[Event "Cup European Club (final)"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Saint Vincent (Italy)"] [Date "2005.09.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Shchekachev Andrei (FRA)"] [Black "Azarov Sergei (BLR)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2599"] [ECO "C70"] [Opening "Spanish: 4.Ba4"] { Shchekachev Andrei (RUS) +0 =1 -0 Azarov Sergei (BLR) +1 =3 -5 } 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.Bc2 c5 13.Nf1 { ?/= } 13...Qc7 ( 13...Re8 14.Ng3 Bf8 15.d5 g6 16.b3 Nb6 17.Be3 Bc8 18.a4 bxa4 19.bxa4 Nc4 20.Bg5 Bg7 21.Qe2 Na5 22.Qd2 Rb8 23.Reb1 Rxb1+ 24.Rxb1 Bd7 25.c4 Nxc4 26.Qd3 Na5 27.Qxa6 Bc8 28.Qa7 Re7 29.Qa8 Qc7 30.Nd2 c4 31.Be3 Nd7 32.Rb5 Nb7 33.a5 c3 34.Nb3 Re8 35.a6 Nbc5 36.a7 Nb7 37.Ne2 Rf8 38.Nec1 f5 39.f3 Bf6 40.exf5 Kg7 41.fxg6 hxg6 42.Nd3 Bh4 { 1-0, Tal Mikhail 2650 - Gligoric Svetozar 2595 , Leningrad 1973 Izt (cat.12) } ) 14.d5 c4 ( 14...Rfe8 15.Ng3 c4 16.Nh2 g6 17.Be3 Bf8 18.Qd2 Nc5 19.Bg5 Bg7 20.Rf1 h5 21.Rae1 a5 22.Bh6 Bxh6 23.Qxh6 Qe7 24.f4 exf4 25.Qxf4 Nfd7 26.Nf3 Ne5 27.Nxe5 dxe5 28.Qf2 Rf8 29.Nf5 Qc7 30.d6 Qb6 31.Kh1 Nd7 32.Qd2 { 1-0, Anand Viswanathan 2735 - Xie Jun 2510 , Monte Carlo 1996 It "Melody Amber" (blindfold) } ) 15.g4 ( 15.Ng3 Rfb8 16.Nf5 Bf8 17.Nh2 Nc5 18.Ng4 Ne8 19.Re3 Bc8 20.Rg3 Kh8 21.f4 a5 22.a3 f6 23.Bd2 Bxf5 24.exf5 Qf7 25.Qf3 Nc7 26.Ne3 a4 27.Rd1 Re8 28.fxe5 dxe5 29.Be4 Nxe4 30.Qxe4 Na6 31.h4 Nc5 32.Qg4 Nd3 33.h5 Bc5 { 0-1, Herrera Irisberto 2442 - Delchev Aleksander 2601 , Albacete 2003 It (open) } ) ( 15.Nh4 { +0.48 CAP } ) 15...a5 { N } ( 15...Rfb8 16.Ng3 Nc5 17.g5 Ne8 18.Nf5 Bf8 19.Nh2 Bc8 20.Ng4 a5 21.Kh2 b4 22.Rg1 Kh8 23.Qf3 a4 24.Qg3 b3 25.Nf6 Bxf5 26.exf5 gxf6 27.gxf6 Nxf6 28.Bg5 Bg7 29.Bh4 Nh5 30.Qg4 f6 31.Qxh5 bxc2 32.Rg6 Nd3 33.Rh6 Rf8 { 0-1, Di Paolo Raffaele 2323 - Delchev Aleksander 2601 , Genova 2003 It (open) } ) 16.Ng3 Rfb8 17.g5 Ne8 18.Nh2 Bf8 19.Ng4 b4 20.Nf5 Nc5 21.Re3 Kh8 22.Rf3 Ba6 23.h4 h5 { ?! } ( 23...Kg8 24.h5 { } ) 24.gxh6 g6 25.Ng7 Nxg7 26.hxg7+ Bxg7 27.h5 Qe7 28.Kg2 f5 { ? } ( 28...bxc3 { !? } 29.Qh1 g5 30.h6 Bf8 { } ) 29.hxg6 f4 30.Qh1+ Kg8 31.Bxf4 { +156.50 CAP } {#r} 1-0