[Event "14th ECC final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan AGZE"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander SPET"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B33"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Rogozenko"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 
b5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Nc2 O-O 14.a4 {This 
never proved to be a problem for Black. Curiously, if Anand chooses such 
lines to combat Sveshnikov variation, isn't it a good reason to think that
Black is OK in the main lines?} 14...Ne7 
    ( 14...bxa4 15.Nce3 Bd7 ~ )
    ( 14...Be6 15.axb5 axb5 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Nc7 Qa2 $132 {
    Ljubojevic-Illescas, Pamplona 96} )
15.Bd3 
    ( 15.Ncb4? Nxd5 16.Qxd5 Be6 17.Qd1 Qb6 18.a5 Qb7 19.Qxd6 Qe4+ 20.Be2 
    Bc4 -/+ {Marin Corresa - Perdiguero Duenas, Esp. 92} )
15...Be6 16.Be4 {Only this move is a novelty. However, it doesn't seem to 
put big problems for Black.} 
    ( 16.Qh5 f5 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.axb5 e4 19.Be2 f4 $36 {Santo Roman - San 
    Segundo, Moscow olm. 94} )
16...Rc8 
    ( 16...Rb8!? {Deserves serious attention.} 17.Ncb4 
        ( 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Nb4 Qh4 19.Bd5 Bxd5 20.Nxd5 
            ( 20.Qxd5 bxa4 21.Rxa4 Rb5 $36 )
        20...Qe4+ 21.Ne3 Bh6 22.Qg4+ Qxg4 
            ( 22...Qg6 23.Nf5 += )
        23.Nxg4 Bg7 = )
    17...Bxd5 18.Nxd5 
        ( 18.Bxd5 a5 )
    18...bxa4 = )
17.O-O? {It seems that Anand just overlooked Black's answer.} 
    ( 17.axb5 f5 
        ( 17...axb5 18.O-O )
    18.Nxe7+ Qxe7 19.Bd5 axb5 20.O-O += )
17...Rc4! {Suddenly White faces serious problems. Anand decides to 
sacrifice a pawn, trying to hold some initiative.} 18.Nxe7+ 
    ( 18.Qd3 f5 19.Nxe7+ Qxe7 20.Bd5 e4 21.Bxe6+ Qxe6 22.Qe2 Rxa4 23.Rxa4 
    bxa4 24.Qxa6 Qb3 25.Ne3 Qxb2 26.Qxd6 Kh8 -/+ )
18...Qxe7 19.Bd5 
    ( 19.Bd3 Rxa4 20.Rxa4 bxa4 21.Bxa6 =+ )
19...Rxa4 20.Ne3 Rxa1 21.Qxa1 Bc8 22.Qb1 Qg5 23.Qd3 Qg6 24.Rd1 Qxd3 25.
Rxd3 =+ {Despite Black's extra pawn, White shouldn't have big difficulties
to hold the position thanks to bad pawn structure for Black.} 25...Bh6 
    ( 25...Rd8 26.c4 =+ )
26.c4 Bxe3 27.fxe3 bxc4 28.Bxc4 Rd8 29.Ra3 d5 1/2-1/2

