[Event "EU/TC13/sf2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Board "2"] [White "Betker, Jörg"] [Black "Piacun, Eduard"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2490"] [BlackElo "2447"] [Annotator "Stockfish 18"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Switzerland"] [BlackTeam "Croatia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"] [BlackTeamCountry "CRO"] {[%evp 23,77,8,21,1,2,0,3,8,0,6,2,1,5,10,11,13,68,52,60,57,60,52,54,65,80,59,62,58,64,68,60,44,47,42,67,45,43,44,45,43,47,40,52,40,46,40,40,42,42,3,7,0,2,39,37,38]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Ba2 c5 13. d4 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} Qc7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 {The position is equal.} Rd8 16. Qe2 b3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Nxc4. 16...Nxc4 is vanishing.} 17. Nxa5 ({Much weaker is} 17. Bb1 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Be6 $17) 17... Qxa5 18. Bb1 c4 $1 19. Qxc4 {[#]} Be6 $146 ({Black should try} 19... Bc5 $1 $11) ({Predecessor:} 19... Bc5 20. h3 Nh5 21. g4 Nf6 22. Bd3 h6 23. Bf1 Rd6 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Be6 {1-0 Csiba,T (2502)-Komarica,B (2482) EU-ch 0035 sf01 email ICCF email 2024}) 20. Qe2 $14 Rbc8 {Hoping for ...Bc4.} 21. Bd3 {Prevents Bc4} Rd6 22. Nd2 {[%CAl Bf3d2,Bd2f1,Bf1e3][%mdl 32] And now Nc4 would win.} Rdc6 {Inhibits Nc4.} 23. Nf1 h6 {Prevents Bg5} 24. Kh1 Rd8 25. f3 {Dodges Ng4} Nh5 26. g3 $1 {Against Nf4} Bg5 27. Bxg5 hxg5 28. Ne3 Nf6 29. g4 Rcd6 30. Red1 {[%CAl Od3a6]} Nd7 {[#]} 31. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 32. exd5 g6 33. Bc4 Rb8 $1 34. Rd2 {[%CAl Oh2h4]} Kg7 $1 35. h3 f6 $1 36. Qe1 (36. Kg2 $14 {was preferrable.}) 36... Qc7 $11 37. Bf1 Nc5 38. Bc4 (38. a5 $11 {deserves consideration.}) 38... Rh8 39. Kg2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.06 (flawless) /Black=0.04 (flawless) . Mistake: White=2 Black=1 OK: White=12 Black=12 Best: --- Black=1 Strong: White=1 Black=4} 1/2-1/2