[Event "38th ECCC Open 2023"] [White "Ivic,Velimir"] [Black "Saric,Ivan"] [Site "Durres"] [Round "7.22"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2023.10.07"] [WhiteElo "2570"] [BlackElo "2657"] [PlyCount "87"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 18,87,15,12,16,10,12,3,16,-8,13,0,22,4,31,-11,0,-12,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,0,24,29,21,10,40,36,65,10,45,38,44,47,46,47,47,35,49,49,43,48,52,50,46,42,50,51,64,33,58,31,41,4,30,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 {[%cal Ye2e4,Ye4e5][%mdl 32]} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 dxe5 8. dxe5 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 Bd7 {B22: Sicilian: 2 c3.} 11. Rd1 Bc6 12. Nd4 Bc5 13. Nc3 {[#]} Nxc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qb6 14. Nb3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nd7 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Bf4 Nb6 18. Bd3 Nd5 19. Qh5 g6 {½-½ Saric,I (2657)-Lupulescu,C (2584) Zagreb SuperUnited Blitz 2023 (2)} )14. bxc3 {[#] And now Nxc6 would win.} Qc7 15. Bf4 Nd7 {[%cal Yb8d7,Yd7b6,Yb6d5][%mdl 32]} 16. h4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Bd2 Rae8 19. Re1 Kh8 20. h5 Bxd4 21. cxd4 f5 22. exf6 $1 Rxf6 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. f3 Nf4 25. Re5 (25. h6 $1 $14 Rg8 26. Bxf4 gxh6 27. Be5 Rxg4 28. fxg4 )Rf8 {[%cal Yf4g2]} 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Qxe6 Qxe6 28. Rxe6 {d5 would be deadly.} Rxd4 29. Rae1 a5 30. Re7 a4 31. Bf7 Rf4 {[#]} 32. Rd1 $1 h6 (32... R8xf7 33. Rxf7 Kg8 34. Rxf4 g5 35. Rf5 h6 36. Rd6 Kh7 37. g4 )(32... Rf5 33. Kf2 )33. Bg6 Rc8 34. Kf2 Kg8 35. Ke3 {White is much more active.} Rff8 36. Rd6 Rfd8 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Rc7 a3 {The position is equal.} 39. Bf7+ Kf8 40. Bb3 {Threatens to win with Rf7+.} Re8+ 41. Kf4 {Hoping for Rf7+.} Re7 {Prevents Rf7+} 42. Rc8+ Re8 43. Rc7 {aiming for Rf7+.} Re7 {Wards off Rf7+} 44. Rc8+ {Weighted Error Value: White=0.10 (very precise) /Black=0.10 (very precise)} 1/2-1/2