[Event "15th ECC final"]
[Site "Bugojno BIH"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris AGZE"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag KISL"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[ECO "E12"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik"]
[PlyCount "85"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 e6 3.c4 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qc2 Bg7 7.e4 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 
9.e5 Ne4 10.Bb5+ 
    ( 10.Bd3 f5 
        ( 10...Nxc3 11.bxc3 O-O 
            ( 11...c5 12.Qe2 O-O 13.O-O {1/2-1/2 
            Lukacs,P-Czebe,A/Budapest/1995/ (13)} )
        12.O-O c5 13.Bg5 Qc8 14.Qd2 Ba6 15.Bxa6 Nxa6 16.a4 Re8 17.Bh6 Nc7 
        18.h3 Ne6 19.Nh2 f5 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Ng4 Bh8 22.Be3 h5 23.Nh2 cxd4 
        24.cxd4 Qd7 25.Nf3 {1-0 Farago, I-Podlesnik,B/Bled/1996/ (61)} )
    11.exf6 Nxf6 12.Qe2+ Qe7 13.Qxe7+ Kxe7 14.O-O Re8 15.Bf4 Kd8 16.Nb5 
    Na6 17.Rac1 Re7 18.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19.Rxe1 Bf8 20.Bg5 Be7 21.Ne5 c5 22.Ng4 
    {1-0 Christiansen,L-Schroll,G/Vienna/1991/ (22)} )
10...Nd7 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Ng5 Bd5 {Nikolic tries to improve on a pretty 
rotten line, but his position is already critical.} 
    ( 12...O-O 13.e6 Nf6 14.exf7+ Kh8 15.Ne6 Qd6 
        ( 15...Qd5 16.Bc4 Qc6 17.Nxf8 Rxf8 18.Be3 Ng4 19.O-O-O Nxe3 20.
        fxe3 b5 21.Bb3 Qf6 22.Kb1 Qg5 23.Rhe1 Rc8 24.Be6 {1-0 
        Yrjola,J-Keskisarja,T/Kuopio/1995/ (24)} )
    16.Nxf8 Rxf8 17.Be3 Rxf7 18.O-O-O Ng4 19.Kb1 Nh6 20.d5 Nf5 21.Qxe4 {
    1-0 Yrjola,J-Maki,V/FIN/1993/ (46)} )
13.Bc6! 
    ( 13.Nxe4 O-O 14.Bg5 f6 15.exf6 Nxf6 +/- )
13...Bxc6 14.Qxc6 O-O 15.O-O 
    ( 15.e6 fxe6 16.Qxe6+ 
        ( 16.Nxe6 Qf6 17.Qxd7 Rf7 18.Qc6 Qxf2+ 19.Kd1 Qxg2 20.Re1 Qf3+ 21.
        Re2 Qf1+ 22.Re1 Qf3+ = )
    16...Kh8 17.Nf7+ Rxf7 18.Qxf7 Bxd4 19.O-O Nc5 $132 )
15...Re8 
    ( 15...Rc8 16.e6 Nb8 17.exf7+ Kh8 18.Qxe4 +- )
16.Qc4 Qe7 
    ( 16...Re7 17.e6 fxe6 18.Nxe6 Qc8 19.Nxc7+ Rf7 20.Qd5 Rb8 21.Nb5 +- )
17.Qxc7 f6!? {Brave move in a desperate position, black refuses to go 
under without a trace of fight.} 
    ( 17...Rec8 18.Qb7 +- )
18.Qc4+ 
    ( 18.Nxe4 fxe5 19.d5 +/- )
18...Kh8 19.Nf7+ Kg8 20.Nh6+ Kh8 21.Nf7+ Kg8 22.Nd6+ Qe6 
    ( 22...Kh8 23.Nxe8 Rxe8 24.Re1 fxe5 25.Rxe4 +- )
23.d5 
    ( 23.Qxe6+ Rxe6 24.Nxe4 fxe5 25.d5 Ree8 26.Be3 +- )
23...Qxe5 24.Nxe8 Rxe8 25.d6+ Qe6 
    ( 25...Kh8 26.Qc7 Qe6 27.Rd1 +- )
26.Qxe6+ Rxe6 27.Rd1 f5 28.Bg5! {Of course d6 pawn represents pure gold 
for white, he just needs to activate his a1 rook.} 28...Bxb2 
    ( 28...Be5 29.Rac1! +- )
29.Ra2 Bf6 
    ( 29...Be5 30.Rc2 +- )
30.Bxf6 Rxf6 31.Rc2 Kf7 32.Rc7 Ke6 33.Rxa7 Rf8 34.f3 Rc8 
    ( 34...e3 35.f4 h6 36.Re1 Rf7 37.Rxe3+ Kxd6 38.h4 +- )
35.fxe4 fxe4 36.Rc7 Ra8 37.Rc3 Nc5 38.d7 Rd8 
    ( 38...Nxd7 39.Rc6+ Ke7 40.Rc7 Rd8 41.Kf2 +- )
39.Kf2 Nd3+ 
    ( 39...Rxd7 40.Rxd7 Kxd7 41.Rh3 +- )
40.Ke3 Rxd7 41.Rc6+ Ke5 
    ( 41...Ke7 42.Rxb6 Ra7 43.Ra1 Ra4 44.h4 +- )
42.Rc4! Nc5 
    ( 42...Kf6 43.Rxe4 )
43.Rxc5+ 1-0

