[Event "GER - USA 2022"] [Site "corr ICCF"] [Date "2022.10.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Schmidt, Torsten (Jessnitz)"] [Black "Schroeer, Egbert"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2055"] [BlackElo "2080"] [PlyCount "61"] [Beauty "6601633226309"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceTitle "ICCF 2023"] [Source "ICCF ed TH"] [SourceDate "2024.01.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Germany"] [BlackTeam "USA"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] {[%evp 0,47,40,-23,29,22,6,-29,-16,-6,-7,-9,-18,-30,-26,-21,-27,-13,-24,-9,-36,-50,-23,-9,-10,-28,0,-5,-28,-36,-36,-46,-42,-204,-237,-318,-262,-320,-320,-295,-313,-317,-311,-216,-226,-245,-425,-520,-520,0]} 1. f4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 {A45: Trompowsky Attack} O-O 6. c4 {A45: Trompowsky Attack.} c5 7. Nc3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {Black is slightly better.} Nc6 9. O-O d5 {[#]} 10. Nf3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd4 12. exd4 Qxd5 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Be4 16. b4 {0-1 Cummings,D (2415)-Petursson,M (2540) Lloyds Bank op 18th London 1994 (2)}) 10... e6 11. Rb1 Ne4 12. Qe1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 {With the double attack, I thought to get a hand on my opponent} 14. cxd5 (14. Bd2 $5 {I expected this move and would have taken with dx4} dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qc5 16. Be2 b6 {with probably a slight advantage}) 14... exd5 15. Bd3 Bxc3 (15... Qxc3 {Trading Q would have been the better move} 16. Qxc3 Bxc3 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Rfc1 Bf6) 16. Qh4 {[#] Hoping for Ng5. The position is equal.} Nb4 (16... Qxa2 $2 17. f5 (17. Rf2 Qa4 $17) 17... Bxf5 18. Bxf5 $16) 17. Be2 {And now Ng5 would win.} Qxa2 {[#]} 18. Ng5 $1 h5 {[#] The only move; everything else lose!} (18... Qxb1 19. Qxh7#) 19. Bxh5 $1 gxh5 $1 {[#]} 20. Rxb4 Bxb4 {[#] This pair of bishops is nice.} 21. Nh7 $1 {[#] Decoy - the only move!} Bc3 {[#] Extremely sharp play/position} 22. f5 $1 {Some like it hot} Bxf5 (22... Kxh7 {is losing} 23. Qxh5+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh8 (24... Bg7 25. f6 {Pin}) 25. Rf3 Bxf5 (25... Bg7 26. Rh3+ Kg8 27. f6 {Pin}) 26. Qxf5 $18) 23. Rxf5 Qb1 24. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 25. Qxf6 {Rg5+ would kill now.} Qxc1+ 26. Kf2 $1 Qd2+ 27. Kg3 {White threatens Rg5+ and mate.} Qxe3+ 28. Kh4 $1 Qe4+ (28... a5 29. Rg5+ Qxg5+ 30. Qxg5+ Kh8 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8 34. Qg5+ {draw with repeating position}) 29. Kxh5 {[#] Threatening mate with Rg5+.} Qxf5+ 30. Qxf5 {Endgame Q-RR} (30. Qg5+ Qxg5+ 31. Kxg5 {Black mates}) 30... Rfe8 31. Qxd5 {(Beauty=20.5). A fantastic game! Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless) . Inaccurate: --- Black=1 OK: White=9 Black=16 Best: White=1 Black=2 Strong: White=7 ---} 1/2-1/2