[Event "CCO23/S2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Matei, Cornel"] [Black "Ivec, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "2437"] [BlackElo "2467"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Romania"] [BlackTeam "Croatia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"] [BlackTeamCountry "CRO"] {[%evp 24,91,0,0,0,0,0,8,12,6,15,9,14,0,8,4,4,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-3,-1,-5,-3,0,0,0,0,0,4,8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Bd2 Nhf6 13. Bf4 {The position is equal.} Nh5 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2.} 14. Bd2 Nhf6 {[%CAl Bh5f6,Bf6e8,Be8d6][%mdl 32]} 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. Qxc6 Rc8 18. Qb5 Ne8 19. e3 Nd6 20. Qe2 Rc2 21. Qd3 Rc7 ({Don't play} 21... Rxb2 22. Bc3 Nc4 23. Rc1 $16) 22. Na3 {[#]} h5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 22... Qa8 23. Rac1 Rfc8 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Ne4 27. Nb1 Qc6 28. Qd1 h5 29. Nd2 Ndf6 30. Bf1 b5 {1/2 Thomas,T (2301)-Jean,P (2387) WZ-ch C08 email ICCF email 2021}) 23. Nb5 Nxb5 24. Qxb5 Nf6 25. Rac1 Bd6 26. h3 g6 27. Bf3 Kg7 28. Qa4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Qe7 30. Be1 Rb8 31. Qb5 Rb7 32. Rc2 Rc7 33. Bd1 Rxc2 34. Bxc2 Qe8 35. Qd3 Qc6 36. Kg2 Bb8 37. h4 Bd6 38. Qb3 Be7 39. Bd2 Qc7 40. Bd3 Ng4 {[%CAl Oe7h4]} 41. Qc3 Qd6 {[%CAl Oe7h4]} 42. Be2 Nf6 43. Qc8 Qd8 44. Qb7 a5 45. a3 Ne4 46. Be1 {An even fight not without its subleties. Weighted Error Value: White=0.00 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . OK: White=16 Black=21} 1/2-1/2