O 17.Bg3 Nh5 {led to very sharp play in Cramling,P-Lobron,E/ 
    Brussels mix 1987 ( 0-1, 39)} )
    ( 9...h6 10.Bh4 g5 11.Bg3 Ne4 12.Bd3 Ndf6 13.O-O-O $5 Qe7 14.d5 Nc5 
    15.e4 e5 16.h4 $1 g4 17.Nh2 a5 18.Nf1 {was more pleasant for white in 
    Mikhalevski, V-Lomineishvili,M/ Koop Tjuchem (open), Groningen NED 
    1996 (1-0 , 54)} )
10.Bh4 
    ( 10.Rd1 Be4 $5 11.Qa4 O-O 12.Bh4 a6 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Rxd3 e5 15.Rd1 
    exd4 16.Rxd4 Ne5 17.O-O $5 Nxf3+ 18.gxf3 Qe6 {looked solid enough for 
    black in Epishin,V-Kosten,A/Geneve op 1993 (1-0, 62), though he was 
    worn down in the end.} )
10...h6 11.Rd1 g5 
    ( 11...a5 12.b3 {Krasenkow disallows ...a4 though it did not achieve 
    so much for black in the analogous position between Cramling and 
    Lobron above.} 12...Rc8 13.Be2 $5 
        ( 13.Nd2 )
    13...g5 14.Bg3 h5 15.h4 
        ( 15.Nxg5 $2 h4 16.Bf4 e5 )
    15...g4 16.Ng5 Bxg2 17.Rg1 Bb7 18.b4 axb4 19.axb4 $44 {1-0 
    Krasenkow,M-Bogdanovski,V/Erevan olm 1996 (40)} )
12.Bg3 Ne4 13.d5 
    ( 13.Nd2 )
13...Ndf6 
    ( 13...Nxg3 $5 )
14.Nd4 e5 
    ( 14...exd5 $5 {looks naive, but I don't see what is wrong with it;} 
    15.cxd5 Nxg3 16.Bb5+ 
        ( 16.hxg3 Bxd5 )
    16...Kf8 17.hxg3 Bxd5 $15 
        ( 17...Nxd5 18.Nf5 $1 $40 
            ( 18.Bc6 Nxe3 19.fxe3 Qxe3+ 20.Ne2 Bxc6 21.Qxc6 Re8 22.Qf3 Kg7
            $5 $44 )
        )
    )
    ( 14...h5 $5 15.f3 h4 16.Bf2 Nxf2 17.Kxf2 g4 18.e4 g3+ 19.Ke1 gxh2 20.
    Kd2 Nh5 {was entertaining and obscure in Aseev,K-Kengis,E/URS-sf 
    Daugavpils 1989 ( - , 60)} )
15.Ne2 O-O-O 16.f3 Nxg3 17.Nxg3 Ne8 {This looks terribly passive. Black 
will never be able to take back the f5 square, so he should seek ways of 
creating some counterplay.} 
    ( 17...h5 $5 )
    ( 17...e4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Qxe4 20.fxe4 Rde8 21.Bd3 $14 {f} )
18.Bd3 Ng7 19.O-O h5 20.b4 h4 21.Nf5 Nxf5 22.Bxf5+ Kb8 23.a4 Bc8 24.a5 h3 
    ( 24...Qf6 25.Bxc8 Rxc8 26.Qa4 Qe7 27.Ra1 $40 )
25.g4 Rh6 26.Ra1 Bxf5 27.Qxf5 e4 28.axb6 cxb6 29.fxe4 Rh4 30.Kf2 $5 
    ( 30.c5 $5 dxc5 31.bxc5 Qxc5 32.Qxg5 Rhh8 33.Rxf7 $18 )
30...Re8 31.Ke2 Qc7 
    ( 31...Qxe4 $5 32.Qxe4 Rxe4 33.Rxf7 Rxc4 34.Rfxa7 $1 
        ( 34.Raxa7 Rxb4 
            ( 34...Rc2+ $5 )
            ( 34...Rhxg4 $5 )
        )
    34...b5 $1 
        ( 34...Kc8 35.Ra8+ Kd7 36.R1a7+ Rc7 37.Kf3 $18 )
    35.Ra8+ Kc7 36.R1a7+ Kb6 37.Ra6+ Kc7 38.R8a7+ Kb8 39.Rg7 $16 )
32.Kd3 f6 33.Rfc1 $1 
    ( 33.Qxf6 Rxg4 $36 )
33...Re5 $6 
    ( 33...Rh6 34.c5 $5 
        ( 34.Rc2 {a, c.} )
    34...dxc5 35.bxc5 bxc5 36.Rab1+ Ka8 37.Rb5 Qd6 $16 )
34.Qxf6 Rxg4 35.Qf8+ Kb7 
    ( 35...Qc8 36.Qxd6+ $18 )
36.Rxa7+ $1 
    ( 36.Rxa7+ Kxa7 37.Ra1+ Kb7 38.Qa8# )
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