[Event "CRO (CRO)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tesic, Zdravko"] [Black "Tomasa, Ivica"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "2393"] [BlackElo "2383"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 11,52,-19,-17,-19,-17,-22,-19,-22,-15,-20,-19,-19,-21,-17,-21,-28,-18,-16,-18,-20,-14,-17,-28,-29,-23,-25,-14,-20,-13,-18,-5,-11,-1,-2,0,0,-1,-4,-8,-11,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nbxd2 Nc6 7. O-O {C44: Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit.} O-O 8. Re1 Re8 9. Ng5 Ne5 {Strongly threatening ...Nxc4.} 10. Nxf7 Nxf7 11. Bxf7+ Kxf7 12. e5 {[#]} d6 $1 13. exf6 Rxe1+ 14. Qxe1 Qxf6 {White must now prevent ...Bf5.} 15. Qe4 c6 {[#] And now ...Bf5 would win.} 16. Nb3 $146 {[#]} (16. Re1 Bf5 17. Qe2 Kg8 $17) ({Predecessor:} 16. Nf3 Bf5 17. Qxd4 Re8 18. Qb4 b6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. c3 Kg8 21. Qc4+ Qf7 22. Qf1 Qh5 23. Re1 c5 24. Nf3 Qd5 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Qe2 Kf8 27. h4 h6 {1/2 Nightingale,D (2512)-Williamson,H (2531) BUL CCM email ICCF email 2017}) 16... d3 $1 17. Qxd3 Bf5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 (18... Re8 {is interesting.} 19. Qxa7 Qxb2 20. Qxb7+ Re7) 19. Nxd4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame. KRB-KRN. The position is equal.} Bg6 20. c3 c5 21. Nb5 Ke7 22. Re1+ $1 Kd7 {...Kc6 would now be deadly.} 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Re1+ (24. Nxd6 $2 Rd8 $19) (24. Rxd6 $2 Be8 25. Rd5 (25. Nc7 $2 Kxd6 26. Nxa8 b5 $19) 25... Bxb5 $19) 24... Kd7 {...Kc6 is the strong threat.} 25. Rd1 Ke7 26. Re1+ (26. Nxd6 $2 {perishes.} Rd8 27. Re1+ Kxd6 $19) (26. Rxd6 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Be8 27. Rd5 (27. Nc7 $2 Kxd6 28. Nxa8 b5 $19) 27... Bxb5 $19) 26... Kd7 {Threefold repetition. A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.00 (flawless) /Black=0.03 (flawless) . OK: White=13 Black=9 Best: White=2 Black=3 Strong: White=1 ---} 1/2-1/2