[Event "14th ECC final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergei SPET"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon BESH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow"]
[PlyCount "97"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 
O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Qd2 e6 13.f4 Bc7 {A risky line as 
the black king is now dangerously unprotected. Still, no refutation has 
been found so far.} 14.O-O exd5 15.exd5 Ba5 16.Rb3?! 
    ( 16.d6 )
    ( 16.Ba3 )
    ( 16.f5 )
16...b6 
    ( 16...Qd6 17.Qd1 
        ( 17.Kh1!? )
    17...Bd7 18.Ra3 c4 19.Kh1 Qc5 20.Bxc4 Qxc4 21.Rxa5 Bg4 22.Qe1 b6 23.
    Ra3 Rfd8 24.Rg1 Rxd5 25.Qh4 Qe2 26.c4 Rd1 27.Re3 Rxg1+ 28.Kxg1 Qxc4 
    29.Re1 h5 30.Qf6 Qb4 31.Rf1 {Lindinger,M-Wilhelmi,C/City-ch, Hamburg 
    GER 1998/1/2-1/2 (41)} )
    ( 16...a6 17.Qd1 
        ( 17.Ba3 Qd6 )
    17...Bd7 18.Ra3 c4 19.Bxc4 Rc8 20.Bd3 Bxc3 21.Kh1 Bb4 22.f5 Qh4 23.Bb1
    Bxa3 24.Bxa3 Bb5 25.g3 Qg5 26.Rf4 Rfe8 27.Be4 Rc4 28.Qf3 Qh5 29.g4 Qh4
    30.fxg6 hxg6 31.Kg2 Qe1 {0-1 Dannevig,O-Svidler,P/Gausdal Int 1992} )
17.Qd3?! {This only leads to a loss of several tempi.} 
    ( 17.f5 Bxf5 18.Rxf5 
        ( 18.Qh6 Qxd5 19.c4 Qd4+ 20.Kh1 Bc3 21.Rf3 Rae8 22.Bf1 Re1 23.Be3 
        Qxc4 24.Rxc3 Rxf1+ 25.Bg1 Qd4 26.Rce3 Rb1 27.Rxf5 Qd1 {0-1 
        Touzane, O-Van Wely,L/Lost Boys Open 1998} )
    18...gxf5 19.Qf4 
        ( 19.Qh6 c4 20.Bxc4 f6 21.Ba3 Qc7 22.Qh4 Rfc8 23.Ba6 Re8 24.d6 Qg7
        25.Bc4+ Kh8 26.Bd5 Rad8 27.h3 b5 28.Kh2 a6 29.Bc5 Re5 30.c4 Be1 
        31.Qf4 bxc4 32.Rb7 Qg3+ 33.Qxg3 Bxg3+ 34.Kxg3 Rxd5 35.Rc7 Kg8 36.
        Kf4 Re8 37.Bb4 a5 38.Ba3 Re4+ 39.Kf3 Rd3+ 40.Kf2 Rxa3 41.d7 Rxa2+ 
        {0-1 Aubel,J-Finkel,A/Dutch Open, Dieren NED 1997} )
    19...c4 20.Bxc4 Rc8 21.Bd3 Qxd5 22.Qg5+ Kh8 23.Qf6+ Kg8 24.Bh6 Qc5+ 
    25.Kh1 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 {1-0 Wang Yaoyao-Yin Hao/Beijing Lee Cup 1996 - 
    did Black lose on time?} 26...Qxc3 -+ )
    ( 17.Qd1 {(probably the best)} 17...Bd7 18.c4! 
