[Event "EU/TC13/sf2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Board "1"] [White "Mignon, Frédéric"] [Black "Doric, Nenad"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E20"] [WhiteElo "2430"] [BlackElo "2445"] [Annotator "Stockfish 18"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Belgium"] [BlackTeam "Croatia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"] [BlackTeamCountry "CRO"] {[%evp 10,66,0,4,8,0,0,0,3,1,7,1,4,6,7,5,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 {[%CAl Bd2d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 c5 5. d5 O-O 6. e4 {[%CAl Be2e4,Be4e5][%mdl 32] The position is equal.} b5 {has lost popularity (6...d6). E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3.} (6... d6) 7. e5 (7. cxb5 exd5 8. exd5 Re8+ 9. Nge2 a6 $15) 7... Ne8 8. f4 exd5 9. cxd5 {[%CAl Og1f3] Nf3! is the strong threat.} d6 {...dxe5 would now be deadly.} 10. Nf3 {[%CAl Bg1f3,Bf3d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e5][%mdl 32]} c4 11. a4 Nd7 12. Be2 Qb6 13. Bd2 Nc7 {[%CAl Be8c7,Bc7d5,Bd5f4][%mdl 32]} 14. Nxb5 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nxd5 16. Nxc4 ({Don't play} 16. Bxc4 Bb7 17. Bxd5 (17. Nxd6 $2 Nxf4 18. Nxb7 Nxg2+ 19. Ke2 Nf4+ 20. Kf3 Ng6 $19) 17... Bxd5 $17) 16... Qc5 17. Rc1 {Active counter play!} (17. Nbxd6 Nxf4 18. Qd2 Nxg2+ 19. Kf1 Nxe5 20. Kxg2 Rd8) 17... dxe5 18. Nxe5 Qb4+ 19. Qd2 Qxf4 20. Qxf4 Nxf4 21. Bf3 Nxe5 22. Bxa8 Nfd3+ {A dynamic duo of knights.} 23. Ke2 {[#] Strongly threatening Rc7.} Nxc1+ 24. Rxc1 {[%CAl Oa8e4]} Bf5 {Dodges Be4} 25. Bd5 Rd8 26. Rc5 Nd3 27. Bxf7+ $1 {[%csl Of5][%mdl 64] [#] Discovered Attack, Decoy} Kxf7 28. Rxf5+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame. KRN-KRN} Kg6 29. g4 Nxb2 {[#]} 30. Nxa7 $146 {aiming for Nc6.} ({Predecessor:} 30. a5 Rd7 31. h4 a6 32. Nc3 Rd4 33. Rg5+ Kf7 34. Nd5 Nc4 35. Ne3 Nxe3 36. Kxe3 {1/2 Churkin,M (2485)-Mosconi,T (2504) W-ch33 final email ICCF email 2022}) 30... Re8+ 31. Kf3 {Threatens to win with a5.} Nxa4 32. Nc6 {Hoping for Ne5+.} h6 33. h4 Nb6 {An even fight not without its subleties. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless) . OK: White=17 Black=22 Best: White=2 Black=2 Strong: White=1 ---} 1/2-1/2