[Event "CRO (CRO)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Grbac, Boris"] [Black "Tesic, Zdravko"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2398"] [BlackElo "2393"] [Annotator "Stockfish 19"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 16,87,34,36,38,38,36,38,36,34,36,37,63,48,44,39,32,39,40,35,30,33,30,70,34,35,29,25,24,29,33,16,16,15,30,22,20,18,11,18,11,19,17,13,6,0,0,0,0,6,0,0,1,2,5,4,3,6,0,5,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. Kb1 Nxd4 {B67: Sicilian: Richter-Rauzer: 7...a6 8 0-0-0 Bd7, lines without 9 f4 Be7.} 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. f3 Qc7 {White is slightly better.} 12. Qd2 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Ne2 a5 15. g4 h5 16. gxh5 Nxh5 17. Bh3 Rb8 18. Rc1 {[#]} a4 $146 ({Relevant:} 18... Qb7 19. Rhd1 Nf6 20. Nf4 a4 21. Bf1 Qa7 22. Bc4 Rc8 23. b3 Qa5 24. Qe1 a3 {1/2 Hooker,S (2340)-Pheby,I (2407) ENG VC4 final email ICCF email 2024}) 19. c4 (19. c3 $11) 19... bxc3 (19... Qc5 $142) 20. Nxc3 $14 ({Don't play} 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Rxc3 Bf6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 $15) 20... Qb6 21. a3 {Prevents Qb4.} Bf6 $1 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. f4 {Threatening e5.} Rh5 ({Less strong is} 23... Rxh4 24. Bxe6 Rxh1 25. Bxd7+ Kxd7 26. Rxh1 $16) 24. Bg2 {Black must now prevent Bf3.} Rc5 {[%CAl Od6d5] [#]} 25. h5 $1 Rxh5 {The position is equal.} 26. Rxh5 Nxh5 27. Rh1 g6 {[#]} 28. f5 $1 e5 ({Don't do} 28... exf5 29. Nd5 Qb3 30. Rh3 $16) 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Ka1 Kf7 31. Bf3 {[%CAl Bg2f3,Bf3e2,Be2b5][%mdl 32]} Nf6 32. Be2 {Hoping for Bc4+.} Be6 {NOTEXT-110470} 33. Bb5 Rc8 {[%CAl Oc8c3] Threatens to win with ...Rxc3!} 34. Bxa4 g5 35. Rf1 Kg6 36. Nd5 {The board is on fire.} Bxd5 37. exd5 e4 {Against Qd3} 38. Bc6 {Strongly threatening Qc3.} Rb8 39. Qc3 Nh5 40. a4 {[%CAl Ba3a4,Ba4a5][%mdl 32]} Nf4 41. a5 Qa6 42. Re1 Ne2 43. Qa3 Kf7 44. Qa4 {Inhibits Nd4. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . Mistake: White=1 Black=1 Inaccurate: --- Black=1 OK: White=15 Black=22 Best: --- Black=2 Strong: --- Black=1} 1/2-1/2