[Event "MT- Riva/SF 2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?.6"] [White "Tonkovic, Antonio"] [Black "Roncea, Ioan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [BlackElo "1925"] [Annotator "SF 16.1 Tactical Analysis"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Croatia"] [BlackTeam "Romania"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"] [BlackTeamCountry "ROU"] {[%evp 9,63,4,5,15,20,10,14,7,15,4,1,2,5,3,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,38,37,34,36,34,35,39,45,42,53,398,387,469,464,460,463,461,440,441,436,441,449,444,443,476,479,476,479,478,459,531,515]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} Be6 7. O-O Qd6 8. b3 {The position is equal.} a5 {[%CAl Ba7a5,Ba5a4,Ba4a3][%mdl 32]} 9. Bb2 {[%CAl Od3d4]} Nd7 10. Ng5 a4 11. Ndf3 (11. a3 {simplifies} axb3 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. cxb3 Bd6 14. b4) 11... O-O {[#]} (11... f6 {simplifies} 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qe2 O-O) 12. Nxe5 $146 {[%CAl Od1h5]} ({Predecessor:} 12. Nh4 Rfe8 13. Nxe6 Qxe6 14. Nf5 g6 15. Ng3 Qd6 16. Qg4 Qe6 17. Qg5 Qe7 18. Qc1 {1-0 Caruana,F (2763)-Swiercz,D (2652) USA-ch Saint Louis 2022 (3)}) 12... a3 13. Bc3 {[%CAl Od1h5]} (13. Qh5 $2 Nf6 14. Nc4 Nxh5 $19) 13... Nxe5 14. Qh5 {[%csl Gg5][%CAl Rh5h7]} Rfe8 $1 {And now ...h6 would win.} 15. Qxh7+ $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} (15. Nxh7 $2 Bg4 16. Qh4 Re6 17. Bxe5 (17. Ng5 $2 Rh6 $19) 17... Qxe5 18. Qxg4 Kxh7 $19) 15... Kf8 {aiming for ...Bd4.} 16. Nxe6+ fxe6 (16... Rxe6 $11 {was preferrable.} 17. Bxe5 (17. Qh8+ Ke7 $17) 17... Qxe5 18. Qh8+ {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Ke7 19. Qxa8 Rh6) 17. Kh1 $1 $14 {Strongly threatening f4.} (17. Qh8+ Kf7 18. Qh5+ (18. Qh7 $2 Rh8 $19) 18... Ng6 $17) 17... Bd4 18. f4 $1 Nf7 19. e5 Qd7 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. f5 Qxe5 {[%mdl 8192] This move loses the game for Black.} (21... Nxe5 $2 22. f6 (22. fxe6+ Ke7 $18) 22... Qg4 23. fxg7+ Ke7 24. g8=Q+ $18 (24. g8=B+ Kd6 $16)) (21... exf5 $1 $14 22. c3 (22. Qxf5 Qd5 $15) 22... Qxe5 23. Rxf5 Qe1+ {[%csl Oa1,Oc3,Oh1][%mdl 64] Double Attack} 24. Rf1 Qe5) 22. fxe6 $18 Rxe6 {Threatens to win with ...Rh6.} 23. Qh8+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Skewer. White is clearly winning.} Ke7 24. Qxa8 Nd6 25. Qf8+ ({But not} 25. d4 Qe4 26. Qxa3 Kd7 $18) 25... Kd7 {[#]} 26. d4 $1 Qg5 27. Rae1 Rg6 {[%csl Gg6][%CAl Rg5g2]} 28. Rf2 c5 29. dxc5 Qxc5 30. c4 Kc6 31. Rfe2 Qg5 32. Qf3+ {An entertaining game by Tonkovic. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.28 (precise) . Loses game: --- Black=1 Mistake: --- Black=1 OK: White=14 Black=8 Best: White=4 Black=3 Strong: White=2 Black=1} 1-0