[Event "14th ECC final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander AGZE"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid EPTK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[ECO "E15"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "35"]

1.d4 {Tyomkin,D} 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 d5 6.cxd5 
    ( {Beliavsky declines sharp variation-} 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 )
6...Bb4+!? {This is old reccomendation of Geller which I already used 
against Ionov in St.Petersburg 1996. In this game I tried to surprise my 
opponent choosing this line.} 7.Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 {White intends to playNc3
with the pressure on d5 and then,after c7-c5,to move N to a4.} 
    ( 8.Nbxd2 exd5 {xNbd2,/\0-0,c5, Re8,Nbd7} )
8...Nxd5 
    ( {Not bed} 8...exd5!? {preparing Ne4,and not c5.But I didn't want to 
    play the ending after 8.Qe3.} )
    ( 8...Ne4 9.Qb2 exd5 10.Bg2 O-O 11.O-O Nd7 12.Rc1 Re8 13.e3 c5 14.Nc3 
    cxd4 15.exd4 Nxc3 16.Rxc3 Nf6 = {1/2-1/2 Sofieva,A-Csom,I/Budapest HUN
    1993 (26)} )
9.Bg2 Nd7 
    ( {Worse is} 9...O-O {letting white} 10.Ne5!? Bb7 11.e4 
        ( 11.Na3!? )
    )
10.O-O O-O 11.Rd1 
    ( 11.Re1 {intending e2-e4 forces black to play 11...f5 or 11...c5-in 
    both with counterplay.After 11...c5;12.e4 black N is coming to d3 with
    complications.} )
11...c5?! N 
    ( 11...Bb7 {looks better,because B controls e4-square.} 12.Nc3 c5 13.
    dxc5 Nxc5 14.b4 Nxc3 15.Qxc3 Ne4 16.Qe3 Qe7 {1/2-1/2 Ionov, 
    S-Yudasin,L/St.Petersburg 1996/CBM 56 ext (16)} )
12.e4 Nb4 
    ( 12...N5f6 13.Nc3 {/\e5,Ne4-d6,Ra-c1+/-xBa6,d6} )
    ( 12...Ne7 13.Nc3 +/- {/\d5-d6} )
13.d5 {Beliavsky chooses the principle continuation.Anything gives:} 
    ( 13.dxc5?! Nxc5 =+ )
    ( 13.a3?! Nc6 14.d5 exd5 15.exd5 
        ( 15.Qxd5 Nf6 =+ )
    15...Na5 {xb3/\c4, /\Qf6|^} )
    ( 13.Na3!? Nf6 14.e5 Nfd5 15.Nc4 Nc6 += )
    ( {The most unpleasant move for black was:} 13.Nc3! {And black should 
    play very smart:} 13...cxd4 14.Nxd4 
        ( 14.Qxd4? Nc2 15.Qa4 
            ( 15.Qxd7 Qxd7 16.Rxd7 Nxa1 )
        15...Qc8! -/+ {/\Nc5,xQa4} 
            ( 15...Nxa1 16.Qxa6! Nc2 17.Rd2 Nb4 18.Qb5 +/- )
        )
    14...Ne5 
        ( 14...Nc5 15.e5 +/- )
        ( 14...e5 15.Nf5 Nc5 16.Nd5 +/- 
            ( 16.Qe3 Qf6 17.Rd6 Ne6 18.Rc1 Qg5 +/- )
        )
    15.Qe3! += Qe7! 
        ( 15...Ng4 16.Qf4 e5 17.Qxg4 exd4 18.e5 Rc8 19.Rxd4 Qc7 20.Nd5 +/-
        )
    16.Rac1 Rac8 )
13...exd5 14.exd5 {/\Nc3, Ne1,a3,/\a3,b4|^ If white stabilizes position 
and moves N out of b4,white would get clear advantage with the strong 
center.So,black has to play actively.} 14...Qf6! 15.Nc3 
    ( 15.Na3 Rae8 $36 
        ( 15...Rad8 {xd5} )
    )
15...Rae8!? {xe4 Black is continuing with the active strategy.} 
    ( 15...Rad8 {!?-Beliavsky} 16.a3 
        ( 16.Ne4 Qg6 17.Nh4 Qh5 18.Bf3?! Qe5 =+ )
        ( 16.Ne1 Ne5 17.f4 ~ )
    16...Nd3 17.Ne1 ~ )
16.Ne1! {/\a3,xd3} 16...Ne5! {/\Nd3,Ng4 There is no way back!} 17.a3 
    ( {Nothing dangerous after} 17.d6 Nbd3 
        ( {Or even} 17...Ned3 18.a3 Nxe1 19.axb4 Nxg2! {/\ Qf3,Nh4,Qg4=} )
    )
17...Nbd3 $8 18.Ne4! {Here Beliavsky found nice line:} 
    ( 18.f4 Nxe1 
        ( 18...Ng4!? 19.Nxd3 Bxd3 20.Qxd3 Re3 21.Ne4? 
            ( 21.Qd2! Qxc3 =+ )
        21...Qh6 22.Qd2 Qxh2+ 23.Kf1 f5! -+ )
    19.fxe5 Nf3+ =+ )
    ( {and offered me a draw,which I accepted because of the variation:} 
    18.Ne4! Qg6! 19.f4! Nxe1 20.Rxe1 Nd7 21.b4! Rd8 $132 
        ( 21...h6 $132 {/\f5} )
    )
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