[Event "Champions League, ICCF 2021 "] [White "Volodarsky,Yury"] [Black "Placenti,Luigi"] [Site ""] [Round ""] [Annotator "Havanur,Nagesh"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2021.11.01"] [PlyCount "51"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 {The Sicilian sveshnikov} 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 {A relatively "tame" line. However, appearances can be deceptive.} (7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 {is the Main Line.} )Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 {Currently this move is in vogue. Here White has tried both 9.c4 and 9.a4.} (8... Ne7 {is the other line.} )9. Qf3 $5 a6 10. Qa3 Be7 11. Bg5 Bf5 $1 $146 {A line endorsed by Schandorff in this issue of CBM 226} ({not} 11... Bxg5 $4 12. Nxd6+ Kf8 13. Nxc8+ Kg8 ({or} 13... Be7 14. Nxe7 Qxe7 15. d6 $18 )14. Nd6 $18 )(11... f6 {is the older line.} )12. Be2 $1 ({If} 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. Be2 Qb6 $1 {and Black releases itself with ... Nd7, forcing the White knight back to c3. It's only now that one can appreciate the point of 11...Bf5 followed by the king moving over to e7.} )axb5 {forced} 13. Bxe7 ({If} 13. Qxa8 Bxg5 14. Qxb7 ({not} 14. Bxb5+ $2 Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Qxb7 Qa5+ 17. c3 Ke7 18. Qc6 Rb8 $19 )O-O 15. Qxb5 Nd7 16. O-O Qa8 $1 $17 {targeting the d-pawn and also making room for...Rb8} )Rxa3 14. Bxd8 Ra8 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bxb5+ Ke7 17. Be3 Bxc2 18. Rc1 Ra5 $1 {Precise.} ({Schandorff gives the line,} 18... Be4 $2 19. Rc7+ Kd8 20. Bb6 $18 )19. Bc4 Bg6 20. Bd2 Rc5 21. a4 Rhc8 22. b3 Nd7 23. O-O R5c7 24. f4 Bf7 25. Rfe1 Nb6 26. Ba5 ({Be concludes his analysis of this correspondence game with} 26. Ba5 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Nxc4 28. Bb4 Kd7 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. Red1 Nb6 31. Rxc8 Nxc8 {followed by ...Ne7 and Bxd5 and the verdict is a draw.} )1/2-1/2