[Event "14th ECC final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael DVBR"]
[Black "Tyomkin, Dimitri EPTK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "D49"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "68"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 a6
9.e4 c5 10.e5 cxd4 11.Nxb5 Ng4 12.Qa4 Qb6 13.O-O Bb7 14.Nbxd4 Bc5 15.h3 
Bxf3 16.hxg4 Bb7 
    ( 16...Bd5 $142 {In this line white can force a draw after 17 Nb3.} 
    17.Nf3 N 
        ( 17.Nb3 O-O 18.Qxd7 Bxb3 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Qd3+ Kg8 21.Qxb3 Qxb3 
        22.axb3 Rfb8 23.Ra4 Rxb3 24.Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Chernin, A/Brno 
        1993/CBM 37 (24)} )
    17...Qb7 
        ( 17...O-O? 18.Qxd7 Rad8 19.Qa4 Bxf3 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.gxf3 +/- )
    18.Qf4!? O-O 19.Qh2 f5 20.exf6 Nxf6 21.g5 Ne4 22.Be3 {Die schwarze 
    Initiative sieht bedrohlich aus, daher gibt Weiß seinen Bauern zurück 
    und leitet in eine ausgeglichene Stellung über. Aber vielleicht war 
    22.b3!? möglich :} 
        ( 22.b3!? Rf5 23.Be3 
            ( 23.Bb2 Raf8 24.Rac1 Qb6 $40 )
        23...Bxe3 24.fxe3 Qb6 25.Rae1!? {/\ Be4, Nd4} )
    22...Bxe3 23.fxe3 Qxb2 24.g6 h6 
        ( 24...hxg6? 25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.Ng5 +- )
    25.Bxe4 Bxe4 26.Qe5 Qxe5 27.Nxe5 Rac8 28.Rf4 Rxf4 29.exf4 = {1/2-1/2 
    Bareev,E-Chernin,A/Kazan 1997/CBM 63/[Lutz] (35)} )
    ( 16...Bxd4?! 17.gxf3 Ke7 18.Be4! Rad8! 
        ( 18...Nxe5?! 19.Bxa8 Rxa8 20.Kg2 Rc8 21.Qa3+! Kf6 
            ( 21...Bc5 22.Be3! +/- )
        22.Bf4 Bxb2 23.Bxe5+ Bxe5 24.Rac1 +/- {1-0 
        Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/Novgorod 1994/CBM 43/ [Hansen,LB] (38)} )
        ( 18...Rac8?! 19.Bg5+ f6 20.exf6+ gxf6 21.Rad1! $40 )
    19.Bg5+?! 
        ( 19.f4 ~ )
    19...f6 20.exf6+ gxf6 21.Bh6 
        ( 21.Rad1?? Nc5 22.Qc4 Nxe4 23.fxe4 fxg5 -+ )
    21...f5! -/+ {Hansen,LB} )
17.Nf3 
    ( 17.Nb3!? {Ftacnik} 17...Bc6 18.Qf4 Be7 19.Be3 Qb8 20.Bd4 +/- )
17...Qb4? N {I thought that 17...h5 is too risky,and found 17...Bc6 as 
dangerous.} 
    ( 17...h5 $142 18.Bd2 
        ( 18.Be4? hxg4 19.Bxb7 g3! 20.Qc2 gxf2+ 21.Rxf2 Bxf2+ 22.Qxf2 Qxb7
        -+ )
    18...Bxf3 19.gxf3 hxg4 20.fxg4 
        ( 20.Qxg4 Nxe5 21.Qe4 Qb8 22.Bf4 Bd6 ~ )
    20...Qxb2 21.Rad1 
        ( 21.Qc6 Rd8 22.Rad1 Qxe5 -/+ )
    21...Ke7 
        ( 21...Qxe5 22.Bf4 Qf6 23.Bb5! +- )
    22.Kg2 
