[Event "7th RUS-ChT"]
[Site "Smolensk RUS"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander PRSM"]
[Black "Balashov, Yury PHMS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[ECO "C54"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[PlyCount "132"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 O-O 8.Nbd2 Ba7 
9.a5 Kh8 10.Bb3 Ng8 11.Nc4 f5 12.exf5 Bxf5 13.Bg5 Qe8 14.Ne3 Bxd3 15.Qxd3 
e4 16.Qd5 exf3 17.gxf3 h6 18.Bh4 Bxe3 19.fxe3 Qxe3+ 20.Kh1 Nf6 21.Bxf6 
Rxf6 22.Qe4 Re8 23.Qxe3 Rxe3 24.Bd5 Rf5 25.Be4 Rh5 26.Bxc6 Re2 27.Rfe1 
Rhxh2+ 28.Kg1 Rhg2+ 29.Kh1 bxc6 30.Rxe2 Rxe2 31.b4 Rc2 32.Re1 Rxc3 33.Re8+
Kh7 34.Ra8 Rxf3 35.Rxa6 Rb3 36.Rxc6 Rxb4 37.Rxc7 Ra4 38.Ra7 d5 39.a6 Ra2 
40.Kg1 d4 41.Rd7 Rxa6 42.Rxd4 g5 43.Rb4 Kg6 44.Kg2 h5 45.Kg3 Ra3+ 46.Kg2 
h4 47.Rb6+ Kh5 48.Rb4 h3+ 49.Kh2 g4 50.Rb8 Ra2+ 51.Kg1 Re2 52.Rb5+ Kh4 53.
Rb4 Kg3 54.Rb3+ Kf4 55.Rb8 Re4 56.Kh2 Re2+ 57.Kg1 Kf3 58.Rf8+ Kg3 59.Rf1 
Rg2+ 60.Kh1 Rf2 61.Rb1 Re2 62.Kg1 Kf3 63.Rf1+ Ke3 64.Rf8 Rg2+ 65.Kh1 Rf2 
66.Rh8 g3 0-1

