[Event "13th ECC qual. group 3"]
[Site "Slough ENG"]
[Date "1997.09.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Agdestein, Espen OSLS"]
[Black "Adams, Michael SLGH"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[ECO "A30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Stohl"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.O-O c5 6.Nc3 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6
9.Rd1 a6 10.Ng5 {A rather harmless continuation, as exchanges ease Black's
defensive task.} 
    ( {A more promising try to gain an advantage is} 10.e4 )
10...Bxg2 11.Kxg2 O-O 
    ( {Black has also an alternative way to equality:} 11...Nc6 12.Qf4 O-O
        ( 12...Ra7 13.Nce4 
            ( 13.Nge4 Rd7 14.Be3 Ne5 15.Nxf6+ Bxf6 16.Na4 Qa8+ 17.Kg1 
                ( 17.f3!? Qc6 18.Nxb6 Rb7 19.c5 dxc5 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 
                Bxb2 22.Rab1 O-O 23.Qxc5 Qa4 24.Rd3 Rb5 25.Qc6 Bf6 26.Rxb5
                = {1/2,Horvath,T-Schneider,A/HUN-ch/1984/} )
            17...Qc6 18.Nxb6 Rb7 19.c5 dxc5 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 Bxb2 22.
            Rab1 O-O 23.Qxc5 Qa4 24.Rd2 Rb5 25.Qc6 {Kasparov, 
            G-Ribli,Z/Skelleftea WCup/1989/} 25...Bc3! = )
        13...Rd7 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Nxh7 Rxh7 16.Qe4 Rh5 17.Qxc6 Rc5 18.Qa4 
        Qa8+ 19.Kg1 Qc6! 20.Qa3 Ra5 21.Qb3 Rc5 22.Bf4 g5 23.Be3 Rxc4 24.
        Qd3 Qe4 = {1/2,Ribli,Z-Wahls,M/BL/1988/ (36)} )
    13.b3 Ra7 14.Nge4 
        ( 14.Bb2 Qa8 
            ( 14...h6 15.Nge4 Rd7 16.Rab1 Nxe4 17.Qxe4 Qc8 18.f4 Re8 19.
            Qf3 Qb7 20.a4 Na5 21.Bc1 Rc8 22.Qxb7 Nxb7 23.Be3 Rc6 24.Rdc1 
            Bf6 25.Ne4 Bd8 26.b4 += {(),Krasenkov,M-Brodsky,M/Rostov op/ 
            1993/} )
        15.Kg1 h6 16.Nge4 Rd8 17.Qe3 Qb8 18.Rac1 b5 $132 {Ribli,Z-Ftacnik,
        L/Dubai olm/1986/} )
    14...Rd7 15.Bb2 d5 
        ( 15...Qb8 16.Rd2 Rfd8 17.Rad1 b5 18.Ba1 h6 19.f3 Na5 20.cxb5 axb5
        21.Nxf6+ Bxf6 22.Qb4 += {><b5,Popov, V-Gabdushev,R/St.Petersburg 
        Chigorin/1997/} )
    16.cxd5 Nxd5 17.Nxd5 Rxd5 18.Nc3 Rxd1 19.Rxd1 = {
    1/2,Fischer,R-Krallmann,M/Schoeneck-tt/1997/} )
12.Nce4 Ra7 
    ( {More ambitious, but also more risky is} 12...Ne8!? 13.Qd3 g6 14.h4 
    Nd7 15.b3 Nc5 16.Qe3 Nxe4 17.Nxe4 Ng7 18.Bb2 Nf5 19.Qc3 f6 20.h5 gxh5 
    21.Rh1 Qe8 22.Ng5 Ng7 23.Rad1 Rc8 24.Qd4 b5 25.Ne4 bxc4 26.bxc4 Qc6 
    27.Rc1 ~= {Jirovsky,M-Ftacnik,L/CZE-chT/1994/} )
13.Qd3 
    ( 13.Nxf6+ Bxf6 14.Qe3 
        ( 14.Qg4 Be7 15.h4 Nd7 16.b3 Nf6 17.Qf3 Rd7 18.Bb2 Qa8 19.Rac1 
        Qxf3+ 20.Nxf3 Rc8 21.Bd4 Rc6 22.Be3 Rb7 23.Ne1 Rc8 24.Bg5 Rd7 25.
        Nd3 h6 26.Be3 Rb7 = {Adorjan,A-Lau,R/Plovdiv EUchT/1983/} )
    14...Rd7 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Qf3 = {1/2, Taimanov,M-Csom,I/Titograd/1984/ 
    With only two pairs of minor pieces on the board White's chances of 
    utilizing his space advantage and building up pressure against Black's
    potential weaknesses are very small. In fact, it's Black who often 
    manages to free himself completely with a timely d6-d5 or b6-b5 break.
