[Event "Champions League 2024 C2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Pierron, Pascal"] [Black "Schroeer, Egbert"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "2166"] [BlackElo "2137"] [Annotator "Schroeer,Egbert"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "492890956482"] [EventDate "2024.02.25"] [EventType "corr"] {[%mdl 32768][%evp 10,64,58,44,44,43,46,42,51,48,49,46,45,41,43,42,46,43,47,48,48,44,55,49,52,47,50,46,46,45,51,58,65,18,17,17,23,32,35,29,33,6,5,3,3,8,8,0,0,2,0,0,20,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 a6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bh6 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 {White is slightly better.} 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. O-O-O {½-½ Willmann,B (2358)-Enev,Z (2380) ST-00186 corr LSS 2021 Black must now prevent Qe1.} b4 {[#]} 13. Rhe1 $1 {[%CAl Oh2h3]} Rb8 14. Na4 {h3 is the strong threat.} Qd5 {[%csl LRa2,LRe5]} 15. b3 (15. c4 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Qc5 $17) 15... Ngxe5 (15... Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf1 (17. Bxa6 Qxg2 18. Rxe5 Qxh2 19. Qd4 Bxa6) 17... Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2) ({But not} 15... Ncxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf1 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 $11) 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bf1 (17. Bxa6 Qxg2 18. Rxe5 Qxh2) 17... Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 {½-½ Despontin,L (2382)-Truyens,A (2291) BEL/C79 (BEL) corr ICCF 2023} Nc6 19. Rd5 {[%CAl Bd2d5,Bd5c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} e5 (19... Nd8 {½-½ Szabo,R (2385)-Schroeer,E (2114) Veterans World Cup13 sf09 corr ICCF 2023 I played this position before and captured a draw as Black}) 20. Rc5 Bb7 21. Bxa6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection. White is more active.} Bxa6 22. Rxc6 Bb7 23. Rxc7 {aiming for Nc5.} Bxg2 24. Rxe5 {And now Nc5 would win.} Rfe8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame. KRB-KRN. The position is equal.} 26. Rc4 {[%CAl Oa4c5] Nc5! would now be deadly.} Re2 27. Rxb4 Rxf2 28. Rd4 Bf3 29. Rd2 Rf1+ 30. Kb2 {Threatens to win with b4.} h5 31. Nb6 {Strongly threatening a4.} g5 32. a4 {Hoping for Nd5.} Re1 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless) . Inaccurate: White=2 --- OK: White=13 Black=14 Best: White=4 Black=6} 1/2-1/2