[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander BTLP"]
[Black "Crouch, Colin BRBC"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[ECO "D94"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "53"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Be2 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.cxd5 
cxd5 9.Qb3 b6 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 e6 12.Be2 Nc6 13.Bd2 Na5 14.Qb4 Nb7 {
Black must find a way to cope with the impending Ba6, which wins the fight
for the control of the c file in white's favour. Schwarz muss einen Weg 
finden gegen das drohende Ba6, welches den Kampf um die Kontrolle der 
c-Linie gewinnen würde.} 
    ( 14...Ne8 15.Rac1 Nd6 16.b3 Bf6 17.Ba6 Nc6 18.Qa4 Nb8 19.Bd3 a6 20.
    Nb5 Be7 21.Rc2 Nxb5 22.Bxb5 Qd6 23.b4 Ra7 24.Rfc1 h5 25.Bd3 {
    Vaganian,R-Christiansen,L/Reggio Emilia 1987/0-1 (74)} )
    ( 14...Qd7 15.Rfc1 Rfc8 16.Ba6 Rc7 17.Nb5 Rxc1+ 18.Rxc1 Bf8 19.Qa4 Nc4
    20.Rc2 e5 21.Bc3 Ne4 22.b3 Ncd6 23.Bb2 Qf5 24.dxe5 Nc5 25.Qd4 Ne8 26.
    Rxc5 bxc5 27.Qxd5 {Sadler,M-Gretarsson,H/Gausdal Int 1994/1-0 (47)} )
    ( 14...Re8 15.Ba6 e5 16.dxe5 Nc6 17.Qa4 Nxe5 18.Rfd1 Qe7 19.Be1 Red8 
    20.Rac1 Rab8 21.Be2 Rbc8 22.Nxd5 Nxd5 23.Rxc8 Rxc8 24.Rxd5 Rc1 25.Rd1 
    Rxd1 26.Qxd1 {Stohl,I-Seul,G/ BL9394 1994/1-0 (40)} )
15.Ba6 Nd6 16.Rfc1 Nfe4 17.Be1 
    ( 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Rc2 f5 19.Rac1 += )
17...f5 18.Ne2 Bh6 
    ( 18...Qe7 19.Rc2 Rf7 20.Rac1 +/- )
19.Rc6 g5 20.Ng3 
    ( 20.f3 Qd7 21.Rac1 g4 22.Qa3 Nc4 23.R6xc4 dxc4 24.fxe4 gxh3 +/- )
20...g4?! 
    ( 20...Nxg3 21.Rxd6 +- )
    ( 20...Re8 21.f3 Qd7 22.Rac1 Nc5 23.Rxd6 Qxd6 24.dxc5 bxc5 25.Qa3 +/- 
    )
21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Rxe6 f4 {Black has lost a strategical fight so he is going
for broke, white must play carefully. Schwarz hat den strategischen Kampf 
schon verloren und versucht ein wildes Gegenspiel, Weiss muss genau 
spielen.} 
    ( 22...Qh4 23.hxg4 fxg4 24.Qb3 +- )
23.hxg4! 
    ( 23.Rxh6 Qg5 24.Qb3 Kh8 25.Bb4 Rg8 $132 )
23...Qh4 
    ( 23...fxe3 24.f3 Nf6 25.Bh4 +- )
24.Qb3 fxe3 
    ( 24...Qxg4 25.Qxd5 +- )
25.fxe3 
    ( 25.g3! +- )
25...Nf2 
    ( 25...Qg5 26.Rxe4 +- )
26.Rxh6 Qxh6 
    ( 26...Nh3+ 27.gxh3 Qxh6 28.Qxd5+ +- )
27.Qxd5+ 
    ( 27.Qxd5+ Kh8 28.Bxf2 +- )
1-0

