[Event "Ch Belarus"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Minsk (Belarus)"] [Date "2005.03.12"] [Round "9"] [White "Maiorov Nikita (BLR)"] [Black "Azarov Sergei (BLR)"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "2492"] [BlackElo "2599"] [ECO "E33"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...Nc6"] { Azarov Sergei (BLR) +1 =0 -0 } 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bd2 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 { ? } 8...Qe7 ( 8...Re8 9.e3 e5 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Be2 a5 12.O-O Qe7 13.Ng5 a4 14.Bd3 e4 15.Bxf6 exd3 16.Bxe7 dxc2 17.Bb4 Bg4 18.f3 Bf5 19.e4 h6 20.exf5 hxg5 21.Bc3 Rad8 22.Rac1 Re2 23.Rf2 Rd1+ 24.Rf1 Nd4 25.Rfxd1 cxd1=Q+ 26.Rxd1 Nxf5 27.Rd5 Ne3 28.Rxg5 { ...1-0, Ivanov Sergey_ 2545 - Morozevich Alexander 2630 , Elista 1995 Ch Russia } ) 9.e3 ( 9.e4 e5 10.d5 Nb8 11.Be2 a5 12.c5 Nbd7 13.cxd6 cxd6 14.Nd2 Nc5 15.b4 axb4 16.axb4 Rxa1+ 17.Bxa1 Na6 18.Qb1 Bd7 19.O-O Rc8 20.Nc4 Be8 21.f4 b5 22.fxe5 bxc4 23.exf6 Qa7+ 24.Kh1 Qe3 25.Re1 c3 26.Qc1 Qxc1 27.Rxc1 Nxb4 28.Rxc3 Rb8 { ...1-0, Ward Christopher 2486 - Palliser Richard 2443 , Scarborough 2001 Ch Great Britain } ) 9...e5 10.d5 ( 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Be2 a5 13.b3 b6 14.O-O Bb7 15.Rfd1 Ne4 16.Bb2 Nc5 17.b4 axb4 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Bxa1 Na6 20.Qb2 Nxb4 21.Qxe5 Qxe5 22.Bxe5 Na6 23.f3 Re8 24.Kf2 f6 25.Bg3 Re7 26.h4 Nc5 27.Bh2 h5 28.Rd8+ Kh7 29.e4 g6 { ...1-0, Ree Hans 2520 - Ligterink Gert 2455 , Leeuwarden 1980 Ch Netherlands } ) 10...Nb8 11.Nd2 { +0.15 CAP } ( 11.Be2 a5 12.O-O a4 13.e4 Nh5 { +0.60 CAP } ) 11...Ne8 { N } ( 11...c6 12.e4 ( 12.dxc6 Nxc6 13.Bd3 Nd4 14.Qb1 Ne6 15.b4 b6 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Bb7 18.O-O Rac8 19.Bxh7+ Kh8 20.Bd3 b5 21.c5 Qg5 22.Be4 d5 23.Bf3 Rcd8 24.g3 e4 25.Bg2 d4 26.exd4 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Rxd4 28.Qc2 Rd2 29.Qc3 Rd3 30.Qc1 Qe5 31.a4 { ...1/2-1/2, Lev Ronen 2465 - Shvidler Eliahu 2465 , Israel 1996 Ch Israel (team) } ) 12...cxd5 ( 12...Na6 13.Be2 Bd7 14.O-O cxd5 15.cxd5 Nc5 16.b4 Na4 17.Qb3 Nxc3 18.Qxc3 Rfc8 19.Qe3 Qd8 20.Rfc1 h6 21.Nc4 Bb5 22.Na5 Bxe2 23.Qxe2 Qd7 24.h3 Rc7 25.Rxc7 Qxc7 26.Qe3 Rc8 27.Kh2 Qb6 28.Re1 Kf8 29.Qd2 Rc7 30.f3 Nh5 31.Rc1 { ...1/2-1/2, Kuzmin Alexey 2539 - Narciso Dublan Marc 2487 , Andorra 6. 7.2004 It (open) } ) 13.cxd5 Nh5 14.Nc4 Na6 15.Ne3 Bd7 16.Qd1 g6 17.Bd3 Nc5 18.Bc2 Rac8 19.g3 Ng7 20.O-O f5 21.exf5 Nxf5 22.Ng2 Qg7 23.Rc1 g5 24.b4 Na6 25.Be4 Nc7 26.a4 Ne8 27.Qd3 Ne7 28.b5 Nf6 29.f3 Nxe4 30.fxe4 Rxf1+ 31.Rxf1 { ...1/2-1/2, Malaniuk Vladimir P 2635 - Yermolinsky Alex 2605 , Lucerne 1993 Ch World (team) } ) 12.Be2 Qg5 13.g3 Qe7 14.O-O-O a5 { ?! } ( 14...Nf6 { !? } 15.Rhg1 c6 16.g4 cxd5 { } ) 15.b3 { ? } ( 15.f4 exf4 16.gxf4 Qxe3 17.Bd3 { } ) 15...Nd7 16.Rhe1 Nc5 17.f4 Bd7 18.Kb2 Nf6 19.Nf3 Ng4 20.Bf1 f6 21.h3 Nh6 22.g4 Nf7 23.f5 { ?! } ( 23.Bd4 { !? } 23...Rae8 { } ) 23...Rfb8 24.a4 c6 25.e4 { ? } ( 25.Nd4 cxd5 26.cxd5 exd4 27.exd4 { } ) 25...Be8 26.Ra1 { ?! } ( 26.g5 { !? } 26...Nxg5 27.Nxg5 fxg5 28.Be2 { } ) 26...b5 27.axb5 cxb5 28.cxb5 Bxb5 29.Bxb5 Rxb5 30.Nd2 Ng5 31.Re3 { ?! } ( 31.h4 { !? } 31...Nh3 32.g5 fxg5 33.hxg5 { } ) 31...Qa7 32.Rg3 Ngxe4 { } {#R} 0-1