[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lev, Ronen HERZ"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan BOSN"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[ECO "E11"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tisdall"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 d5 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.a3 Bd6 7.e3 O-O 8.c5 
    ( 8.Bd3 Qe8 9.Qc2 e5 10.cxd5 Nxd4 11.exd4 e4 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 
    Qxe4+ 14.Nxe4 Re8 15.Ne5 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Rxe5 17.f3 f5 18.Bf4 Re7 19.O-O 
    fxe4 20.fxe4 Rxe4 21.Rae1 Bf5 22.Bxc7 Rae8 {Lutz,C-Richter,W/BL9293 
    1993/BL 90/1/2-1/ 2 (62)} )
    ( 8.Qc2 e5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.dxe5 
        ( 10.Bc4 Nf6 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 Bxe5 13.Nf3 Bd6 14.b3 Qe7 15.Bb2
        Bg4 16.Nd4 Be5 17.h3 Bd7 18.Rd1 c5 19.Ne6 Bxe6 20.Bxe5 Bxc4 21.
        Bxf6 Bxb3 22.Bxe7 Bxc2 23.Bxf8 Bxd1 24.Bxc5 {1/ 2-1/2 Bellon 
        Lopez,J-Nikolac,J/Bahrain 1990/CBM 20/[Schussler]} )
    10...Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Nc4 Bf6 13.Bd3 g6 14.O-O c6 15.e4 b5 16.exd5
    bxc4 17.Qxc4 cxd5 18.Qc2 Qb6 19.Rb1 Ba6 20.Bxa6 Qxa6 21.Bf4 Rfe8 22.
    Rfe1 d4 {Schlosser, P-Petursson,M/Munich 1989/CBM 13/1-0 (48)} )
8...Be7 9.b4 Nd7 10.Bb2 f5 11.b5 Ncb8 12.Qb3 c6 13.Rc1 
    ( 13.a4 {does not have the desired effect of keeping black bottled up,
    since counterplay can be mounted against the c5 square.} 13...b6!? 
    $132 
        ( 13...e5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 
            ( 15...Bxc5 )
        16.Be2 
            ( 16.Bd4 Nxc5 17.Qc2 Ne4 18.Nxe4 fxe4 $36 )
        16...Nxc5 17.Qc2 ~ )
    )
13...cxb5 14.Bxb5 Nc6 15.O-O 
    ( 15.h3!? )
15...Qc7 16.Rc2 Bf6 17.Rb1 g5!? {Black wins with amazing power from this 
position, but this is due to partly to the power of suggestion and partly 
a lack of a plan from white.} 18.Bc3 
    ( 18.Qd3!? {looks better, keeping an eye on both the center and the 
    kingside.} 18...g4 $140 19.Ne1 f4?! 20.e4 
        ( 20.Qe2!? )
    )
18...g4 19.Ne1 f4 20.Nf1 
    ( 20.Ba1!? )
20...fxe3 21.fxe3 {It seems to me that the fearless alternative} 
    ( 21.Nxe3!? {was preferable:} 21...Nxd4 $140 
        ( 21...Bxd4 22.Bxc6 )
        ( 21...Qf4 22.Bxc6 bxc6 23.Qa4 +/- )
        ( 21...h5 {only further exposes the black king, and white can 
        consider} 22.Nxd5!? exd5 23.Qxd5+ Rf7 24.Bc4 )
    22.Bxd4 
        ( 22.Nxd5?! Qxc5 )
    22...Bxd4 23.Nxd5 Qd8 
        ( 23...Qe5 24.Ne7+ Kh8 25.Nd3 Qf6 
            ( 25...Qg7 26.Nxc8 Raxc8 27.Bxd7 Qxd7 28.Qxb7 )
        26.Nxc8 Nxc5 27.Nxc5 Bxc5 28.Bd7 Bxf2+ 29.Kh1 Be1 30.Qe3 $8 +- )
    24.Qc4 Bg7 
        ( 24...Bxc5 25.Bxd7 Qxd7 26.Qxg4+ Kh8 27.Rxc5 +- )
        ( 24...Bxf2+ 25.Rxf2 Rxf2 26.Qxg4+ Kh8 27.Kxf2 exd5 28.Bxd7 +- )
    25.Ne3 +/- )
21...Bg5 22.g3?! {Creating a regrettable weakness at f3.} 22...Nf6 23.Nd3 
Bd7 24.Nf4 Rae8 {Black's position is the much more dynamic. The weakness 
on b7 is easily guarded, while the liberating advance ...e5 will expose 
white's frailer center and kingside.} 25.Be2 Bc8 26.Rcb2 Qf7 {Now b7 and 
d5 are guarded and black is ready to go over to the attack.} 27.Bb5 Ne4 
28.Nd2 Nxc3 {Softening up the dark squares before opening up the position.
} 29.Qxc3 Qg7 {Again preparing ...e5. Now that black owns the bishop pair,
guarding d5 is less critical and line-opening has the highest priority.} 
30.Nb3 e5 31.dxe5 
    ( 31.Nxd5 exd4 32.exd4 Be6 {33...Rf3 $140} )
31...Nxe5 32.Kg2 Rd8 33.Nd4 Nf3 34.Rb4 
    ( 34.c6!? )
34...Bf6 35.Rd1?! 
    ( 35.c6 {still looks like the best chance to create counterplay.} )
35...Qh6 36.Rh1 
    ( 36.h4 Bxd4 -/+ 
        ( 36...gxh3+!? 37.Kxf3 Qh5+!! 38.Nxh5 Bxd4+ 39.Nf4 Bxc3 -/+ )
    37.Rbxd4 Nxd4 )
36...Bxd4 37.exd4 Rxf4! 38.gxf4 Qxf4 {threatening ...Nxd4 and ...Qe4 or ..
.Rf8 and ...Nh4.} 39.Qc1?? {Blunders the queen, but Whites' position was 
lost anyway} 
    ( 39.Rb3 Nxd4 40.Rb4 Nxb5 41.Rxb5 Qe4+ 42.Kg1 d4 43.Qd2 Rf8 -+ )
    ( 39.Rbb1 Nh4+ 40.Kg1 Qe4! 41.Qb2 a6! 42.Bf1 Rf8! -+ )
39...Nh4+ 0-1

