[Event "CB-Emu"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2026.02.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Tasc R30 2.23"]
[Black "Mephisto Amsterdam Phoenix SE"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[Annotator "Clive"]
[PlyCount "65"]

{[%evp 15,65,25,118,-85,-40,-51,15,21,43,21,24,19,21,-24,1,0,0,-11,-13,-18,-12,-62,-52,-91,-91,-103,-102,-111,-109,-163,-169,-163,-161,-161,0,0,279,213,343,335,337,327,332,334,334,327,327,327,330,209,212,0]} 1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 {Amsterdam out of book.} Bb4 9. Be5 $2 (9. a3 $16 {keeps the pressure on.} Bxc3+ 10. bxc3) 9... Nbd7 10. Bxc4 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 {The position is equal.} Nxe4 12. Qf3 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Rf3f7]} Nd6 (12... Qxd4 $2 13. Qxf7+ Kd8 14. Rd1 Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 $18) 13. O-O O-O {Tasc out of book.} 14. Rad1 Nxc4 (14... f6 $5 {[%cal Rf6e5]} 15. Qd3 Qc7 $15) 15. Nxc4 Be7 16. Qh5 Kg7 17. Rfe1 Bd7 18. Ne5 Be8 19. Qh3 Qc7 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Nc4 Bb4 {Prevents Qc3.} 22. Nc3 c5 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Bc6 $2 (24... Rxd5 $19 25. Nxd5 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Bxd7) 25. Ne3 $11 {Nf5+ would kill now.} Bd7 {[%mdl 8192] [#]} (25... Rxd5 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 26. Ncxd5 Bxd5 27. Nf5+ Kf6) 26. Rxd7 $1 $18 {[%mdl 512]} Qxd7 (26... Rxd7 27. Nf5+) 27. Nf5+ Kg8 {Strongly threatening ...Rfe8.} 28. Nxh6+ Kg7 (28... Kh7 $2 29. Ng4+ Kg8 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nxd7 $18) 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ ({Don't play} 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg8 $18) 30... Kg7 {...Qxh3 is the strong threat.} 31. Nf5+ Kg8 {aiming for ...Rfe8.} 32. Ne7+ ({Don't take} 32. Nh6+ Kg7 33. Nf5+ $18) 32... Kg7 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qxh3.} 33. Nf5+ $2 {Weighted Error Value: White=0.30/Black=0.41} ({White has to play} 33. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5g5]} Rh8 34. Qxg5+ Kf8 35. Qf6 (35. Nf5 Rh7 $16)) 1/2-1/2