[Event "13th ECC final"]
[Site "Kazan RUS"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei STKZ"]
[Black "Nalbandian, Tigran YRVN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[ECO "B22"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.dxc5 Nc6 5.f3 d5 6.exd5 Qxd5 7.Qxd5 Nxd5 8.Bc4 
e6 9.Bxd5 exd5 10.Be3 Ne5 11.b3 
    ( 11.b4 a5 12.Bd4 Nd3+ 13.Kd2 Bf5 14.a3 h5 15.Ne2 
        ( 15.Nh3!? )
    15...Rh6 16.Be3 Rha6 17.Nf4 
        ( 17.Nd4 Bg6 18.Nb3 axb4 19.cxb4 Nxb4 20.axb4 Rxa1 21.Nxa1 Rxa1 -+
        )
    17...d4 -+ {0-1 Klinger, J-Cebalo,M/Biel 1986/MCL 04/[Dolmatov] (29)} 
    )
11...Nd3+ 12.Kd2 Nxc5 13.Na3 {This endgame was played abysmally - by both 
sides. Here I would say that Black has a slight advantage due to his two 
bishops. I think the best way to play the position is 13...Bd7 followed by
14...0-0-0.} 13...Bd7 
    ( 13...Ne6 14.Nc2 f6 15.Ne2 Kf7 16.Ncd4 Nxd4 17.Nxd4 Bd7 {After the 
    exchange of knights White's task is much simpler - the position is 
    about equal.} 18.Bf2 h5 {At some point this h-pawn should simply be 
    blocked. Here is a good moment.} 19.Rad1 h4 {Now this pawn should 
    definitely be blocked with 20 h3.} 20.Nc2 h3 =+ {1/2-1/2 Turov, 
    M-Sotnikov,I/RUS-chJ U20 1996/CBM 54/[King] (38)} )
14.Ne2 Be7 {14...Bd6 seems better} 
    ( 14...Bd6 15.Nc2 Ne6 16.Ncd4 g6 17.Rad1 
        ( 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.f4 O-O 19.g3 b5 20.b4 a5 21.a3 Ra6 22.Bd4 Rfa8 
        23.Rac1 axb4 24.axb4 g5 $36 {0-1 
        Prudnikova,S-Khurtsidze,N/JUG-chW1 1996/EXT 97 (43)} )
    17...O-O 18.Rhe1 Rfe8 19.Nxe6 fxe6 20.f4 e5 21.fxe5 Rxe5 =+ {0-1 
    Manca,F-Gelfand,B/EU-chJ U20 1988/TD 88\09 (65)} )
15.Nc2 O-O 
    ( 15...Ne6!? )
16.Nf4 Rfd8 17.Nd4 Bc6 {White really has nothing here. His only advantage 
may be black's isolated "d" pawn, but that's not enough in return for the 
black two bishops.} 18.Rhe1 Bf8 19.Rad1 {now white may be slightly 
better,since it is very difficult to find any counter play for black} 
19...a5 20.Kc2 Nd7 {if black can play a4 then he has no problems at 
all,the more Nd7 is to allow a4,since immediately it is very bad because 
of b4} 
    ( 20...a4? 21.b4 )
21.a4 {white plan now is quite simple,playing Bf2 and after it transfering
the "d4" knight to e3 maybe via f5 or may via c2 putting a lot of pressure
on the "d5" pawn} 21...Nc5! 22.Bf2 Re8 23.Nf5 
    ( 23.Kb2 Rxe1 24.Rxe1 Bd6 )
23...Nxa4 $8 24.bxa4 
    ( 24.Nxd5 Rxe1 25.Bxe1 Re8 )
24...Bxa4+ 25.Kd3 Bxd1 26.Rxd1 {The position has changed quite a lot, the 
material balance has also changed two pieces for 2 pawn and rook, although
the "d5" pawn is very weak and white will probably win it, I think black 
should not be worse here, he can only be better here.} 26...a4 
    ( 26...Red8!? 27.Bd4 
        ( 27.Bb6 Rd7 28.Kc2 a4 )
    27...a4 
        ( 27...b5 )
    28.Ne3 ~ )
27.Bd4 
    ( 27.Nxd5 )
27...Ra5 28.Ne3 a3 
    ( 28...Rd8?? 29.Bb6 )
29.Nfxd5 Bc5?? {Once more a move, that I can not explain. Maybe black was 
in a time trouble since otherwish I can not explain a move losing at once}
    ( 29...Rd8 30.c4 
        ( 30.Nb4!? a2 31.Ra1 Bxb4 32.cxb4 Ra3+ 33.Ke4 )
    30...a2 31.Ra1 Ra3+ 32.Kc2 += )
    ( 29...Bd6!? )
30.Nc4 +- Bxd4 
    ( 30...Rb5 31.Nc7 +- )
31.Nxa5 Be5 32.Nc4 {the game is over} 32...Bxh2 33.Nxa3 Re5 34.c4 Rg5 35.
Rd2 h5 36.Nb5 h4 37.Nd4 Bd6 38.Ne3 b6 39.Ndf5 Bc5 40.Ke4 g6 41.Nxh4 Bxe3 
42.Kxe3 Rc5 43.f4 
    ( 43.Rd4?? Rg5 )
43...Rxc4 44.Nf3 Rc6 45.Ne5 Re6 46.Rd8+ Kg7 47.Rd7 Kg8 48.Kd4 Rf6 49.Ke4 
Kg7 50.g4 Kg8 51.Rb7 Kg7 52.g5 Rf5 53.Rxb6 Kg8 54.Nxg6 1-0

