[Event "14th ECC qual. group 7"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1998.11.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alterman, Boris EPTK"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris AGZE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "D12"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 
    ( 6...Bg4 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.h3 Bh5 9.g4 += )
7.Qb3 Qb6 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.Bd2 Nbd7 10.Be2 Be7 
    ( 10...Qxb3 += )
    ( 10...Qc7 11.h3 Nb6 {[P 12.c5 bd7, ...e5]} 12.Rc1 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Nxc4 
    14.Qxc4 Rd8 15.e4 Qd7 16.e5 Nd5 17.Bg5 f6 18.exf6 gxf6 19.Be3 Bd6 20.
    Ne4 Kf7 21.Qe2 Rde8 22.Qf3 Kg7 23.O-O Bb8 24.Rfe1 Qc7 25.Kf1 Qa5 26.a3
    f5 27.Nc3 Nxc3 28.bxc3 Qd5 {1/2-1/2 Guimard,C-O'Kelly de Galway,A/ 
    Groningen 1946/MCL 01 (40)} 
        ( 28...Qxa3 $40 {e.g.} 29.Bf4 {(P 30. a1)} 29...Qe7 30.Bxb8 Rxb8 
        31.d5 cxd5 32.Qxd5 )
    )
11.Qc2! O-O 
    ( 11...Rc8 12.c5 Qc7 13.f4 b6 14.b4 g5 15.O-O gxf4 16.exf4 g6 17.Rae1 
    Kf8 18.Bd3 Kg7 19.Rf3 Rce8 20.h3 a5 21.a3 axb4 22.axb4 b5 23.Ne2 Ng8 
    24.g4 Bh4 25.Ref1 Ne7 26.Kg2 {Dreev, A-Bareev,E/President's Cup, 
    Elista RUS (5.5) 1998/1-0 (49)} )
    ( 11...dxc4 12.Bxc4 Rc8 13.O-O-O a6 14.Kb1 Qc7 15.e4 b5 16.Be2 c5 17.
    d5 exd5 18.Nxd5 Nxd5 19.exd5 Nf6 20.Bf3 Rd8 21.Bc3 Kf8 22.g3 Bd6 23.h4
    b4 24.Bd2 {1-0 Dreev,A-Bareev,E/President's Cup, Elista RUS (5.8) 1998
    (33)} )
12.O-O c5?! 
    ( 12...Rac8 13.c5 Qc7 14.f4 += )
13.Na4 
    ( 13.dxc5 Nxc5 )
13...Qc6 14.Nxc5 Nxc5 15.cxd5!? 
    ( 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.Rfc1!? Rac8?! 
        ( 16...dxc4 17.Qxc4 += )
    17.b4 Qc7 18.c5 Ne4 19.Be1 +/- )
15...Nxd5 
    ( 15...Qa4 16.b3 )
16.dxc5 Qxc5 17.Qxc5 Bxc5 18.Bf3 Rfd8 19.Rfc1! Rac8 
    ( 19...Bb4 20.Bxb4 Nxb4 21.Bxb7 Rab8 22.Rc7 Nxa2 23.g3 Nb4 24.Rxa7 Rd2
    25.Be4 Rf8 26.Bxg6 +- )
20.Kf1 Bb4 
    ( 20...Kf8 21.a3 )
21.Rxc8 
    ( 21.Bxb4? Nxb4 22.Bxb7 
        ( 22.Rxc8 Rxc8 23.Bxb7 Rc2 24.a3 Nd3 25.Be4 Rxf2+ 26.Kg1 Rd2 )
    22...Rxc1+ 23.Rxc1 Rd2 24.a3 Nd3 25.Rc8+ Kh7 )
21...Rxc8 22.Rc1 Rxc1+ 
    ( 22...Rd8 23.Bxb4 Nxb4 24.a3 Nd5 
        ( 24...Nd3 25.Rd1 Rd7 26.Be4 Ne5 27.Rxd7 Nxd7 28.Bxb7 +- )
    25.Bxd5!? 
        ( 25.Rd1 Rd7 26.Bxd5 Rxd5! 
            ( 26...exd5 27.Rc1 f6 28.Rc8+ Kf7 29.Ke2 Ke6 30.Kd3 Kd6 31.Kd4
            +/- )
        27.Rxd5 exd5 28.Ke2 Kf8 29.Kd3 Ke7 30.Kd4 
            ( 30.e4 )
        30...Kd6 31.h4 
            ( 31.e4! dxe4 32.Kxe4 Kc5! 
