[Event "CRO (CRO)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Stanojevic, Stanimir"] [Black "Latas, Perica"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2420"] [BlackElo "2337"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 17,83,53,63,56,56,26,26,25,27,19,21,20,20,23,22,27,20,24,21,21,27,27,25,23,21,23,23,28,25,15,17,22,23,22,18,19,27,31,28,26,24,23,31,20,30,32,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. a3 {White is more active. B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7.} Be7 {seems to push 10...Bb7 aside.} 11. g4 (11. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 12. g4 $11) 11... h6 12. Bh4 {Strongly threatening Bg2. White has an edge.} Bb7 13. Kb1 Rc8 $1 {[%CAl Of6e4]} (13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxh4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Nxd6+ Ke7 17. Rg1 $14) 14. Rg1 g5 15. fxg5 hxg5 ({Of course not} 15... Nh7 16. Bf2 hxg5 17. Be3 $15) 16. Bxg5 {Black must now prevent Rg3.} Qb6 $1 {[%CAl Oc8c3]} 17. Qe1 {Threatening Be3.} Rxc3 18. Bxf6 $1 ({But not} 18. bxc3 Qc5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 $15) (18. Qxc3 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Nxe4 19. Qe1 Bxg5 $19) 18... Nxf6 19. Qxc3 Nxe4 20. Qe1 {[#] Hoping for Bg2.} Bh4 21. Qb4 {Bg2 is the strong threat.} Bf2 22. Rg2 {[%CAl Og2f2]} Qc5 {[#]} 23. c3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 23. Nb3 Qxb4 24. axb4 Ke7 25. Nd4 Rh7 26. Ka1 Rh4 27. Nf3 Rh8 28. g5 Be3 29. Re1 Nxg5 30. Rxe3 Nxf3 {1/2 Paredes,C (2453)-Sasikiran,K (2558) ICCF izt 09 email ICCF email 2017 [1]}) 23... Qxb4 24. axb4 Kd7 25. Kc2 {[%CAl Oh2h3]} Bh4 $1 26. Ra1 Nf2 27. Rg1 {aiming for Bg2.} Be4+ 28. Kb3 Bd5+ {A strong pair of Bishops.} 29. c4 bxc4+ 30. Bxc4 Bf6 $1 {[%csl LRd4,LRh2]} 31. Bxd5 {[#] Threatens to win with Nf3.} Bxd4 32. Bc4 {Rg2 would now be deadly. The position is equal.} d5 33. Bxa6 {And now Rg2 would win.} Rxh2 34. Be2 Ne4 {[%csl LRe2,LRg1]} 35. Rge1 Ng3 36. Bb5+ Ke7 37. Ra2 Ne4 38. Rd1 e5 39. Rc1 Nd2+ 40. Ka4 Nf3 41. Rc7+ Ke6 42. Rc6+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless) . Inaccurate: White=1 --- OK: White=20 Black=21 Best: White=1 Black=4 Strong: White=1 Black=4} 1/2-1/2