[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zifroni, Dov HERZ"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Aleksander POLW"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "75"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 e6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.Bb5 Bd7
9.c4 Nb6 
    ( 9...Nc7 10.exd6 Bxd6 11.O-O Qe7 12.Rd1 O-O 13.Nc3 Be8 14.Ba4 f5 15.
    Qd3 Bc5 16.Bg5 Qf7 17.Bf4 Rd8 18.Qe2 Nd4 19.Nxd4 Bxa4 20.Nxa4 Bxd4 21.
    Be5 Bxe5 22.Qxe5 += {0-1 Stein,B-Kovalev,A/Gausdal Int 1990/TD 90\05 
    (44)} )
10.Nc3 
    ( 10.exd6 a6 
        ( 10...Bxd6 11.O-O 
            ( 11.Be3 Bb4+ 12.Nbd2 a6 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Qg4 Bxf3 15.Qxg7 Rf8 
            16.gxf3 Nxc4 17.Rd1 Qd3 -+ {0-1 
            Romanovich,L-Lingnau,C/Komercni Banka op 1997/EXP 59 (41)} )
        11...a6 12.Rd1 Qc7 13.Nc3 O-O 
            ( 13...Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.c5 axb5 16.cxb6 Qb8 17.Qb4 Bxh2+ 
            18.Kh1 Qe5 19.Qh4 b4 20.Ne4 Bc6 21.Nd6+ Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Bxd6 23.
            Bf4 Be7 24.Qg3 O-O 25.Be5 g6 26.Bd6 Bxd6 27.Qxd6 += {1-0 
            Stein,B-Skembris,S/ Dortmund-B 1990/CBM 18 (65)} )
        14.Be3 Nc8 15.c5 Bxh2+ 16.Nxh2 axb5 17.Nxb5 Qa5 18.a4 Be8 19.Ng4 
        Qb4 20.Qxb4 Nxb4 21.Nc7 Rxa4 22.Rxa4 Bxa4 23.Rd4 {1-0 De la Villa 
        Garcia,J-Sion Castro,M/Zaragoza op-A 1995/EXT 95op} )
    11.Bg5 Qb8 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Qd4 Nd7 14.Nbd2 Qxd6 15.O-O f6 16.Be3 e5 
    17.Qg4 Ke7 18.Nh4 Qe6 19.Qh5 Qf7 20.Qe2 Qe6 21.Qh5 Qf7 22.Qe2 Qe6 23.
    Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Keitlinghaus,L-Hoffmann,M/BL9697 1997/BL9697} )
10...a6 11.Bg5 Qc7 
    ( 11...Be7!? 12.Bxe7 Qxe7 13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Qd4 Bxf3 
        ( 14...Nc8 15.exd6 Nxd6 16.Qxg7 O-O-O 17.Ne5 Qc7!? $36 )
    15.exd6 
        ( 15.gxf3 Nc8 16.Rg1 dxe5 17.Qxe5 Qf6 18.Qxf6 gxf6 19.Rd1 Ke7 ~ )
    15...Qf6 16.Qxb6 Bxg2 17.Rg1 Bf3 18.Qe3 ~ )
12.exd6 Bxd6 13.O-O-O O-O 
    ( 13...f5 14.Qe3! h6 
        ( 14...axb5 15.Nxb5 +- )
    15.Bxc6 bxc6 
        ( 15...Qxc6 16.Nd4 Qc5 17.Nxe6 Qxe3+ 18.Bxe3 Nxc4 19.Nxg7+ Kf7 20.
        Rxd6 Nxd6 21.Rd1 +/- )
    16.c5 Bxc5 17.Qxc5 hxg5 18.Ne5 +/- )
14.Be3 f5 
    ( 14...Bb4!? 15.Ng5 
        ( 15.Bxb6 Qxb6 16.Ng5 f5 {transposes to 15.Ng5} )
    15...f5 $8 
        ( 15...g6 16.Qh4 h5 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.c5 +- )
    16.Qh4 h6 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.Rxd7 hxg5 19.Qxg5 Be7 ~ )
15.Qd3 
    ( 15.Qh4 Be7 16.Qg3 f4 17.Bxb6 Qxb6 18.Qg4 Bc8 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Ne5 
        ( 20.Rd2 Bb4 -/+ )
    20...Qxf2 21.Rhe1 ~= )
15...Bf4 16.c5!? {the begining of a very long and force variation which I 
am not sure both players analysed [atleast during the game]} 
    ( 16.Kb1 Bxe3 
        ( 16...axb5 )
    17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.Qxe3 Rae8!? 
