[Event "14th ECC final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris AGZE"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir SPET"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[ECO "E32"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Gelfand"]
[PlyCount "67"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 Bb7 8.f3 
c5 9.dxc5 bxc5 10.e3 Nc6?! {an inaccurate move order.Strangely enough it 
was adopted in a lot of games,but in very few of them White made use of it
} 
    ( 10...h6 $142 11.Bh4 Nc6 )
11.O-O-O! {Now it is difficult to get rid of unpleasant pin on h4-d8 
diagonal,as after h6 White Would take on f6 immidiately and have at least 
1 tempo more,compared to theoretical position. Funny enough I analyzed 
this idea in 1989 together with IM L.Basin,but had to wait almost 10 years
to give it a try.} 11...Rb8 {Maybe it is not the best solution, but Black 
are setting nice trap} 
    ( 11...Ne4 12.fxe4 Qxg5 13.Rxd7 Rab8 14.Nf3 Qg4 15.Bd3 {This is point 
    of White`s idea} 15...e5 16.Rd5 Qxg2 17.Rf1 Rbd8 18.Rxc5 f5 19.exf5 e4
    20.Ne1 Qxh2 21.Bc2 {1-0 Granda Zuniga,Julio E-Adla,Diego/ Santa Cruz 
    de la Palma op ;EXT 97 1995 (24)} )
    ( 11...Rc8 12.Nh3 
        ( 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Kb1 d5 14.cxd5 Ne7 15.e4 exd5 16.Qxf6 Rc6 17.
        Qg5+ Rg6 18.Qh4 Qd7 19.Ne2 Rb6 20.Qg4+ Qxg4 21.fxg4 d4 {0-1 Campos
        Luis Maria-Rodriguez Andres, Buenos Aires 1993 (34)} )
    12...d5 13.Qc2 h6 14.Bh4 {in fact h6 Bh4 moves were inserted earlier 
    in this game} 14...Qe7 15.Nf2 Ne5 16.Bg3 Nfd7 17.e4 f5 18.exf5 exf5 
    19.Nh3 d4 20.Nf4 Qf7 21.h4 a5 22.a4 Rc6 23.b3 Rb6 24.Bd3 {1-0 Sakaev 
    Konstantin-Rodriguez Andres,W-ch-jun,Guarapuava 1991 (35)} )
12.Nh3 Na5 13.Bxf6! 
    ( 13.Nf4 {looks winning,but} 13...Nb3+!! 14.Qxb3 
        ( 14.Kb1 Ne4 )
        ( 14.Kc2 Ne4 )
    14...Bxf3 {Now White can get Rook and 2 pieces for a Queen or 2 pieces
    for a Rook,but in both cases Black has exellent counterchances.} 15.
    Qxb8 
        ( 15.Qc2 Bxd1 16.Qxd1 h6 17.Bxf6 Qxf6 ~ )
    15...Qxb8 16.gxf3 Qe5 17.Nh3 Rb8 18.Rd2 Rb3 19.Bd3 d5 ~ )
    ( 13.Nf2 Bc6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6 )
13...gxf6 14.Nf4 {This a refutation. Now I don`t see an acceptable defence
for Black} 14...e5 
    ( 14...f5 15.Rg1 )
    ( 14...Bc6 15.Nh5 e5 16.Rd6 
        ( 16.Qe1 Kh8 17.Qh4 )
    )
    ( 14...d5 15.Nh5 d4 16.Qe1 Kh8 17.Qh4 Rg8 18.Nxf6 Rg7 19.Bd3 +- )
15.Nh5 Qb6 
    ( 15...d6 16.Qe1 )
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Qxa5 {White won a pawn,but still need good technique to 
convert it into a victory.} 17...d6 
    ( 17...e4 18.Qxc5 exf3 19.Qd4 )
    ( 17...Rfc8!? )
18.Qc3 Qh6 19.Rd2 Bc8?! 
    ( 19...Bc6 20.Bd3 Ba4 21.Bc2 +/- )
20.Bd3 f5 21.Bc2 Rb6 22.b4! {the most direct decision.After the pawn 
construction in center will be broken,Black`s King would would be in 
bigger danger than White`s one.However White had a pleasant choice} 
    ( 22.Rhd1 Qxh2 23.Rxd6 Rxd6 24.Rxd6 Qxg2 25.Qxe5 )
    ( 22.g3 Bb7 23.Rf1 )
22...cxb4 23.axb4 Be6 24.Rhd1 {The rest doesn`t require big explanations} 
    ( 24.c5!? )
24...Qxh2 25.Rxd6 Qxg2 26.c5 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Bf7 28.Rd1 
    ( 28.c6!? )
28...Re8 29.Bxf5 Qxf3 30.Bd7 Re7 31.c6 Be8 32.c7 Bxd7 
    ( 32...Rxd7 33.Rg1+ )
33.Rxd7 Qf1+ 34.Rd1 1-0

