[Event "EU/TC13/sf2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Board "7"] [White "Tesic, Zdravko"] [Black "Carvaga, Roman"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2393"] [BlackElo "2363"] [Annotator "Stockfish 18"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Croatia"] [BlackTeam "Slovakia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"] [BlackTeamCountry "SVK"] {[%evp 19,69,19,16,9,12,9,23,15,18,23,19,-5,-11,-10,-4,-6,10,10,8,8,3,4,3,9,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,5,6,9,5,14,10,9,6,14,13,13,5,15,16,22,22,22,20,17,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%CAl Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4a5,Ba5b7][%mdl 32] C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} Nfd7 12. Nc4 {[#]} Nxf3+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 12... Bf6 13. Nfxe5 Nxe5 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. Nd5 a5 16. Be3 Re8 17. f3 Bh4 18. Rf1 c5 {1/2 Vasquez Schroder,R (2500)-Esipenko,A (2723) Titled Tuesday intern op 12th Apr Late Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (5)}) 13. Qxf3 {White has an edge.} Nc5 14. Na5 {Nc6 would now be deadly.} Nxb3 15. Qxb3 {The position is equal.} Be6 16. Qxb4 c5 17. Qd2 {Threatens to win with Nc6.} Bf6 18. Nb7 {[%csl LRd6,LRd8]} Qb6 19. Nxd6 Rad8 (19... Rfd8 $5 20. e5 $8 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxd6 $14) 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Rxd6 22. Qe1 f6 23. Re2 Bf7 24. b3 Rfd8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rd1.} 25. Bd2 {And now Ba5 would win.} Qb7 26. h3 h6 27. Re7 Qc6 (27... R8d7 {simplifies} 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Be3 Rd5) 28. Bf4 R6d7 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Qc3 Rd5 31. Re1 {Black is weak on the dark squares} Bg6 32. Re7 {Qf3 is the strong threat.} Rd7 33. Qc4+ Kh7 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Qxa6 {A balanced but interesting game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless) . OK: White=13 Black=16 Best: --- Black=1} 1/2-1/2