A39 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 (1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 c5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.O-O O-O 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 d6 10.e4)

Another day, another opening variation to share with the world. This game I went through with Stockfish today and went on all the major advantage changes 25 or more moves deep. I also did some chess video experimentations today so that maybe in the future I could get also a YouTube channel, where I would post videos were I would commentate the games while I play and usually quite badly ;-) Maybe those fun times will be on the near future... If or when that happens I will post here the necessary details to let you know how you can find me on YouTube. Analysis updated on December 23rd, 2019.

[Event "ICC 15 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2012.03.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Tocklin, Tomi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "1847"] [BlackElo "1790"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] {[%evp 18,47,45,-10,27,-23,-23,-9,-8,-6,-13,-155,-153,-151,-158,-155,-164,-144, -169,-166,-153,-164,-156,-142,-139,-214,-192,-175,0,-145,251,262]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 {A39 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Mecking Variation} cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. e4 { -0.10/26 A39 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.0-0 0-0 7.d4 LiveBook: 9 Games} (10. Qd3 $14 {0.45/23}) 10... Qa5 (10... Be6 11. Qd3 Qc8 12. b3 Bh3 13. Bb2 Qg4 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Qe2 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rac8 18. f4 Rfe8 19. Nd5 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Rc5 21. Rc1 Kf8 22. Rbc2 a5 23. Kf3 Rec8 24. a3 b5 25. Ne3 {Ioseliani,N (2325)-Petrovic,M Jajce 1982 1-0 (43)}) 11. Bd2 {-0.23/25} (11. Qd3 $142 {0.27/26}) (11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Qxd5 Qc7 13. Rb1 Be6 14. Qd1 Bxc4 15. Re1 Bxa2 16. Ra1 Be6 17. Ra3 Rfc8 18. Bf1 Qxc1 {0-1 (18) Rickert,B (1803) -Hemmers,D (1799) Germany 2016}) 11... Qh5 $11 12. Qd3 {[%tqu "En","","","", "f6g4","",10]} Ng4 $146 {[#] The position is equal.} (12... Bh3 13. Nd5 Bxg2 14. Nxe7+ Kh8 15. Kxg2 Rfe8 16. Nd5 Nxe4 17. Nc7 Ng5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. b4 Bf6 22. f4 Qg4 23. Qd5 Qe2+ 24. Rf2 Qe7 25. a4 Rd7 26. c5 {1-0 (26) Bellafiore,E (1661)-Crosa,F (1320) Ivrea 2007}) {[%tqu "En","","", "","h2h4","", 10]} 13. h4 $1 Ne5 {[%mdl 32] [%tqu "En","","", "","d3c2","",10]} 14. Qe2 {-1.55/27} (14. Qc2 $1 $11 {-0.13/27}) 14... Qxe2 $17 15. Nxe2 Nxc4 16. Bc3 Nxb2 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Rfc1 Nd3 19. Rc7 Re8 20. Nc3 Nc5 21. Nd5 {-2.14/26} (21. e5 $17 {-1.39/29}) 21... e6 22. Nc3 a6 $2 {0.00/32 [#]} ({Black should try } 22... Bd7 $19 {-1.75/26 Threatens to win with ...Bc6.} 23. e5 Rec8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. exd6 Nd3) {[%tqu "En","","","","e4e5","",10]} 23. Rd1 {-1.45/29} (23. e5 $1 $11 {0.00/32 [%mdl 512] was the only way to keep the balance.}) 23... Rd8 $2 {2.51/29 [%mdl 8192]} (23... e5 $17 {-1.45/29 stays on course. ... Ne6 is the strong threat.} 24. Rxd6 Ne6) {[%tqu "En","","","","c7c5","",10]} 24. Rxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] Accuracy: White = 41%, Black = 49%.} 1-0