[Event "15th ECC final"]
[Site "Bugojno BIH"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil EPTK"]
[Black "Short, Nigel David AGZE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[ECO "C11"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.g3
!? 
    ( 8.Bc4 c5 9.O-O O-O 10.Re1 Nb6 11.Bf1 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Kh8 13.c3 e5 14.
    Qh5 Nd5 15.Rad1 exd4 16.Rxd4 f5 -/+ {Shirov,A-Short,N/FIDE WCh KO 1999
    } )
    ( 8.Qd2 Nf8 
        ( 8...c5 9.O-O-O f5 10.Ng3 Nf6 11.Ne5 a6 12.Qh6 Qc7 13.Bc4 {
        Sievers,S-Ellers,H/BL9596} )
        ( 8...b6 9.Bb5 Bb7 10.Qf4 c6 11.Bd3 Qb8 12.Qh6 ~ {
        Royset,J-Djurhuus,R/NOR-chT 1997} )
    9.O-O-O c6 10.Bc4 h5 11.h4 Qc7 12.Rhe1 Bd7 13.Nc5 {1/2-1/2 
    Benjamin,J-Seirawan,Y/USA-ch m 1991} )
    ( 8.d5 Nb6 9.Bb5+ Kf8 10.Qd2 Kg7 11.d6? cxd6 12.O-O-O a6 13.Be2 d5 -/+
    {Zavoronkov, V-Zifroni,D/EU-chJM U20 1996} )
8...c5 9.Bg2 
    ( {Deserved attention} 9.d5!? f5 
        ( 9...Qb6 )
    10.Nc3 Bf6 11.Qd2 O-O 12.O-O-O 
        ( 12.Bg2 exd5! )
    12...Qa5 13.Kb1 ~ {with very compicated position.} )
9...Qb6 10.O-O cxd4 
    ( {More ambitious and much mory risky was} 10...Qxb2!? )
11.Nxd4?! 
    ( {It's hard to expect from such an agressive player as Sutovsky to 
    exchang queens on such an early stage of the game,but it was correct 
    decision} 11.Qxd4!? Qxd4 
        ( 11...O-O 12.Rad1 f5 13.Nd6 += )
    12.Nxd4 a6 13.Rad1 f5 14.Nd2 O-O 15.Nc4 += {and white keeps better 
    chanses in the endgame.} )
11...O-O 12.Nc3 Ne5 13.Nb3 Bd7 14.Qh5 
    ( 14.Qe2 Rad8 
        ( 14...Bb4?! 15.Ne4 )
    )
14...f5 $132 {It's quiet clear that black doesn't face any opening 
problems.} 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.Ne4!? f6! 17.Nc3 
    ( 17.Ned2?! Bb5 18.Rfe1 Ng4 19.Ne4 Bc6 )
17...a5! 18.Rd4 Bb4!? 19.Rfd1 
    ( 19.Rh4?! Rf7 20.Rd1 
        ( 20.Nd5? exd5 21.Bxd5 Be6 -+ )
        ( 20.Nd4? Ng6 21.Nd5 Qd6 
            ( 21...exd5? 22.Bxd5 Nxh4 23.Qxf7+ Kh8 24.Ne6 )
        22.Nxf6+ Rxf6 23.Qxh7+ Kf8 24.Qh6+ Ke8 -+ )
    20...Ng4 21.Rd4 Bxc3 22.bxc3 a4 23.Nd2 Be8 =+ )
19...Bxc3 20.bxc3 Qc7 21.Qh6?! 
    ( 21.f4!? Nc6 
        ( 21...Nc4 22.Qe2 b5 23.Rxd7 Rxd7 24.Qxe6+ Rdf7 25.Nd4 ~= )
    22.R4d3 a4 23.Nc5!? ~ )
21...a4 22.Nc1 Bc6 23.Bxc6 bxc6 
    ( 23...Nxc6!? )
24.Qe3 c5 = 1/2-1/2

