[Event "EU/TC13/sf2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Board "3"] [White "Graudins, Ilmars"] [Black "Ivec, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2422"] [BlackElo "2436"] [Annotator "Stockfish 19"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Latvia"] [BlackTeam "Croatia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"] [BlackTeamCountry "CRO"] {[%evp 16,68,13,10,8,6,4,6,8,3,6,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,5,1,0,1,6,7,0,6,0,6,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,8,4,6,0,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Nf3 Bb7 9. b3 {9.b4 is vanishing. The position is equal.} c5 {E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...0-0.} 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nd7 {[%CAl Bb8d7,Bd7c5,Bc5b3,Bb3c1][%mdl 32]} 12. cxb6 ({Much weaker is} 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. b4 (13. c6 Rc8 $17) 13... bxc5 $15) 12... dxc4 13. bxc4 Ndc5 14. Be2 Qf6 15. Qb2 {With the idea Qxf6.} Nb3 {[%mdl 64] [#] Deflection. NOTEXT-110489.} 16. Rb1 (16. Qxf6 {simplifies} gxf6 17. Rb1 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 axb6 19. Ra1) 16... Nxc1 17. Qxc1 Nc3 18. Rb3 Nxe2 19. Kxe2 {White wants to play bxa7.} Qg6 {[#]} 20. bxa7 $146 ({Relevant:} 20. Rg1 axb6 21. Rxb6 Be4 22. Rd6 Rad8 23. Qd1 Rxd6 24. Qxd6 Qg4 25. Kf1 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qxf3 27. Rg3 Qh1+ 28. Ke2 Qc1 29. Rg4 Ra8 {1/2 Rumyantsev,V (2188)-Matvienko,V (2348) VW-Cup12 Gr14 email ICCF email 2019}) 20... Rxa7 21. Rg1 Ba8 22. h3 {Black should prevent Qb2.} Rd7 23. c5 {[%CAl Bc4c5,Bc5c6][%mdl 32]} (23. Ne5 $5 Qh5+ $8 24. Nf3 $11) 23... Bb7 24. Rb6 Ba6+ {[%mdl 64] [#] Decoy} 25. Ke1 $1 Rfd8 $1 {Strongly threatening ...Qd3.} 26. Nd4 ({Reject} 26. Rxa6 Rd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 Qd3+ 29. Nd2 Qxa6 $17) 26... Qd3 {( -> ...Rxd4)} 27. Rb3 Qg6 {aiming for ...e5.} ({Don't play} 27... Qe4 28. f3 Qh4+ 29. g3 $16) 28. c6 Rc7 29. Qb1 Qf6 {NOTEXT-110474} 30. f4 {Hoping for Rb8.} e5 31. fxe5 Qxe5 32. Kf2 {And now Rd1 would win.} (32. Qf5 $5 Qg3+ $8 33. Qf2 $11) 32... Rxd4 {[%mdl 64] Deflection} 33. exd4 Qf4+ 34. Rf3 $1 Qxd4+ {A balanced but interesting game. A fantastic game! Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless) . OK: White=13 Black=20 Best: --- Black=2 Strong: White=2 Black=1} 1/2-1/2