[Event "25th European individual championship"] [Site "Eforie Nord ROU"] [Date "2025.03.18"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Jorden van Foreest"] [Black "Baadur Jobava"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D16"] [PlyCount "125"] [GameId "2161571113750541"] [EventDate "2025.03.15"] {[%evp 0,125,19,34,32,-12,44,40,34,25,20,-10,57,52,52,56,59,17,35,52,40,40,54,47,61,45,40,47,68,74,65,41,45,32,59,60,58,37,77,12,13,-23,-23,-8,-2,4,4,4,-29,-37,0,-40,-39,-34,-30,-26,12,9,0,0,-10,3,13,-50,-8,-8,0,0,43,0,42,42,61,69,69,72,75,75,72,62,76,76,69,138,136,-23,2,26,41,68,68,109,107,107,107,107,107,107,107,91,68,91,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-6,-6,-5,-5,-5,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-3,-2,-2]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 a5 6. e4 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. Qc2 Bh5 9. Ne5 Na6 10. f3 Nb4 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Nxc4 Be7 13. Be2 Bh4+ {One wonders if forcing White to play the move g2-g3 is really worth this loss of time.} 14. g3 Be7 15. g4 Bg6 16. O-O-O {The most agressive move.} (16. O-O {was a good bread-and-butter move.}) 16... h5 17. h4 hxg4 18. fxg4 b5 {Black also chooses the most agressive line.} 19. h5 ({Probably the calm} 19. Na3 {was best.}) 19... Bxe4 {The bishop had to go because after} (19... bxc4 20. hxg6 {White would be winning.}) 20. Nd6+ {A nice move, but not the best.} ({After} 20. Nxe4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 {White would have some advantage.}) 20... Bxd6 21. Nxe4 Nf6 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. axb5 a4 {Black starts a serious attack against White's king.} 24. Kb1 a3 25. b3 Nd5 26. Rc1 ({There was already a serious threat,} 26. Z0 a2+ 27. Ka1 Bb4) 26... Bb4 27. Qd3 Qa5 28. Bf3 Qxb5 29. Qxb5 cxb5 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. g5 a2+ ({My Stockfish says that Black would be winning after} 31... O-O {,a move that would be far from obvious for a human.}) 32. Ka1 {Though Black with his last move has made his important a-pawn vulnerable, he has still a small advantage.} Ra3 {But this is a step on the wrong path.} 33. Bf4 ({The immediate} 33. Rc8+ Kd7 34. Rxh8 {was not possible because of} Bc3# {but White has a trick in mind to make this work.}) 33... fxg5 {Black should have been more careful.} ({After} 33... O-O {he would have been at least equal.}) 34. Bd6 {A trick that should give White a small advantage.} Rxh5 {Black had a choice of two evils, though neither should be fatal.} ({Another reasonable choice would be} 34... Bxd6 {After} 35. Rc8+ Kd7 36. Rxh8 Bb4 37. Rh3 {Stockfish gives White a minimal advantage. I wouldn't dare to contradict.}) 35. Rhe1+ ({Another possibility was} 35. Rxh5 {but after} Bxd6 36. Rxg5 Bf4 37. Rg8+ Kd7 {Black would not be worse.}) 35... Kd7 36. Bxb4 Rxb3 37. Re7+ Kd8 38. Bc5 Rb1+ 39. Rxb1 axb1=Q+ 40. Kxb1 g4 {A mistake that gives White a good chance to improve on his small advantage.} ({After the obvious move} 40... f5 {chances would be almost equal.}) 41. Rxf7 Rg5 {This is a very difficult endgame where one tempo can make the difference between a draw and a white win.} 42. Bd6 ({According to the computer} 42. Kc2 {was the only move leading to a win for White. If Black would then play} g3 {White would be winning after} 43. Be7+ Ke8 44. Bxg5 Kxf7) ({Here} 42. Be7+ Ke8 43. Bxg5 Kxf7 {would be very similar to the line in the previous note, but with an important difference. With White's king one more move away from the action, it would be a draw.}) 42... g3 43. Be7+ Ke8 44. Bxg5 Kxf7 45. Kc2 Ke6 46. Bf4 g2 47. Bh2 Kd7 48. Kc3 Kc6 49. Kb4 Kb6 50. Bg1 Ka6 51. Bf2 Kb6 52. Be3 Ka6 53. Bf2 Kb6 54. Be3 {Here a draw was agreed. At first sight you might think that White has winning chances, but the position is indeed drawn. After} Ka6 55. Kc5 Ka5 56. Kxd5 b4 {a race between White's d-pawn and Black's b-pawn would follow:} 57. Kc4 Ka4 58. d5 b3 59. Kc3 Ka3 60. d6 b2 61. Bc5+ Ka2 62. d7 b1=Q 63. d8=Q {Even here it might seem that White with Q+B against Q+pawn might try something, but with some checks Black will win White's bishop.} 1/2-1/2