[Event "CRO (CRO)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ivec, Ivan"] [Black "Bajt, Drazen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B31"] [WhiteElo "2436"] [BlackElo "2331"] [Annotator "Stockfish 18"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 11,66,42,38,36,38,39,39,43,54,28,28,27,24,26,25,25,23,18,22,8,8,9,9,4,16,19,21,17,21,12,5,13,6,4,6,3,4,4,24,4,6,7,8,8,8,5,6,3,0,0,4,0,3,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. Re1 Nh6 7. h3 {B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6.} O-O 8. c3 f5 9. e5 {White is slightly better.} Nf7 10. d3 h6 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 {[%CAl Oc6c5]} 13. Nbd2 c5 14. dxc5 Qc7 {[%csl LRc5,LRe5] [#]} 15. Qc2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Nb3 a5 16. Be3 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bd4 Bh2+ 19. Kh1 Rf7 20. Bc3 Qc6 21. f3 {1/2 Hess,H (2342)-Pommrich,R (2366) EU-ch 2024 sf18 email ICCF email}) 15... Rfc8 (15... Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. b4 $16) 16. b4 {And now Bb2 would win.} a5 17. Ba3 {[#] Black must now prevent b5.} axb4 (17... Bxe5 $2 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. b5 $18) 18. Bxb4 Bd5 {[%CAl Rf7e5]} ({Don't do} 18... Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc3 $16) 19. a3 d6 {[%CAl Rd6e5]} ({Don't play} 19... Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qc3 $16) 20. exd6 exd6 21. Rac1 {[#] Qd3 would now be deadly.} dxc5 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxc5 Rc8 25. Bb4 g5 {The position is equal.} 26. Rb1 Kh7 27. Rd1 f4 28. Ne1 Ne5 29. Rb1 h5 30. Rd1 Bf6 {A strong pair of Bishops.} 31. Ndf3 Nxf3+ 32. Nxf3 Ba8 33. Rd7+ Kg6 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . Inaccurate: White=1 --- OK: White=9 Black=17 Best: White=1 Black=3} 1/2-1/2