[Event "It \"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Catalan Bay (England)"] [Date "2004.02.01"] [Round "6"] [White "Epishin Vladimir (GER)"] [Black "Pogorelov Ruslan (UKR)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2439"] [ECO "E22"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Spielmann, 4...c5"] { Epishin Vladimir (GER) +0 =1 -0 Pogorelov Ruslan (UKR) +1 =0 -0 } 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qb3 c5 ( 4...Qe7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.f3 d5 8.e3 O-O 9.Bd3 c5 10.Ne2 cxd4 11.exd4 Ba6 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Qd2 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Qh4+ 15.Ng3 Nc6 16.f4 Qf6 17.Ne2 Rad8 18.O-O Nde7 19.Be3 Nf5 20.Rad1 Rd6 21.Rd2 Rfd8 22.Rfd1 h5 23.Qe4 h4 24.Bf2 { ...0-1, Decroix Paloan 2121 - Pogorelov Ruslan 2451 , Paris 1992 It (open) } ) 5.dxc5 Na6 { = } 6.Bd2 ( 6.a3 Bxc5 7.Nf3 b6 8.Qc2 O-O 9.b4 Be7 10.e4 d6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.O-O Rc8 13.Bb2 Nc7 14.Rad1 e5 15.Rfe1 Ne6 16.Bf1 Qe8 17.Qb3 a6 18.Rc1 Kh8 19.g3 Nxe4 20.Nxe4 f5 21.Ned2 f4 22.Bg2 fxg3 23.hxg3 Qh5 24.Ne4 Qg4 25.Qe3 Rf5 { ...1-0, Akopian Vladimir 2590 - Hurdle R Jr, Los Angeles 1991 It (open) } ) 6...Qe7 { N } ( 6...O-O 7.Rd1 Qe7 8.a3 Bxc3 9.Qxc3 Nxc5 10.f3 d6 11.Bg5 Bd7 12.e4 Ba4 13.Rd2 Nb3 14.Rd1 Nc5 15.Rd2 Nb3 16.Rd1 Rfc8 17.Ne2 Nc5 18.Rd2 Nb3 19.Rd1 Nc5 20.Rd2 Nb3 { 1/2-1/2, Epishin Vladimir 2633 - Nielsen Peter Heine 2638 , Hastings 2004 It (cat.13) } ) ( 6...Bxc5 7.g3 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bg2 d4 10.Ne4 O-O 11.Nxc5 Nxc5 12.Qc2 Ne6 13.Nh3 Qb6 14.O-O Bd7 15.Bg5 Nxg5 16.Nxg5 Rac8 17.Qd2 Bc6 18.Rac1 Rfd8 19.Bxc6 bxc6 20.Nf3 c5 21.Ne5 Qe6 22.Nc4 Rd5 23.f3 Re8 24.Rf2 h5 25.Rg2 Rd7 26.Kf2 { ...0-1, Kubisch Guido - Budt Karl Heinz, Ennigerloh 1965 Ch OWL } ) 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Qxc3 Nxc5 9.f3 a5 10.e4 d6 11.Ne2 O-O 12.Ng3 h6 13.Be2 Bd7 14.O-O a4 15.e5 dxe5 16.Qxe5 Na6 17.Be3 Ne8 18.Rad1 f6 19.Qd4 Bc6 20.Bd3 Nec7 21.Bc2 Rad8 22.Qg4 f5 23.Qf4 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8+ Qxd8 26.Qe5 Kf7 27.Ne2 Qh4 28.Qc3 Bd7 29.Bf2 Qg5 30.h4 Qe7 31.Qe5 Bc6 32.Nc3 Qd7 33.Bd4 Ne8 34.Nb5 Bxb5 35.cxb5 Nac7 36.Bxa4 Nd5 37.Bb3 { ?! } ( 37.b4 { !? } 37...Nef6 38.Bb2 Qd8 39.g3 { } ) 37...Qxb5 38.Bxd5 Qxd5 39.Qxd5 exd5 40.h5 Nc7 41.Kf2 Ne6 42.Ke3 f4+ 43.Kd3 g6 44.hxg6+ Kxg6 45.a4 Kf7 46.b4 Ke7 47.Be5 Kd7 48.Kc3 Kc6 49.Bd4 b5 50.a5 Kb7 51.Be5 h5 52.Kd2 Kc6 53.Ke2 Kb7 54.Kf1 Kc6 { ^00 ^00 ^00 ^01 ^00 ^05 Kf1f2 ^254 ^00 ^00 ^00 ^128 } 55.Kf2 { ! } ( 55.Ke2 Kb7 ) 55...Kb7 56.g3 { ?! } ( 56.Ke2 { !? } 56...Ka8 57.Kd3 Kb7 58.Kc3 { } ) 56...fxg3+ 57.Kxg3 d4 58.f4 h4+ 59.Kf2 h3 { ? } ( { ? } 59...d3 60.f5 Ng5 61.f6 h3 { } ) 60.f5 Ng5 61.Bh2 { ? } ( { ? } 61.Ke2 Ne4 62.Kd3 Nf6 63.Kxd4 { } ) 61...Ne4+ { ? } ( 61...d3 62.Ke3 d2 63.Ke2 Ne4 { } ) 62.Ke2 Nf6 63.Kd3 Ng4 64.Bg3 Kc6 { ?! } ( 64...h2 { !? } 65.Bxh2 Nxh2 66.Kxd4 Kc6 { } ) 65.Kxd4 h2 66.Bxh2 Nxh2 67.f6 Nf3+ 68.Ke4 Ng5+ 69.Kf5 Nf7 { ^00 ^00 ^00 ^01 ^00 ^05 Kf5e6 ^254 ^00 ^00 ^00 ^128 } 70.Ke6 { ! } ( 70.Kg6 Nd8 71.f7 Ne6 72.Kh6 { } ) 70...Ng5+ 71.Ke7 Kc7 72.f7 Nxf7 73.Kxf7 Kd7 74.Kf6 Kd6 75.Kf5 Kd5 76.Kf4 Kd6 77.Ke4 Ke6 78.a6 { } {#r} 1-0