[Event "15th ECC final"]
[Site "Bugojno BIH"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeny SPET"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark BESH"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2496"]
[ECO "D85"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow"]
[PlyCount "178"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 
O-O 9.Be2 cxd4 10.cxd4 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qxa2 12.O-O Bg4 13.Bg5 h6 14.Bh4 a5 15.
Rxb7 g5 16.Bg3 a4 17.Rc7 {Therefore White immedately prevents 17...Nc6 at 
the same time preparing Be2-c4. However, Black has sufficient counterplay.
} 
    ( 17.h4 {went out of use because of} 17...Nc6! 18.hxg5 hxg5 19.d5 Bxf3
    20.Bxf3 Nd4 21.d6 e5 22.d7 Qe6 23.Bg4 Qc6 {0-1 
    Shipov,S-Sokolov,I/Hastings Premier 1999 (41) with excellent play for 
    Black - CBM69} )
17...Qb2 
    ( 17...Qb3 18.Qxb3 axb3 19.Rb1 b2 20.Rxb2 Ra1+ 21.Bf1 Bxf3 22.gxf3 
    Bxd4 {doesn't yield Black equality because of the poor position of his
    b8 knight:} 23.Rb5 Ra2 24.Bc4 Rb2 25.Rf5 Rb4 26.Kg2 Bb6 27.Bxf7+! Rxf7
    28.Rc8+ Kg7 29.Be5+ Rf6 30.Rxb8 Kg6 31.Bc3 Rb3 32.Bxf6 {
    Sherbakov,R-Vokarev,S/Novgorod op 1999/1-0 (46)} )
    ( 17...a3!? 18.Bc4 Qb2 {looks a bit premature (the b8 knight is out of
    play) but still needs investigation.} )
18.Bc4 Nd7 {It is important to bring this knight into the game.} 
    ( 18...Bxf3 19.Qxf3 Qxd4 20.Rd1 ~= )
19.Bd5 Rad8 {A very solid move. Black gives up his a4 pawn but recaptures 
it on d4, after which a draw is not far away.} 
    ( 19...Rac8!? {was possible, too:} 20.Qxa4 
        ( 20.Rb7 Qa3 )
    20...Nb6 21.Qb3 Qxb3 22.Bxb3 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Rxc7 24.Bxc7 Bxd4 = )
20.Qxa4 
    ( 20.Rb7 Bxf3 21.Rxb2 Bxd1 22.Rxd1 e6 23.Bc6 Nc5 $132 )
20...Bxf3 21.gxf3 
    ( 21.Rxd7?! Rxd7 22.Qxd7 Be2 23.Re1 e6 24.Bb7 Bxd4 {and White is in 
    trouble} )
21...Qxd4 22.Qxd4 Bxd4 23.Rd1 e5 = {Black's only weakness, the f7 pawn, is
easy to defend.} 24.Kg2 Nf6 25.Bb3 Rb8?! {A blunder in a drawn position, 
which complicates Black's task.} 
    ( 25...Rd7?! 26.Bxe5 Bxe5 27.Rcxd7 Nxd7 28.Rxd7 Kg7 += )
    ( 25...Rd6 26.Rxd4 Rxd4 27.Bxe5 ~= )
    ( 25...Nh5 {was probably the simplest way to a draw.} )
26.Bxf7+ Rxf7 27.Rxf7 Kxf7 28.Rxd4 {However, with double pawns and a poor 
bishop, White fails to pose Black any problems.} 28...Re8 29.Ra4 Nh5 30.
Ra7+ Kf6 31.Kh3 Re6 32.Kg4 Kg6 33.h4 Nf6+ 34.Kh3 Nh5 35.Kg4 Nf6+ 36.Kh3 
Nh5 37.Ra8 Nf6 38.Ra5 Nd7 39.Rd5 Re7 40.Rd6+ Nf6 41.Ra6 Re8 42.h5+ Kf7 43.
Ra5 Nd7 44.Kg4 Re6 45.Ra8 Rf6 46.Rd8 Ke7 47.Rh8 Kf7 48.Rh7+ Ke6 49.Kh3 Nf8
50.Ra7 Nd7 51.Kg2 Kd6 52.Kf1 Re6 53.Ra6+ Ke7 54.Ra5 Kf6 55.Ra7 Rd6 56.Ra8 
Re6 57.Ke2 Rd6 58.Rh8 Kf7 59.Kf1 Rf6 60.Kg2 Ke7 61.Kh3 Kf7 62.Kg4 Ke7 63.
Rh7+ Ke6 64.Rxd7 Kxd7 65.Bxe5 Rf7 66.Bg3 Ke6 67.f4 gxf4 68.Bxf4 Rg7+ 69.
Kf3 Rf7 70.Ke3 Ra7 71.Bxh6 Rh7 72.Bf8 Rxh5 73.f4 Rh3+ 74.Kd4 Rf3 75.Bh6 
Rf1 76.Ke3 Re1+ 77.Kf3 Rf1+ 78.Ke2 Rh1 79.Bg7 Rh3 80.Bd4 Rh5 81.Kf3 Rb5 
82.Bh8 Rh5 83.Bg7 Rb5 84.Kg4 Rb4 85.e5 Kf7 86.Bf6 Kg6 87.Bg5 Re4 88.Be7 
Rc4 89.Bf8 Re4 1/2-1/2

