[Event "CCO23/S2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Leonard, Andrew"] [Black "Ljubicic, Ante"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A29"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2482"] [Annotator "SF16.1 Tactical Analysis"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "U.S.A."] [BlackTeam "Croatia"] [BlackTeamCountry "CRO"] {[%evp 17,75,12,17,3,3,11,6,3,4,6,7,8,2,6,5,7,9,5,6,5,7,4,4,5,4,6,8,0,0,0,13,7,8,9,9,9,12,12,12,12,9,12,7,8,10,11,10,11,9,10,12,10,13,10,9,8,9,5,22,25]} 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6d4,Bd4f3][%mdl 32]} 7. a3 Be7 8. b4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 {The position is equal.} 10. b5 {A29: English Opening: Four Knights Variation with 4 g3.} Nd4 11. Rb1 {Dodges Bb3} f6 12. e3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qc8 14. a4 a5 15. bxa6 Rxa6 16. d4 Rd8 17. Be4 f5 18. Bd3 exd4 19. exd4 Rxd4 20. Ne2 Rdxa4 21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Nf4 Bf7 $1 {[#]} 23. h4 $146 {[%CAl Bh2h4,Bh4h5][%mdl 32]} ({Predecessor:} 23. Re1 Bf8 24. Rb3 c5 25. Rd3 Ra8 26. Rb3 Qc6 27. Rd3 h6 28. h4 Nc4 29. h5 {1/2 Zielinski,S (2365)-Bissmann,S (2384) GER-ch52 final email GER email 2022}) 23... c6 24. h5 {Black must now prevent Re1.} Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 ({Much less strong is} 25... cxd5 26. h6 $14) 26. Re1 Bf8 {[%CAl Of5f4] [#] And now ...f4! would win.} 27. h6 $1 {Threatens to win with Bb2.} f4 {aiming for ...fxg3.} 28. hxg7 (28. Bxf4 $2 {loses.} Qh3 $19) 28... Bxg7 {Hoping for ...fxg3.} 29. Qh5 {Dancing on a razor blade.} Bf7 {Prevents Re8+. This pair of bishops is nice.} 30. Qg5 {Bb2 is the strong threat.} fxg3 $1 31. Bb2 {[%csl Gb2][%CAl Rg5g7] [#]} gxf2+ 32. Kxf2 {[%csl Gb2][%CAl Rg5g7]} Qf8 33. Bxg7 Qxg7 34. Qd8+ Qf8 35. Rg1+ Bg6+ 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rxb7 Ra8 38. Rc7 {An even fight not without its subleties. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . OK: White=17 Black=12 Best: White=1 Black=4 Strong: --- Black=2} 1/2-1/2