                ( 32...Ke6 33.h4 )
            33.b3 
                ( 33.Ke5? Kc4 34.Kd6 Kb3 35.Kc7 Kxb2 36.Kxb7 a5 -+ )
            33...a5 34.h4 b5 35.f4 a4 36.bxa4 bxa4 37.Kd3 Kd5 38.Kc3 Kc5 
            39.g4 f5 40.g5 Kd5 = 41.Kb4? Ke4 )
        31...f5 32.f3 
            ( 32.b4 )
        32...b6 
            ( 32...a5 33.e4! dxe4 34.fxe4 fxe4 35.Kxe4 Ke6 36.Kf4 Kf6 37.
            a4 +- )
        33.g3 
            ( 33.g4 Ke6 34.b4 Kd6 35.a4 Ke6 = )
        33...Ke6 34.b4 
            ( 34.e4 dxe4 35.fxe4 Kd6 
                ( 35...a5? 36.a4 Kd6 37.e5+ Ke6 38.b3 g5 39.hxg5 g6 40.Kc4
                Kxe5 41.Kb5 Ke4 42.Kxb6 Kf3 43.Kxa5 Kxg3 44.b4 f4 45.b5 f3
                46.b6 f2 47.b7 f1=Q 48.b8=Q+ Kg4 49.Qb5 += )
            36.e5+ Ke6 37.a4 a6 38.b4 a5 39.b5 = 
                ( 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.Kc5 Kxe5 41.Kb5 Ke4 42.Kxa5 Kf3 43.Kb6 
                Kxg3 44.a5 f4 -/+ )
            )
        34...Kd6 35.a4 Ke6 
            ( 35...a6 36.e4 dxe4 37.fxe4 fxe4 38.Kxe4 a5 39.bxa5 bxa5 40.
            Kd4 Ke6 41.Kc5 Kf5 42.Kb5 Kg4 43.Kxa5 Kxg3 44.Kb5 Kxh4 45.a5 
            +- )
        36.e4 dxe4 37.fxe4 a6 38.e5?! a5 39.b5 
            ( 39.bxa5? bxa5 40.Kc5 Kxe5 41.Kb5 Ke4 42.Kxa5 Kf3 43.Kb6 Kxg3
            44.a5 f4 -/+ )
        39...g5 40.hxg5 g6 41.Kd3 Kxe5 42.Ke3 = )
        ( 25.Ke2 Kf8 26.Bxd5 Rxd5 27.Rc7 
            ( 27.Rc8+!? Ke7 28.Rc7+ Rd7 29.Rxd7+ Kxd7 30.Kd3 Kd6 31.Kd4 )
        27...Rb5 28.b4 a5 = )
        ( 25.e4!? Nf6 26.Rc7 Rd7 27.Rc8+ Kh7 28.Ke2 b6 += )
    25...Rxd5 26.Rc8+ Kh7 27.Rc7 Rb5 28.Rxf7 Rxb2 29.a4!? Kg8 
        ( 29...Rb6 30.Re7 Kg8 31.a5 Ra6 32.Rxb7 Rxa5 33.Ke2 +/- )
    30.Re7 Rb6 31.a5 Ra6 32.Rxb7 Rxa5 33.Re7 Ra6 34.Ke2 Kf8 35.Rc7 +/- Ra4
    36.Kf3 a5 37.Ra7 )
23.Bxc1 +/- Kf8 24.a3 Bd6 25.g3 
    ( 25.e4? Bf4! = )
25...b6 26.Ke2 Ke7 27.Kd3 b5! 28.Bd1 Nb6 29.f4 Nd7! 30.Bf3 Nc5+ 31.Kc2 Kd7
32.Bd2 
    ( 32.e4 f5 33.e5 Bc7 34.Be3 Bb6 35.b3 Kc7 += )
32...e5 33.Bd5 f6 34.Bf7?! 
    ( 34.h4! exf4 $8 
        ( 34...Ke7 35.Bc6 a6 36.b4 Ne6 37.Bb7 Nc7 38.g4 +/- )
    35.exf4 
        ( 35.gxf4 Ne6 36.Kd3 f5! 37.Bc3 Be7 )
    35...g5 36.fxg5 
        ( 36.hxg5 fxg5 37.fxg5 
            ( 37.b4 Ne6 38.fxg5 Bxg3 39.Be3 Kd6 += )
        37...Bxg3 38.Bc3 Kd6! = )
    36...fxg5 37.Bxg5! Bxg3 38.h5 Kd6 39.Bf3 Be5 40.Be3 +/- )
34...g5 35.fxg5 
    ( 35.f5! )
35...fxg5 36.Bd5 Be7 37.g4 Kd6 38.Bg2 Bd8 39.b4?! 
    ( 39.Bb4 += )
39...Nd7! = 40.Bf1 Kc6 41.Bg2+ Kd6 42.Bf1 Kc6 43.Bg2+ 1/2-1/2

