[Event "TCh-YUG"]
[Site "Herceg Novi YUG"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kovacevic, A."]
[Black "Perunovic, Mil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[Annotator ",qw"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.05.14"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2001.06.11"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 {
I usually played here 10.c4 but this time I decided to play one popular line.}
10... bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 {All of this is played in lot of
games before. Move 13.Bd4 is relatively new one and I think that the first one
who played it was Dolmatov. Before it was played here 13.e5 after what center
is blocked and that's certainly not the best for white who has two bishops.}
13... c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. Qd3 Qc6 {Perunovic had spent three minutes for
thinking until this moment. Move 15...Qc6 was successfully played by Anand
against Shirov . Later, nobody repeated this move , so that should be a signal
for leaders of black pieces!} 16. Bf3 d6 17. Bxf6 {In mentioned game Shirov
got back with bishop on c3 and after 17...e5 his bishops were closed.} 17...
gxf6 (17... Bxf6 18. e5 {bishop is lost.}) 18. b3 $14 {White has constant
positional advantage because of better pawn structure and eventually black
king could have problems because of it.} 18... c4 {Typical sacrifice but not
correct in this time. Black is opening position and he didn't solve problems
with king and king's rook.} 19. Qe3 {Of course, white does not take the pawn
immediately , there is no reason to spoil the pawn structure. Queen is here
standing excellent because it controls both sides, squares b6 and h6.!} 19...
Rb5 {This was the idea of 18...c4: to activate rook over 5-row.} 20. bxc4 $1 {
Now is right moment to take the pawn! Black can't take on c4 because of 21.Be2
so white gets important tempo and from this moment he keeps his initiative.}
20... Re5 {If he comes on g5 then white will play e4-e5 in some moment.} 21.
Qh6 {Once again important move: white prevents castling and threats Qg7. Black
king is in danger.} 21... Rg8 22. Rab1 {
Threats Rb8 and Qf6:. Position of black is already lost.} 22... Reg5 23. Rb8+
Kd7 24. Rxg8 Rxg8 25. Qxh7 Rb8 (25... Rf8 26. Rb1 Qxc4 27. Rb7+ Kd8 28. Rb8+
Kd7 29. Rxf8 Bxf8 30. Qxf7+ Be7 31. Bh5 $5 Qc8 (31... Qc7 32. Qe8#) 32. Qxe6+
Kxe6 33. Bg4+ {white has winning ending.}) 26. e5 {
White opens his bishop and destroys "shield" around black king.} 26... Qxc4 27.
exd6 Kxd6 28. Qxf7 Qc5 29. Rd1+ 1-0