C53 Giuoco Piano sidelines (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Bb6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 d6)

This game and the analysis that comes with it are a blast from the past, played around seven years ago on a correspondence chess site called Red Hot Pawn. By the way, I changed my handle in the notation so if you do find this handle in Red Hot Pawn it isn't me. I could post my other games quite fast from now on, well the ones that have already been analysed but when they run out, I need to start analyzing again and then the rate of my posts will slow down a bit. Posts will come everyday though, so be prepared for them. Please post comments if you find something odd about the analysis or in general want to chat about the great and time consuming 64 square madness that we call chess. In the game below you see a game that is full of mistakes, which hopefully means that you can learn from the mistakes made in this game, so you are not going to do similar ones in your own games. I may not remember much from these old games but I do remember seeing that mate in two on moves 23... and 24... after it was no longer possible to do. I was angry for myself not being able to see it before. Luckily now that I am older and maybe in some cases even wiser, I do not take it all that hard if I miss something like this and I am able to concentrate on next moves without the previous mistakes still in mind.

[Event "Corr game 23.6.2007-14.8.2007"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2007.06.23"] [Round "?"] [White "aanepade"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C53"] [WhiteElo "1657"] [BlackElo "1844"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 (4... d6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 {1-0 (47) Svobodova,R-Kristofova,T Svetla nad Sazavou 1998}) 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 d6 { C53 Giuoco Piano sidelines C53 Italian game: Classical Variation. De la Bourdonnais Variation} 7. Nc3 {-0.06/20} (7. Bb5 $1 $16 {1.21/17}) 7... Qf6 $2 {1.69/18} (7... Nf6 $11 {-0.06/20 and Black is okay.}) (7... h6 8. h3 Qe7 9. O-O Bd7 10. a4 O-O-O 11. b4 a6 12. b5 Na5 13. Bd3 axb5 14. axb5 c6 15. Ba3 Qf6 16. Bb4 {1-0 (16) Roos,D (2380)-Collado Forner,J (2270) Orange 1990}) (7... Na5 8. Bd3 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Bxd4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Nxd4 Nge7 13. Bb5 O-O 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Qxc6 Rb8 17. Qd5 Bg6 18. f4 h6 19. f5 Bh7 20. g4 Re8 21. h4 Qxh4 22. Rf2 {Roessler,K (1081)-Kort,A (1301) Hofheim 2014 0-1 (44)} ) 8. Nd5 $146 ({But not} 8. Bg5 $6 Qg6 $14 9. O-O Nf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. e5 Bf5 15. Nh4 Qg4 16. Nxf5 Qxf4 17. Qe2 g6 18. Ng3 Qh4 19. Qe4 Qxe4 20. Rxe4 Nxg3 21. hxg3 Rae8 22. exd6 cxd6 23. Rae1 Rxe4 { Svobodova,R-Kristofova,T Svetla nad Sazavou 1998 1-0 (47)}) 8... Qg6 $2 { 2.87/16} (8... Qd8 $16 {1.29/22 was worth a try.}) 9. Ng5 {White has a decisive advantage.} Nd8 $2 {5.30/18} (9... Be6 {2.72/21 keeps fighting.} 10. Nxb6 axb6) 10. O-O {2.18/20} (10. f4 $142 {5.30/18}) 10... Nf6 $2 {3.85/20} ( 10... h6 {2.18/20 is a better defense.}) 11. e5 $2 {-0.46/21} (11. Re1 $18 { 3.85/20}) 11... Nxd5 $15 12. Bxd5 O-O {0.90/22} (12... dxe5 $15 {-0.47/22 keeps the upper hand.} 13. dxe5 h6) 13. exd6 {-0.22/21} (13. g4 $1 $16 {0.90/22 }) 13... Qxd6 {1.18/19} (13... h6 $11 {-0.22/21} 14. dxc7 Bxc7) 14. Be4 $2 { -0.58/21} (14. Qd3 $16 {1.18/19} Qg6 15. Be4) 14... h6 15. Nh7 $2 {-3.87/19} ( 15. Nf3 $15 {-0.31/22}) 15... Re8 $19 16. Bc2 f5 {-2.55/21} (16... Bxd4 $142 { -4.37/19} 17. Be3 Bxb2) 17. Ng5 $2 {-4.90/18} (17. Qh5 {-2.55/21 is the only way for White.} Bd7 18. Bxf5) 17... hxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxd4 19. Qh5 Nf7 $1 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Rad1 Qxb2 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rd7 Nxg5 {-11.79/23} (23... Qxf2+ $142 $1 { -#2/20} 24. Rxf2 Re1#) 24. Qxg5 Qf6 {-6.82/23} (24... Qxf2+ $142 $1 {-#2/21} 25. Rxf2 Re1#) 25. Qd2 {Black is clearly winning.} Rd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Qg5 Rf8 28. h4 c5 29. h5 Bc7 {[#]} 30. f4 b5 31. Re1 Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Qxf4 33. Qxf4 Bxf4 34. Re7 Rd8 35. Kg1 Bg3 {[#] ( -> ...Rd1+)} 36. Kf1 Rd1+ {Accuracy: White = 7%, Black = 15%.} 0-1