[Event "Cro/Ch16/Final (CRO)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ivec, Ivan"] [Black "Tesic, Zdravko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D41"] [WhiteElo "2445"] [BlackElo "2410"] [Annotator "SF 16.1 Tactical Analysis"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] {[%evp 26,63,23,25,21,23,33,14,15,16,17,16,21,15,17,20,42,20,27,4,5,5,5,4,4,4,4,5,5,5,5,6,7,7,7,8,8,8,8,9]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 {D41: Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch with 5 cxd5.} 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 h6 17. Re3 Nf6 18. Qe2 {[%CAl Od4d5]} Qc7 19. Ne5 b5 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 {And now g5 would win.} (21. Qxg4 {simplifies} a5 22. a3 a4 23. Ba2) 21... Qf4 22. Qxb5 (22. d5 {simplifies} exd5 23. exd5 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qg3 25. e4) 22... Bxe4 {[#] The position is equal.} 23. d5 $146 {[#] dxe6 would now be deadly.} ({Predecessor:} 23. Qe5 Qxe5 24. dxe5 Bc2 25. Rd7 a5 26. Ra7 Bxb3 27. Rxb3 Rc5 28. Ra3 Rxe5 29. R3xa5 Re2 30. a4 Ra2 31. g3 Rd8 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Rxa8+ Kh7 34. Kg2 {1/2 Xu,X (2564)-Ma,Q (2645) Asian-chT Prel2 Hangzhou 2022 (3)}) 23... Red8 (23... Qxg4 $2 24. f3 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 $18) (23... exd5 24. Bxd5 Re5 25. Qb7 $14) 24. dxe6 {Rxd8+ is the strong threat.} Rxd1+ (24... Qxg4 $2 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. exf7+ Kh7 27. f3 $18) 25. Bxd1 fxe6 ({Don't do} 25... Rc1 26. exf7+ Qxf7 27. Rxe4 $16) 26. Qd7 Rc1 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bd5.} 27. Qxe6+ Kh7 28. Re1 ({Resist} 28. Qxe4+ Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rxd1+ 30. Kh2 Rd2 $14) 28... Bd3 {Strongly threatening ...Qd2.} 29. Bb3 {Threatening mate with Qg8+.} Bc4 $1 ({But not} 29... Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Bg6 31. f3 $16) 30. Bxc4 Qxc4 31. Qxc4 Rxc4 32. f3 {A balanced but interesting game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless) . OK: White=11 Black=14 Strong: --- Black=1} 1/2-1/2