[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yakovich, Yury LAZV"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei STKZ"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[ECO "D20"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "108"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.d5 Ne5 6.Bf4 Ng6 7.Be3 
    ( 7.Bg3 e5 
        ( 7...Nf6 8.Nc3 e6 9.Bxc4 exd5 10.Bxd5!? c6 11.Qa4! Bxf3 12.gxf3 
        Be7 13.Bb3 O-O 14.e5 Nd7 15.Rd1 Qc8 16.Bxf7+! +/- {Xu 
        Jun-Nikolic,Ne Belgrade GMA Open 1988} )
    8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Qb3 
        ( 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Qxd7 11.Nc3 Nf6 12.O-O O-O 13.Rc1 b5 14.Qc2 
        Rfb8 15.Nd1! b4 16.Ne3 Qb5 17.Nc4 +/- {1/2-1/2 
        Timman,J-Lautier,J/Wijk cm6 1994 (48)} 
            ( 17.Nd2!? )
        )
        ( 9.h3 Bd7 10.h4 h5 11.Nc3 a6 12.Be2 Nf6 13.Nd2 b5 14.Rc1 Qe7 15.
        a3 Nf4 16.Kf1 g6 17.Nb3 O-O 18.Kg1 c6 =+ {
        Volkov,S-Ibragimov,I/RUS-Cup8 1997/1-0 (60)} )
    9...Nf6 10.Bb5+ Kf8 11.Nfd2 Nh5 12.Nc3 Nhf4 13.Bf1 h5 14.h4 Bc5 15.Nc4
    Rh6 16.f3 Bd7 17.Nxe5 Nxe5 18.Bxf4 Rb6 19.Qc2 Qf6 20.Qd2 Rb4 21.O-O-O 
    Rd4 22.Bxe5 Qxe5 ~= {0-1 Mikhalchishin,A-Vorotnikov,V/Lvov 1983 (40)} 
    )
7...e5 8.Bxc4 
    ( 8.Nc3 Nf6 9.Bxc4 Bd6 
        ( 9...a6 10.h3 
            ( 10.Be2 Bd6 11.Nd2 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 O-O 13.O-O Qd7 
                ( 13...Nd7 14.Nb3 Qe7 15.Rac1 Rfc8 16.Rc2 Nf4 17.Qd2 a5 
                18.g3 Nh5 19.Nb5 += {Podgaets,M-Raetsky,A/Biel op MTO 
                1997/1-0 (68)} )
            14.f3 Rfc8 15.Rfd1 Ne8 16.Nb3 h6 17.Rac1 Kh7 18.Rc2 Rcb8 19.
            Rdc1 b5 20.Na5 += {Azmaiparashvili,Z-Piket,J/Wijk op 1993/0-1 
            (64)} )
        10...Bd7 11.h4 
            ( 11.O-O Bd6 12.Nd2 O-O 13.Re1 Ne8 14.Bf1 Be7 15.Nc4 Nd6 16.
            Nxd6 Bxd6 17.Rc1 Qh4 18.g3 Qe7 19.Bg2 h6 20.Nb1 f5 $132 {
            1/2-1/2 Razuvaev,Y-Ibragimov,I/Dortmund op-A 1992/TD 92\03 
            (26)} )
        11...h5 12.Ng5 Bd6 13.f3 Qe7 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Bb3 Bc5 16.Rc1 Rac8 17.
        g3 c6 = {Varga,Z-Magem Badals,J/EU-chT 1992/1/2-1/2 (54)} )
    10.h3 Bd7 11.Qc2 O-O 12.O-O-O a6 13.Rhe1 Qe7 14.Kb1 Rfc8 15.Bf1 b5 16.
    Nd2 c5 $36 {Boensch,U-Gofshtein,L/Herzliya 1993/1-0 (50)} )
8...a6 
    ( 8...Bd6 9.Qa4+ 
        ( 9.h3 Bd7 10.h4 h6 11.h5 Nf8 12.Nh4 Ne7 13.g4 b5 14.Bb3 c6 15.Nc3
        b4 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Nd5 Ne6 18.Rc1 Bxd5 19.exd5 Nf8 20.Ba4+ Nd7 21.
        Rc6! +/- {1-0 Smyslov,V-Semkov,S/Roma op 1990 (33)} )
        ( 9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.Be2 Nf6 11.Nfd2 Bd7 12.g3 h5 13.h4 Ng4 14.Bxg4 
        Bxg4 15.Qb3 b6 16.Nc3 a6 17.f3 Bd7 18.Nc4 += {
        Nikolaidis,I-Valkesalmi,K/Moscow olm 1994/1-0 (48)} )
    9...Kf8 10.Nbd2 Nf6 11.Be2 h6 12.h3 Bd7 13.Bb5 Bc8 14.Rc1 += {1-0 
    Zilberstein, V-Ibragimov,I/Katowice op 1990 (35)} )
9.O-O 
    ( 9.h3 Bd7 10.h4 Bd6 11.h5 N6e7 12.h6 gxh6 13.Nc3 Ng6 14.Qd2 Qe7 15.
