[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lev, Ronen HERZ"]
[Black "Agrest, Evgenij MVGR"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[ECO "A88"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]

1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 f5 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.b3 Qa5 9.
Bd2 
    ( 9.Bb2 {Tyomkin,D} 9...e5 10.Qd2 Ng4 
        ( 10...Qc7 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.e4 Na6 13.exf5 Bxf5 14.Rad1 
            ( 14.Qe2?! Rfe8 15.h3 Nb4 16.Rad1? Bd3 17.Rxd3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 e4
            -/+ {0-1 Lugovoi,A-Agrest,E/St.Petersburg op2 1994/EXP 43 (25)
            } )
        14...Rfe8 15.h3 Nc5 16.Qe3 Nd3 17.Ba1 Nb4 18.Ne1 h5 19.a3 Nc2 20.
        Nxc2 Bxc2 21.Rd2 Bxb3 22.Nb5 cxb5 23.Qxb3 bxc4 24.Qxb7 Rac8 {
        1/2-1/2 Polugaevsky,L-Dolmatov,S/Reykjavik op 1990/EXP 18} )
        ( 10...Re8 11.Rad1 Nbd7 12.Rfe1 Nh5 13.e3! Qd8? 
            ( 13...Qc7! )
        14.dxe5 dxe5 15.e4 +/- {Gagarin, V-Litus,V/Czestochowa/1990/1-0 
        (24)} )
    11.h3 N Nh6 12.d5 
        ( 12.Rad1!? )
    12...Nf7 13.dxc6?! 
        ( 13.a3!? )
    13...bxc6 14.e4 f4 15.Ne2?! 
        ( 15.Rad1!? )
    15...Qxd2 16.Nxd2 fxg3 17.fxg3 Na6 18.Rad1 Nb4 19.c5? 
        ( 19.a3!? {Tyomkin,D} 19...Nc2 20.Rf3 Ng5 21.Rxf8+ Kxf8 22.Rf1+ 
        Ke7 =+ )
    19...dxc5 -/+ {Leski,M-Bauer,C/FRA-ch 1997/0-1(42)} )
9...Qc7 10.d5 
    ( 10.Qc1 e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Bh6 Nbd7!? 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.e4 f4 15.Qa3 
    Re8 16.Rfd1 Nf8 17.Qd6 Qxd6 18.Rxd6 Bg4 $132 {B.Malich - Dolmatov, 
    Bundesliga 1992} )
10...Na6 
    ( 10...h6 {Schussler} 11.Rc1 Nh5?! 12.e4 e5? {Much too ambitious. 
    White is ahead in the development and is now happy to be able to open 
    up the position.} 
        ( 12...f4 += )
    13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Nh4 +- {1-0 Panchenko,A-Beshukov,S/Sochi 
    1990 (22)} )
    ( 10...e5 {Tyomkin,D} 11.dxe6 Bxe6 12.Ng5 Bc8 13.h4 
        ( 13.Rc1 h6 14.Nh3 g5 )
    13...Na6 14.Bf4 Rd8 15.Rc1 += {Langeweg,K-De Prado,O/Candas op 
    1992/0-1(40)} )
11.Rc1 
    ( 11.Nd4!? {Tyomkin,D} 11...Bd7 12.e3 Nc5 13.Nce2 g5 14.Rc1 
        ( 14.f4?! g4 )
    14...h6 15.Bc3 a5 16.Ba1 cxd5 17.cxd5 Qb6 18.Qc2 += {Quinteros Miguel 
    A-Rodriguez Andres/It (open) "Clarin", San Luis (Argentina 
    1995/1/2-1/2 (47)} )
11...Bd7 
    ( 11...e5!? N {The most logical continuation Tyomkin,D} 12.dxe6 Bxe6 
    13.Ng5 Rfe8 14.Bf4 Rad8 15.Nd5! 
        ( 15.e4?! Nc5 16.Nxe6 Nxe6 17.Be3 fxe4 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxe4 Qa5 
        20.Qc2 d5 $36 )
    15...Qd7 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qd2 
        ( 17.e4 Nc5 18.Nxe6 Nxe6 19.Be3 fxe4 20.Bxe4 d5 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.
