[Event "Cup European Club (final)"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Rethymnon (Greece)"] [Round "1"] [White "Khalifman Alexander (RUS)"] [Black "Solozhenkin Evgeniy (RUS)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2669"] [BlackElo "2501"] [ECO "B18"] [Opening "Caro-Kann: Classical"] { Khalifman Alexander (RUS) +1 =2 -0 Solozhenkin Evgeniy (RUS) +5 =1 -3 } 1.e4 { 1 } 1...c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.Ne5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nf6 ( 10...Nd7 11.Bf4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Qa5+ 13.c3 Nf6 14.O-O Ng4 15.Rfe1 O-O-O 16.Qf3 Nxe5 17.dxe5 Qc7 18.c4 Rd4 19.Re4 Rxe4 20.Qxe4 Bc5 21.Rd1 f5 22.Nxf5 exf5 23.Qxf5+ Kb8 24.e6 Bd6 25.c5 Bf4 26.e7 Bh2+ 27.Kh1 Qxe7 28.Kxh2 Qxh4+ 29.Kg1 Re8 { 1/2-1/2, Markarov Arsen 2308 - Solozhenkin Evgeniy 2504 , St. Petersburg 2000 Memorial M.Chigorin (open) } ) 11.Bd2 { = } 11...Be7 ( 11...Nbd7 12.Qe2 c5 13.Nxd7 Qxd7 14.dxc5 Bxc5 15.O-O-O Qa4 16.Bc3 Be7 17.Kb1 Rc8 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Ne4 Ke7 20.g3 Bxb2 { 1/2-1/2, Ivanchuk Vassily 2730 - Bareev Evgeny 2690 , Elista 1998 Cup President } ) 12.O-O-O O-O 13.f4 c5 14.dxc5 ( 14.Ne2 Nbd7 15.g4 Nxe5 16.fxe5 Nxg4 17.Rhg1 h5 18.Nf4 Qxd4 19.Nxh5 Qxe5 20.Rxg4 Qxh5 21.Rdg1 Bf6 22.Bg5 { 1/2-1/2, Voekler Bernd 2345 - Held Markus 2183 , Germany 2000 Bundesliga (2nd) East 1999/00 } ) 14...Qc7 ( 14...Bxc5 15.Ne4 Be7 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qg3 Qb6 18.Bc3 Qb5 19.f5 exf5 20.Rd6 f4 21.Qxf4 Bxe5 22.Bxe5 f6 23.Bxf6 Rxf6 24.Rxf6 gxf6 25.Qxf6 Qb6 26.Qe5 Na6 27.Rf1 Rd8 28.Qe7 Nb4 29.a3 Nd5 30.Qf7+ Kh8 31.Kb1 Nc3+ 32.Ka1 Nd1 33.Qf6+ Qxf6 34.Rxf6 { ...1/2-1/2, Tiviakov Sergei 2608 - Ernst Sipke 2373 , Hoogeveen 2000 It (open) } ) 15.Bc3 { } ( 15.Ne4 Rd8 16.Nxf6+ Bxf6 17.Qf3 Nd7 18.Nxd7 Rxd7 19.g4 Rad8 20.Be3 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22.Qxd1 Bxh4 23.Qd6 Qc6 24.Qxc6 bxc6 25.b4 Kf8 26.c4 Ke8 27.Kd1 Bf6 28.Ke2 Bb2 29.Kd3 g6 30.Bd4 Ba3 31.b5 Kd7 32.g5 h5 33.Ke4 Bb4 34.a4 Bd2 { ...1/2-1/2, Hracek Zbynek 2610 - Svetushkin Dmitry 2459 , Herceg Novi 2001 Ch Yugoslavia (team) (1 liga) } ) ( 15.Rhe1 Nc6 16.Nxc6 Qxc6 17.f5 Rad8 18.Qb3 Rd5 19.fxe6 fxe6 20.Re2 Bxc5 21.Rde1 Qd7 22.Rxe6 Bf2 23.Rxf6 Rxf6 24.Re5 Bxg3 25.Rxd5 Rf1+ 26.Be1 Bf4+ 27.Kb1 Kh8 28.a3 Rxe1+ 29.Ka2 Qe7 30.Rf5 Bd6 31.Rf7 Qe6 32.Qxe6 Rxe6 33.Rxb7 Re2 34.c3 Bc5 { ...0-1, David Alberto 2544 - Mittelman Gur 2424 , Antwerpen 1999 It (open) } ) 15...Nd5 { N } ( 15...Nc6 16.Qf3 Bxc5 17.Rd3 Nb4 18.Bxb4 Bxb4 19.Kb1 Rac8 20.c3 Bd6 21.Re1 Rfd8 22.Ng4 Nxg4 23.Qxg4 Bf8 24.Rxd8 Qxd8 25.Rd1 Qe7 26.f5 Rc6 27.h5 Rd6 28.Rxd6 Qxd6 29.Qf3 Be7 30.Ne4 Qe5 31.g4 exf5 32.gxf5 Bg5 33.Kc2 Bf4 34.Nf2 Qe3 35.Qxe3 { ...1/2-1/2, Baklan Vladimir 2591 - Mittelman Gur 2424 , Antwerpen 1999 It (open) } ) ( 15...Rd8 16.Qf3 Nc6 17.Nxc6 Qxc6 18.Qxc6 bxc6 19.Bxf6 Bxf6 20.Ne4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Bxh4 22.g3 f5 23.gxh4 fxe4 24.Rd6 Rf8 25.Rxc6 Rxf4 26.Rxe6 Kf7 27.Ra6 e3 28.Kd1 Rxh4 29.Ke2 Rc4 30.Rxa7+ Kf6 31.c3 Rxc5 32.Kxe3 h5 33.Kd4 Rc8 34.Ke4 Re8+ 35.Kf3 { ...1/2-1/2, Zahn Wolfgang 2280 - Kachiani-G Ketino 2446 , Bad Woerishofen 1999 It (open) } ) 16.Nh5 Bxc5 { ?? } ( 16...Qxc5 { ! } 17.Bd4 Qc7 18.Qg3 Bf6 { } ) 17.Rh3 Rc8 18.Rg3 { ! } ( 18.Qg3 { ? } 18...g6 19.Nxg6 Be3+ 20.Kb1 { } ) 18...Bf8 19.Qe4 { ! } ( 19.Nf3 { ? } 19...f6 20.Qg6 Nd7 21.Qxh6 { } ) 19...Qe7 20.Rxd5 exd5 21.Qf5 Rxc3 22.Nf6+ Qxf6 23.Qxf6 Rxg3 24.Qxf7+ Kh7 25.Qxf8 { } {#r} 1-0