[Event "USCF/EK/25EN05"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2025.06.18"] [White "Acosta, Errol"] [Black "King, Anthony"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1563"] [BlackElo "1088"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B23"] [Opening "Sicilian Defense: Closed"] [StudyName "Check is in the Mail - March 2026"] [ChapterName "Game 1"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/Jyt8TqtY/ViFuFDrk"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/jkfrench"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bb5 Nf6 (5... Bd7) 6. O-O { White is more active. B23: Closed Sicilian: Lines without g3. } (6. Bxc6+ $14 { feels stronger. } 6... bxc6 7. d3) 6... Qc7 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8. d3 { White is slightly better. } 8... Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be3 $146 { Predecessor: } (10. Ne2 b6 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. f5 exf5 13. Nxf5 Bf6 14. c3 Re8 15. Ne3 Nf8 16. Nd5 { 0-1 Pecak,I (1730)-Jina,L (1945) Klatovy op-B 2004 }) 10... Qb6 11. b3 Qc6 12. a3 (12. a4) 12... d5 13. Ne5 (13. e5 Nd7 14. d4) 13... Qc7 $15 14. d4 (14. exd5 $15 exd5 (14... Nxd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Qf3 $15) 15. d4) 14... b6 (14... dxe4 $17 15. Qe2 b6) 15. Nb5 (15. exd5! $15 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. c3) 15... Qb7 $19 16. c4 (16. Nc3) 16... Nxe4 17. a4 a6 18. Na3 Bh4 19. Qg4 Bg3 (19... Be7 { ...cxd4 is the strong threat. } 20. Qd1 Rd8 21. cxd5 exd5 (21... Qxd5? 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nac4 $19)) 20. h4 (20. dxc5 { keeps fighting. } 20... bxc5 21. Nb1) 20... f5 (20... f6 21. Rf3 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Nc3) 21. Qf3? (21. Qh3 { was forced. } 21... Qe7 22. a5) 21... Qe7 22. Nc2? (22. Bf2 Bxf2+ 23. Rxf2) 22... Qxh4 23. Rfd1 Qh1+?? 24. Kxh1 $18 Rf6 25. Kg1 Rh6 26. dxc5 Bh2+ 27. Kf1 bxc5 28. cxd5 Bb7 29. Qxe4 Rd8 (29... fxe4 30. Ng4 Rh5 31. Nxh2 exd5) 30. Qc4 Bg3 31. dxe6 { White mates. } 31... Rh1+ 32. Ke2 Rdxd1 33. e7+ Kh8 34. e8=Q# { What a bad dream for Black. A brilliant game! Weighted Error Value: White=0.60/Black=0.83 Mistake: White=8 Black=4 Inaccurate: White=2 Black=3 OK: White=7 Black=7 Best: --- Black=1 } 1-0