[Event "St Petersburg-Paris"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Sharif, Mershad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A06"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 d5 3.Bb2 Bg4 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Be2 e6 6.h3 Bh5 7.d3 Bd6 8.g4 Bg6
9.g5 Nh5 10.Rg1 h6 11.Nh4 hxg5 12.Nxg6 fxg6 13.Nd2 Qe7 14.Nf3 O-O-O 15.Nxg5 Kb8
16.Bf3 Be5 17.Bxe5 Nxe5 18.d4 Nf7 19.Nxf7 Qxf7 20.Bxh5 Rxh5 21.Qg4 Rf8 22.O-O-O Rh6
23.f4 Qf5 24.Qxf5 exf5 25.Kd2 Rf6 26.Rg3 Kc8 27.Rdg1 Kd7 28.h4 Ke7 29.h5 Rxh5
30.Rxg6 Rxg6 31.Rxg6 Kf7 32.Rg2 Rh1 33.c4 Ra1 34.Kc3 Re1 35.Rg3 dxc4 36.Kxc4 Re2
37.a4 Rc2+ 38.Kd3 Rc1 39.Rh3 a5 40.Rh8 b6 41.Rc8 Ke7 42.Kd2 Rc6 43.Rg8 Rg6
44.Kd3 Rg1 45.Kc4 Rg3 46.Kd3 Rg1 47.Rc8 Rc1 48.Kd2  1/2-1/2

