[Event "USCF/Electronic Knights/25EN03"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gladis, Peter"] [Black "Schroeer, Egbert"] [Result "*"] [Annotator "Schroeer,Egbert"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1800"] [BlackElo "2175"] [PlyCount "44"] [GameId "2154007562994832"] [EventDate "2025.03.05"] [EventType "corr"] {[%mdl 32768][%evp 9,43,-168,-170,-189,-193,-213,-219,-470,-457,-456,-464,-500,-501,-546,-554,-549,-552,-585,-583,-590,-538,-622,-588,-871,-854,-892,-881,-875,-875,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. b4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bb2 Bxb4 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 {[#]} (5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. a3 Be7 10. a4 c5 11. a5 O-O 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. d4) 5... c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 5... Bd7 6. c4 O-O 7. Qb3 Nc6 {[%eval -95,30]} (7... Na6 $142 {[%eval -142,40]} 8. Be2 Be7) 8. Ne5 {[%eval -167,28]} (8. Nc3 $17 {[%eval -95,30] keeps fighting.}) 8... Qe7 {[%eval -64,28]} ({Better is} 8... Be7 $19 {[%eval -167,28] and ...dxc4 should not be overlooked} 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd7 Qxd7) 9. a3 $2 {[%eval -227,24]} (9. Nxd7 $15 {[%eval -64,28]} Qxd7 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Ke2) 9... Ba5 {[%eval -86,29]} (9... Nxe5 $19 {[%eval -227,24]} 10. Bxe5 Bd6) 10. O-O {[%eval -150,26]} ({White should try} 10. Nxd7 {[%eval -86,29]} Qxd7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Qxd5 exd5 14. Ke2) 10... Nxe5 $17 11. Bxe5 Bc6 {0-1 Menze,G-Hannewald,A Solingen-ch 2004 (6)}) ({Predecessor:} 5... Bd7 6. c4 O-O 7. Qb3 Nc6 8. Ne5 Qe7 9. a3 Ba5 10. O-O Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bc6 {0-1 Menze,G-Hannewald,A Solingen-ch 2004 (6)}) 6. Ne5 $6 {[%eval -196,22] Sokolsky Opening: A rare and creative choice, but it seems my opponent was not well-prepared for it. A00: Irregular Openings.} (6. c4 Nc6 7. cxd5 exd5) (6. c4 $17 {[%eval -155,25]}) ({Of course not} 6. c3 Ba5 7. O-O O-O $17) 6... c4 $19 7. a3 $6 (7. Be2 {I could castle or attack the N with Qc7} O-O 8. O-O Qc7) 7... Ba5 8. O-O $4 {[%eval -470,29]} (8. Be2 $142 {[%eval -204,27]}) (8. Be2 $142 {[%eval -219,29]}) 8... cxd3 9. cxd3 O-O 10. h3 $6 Ne8 11. Qg4 f6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Re1 e5 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. d4 $4 {[#]} Nxd4 $1 16. exd4 (16. Qd1 Nxf3+) 16... Bxa4 17. dxe5 fxe5 {[%CAl Of8f3]} 18. Nxe5 $2 Qb6 {[%csl LRb2,LRf2]} 19. Bc1 $4 Qxf2+ {Black mates. Black mates.} 20. Kh2 Qxe1 21. Bb2 Rf1 {[%csl Ge1][%CAl Rf1h1]} 22. g4 {Mistake: White=1 --- Inaccurate: White=1 --- OK: White=2 Black=5} Qf2# {[%EOG]} {Black took control after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.66/Black=0.07 (flawless) Weighted Error Value: White=0.95/Black=0.06 (flawless)} *