[Event "CRO (CRO)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Tomasa, Ivica"] [Black "Stanojevic, Stanimir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B90"] [WhiteElo "2383"] [BlackElo "2420"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 10,108,31,12,15,10,14,-7,-10,-7,-3,-8,12,0,8,-3,-1,3,0,0,4,4,-1,2,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,0,-1,0,-4,-4,-8,-6,-3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 {[%CAl Bg8f6,Bf6d7,Bd7b6,Bb6c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32]} 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 {B90: Sicilian Najdorf: Unusual White 6th moves, 6 Be3 Ng4 and 6 Be3 e5. The position is equal.} 7. g4 b5 $1 8. Bg2 {[%CAl Oe4e5]} Nfd7 9. g5 Be7 10. h4 Qc7 11. f4 Nc6 12. Be3 Nb6 13. Qe2 Nc4 14. O-O-O Nxe3 15. Qxe3 {[%CAl Oe4e5]} b4 $1 16. Ne2 {[%CAl Oe4e5]} e5 17. Kb1 a5 18. f5 a4 19. Nbc1 Bb7 {[#]} 20. Nd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 20. h5 Rc8 21. Nd3 Na5 22. Nxb4 d5 23. h6 gxh6 24. Qa3 Qc4 25. Qxa4+ Nc6 26. f6 Bxb4 27. exd5 Ra8 28. Qb3 Na5 29. Qa4+ Nc6 {1/2 Hatzl,J (2505)-Pasko,P (2538) EU-chT11 fin email ICCF email 2021}) 20... h6 {[%CAl Ob4b3]} 21. Bf3 {[%CAl Of5f6]} b3 22. cxb3 ({Much weaker is} 22. axb3 axb3 23. cxb3 Qa5 24. gxh6 (24. Kc2 O-O $17) 24... Rxh6 $17) 22... axb3 23. a3 hxg5 24. f6 gxf6 25. Rc1 gxh4 26. Nb4 $1 Bd8 27. Nd5 Qa5 28. Qf2 ({Much worse is} 28. Qxb3 Qa6 29. Bg4 Na5 $17) 28... Qd2 29. Rhd1 Qg5 30. Nb6 $1 {Excellent horsemanship.} Ra6 31. Nc4 Bc7 {Black wants to play ...h3.} 32. Rxd6 $1 {[%CAl Of2c5]} f5 {White should prevent ...h3.} 33. Rdd1 $1 Ne7 34. Nc3 {[%CAl Be2c3,Bc3e4,Be4c5][%mdl 32]} fxe4 (34... Qf4 {is more complex.} 35. Qc5 Rc6 36. Qa7 Ba6) 35. Nxe4 Qg6 36. Qe2 {[%CAl Oc4e5]} Kf8 $1 37. Ka1 $1 h3 $1 {[%CAl Bh4h3,Bh3h2][%mdl 32] aiming for ...Rc6.} 38. Nc5 {[%csl LRa6,LRb3,LRb7,LRe5]} Bxf3 39. Qxf3 Qc6 40. Qf2 (40. Qxb3 $2 {loses.} Qxc5 $19) 40... h2 $1 41. Rh1 e4 {Hoping for ...Ra8.} 42. Rcf1 {[%csl Gf1][%CAl Rf2f7] [#]} Rh7 {White must now prevent ...Ra8.} 43. Qd4 {And now Nd7+ would win. The board is on fire.} Rh6 {...Qd5 is the strong threat.} 44. Nxa6 Qxa6 45. Qxe4 Qe6 $1 46. Qd4 Qd5 47. Qc3 Nf5 {Threatens to win with ...Ng3.} 48. Qxb3 Ng3 49. Qb4+ $1 Kg8 50. Ne3 Qa8 {[%CAl Og3f1] ...Nxf1! would now be deadly.} 51. Rxh2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Remove Defender} Rxh2 52. Qg4+ Kf8 (52... Kh8 $5 53. Qd4+ $8 Kg8 54. Qg4+ Kh8 55. Qd4+ Kg8 56. Qg4+ $11) 53. Qb4+ Kg8 54. Qg4+ Kf8 {A balanced but interesting game. A fantastic game! Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . OK: White=20 Black=31 Best: White=7 Black=1 Strong: White=6 Black=5} (54... Kh8 $5 55. Qd4+ $8 Kg8 56. Qg4+ $11) 1/2-1/2