    } )
13...Nxe4 14.Nxe4 Rd7 
    ( 14...Nc6 15.Bf4 d5 16.cxd5 Nb4 17.Qf3 Nxd5 18.Be5 Qa8 19.Rac1 Rd8 
    20.Nc3 Nxc3 21.Rxd8+ Bxd8 22.Rxc3 b5 23.Rc6 Rd7 24.Rd6 Qxf3+ 25.Kxf3 
    Rxd6 26.Bxd6 f5 27.h4 = {1/2,Fauland,A-Csom, I/Budapest Elekes/1990/} 
    )
15.Nc3 N {White takes b5 and d5 under control, but also loses time.} 
    ( 15.Bf4 Qc8 
        ( 15...d5 16.cxd5 Rxd5 17.Qc2 += {<->c,d, ><b8} )
    16.Rac1 Rfd8 17.Qf3 Qb7 18.Rd2 Nc6 19.h4 h6 20.Kg1 Na5 21.b4 Nxc4! 22.
    Rxc4 d5 = {Csom,I-Ermenkov,E/EU-chT Plovdiv/1983/} )
15...Qc8 16.Bd2 
    ( 16.Bf4?! Qc6+ 17.f3 Rc8 $36 {><c4} )
    ( 16.b3 $142 Nc6 17.Bf4 Bf6 18.Rac1 = )
16...Nc6! 
    ( 16...Qc6+ 17.f3 Rc8 18.b3 = )
17.Qe4 Ne5 18.b3 Re8 
    ( 18...f5 $142 !? $36 )
19.Rac1? {Now the initiative quickly passes on to Black.} 
    ( 19.Kg1 $142 {/\} 19...f5 20.Qg2 ~ )
19...f5! 20.Qb1 Qb7+ 21.Kg1 Bf6!? 
    ( 21...b5 22.f4 Ng4 23.cxb5 axb5 24.Qd3 $132 )
22.a4 g5! $40 {><Kg1,/ ^h1-a8 A remarkable attacking concept in hedgehog 
positions. Black starts a >> pawn storm, which is surprisingly efficient. 
It's because Black controls the weakened long diagonal and there are no 
pieces around White's deserted K. Also White has no effective counterplay 
in the [+] or on the <<.} 23.Be3 
    ( 23.f3 g4! 24.fxg4 
        ( 24.f4 Nf3+! 25.exf3 Bd4+ -+ )
    24...Nxg4 -/+ )
23...h5 24.Bd4 h4 25.Bxe5 {It's already White who logically seaks 
salvation in exchanges.} 25...Bxe5 26.g4?! {Now Black's attack gets too 
powerful.} 
    ( {White should have tried to transfer his pieces to the >>:} 26.Qd3 
    $142 hxg3 27.hxg3 g4 
        ( 27...Rh7 28.Qf3 =+ )
    28.e4!? Rh7 $40 
        ( 28...f4!? =+ )
        ( 28...Bxc3? 29.Rxc3 fxe4 
            ( 29...Qxe4 30.Qxe4 fxe4 31.Re3 += )
        30.Qe2 ~ )
    )
26...h3! 
    ( 26...fxg4?! 27.Qg6+ Kf8 28.Qxg5 h3 29.e4 =+ {<=>><Kf8} )
27.f3 $8 
    ( 27.e4 fxg4 -+ )
27...Rg7! {/\fg4} 
    ( 27...fxg4!? 28.Qg6+ Kf8 $40 )
28.e4 
    ( 28.gxf5 g4 29.Qe4 gxf3+ 30.Kf2 Rg2+ 31.Kxf3 Qf7 -+ {->} )
28...fxg4 29.fxg4 Rf8 30.Rd3 
    ( 30.Rf1 Bd4+ 31.Kh1 Rxf1+ 32.Rxf1 Bxc3 -+ )
    ( 30.Qd3 Rf4 31.Qxh3 Rh7 32.Qg2 
        ( 32.Qg3 Rh4! -+ )
    32...Rxh2! 33.Qxh2 Rxg4+ 34.Qg2 Rxg2+ 35.Kxg2 Qf7 -+ {/\Qh5,Qf4->} )
30...Rf4 31.Rxh3 Rxg4+ 32.Kh1 
    ( 32.Kf2 Qf7+ 33.Rf3 Qh5 -+ )
32...Rh7! 33.Qd3 
    ( 33.Rxh7 Qxh7 34.Qb2 Bxc3 -+ )
33...Rgh4 34.Rxh4 $8 Rxh4 35.h3 
    ( 35.Rc2 Qh7 -+ )
35...g4 36.Rg1 Qh7 0-1

