[Event "USCF/WS/25VP01"] [Site "ICCF"] [Date "2025.01.01"] [White "Hawkins, Joseph"] [Black "Hall, Gregory"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1927"] [BlackElo "1466"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B12"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Short Variation"] [StudyName "Check is in the Mail - August 2025"] [ChapterName "Game 2"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/NvweRqYq/xb1WZXhM"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/jkfrench"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. Na3 { B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation. } 8... a6 9. dxc5 d4 { Strongly threatening ...d4-d3. } 10. Bd3 (10. Qa4! $14) 10... Bxd3 11. Qxd3 { Na3-c2 is in the air } 11... Ng6 12. Qe4 Bxc5 13. Nc2! Qc7 14. Ncxd4 Bxd4 { Black sacrificed a pawn } 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 $146 { Variations & Predecessor: } (15... Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Ngxe5 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Rd1 Ke7 19. Be3 Rhd8 20. Bb6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Ne5 { ½-½ Perelshteyn,E (2513)-Macieja,B (2605) Chicago op 23rd Wheeling 2014 (8) }) 16. Qxd4 Qxe5 (16... O-O) 17. Qxe5 (17. Qb6 $14) 17... Nxe5 18. b3 O-O 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Rad1 Nc6 (20... Nd3 $14) 21. Bb6 $16 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 { Black must now prevent Rd1-d7. KRB-KRN } 22... h6? { This costs Black the game. } (22... Nb8 $16 { keeps fighting. }) 23. Rd7 $18 Rb8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Ke2 Ke8 26. Rc7 Ne7? (26... g5 27. g4 Nb4) 27. Ba7 { Weighted Error Value: White=0.12 (very precise) /Black=0.59 Loses game: --- Black=1 Mistake: White=2 Black=3 Inaccurate: --- Black=1 OK: White=8 Black=6 Best: White=1 Black=1 Strong: White=1 --- } 1-0