Event: Round 8: Eckert, Doug - Horobetz, Graham
Date: 2024-03-31
White: Eckert, Doug
WhiteTitle: FM
WhiteElo: 2146
Black: Horobetz, Graham
BlackElo: 2252
Result: 1/2-1/2
ECO: A37
Opening: English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed, with Nf3
Variant: Standard

1. c4 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:27:12] } 1... c5 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:30:53] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.25] [%clk 1:27:20] } 2... Nc6 { [%eval 0.32] [%clk 1:30:45] } 3. g3 { [%eval 0.14] [%clk 1:27:41] } 3... g6 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:31:06] } 4. Bg2 { [%eval 0.19] [%clk 1:28:04] } 4... Bg7 { [%eval 0.12] [%clk 1:31:25] } 5. Nc3 { [%eval 0.23] [%clk 1:28:28] } 5... e5 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:31:39] } 6. a3 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:28:31] } 6... Nge7 { [%eval 0.4] [%clk 1:31:55] } 7. d3 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 1:28:19] } 7... d6 { [%eval 0.37] [%clk 1:31:49] } 8. O-O { [%eval 0.27] [%clk 1:27:33] } 8... O-O { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:32:13] } 9. Rb1 { [%eval 0.35] [%clk 1:27:21] } 9... a5 { [%eval 0.26] [%clk 1:31:03] } 10. Bg5 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:19:31] } 10... f6 { [%eval 0.16] [%clk 1:27:26] } 11. Be3 { [%eval 0.21] [%clk 1:18:31] } 11... Rb8 { [%eval 0.42] [%clk 1:10:09] } 12. Ne1 { [%eval 0.5] [%clk 1:18:40] } 12... Be6 { [%eval 0.5] [%clk 1:03:16] } 13. Nc2 { [%eval 0.45] [%clk 1:17:36] } 13... Qd7 { [%eval 0.54] [%clk 0:59:57] } 14. b4 { [%eval 0.51] [%clk 1:16:57] } 14... axb4 { [%eval 0.56] [%clk 0:57:02] } 15. axb4 { [%eval 0.53] [%clk 1:17:21] } 15... b6 { [%eval 0.5] [%clk 0:57:01] } 16. Re1 { [%eval 0.43] [%clk 1:08:30] } 16... Nd4 { [%eval 0.41] [%clk 0:54:57] } 17. Bd2 { [%eval 0.34] [%clk 1:00:42] } 17... Rfc8 { [%eval 0.53] [%clk 0:44:05] } 18. Ne3 { [%eval 0.36] [%clk 0:59:32] } 18... cxb4?! { [%eval 1.04] } { Inaccuracy. b5 was best. } { [%clk 0:33:48] } 19. Rxb4 { [%eval 1.13] [%clk 0:59:28] } 19... b5 { [%eval 1.14] [%clk 0:23:31] } 20. Qb1 { [%eval 1.03] [%clk 0:46:32] } 20... Nec6 { [%eval 1.31] [%clk 0:14:35] } 21. Bxc6 { [%eval 1.47] [%clk 0:46:30] } 21... Qxc6 { [%eval 1.41] [%clk 0:12:57] } 22. Nxb5 { [%eval 1.43] [%clk 0:44:57] } 22... Nxb5 { [%eval 1.38] [%clk 0:12:19] } 23. Rxb5 { [%eval 1.37] [%clk 0:45:05] } 23... Rxb5 { [%eval 1.42] [%clk 0:12:05] } 24. Qxb5?! { [%eval 0.75] } { Inaccuracy. cxb5 was best. } { [%clk 0:43:58] } 24... Qxb5 { [%eval 1.26] [%clk 0:12:01] } 25. cxb5 { [%eval 1.19] [%clk 0:44:23] } 25... Rb8 { [%eval 1.26] [%clk 0:12:13] } 26. Rb1 { [%eval 1.3] [%clk 0:44:38] } 26... Bh6 { [%eval 1.23] [%clk 0:11:28] } 27. Ba5 { [%eval 1.04] [%clk 0:41:56] } 27... Bxe3 { [%eval 0.96] [%clk 0:10:56] } 28. fxe3 { [%eval 1.06] [%clk 0:42:16] } 28... Rb7? { [%eval 2.78] } { Mistake. Bd7 was best. } { [%clk 0:10:03] } 29. Bd8 { [%eval 3.06] [%clk 0:41:58] } 29... Rd7 { [%eval 2.89] [%clk 0:07:51] } 30. Bxf6 { [%eval 2.78] [%clk 0:39:49] } 30... h6? { [%eval 4.57] } { Mistake. Kf7 was best. } { [%clk 0:08:03] } 31. d4? { [%eval 2.46] } { Mistake. e4 was best. } { [%clk 0:36:00] } 31... Bf5 { [%eval 2.5] [%clk 0:05:55] } 32. Ra1? { [%eval 1.21] } { Mistake. Rb4 was best. } { [%clk 0:33:24] } 32... Kf7 { [%eval 1.1] [%clk 0:05:47] } 33. dxe5 { [%eval 1.21] [%clk 0:33:49] } 33... dxe5 { [%eval 1.12] [%clk 0:05:42] } 34. Bxe5 { [%eval 1.16] [%clk 0:33:57] } 34... Rd5 { [%eval 1.14] [%clk 0:05:53] } 35. Ra7+ { [%eval 1.08] [%clk 0:24:52] } 35... Ke6 { [%eval 1.14] [%clk 0:05:58] } 36. Bg7 { [%eval 1.21] [%clk 0:23:45] } 36... Rxb5 { [%eval 1.21] [%clk 0:04:57] } 37. Bxh6 { [%eval 1.19] [%clk 0:23:57] } 37... Rb2 { [%eval 1.14] [%clk 0:03:51] } 38. Ra6+ { [%eval 1.09] [%clk 0:23:03] } 38... Kd5? { [%eval 2.35] } { Mistake. Kf7 was best. } { [%clk 0:03:59] } 39. Ra5+? { [%eval 1.12] } { Mistake. Kf1 was best. } { [%clk 0:21:47] } 39... Ke6 { [%eval 1.17] [%clk 0:03:40] } 40. Ra6+ { [%eval 1.0] [%clk 0:18:42] } 40... Ke5?? { [%eval 6.27] } { Blunder. Kf7 was best. } 1/2-1/2