        Bd3 ~ 
            ( 22.Bg2 d4 23.Bd2 d3 $36 )
        )
    17...Qe7 18.e4 Bc8 19.Rfe1 Be5 20.exf5 Bxf5 21.Nf3 Bxf4 22.Qxf4 += )
    ( 11...Nc5 {Tyomkin,D} 12.Be3 Bd7!? N 
        ( 12...Nce4 13.Nxe4 Nxe4 14.Bd4 e5 15.dxe6 Bxe6 16.Bxg7 Qxg7 17.
        Nd4 
            ( 17.Qd4 Qxd4 18.Nxd4 Kf7 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.e3 a5 21.Ne2 Nc5 22.
            Nc3 Ke7 = {Nikolic,P-Dolmatov,S/Hastings A1 1989/1/2-1/2(32)} 
            )
        17...Rae8 18.e3 Bf7 19.Qc2 d5 20.cxd5 {1/2-1/2 
        Lerner,K-Dolmatov,S/URS-ch56 Odessa 1989} )
    13.dxc6 
        ( 13.Ng5?! h6 14.b4 Na6 )
        ( 13.Bd4!? )
    13...Bxc6 
        ( 13...bxc6 14.Ne5!? dxe5 15.Bxc5 Be6 16.e4 )
    14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Nd4 Bxd5 16.cxd5 += {Foisor, C-Agrest,E/Open, Biel SUI 
    1997/0-1(35)} )
12.e4? N {After this move it is not so easy to take back a pawn} 
    ( 12.Nd4 {Tyomkin,D} 12...Qb6 13.Na4?? 
        ( 13.Be3 += )
    13...Qxd4 -+ 14.e3 Qg4 15.Bf3 Qh3 16.c5 Ng4 17.Bxg4 fxg4 {0-1 Tuzan, 
    O-Berkovich,M/Moscow5 1990} )
12...fxe4 13.Ng5 Bg4 14.Qe1 Nc5 15.Qe3 Bh6 =+ {/-/+} 
    ( 15...e6 16.Ncxe4 
        ( 16.Nxe6 Nxe6 17.dxe6 Bxe6 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Qxe4 Rae8 = )
    16...Nfxe4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 exd5 19.cxd5 c5 = )
16.h3 Bf3?! 
    ( 16...Bxg5 $142 17.Qxg5 Bf3 18.Bxf3 exf3 19.Rce1 Qd7 20.Qh6 Rae8 -/+ 
    )
    ( 16...Bf5 17.g4 )
    ( 16...Bd7 17.Qe2 
        ( 17.b4? Nd3 18.Rb1 Ne5 -/+ )
    )
17.Bxf3 exf3 18.Qd4 
    ( 18.Qxf3? Nfe4 -+ )
18...Qd7 19.Kh2 Bxg5 20.Bxg5 Qf5 
    ( 20...e5!? 21.Qh4 Ne8 =+ )
21.Bh6 Rf7 22.g4! 
    ( 22.Rfd1 Qh5! 23.Be3 Nce4! 
        ( 23...e5 24.dxe6 Nxe6 25.Qh4 $8 Qxh4 26.gxh4 Rd7 27.Kg3 =+ )
    24.h4 $8 
        ( 24.Nxe4 Ng4+ 25.Kg1 Qxh3 -+ )
        ( 24.Rh1 Nxc3 25.Rxc3 cxd5 -+ )
    24...Qf5 25.Nxe4 Nxe4 26.Bf4 g5 -/+ )
22...Qd3? 
    ( 22...Qd7 23.Qe3 e5 {and black keeps the extra pawn} )
23.Rfd1 Qxd4 24.Rxd4 {In the ending the f-pawn turns to weekness,also Rf7 
has no moves.} 24...Ncd7 25.Re1 c5 26.Rdd1 Ne5 27.Kg3 a6 28.a4 Rb8 29.Bf4 
Nfd7 30.Bh6! {preparing monouevre Ne4-g5 which gives a draw} 30...b6 31.
Ne4 b5 32.cxb5 axb5 33.Ng5 Rf6 34.Ne4 Rf7 35.Ng5 Rf6 36.Ne4 1/2-1/2

