[Event "Champions League 2024 C2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Schroeer, Egbert"] [Black "Underwood, Wesley K."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A22"] [WhiteElo "2137"] [BlackElo "1918"] [Annotator "Schroeer,Egbert"] [PlyCount "44"] [GameId "492804364495"] [EventDate "2024.02.25"] [EventType "corr"] {[%mdl 32768][%evp 10,44,0,-5,3,-31,-30,-40,-31,-43,-29,-32,-21,-22,-22,-22,-22,-33,-23,-25,-18,-19,-19,-19,-17,-21,-19,-34,-29,-29,-31,-29,-11,-10,-22,-19,-15]} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 {1-0 Caruana,F (2822)-Karjakin,S (2782) Norway Chess 6th Stavanger 2018 (5.2) searching for an edge in a different direction. Or in other words: transpose to my main lines} Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 {[%CAl Rd7d6,Ge3e4,Gd2d4,Gd2d5,Gf1e2] I believe bxc3 creates the better position} (6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3) 6... d6 7. d4 O-O 8. Be2 Re8 $5 {Black is slightly better.} (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O) 9. d5 {out of theory in the 9th move, fine for me} (9. Nd2 Bg4 {Threatens to win with ...Bxe2.} 10. f3) 9... Na5 10. e4 b6 11. Nd2 Ba6 12. O-O c6 {next ...cxd5 is good for Black.} 13. Qd1 (13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bf1) 13... Rc8 14. Ba3 {this was a sideline I calculated but became the main line} cxd5 15. cxd5 Bxe2 (15... Rxc3 $2 {too greedy.} 16. Bxa6 Rxa3 17. Nb1 $18) 16. Qxe2 Rxc3 17. Bb4 Rc7 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Qa6 g6 21. f3 Nd7 22. Nb3 Qc4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.05 (flawless) . Inaccurate: White=1 --- OK: White=10 Black=8 exchanging ? and ends in equal position. Black might be slightly better} 1/2-1/2