[Event "14th ECC final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Timman, Jan DVBR"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris EPTK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[ECO "B51"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "107"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O Bd7 5.Re1 Nf6 6.c3 a6 7.Ba4 c4 8.d4 cxd3 
9.Bg5 Ng4 N 
    ( 9...e6! 10.Qxd3 Be7!? {N} 
        ( 10...Qc7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Nd4 Be7 14.Nd2 O-O 15.Re3 
        Kh8 16.Qe2 Rg8 17.Qh5 Rg7 18.Rae1 {Mortensen,S-Ziska,B/DEN-chB 
        1993/EXT 97/1/2-1/2 (48)} )
        ( 10...Ne5 11.Nxe5 Bxa4 12.Nc4 Bc6 13.Nbd2 b5 14.Ne3 Be7 15.Bxf6 
        Bxf6 16.Nd5 Be7 17.Nxe7 Qxe7 18.Rad1 O-O 19.Nb3 Rfd8 20.Qe3 {
        Bronstein,L-Timman,J/Rio de Janeiro izt 1979/IZT/1/2-1/2 (78)} )
    11.Bxf6 
        ( 11.Nbd2 Qc7 
            ( 11...Ne5 12.Nxe5 
                ( 12.Qd4 Nxf3+ 13.Nxf3 O-O 14.Bxd7 Qxd7 15.e5 Ne8 16.Rad1 
                Bxg5 17.Nxg5 Qe7 18.Ne4 dxe5 19.Qxe5 Rd8 20.Rd4 Nc7 21.
                Red1 Nb5 22.R4d2 Rxd2 23.Rxd2 Rd8 24.Kf1 {1/2-1/2 
                Arkhipov,S-Odendahl,R/NRW-I 1994/GER 07 (39)} )
            12...Bxa4 13.Nec4 Qc7 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Ne3 O-O-O 16.c4 Rhg8 17.
            b3 Bd7 18.b4 Kb8 19.a4 Rc8 20.Reb1 d5 21.exd5 Qe5 22.Nf3 Qh5 
            23.Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Nijboer,F-Akopian,V/ Wijk op Wijk aan Zee 
            1993/CBM 34 (33)} )
        12.Rad1 Rd8 13.Nf1 O-O 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.Nd4 Ne5 16.Qg3+ Kh8 17.Bxd7
        Rxd7 18.Ne3 Rg8 19.Qh3 Ng6 20.Kh1 b5 21.a3 Qb7 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.
        Qxe6 Bd8 24.Nd5 Nf8 25.Qe8 Qc6 26.Rd3 Ng6 27.Qe6 {0-1 
        Bronstein,L-Polugaevsky,L/Rio Hondo 1987/EXT 87 (39)} )
    11...gxf6 12.Bxc6 
        ( 12.Nbd2 )
        ( 12.c4 Qa5 13.Nc3 O-O 14.Bxc6 bxc6 15.e5 fxe5 16.Nxe5 Be8 17.Ng4 
        Qg5 18.Re3 f5 19.Ne5 Qf6 20.Nf3 e5 21.Qd2 Bf7 22.b3 Bd8 23.Rd1 {
        0-1 Tempone,M-Llanos,G/Mar del Plata op 1993/EXT 97 (41)} )
    12...Bxc6 
        ( 12...bxc6 13.c4 c5 14.Nc3 O-O 15.Rad1 Ra7 16.Nd2 Kh8 17.Re3 Rg8 
        18.Rg3 Rg6 19.f4 Qg8 20.Nf1 Bc6 21.Qe2 Qg7 22.Rdd3 Qh6 23.Rxg6 
        fxg6 24.f5 {1-0 Minasian, A-Grivas,E/Zonal 1998 (38)} )
    13.c4 O-O 14.Nc3 Kh8 15.Rad1 Rg8 16.Qe3 Qf8! 17.Nd4 Rc8 18.f4 
        ( 18.Nxc6 {>=} 18...Rxc6 19.b3 = )
    18...Bd7 += {Tal, M-Akopian,V/Barcelona 1992/Inf 54/[Akopian,V]} )
10.Qxd3! 
    ( 10.Bxc6?! Bxc6 11.Nd4 Qd7 12.h3 h6! 13.Bh4 
        ( 13.Bc1 Nf6 )
    13...Ne5 =+ )
10...Nge5?! 
