[Event "CRO (CRO)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Petrovic, Dorde R."] [Black "Bajt, Drazen"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2414"] [BlackElo "2331"] [Annotator "Stockfish 18"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 14,69,14,11,8,1,0,3,5,6,17,15,29,23,30,27,32,17,16,16,18,19,15,19,20,15,20,18,21,23,17,13,18,0,3,7,12,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 O-O {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 9. Be2 dxc4 10. O-O Bd7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Bxc3.} 11. Bxc4 Bd6 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 {[%CAl Oc6d4] Hoping for ...Nxd4!} 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. a3 {[#]} e5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 14... Be8 15. Rac1 e5 16. Nd5 Qf8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Qe4 Bd6 20. Bd3 f5 {1/2 Srihari,L (2414)-Esipenko,A (2701) Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Apr Chess.com INT blitz 2021 (3)}) 15. d5 (15. Nd5 $5 Qf8 $8 16. h3 $11) 15... Nb8 ({Don't take} 15... Na5 16. Be2 b6 17. b4 $16) 16. Nd2 Be8 17. Nce4 {Black is weak on the light squares} Nd7 18. Rac1 Nf6 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Bf1 b5 22. Nxd6 {The position is equal.} cxd6 23. Qc7 Qd7 24. Qa5 Rdc8 {Dodges Rc7} 25. Qa6 Rcb8 $1 26. h3 b4 27. Rc6 bxa3 28. Qxa3 a5 29. Rdc1 ({But not} 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rxb2 $15) 29... Qe7 30. Rxd6 {[%CAl Od6b6] Rb6! would now be deadly.} Rxb2 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection} 31. Qxb2 Qxd6 32. Qb7 Rb8 33. Qc7 Qxc7 34. Rxc7 a4 35. Ra7 {Not much happened in this game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . OK: White=14 Black=18 Strong: --- Black=1} 1/2-1/2