[Event "EU/TC13/sf2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Board "5"] [White "Repanic, Frane"] [Black "Ismailov, Roman"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C16"] [WhiteElo "2402"] [BlackElo "2339"] [Annotator "Stockfish 18"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Croatia"] [BlackTeam "Lithuania"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"] [BlackTeamCountry "LTU"] {[%evp 9,115,96,112,113,106,110,108,106,116,107,120,118,118,124,120,110,125,105,114,114,116,106,105,112,107,124,127,126,115,126,132,127,114,129,127,104,115,105,108,124,90,109,168,169,153,142,114,150,156,151,141,138,270,255,267,260,225,203,268,265,265,268,253,258,241,218,268,260,266,262,255,257,259,267,430,425,417,394,361,392,383,343,557,555,602,582,552,509,986,1026,1210,658,2787,1541,6065,3134,6847,6640,29982,29984,29983,29984,29985,29982,5124,582,8115,855]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 b6 5. h4 {[%CAl Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} Qd7 6. Qg4 {C16: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e5: Lines without ...c5.} Bf8 {is the legacy move (6...f5).} 7. h5 {White has more active pieces.} Ba6 8. Bxa6 {White is better.} Nxa6 9. a3 h6 10. Nf3 Ne7 11. O-O Nf5 {[#]} 12. b4 $146 ({Relevant:} 12. Rd1 O-O-O 13. b4 c6 14. Rb1 Nc7 15. a4 g6 16. Ne2 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Be7 18. c3 {0-1 Raetsky,A (2386)-Polaczek,R (2352) BCF-chT1 S4 (4NCL) online Lichess.org INT 2021 (4.151)}) 12... c6 13. Ne2 Nc7 14. Qh3 a5 15. Bd2 a4 16. g4 Ne7 17. Nh4 g6 18. f4 gxh5 19. gxh5 c5 20. Kh2 (20. dxc5 $6 bxc5 21. Qd3 (21. bxc5 Nc6 $11) 21... cxb4 $11) 20... Rg8 21. f5 Nb5 22. fxe6 (22. dxc5 bxc5 23. fxe6 (23. bxc5 Rc8 $11) 23... Qxe6 $14) 22... Qxe6 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rf6 (24. dxc5 $6 bxc5 25. bxc5 Rc8 $11) 24... Rc8 25. Rxe6 Rc6 (25... cxb4 $16 26. axb4 (26. Bxh6 $2 Rxc2 27. Bxf8 Rxe2+ 28. Kh1 Rxf8 $19) 26... Rg4) 26. Rxc6 $18 Nxc6 27. bxc5 $1 bxc5 28. Ng6 Nbxd4 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. Rf1 {NOTEXT-110470} c4 (30... Nxc2 $16 {keeps fighting.} 31. Rf6 Nd4) 31. c3 $1 Nb3 32. Be3 Bxa3 33. Rf6 $1 Bc5 34. Bxh6 a3 35. Ra6 Kd7 36. Bf4 $1 Kc7 37. h6 {Strongly threatening h7.} Kb7 (37... a2 $2 38. h7 a1=Q 39. e6+ (39. hxg8=R $2 Qxa6 40. e6+ Kb6 $19) 39... Kb7 40. Rxa1 $18 (40. hxg8=R $2 Qg1+ 41. Kh3 Kxa6 $19)) 38. h7 Re8 39. Ra4 {Bh6 is the strong threat.} (39. h8=Q $2 Rxh8+ 40. Nxh8 Kxa6 $19) 39... Kb6 {[#]} 40. Bh6 $1 {[%CAl Oh6f8] NOTEXT-110474} (40. h8=R $6 Rxh8+ 41. Nxh8 d4 $16) (40. h8=B $2 Kb5 $19) 40... d4 {[#]} (40... Kb5 $2 41. Rxa3 Bxa3 42. Nf8 (42. h8=R Rxh8 43. Nxh8 Kc6 $17)) 41. cxd4 (41. h8=R Rxh8 42. Nxh8 Kb5 $11) 41... Nxd4 {[#]} (41... Kb5 42. Rxa3 {[%mdl 64] Promotion} Bxa3) 42. Bf8 $1 {[%mdl 576] Promotion} Kb5 (42... Nf3+ $2 43. Kg3 Kb5 44. Rxa3 (44. h8=R $2 Kxa4 45. Bxc5 Rxh8 $19) 44... Nxe5 45. h8=Q (45. h8=R Nxg6 46. Bxc5 Rxh8 $17)) 43. Rxa3 (43. h8=R $2 Kxa4 44. Bxc5 Rxh8+ 45. Nxh8 Nf3+ 46. Kg3 a2 $19) 43... Bxa3 44. h8=Q (44. h8=R $2 Bxf8 45. Rxf8 Rxf8 46. Nxf8 c3 $19) 44... Bxf8 45. Qh7 {And now Qd7+ would win.} (45. Nxf8 Ne6 46. Qg8 Nxf8 $18) 45... c3 $2 (45... Nf3+ 46. Kg3 Nxe5 47. Qb7+ (47. Qc7 Nc6 $11) 47... Kc5 48. Nxf8 Kd4 49. Qb6+ Kc3) 46. Qb7+ Kc4 47. Qf7+ Kd3 {[%CAl Of8h6]} 48. Nf4+ (48. Nxf8 c2 $11) 48... Ke4 (48... Kd2 $142 49. Qg6 Rc8 50. Qd3+ Kc1 51. Qxd4 Kb2 52. Nd3+ Kc2 53. Ne1+ Kb2) 49. Qxe8 c2 50. Qa8+ ({Weaker is} 50. Qxf8 c1=Q 51. Nh3 Qc2+ 52. Nf2+ Ke3 $11) 50... Ke3 51. Ng2+ ({Stronger than} 51. Qxf8 c1=Q 52. Qf6 Nf3+ 53. Kh3 (53. Kg3 Qe1+ 54. Kh3 Qh1+ 55. Kg4 Qg1+ 56. Kh5 Qh1+ 57. Kg6 Nxe5+ 58. Qxe5+ Qe4+ 59. Qxe4+ Kxe4 $11) 53... Qh1+ 54. Kg4 Qg1+ 55. Kh5 Qh1+ 56. Kg6 (56. Kg4 Qg1+ 57. Kh5 Qh1+ 58. Kg6 Nxe5+ 59. Qxe5+ Qe4+ 60. Qxe4+ Kxe4 $11) 56... Nxe5+ 57. Qxe5+ Qe4+ 58. Qxe4+ Kxe4 $11) 51... Kd2 52. Qa5+ Kd3 53. Ne1+ Ke3 {[#]} 54. Nxc2+ $1 Nxc2 55. Qc3+ Ke4 56. Qxc2+ Kxe5 57. Qc3+ Ke4 58. Qc6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.37. Mistake: --- Black=5 Inaccurate: --- Black=1 OK: White=21 Black=21 Best: White=8 --- Strong: White=5 --- Brilliant: White=1 ---} 1-0