Favorites, to battle! - 9 - The Battle of Favorites! - 9

It's been a while, and I must admit, we haven't been able to play with Ivan recently. If Kostya is willing, we can arrange a game soon; we've made plans several times, but they always fall through (mostly because it's difficult to coordinate due to scheduled streams)... it happens.
If you want, give me one tech point; Ivan deserves the win, but definitely not a technical defeat!