[Event "CRO (CRO)"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ivec, Ivan"] [Black "Tomasa, Ivica"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2436"] [BlackElo "2383"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] {[%evp 9,71,11,10,10,12,11,11,9,27,14,14,8,15,11,15,11,12,12,11,12,9,0,22,15,22,11,11,16,11,0,3,3,6,8,6,7,6,9,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O {C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8. dxe4 a5 $1 {[%mdl 4] is currently scoring better than 8...Qe7.} 9. Qc2 Qe7 {The position is equal.} 10. a4 Nb8 11. h3 h6 12. Re1 Rd8 {[#]} 13. b3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Bf1 Nbd7 14. Nc4 b6 15. Rb1 Bb7 16. Bd2 Qe6 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 Bd4 19. a5 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2830)-Giri,A (2745) Warsaw Superbet Blitz 2024 (8)}) 13... Nh5 14. Nf1 Qf6 {[%CAl Oc8h3]} 15. N1h2 c6 16. Bc4 Na6 17. Ng4 Bxg4 18. hxg4 Nf4 19. Rf1 Nc7 20. g3 {[%CAl Bg2g3,Bg3f4,Bf4f5][%mdl 32]} b5 21. gxf4 {[#] axb5 would now be deadly.} bxc4 22. f5 $1 (22. Nxe5 $2 Ne6 23. Nxc4 Nxf4 24. Bxf4 Qxf4 $19) 22... cxb3 23. Qxb3 {And now Qc4 would win.} Rd3 24. g5 Qd6 25. Kg2 {Strongly threatening Qc4.} Nd5 $1 {Threatens to win with ...Rb8.} 26. Qa2 Rb8 27. exd5 {Black must now prevent Qc4.} Qd7 $1 28. Rb1 Rxb1 (28... Qxd5 29. Qxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxb8+ Bf8 31. gxh6 Rd6 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. h7) 29. Qxb1 Qxf5 30. Qb8+ $1 (30. dxc6 $2 {leads to mate.} Qxf3+ 31. Kh2 Qh3+ 32. Kg1 Rg3#) (30. Be3 $2 Qg4+ 31. Kh2 Bd6 32. Qxd3 e4+ $19) 30... Bf8 $1 31. Nh2 cxd5 32. gxh6 {[%CAl Bg5h6,Bh6g7][%mdl 32]} Qg6+ 33. Kh1 Rh3 34. hxg7 {[%mdl 64] [#] Pin} ({Not} 34. Ba3 $2 Qxh6 35. Qxe5 (35. Qxf8+ $2 {perishes.} Kh7 $19) 35... Bxa3 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qb1+ g6 $19) 34... Rxh2+ $1 35. Kxh2 Qh5+ 36. Kg3 {An interesting draw. An exciting game. Weighted Error Value: White=0.02 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . OK: White=14 Black=22 Best: White=1 Black=2 Strong: White=2 Black=4} 1/2-1/2