[Event "2019 USA - A (USA)"] [Site "corr ICCF"] [Date "2019.03.31"] [Round "?"] [White "Belka, Wieland"] [Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C56"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2550"] [Annotator "Hartmann,John"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [SourceTitle "ICCF 2019"] [Source "Tim Harding"] [SourceDate "2020.01.27"] [SourceVersion "2"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.01.27"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,54,19,38,25,16,14,26,-11,-17,-29,-75,-58,-45,-13,-19,-47,-47,-47,-15, -23,-23,-23,-23,-30,-31,21,31,136,138,146,62,226,-3,143,124,158,159,159,159, 182,177,189,189,132,142,142,6,-40,-31,-40,-24,-40,-26,-25,-35,-26]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. f3 Ng5 11. Be3 O-O 12. f4 f6 $5 {Not a novelty, as l'Ami seems to imply. Still, Sasikiran has worked out a fascinating new concept in this staid opening.} (12... Ne4 {is by far the main line here, while}) (12... Ne6 { is a playable alternative. But Sasikiran has something else up his sleeve...}) 13. exf6 (13. fxg5 $2 fxe5 14. Nf5 d4 {gives Black back the material with interest, as l'Ami points out.}) 13... Nh3+ $1 (13... Ne4 14. fxg7 Re8 { was tried in Dostal-Efimov (ICCF 2015) but Sasikiran improves on this dramatically.}) 14. gxh3 Bxh3 {l'Ami says that Black has full compensation here; for the details, check out his notes in Yearbook 134. The game concluded: } 15. b4 Bb6 16. Rf3 Bg4 17. fxg7 Re8 18. Bf2 Qf6 19. c3 Qg6 20. Kh1 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qh5 22. Nd2 Re4 23. Kg2 Rxf4 24. Bg3 Rxd4 25. Kg1 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Qxf3 27. Nxf3 Rxb4 1/2-1/2