[Event "USCF/WS/25VP06"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2025.05.16"] [White "Corte, Trai"] [Black "Green, Kevin"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1800"] [BlackElo "1800"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B22"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation"] [StudyName "Check is in the Mail - November 2025"] [ChapterName "Game 5"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/Eh9r8uyV/dhMoZiJ0"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/jkfrench"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5! { B27: Sicilian: 2 Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves. } 7... Bd7 8. Be3 $146 { Variations & Predecessor: } (8. Bf4 $16) (8. Nc3 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. O-O e6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne7 { 1-0 Nepomniachtchi,I (2705)-Zvjaginsev,V (2660) Moscow-ch blitz 69th 2015 (19) }) 8... e6 (8... Nxe5! $15 9. dxe5 Bxb5) 9. O-O (9. Nc3 $16) 9... Qb6? (9... Nxe5! $15 { keeps the upper hand. } 10. dxe5 Bxb5) 10. Nc3 $16 Nge7 11. Bg5 (11. Bd3 $16) 11... Rd8? (11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxb5 13. Nxb5 Qxb5 14. Bxe7 Kxe7) 12. Re1 $18 a6 13. Bxc6 (13. Ba4 $18) 13... Bxc6 $16 14. b3 (14. Rc1 $18) 14... Qc7 15. Bf6 (15. Qe2 $16) 15... Bxf6! 16. exf6 Nf5 (16... Ng8 { and Black stays safe. }) 17. Ne5 Rd6 (17... Rc8) 18. g4 $18 Nh4 19. Re3? (19. Ne2 $18 { and White stays clearly on top. }) 19... g5? (19... Qd8 $16) 20. a4? (20. Rh3 $18) 20... Qd8 $14 21. Qe2? (21. Rf3! $16) 21... Qxf6 $17 22. h3 (22. Re1! $15) 22... Kd8? (22... O-O $17 { keeps the pressure on. }) 23. b4 $18 Be8 24. b5 a5? (24... Ke7) 25. Re1? (25. Qb2 $18) 25... Ng6? (25... h5 $14) 26. Rf3 (26. Qd2 Kc8 27. Ne2) 26... Qe7? (26... Nf4 27. Qe3 Qe7 (27... h5 28. h4 $18)) 27. Nd1? (27. Nxg6 hxg6 28. Qe5) 27... f6 28. Nd3 (28. Nxg6 $18 Bxg6 29. Rc3) 28... b6 (28... h5 $15 29. Ne3 b6) 29. Re3 (29. Ne3! { keeps the balance. }) 29... Bf7 $17 30. Kg2? (30. Nc3 $15) 30... Kd7 (30... Kc8 $19 31. Rf1 e5) 31. Kg3? (31. Kf1 $17 { keeps fighting. }) 31... Re8 (31... h5 32. Nc3 Ke8) 32. f4? (32. Qf1) 32... gxf4+ $19 33. Nxf4 Nxf4 34. Kxf4 Rg8? (34... e5+ $19 35. Kf3 Re6) 35. Nf2 (35. Kg3 $15) 35... f5? 36. Kg3 { Black must now prevent Re1-c1. } 36... h5! $132 { Black is fighting back. Some like it hot } (36... f4+?! 37. Kxf4 Qh4 (37... Qf6+ 38. Kg3 $16) 38. Kf3 $14) 37. Nd3 hxg4 38. Ne5+ Ke8 39. Nxf7?? (39. hxg4 Bh5 40. Qh2 f4+ (40... Bxg4 41. Kf2 $14) 41. Kg2 Bxg4 (41... fxe3 42. Qxh5+ Kd8 43. Rxe3) 42. Qxf4 Bf3+ 43. Kf2 (43. Kxf3 Rf8 $15 { Pin })) 39... Kxf7 (39... Qxf7 40. Rxe6+ Rxe6 41. Qxe6+ Qxe6 42. Rxe6+ Kf7 43. Re5 (43. Rxb6? { loses. } 43... f4+ 44. Kxf4 g3 $19) 43... gxh3+ 44. Kxh3 $17) 40. hxg4 Rxg4+ { Weighted Error Value: White=1.56/Black=1.39 Loses game: White=3 Black=5 Missed win: White=3 Black=2 Mistake: White=12 Black=8 Inaccurate: White=2 Black=3 OK: White=6 Black=9 Best: White=2 Black=1 Strong: --- Black=2 } 0-1