[Event "Zonski turnir-Krit"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Solak, D."]
[Black "Drasko, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Solak"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 {The idea of this move is to wait for white to
play Ngf3 after what black plays Nf6 and if white blocks the center with e5,
his knights will be misplaced(normally, white would put his knights on e2 and
f3).} 4. Bd3 {The alternative is 4. Ngf3 and after 4...Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.e5 Nd7 7.
c3 very interesting position appears, where black tries to put some more
presure over the d4-pawn, while white sometimes can give it away, looking for
the compensation in developement of his pieces.} 4... c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5
Qxd5 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 {If my opponent took on c5 with his bishop, it would turn
out that 3...Be7 was a loss of time. 7...Qc5 surely came into consideration
though it is not a move grandmaster would play with pleasure. The move that
was played by Drasko is the most sensible one. Black tries to collect the pawn
with his knight, placing it well on c5 square and attacking the bishop.
However, b4 as a response to Nd7 must be considered.} 8. b4 {This is a good
move which can't keep a pawn up, but can provide me with long-lasting
positional advantage because of the better pawn structure on the queen-side.
The following moves are practically forced and then Drasko will have two weak
pawns on a5 and c5, and I will have a very strong protected free pawn on b5.}
8... a5 {The only way to win the pawn back.} 9. Bc4 Qc6 10. c3 b6 11. O-O {
11.Nd4 is not possible because the g2-pawn is hanging.} 11... bxc5 12. b5 Qc7
13. Bd3 {This position is better for me. With the board full of pieces, there
is still a fight to be. Major problems should appear in the ending, when the
b5-pawn will gain in strength. It is very difficult for black not to change
pieces, because e4 and e5 squares serve very well in that purpose and I can
easily keep them under control. It is also important that my opponent can't
move his king-side pawns just like that, because weakness on d5 would appear.
Drasko will have to think of his king's safety as well, because he can't
castle long, and after the short castle my pieces will be perfectly placed (of
course, I intend to play c4 and Bb2).} 13... Bb7 {In my opinion, 13...Nd5 was
better, with the idea to complicate the position. After 14.c4 Bf6 15.cxd5 Bxa1
16.dxe6 fxe6 17. Ne4 position is unclear. I would probably play 14. Qc2 with
better chances.} 14. Re1 {This is also a good move, developing, but
prophylactic in the same time. Immediate 14.c4 would be incautious. After 14...
Ne5 15.Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Rb1 Bd6 black would activate his pieces.} 14... O-O {
14...Nd5 is not good now. After 15.c4 Bf6 16.cxd5 Bxa1 17dxe6 fxe6 18.Ng5
Drasko would find himself in troubles.} 15. c4 Rfd8 16. Qc2 Nf8 {Drasko had  a
good plan here, to put his knight on f8, from where it will protect the h7 and
e6 pawns and the other knight on d7, covering the central e5-square. Then,
move f6 will become possible, restraining my dark-square bishop.} 17. Bb2 N6d7
18. Be4 f6 19. Rad1 Nb6 20. Nf1 {Nice move with a plenty of ideas. One of them
is to open the d-file so rooks can be changed. The other, more important one,
is to start manoeuvre Nd2-f1-e3-d5 in case Drasko moves his e-pawn forward.
From the e3-square, over g4, knight can also help in the attack on black king.}
20... Bxe4 {This move simplifies my task. 20. ..e5 was better, with the idea
Nf8-e6-d4, but 21.Ne3 Bxe4 22.Qxe4 Ne6 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Nd4 25.Nxd4 cxd4
26.c5 would undoubtly follow and my advantage would still be big. This pawn
can't be captured because 27.Rc1 simply wins a piece.} 21. Qxe4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1
Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Bc3 {Trading everything works just fine for me. Black's
position is already very difficult.} 24... f5 {This creates even more
weaknesses, but Drasko had no choice. 24...a4 wasn't possible because of 25.
Ba5, threatening Qb7, and after 25..Qa8 26.Qxa8 Nxa8 27. b6 white is winning.
24...Na4 was also far from good, as 25.Bd2 with Qc2 following, wins the
a5-pawn.} 25. Qe2 Qa8 26. N1d2 {Also a good move. It was a little difficult to
play, because the knight comes back to d2 where it was before, but the
situation on the board changed. The rooks have vanished from the scene and e5
is not a threat any more. The knight is protecting the c4-pawn, but can also
go to b3, or even to e5 after one pair of knights is changed. There is also a
line that I thought of during the game which deserves to be mentioned and that
is 26.Qe5 Bf6 27. Qxc5 Na4 28. Qc6 Qxc6 29.bxc6 Bxc3 and at first I thought I
was winning here by 30.c5!!, because neither the knight from a4 nor the bishop
from c3 can stop my pawn, but then I saw that the knight from f8 jumps to help:
30...Ng6 and the game is over. So I couldn't finish this game in great style,
but by picking up all my opponent's pawns.} 26... Na4 27. Be5 Qd8 28. Qe3 Ng6
29. Ba1 Qd6 30. Be5 {I don't know why I missed an easy winning here: 30. Qa3
Nb6 31.Qxa5. I guess I was afraid of 31... e5, because I didn't see that I was
winning after 32.Nxe5 Nxe5 33.Bxe5 Qxe5 34. Qxb6.} 30... Qd7 31. g3 Kf7 32. h4
Bf6 {Drasko was in the time-trouble. By playing this move he lost the last
chance to fight. But, the position was lost anyway.} 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. Qa3 e5 {
After 34...Nb6 35.Qxa5 everything is more then clear.} 35. Qxa4 e4 36. Qxa5
exf3 37. b6 Ne7 38. Nxf3 f4 39. Qxc5 Qd3 40. Kg2 Qe4 {Drasko ran out of time
just after he played this move(the last before the time-control). Anyway, he
had nothing to hope for. After 41.Qh5 I would collect the f4-pawn as well.} 1-0

After 34...Nb6 35.Qxa5 everything is more then clear.} 35. Qxa4 e4 36. Qxa5
exf3 37. b6 Ne7 38. Nxf3 f4 39. Qxc5 Qd3 40. Kg2 Qe4 {Drasko ran out of time
just after he played this move(the last before the time-control). Anyway, he
had nothing to hope for. After 41.Qh5 I would collect the f4-pawn as well.} 1-0