[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Novikov, Igor MVGR"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan SLGH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "D27"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 Nf6 6.O-O c5 7.b3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 
Bd6 9.Bb2 O-O 10.Nd2 
    ( 10.Be2 Qc7 11.Nf3 e5 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Nxa3 Nc6 14.Qc2 Bg4 15.Rfd1 Rac8
    16.Qb2 e4 17.Ne1 Bxe2 18.Qxe2 Ne5 19.h3 Rfd8 20.Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.Rd1 Nd3 
    22.Nac2 Nd5 23.Nd4 Nc3 24.Qc2 Nb4 25.Qc1 Rxd4 {0-1 
    Nikolic,P-Ivanchuk,V/Moscow PCA-GP rapid 1995/EXP 46} )
10...Bd7 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Nc4 Bc5! 
    ( 12...Bb4 13.Bf3 Rc8 14.Rc1 Qc7 15.a3 Be7 16.b4 Rfd8 17.Na5 Qb6 18.
    Ndxc6 Bxc6 19.Bd4 Qb5 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Be2 Qb7 22.Qa4 +/- {1-0 
    Wojtkiewicz,A-Hauchard,A/Anibal op4th 1997/CBM 58 (32)} )
13.Bf3 
    ( 13.Nf3!? Qe7 14.a3 Rfd8 
        ( 14...b5 15.Nce5 Rfd8 16.Qb1 += )
    15.b4 Ba7 16.Qb1 += 
        ( 16.Qd6!? )
    )
13...Rc8 14.Rc1 Qe7 = 15.Nxc6 Bxc6 16.Bxc6 Rxc6 17.Na5 
    ( 17.Bxf6 gxf6 
        ( 17...Qxf6 18.Na5 Rd6 19.Qe2 +/- )
    18.Na5 Rc7 19.b4 Bd6 20.a3 Rfc8 = )
17...Rd6 
    ( 17...Rc7 18.Be5 
        ( 18.Qf3!? += {/=} )
    18...Rd7 19.Bxf6 gxf6 = )
18.Qf3 Bb4! 
    ( 18...Rd7 19.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20.Rxd1 Nd5 21.e4 Nb6 22.Nxb7 Qxb7 23.Qc3 
    Bxf2+ 24.Kxf2 f6 25.Rd6 $36 )
19.Bxf6 Qxf6 20.Qxf6 gxf6 21.Nxb7 Rd2 ~= 22.Rc4 
    ( 22.a4 Rd3! 
        ( 22...Rb8 23.Rc7 Rb2 24.Rd7!? 
            ( 24.Rd1 Rxb3 25.Kf1 += )
        )
    23.Nc5 
        ( 23.Rc7 Rxb3 24.Rd1 Ra3 $132 )
    23...Bxc5 24.Rxc5 Rxb3 25.Rc6 Ra8 = 
        ( 25...Rd8!? 26.Rxa6 Rd2 ~= )
    )
22...a5 23.a3 
    ( 23.Ra1 Rb8 24.Rc7 a4 25.bxa4 Ra8 26.Rc4 Rxa4 27.g3 
        ( 27.Rb1 Rdxa2 += )
    27...Rb2 28.Nd6 Ra8 ~= )
23...Bxa3 24.Nxa5 Rb8 {White have one more pawn,but it is very difficult 
to improve their position.} 25.Rb1 
    ( 25.Ra4 Bf8 ~= )
    ( 25.Rg4+ Kf8 26.Ra4 Bb2 ~= )
25...Rb5 26.Rg4+ Kf8 27.Nc4? 
    ( 27.Ra4 $142 Be7 += )
27...Rd3! = 28.Nxa3 Rbxb3 29.g3 Rxb1+ 30.Nxb1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

