(1) Haugen,Arild (2536) - Balabaev,Farit Gasisovich (2177)
ICCF Olympiad 15 Final ICCF, 30.03.2006



1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5 9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 Bg5 12.Nc2 Ne7
12...0-0 13 a4 ba4 14 Ra4 is the main line

13.h4!?
[13.Ncb4 0-0 is more common, and my opponent has good experience in this line!]

13...Bh6 14.a4 bxa4 15.Ncb4 0-0
[15...Bd7 16.Rxa4! 1-0 Karjakin,S (2635)-Radjabov,T (2673)/Warsaw 2005]

16.Qxa4 a5 17.Bb5
[17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Nd5 Qd8 (18...Qb7 19.Bb5 f5 20.0-0 Rb8 21.c4 fxe4 22.Qxa5 Be6 23.Nc7 Bf7 24.Na6 Rbc8 25.Rad1 e3 26.fxe3 Qe4 27.Bd7 Bxe3+ 28.Kh1 Qxh4+ 29.Bh3 Bxc4 30.Rxf8+ Rxf8 31.Qb4 d5 32.Nc7 e4 33.Ne6 Re8 34.Nxg7 Kxg7 35.Qc3+ Qf6 36.Qxe3 Qxb2 37.Rd4 Qb1+ 38.Kh2 Qb8+ 39.Kh1 Qe5 40.Rd1 Re7 41.Kg1 Bd3 42.Bg4 d4 43.Qh3 Rf7 44.Bh5 Rf8 45.Qg4+ Kh8 46.Qh3 Qf5 47.Qh4 Qf6 48.Qh3 Bc2 49.Rd2 Qf1+ 0-1 Saric,I-Sulava,N/Omis CRO 2005/The Week in Chess 571) 19.b4 Bb7 20.bxa5 Bxd5 21.exd5 e4 22.Be2 e3 23.f3 f5 24.g3 g6 25.f4 Bg7 26.Qb3 Rxa5 27.0-0 Qc7 28.Rxa5 Qxa5 29.c4 Qd2 30.Qd3 Qxd3 31.Bxd3 Bd4 32.Be2 Rb8 33.Rd1 Bc5 34.Ra1 Kf7 35.Kg2 h5 36.Ra5 Ke7 37.Rb5 Ra8 1/2-1/2 Saric,I-Brener,I/Herceg Novi SCG 2005/The Week in Chess 568]

17...Nxd5 18.exd5 f5 19.Nc6 Qf6 20.Qc4 Kh8 21.Rxa5 Rxa5 22.Nxa5 f4 23.f3 Bf5 24.Qb4 Rb8 25.Nc6 Rg8 26.h5 g6 27.Bf1 gxh5 28.Rxh5 Qg6 29.Rxf5
[29.Rh1 Bg5 30.Kd2 Ra8 31.Qb7 Ra1= ]

29...Qxf5 30.Qxd6 Bg7 31.Qb4
[31.Ne7 Qb1+ 32.Kf2 Qxb2+=/+ ]

31...Qc2 32.Qe4 Qxb2 33.Bd3 Qc1+ 34.Kf2 Qh1 35.Nxe5 Bf6 36.Bf1 Qh5 37.Nd3 Re8 38.Qxf4 Bxc3 39.Qc4 Bf6 40.Nf4 Qh2 41.Ne6 Bh4+ 1/2-1/2