[Event "EU/TC13/sf2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Board "7"] [White "Morgan, David Philip"] [Black "Tesic, Zdravko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E97"] [WhiteElo "2284"] [BlackElo "2393"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17.1"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Wales"] [BlackTeam "Croatia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"] [BlackTeamCountry "CRO"] {[%evp 20,109,55,50,63,55,64,59,66,53,62,65,69,55,55,58,58,55,54,58,54,57,57,48,37,37,45,46,42,43,44,26,35,41,30,37,30,44,41,27,40,15,8,12,8,15,10,6,11,11,9,10,10,10,8,8,12,8,10,7,6,6,7,6,10,11,18,13,12,12,3,4,3,4,17,8,3,4,0,0,3,4,5,5,10,9,14,16,13,12,14,22]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 Ne8 {E97: King's Indian: Classical Main Line (6...e5 7 0-0 Nc6): 8 Be3 and 8 d5 Ne7, not 9 Ne1.} 12. Ra3 b6 {[#]} 13. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bd2 Ra8 14. Nb5 h6 15. a5 bxa5 16. Bxa5 f5 17. Nd2 Rb8 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Ne4 {1-0 Esipenko,A (2682)-Glidzhain,G (2342) Titled Tuesday intern op 30th June Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (3)}) 13... Nf6 {[%CAl Be8f6,Bf6h5,Bh5f4][%mdl 32] White is slightly better.} 14. Nd2 Ra8 15. Nb3 Nh5 16. Re1 Bd7 17. h3 h6 (17... Nf4 18. Bc2 $11) 18. Be2 Nf4 19. Bf1 f5 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Nb5 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf5 23. Rxf4 c6 24. dxc6 (24. N5d4 {looks sharper.} Qg5 25. Rf3 cxd5 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Nd4) 24... Bxc6 25. N5d4 (25. g3 {with more complications.} Bb2 26. Ra2 Be5 27. Rxf5 gxf5 28. N3d4) 25... Nxd4 (25... Rxa4 $2 26. Nxc6 Qa8 27. Rxa4 Qxa4 28. Qd5+ Kh7 29. Nbd4 Bxd4 30. Nxd4 $18) (25... Bxa4 $2 26. Ne6 Qd7 27. Nxf8 Rxf8 28. g4 $18) 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Nxd4 Bxa4 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} 28. Qd2 {[%CAl Oc4c5]} Qf6 29. Nb5 Kh7 $1 30. Qb4 Rf8 $1 {The position is equal.} 31. Rf3 Qa1 32. Rxf8 Bxf8 33. Nc7 Bd1 34. Qe1 {Repels Be2} Bg7 35. Qe7 {[%CAl Oc7e8] Threatening Ne8!} Bb3 36. Ne8 {[#] Nxg7 is the strong threat.} Bxc4 37. Nxg7 {White wants to mate with Ne8+.} Qxf1+ $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame. KQB-KQN} (37... Bxf1 $2 38. Nh5+ (38. Qxd6 $2 {loses.} Bc4+ 39. Kh2 Kxg7 $19) 38... Kh8 39. Qe8+ Kh7 40. Qf7+ Kh8 41. Qf8+ (41. Qxg6 $2 {perishes.} Bd3+ {[%csl Og1][%mdl 64] Discovered Attack} 42. Kh2 Bxg6 $19) 41... Kh7 42. Qe7+ Kh8 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Nf6+ $18) (37... Kg8 {feels hotter.} 38. Ne8 Qxf1+ 39. Kh2 Bf7) 38. Kh2 {White threatens Ne6+ and mate.} Kg8 {aiming for ...Qe2.} 39. Ne8 {[%csl Ge8][%CAl Re7g7]} Bf7 40. Nf6+ Kg7 41. Ne4 {Strongly threatening Qf6+.} Qc1 (41... d5 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Nd6 Qe2 44. Qxf7+ Kh8 45. f4 Qe3 46. Ne8) 42. Qf6+ ({Don't play} 42. Qxd6 $6 g5 $16) 42... Kg8 43. Nxd6 Qc7 44. g3 Qd7 45. Nxf7 Qxf7 46. Qxb6 {KQ-KQ} h5 47. Kg1 Kh7 48. Qb5 Qe7 49. Qc6 Qe1+ 50. Kg2 Qe7 51. Qd5 Kg7 52. Qd3 Qb7+ 53. Qf3 Qd7 54. Qe4 Kh7 55. h4 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . OK: White=23 Black=23 Best: White=1 Black=4 Strong: --- Black=2} 1/2-1/2