[Event "Montecatini Terme op"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Messa, Roberto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2305"]
[ECO "C78"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.c3 d6 8.h3 Bb6
9.d3 h6 10.Qe2 O-O 11.Rd1 Be6 12.Bc2 Re8 13.Nbd2 d5 14.Nf1 d4 15.Ng3 Qd7
16.a3 a5 17.Qd2 Rad8 18.Kh2 Qd6 19.Nh4 Ne7 20.Rf1 dxc3 21.bxc3 g5 22.Nf3 Ng6
23.Bb2 c5 24.Rfe1 g4 25.hxg4 Nxg4+ 26.Kg1 b4 27.Nh2 Nxh2 28.Kxh2 Nf4 29.Rad1 b3
30.Bb1 c4 31.d4 Bg4 32.f3 Qf6 33.Qf2 Qh4+ 34.Kg1 Bh3 35.Ne2 Nxg2 36.Qxh4 Nxh4
37.Kf2 Ng6 38.Rh1 Bd7 39.Rdg1 Kg7 40.f4 exd4 41.cxd4 Bc6 42.Kf3 f5 43.d5+ Kf7
44.dxc6 fxe4+ 45.Bxe4 Rxe4 46.Kxe4 Rd2 47.Nd4 Rxb2 48.f5 Ne7 49.Rc1 Ra2 50.Rxc4 Rxa3
51.Nb5 Ra2 52.Nd6+ Kf6 53.c7 Re2+ 54.Kd3 Re3+ 55.Kd2 b2 56.Kc2 b1=Q+ 57.Kxb1 a4
58.Rxh6+ Kg5 59.Re6 Rxe6 60.fxe6  1-0

