[Event "CRO (CRO)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ivec, Ivan"] [Black "Stanojevic, Stanimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2436"] [BlackElo "2420"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 15,79,23,25,30,29,24,29,36,32,30,36,34,39,33,28,26,33,31,33,30,27,8,11,6,10,12,7,8,10,7,11,7,10,6,8,16,12,10,11,12,10,12,16,8,17,14,20,9,10,14,11,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3 h5 {is now debated instead of 8...Be7.} 9. Nd5 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 {White has an edge.} g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nfxd5 14. Bf2 {[#] Qa5 would now be deadly.} Nf6 $1 15. Bd3 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} Nbd7 16. Rhe1 Bh6 17. Qb4 {[%csl LRb7,LRd6]} Qc7 18. Bf1 Rc8 {The position is equal.} 19. c4 {Active counter play!} b5 {[%CAl Rb5c4]} 20. Qxd6 ({Don't play} 20. Rxd6 Bf8 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 $17) 20... bxc4 21. Na1 c3 22. bxc3 {Threatens to win with Nb3.} Qxd6 $1 ({But not} 22... Rb8+ 23. Nb3 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 $16) 23. Rxd6 {Black must now prevent Nb3.} Rxc3 24. Bh4 {This pair of bishops is nice.} g5 25. Bg3 {[%CAl Od6f6] [#] aiming for Rxf6!} O-O $1 {[#]} 26. Bxe5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 26. Nb3 Bg7 27. Red1 Rc7 28. Rxa6 h4 29. Bf2 {1/2 Yoshida,A (2390)-Johansen,A (2346) NAtlantic tt8 email ICCF email 2024}) 26... Nxe5 27. Rxe5 Rb8+ 28. Nb3 Kg7 29. Kb2 Rc7 30. g3 h4 31. Rxa6 Rd8 32. Bb5 Kf8 33. a4 Bg7 34. Ka3 Rc2 35. Re2 Rc3 36. gxh4 Kg8 37. hxg5 Nd5 38. Rd2 Bf8+ 39. Kb2 {[%CAl Od2d5] Hoping for Rxd5!} Bg7 40. Ka3 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless) . OK: White=19 Black=24 Best: White=1 --- Strong: --- Black=3} 1/2-1/2