[Event "CRO (CRO)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ivec, Ivan"] [Black "Hrzina, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2436"] [BlackElo "2356"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17.1"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,100,5,4,0,2,2,0,0,5,7,5,4,6,2,0,0,0,0,3,0,6,6,5,6,2,3,8,8,7,8,24,0,0,2,0,-2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-4,-8,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-10,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. a4 Nb8 {[%CAl Bc6b8,Bb8a6,Ba6c5,Bc5e6,Be6f4][%mdl 32]} 11. h3 Rd8 12. Re1 h6 13. Nf1 c6 14. Bc4 Na6 15. Ng3 Qc7 16. Rd1 Rxd1+ 17. Qxd1 Be7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Nd2 {[#]} b6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 19... Bf8 20. b4 Na6 21. bxa5 Bc5 22. Qf3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxa5 {1/2 Moskalenko,E (2377)-Hrzina,B (2385) Danube tt7 email ICCF email 2024}) 20. b3 Ne6 {The position is equal.} 21. Rb1 Bd7 22. Nf5 Bf8 23. Qf3 {[%CAl Of5h6]} Nf4 $1 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Nd4 Be8 26. Re1 Bd6 27. Qd3 Nd7 28. Nf5 Bf8 {[%CAl Ob6b5]} 29. Nf3 b5 30. axb5 cxb5 31. Bd5 Rc8 32. Qxb5 Ne5 33. Qa6 {[#] And now Nxe5 would win.} (33. Qe2 {simplifies} Nxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Qxc3 35. Qxc3 Rxc3 36. e5) 33... Nxf3+ (33... Qxc3 {with more complications.} 34. Rd1 Qc2 35. Ra1 Qb2) 34. gxf3 Qxc3 35. Kg2 Kh7 {...Bb5 would now be deadly.} 36. Rd1 Qc2 {White must now prevent ...Bb5.} 37. Rd2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} Qc1 38. Rd1 $1 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} Qc2 39. Ra1 Rc3 {aiming for ...Bc5.} (39... Bc5 $5 40. Rf1 $8 (40. Qxc8 $2 {loses.} Qxf2+ 41. Kh1 Qxf3+ 42. Kh2 Qe2+ 43. Kh1 f3 $19) 40... Rc7 $11) 40. Rf1 Qd3 41. Qxd3 Rxd3 42. Rc1 {Rc8 is the strong threat.} Bb4 43. Rc7 Rd2 44. Bxf7 Rd7 45. Rxd7 (45. Bxe8 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Rxc7 46. h4 g6 $19) 45... Bxd7 $11 {KBB-KBN} 46. Nd4 g6 47. e5 Bc8 48. Be6 Ba6 49. Bd7 Kg8 50. Ne6 Bd2 {An even fight not without its subleties. An interesting game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . OK: White=30 Black=30 Strong: White=1 Black=1} 1/2-1/2