[Event "EU/TC13/sf2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Board "8"] [White "Latas, Perica"] [Black "Roels, Frederik"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2337"] [BlackElo "2289"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Croatia"] [BlackTeam "Belgium"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"] [BlackTeamCountry "BEL"] {[%evp 12,40,33,31,35,16,17,13,13,10,8,21,25,11,18,20,15,15,16,16,6,13,10,21,15,22,14,7,10,7,13]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 {[%CAl Bg1f3,Bf3d4,Bd4b3][%mdl 32]} d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 $1 {[%mdl 4] is more profitable than 7.Nde2 at the moment.} Be6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5.} 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 Nc6 {[%CAl Bb8c6,Bc6b4,Bb4c2,Bc2e3,Be3d1][%mdl 32] aiming for ...d5.} 10. f5 Bxb3 11. axb3 Nb4 12. g3 d5 {12...Qc8 is vanishing.} 13. exd5 Qc7 14. d6 {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} Bxd6 {White must now prevent ...e4.} 15. Nb5 $1 Nxc2+ ({Weaker is} 15... axb5 16. Rxa8+ Ke7 17. Rxh8 $16) 16. Ke2 Qc6 17. Nxd6+ Ke7 $1 18. Rc1 $1 Nxe3 ({Don't take} 18... Qxh1 19. Qxc2 Qh2+ 20. Bf2 $16) 19. Rxc6 Nxd1 {A dynamic duo of knights.} 20. Nxb7 {[#] Rc7+ is the strong threat.} Rhb8 $1 {[#] A rather calm draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . OK: White=5 Black=8 Best: White=2 Black=2 Strong: White=2 Black=2} (20... Nxb2 $2 21. Rc7+ Kf8 22. Nd6 $18) {Predecessor:} 21. Rc7+ $146 Kf8 22. Bg2 e4 23. Rxd1 Ra7 24. Bxe4 Nxe4 25. Rdd7 Nxg3+ 26. Kf3 Nh5 27. Rxf7+ {1/2 Mastrovasilis,D (2619)-Yilmaz,M (2626) EU-chT 23rd Terme Catez 2021 (3.10)} 1/2-1/2