[Event "CRO (CRO)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Piacun, Eduard"] [Black "Ivec, Ivan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2447"] [BlackElo "2436"] [Annotator "Stockfish 18"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 18,71,10,5,7,9,10,7,11,0,3,0,0,0,10,4,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 {[%CAl Bc7c5,Bc5d4][%mdl 32]} 10. O-O {[#] aiming for Ne4. The position is equal.} cxd4 {D38: Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4 Nf3 Bb4).} 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. a3 Ba5 {[%CAl Bb4a5,Ba5b6,Bb6d4,Bd4b2][%mdl 32]} 13. b4 (13. Qxd4 {is interesting.} Rd8 14. Qe5 Bb6 15. Rfd1) 13... Bb6 14. exd4 {[%CAl Be3d4,Bd4d5][%mdl 32]} Rd8 {[#]} 15. Nc3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 15. Rc3 Bd7 16. Re1 Bc6 17. Ng3 Qd6 18. Nh5 Nd7 19. Rd3 Rac8 20. d5 Ba4 21. Qxa4 Rxc4 {1/2 Ma,Q (2651)-Bu,X (2671) Shenzhen Longgang 5th 2024 (5)}) 15... Nc6 {[%CAl Rc6d4]} 16. d5 Qf6 17. Qb3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. dxe6 Bxe6 {[#] Hoping for ...Bxc3.} 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. Bxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. g3 Bb2 {[%csl LRa3,LRc1]} 24. Rc7 b6 25. Rb1 Bxa3 {And now ...Rd4 would win.} 26. Rb3 Rd4 {[%csl LRb4,LRe4]} 27. Rxa3 Rxe4 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame. KRR-KRR} 28. Rd3 Rxb4 29. h3 Rb5 {Strongly threatening ...Rd5.} 30. Rdd7 {[%csl LRa7,LRg7]} Rg5 31. Kg2 {[%CAl Oh3h4]} e5 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. Rxa7 e4 34. Re7 Rd5 35. Rxe4 Kf7 36. Rb4 {A balanced but interesting game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless) . OK: White=19 Black=15 Best: --- Black=1} 1/2-1/2