[Event "14th ECC final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir AGZE"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia EPTK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[ECO "E97"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Huzman"]
[PlyCount "150"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 
9.b4 a5 10.Ba3 b6 11.bxa5 Nh5 12.Re1 
    ( 12.Nb5 Rxa5 13.Bb4 Ra8 
        ( 13...Ra6 14.Nd2 Nf4 15.a4 f5 16.Re1 Nxe2+ 17.Qxe2 fxe4 18.Nxe4 
        Nf5 19.Qd3 Nd4 20.Bc3 Nb3 21.Ra3 Na5 = {1/2-1/2 Van 
        Wely,L-Smirin,I/Elista 1998/CBM Extra 66 (97)} )
    14.Qb3?! Nf4 15.Bd1 f5 16.Bc2 g5! 17.Nd2 Ne2+ 18.Kh1 f4 19.Rfe1!? Nd4 
    20.Nxd4 exd4 $36 {1-0 Krasenkow,M-Zaitsev,I/Koszalin 1997/Inf 70/ 
    [Krasenkow,M] (58)} )
12...f5 
    ( 12...Nf4 13.Bf1 f5 14.Nd2 g5 15.Nb3 bxa5 16.c5 Rf6 17.g3 Nfg6 18.Nd2
    f4 19.Be2 Qd7 20.Nc4 Rb8 21.Qa4 Qh3 22.Bf1 Qh5 23.cxd6 cxd6 24.Bxd6 
    +/- {0-1 Shomoev,A-Arakelov,I/Ch Russia (juniors) (under 1998 (61)} )
13.Bb4! N {White are fixing pawn`s structure on the Queen`s side and it 
lets them to start tipycal plan with c4-c5.Moreover,Black had weak squares
b6 and c6 now.} 
    ( 13.Bc1 Rxa5 14.a4 Nf4 15.Bf1 fxe4 16.Nxe4 Bg4 17.Bd2 Ra8 18.Ra3 h6 
    19.h3 Bd7 20.a5 g5 21.Qc1 bxa5 22.Bxa5 Kh8 23.Bb4 Rc8 24.Ba5 Qe8 25.
    Nh2 Qg6 $132 {1/2-1/2 San Segundo,P-Bacrot,E/ Escaldes 1998/CBM 68_07 
    (68)} )
13...bxa5 14.Ba3 Nf6 15.Bd3! 
    ( 15.Nd2 Bh6 16.Bd3 )
15...fxe4 16.Nxe4 Bg4 17.Nxf6+ Rxf6 18.Be4 += Nf5 19.Qd3 
    ( 19.h3 Bxf3 20.Qxf3 Nd4 21.Qe3 += )
19...Rf7 20.Rab1 Bh6 21.c5 Qf6 22.cxd6 cxd6 23.Rb6 +/- Rd8 24.Rf1! {This 
strong move takes away all counterplay and Black are doomed to passive 
defence.} 24...Qe7 25.h3 Bxf3 26.Bxf3 Bf8 27.g3 
    ( 27.Rfb1 Nd4 28.Be4 Qh4 $132 )
27...Nd4 28.Be4 Qc7 29.Ra6 Rc8 30.Kg2 
    ( 30.Rc1 Qxc1+ 31.Bxc1 Rxc1+ 32.Kg2 Rc2 33.Qxd4 exd4 34.Bxc2 Rc7 35.
    Rc6 Rb7 36.Bb3 d3 37.Rc3 d2 38.Rd3 Bh6 39.h4 += {/+/-} )
30...Qd8 31.Bb2 Rc5 
    ( 31...Bg7 32.Bc3 
        ( 32.Qd2 Ra8 33.Rxa8 Qxa8 34.Rc1 $36 )
    32...Rc5 33.Rb1 Qf8 34.Rb2 +/- )
32.Bxd4 exd4 33.Qxd4 Rb5 34.Rc6? {Being short of time,White are changing 
their active Rook. They had to do it with passive one instead.} 
    ( 34.Rb1! Bg7 35.Qd2 +/- {/+-} )
34...Rb4 35.Rc4 
    ( 35.Qd3 Rb2 $132 )
35...Bg7 36.Qd3 Rb2 $132 37.Rc2 Qb6 38.Rc8+ Bf8 39.Rc2 Bg7 40.Bf3 Bd4 41.
h4 Kg7 42.Rd2 Rxd2 43.Qxd2 Qb4 44.Qe2 Qb2 45.Qxb2 Bxb2 += {/+/-} 46.Re1 
    ( 46.Rd1 Ba3 47.Be4 Bc5 $132 )
46...Bd4 47.Re4 Bc5 48.g4 Rb7 49.g5 
    ( 49.Re2 a4 )
49...Rb2 50.Re7+ Kg8 51.Re2 Rxe2 = 52.Bxe2 Kg7 53.Bb5 h6 54.Be8 hxg5 55.
hxg5 Bb4 56.Kf3 Bd2 57.Kg4 Be1 58.f4 Bd2 59.Kf3 Bc1 60.Ke4 Bd2 61.Kf3 Bc1 
62.Kg4 Bd2 63.f5 gxf5+ 64.Kxf5 Bb4 65.Ke6 Bc5 66.Ke7 Bb4 67.Kd8 Bc5 68.Kc7
Bb4 69.Kb6 Kf8 70.Bh5 Kg7 71.Kb5 Kf8 72.Bd1 Kg7 73.Bc2 Kf8 74.Ka4 Kg7 75.
a3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

