[Event "14th ECC final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas POLW"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris BESH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[ECO "A48"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Hazai"]
[PlyCount "78"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 O-O 5.e3 d6 {One has to realize that 
this is in fact a Reti New York line with reversed colours, therefore the 
strategies of the abovementioned opening are valid here as well.} 6.c3 
    ( 6.Bc4 {White can try to spare c2-c3, but this is a rare idea.} 6...
    Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Ne4 Qe8 10.Nxf6+ Bxf6 11.e4 Qe7 12.Bxf6 
    Nxf6 {after the mass exchanges Black has a fine position.} 13.Qe2 Be6 
    14.Nxe5 Bxc4 15.Nxc4 Qxe4 16.Rfe1 Rfe8 17.Qxe4 Nxe4 18.Rad1 Nc5 = {
    with completely equal _|_, Dreev-Khalifman, Vilnius 1988} )
    ( 6.Be2 {or} )
    ( 6.Bd3 {are the other strategies here.} )
6...Nbd7 7.Bc4 {White wants to provoke Black d6-d5 after which he can 
invade >< e5.} 
    ( 7.Be2 )
7...Qe8 {Black's main idea is to play for e7-e5.} 8.O-O h6 {driving the B 
to a slightly inferior place.} 9.Bh4 e5 10.b4 {This is an interesting idea
to allow e5-e4.} 
    ( 10.e4 Nh5 {><f4} 11.Re1 Nb6 12.Bb3 Bg4 {provoking h3, after which 
    the N on f4 will have a target.} 13.h3 Bd7 14.a4 a5 15.Nc4 Nxc4 16.
    Bxc4 Nf4 17.Bg3 g5 18.Qb3 Rb8 19.Bb5 c6 20.Bf1 Qe7 21.dxe5 dxe5 ~ {
    Speelman-Ye Jiangchuan, Beijing 1997} )
10...Kh8 {Black wants to prepare f7-f5.} 
    ( 10...e4!? {is a completely other plan.} )
11.Bb3 Nh5 12.Nc4 
    ( 12.dxe5 {is the well-known method in the Reti, and here it works as 
    well.} 12...dxe5 13.e4 Bf6 
        ( 13...Nb6 14.c4 += )
    14.Bg3 {hoping for a bad dark-squared B for Black.} 14...Qe7 15.Nc4 
    Rd8 16.Qe2 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Nb6 18.Na5 += {with some pressure on the light
    squares and on the <<.} )
12...f5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 
    ( 13...dxe5 {is also worth trying, because e5-e4 hits the Nf3.} 14.Re1
        ( 14.Ba4 e4! 
            ( 14...g5? {founders on} 15.Nfxe5! Bxe5 16.Nxe5 Qxe5 17.Qxh5 
            gxh4? 18.Qxh6+ Kg8 19.Bb3+ Rf7 20.Qg6+ +- )
        15.Nd4 a6! =+ )
    14...e4! 15.Nd4 g5 16.Bg3 Nxg3 17.hxg3 Nf6 ~ )
14.Nfxe5 dxe5 15.f4 exf4 
    ( 15...e4 {At first sight the closing of the position looks logical, 
    since White is better developed.} 16.Ne5 
        ( 16.Na5 Rb8 =+ )
        ( 16.Rc1 Be6 =+ )
    16...Bxe5 17.fxe5 Qxe5 18.g4 Nf6 19.gxf5 Bxf5 20.Qd4 Qxd4 21.cxd4 ~= )
16.exf4 Nxf4 
    ( 16...Bxc3? 17.Rc1 Bg7 18.Re1 +/- )
17.Rxf4 g5 {#} 18.Rd4 
    ( 18.Qd2! {was the real alternative!} 18...gxf4 19.Re1 Qh5 
        ( 19...Qg6?! 20.Ne5 Bxe5 21.Rxe5 f3 22.Re7! Qxg2+ 23.Qxg2 fxg2 24.
        Bf2! Rd8 25.Bg3 +- )
    20.Qxf4 {White has sacrificed the exchange, but he has an ample 
    compensation for it.} 20...Bd7 21.Re7! Bc6 22.Ne5 ~= )
18...gxh4 19.Rxh4 Qe7 
    ( 19...Be6? 20.Qd2 Qg6 21.Ne5! )
20.Qe1 
    ( 20.Qh5 Bd7! 
        ( 20...Qe8?! 21.Qg5 Kh7 22.Qg3 )
        ( 20...Be6?! 21.Ne5! 
            ( 21.Re1 Qf7 )
        )
    )
20...Qf6 21.Ne5 Be6 22.Ng6+! {White's dreams of attack cannot be realized,
therefore he changes the course of the game playing for a draw.} 
    ( 22.Bxe6 Qxe6 
        ( 22...Qxe5? 23.Rxh6+ +- )
    23.Nf3 Qb6+ 24.Kh1 Rae8 )
    ( 22.Qg3 Bxb3 
        ( 22...Qxe5? 23.Rxh6+! +- )
    23.Ng6+ 
        ( 23.Nd7 f4! )
    23...Kg8 24.axb3 Rfe8 )
22...Qxg6 23.Qxe6 = Qg5 24.Rh3 Rae8 25.Qc4 Re3 26.Rxe3 Qxe3+ 27.Kh1 Qxc3 
28.Qxc3 Bxc3 29.Rc1 {Black is a P up, but the _|_ is drawish because of 
the opposite coloured Bs.} 29...Be5 30.b5 Rd8 31.Rd1 Rxd1+ 32.Bxd1 c5 33.
bxc6 bxc6 34.Kg1 Kg7 35.Bb3 Kg6 36.Kf2 Bd4+ 37.Ke2 Kg5 38.Kd3 h5 39.Bd1 h4
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