[Event "14th ECC final"]
[Site "Belgrade YUG"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz POLW"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael DVBR"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[ECO "C17"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]
[Annotator "Psakhis"]
[PlyCount "83"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Ba5 {Favoured variation of 
Vaganian.} 6.b4 cxd4 7.Nb5 Bc7 8.f4 Bd7 9.Nf3 Bxb5 10.Bxb5+ Nc6 
    ( {Lputian, another big expert in this line, prefers} 10...Nd7!? {to 
    move in tne text.} )
11.O-O! {Black,s problems are not so big after} 
    ( 11.Nxd4 Ne7 12.c3 Bb6 13.Be3 O-O 14.Qd2 Bxd4 15.cxd4 a5! ~ {0-1 
    Bologan,V-Vaganian,R/Wch Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (36)} )
11...Ne7 12.Bd3 Bb6 {N/} 
    ( 12...a6 13.Kh1 h6 14.Qe2 
        ( 14.Bb2!? Bb6 15.Qd2 O-O 16.g4 f6 17.exf6 Rxf6 18.g5 $40 {1-0 
        Zapf,H-Meyer,U/corr 1992 (29)} )
    14...Qd7 15.Bb2 Bb6 16.Rae1 Rc8 17.g4 g6 18.Nh4 h5 19.f5 $40 {1-0 
    Chandler,M-Vaganian,R/London 1986/Inf 41 (37)} )
    ( 12...Nf5 13.Bxf5 exf5 14.Qd3 Qd7 15.Bb2 O-O 16.Kh1 Bb6 17.Rfd1 Rac8 
    18.Rd2 g6 19.Rad1 $36 {1-0 Dragovic,M-Gavela,D/YUG t-ch 1994 (46)} )
13.Kh1 Nf5 14.Bxf5 exf5 15.Bb2 Qd7 16.Nxd4 
    ( {Deserves attention} 16.Qd3!? )
16...O-O 
    ( 16...Bxd4 17.Bxd4 O-O 
        ( 17...Nxd4 18.Qxd4 O-O?! 19.c4 +- )
    18.Bc5 )
17.Nf3! 
    ( 17.Qd3 Bxd4 18.Bxd4 Nxd4 19.Qxd4 Rfc8 = )
17...Rfd8 18.Qd3 Rac8 19.Rad1 Ne7 20.Bd4 Rc4? {White chances are slightly 
better after} 
    ( 20...Bxd4!? 21.Nxd4 Rc4 += {but everything goes much worse for black
    after move in the game.} )
21.Bxb6 axb6 22.e6! Qc8 
    ( 22...fxe6 23.Ne5 +- )
    ( 22...Qxe6 23.Qxc4 +- )
23.exf7+ Kf8 24.Rfe1 Rd6 25.Nd4 
    ( 25.Ng5 h6 26.Rxe7 Kxe7 27.Qe2+ Kf8 )
25...Rf6 
    ( 25...Qd7 26.Rxe7! Rxd4 
        ( 26...Qxe7 27.Nxf5 )
    27.Qxd4 Qxe7 28.c4 +- )
26.Qe3 Rxf7 
    ( 26...Qd7 27.Ne6+ Kxf7 28.Ng5+ Ke8 29.Rxd5! +- )
27.Ne6+ Kg8 28.Ng5 +- Re4 29.Qh3 h6 30.Nxf7 Kxf7 31.Rxe4 dxe4 32.Qb3+ Kg6 
33.h3 Kh7 34.c3 Ng6 35.Qf7! e3 
    ( 35...Nxf4 36.Rd7 Qxc3 37.Qxf5+ Ng6 38.Qxe4 +- )
36.Rd6 Nh4 
    ( 36...Nxf4 37.Rd7 Qxc3 38.Qxf5+ Ng6 39.Re7 +- 
        ( 39.Rd6 Qa1+ 40.Kh2 Qe5+ 41.Qxe5 Nxe5 42.Re6 Nc4 43.a4 +- )
    )
37.Qe7 Nxg2 
    ( 37...Ng6 38.Qxe3 )
38.Kxg2 Qxc3 39.Kf3 e2+ 40.Kxe2 Qxh3 41.Qe3 Qg2+ 42.Ke1 1-0

