[Event "14th ECC final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan BOSN"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander BESH"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[ECO "D93"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "73"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Rc1 dxc4 8.Bxc4 
O-O 9.Nf3 Qxc5 10.Bb3 Nc6 11.O-O Qa5 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qe2 Ne4 14.Nd5 e5 15.
Rxc6 exf4 16.Rc7 Be6 
    ( 16...fxe3 17.Qxe3 Be6! 18.Qe1 Qxe1 19.Rxe1 Nd6 += )
17.Ne7+ 
    ( 17.Qe1?! Qb5 18.Ne7+ 
        ( 18.Bc4!? Qxb2 19.exf4 Nc3 20.Nxc3! Bxc3 21.Qe4 Bxc4 22.Qxc4 Ba5!
        ~ )
    18...Kh8 19.Bxe6 fxe6 20.Qb1! Ng5! 21.Nh4! Nxh3+ 
        ( 21...fxe3! 22.Nhxg6+ hxg6 23.Nxg6+ Kg8 24.Ne7+ Kh8 25.Ng6+ {
        1/2-1/2 Novikov,I-Tukmakov,V/Kujbyshev 1986/ (25)} )
    22.Kh2 Qh5?! 
        ( 22...Nxf2! 23.Rxf2 fxe3! 24.Rxf8+ Rxf8 25.Kh3! ~ )
    23.Nexg6+? 
        ( 23.Nhxg6+! hxg6 24.Qxg6! 
            ( 24.Nxg6+ = )
        24...Rf5 
            ( 24...Qh7! 25.gxh3! Rf6 
                ( 25...fxe3 26.Qxe6! Rf6 27.Qxe3 +/- )
            26.Qg4! +/- )
        25.gxh3 fxe3 26.Qxh5+ Rxh5 27.Ng6+ Kg8 28.fxe3 Rd8! {1/2-1/2 
        Schmidt,W-Neverov,V/ Poznan/1986/ (73)} )
    23...hxg6 24.Qxg6 
        ( 24.Nxg6+ Kg8 25.Ne7+ Kh8 26.Ng6+ = )
    24...Qe5! 25.Rf7! Rxf7! 26.Qxf7 Ng5! 27.Ng6+ Kh7 28.Nxe5 Nxf7 29.Nxf7 
    Kg6! =+ {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kasparov,G/London/Leningrad (m11) 1986/ (41)
    } )
    ( 17.Rxb7 Nd6! 
        ( 17...Bxd5 18.Rb5 Nc3!! 19.bxc3 Bxf3 20.gxf3 Qxc3 = )
    18.Ne7+ Kh8 19.Nc6 Qc5 20.Bxe6 Qxc6 21.Re7 fxe6 22.exf4 Nf5! 23.Rxe6 
    Qa4 {Szilagyi,P-Schmidt,W/Budapes/1986/ (26)} )
17...Kh8 18.Rfc1 Bxb3 19.axb3 Ng5 
    ( 19...fxe3 20.Qxe3 Nd6 21.Qf4 Rad8 22.Ng5 
        ( 22.b4 Qb6 23.Ng5! )
    22...h6 23.Ne4 Qe5 24.Qxe5 Bxe5 25.Nxd6 Bxd6 26.Rxb7 {1-0 Levitt, 
    J-Mittelman,G/London/1990/ (61)} )
20.b4 Nxf3+?! {Obvious move, that gives white excellent control of the 
center. White pieces are very active and black can not claim any 
compensation for it.} 
    ( 20...Qa6!? 21.b5 
        ( 21.Qxa6 Nxf3+ 22.gxf3 bxa6 23.exf4 Bxb2 += )
    21...Qf6 += )
21.Qxf3 Qe5 
    ( 21...Qxb4 22.Rxb7 Qd2 23.Rd1 Qc2 24.exf4 +/- )
22.exf4 Qxb2 23.Nd5 Rad8?! 
    ( 23...Rae8 24.Rd1 
        ( 24.R7c2 Re1+ 25.Rxe1 Qxc2 += )
    24...Bd4 25.Rxb7 +/- )
24.R7c2 Qd4 
    ( 24...Rxd5? 25.Rxb2 Bxb2 26.Qxd5 Bxc1 27.Qc5 +- )
25.Rd1 {Black queen is trapped on a very central square!} 25...Rxd5 26.
Qxd5 
    ( 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.Qxb7 Rxf4 28.g3 +- )
26...Qxb4 27.f5 Qb6 
    ( 27...Qf4 28.Ra2 a6 29.Qxb7 Qxf5 30.Rxa6 +- )
28.Qd7 Bf6 
    ( 28...gxf5 29.Rc7 +- )
29.fxg6 hxg6 
    ( 29...fxg6 30.Rc7 +- )
30.Rc8 Rxc8 
    ( 30...Kg7 31.Rc7 Bh4 32.Qd4+ Qxd4 33.Rxd4 +- )
31.Qxc8+ Kg7 32.Qc4! {If Sokolov manages to prevent the march of both 
black free pawns his position will be easily won.} 32...Qa5 
    ( 32...Qc6 33.Qxc6 bxc6 34.Rc1 +- )
33.Rd7 Qe1+ 34.Kh2 Qxf2 
    ( 34...Be5+ 35.f4 +- )
35.Qxf7+ Kh6 36.Qh7+ Kg5 37.Rd5+ 
    ( 37.Rd5+ Kf4 38.Qxg6 +- )
1-0

