[Event "Wch23 Final"] [White "Van der Hoeven,David A"] [Black "Persson,Conny"] [Site "corr ICCF"] [Round ""] [Annotator ""] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2007.12.31"] [WhiteElo "2647"] [BlackElo "2605"] [PlyCount "91"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 {[%cal Yb7b5,Yb5b4][%mdl 32]} 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nd7 8. a4 b4 9. Ne2 {White is slightly better.} Ngf6 10. Ng3 (10. e5 { feels hotter.} dxe5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. e6 )a5 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Qd2 Rb8 (13... c5 $0 $14 { feels stronger.} )14. Bh6 (14. h3 $0 $16 )e5 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Bg5 Ba8 (16... Qc8 $0 $11 )17. h4 { White stays focused until the end.} Qc8 18. h5 Nxh5 (18... Ng4 $0 $0 $142 )19. Nxh5 $0 $16 gxh5 20. Rab1 Rxb1 21. Bxb1 Kh8 {[#]} 22. Nh4 $1 {[%cal Yf3h4,Yh4f5,Yf5d6][%mdl 1056] White has strong compensation.} Rg8 23. Nf5 { And now Ne7 would win.} Qe8 24. d5 Bf6 25. Be3 Nb6 26. Bxb6 cxb6 27. Nxd6 Qd7 28. Nf5 Bg5 29. Qd1 Bb7 30. Bd3 {[%cal Yd3b5] Black must now prevent Bb5!} Qc7 (30... Bc8 { is a better defense.} 31. Qxh5 Qc7 )31. Bb5 $0 $18 { Hoping for d6.} ({ Less strong is} 31. Qxh5 Bc8 $0 $16 )Qxc3 32. d6 Bc6 33. Bxc6 Qxc6 34. Qxh5 Rg6 35. Qd1 h6 36. g3 Rg8 {[%cal Yg6g8,Yg8f8,Yf8e8][%mdl 32]} 37. Qb3 {White is clearly winning.} Rf8 38. Kg2 Kh7 39. Kf3 Qd7 40. Qxb6 Qxa4 41. Qc5 { Prevents Qa3+} Re8 42. Rb1 {[#] Inhibits Qb4. Threatens to win with Qd5. Active counter play!} Kg6 (42... Qd7 $0 $0 $142 43. Qxa5 Qe6 )43. Rb7 Qd1+ 44. Kg2 {[%cal Yd6d7] d7! would now be deadly.} Qd3 45. Qc6 $1 (45. Qxa5 $2 { is the wrong capture.} Qxe4+ 46. Kh2 Qxb7 $0 $19 )Rd8 46. Ra7 { A cool game by Van der Hoeven. Weighted Error Value: White=0.05 (flawless) /Black=0.22 (precise) . Mistake: White=1 Black=5 Inaccurate: White=2 Black=2 OK: White=22 Black=12 Best: White=1 Black=1 Strong: White=1 --- } 1-0