[Event "15th ECC qual. group 2"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "1999.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flear, Glenn Curtis IKMA"]
[Black "Mortensen, Erling NYKF"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A68"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Annotator "Mortensen,E"]
[PlyCount "46"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 c5 6.d5 O-O 7.Nf3 e6 8.Be2 exd5 9.
cxd5 Bg4 10.O-O Nbd7 11.Re1 Ne8 {A clear plan transferring the knight to 
c7 to play on the queenside.} 12.Be3 {Developing. Other possibilities:} 
    ( 12.Ng5 Bxe2 13.Rxe2 a6 14.a4 Nc7 15.Qd3 Nf6 
        ( 15...Rb8 16.a5 b5 17.axb6 Rxb6 {also looks OK for black.} )
    16.b3 b5 17.Bb2 bxa4 18.Nxa4 Rb8 = 19.Nf3 Re8 20.g3 Qd7 21.Rd1 Qb5 22.
    Bxf6 Bxf6 23.e5 Nxd5 
        ( 23...Qxb3!? )
    24.Qxd5 Qxe2 =+ {1-0 Chabanon,J-Degraeve,J/Meribel 1998/CBM 67 noVC 
    (40)} )
    ( 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Bxf3 Nc7 14.a4 a6 15.g4 Rb8 16.g5 b5 17.axb5 axb5 18.
    Bg4 b4 19.Ne2 Nb5 20.Qc2 Re8 =+ 21.e5?! dxe5 22.f5 b3! 23.Qxb3 gxf5 
    24.Bxf5 Nd4 25.Qd3 e4! 26.Bxe4 c4! 27.Qb1 Nc5 28.Nxd4 Bxd4+ 29.Kf1 
    Nxe4 30.Rxe4 Qxd5 {0-1 Kniest,O-Glek,I/Berlin 1997/CBM 59 ext (30)} )
    ( 12.Nd2 Bxe2 13.Qxe2 a6 14.a4 Bd4+ 15.Kh1 Nef6 16.Qf3 Re8 17.Ne2 Qe7 
    18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.b3 Nxd5 =+ {1/ 2-1/2 Banikas,H-Beliavsky,A/Tyniste 
    1995/CBM 50 ext (50)} )
12...a6 13.a4 Rb8 14.a5 Nc7 
    ( {I did not want to take on f3 before white spent a tempo on h2-h3, 
    but interesting was} 14...Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Nc7 {with easy play for black, 
    as the bishop is not very dangerous on f3.} )
15.Nd2 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 b5 17.axb6 Nxb6 18.Qd3 Re8 
    ( 18...f5!? 19.e5 Re8!? 20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Qxc4 Rxb2 22.exd6 Nb5 =+ )
19.Bf2 Qd7 20.Nf3 
    ( 20.f5!? )
20...Rbd8 
    ( 20...f5 21.e5 dxe5 22.Nxe5 Bxe5 23.fxe5 Ncxd5 = )
21.Bh4 Rb8 22.Bf2 Rbd8 23.Bh4 Rb8 1/2-1/2