    O-O-O O-O-O 16.Kb1 Nf6 17.Qe2 Rdg8 18.Nd2 Ng4 19.Bxa6 bxa6 20.Qxa6+ 
    Kd8 21.Qa8+ Bc8 22.Nc4 Nxe3 23.fxe3 Qd7 ~ {1/2-1/2 
    Alterman,B-Nikolic,N/Zagreb zt 1993 (31)} )
9...Nf6 10.Be2 Bd6 11.Nfd2 Bd7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.a3 
    ( 13.Rc1 Qe7 14.a3 b5 15.Nb3 Nf4 
        ( 15...c6 16.dxc6 Bxc6 17.Na5! +/- Bxe4 $140 18.Nxe4 Nxe4 19.Bf3 
        f5 20.Qd5+ Kh8 21.Bxe4 fxe4 22.Rfd1 +- )
    16.Bf3 Kh8 
        ( 16...g5!? )
    17.Na2 g5 18.Nc5 Rg8 
        ( 18...g4 19.Be2 )
    19.Nb4 $36 {<< 1-0 Karpov,A-Milov,V/Credit Suisse 1997 (34)} )
13...Qe7 14.Nc4 
    ( {The move} 14.Rc1!? {was more accurate-see game Karpov, 
    A-Milov,V,1997.The move done in the game gives the black opportunity 
    either to exchange black square bishops or to take the important 
    diagonal c5-g1.} )
14...Bc5 15.Bg5 
    ( 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.b4 Qd4 17.Rc1 
        ( 17.Qc2 Nf4! 18.Rfe1 Bb5! $36 )
    17...Nf4 =+ )
    ( 15.b4 Bxe3 16.Nxe3 = )
15...Qd8! 
    ( 15...h6 $140 16.d6! Bxd6 17.Nd5 Qd8 
        ( 17...Qe6? 18.Bxf6 gxf6 19.Bg4 +- )
    18.Nxf6+ gxf6 19.Bxh6 Re8 20.Nxd6 +- )
16.Rc1 
    ( 16.Qb3 h6! 
        ( 16...b5 17.Na5 Bb6 
            ( 17...h6? 18.Nb7 +/- )
        18.Nc6 Bxc6 19.dxc6 Qd6 20.a4 $132 )
    17.Bxf6 Qxf6 18.Qxb7 Qg5 19.Kh1 
        ( 19.Qxc7? Bh3 20.Bf3 Nh4 -+ )
    19...Nf4 20.Bf3 Bg4! $40 )
16...Bd4 17.Bf3 Bb5?! 
    ( 17...h6 $142 !? 18.Bd2 Nh4 $36 
        ( 18...Bb5 19.Qb3 Bxc4 20.Qxc4 Ne8 {-see game.} )
    )
18.Qb3 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 h6 20.Bd2 
    ( 20.Bxf6! Qxf6 21.Qxc7 Nh4 22.Bg4! 
        ( 22.Be2 Qg6 
            ( 22...Rac8 23.Qd7! 
                ( 23.Qxb7 Qg6 24.g3 Bxc3 25.Rxc3 Rxc3 26.bxc3 Qxe4 27.gxh4
                Qxe2 $132 )
            23...Qf4 
                ( 23...Qg5 24.Qg4 +/- )
            24.Qg4 Bxf2+ 25.Kh1 += )
        23.g3 Bxc3 24.Qxc3 Qxe4 25.gxh4 Qxe2 26.Rfe1 Qg4+ 27.Qg3 = )
    22...Qf4 
        ( 22...Qg5 23.Bh3 Nf3+ 24.Kh1 Nd2 25.Rfd1 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Nxe4 27.Rc2
        +/- )
    23.Bh3 Bxf2+ 24.Kh1 +/- )
20...Ne8! 21.Nd1 
    ( 21.Ne2 Bb6 $36 
        ( 21...Bxb2 22.Rb1 Nd6 23.Qb4 Bd4 24.Nxd4 exd4 25.Qxd4 +/- )
    )
21...Bb6 22.a4 
    ( 22.Be3! Nd6 23.Qc2 Nh4 
        ( 23...Bxe3 24.Nxe3 Nb5 25.Nf5 Rc8 26.a4 Nd6 27.Bg4 +/- )
    24.Bg4 f5 25.Bxb6 cxb6 26.exf5 
        ( 26.Bxf5 Ndxf5 27.exf5 Qxd5 28.Ne3 Qf7 29.Qe4 Nxf5 30.Nxf5 
            ( 30.Qxe5 Rae8 31.Qxf5 Qxf5 32.Nxf5 Rxf5 33.f3 Rc5! 34.Kf2 
            Rec8 = )
        30...Qxf5 31.Qxb7 += )
    26...Nhxf5 
        ( 26...Rc8 27.Qd2 
            ( 27.Nc3 Qg5 28.Qe2 Ndxf5! $132 
                ( 28...h5 29.Bh3 Ndxf5 30.f4 exf4 31.Qe6+ Kh8 32.Ne4 Nf3+ 
                33.Kh1 Rxc1 34.Rxc1 Qh4 35.Qxb6 N3d4 $132 )
                ( 28...Nhxf5 29.Bxf5 
                    ( 29.f4? exf4 30.Qe6+ Kh8 31.Bxf5 f3! 
