[Event "15th ECC final"]
[Site "Bugojno BIH"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel David AGZE"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan BOSN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[ECO "C42"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.c4 
Nb4 9.Be2 O-O 10.a3 Nc6 11.Qc2 
    ( 11.cxd5 Qxd5 12.Nc3 Nxc3 13.bxc3 Bf5 14.Bf4 
        ( 14.c4 Qd6 15.d5 Ne5 16.Nd4 Bd7 17.Rb1 b6 18.Nb5 Bxb5 19.Rxb5 {
        1/2-1/ 2 Hjartarson,J-Jussupow,A/Barcelona 1989/CBM 12 (19)} )
    14...Na5 15.Bxc7 Rac8 16.Bxa5 Qxa5 17.c4 Bf6 18.Qb3 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 
    Svidler,P-Sakaev,K/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 (18)} )
11...Nf6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.h3 Bf6 14.Rd1 Re8 15.Nc3 Be6 
    ( 15...Bf5 16.Qxf5 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Rxe2 18.Bg5 +/- )
16.Bd3 h6 17.Rb1 
    ( 17.Bb5 Qd7 ~ )
17...Kh8 
    ( 17...Qd7 18.Bh7+ Kh8 19.Be4 Rad8 =+ )
18.Be4 Nce7 19.Ne5 
    ( 19.Na4 b6 = )
19...Rc8 20.Qe2 Kg8 21.Qf3 c6 22.Ng4 Bxg4 23.Qxg4 $36 Kf8 24.Bc2 Nxc3 
    ( 24...Qc7 25.Ne4 = )
25.bxc3 b5 26.a4 Nd5 27.Qf3 
    ( 27.axb5 Nxc3 28.Ba3+ Kg8 -/+ )
27...a6 28.Qd3 Bg5 
    ( 28...Qd6 29.Qh7 Ne7 30.Qh8+ Ng8 31.Bh7 +/- )
29.Ba3+ 
    ( 29.c4 bxc4 30.Ba3+ Be7 31.Bxe7+ Rxe7 32.Qxc4 += )
29...Be7 
    ( 29...Ne7 30.Qh7 b4 31.Bxb4 +- )
30.Bxe7+ Qxe7 31.Qh7 Qf6 
    ( 31...Qg5 32.Re1 f5 33.Bxf5 Nf4 +- )
32.Bf5! g5 
    ( 32...Nxc3 33.Qh8+ Ke7 34.Re1+ Kd6 35.Rxe8 Ne2+ 36.Kh1 Rxe8 37.Qxe8 
    Qxf5 38.Qd8+ Qd7 
        ( 38...Ke6 39.Re1 +- )
    39.Qb8+ Ke7 
        ( 39...Qc7 40.Qf8+ +- )
        ( 39...Kd5 40.Qe5+ Kc4 41.Qc5+ Kd3 42.Rd1+ Ke4 43.Qe5# )
    40.axb5 cxb5 
        ( 40...axb5 41.Re1 Qe6 42.Qc7+ Ke8 
            ( 42...Kf6 43.Qe5+ +- )
        43.Ra1 +- )
    41.Re1 Qe6 42.Qc7+ Ke8 43.Qa5 +- )
33.Bxc8 Rxc8 34.Rd3 +- Re8 35.Rf3 Qg7 36.Qxg7+ Kxg7 37.Ra1 Kg6 38.axb5 
axb5 39.Kf1 h5 40.g3 g4 41.hxg4 hxg4 42.Rd3 Kg5 43.Rc1 Rh8 44.Rdd1 1-0

