[Event "Ch European Union"] [Site "masterchessopen.com Arvier (Italy)"] [Date "2007.06.24"] [Round "10"] [White "Baburin Alexander (IRL)"] [Black "Likavsky Tomas (SVK)"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2496"] [ECO "E40"] [Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein"] { } 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Bd3 Bb7 6.Ne2 Bxg2 7.Rg1 Be4 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Nxc3 { =/? } 9...Bg6 10.e4 d6 ( 10...Nc6 11.e5 Nh5 12.Bg5 f6 13.exf6 gxf6 14.Be3 Ne7 15.Be2 Ng7 16.Bf3 d5 17.Qe2 c6 18.b4 Qd7 19.b5 Rc8 20.Rc1 Ngf5 21.bxc6 Rxc6 22.cxd5 exd5 23.Qb5 Kf7 24.Kd2 Rd8 25.a4 Qd6 26.Rh1 Nxd4 27.Bxd4 Qf4+ 28.Be3 Qxf3 29.Ne2 d4 30.Nxd4 { ...0-1, Karayiannis Costas 2168 - Crouch Colin S 2357 , Southend 16. 4.2006 It (open) } ) 11.Bg5 e5 12.f4 ( 12.Bc2 Nbd7 13.Ba4 Rc8 14.Bc6 h6 15.Bh4 Kf8 16.Nd5 exd4 17.Nxf6 Nxf6 18.Qxd4 Qe7 19.O-O-O Qe5 20.Qxe5 dxe5 21.f3 Bh5 22.Rd3 Ne8 23.Be1 Nd6 24.Bb4 a5 25.Bc3 f6 26.c5 bxc5 27.f4 Be8 28.Bd5 exf4 29.e5 fxe5 30.Bxe5 Rh7 31.Bxf4 Bh5 { ...1-0, Aleksandrov Aleksej 2550 - Kochyev Alexander 2430 , St. Petersburg 1996 Memorial A.Petrov } ) ( 12.h4 Nbd7 13.Be2 exd4 14.Qxd4 h6 15.h5 hxg5 16.hxg6 fxg6 17.Rxg5 Rh1+ 18.Bf1 Ne5 19.Rxe5+ dxe5 20.Qxe5+ Qe7 21.Qxe7+ Kxe7 22.e5 Ne8 23.Nd5+ Ke6 24.O-O-O g5 25.Ne3 Kxe5 26.Rd5+ Kf6 27.Kc2 Rxf1 28.Nxf1 Nd6 29.Ne3 Re8 30.Kd3 Kg6 31.c5 Ne4 { ...1/2-1/2, Karagiannis Athanasios 2245 - Bagaturov Giorgi 2485 , Athens 1997 It (open) "Acropolis" } ) ( 12.d5 Nbd7 { -0.22 CAP } ) 12...exf4 ( 12...Nbd7 13.Nd5 { -0.76 CAP } ) 13.Nd5 ( 13.Qf3 Nc6 14.Qf2 Qd7 15.O-O-O O-O-O 16.Nd5 Nxe4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Bxd8 Nxd8 19.Qxf4 f5 20.Nc3 Re8 21.Rde1 Qc6 22.Nxe4 fxe4 23.Qf5+ Kb8 24.Qb5 g6 25.Kd2 Qxb5 26.cxb5 Nf7 27.Re3 d5 28.Rh3 Nd6 29.Rxh7 Nxb5 30.Rc1 c5 31.dxc5 Nd4 32.Ke3 Nb3 { ...1/2-1/2, Schneider Attila 2266 - Doery Jeno 2314 , Budapest 1982 Ch Hungary } ) 13...c6 { +1.22 CAP } ( 13...Nbd7 14.e5 ( 14.Rf1 { +0.15 CAP } ) 14...dxe5 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Qe2 Qd6 18.O-O-O f3 19.Qe3 O-O-O 20.Bf4 Nfd7 21.Kb1 Qc5 22.Qc3 f6 23.Rc1 Kb7 24.b4 Qc6 25.Rge1 Rh4 26.Ne7 Qe6 27.Nxg6 Qf5+ 28.Ka1 Qxg6 29.c5 Rxf4 30.c6+ Kb8 31.cxd7 Rc4 32.Qb2 Rxc1+ 33.Qxc1 { ...0-1, Richardson John R 2310 - Pigott John C 2360 , Edinburgh 1996 It (cat.4) } ) 14.Nxf4 { N } 14...Nbd7 15.Qf3 Qc7 16.O-O-O O-O-O 17.h4 Rhe8 18.Rde1 h6 { ?! } ( 18...h5 { !? } 19.Nxg6 fxg6 20.Bf4 Kb7 21.Qg3 Re6 22.d5 cxd5 23.exd5 { } ) 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.h5 Bh7 21.Rxg7 d5 22.e5 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 dxc4 24.Qf5+ Nd7 25.Rxf7 Kb8 26.Ne6 Rxe6 27.Qxe6 Nc5 28.dxc5 { } {#r} 1-0