[Event "GER - USA 2022"] [Site "corr ICCF"] [Date "2022.10.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Schroeer, Egbert"] [Black "Schmidt, Torsten (Jessnitz)"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A87"] [WhiteElo "2080"] [BlackElo "2055"] [Annotator "Schroeer,Egbert"] [PlyCount "109"] [Beauty "5362266685971"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceTitle "ICCF 2023"] [Source "ICCF ed TH"] [SourceDate "2024.01.10"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.01.10"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackTeam "Germany"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] {[%evp 0,109,18,17,69,72,72,56,79,59,52,70,67,5,19,31,53,57,56,42,41,30,32,32,33,32,32,20,29,38,26,27,27,26,17,1,1,-28,-17,-57,-34,-46,-9,-35,-35,-11,5,-89,55,77,74,30,65,85,85,103,46,32,98,70,54,25,57,57,86,83,138,141,134,121,116,116,121,81,108,125,113,109,135,83,94,107,107,49,107,113,127,118,127,104,149,127,162,124,134,140,155,155,155,155,114,113,95,60,86,68,71,68,68,68,68,68]} 1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. b3 d6 7. Bb2 Qe8 8. c4 Na6 9. a3 {A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3. A87: Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5 Nf3.} c6 10. Nbd2 Nc7 11. Qc2 {White is better.} Bd7 12. Rfe1 a5 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 {[#]} 15. Nxf6+ $146 {This was now complete off the beaten path, but I had the feeling I have an advantage.} ({Predecessor:} 15. Nh4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 d5 18. Re2 a4 19. Rae1 Bf6 20. Nf3 axb3 21. Qxb3 dxc4 22. Qxb7 {½-½ Cramling,P (2465)-Stefansson,V (2291) Douglas IoM op 2018 (5)}) 15... Bxf6 16. Qd2 a4 (16... d5 $2 17. a4 Be4 18. Re3) 17. d5 axb3 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bxf6 ({I thought about Nd4} 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Nxb3) 19... Rxf6 20. Nd4 {Double attack. At this point, I thought to carry home a win.} Bd7 21. a4 Qf7 22. Nxb3 Rf8 (22... e5 $5 23. Qe2) 23. f4 Qxc4 24. Rxe7 R8f7 $1 25. Re3 {[%eval 33,30] White is more active.} (25. Rxf7 $16 {[%eval 93,26]} Rxf7 26. Nd4 (26. Qxd6 Nd5 $14)) 25... g5 $14 {Didn't pay out like I thought. Pretty even at this point.} 26. Bf1 Qd5 27. Rd3 Qe4 28. Bg2 Qe7 29. fxg5 Rf2 {all other moves lose} 30. Qe3 {thought to still have a slightly better position, but he didn't take the bait Qx3} Rb2 31. Qxe7 (31. h4 $5 Bf5 32. Re1 Bxd3 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Rxe7) 31... Rxe7 32. Bf1 Ne6 $1 {brilliant} 33. a5 Nxg5 34. a6 Re8 (34... Nh3+ $2 35. Bxh3 Bxh3 36. a7 Rg2+ 37. Kh1 $18) 35. a7 (35. Rxd6 $2 Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Rxh2#) 35... Ra8 36. g4 $1 (36. Rxd6 $2 Nf3+ 37. Kh1 Rxh2#) (36. Nc5 $2 dxc5 37. Re3 Bh3 $19) 36... Nf7 37. Bg2 {aiming for Nc5.} Ne5 $1 38. Re3 Bxg4 {[#] The position is equal.} 39. Rxe5 $1 {[#] Promotion} Rxg2+ (39... dxe5 $2 {perishes.} 40. Bxc6 Rc8 (40... Rxa7 $2 41. Rxa7 Kf8 42. Nc5 $18) 41. Nc5 $18 (41. a8=R Rxa8 42. Rxa8+ Kf7 $18)) 40. Kxg2 dxe5 $11 {Endgame. Endgame RB-RN. KRB-KRN} 41. Nc5 {Kg3 would now be deadly.} Kf7 42. Ra5 {Na4 is the strong threat.} (42. Kg3 Bc8 43. Ra5 Ke7 44. Na4 Bb7 45. Nb6 Rg8+ 46. Kh4 e4 47. Re5+ Kd6 48. Rxe4 c5 49. Nc4+ $11) 42... Bc8 $1 43. Na4 {[#] And now Nb6! would win.} Bb7 $1 44. Nc5 ({Of course not} 44. Rxe5 Rxa7 45. Nc3 Bc8 $15) 44... Rg8+ (44... Bc8 $5) 45. Kf3 (45. Kf2 Ba8 46. Ra3 Re8 47. Kf3 Kf6 48. Ke4 Re7 49. Ra5 Rg7 50. h3 Re7 51. Ra1 Kg5 52. h4+ Kf6 53. Rf1+ Kg6 54. Rg1+ $11) 45... Ba8 46. Ra2 Rg7 47. Ke4 Ke7 48. Kxe5 Rg5+ 49. Kd4 Rd5+ 50. Kc4 {Black must now prevent Rb2.} Kd6 51. Na6 Rd1 52. Rb2 {Strongly threatening Rb8.} Ra1 53. Rb6 (53. Rb8 $5 Ra4+ $8 54. Nb4 Rxa7 55. Rd8+ Ke7 56. Rc8 $11) 53... Ra4+ 54. Kd3 Ra3+ 55. Kc4 $11 {(Beauty=5.3). Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . Mistake: White=1 --- Inaccurate: White=2 --- OK: White=17 Black=23 Best: White=3 Black=5 Strong: --- Black=5} 1/2-1/2