[Event "EU/TC13/sf2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Board "3"] [White "Ivec, Ivan"] [Black "Braziulis, Virginijus"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2436"] [BlackElo "2391"] [Annotator "Stockfish 19"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Croatia"] [BlackTeam "Lithuania"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"] [BlackTeamCountry "LTU"] {[%evp 19,72,18,24,0,16,16,9,11,0,2,4,6,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,4,0,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%CAl Bf1b5,Bb5a4,Ba4b3][%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 {C88: Closed Ruy Lopez: Anti-Marshall Systems.} a5 {The position is equal.} 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qf3 Bc5 14. h3 {Inhibits Ng4.} Bb7 15. Nf1 {[#]} Ra6 $146 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nxe4.} ({Relevant:} 15... Kh8 16. Bg5 Ra6 17. Ng3 Qa8 18. Bc4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Rg6 20. Qf5 Bc8 21. Qxe5 Bd6 {1/2 Ter Sahakyan,S (2593)-Sevian,S (2578) Lake Sevan Martuni 2015 (4)}) 16. Ng3 Qa8 $1 17. Bc4 Rd6 18. c3 h6 19. Be3 Nxe4 {[#] ...Nd2 is the strong threat.} (19... Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Bxf7+ (22. Rxe5 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Nd7 $14) 22... Kh8 23. Qxa8 (23. Rxe5 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Nxa4 $11) 23... Rxa8 24. Rxe5 $16) 20. Bxc5 $1 Nxc5 {[%CAl Be4c5,Bc5d7,Bd7b6,Bb6a4][%mdl 32]} 21. Qe3 $1 Nd7 22. Rad1 Nb6 (22... Bxg2 $2 23. Nf5 Bf3 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Rxd6 $18) 23. Bf1 ({Avoid the trap} 23. Rxd6 $2 Nxc4 24. Qc5 Nxd6 $19) 23... Re6 24. cxb4 axb4 ({Much less strong is} 24... Nxa4 25. Ra1 Nb6 26. Rxa5 $16) 25. Nf5 {And now Qg3 would win.} Kh7 26. Qc5 {[%csl LRb4,LRc7,LRe5]} Nxa4 27. Qxb4 {Threatens to win with Ra1.} Nb6 28. Qc5 {[%csl LRc7,LRe5]} ({Much worse is} 28. Qg4 Rg6 29. Ra1 Rxg4 $17) 28... Nd5 29. Ng3 $40 {[%mdl 128] White has some attack.} Rfe8 30. Bc4 Rd8 31. Bb3 Kg8 32. Kh2 Rc6 33. Qb5 Re6 34. Qc5 Rc6 35. Qb5 Re6 36. Qc5 Rc6 {An interesting draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . OK: White=17 Black=19 Strong: White=2 Black=1} 1/2-1/2