[Event "13th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Eupen BEL"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean-Marc CE92"]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj ESPG"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 {Baburin} 1...c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nf3 e6 6.cxd4 b6 7.Nc3
Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Be2 {Baburin: This is an important line and this game 
has a certain interest for opening theory.} 9...Bb7 
    ( 9...Qxc3+ 10.Bd2 Qa3 11.Rc1 Ba6 
        ( 11...Nc6 12.Rc3 Qe7 13.Ng5 f5 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Nxe6 dxe6 16.Bb5 
        Bd7 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.Rxc6 Be7 ~ {Van Mil,J-Krasenkov,M/Budapest 
        1989} )
    12.O-O Nc6 13.d5 exd5 14.Bxa6 Qxa6 15.Bg5 Qxa2 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Qxd4 h6 
    18.Bh4 Bc5 19.Qg4 g5 20.Bg3 Rh7 -/+ {/-+ Van derWerf,M-Van 
    Wely,L/Nld-chT 1995} )
10.O-O Qxc3 
    ( 10...d6 11.Bf4 Nd7 12.d5?! 
        ( 12.Re1!? )
    12...exd5 13.Re1 O-O-O 14.c4 dxe5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxe5 Bd6 17.Bxg7 
    Rhg8 18.Bf6 Bxh2+ 19.Kh1 Rd6 $40 {Yrjola,J-Jansa,V/Berlin 1986} )
11.Bd2 Qc7 {Qb2 and Qa3 are both unclear continuations that must be 
seriously analized} 
    ( 11...Qb2!? )
    ( 11...Qa3!? )
12.Rc1 Qd8 {Baburin: White has very good compensation for a pawn and 
starts to convert his advantage in development into something more real.} 
    ( 12...Nc6 $142 !? )
13.Bg5 Be7 
    ( 13...f6? 14.exf6 gxf6 15.Ne5! +- Ke7 
        ( 15...fxg5 16.Bh5+ Ke7 17.Nf7 )
    16.Bf3 Bc6 
        ( 16...d5 17.Qd2! )
        ( 16...Nc6 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.Qh5 fxg5 
            ( 18...Qe8 19.Bxf6+ Kxf6 20.Qh4+ )
        19.Qxg5+ Ke8 20.Qh5+ Ke7 21.Rxc6 )
    17.Bxc6 Nxc6 18.Qh5 Nxe5 
        ( 18...Qe8 19.Bxf6+ )
    19.Bxf6+ Kxf6 20.Qxe5+ )
14.Bxe7 Qxe7? 
    ( 14...Kxe7 $8 {it is clear white has very big compensation,but I do 
    not think there is something force} 15.Qb3 Ke8! {with the idea Nc6} 
        ( 15...Nc6?! 16.d5 Na5 17.Qa3+ )
    )
15.Rc7 Ba6 16.Qa4 Qd8 17.Rfc1 Bxe2 
    ( 17...b5? 18.Qa3 {and black simply can not move} )
    ( 17...Nc6? {Baburin loses on the spot to} 18.Rxd7 Qxd7 19.Bxa6 +- )
18.Rc8 O-O?! 
    ( 18...Bxf3 $142 {just eliminate white's knight which will cause black
    big problems in the near future} 19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.gxf3 Nc6 +/- )
19.Rxd8 Rxd8 20.Ng5! {Baburin: Now the knight, which Black could have 
exchanged on move 18, becomes very active - White threatens to play 21 
Qc2. On paper, Black has quite sufficient compensation for a queen: rook, 
bishop and pawn. Practically however, Black is still behind in 
development, while his king comes under attack.} 20...Bd3 
    ( 20...Bh5 21.Ne4 Nc6 22.Nd6 +/- {/+-} )
21.d5 h6? {losing by force after white's nice combination} 
    ( 21...exd5 22.Qd4 
        ( 22.Qd1 {Baburin} 22...Bg6 23.Qxd5 
            ( {Also interesting is} 23.h4 Nc6 24.h5 Bf5 25.Qxd5 )
        )
    22...Bg6 23.Qxd5 Nc6 +/- )
22.Nxf7! +- Kxf7 23.dxe6+ dxe6 
    ( 23...Kxe6 24.Qb3+ )
    ( 23...Ke7 24.Qa3+ )
    ( 23...Ke8 24.Qg4 dxe6 25.Qxe6+ Kf8 26.Rc7 +- )
24.Rc7+ Kg8 25.Qg4 Bg6 26.Qxe6+ Kh8 
    ( 26...Kh7 27.Rxg7+ Kxg7 28.Qf6+ Kh7 29.Qe7+ )
27.Rc8 {Baburin: much more effective unit here than the three Black 
pieces.} 27...Nd7 28.Rxa8 Nf8 29.Rxd8 1-0

