[Event "CCO23/S2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Kumar, Pavan Tumuluri"] [Black "Ljubicic, Ante"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E04"] [WhiteElo "2466"] [BlackElo "2482"] [Annotator "SF 16.1 Tactical Analysis"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "Croatia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "CRO"] {[%evp 11,87,42,39,37,38,41,37,37,43,40,39,43,39,40,47,37,39,37,34,39,39,30,34,36,44,32,32,34,43,35,41,37,30,34,31,28,20,23,23,22,23,19,23,20,16,19,17,21,18,19,25,19,16,3,4,4,2,1,4,3,2,5,2,4,8,2,3,3,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,6,7]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 {E04: Open Catalan: 5 Nf3.} Be7 {The main line 7...Be7 scores better than 7...Qxd4.} 8. e3 O-O 9. Nxc4 {White is slightly better.} b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. b4 Nbd7 12. a4 Qc8 13. Qb3 {[#]} c5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... h5 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. e4 c5 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Nb6 19. Nxb6 axb6 {1/2 Gounant,S (2188)-Rosabal,R (2191) FICGS class A 000256 email FICGS email 2022 (1)}) 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. bxc5 Rfc8 16. cxb6 axb6 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qd5.} 17. Nc3 {Repels Qd5} Qf3 18. Rfc1 h5 {[%CAl Ob6b5]} (18... Ng4 19. Be1 $16) 19. Qd1 (19. Nxb6 Ng4 20. Rf1 Rcb8 $17) 19... Qxd1+ 20. Nxd1 b5 21. Ncb2 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Ne4 23. a5 Nb8 24. f3 Nd6 25. Bd2 Nc6 {Prevents Bb4} 26. Kf2 Bd8 27. a6 Ne8 $1 28. Nd3 {aiming for Nb4.} Nc7 29. Nc3 Be7 $1 ({Don't take} 29... b4 30. Na4 $16) 30. Ke2 g5 ({Don't play} 30... b4 31. Ne4 $16) 31. Rb1 b4 {The position is equal.} 32. Ne4 {[%CAl Rd2b4]} Rxa6 33. Nxb4 ({But not} 33. Bxb4 $6 Bxb4 34. Nxb4 Nxb4 35. Rxb4 Nd5 36. Rb8+ Kg7 $16) 33... Bxb4 34. Bxb4 Nxb4 35. Rxb4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame. KRN-KRN} Nd5 36. Rb8+ Kg7 37. Nd2 g4 38. fxg4 hxg4 39. e4 Nf6 40. Rb2 Ra4 41. Kd3 Ra3+ 42. Rb3 Ra1 43. Rb1 Ra3+ 44. Ke2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless) . OK: White=16 Black=29 Best: --- Black=2} 1/2-1/2