[Event "15th ECC final"]
[Site "Bugojno BIH"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kobalia, Mikhail KISL"]
[Black "Khasin, Alexander TMSK"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[ECO "B36"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "57"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 
Bg7 9.Bg5 
    ( 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Qe3 Qb6 12.Qd2 Rfc8 13.b3 Qa5 14.Rac1 a6 15.
    f4 Rc5 16.Qe3 Rac8 
        ( 16...Re8 17.Bh4 b5 18.e5 Nd7 19.Ne4 Rc6 20.cxb5 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 
        dxe5 22.Qd2 
            ( 22.bxa6 )
        22...Qxd2 23.Nxd2 axb5 24.Bxb5 Rb8 25.a4 += {0-1 
        Dimitrov,V-Velimirovic,D/Pozarevac 1995 (51)} )
    17.Na4 R5c6 18.f5 Bd7 19.Kh1 Re8 20.Nc3 Rcc8 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.Nd5 += {
    1-0 Kortchnoi,V-Wojtkiewicz,A/Antwerpen 1994 (30)} )
9...O-O 10.Qd2 Be6 11.Rc1 Qa5 12.O-O Rfc8 13.b3 a6 14.f4 Rc5 15.Qe3 
    ( 15.Bf3?! Rb8 
        ( 15...Rac8 16.Qf2 
            ( 16.Rcd1 b5 17.Nd5 Qd8 18.cxb5 Bxd5 19.exd5 axb5 20.Rf2 Rc3 
            =+ {1-0 Kaiszauri,K-Spiridonov,N/EU-chT Skara 1980 (31)} )
        16...R5c7 17.f5 gxf5 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 ~= {1-0 
        Krnic,Z-Spiridonov,N/Athens GRE 1981 (53)} )
    16.Bh4 b5 17.cxb5 axb5 18.Bf2 
        ( 18.Qe3 Rbc8 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Rxc5 dxc5 21.exd5 Nxd5 {0-1 
        Wittmann,W-Fischer,W/cr EU/M - FS 1980 (21)} )
    18...Rc7 =+ )
    ( 15.Bd3 b5 16.f5 bxc4 17.fxe6 cxd3 18.exf7+ Kxf7 19.Be3 Rc6 20.Qxd3 
    Rac8 21.Bd2 Qc5+ 22.Kh1 Ke8 $132 {0-1 Orlov,G-Petrienko,V/Podolsk 
    GMA-qual ,EXT 1989 (48)} )
    ( 15.a3 Qxa3 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.f5 gxf5 18.exf5 Rxf5 19.Rxf5 Bxf5 20.Nd5 
    Bg6 21.Nxf6+ exf6 22.b4 Re8 -/+ {1/2-1/2 Adla,D-Palacios,L/Paranana 
    Wtt-26 ,EXT 1993 (48)} )
    ( 15.Qe3 h6 
        ( 15...Re8 16.f5 
            ( 16.Rfd1 Ng4 17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.Rd2 
                ( 18.Nd5 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 Rxd5 20.Rxd5 Qxa2 -/+ {0-1 
                Riegler,P-Palacios,L/Moscow olm SLO-MEX 1994 (27)} )
            18...h6 19.Bh4 b5 
                ( 19...Qa3 20.Rcc2 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.Nd5 Qa7 $132 )
            20.Nd5 Qa3 21.Rdc2 bxc4 22.b4 Qxe3+ 23.Nxe3 Bd4 24.Bf2 Bxe3 
            25.Bxe3 Rcc8 26.Rxc4 = )
        16...gxf5 17.Nd5 Rcc8 18.Nxe7+ 
            ( 18.b4 Qxa2 19.Nxe7+ 
                ( 19.Nc3 Qb2 -+ {0-1 Holzke,F-Turner,M/Goteborg 1993 (24)}
                )
            19...Rxe7 20.exf5 d5 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.fxe6 Rxe6 23.Qg3+ Kh8 24.
            cxd5 Rxc1 25.dxe6 Rxf1+ 26.Bxf1 Qxe6 =+ )
        18...Rxe7 19.exf5 Qxa2 ~= )
        ( 15...Rac8 16.Na4! 
            ( 16.Rb1 Qd8 17.a4 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Tiviakov,S/St 
            Petersburg 1993 (58)} )
        16...R5c7 
            ( 16...R5c6 17.f5 Bd7 18.Bf3 Rd8 
                ( 18...b5 19.e5 Ng4 20.Bxg4 bxa4 21.e6 +- )
            19.e5 Qxe5 20.Qxe5 dxe5 21.Bxc6 Bxc6 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Nc5 +/- )
        17.Nb6 Re8 18.f5 Bc8 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nd5 Qc5 21.Qxc5 Rxc5 22.Nxf6+
        exf6 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Rxf6 Rxe4 25.Bf3 Re6 26.Rxe6 fxe6 27.Rd1 +/- 
        )
    16.Bh4 g5 17.Be1 gxf4 18.Qxf4 Qa3 19.Rc2 {Like in this game} )
15...h6 
    ( 15...Re8 16.f5 
        ( 16.Rfd1 Ng4 17.Bxg4 Bxg4 18.Rd2 
            ( 18.Nd5 Bxd1 19.Rxd1 Rxd5 20.Rxd5 Qxa2 -/+ {0-1 
            Riegler,P-Palacios,L/Moscow olm SLO-MEX 1994 (27)} )
        18...h6 19.Bh4 b5 
            ( 19...Qa3 20.Rcc2 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.Nd5 Qa7 $132 )
        20.Nd5 Qa3 21.Rdc2 bxc4 22.b4 Qxe3+ 23.Nxe3 Bd4 24.Bf2 Bxe3 25.