        ( 22.Bg5+ f6 23.exf6+ gxf6 24.Bc1 Qb8 ~ )
    22...Nxe5 
        ( 22...Qxe5 23.Bf4 Qc3 24.Rfe1 ~ )
    23.Bg5+ f6 
        ( 23...Kf8 24.Be4 $36 )
    24.Bf4 Rh4 
        ( 24...Nxg4 25.Bf5 exf5 26.Qd7+ Kf8 27.Qc6 Kf7 28.Qxc5 Qb7+ -/+ )
    25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.Rh1 Qd5+ 
        ( 26...Rah8? 27.Bh7!! {1-0 Alterman, B-Rogic,D/Zagreb 1993/CBM 
        35/[Ftacnik] (42)} )
    27.Be4 Rxg4+ 28.Kf3 Qf5+ 29.Bxf5 Rxa4 -/+ {Ftacnik} )
    ( 17...Bc6 18.Qf4 O-O 19.Qh2! +- {Tyomkin,D} 
        ( 19.Ng5 h6 20.Bh7+ Kh8 21.Be4 Bxe4 22.Nxe4 Bd4 )
        ( 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Ng5+ Kg6 )
        ( 19.Be4 +/- {Ftacnik} )
    19...f5 20.Ng5 {Now you see the difference between 16. ..Bb7 and 
    16...Bd5.} )
    ( 17...O-O 18.Qxd7 Rad8 19.Bxh7+ Kxh7 20.Qa4 +/- )
18.Qxb4 Bxb4 +/- {In this ending black has some compensation,but, of 
course,I can not advice to play for black this way. My opponent was 
satisfied about the results of the opening,and here,in my opinion,he lost 
the concentration, thinking that he'll easily get apoint in this game.} 
19.Bf4 
    ( 19.a3 Bc5 )
19...O-O {The only problem for white,that defenders of-e5 are passive.} 
20.Rfc1 Rfc8 21.Ng5? 
    ( 21.a3 Be7 )
    ( 21.Rxc8+ $142 Rxc8 22.Rd1 +/- )
21...h6 22.Ne4 Nc5! {In this moment I had already about 5 minutes on my 
clock,but I tried to stay maximum concentrated.} 23.Nxc5 Bxc5 24.Rc2 
    ( 24.Bd2 Rd8!? 25.Rxc5 Rxd3 26.Be3 a5 += {Black has large drawing 
    chances.} )
24...Bd4! 25.Rac1 
    ( 25.Rd1 g5 26.Bg3 Rxc2 27.Bxc2 Rc8! = )
25...g5! 26.Bg3 {See the difference between Bd4 and Bg3.} 26...Rxc2 27.
Rxc2 Bd5 $132 28.b4 
    ( 28.a3 a5 29.Bb5! Rb8 
        ( 29...a4 30.Rd2 Rb8 31.Bd7!! Bxb2 32.Rxd5 exd5 33.e6 +- )
    30.a4 Bb3! 31.Rd2 Bxb2! = )
    ( 28.b3 a5 29.Bc4 Rc8 $132 )
28...a5 29.b5 a4 30.a3 Rb8 31.Kf1 Bb3 32.Rc7 Bb2 33.f3 Bxa3 34.Bf2 Bb2 {
Here I calculated variation,32...Bb2;33.Bc5 a3;34.Bxa3 with the draw,and 
watched on my clock.I had 1,5 minutes,and decided to offer a draw.My 
opoonent agreed almost immediatly,because this position is already almost 
winning for black!} 
    ( 34...Bb2 35.Bc5 
        ( 35.b6 a3 36.Bb1 Bxe5 
            ( 36...a2? 37.Bxa2 Bxa2 38.Rc2 )
        37.Ra7 Rd8 -+ )
    35...Bxe5 
        ( 35...a3 36.Bxa3 Bxa3 37.Rc3 Ba4 38.Rxa3 Bxb5 = )
    36.Ra7 Rc8 37.Ba3 Bd4 38.Rd7 Bd5 39.Ke2 Kg7 -/+ )
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