[Event "CRO (CRO)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Grbac, Boris"] [Black "Stanojevic, Stanimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2398"] [BlackElo "2420"] [Annotator "Stockfish 18"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 12,76,26,29,31,26,33,10,11,18,16,4,5,4,4,2,5,7,2,5,6,9,7,7,3,2,3,6,1,6,6,14,5,5,5,4,5,0,6,3,3,0,0,7,0,4,0,0,1,5,6,0,0,0,0,2,2,6,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 8. f4 b5 9. f5 Bc8 {The position is equal.} (9... Nxe4 $2 10. Nxe4 Qh4+ 11. Nf2 $18) 10. Bg5 Be7 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 {[#] Hoping for Bxe7.} Bxg5 14. Qxa8 Qb6 {And now ...0-0 would win.} 15. h4 O-O $1 16. Qd5 ({Don't play} 16. hxg5 Bb7 $17) 16... Qe3+ 17. Kd1 Bf4 18. Qd3 {[#] Threatens to win with Qxe3.} (18. Qxd6 $2 Qxe4 19. Qd3 Qc6 $17) 18... Qf2 {[%CAl Od6d5]} 19. Qf3 $1 (19. Qxd6 $2 {too greedy.} Nc6 20. Qxc6 Rd8+ 21. Bd3 Qxg2 $19) 19... Qa7 {[%CAl Oh7h5]} 20. Ke1 {Threatening Rd1.} Nd7 {[%CAl Od6d5]} 21. Rd1 {[%CAl Og2g3]} Qc7 $1 22. Rh3 Bb7 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Nf6.} 23. Qd3 Nf6 24. Qxd6 Qxc2 25. Qd3 Bxe4 ({Don't take} 25... Qxb2 26. Nc5 Bc6 27. Be2 $14) 26. Qxc2 Bxc2 {This pair of bishops is nice.} 27. Bxa6 {[%CAl Oa4a5]} Bxd1 28. Kxd1 Ra8 29. Bb5 e4 {Wards off Rf3} 30. Kc2 Ne8 {[#]} 31. Nd4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 31. Rh1 Nd6 32. Nd4 Be3 33. Rd1 Nxb5 34. Nxb5 Bf2 35. b3 Rc8+ 36. Kd2 h5 37. Ke2 Bxh4 38. Rd4 Rc2+ 39. Rd2 {1/2 Schwarte,J (2223)-Nouveau,L (2230) W-ch WS/M/960 email ICCF email 2024}) 31... Rd8 32. Ne2 Rd2+ 33. Kb1 Bc7 34. Rb3 {aiming for Kc1.} (34. Kc1 $5 Rd8 $8 35. Rb3 $11) 34... Ba5 $1 35. Kc1 Rd8 36. Bxe8 Rxe8 37. Kd2 Bb6 38. g4 Rd8+ {An even fight not without its subleties. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless) . OK: White=18 Black=21 Best: White=1 Black=3 Strong: White=1 Black=3} 1/2-1/2