[Event "EU/TC13/sf2"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [Board "5"] [White "Lockwood, Austin"] [Black "Repanic, Frane"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2383"] [BlackElo "2402"] [Annotator "Stockfish 17.1"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Wales"] [BlackTeam "Croatia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "WLS"] [BlackTeamCountry "CRO"] {[%evp 9,58,14,15,12,17,13,17,15,11,12,15,9,10,11,13,14,10,0,0,0,0,0,8,13,6,8,10,9,14,11,11,5,5,6,7,7,5,6,14,10,0,0,0,0,2,0,0,1,0,0,1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 {The position is equal.} 6. Nbd2 {[%CAl Bb1d2,Bd2c4,Bc4e3][%mdl 32] C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5.} O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 {[%CAl Bf6d7,Bd7f8,Bf8g6,Bg6e7,Be7d5][%mdl 32]} 8. O-O Re8 9. a4 {[#]} a6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... a5 10. Kh1 f6 11. Ng1 Bf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc5 14. b3 Be6 15. Ne3 b5 {1/2 Caruana,F (2805)-Dominguez Perez,L (2741) Wch Blitz New York 2024 (10)}) 10. b3 b5 11. Ne3 Nf8 12. h3 Rb8 13. Ra2 Ng6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Be3 Bxf5 16. exf5 Ne7 17. g4 Nd5 {[#] Hoping for ...Nc3.} 18. Bd2 {Wards off Nc3} e4 19. dxe4 Rxe4 20. Re1 Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 c5 22. Ra1 Qd7 23. axb5 Re8 24. Qf1 axb5 25. Qd3 Bd6 26. Ra5 (26. Qxd5 $2 {loses.} Bh2+ 27. Kxh2 Qxd5 $19) 26... b4 27. Ra1 (27. Qxd5 $2 Bh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxd5 $19) 27... h6 28. Re1 (28. Qxd5 $2 {too greedy.} Bh2+ 29. Kxh2 Qxd5 $19) 28... Rxe1+ 29. Nxe1 Nf6 {An uneventful encounter. Weighted Error Value: White=0.01 (flawless) /Black=0.01 (flawless) . OK: White=13 Black=18 Best: --- Black=1} 1/2-1/2