        ( 18...Nxc4 19.Qxe6+ Qf7 20.Qxf7+ Rxf7 21.Rhe1 )
    19.Qe5 
        ( 19.b3 e5 $132 )
    19...Rf7 )
16...Nb4 
    ( 16...Bxe3+ 17.Qxe3 
        ( 17.fxe3 Nb4 18.cxb6 Nxd3+ 19.Rxd3 {transposes to the game} )
    17...axb5 18.cxb6 Qc8 19.Kb1 b4 20.Nb5 e5! 21.Nd6 
        ( 21.Nc7 $142 Ra5 22.Qb3+ Kh8 23.Ng5 Be8 24.Nxe8 Qxe8 25.f4 $36 )
    21...f4 22.Qe4 Bf5 23.Qxf5 Qxf5+ 24.Nxf5 Rxf5 25.Rhe1 Ra6 )
17.cxb6 
    ( 17.Qd4 Bxe3+ 18.fxe3 Nxa2+ -+ )
17...Nxd3+ 18.Rxd3 Bxe3+ 
    ( 18...Qxc3+!? 19.Rxc3 Bxe3+ 20.Rxe3 axb5 $36 )
19.fxe3 Bxb5 
    ( 19...Qxc3+ 20.Rxc3! axb5 21.Ne5! Rxa2 
        ( 21...b4 22.Rc7 )
    22.Nxd7 Ra1+ 23.Kc2 Rxh1 24.Nxf8 Kxf8 25.Rc7 Rxh2 26.Rxb7 Rxg2+ 27.Kd3
    +- )
20.bxc7 Bxd3 21.Rd1 {here is the critical position after white's 16 
move,black simply gives his bishop after his position is quite lost,but of
course it was necessary to analyse a bishop retreat} 21...Rac8? 
    ( 21...Bb5 22.Nxb5 
        ( 22.Ne5 Be8! 23.Rd8 Bh5 24.Rd7 Rac8 -/+ {/-+} )
        ( 22.Nd4 Bc4! 
            ( 22...Bd7 23.Nxf5 )
        23.b3 Bd5 -/+ )
    22...axb5 23.Ne5 {this is the critical position!white has his strong 
    "c7" pawn and the knight on "e5" takes the control over the important 
    "f7" square, it seems to me that black has reall no plan to free 
    himself} 23...f4 {I think this is maybe the only why to get some play}
    24.e4! 
        ( 24.exf4 Rxf4 25.Rd8+ Rf8 26.Rd7 Rf5 = )
    24...Rxa2 25.Rd8 Ra8 26.Rd7 {and again it is very difficult to see a 
    plan for black} )
    ( 21...Bc4! {probably this was black's best continuation when it's not
    clear if white has more than a draw} 22.Ne5 
        ( 22.Rd7 )
    22...Bd5 23.Nd7! 
        ( 23.Nxd5 exd5 24.Rxd5 Rae8! 25.Rc5 
            ( 25.Nc4 Re7 26.Rc5 Rc8 )
        25...b6 26.Rc6 Rc8 )
    23...Rac8 24.Nxf8 Kxf8 25.Nxd5 exd5 26.Rxd5 Rxc7+ 27.Kd2 g6 = )
22.Rxd3 Rxc7 23.Rd6 Re8 24.Kd2 +/- {white has hugh,he has a slight 
material advantage,but black's pawn structure is very bad,the "e6" pawn} 
24...h6 
    ( 24...e5 25.e4 )
25.e4! fxe4 
    ( 25...Kf7 )
26.Nxe4 Rec8 27.Nc3 Kf7 28.Nd4 Re8 
    ( 28...e5 29.Nf5 )
29.Ke3 Ree7 30.Rb6 Rc5 31.Ne4 Re5 32.Nf3 Ra5 
    ( 32...Rd5 33.Nd6+ Kf6 34.Nxb7 +- )
33.Nd6+ Kf8 34.a3! +- {there is no reason for white to change pawns in 
this positioh,since any way the b7 pawn is lost} 34...Rc5 
    ( 34...Rd5 35.Nxb7 Rc7 36.Nd6 Ke7 37.Ne4 )
35.Nxb7 Rc2 36.g3 
    ( 36.Nd6 g5 37.g3 )
36...e5 37.Nd6 a5?? {this move now changes nothing but it tells us that 
black was in a very serious time trouble during the last moves he played} 
38.Rb8+ 1-0

