[Event "RUS-Cup final"]
[Site "Samara"]
[Date "1998.09.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "B88"]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Be3 a6 8.Bb3 Qc7
9.f4 Be7 10.Qf3 O-O 11.O-O Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.f5 e5 15.Be3 Bc6
16.Bg5 Nxe4 17.Bxe7 Nf6 18.Nd5 Nxd5 19.Bxf8 Nf4 20.Qe3 Rxf8 21.Rxf4 exf4
22.Qxf4 Qe7 23.Rf1 Qf6 24.Rd1 Qxb2 25.Qxd6 Qc3 26.Qe7 Qf6 27.Qxf6 gxf6 28.Rd6 Rc8
29.Rxf6 Rc7 30.Rd6 Kg7 31.c4 Be4 32.f6+ Kg6 33.Rd4 Bf5 34.cxb5 axb5 35.Rd5 Ra7
36.Rxb5 Rxa3 37.Bxf7+ Kxf7 38.Rxf5 Ra2 39.h3 h6 40.Kh2 Ra3 41.g4 Ra2+ 42.Kg3 Ra3+
43.Kh4 Rb3 44.Rh5 Kg6 45.f7 Rb8 46.Rb5 Ra8 47.Rb6+  1-0

