[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei STKZ"]
[Black "Akhmadeev, Vadim STK2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "72"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 a6 
    ( 6...e6 7.Nc3 a6 
        ( 7...Be7 8.O-O-O 
            ( 8.e5 dxe5 9.Nxe5 h6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.O-O-O O-O 12.Bxd7 Bxd7 
            13.Ne4 Bxe5 14.Qxe5 Qe7 15.Qc7 Qb4 16.Nf6+ gxf6 17.Rxd7 += {
            /+/-} 17...Rac8 18.Qg3+ Kh8 19.Rhd1 
                ( 19.Qe3 Kg7 20.Rd4 Qc5 21.Qd2 f5 22.g4 Kh7 23.Qd3 Rc7 24.
                gxf5 Qxf5 25.Qxf5+ exf5 26.Rhd1 Rg8 27.Rd7 Rxd7 28.Rxd7 
                Rg2 29.Rxb7 Rxf2 30.c4 Rxh2 31.c5 Re2 32.c6 Re6 33.c7 Rc6+
                34.Kd2 a5 35.Ke3 h5 36.Kd4 h4 37.Kd5 Rc2 38.Kd6 {1-0 
                Rublevsky,S-Predein,V/Kurgan 1993/ EXP 38} )
            19...Qe4 20.c3 b5 21.R7d4 Qf5 22.Qe3 Kh7 23.Rf4 Qg5 24.h4 Qg6 
            25.Qf3 f5 26.g4 Rfd8 27.gxf5 Rxd1+ 28.Kxd1 exf5 29.Rxf5 Rc7 
            30.h5 Qe6 31.Rxb5 Rd7+ 32.Kc2 Kg7 33.Qg3+ Kh7 34.Qe5 Qc6 35.
            Qf5+ Kg7 36.Qg4+ Kf6 37.Rf5+ Ke7 38.Qb4+ Ke6 39.Qf4 Ke7 {1-0 
            Vasiukov,E-Beliavsky,A/Vilnius zt 1975/ MCL 05} )
        8...O-O 9.Rhe1 Qa5 10.Bxd7 Bxd7 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.e5 fxe5 13.Nxe5 
        $36 {Dvorietzky,M-Scholseth,T/Saint John/1988/0|1/32/} )
    8.Bxd7+ Bxd7 9.O-O-O h6 
        ( 9...Be7 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Bc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bxf6 Bxf6 14.Qc5 
        Qc8 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Nd6+ Bxd6 17.Rxd6 O-O 18.Qxc6 +- {
        Gurgenidze,B-Gufeld,E/ Tbilisi/1969/1|0/23/} )
    10.Bh4 Be7 11.Rhe1?! 
        ( 11.e5!? )
    11...Qc7 12.e5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Rd8! 14.Bg3 Qc8 
        ( 14...Qc5!? )
    15.Qe3 O-O 16.Qf3 Bc6 
        ( 16...b5 17.Bh4 $36 )
    17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Qxc6 bxc6 19.Na4 += {1-0 Rublevsky,S-Ruban, 
    V/Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 50/[Chekhov] (39)} )
7.Bxd7+ Bxd7 
    ( 7...Nxd7 8.Nc3 h6 9.Bh4 Qb6 10.O-O-O Qxd4 11.Nxd4 e6 12.Bg3 b5 13.a3
    Nb6 14.Nb3 Nc4 15.Nd2 Na5 16.Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Hazai,L-Barczay,L/HUN-ch 
    1976/MCD-ch} )
8.O-O 
    ( 8.Nc3 h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 Rg8 11.O-O Rc8 12.c4 Bg7 13.Rac1 e6 14.
    Nb6 Rc6 15.Nxd7 Qxd7 16.Qe3 += {1-0 Ansell,S-McShane,L/Witley 1996/EXT
    97 (65) /+/-} )
8...h6 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nc3 e6 {a standard position position for this 
variation black has double pawns on the "f" file and enjoyes the pair of 
bishops and the open "g" file while white's plan is to put pressure on the
"e6" pawn with quite simple plan f4-f5 puttingn the Queen on "h3" or maybe
"b3" and then trying to bring the other knights to put pressure on "e6" 
from "d4" and "f4' quite a long plan but that's simply what white is going
to play here} 11.Rad1 Be7 
    ( 11...Rc8 )
12.Qd3 {the knight is going to "d4"} 12...Rc8 13.Nd4 Rc5 14.Kh1! {just a 
good move,not having the King on both the "g" file and the a7-g1 diagonal}
    ( 14.f4?! Qb6! {black is threatening now both "e5" and Qxb2} )
14...Rg5 
    ( 14...Qb6!? )
15.f4 Rg7 16.f5 Rhg8 17.Rd2 Qc8 18.Qh3 += {white has managed to play his 
plan,he only needs to finish it's last part bringing the "c3" knight to 
"f4"} 18...Rh7 
    ( 18...Qc4!? 19.Rfd1 e5 20.Nb3 Bc6 21.a3! 
        ( 21.Na5 Qb4 22.Nb3 
            ( 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.Qd3 Qb6 )
        22...Qc4 23.a3 )
    21...Bxe4 22.Na5 )
19.Nce2 {threatening fxe6 followed by Nf4} 19...e5 
    ( 19...Rhg7!? 20.Ng3 
        ( 20.fxe6 fxe6 
            ( 20...Bxe6 21.Nxe6 fxe6 
                ( 21...Qxe6 22.Qf3 +/- )
            22.Nf4 $36 )
        21.Qh5+ Kd8 22.Qa5+ Ke8 23.Qh5+ Kd8 = )
    20...Rh7 )
20.Nb3 h5 21.Nc3 +/- {white has achived his goal,he has the "d5" sqaure 
for his knight and you can look at black's bishop and see what they worth}
21...Bc6 22.Qf3 Rg4 23.Rfd1 b6 
    ( 23...Rhg7!? )
24.Qe3 Qb7 
    ( 24...Qc7 )
25.Nd5 Bxd5 26.Rxd5 +/- {/+-} 26...Rhg7 27.R1d2 Qc6 28.Qd3 R7g5 
    ( 28...b5 29.Na5 Qc7 30.b4 )
    ( 28...Qb7 29.c3 )
29.h3! +- Rg3 
    ( 29...Rf4 30.g3 +- )
    ( 29...Rh4 30.Kh2 Qa4 31.c4 
        ( 31.Re2 Rf4 32.Rxd6 +- )
    31...b5 32.Rc2 +- )
30.Qxa6 Re3 31.Na5 Qc7 32.Qa8+ Kd7 
    ( 32...Qd8 $8 33.Qa7! 
        ( 33.Qxd8+ Kxd8 34.Nc6+ Kd7 35.Nxe7 Kxe7 36.Rxd6 Rxe4 +/- {but of 
        course black got here much more than white should have given him} 
        )
    33...Qd7 
        ( 33...Re1+ 34.Kh2 bxa5 35.Rb5 +- Qd7 36.Rb7 )
    34.Qxb6 )
33.Nb7 Rxe4 34.Nxd6 Re1+ 
    ( 34...Bxd6 35.Rxd6+ Qxd6 36.Qb7+ )
35.Kh2 Bxd6 36.Rxd6+ Ke7 
    ( 36...Qxd6 37.Qb7+ )
    ( 36...Ke7 37.Rc6 {and mate is coming soom} )
1-0

