[Event "EU/TC13/sf2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Board "1"] [White "Doric, Nenad"] [Black "Rüfenacht, Matthias"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D12"] [WhiteElo "2445"] [BlackElo "2527"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Croatia"] [BlackTeam "Switzerland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"] [BlackTeamCountry "SUI"] {[%evp 13,63,26,20,28,24,24,30,31,29,22,23,14,17,20,20,11,14,19,11,10,11,16,15,7,11,14,12,14,17,19,20,0,0,10,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Bd2 {D12: Slav Defence: 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e3 Bf5.} Nbd7 9. Qb3 Qc7 $1 {9...Qc7 scores better than 9...Qb6.} 10. cxd5 {White has an edge.} exd5 11. O-O-O a5 (11... Rxh2 $2 12. Rxh2 Qxh2 13. Qxb7 $18) 12. Qc2 $1 Rxh2 {The position is equal.} 13. Rxh2 Qxh2 14. a3 Be7 15. Kb1 Kf8 16. f3 Kg8 17. e4 Nf8 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Rc1 Ne6 21. Qb3 {[%csl LRb7,LRd5]} b6 ({Don't take} 21... Nxd4 22. Qxb7 (22. Qxd5 Nc6 $11) 22... Re8 23. Bxa5 $14 (23. Qxd5 Rd8 $11)) 22. Qxd5 Rd8 23. Qb7 {[%csl LRb6,LRe7]} Qd6 24. Be3 Bf6 $1 25. Bc4 Bxd4 (25... Nxd4 {is a self mate.} 26. Qxf7+ (26. Bxf7+ Kf8 $18) 26... Kh8 27. Rh1+) 26. Rd1 {[#] Bxe6 is the strong threat.} Qe5 {[#]} 27. Bxe6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 27. Qe7 Qc5 28. Qxc5 bxc5 29. Re1 Bf6 30. b3 g5 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Kc2 Kf7 33. Bxc5 {1/2 Del Monaco,A (2378)-Popov,V (2330) EU-ch 2023 sf03 email ICCF email}) 27... fxe6 {[%CAl Bf7e6,Be6e5,Be5d4][%mdl 32]} 28. Qe4 Qxe4+ 29. fxe4 e5 30. Bxd4 exd4 (30... Rxd4 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Kc2 $18) 31. Kc2 Kf7 32. Kd3 {An interesting draw. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.00 (flawless) . OK: White=13 Black=15 Best: White=1 Black=1 Strong: --- Black=1} 1/2-1/2