[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag BOSN"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev HERZ"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "44"]

1.d4 {Tyomkin,D} 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qa4 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.
O-O cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qc8 9.Rd1 a6 10.Nc3 Bxg2 11.Kxg2 Qb7+ 12.f3 Be7 13.Bg5 
    ( 13.e4 )
    ( 13.Bf4 O-O 14.Rd2 h6 15.Rad1 Rc8 16.e4 d6 17.Nde2 Ne8 18.e5 dxe5 19.
    Bxe5 Qc6 20.Qb3 Ra7 21.Ne4 Nd7 22.Bc3 Ndf6 = {Piket,J-Karpov,A/Monaco 
    rapid 1993/1/2-1/2(72)} )
13...Nc6! N 
    ( 13...h6 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Qb3!? 
        ( 15.Rd3 N O-O 16.Rad1 Rc8 17.Qb3 Rc7 18.Ne4 Be7 19.g4 Nc6 20.Nxc6
        Qxc6 21.Nd6 Raa7 = {Sorin,A-Leitao,R/Schahin Cury, Americana BRA 
        1997/1/2-1/2(48)} )
        ( 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Qb3 
            ( 16.Rd3 O-O 17.Rad1 Rc8 18.Qb3 Ra7! = {Matlak, 
            M-Novikov,I/Rubinstein mem 1989/EXT 89/0-1 (47)} )
        16...Qc7 17.Rac1 O-O = {Jukic,M-Balashov,Y/Katowice op 1992/TD 
        92\04/1-0(54)} )
    15...Nc6 
        ( 15...O-O 16.c5 )
    16.Ne4 Be7 17.c5 $36 {Jukic,M-Mitenkov,A/Katowice op 1992/1/2-1/2 (63)
    } )
    ( 13...O-O?! 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe7 Re8 16.Ba3 +/- {Karpeshov,O-Vilkov,V/
    RUS-chT 1995/EXT 97/1-0 (55)} )
14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Qxc6 dxc6 = 17.Ne4 
    ( 17.Rd6 Rc8 18.Rad1 O-O 
        ( 18...Be7 19.Rd7 )
    19.Rd7 Rfd8 20.Ne4 Be7 = 21.c5 $140 f5 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Rxd8+ Bxd8 24.
    Nd6 Be7! )
17...Ke7! 
    ( 17...Be7?! 18.Nd6+ Bxd6 19.Rxd6 Rc8 20.Rad1 )
18.Nxf6 Kxf6 
    ( 18...gxf6 = )
19.Rd6 Rhd8! 20.Rad1 
    ( 20.Rxc6 Rd2 21.Kf2 
        ( 21.Rxb6?! Rxe2+ 22.Kh3 
            ( 22.Kg1? Rd8 -/+ )
        22...Rd8 23.Rxa6 Rdd2 )
    21...Rxb2 22.Rd1 Rxa2 23.Rxb6 Rc8 = )
20...Ke7 21.Rxd8 Rxd8 22.Rxd8 Kxd8 1/2-1/2

