[Event "USCF/WS/25VP01"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2025.01.01"] [White "Huffstatler, Victor"] [Black "Silverstein, Jonathan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2344"] [BlackElo "1871"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A17"] [Opening "English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Nimzo-English"] [StudyName "Check is in the Mail - November 2025"] [ChapterName "Game 1"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/Eh9r8uyV/VYPGe2cT"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/jkfrench"] [Orientation "white"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8. Bb2 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Be2 e5 11. O-O Ne4 { A17: English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...Bb4. } 12. Qc2 Ng5 13. Nxg5 Qxg5 { White is slightly better. } 14. f3 Kh8 (14... a5 $14 { should be considered. }) 15. Bd3 $146 { Predecessor: } (15. Rf2 Rad8 16. Qc3 Rfe8 17. Bf1 Qh6 18. Re1 Nf6 19. d4 e4 20. d5 c6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 { 0-1 Teijeiro Barros,A (2269)-Conquest,S (2542) ESP-chT1 Mondariz 2002 (3) }) 15... f5 $14 16. Rf2 Rf6 (16... f4 $14) 17. Raf1 (17. f4 $18 Qh5 18. Qa4 (18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxf5 h6 $16)) 17... Raf8? (17... f4 $16) 18. Qa4! $18 b5? (18... R6f7 19. Qxa7 Rb8) 19. Qxb5 { White is clearly winning. } 19... Nb6 20. c5 a6 21. Qa5 Nd5 22. cxd6 cxd6 23. Bxa6 { White took control after the opening. Weighted Error Value: White=0.28 (precise) /Black=0.97 Loses game: --- Black=1 Mistake: White=2 Black=3 Inaccurate: --- Black=1 OK: White=7 Black=2 } 1-0