    ( 10...h6! 11.Bh4 g5 12.Bg3 Bg7 13.Nbd2 O-O $140 14.Bb3 Kh8 15.h4 f5! 
    16.hxg5 f4 17.Bh4 Nce5 ~= )
11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Bxd7+ Qxd7 13.Qd2!? 
    ( 13.Qe2 Qg4! 14.Qxg4 Nxg4 15.c4 e6 
        ( 15...h6 16.Bd2 Ne5 17.b3 )
    16.Nc3 Be7 += )
13...g6 
    ( 13...Qg4 14.Kh1 Nf3 15.gxf3 Qxf3+ 16.Kg1 Qg4+ 17.Kf1 Qh3+ 18.Ke2 +- 
    )
    ( 13...e6 14.Na3 h6 15.Bf4 +/- )
14.f4 Nc6 15.c4!? 
    ( 15.Na3 Bg7 16.Nc4 
        ( 16.Rad1 Qc7 = )
    16...b5! 17.Nb6 Qa7 )
15...h6 
    ( 15...Bg7 16.Nc3 O-O 17.Rad1 +/- )
16.Bh4 Qg4? 
    ( 16...g5! 17.Bg3! 
        ( 17.fxg5 Qg4 18.Bg3 hxg5 19.Nc3 Bg7 $40 )
    17...gxf4 18.Bxf4 O-O-O 19.Nc3 Qg4 $132 )
17.Bg3! 
    ( 17.Bf2 g5 18.f5 Ne5 19.Bg3 Bg7 20.Nc3 )
17...h5 18.Nc3 h4 19.h3! {I overlooked this easy move when played 
16...Qg4.} 19...Qh5 
    ( 19...Qxg3 20.Ne2 +- )
20.Bf2 +/- Bg7 21.Nd5 O-O 22.Rad1 e6 
    ( 22...Rad8 23.b4 )
23.Nb6 Rad8 24.b4 Ne7 25.a3! {White has a space advantage and my pieces 
have no good places. Timman classical improves his advantage without any 
chance for black.} 
    ( 25.Qe2?! Bc3 26.Qxh5 gxh5 27.Re3 Bxb4 28.Rb3 Nc6 $132 )
25...Bh6 
    ( 25...e5 26.c5 
        ( 26.Nd5 Rfe8 )
    26...dxc5 27.Qxd8 Rxd8 28.Rxd8+ Kh7 29.Rd7 Nc6 30.bxc5 +- )
26.Be3 Kh7 27.Qc2 Bg7 
    ( 27...e5 28.Nd5 Nxd5 29.Rxd5 Rc8 30.Qd3 +/- )
28.Qe2! Qxe2 29.Rxe2 Nc8 30.Red2 
    ( 30.Rc2!? +- )
30...Nxb6 31.Bxb6 Rc8 32.c5 dxc5 33.Bxc5 Rfe8 34.Rd7 Kg8 35.Rxb7 Rcd8 $8 
36.Rxd8 Rxd8 37.Ra7 Rd1+ 38.Kf2 Rd2+ 39.Kf1 Bh6 40.Ra8+?! 
    ( 40.Rxa6 Bxf4 )
    ( 40.f5!? +- )
40...Kh7 41.f5 exf5 42.exf5 Rd1+ 43.Ke2 Rd2+ 44.Ke1 Rxg2 45.Rxa6 gxf5? 
    ( 45...g5 46.Rf6 g4 
        ( 46...Bg7 47.Rxf7 Kg8 48.Rd7 g4 49.Kf1 )
    47.Rxf7+ Kg8 48.Rf6 Bg7 
        ( 48...gxh3 49.Rxh6 h2 50.Rxh4 Rg1+ 51.Kd2 h1=Q 52.Rxh1 Rxh1 53.b5
        +- )
    49.Rg6 gxh3 50.Rxg2 hxg2 51.Kf2 h3 52.a4 
        ( 52.Kg3 )
    52...Be5 53.Kg1 Kf7 54.a5 +- )
46.b5 
    ( 46.Rxh6+! )
46...Rc2 47.Rxh6+! Kxh6 48.Bd6 Rb2 49.Bb4 Rc2 50.b6 Rc6 51.Ba5 Rc5 52.Bd2+
Kg6 53.a4 Rc8 54.a5 1-0

