[Event "EU/TC13/sf2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Board "1"] [White "Doric, Nenad"] [Black "Eiben, Pavel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E08"] [WhiteElo "2445"] [BlackElo "2421"] [Annotator "Stockfish 19"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Croatia"] [BlackTeam "Slovakia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"] [BlackTeamCountry "SVK"] {[%evp 21,86,6,7,6,8,3,8,9,6,13,12,0,0,1,5,0,0,0,1,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 dxc4 {The position is equal.} 12. Nd2 {E08: Closed Catalan: Main Line: 7 Qc2.} Nd5 {Strongly threatening ...b5.} 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 Rad8 16. Rac1 c5 {[#] And now ...Bxg2 would win.} 17. d5 (17. Nb5 $5 Qb8 $8 18. d5 $11) 17... exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 b5 {Prevents Qa4.} 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. Rxe5 {Black must now prevent b4.} Bd6 22. Rd5 {[%CAl Ob2b4] [#] NOTEXT-110474} Be7 23. Rcd1 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame. KQB-KQB} 26. a4 a6 27. axb5 axb5 28. b3 g6 29. Bf1 {[#]} Qc8 $146 ({Relevant:} 29... Qd7 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Bxd3 b4 {1/2 Swiercz,D (2654)-Ipatov,A (2665) Saint Louis Spring-A 2018 (4)}) 30. f5 Qxf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 {KB-KB} 32. f4 b4 33. Bd3 Kg7 34. Bxf5 Bh4 35. Kf1 h6 36. Bd3 Kf8 37. Ke2 Ke7 38. Kf3 Be1 39. Kg4 Bc3 40. Bc4 Bd2 41. e4 f6 42. Kf5 Be3 43. h4 Bf2 {An even fight not without its subleties. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless) . OK: White=7 Black=15 Best: White=1 ---} 1/2-1/2