[Event "EU/TC13/sf2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Grbac, Boris"] [Black "Billington, Matthew"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2398"] [BlackElo "2320"] [Annotator "Stockfish 18"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Croatia"] [BlackTeam "Wales"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"] [BlackTeamCountry "WLS"] {[%evp 19,50,22,19,18,20,28,20,16,17,15,19,18,18,20,18,20,18,12,12,18,7,16,17,17,10,11,34,0,4,0,0,0,0]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 {[%CAl Bc1g5,Bg5h4,Bh4g3][%mdl 32]} h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne5 {D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6.} h5 {[#] Hoping for ...h4.} 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Qc1 Rg8 {[%CAl Bh8g8,Bg8g6,Bg6f6,Bf6f4][%mdl 32]} 14. Rd1 {[%mdl 1024] White has compensation.} a6 15. a4 Rg6 16. h3 h4 17. Be5 {[%CAl Od4d5]} b4 18. Nb1 {aiming for Nd2.} (18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. Na2 Rf4 $15) 18... g4 $1 19. Bxf6 Rxf6 20. hxg4 {[#] And now e5 would win.} (20. Bxc4 $2 {perishes.} gxh3 21. Qg5 Rg6 22. Qxh4 hxg2 $19) 20... h3 $1 21. Qxc4 hxg2 22. Nd2 Rf4 23. Kxg2 {Black should prevent Bf3.} O-O-O 24. Rac1 {Nb3 would now be deadly.} Kb8 25. Nb3 {Strongly threatening Nc5.} Qc7 $1 {[#] Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.04 (flawless) /Black=0.02 (flawless) . Inaccurate: White=1 --- OK: White=9 Black=9 Best: White=1 --- Strong: --- Black=3} ({Don't do} 25... Rxe4 26. Bf3 {[%mdl 64] Skewer} Rf4 27. Na5 $16 (27. Bxc6 Rxg4+ 28. Kf1 Qc7 $11)) {Predecessor:} 26. Nc5 $146 Bxc5 27. Qxc5 {1/2 Schmitt,D (2380)-Falatowicz,P (2368) POL-chT26 email ICCF email 2024} 1/2-1/2