[Event "14th ECC final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat BOSN"]
[Black "Timman, Jan DVBR"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "66"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Nc3 c5 7.e4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nc6
9.Nxc6 Bxc6 10.Be2 Qc7 
    ( 10...Qb8!? 11.O-O Qe5 12.Bf3 g5 13.g3 h5 $132 {0-1 
    Farago,I-Greenfeld,A/Beersheba 1987/CBM 05 (33)} )
11.f4 {Apparently, a new move in this position. White is going to castle 
long and to start pawn assault on the K-side. The text, however, also has 
some disadvantages: White weakens diagonal a7-g1 and slows down his 
development. Furthermore, pawns e4 may potentially become a weakness in 
White's setup.} 
    ( 11.Nd5 Bxd5 12.exd5 exd5 13.Bf3 Be7 14.O-O O-O 15.Bg5 Rae8 16.Bxf6 
    Bxf6 17.Bxd5 {1/2-1/2 Piket,J-Adams,M/Tilburg 1998/EXT 99 (17)} )
    ( 11.O-O Be7 12.Be3 {0-1 Mollero, M-Sebastianelli,D/Torino 1998/CBM 64
    ext (50)} )
    ( 11.Be3 Bd6 12.Rd1 h5 13.h3 Be5 14.Bd4 Bxd4 15.Rxd4 Qe5 {0-1 Vinas 
    Racionero,J-Agnos,D/Berga 1995/EXT 97 (37)} )
11...Bc5! {Preventing 12.e5.} 12.Bd2 
    ( 12.e5?! Bxg2 13.exf6 Bxh1 14.fxg7 
        ( 14.Nb5 Qd8 15.fxg7 Qh4+ 16.Kd1 Rg8 17.Nc7+ Ke7 18.Nxa8 Rxg7 -+ )
    14...Rg8 15.Qxh7 O-O-O 16.Nb5 Qb7 17.b4 Be7 18.Bb2 Be4 {and Black gets
    an upper hand.} )
12...e5 13.Rf1 Bd4 14.O-O-O O-O 15.g4 exf4 
    ( 15...Bxc3 $143 16.Bxc3 Nxe4 
        ( 16...Bxe4 17.Qd2 $36 )
    17.Bxe5 d6 18.Bd4 Rfe8 19.Bd3 Re7 20.Rfe1 Rae8 21.Re3 Qb7 )
16.g5 
    ( 16.Bxf4!? Be5 17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Rf5 Qxh2 19.e5 Ne8 20.Rh5 $140 Qf4+ 
    21.Kb1 g6 )
16...Bxc3 17.Bxf4 
    ( 17.Bxc3 )
17...Be5 
    ( 17...Bxe4? 18.Qxc3 )
18.Bxe5 Qxe5 19.gxf6 Bxe4 
    ( 19...Qxe4 20.Qxe4 Bxe4 21.Rxd7 )
20.Bd3 d5! {After this strong move a complicated endgame soon arises, in 
which Black's chances are in no way worse.} 21.Bxe4 
    ( 21.fxg7 {represented a reasonable alternative for White. Now} 21...
    Rfc8 
        ( 21...Kxg7!? 22.Bxe4 dxe4 23.Rd5 Qe6 24.Qc3+ f6 25.Rg5+ Kh8 26.
        Rgf5 = )
    22.Bxe4 dxe4 
        ( 22...Rxc4? 23.Qxc4 dxc4 24.Bxa8 +- )
        ( 22...Qxe4 23.Qxe4 dxe4 24.Rd7 Rxc4+ 25.Kd2 = )
    23.Kb1 Rc7 {would lead to a sharp position with an unclear outcome.} )
21...dxe4 22.Rd5 
    ( {Once again,} 22.fxg7 {deserved attention. Cf. the previous 
    annotation.} )
22...Qxd5 23.cxd5 Rac8 24.Rg1 g6 25.Re1 Rfe8 26.Re3 Rxc2+ 27.Kxc2 Re5! 28.
d6?! {It is this advancement that likely caused White's defeat.} 
    ( 28.Rc3 {was a stronger continuation:} 28...h5 
        ( 28...Kf8? 29.Rc8+ Re8 30.Rc7 e3 31.Kd1 e2+ 32.Ke1 +- )
    29.Rc8+ Kh7 30.Rc7 {and now Black could have tried} 30...Rxd5 
        ( 30...e3 31.Rxf7+ Kh6 32.Kd1 
            ( 32.Re7 Rxd5 )
        32...Rxd5+ 33.Ke2 Rd2+ 34.Kxe3 Rxh2 35.Rxa7 g5 
            ( 35...Rxb2? 36.Ra8 +- )
        36.b4 Rh3+ 37.Ke4 Kg6 = )
    31.Rxf7+ Kh6 32.Rxa7 Rf5 33.f7 Rf2+ 34.Kc3 Kg7 =+ {though White is 
    presumably to hold this position.} )
28...h5! 
    ( 28...Kf8?? 29.d7 Rd5 30.Rc3 +- )
29.Re2 
    ( {At this moment} 29.Rc3 {was already late:} 29...Rd5 30.Rc8+ Kh7 31.
    Rc7 Rxd6 32.Rxf7+ Kh6 33.Rf8 Kg5 34.f7 Kf6 {and with the king being 
    cut White is helpless against Black's pawns on the K-side.} )
29...Rc5+! 
    ( 29...Rd5? 30.Rd2! Rc5+ 31.Kd1 Rc8 32.d7 +/- )
30.Kb3 
    ( 30.Kd1 e3! -+ )
30...Rd5 31.Rxe4 Rxd6 32.Rf4 Kh7 33.h4 Kh6 0-1

