[Event "15th ECC final"]
[Site "Bugojno BIH"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander AGZE"]
[Black "Oratovsky, Michael EPTK"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[ECO "C41"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "100"]

1.d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3 e5 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 
    ( 7.Re1 c6 8.a4 b6!? 9.b3 a6 10.d5 c5 11.Rb1 Ne8 12.Bf1 Rb8 13.Nd2 g6 
    ~ {Leko, P-Bauer,C/FIDE WCh KO 1999 (48)} )
7...c6 8.Re1 
    ( 8.h3 exd4 9.Nxd4 d5 10.exd5 Nb6 11.Bb3 Nfxd5 = )
8...a5 9.h3 
    ( 9.Ba2 exd4 10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.h3 Qb6 12.Nb3 Na6!? 
        ( 12...Nxb3 13.Bxb3 Be6 14.Be3 Qc7 = )
    13.Be3 Qd8 14.Nd4 Nb4 15.Bb3 d5 = {Tukmakov,V-Cifuentes Parada,R/Wijk 
    op 1993 (35)} )
9...exd4 
    ( 9...Qc7 10.Be3 Rd8 11.Ng5 Rf8 12.Ba2 h6 13.Nf3 Rd8 14.Qe2 Nf8 15.
    Rad1 Be6 16.d5 cxd5 17.exd5 Bf5 18.Nd2 += {Tkachiev,V-Barle,J/Geneva 
    op 1997 (34)} )
10.Nxd4 Nc5 11.Bf4 {Looks very natural but gives nothing to white.In my 
opinion most promising continuation is 11.Qf3} 
    ( 11.b3 Re8 12.Bb2 Bf8 13.Qf3 Ncd7 14.Qg3 Ne5 15.Bf1 Ng6 16.Rad1 += {
    Afonin,A-Chuprov,D/Geller mem (Cup Russia) 1999 (30)} )
    ( 11.Ba2 Qb6 ~ )
11...Be6! $132 
    ( 11...Qb6 12.Nb3 
        ( 12.b3 Re8 13.Qf3 Ncd7 14.Nf5 Ne5 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.Nxe7+ Rxe7 {
        1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Piket,J/Moscow olm 1994 (37)} )
    12...Be6 13.Bxe6 Nxe6 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Nd4 Nxd4 16.Qxd4 = {
    Roiz,M-Oratovsky,M/Israel Nat. League(6.6) 1999 (31)} )
12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Qe2 
    ( 13.e5 d5 14.exf6 Bxf6 15.Be3 d4 16.Qg4 dxe3 17.Bxe6+ Kh8 18.Rxe3 Bd4
    19.Re2 Qf6 $36 )
    ( 13.Bxd6 Bxd6 14.e5 Be7 15.exf6 Bxf6 {with strong counterplay on the 
    darksquares.} )
13...Qb6 14.Qe3 
    ( 14.e5 dxe5 
        ( 14...Nd5 15.Bxd5 cxd5 
            ( 15...exd5 16.exd6 Bf6 17.Rab1 )
        16.exd6 Bxd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.Rad1 Rae8 = )
    15.Bxe5 Nd5 16.Rad1 += )
    ( 14.b3 d5 15.exd5 cxd5 16.Bb5 Nce4 17.Nxe4 Nxe4 18.Be3 Bc5 =+ )
14...d5 15.exd5 Nxd5 16.Bxd5 exd5 17.Qxe7 Rxf4 18.Qd6? Rf6 -/+ 19.Qe7 Raf8
    ( {Stronger is} 19...Rxf2! 20.Rf1 
        ( 20.Kxf2 Ne4+ 21.Kf3 Qf2+ 22.Kg4 h5+ 23.Kxh5 Qf5+ 24.Kh4 Qf4+ 25.
        Kh5 Ng3+ 26.Kg6 Qf5# )
    20...Nd3 21.Kh1 Raf8 -+ )
20.Nd1 Ne4 21.Rxe4 dxe4 22.Qxe4 Qb4 
    ( 22...Rd6 -/+ )
23.Qxb4 axb4 24.Kf1 Re8 25.b3 Rd6 26.Ne3 Rd2 27.Rc1 
    ( 27.Ke1?? Rxc2 -+ )
27...Rf8 28.Nd1 Re8 29.Ne3 Rf8 30.Nd1 Rfd8 31.Nb2 Kf7 32.Ke1 R2d4 33.Ke2 
Re8+ 34.Kf1 Kf6 35.Nc4 Re7 36.Ne3 h5 37.Ke2 g6 38.Ra1 Re8 39.Rh1 
    ( 39.a5?! {just additional weakness.} 39...Ke6 40.a6 b5 41.a7 Ra8 -+ )
39...Ke6 40.Ra1 Kd6 41.Rg1 Kc5 42.Rc1 Rf8 43.Rf1 Rdf4 44.Nd1 Kd4 45.Kd2 c5
    ( 45...g5! 46.Ke2 $8 
        ( 46.f3 g4 47.hxg4 hxg4 48.Ke2 gxf3+ 49.gxf3 Rh4 50.Rf2 Rh3 $22 -+
        )
        ( 46.Re1 Rxf2+ 47.Nxf2 Rxf2+ 48.Re2 Rxe2+ 49.Kxe2 Kc3 50.Kd1 h4 
        51.Kc1 c5 52.Kd1 
            ( 52.Kb1 c4 53.bxc4 Kxc4 54.Kb2 b6 55.Ka2 Kc3 56.Kb1 b3 -+ )
            ( 52.a5 c4 53.bxc4 Kxc4 54.Kb2 Kb5 -+ )
        52...c4 53.bxc4 Kxc4 54.Kd2 b3 -+ )
    46...c5 -/+ )
46.f3 c4 47.bxc4 Kxc4 48.Nb2+ Kd5 49.Nd3 Rd4 50.Re1 Kd6 -/+ 1/2-1/2

