[Event "14th ECC final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek DVBR"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei POLW"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[ECO "D87"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Van Wely/Cifuentes"]
[PlyCount "89"]

1.d4 {Hecht. Ftacnik} 1...Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.
bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6 9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O Bg4 11.f3 Na5 12.Bxf7+ Rxf7 
13.fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.Kxf1 cxd4 15.cxd4 e5 16.d5 Nc4 17.Qd3 Nxe3+ 
    ( 17...b5 {Ftacnik} 18.g5 
        ( 18.Ng1 Bf8 19.Nf3 Bd6 20.Bf2 Qa5 21.Kg1 Rc8 22.Ng5 Qd2 23.Qxd2 
        Nxd2 24.Be3 Nc4 25.Bxa7 Ra8 26.Bf2 b4 {0-1 Tyomkin,D-Liss,E/Ramat 
        Aviv 1998/ (32)} )
    18...Bf8 19.Ng1 a6 
        ( 19...Nxe3+ 20.Qxe3 Qb6!? 21.Qc3 b4 22.Qc4 
            ( 22.Qc6 Qxc6 23.dxc6 Rc8 24.Rc1 Kf7 25.Nf3 Ke6 ~ )
        22...Bd6 
            ( 22...Qe3 23.Qc6! +/- )
        23.Ke2?! a5 24.Nh3 a4 {0-1 Van Wely,L-Nijboer,F/ Rotterdam/1998/ 
        (39)} )
    20.Nf3 Bd6 21.Re1 Rc8 22.Re2 Nxe3+ 23.Qxe3 Qc7 24.Qb3 Qc1+ 25.Re1 Qc4+
    26.Re2 a5 {0-1 Van Tilbury,C-Zadrima,A/Moscow 1994/ (41)} )
18.Qxe3 Qh4 19.h3 
    ( 19.Qg3 {Ftacnik} 19...Rf8+ 20.Kg1 Qxg3 21.Nxg3 Bh6 22.Rf1 Be3+ 23.
    Kh1 Rc8 24.h4 Rc2 25.Rf3 Bc5 26.h5 Rxa2 {0-1 Tuchtfeld, 
    J-Stephan,A/OLNN/1993/ (42)} 27.hxg6 hxg6 28.Rf6 Kg7 29.Re6 Kf7 30.Kh2
    Bd4 {0-1 Tuchtfeld,J-Stephan,A/OLNN/1993/ (42)} )
19...Bh6 
    ( 19...b6 {Ftacnik} 20.Kg1 Bf8 21.Kh1 Bc5 22.Qd3 Qf6 23.Ng1 Qf2 24.Nf3
    Bd6 25.Qa6 Rf8 26.Ng5 Qe3 27.Ne6 {Nenashev,A-Conquest,S/Groningen op 
    1997 (36)} )
20.Qd3 Rf8+ 21.Kg1 Qf2+ 22.Kh1 Qe3 23.Qc4!? N {Ftacnik: 'The new hot item 
in the Gruenfeld with 12.Bxf7+. Black is quick with counterplay, but white
has a spare pawn and the protected d5 asset.'} 
    ( 23.Qxe3 Bxe3 24.Rd1 Rf2 25.Ng1 Kf7! 
        ( 25...Rxa2 26.Nf3 Ra4 27.d6 Bb6 28.d7 Bd8 29.Rb1 = )
    26.Rd3 Bb6 
        ( 26...Bd4! 27.Nf3 Rxa2 28.Nxd4 exd4 29.Rxd4 Ke7 =+ )
    27.Rf3+ Ke7 28.Rxf2 Bxf2 29.Nf3 Kd6 {Ftacnik: '1/2-1/2 
    Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Cazorla/1998/ (34)'} 30.g3 Bxg3 31.Kg2 Bf4 32.Kf2 
    Kc5 33.Ke2 b5 34.Kd3 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/Cazorla 1998/ CBM 65 
    (34)} )
23...b5 {'!' Ftacnik.} 24.Qxb5 Rf2 
    ( 24...Qxe4 25.Ng3 Qf4 
        ( 25...Qd4 26.Rb1 Rd8 27.Qe2 
            ( 27.Qb3 )
        27...Qxd5 28.Ne4 )
        ( 25...Qe3 26.Qb3 )
    )
25.Qe8+ Rf8 
    ( 25...Bf8 26.d6 
        ( 26.Qe6+ Kh8 27.d6 Rxg2 
            ( 27...Qxe4 28.Rg1 Bxd6 29.Qxd6 Qxe2 30.Qb8+ Kg7 31.Qxa7+ Rf7 
            )
        )
    26...Rxe2 
        ( 26...Rxg2 )
    27.d7 Qxe4 28.Rg1 Re3 )
26.Qe6+ Kh8 27.g5 
    ( 27.Ng1 {Ftacnik} 27...Qxe4 28.d6 Rf2 29.Qe8+ Bf8 30.Nf3 Rxf3 31.gxf3
    Qxf3+ = )
    ( 27.Qxe5+? {Ftacnik} 27...Bg7 28.Qe7 Qxe2 -/+ )
27...Bxg5 
    ( 27...Qxg5 {Ftacnik} 28.d6 Rf2 29.Qe8+ Kg7 30.g3 Qf6 31.Qd7+ Kh8 32.