                        ( 31...Nxf5 32.Ne4 Qd8 33.Rxc8 Qxc8 34.Qxc8 Rxc8 
                        35.Rxf4 += )
                    32.Rc2 Nxf5 $40 )
                29...Qxf5 30.Rfe1 += )
            )
        27...Rxc1 
            ( 27...Ne4 28.Rxc8 Nxd2 29.Rxd8 Rxd8 30.Re1 Rxd5 31.f6 Kf7 32.
            fxg7 Kxg7 33.Nc3 +/- )
        28.Qxc1 Nhxf5 29.Re1 += )
    27.Ne3 Rc8 28.Qd2 += )
22...Nd6 23.Qc2 Nh4 24.Be2 
    ( 24.a5? Nxf3+ 25.gxf3 Bd4 26.Qxc7 Qf6 27.Kg2 
        ( 27.Qd7 Qxf3 28.Qxd6 Qg4+ 29.Kh1 Qxe4+ 30.Kg1 
            ( 30.f3 Qd3 -+ )
        30...Qg4+ 31.Kh1 Qe2 -+ )
    27...Nxe4 28.fxe4 Qg6+ 29.Kf3 Qh5+ 30.Kg3 Qe2 -+ 
        ( 30...f5!? $40 )
    )
24...Qf6 25.Kh1 Rac8 
    ( 25...Qg6? 26.g3 Qxe4+ 27.Qxe4 Nxe4 28.Bb4 Nf5 29.a5! +- )
26.f3 Bd4 27.g3 
    ( 27.Ne3!? += )
27...Ng6 28.Qb3?! h5! 29.h4 Qd8! {Weakening king's side of the white,the 
black prepare breakthrough f7-f5 and get serious initiative.} 30.Ne3 Nf4! 
31.Rfe1 
    ( 31.Bd1? Qd7 -/+ )
    ( 31.gxf4 Qxh4+ 32.Kg2 exf4 33.Be1 Qg5+ -+ )
31...Nxe2 32.Rxe2 Qd7 33.Kg2 Bxe3! 
    ( 33...f5? 34.Nxf5 Nxf5 35.exf5 Kh8 36.g4 +/- )
    ( 33...Kh8 34.Bb4! )
34.Bxe3 
    ( 34.Rxe3 $142 f5 35.exf5 Qxf5 36.Bb4 Rf7 37.Qc2 Re8 = )
34...f5 35.exf5 Rxf5 36.Bc5 
    ( 36.Rec2 Qf7 37.Bg5 e4 38.fxe4 Nxe4 39.Qxb7 Rf2+ 40.Kg1 Rf8 41.Bf4 
    Rxf4 42.gxf4 Qxf4 43.Qb3 Rf6 $40 )
36...Rcf8 37.Rc3 g5! 38.Bxd6 cxd6 39.hxg5 
    ( 39.Qb4!? )
39...Rxg5 40.Qc4 Qf7 =+ 
    ( 40...Qg7 41.Qh4 Rf4 42.Qh3 )
41.Kh2 Rf5 42.Qe4 Kh8 43.Rec2 
    ( 43.Kg2 Rg8 )
43...h4 
    ( 43...Rxf3 44.Rc7 Qg8 -/+ )
44.Rc8?! 
    ( 44.Rg2 $142 Rg8 45.gxh4 Rf4 46.Rxg8+ Qxg8 47.Qe1 Rxa4 -/+ )
44...hxg3+ 45.Kg2 Qh5! 46.Rxf8+ Rxf8 47.Kxg3 Rg8+ 48.Kf2 Qh3! $40 49.Ke3 
Rg1! 50.Qc4 Qh6+ 51.Kd3 Qh5! 
    ( 51...Qh1 52.Qc8+ Rg8 53.Qf5 )
52.Qc8+?? 
    ( 52.Qe4 Qh3! $40 
        ( 52...Rd1+ 53.Ke2 Rd4 54.Rc8+ Kg7 55.Rc7+ Kf8 56.Qh7 )
    )
52...Rg8 53.Qe6 Qxf3+ 54.Kc4 Rg4+ 0-1