        Bxe3 Rcc8 26.Rxc4 = )
    16...gxf5 17.Nd5 Rcc8 
        ( 17...Bxd5 18.exd5 e6 
            ( 18...Ne4 19.Rxf5 Nxg5 20.Qxg5 += )
        19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Rxf5 Qd8 21.Rh5 +/- )
        ( 17...Nxd5 18.exd5 Bd7 
            ( 18...Bc8 19.Bd3 e6 20.Bxf5 Bd7 21.Qg3 +/- )
        19.Bd3 $36 )
    18.Nxe7+ 
        ( 18.b4 Qxa2 19.Nxe7+ 
            ( 19.Nc3 Qb2 -+ {0-1 Holzke,F-Turner,M/Goteborg 1993 (24)} )
        19...Rxe7 20.exf5 d5 21.Bxf6 Bxf6 22.fxe6 Rxe6 23.Qg3+ Kh8 24.cxd5
        Rxc1 25.dxe6 Rxf1+ 26.Bxf1 Qxe6 =+ )
    18...Rxe7 19.exf5 Qxa2 ~= )
    ( 15...Rac8 16.Na4! 
        ( 16.Rb1 Qd8 17.a4 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Tiviakov,S/St 
        Petersburg 1993 (58)} )
    16...R5c7 
        ( 16...R5c6 17.f5 Bd7 18.Bf3 Rd8 
            ( 18...b5 19.e5 Ng4 20.Bxg4 bxa4 21.e6 +- )
        19.e5 Qxe5 20.Qxe5 dxe5 21.Bxc6 Bxc6 22.fxg6 hxg6 23.Nc5 +/- )
    17.Nb6 Re8 18.f5 Bc8 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Nd5 Qc5 21.Qxc5 Rxc5 22.Nxf6+ 
    exf6 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Rxf6 Rxe4 25.Bf3 Re6 26.Rxe6 fxe6 27.Rd1 +/- )
16.Bh4 g5?! += {With idea of blockade on black squares. However thus the 
position of the black king is loosened a little.} 
    ( 16...Rac8 17.f5 gxf5 18.Nd5 Bxd5 19.exd5 Qxa2 20.Rce1 R5c7 21.Rxf5 
    ~= )
    ( 16...Re8!? $132 )
17.Be1 
    ( 17.fxg5 hxg5 18.Bg3 += )
17...gxf4 
    ( 17...Qa3 18.Rc2 += )
18.Qxf4 Qa3 
    ( 18...Rg5! 19.h4 Re5 
        ( 19...Rg6 20.Nd5 Qd8 21.Bc3 Bh3 
            ( 21...Ng4 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Rc3 += )
        22.Nxf6+ Bxf6 23.Bxf6 Rxg2+ 
            ( 23...Rxf6 24.Qg3+ +- )
        24.Kh1 exf6 25.Rg1 +- )
    20.g4!? += 
        ( 20.Nd5? Qxa2 21.Nxe7+ Kf8 -+ )
        ( 20.Bf2 b5 $132 
            ( 20...Nh5 21.Bxh5 Rxh5 22.Nd5 Re8 23.a4 Bxd5 24.cxd5 +- )
        )
    )
19.Rc2 Re5? +/- {Here rook becomes vulnerable.} 
    ( 19...Rc7 20.Bd2 += 
        ( 20.Nd5 Nxd5 21.exd5 Bxd5! 22.Bd3 
            ( 22.cxd5 Rxc2 23.Qxf7+ Kh8 24.Bd3 Qc5+ 25.Kh1 Rf8 26.Qg6 
            Rxf1+ 27.Bxf1 Qe3 28.Qxc2 Bd4 29.Bf2 Qxf2 30.Qxf2 Bxf2 = )
        22...Be6 
            ( 22...e5 23.Qf5 Be6 24.Qh7+ Kf8 25.Bd2 += )
        23.Qe4 Qc5+ 24.Rcf2 Qd4 25.Qh7+ Kf8 26.Bd2 Rac8 27.Bxh6 Bxh6 28.
        Qxh6+ Ke8 29.Rd1 += )
    )
20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.exd5 Rf8 
    ( 21...Rc8 22.Bc3 Rg5 23.Bd3 +/- )
22.Bd3 {White has par of bishops and space advantage on the King side.} 
22...b5?! 
    ( 22...Qc5+ 23.Bf2 Qc7 24.b4 +/- )
23.Bc3 bxc4? +- 
    ( 23...Rg5 24.Bxf6 Bxf6 25.Qe4 Rg7 26.cxb5 axb5 27.Bxb5 +/- )
24.Qxc4! {Unexpectedly black queen falls in a dangerous situation.} 24...
Re3 
    ( 24...a5 25.Bxe5 dxe5 26.Qc5 +- )
25.Bb4 Qxb4 26.Qxb4 Rxd3 27.Qc4 Re3 28.Qxa6 Nxd5 29.Rc8 1-0