    Ng1 = )
28.Qxe5+ Bf6 29.Qd6 Bg7 30.Ng1 
    ( 30.Ng3 h5 
        ( 30...h5 {Ftacnik} 31.Rd1 Kh7 ~ )
    )
30...Qxe4 31.Rc1 
    ( 31.Rd1 Qc2 32.Re1 Qxa2 )
31...h5 32.Qe6 Be5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Shirov is cleverly toying with 
the attacking chances against white king.'} 33.Rc5 
    ( 33.Rc6 Kg7 34.Rc7+ Kh6 35.Qe7 Rf2 36.Qh7+ Kg5 37.Qe7+ = )
    ( 33.Nf3 {Ftacnik} 33...Rxf3 34.Qc8+ 
        ( 34.Rc8+? Kg7 35.gxf3 Qxf3+ 36.Kg1 Bd4+ 37.Kh2 Qf2+ 38.Kh1 Qg1# )
    34...Kh7 35.gxf3 Qxf3+ ~ )
    ( 33.Qe7? {Ftacnik} 33...Qf4 -+ )
33...Qe3 
    ( 33...Rf2 34.Rc8+ Kg7 35.Qe7+ Kh6 
        ( 35...Rf7 36.Qe8 )
    36.Rh8+ )
    ( 33...Kh7 34.d6 Rf2 35.Qd5 +- )
    ( 33...Qf4 {Ftacnik} 34.Nf3 Bd6 35.Rc6 +/- )
34.Rc8 
    ( 34.Qe7 Qf4 35.Nf3 Bd6 )
    ( 34.Qxg6 Qxc5 35.Qxh5+ Kg8 36.Qxe5 Rf1 =+ )
34...Rxc8 35.Qxc8+ Kg7 36.Nf3 Bf4 37.Qc2 
    ( 37.Qd7+ {Ftacnik} 37...Kh6 
        ( 37...Kf8 38.Qc6 g5 39.Qf6+ Ke8 += )
    38.Qc6 h4 39.d6 Qd3 += )
37...g5 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The worst for black is over, white must 
defend his own monarch against direct assault.'} 38.Qd1 
    ( 38.Qc6 {Ftacnik} 38...Qe2 ~ )
38...g4 39.hxg4 hxg4 40.Nh2 
    ( 40.Nh4?! {Ftacnik} 40...Kf6 41.Qb1 Kg5 42.Ng6 Bd6 -/+ )
40...g3 41.Nf3 
    ( 41.Ng4 {Ftacnik} 41...Qe7 42.Kg1 = 
        ( 42.Qd4+? Kg6 -+ )
    )
41...Bd6 42.Qd4+ Qxd4 43.Nxd4 Kf6 {Hecht: '# Hat Weiß Probleme durch den 
eingeklemmten König? Nein, er benutzt gerade diese Position, um auf der 
Stelle eine theoretische Remisstellung zu erreichen. '} 44.Nb5 
    ( 44.Nf3 {Ftacnik} 44...Bc5 = )
44...Bc5 45.Nxa7 {Hecht: 'Sie dürfen nun getrost alle weißen Steine außer 
dem Bg2 entfernen und den weißen König sogar nach f1 stellen. Die Stellung
ist und bleibt remis. '} 
    ( 45.Nxa7 {Ftacnik} 45...Bxa7 46.a4 Ke5 47.d6 Kxd6 48.a5 Kc6 49.a6 Kb6
    50.Kg1 Kxa6+ 51.Kh1 = )
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