        ( 18.Ra3?! Re8 19.c4 Qf6 20.Qc2 Qd4+ 21.Kh1 Bb4 22.Rg3 Ba4 23.Qd3 
        f5 24.Qxd4 cxd4 25.Bd3 Be1 26.Rh3 Bd1 27.Bb1 Rac8 28.Rd3 Be2 {0-1 
        Siegel, G-Gavrikov,V/SUI-chT 1995} )
    18...Ba4 19.Bb2 Re8 20.d6 Bxb3 21.axb3 Rxe2! 22.Qxe2 Qxd6 23.Rd1 Qxf4 
    24.h3 ~= b5 25.Rf1 Qd6 26.Rd1 Qg3 27.Rd3 Qf4 {1/2-1/2 
    Greenfeld,A-Finkel,A/ISR-chT 1996} )
    ( 17.Qb2 Qxd5 18.Bf3 Qc4 19.Bxa8 Ba6 20.Re1 Rxa8 ~= 21.Qd2 Qd3 22.Qxd3
    Bxd3 23.Ra3 Rd8 24.Be3 Rd5 25.g4 f5 26.Rd1 c4 27.g5 Kf7 28.Kf2 Ke6 29.
    Bd4 Rb5 30.Re1+ Be4 31.h4 Kd5 {Pelletier,Y-Ashley,M/Mermaid Beach Club
    1999/1/2-1/2 (41)} )
17...Bf5 18.Qf3 Re8 =+ 19.c4 Qh4 20.Bb2 
    ( 20.g3 Qh3 )
20...Be4 21.Qg4 Qxg4 22.Bxg4 Bc2 23.Rh3 Re4 24.Rc1 Rxf4? {Black 
occasionally loses control of the e-file... and the assessment of the 
position changes dramatically!} 
    ( 24...Ba4 25.Rd3 
        ( 25.Ra3 Bd2 26.Bf3 
            ( 26.Rf1 Rxc4 )
        26...Re3 27.Rf1 Rxa3 28.Bxa3 Bxf4 -/+ )
    25...Rxf4 26.Bf3 b5 
        ( 26...Re8 27.d6 )
    27.d6 Rd8 28.cxb5 
        ( 28.g3 bxc4 29.Ra3 Rxf3 30.Rxf3 Rxd6 31.Ra3 Bd2 -/+ )
    28...Bxb5 29.Rd5 Bb6 -/+ )
25.Rxc2 Rxg4 26.Re3 +/- b5 27.d6 
    ( 27.cxb5 c4 28.Re7 c3 ~ )
27...Rd4 
    ( 27...Rxc4? 28.d7 Rf8 29.Rce2 Rb4 30.Re8 )
28.Bxd4 cxd4 29.Ra3 
    ( 29.Rd3 bxc4 30.Rxc4 Rd8 31.Rc6 Kf8 32.Kf1 Bb6 33.a4 Ke8 34.a5 Bxa5 
    35.Rxd4 +/- )
29...Bb4 30.Rb3 Bxd6 31.Rxb5 Bf4 32.Rd5 Kf8 33.c5 Ke7 34.c6 Ke6 35.Rd7 Rc8
36.Kf1 Bxh2 37.Rxd4 Bc7 38.Rd7 Bb6 39.Re2+ Kf6 40.Rc2 Ke6 41.Re2+ Kf6 42.
Ree7 Rxc6 43.Rxf7+ Kg5 44.Rxh7 Rc1+ 45.Ke2 Rg1 46.Kf3? 
    ( 46.Rh2! Ra1 
        ( 46...Kg4 47.Rd1 Kg3 
            ( 47...Rxd1 48.Kxd1 g5 49.Rh3 +- )
        48.Rh3+ Kxg2 49.Rxg1+ Bxg1 50.Rh6 g5 51.Rg6 +- )
    47.Rd2 Kg4 +/- )
46...Rf1+ 47.Ke4 
    ( 47.Kg3 Bf2+ 48.Kh2 Kg4! {(this is probably what White overlooked 
    when playing 46.Kf3?)} 49.Rd3 Bg1+ = )
47...Rf4+ 48.Kd3 Rg4 49.Rxa7 
    ( 49.Rd5+ Kf6 50.Rh2 Bg1 )
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