C55 Two Knights: 4.d3, 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 and Max Lange Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Nf3)

Since I started posting my games and maybe looking at them a bit closer than before, it has been interesting to see how many different openings and variations I have really faced over the years. This particular opening variation I had never before even heard of, until I did some studying, did I learn what it is called. Truth to be told though, the game doesn't follow the normal move order of this variation. The normal order is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.c3. This has not been the first time nor will it be the last time that the move order in my games doesn't follow the usual move order. As you can see, it is another loss as I'm trying to balance things out. If I would post all the games I have notations of, I would be slightly on the plus side but maybe not in the ratio that you see my games here in this blog. The analysis for this game was updated on November 28th, 2019.

[Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2011.08.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Tocklin, Tomi"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "1393"] [BlackElo "1441"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] {[%evp 9,54,-52,-47,-121,-111,-119,-70,-76,-78,-73,0,-4,0,-18,39,31,39,22,27,0, 72,66,77,72,72,86,146,110,199,136,127,120,233,122,212,206,194,159,208,205,310, 293,297,149,149,150,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Nf3 {C55 Two Knights: 4.d3, 4.d4 exd4 5.e5 and Max Lange Attack C55 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. De Riviere Gambit} Nxe4 5. O-O d5 6. Bb3 {-1.21/24} (6. Bb5 $15 {-0.47/27} Bd6 (6... f6 7. d3 Nd6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. h3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Qe8 12. Nf1 Qf7 13. Ng3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Nh4 Bd7 16. Qf3 f5 17. Nxf5 Qxf5 18. Qg3 Bd6 19. Bh6 Qf6 20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. Qxg7+ {Pedersen,H (1419) -Sjoberg,I (1864) Oslo 2016 0-1}) 7. d3 Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. Ba4 Bf5 12. Bc2 g5 13. Bg3 Bg6 14. d4 e4 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Nh2 Nh5 17. Ng4 Kg7 18. Nd2 f5 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. c4 c6 21. cxd5 {Oszczanowski,K-Barsegian,A (2330) Plock 1994 0-1 (43)}) 6... Be7 $146 (6... Be6 7. d4 Bd6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Bc2 f5 10. Ng5 Nxg5 11. Qh5 h6 12. f4 Ne4 13. Re3 exf4 14. Rh3 Qd7 15. Qg6 Bf7 16. Qxf5 Qxf5 17. Nd2 Rfe8 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. g3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Qxf3 21. Bd2 {Maneklal, T (1401)-D Nagesh,W Golden Sands 2014 0-1}) 7. Re1 {[%tqu "En","","","","c8g4", "",10]} O-O {-0.70/27} (7... Bg4 $1 $17 {-1.19/24 ...Bh4 is the strong threat.} 8. h3 Bh5) 8. d3 $15 {Black is slightly better.} Nc5 9. Nxe5 Nxb3 {-0.04/28} ( 9... Nxe5 $17 {-0.73/25} 10. Rxe5 Bd6) 10. Nxc6 $11 bxc6 11. axb3 Bf6 {0.39/27} (11... Bd6 $11 {-0.18/27}) 12. b4 Bf5 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. Be3 a6 {0.72/27} (14... d4 $11 {0.00/28 keeps the balance.} 15. cxd4 Bxd4) {[%tqu "En","","","", "d3d4","",10]} 15. d4 $1 $16 Re8 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Nb3 Qd6 {1.46/26} (17... Be7 $142 {0.86/30}) 18. Nc5 Ra7 {1.99/26} (18... Be7 $16 {1.10/29} 19. Bf4 Qd8) 19. Rxa6 {1.36/32} (19. h4 $18 {1.99/26}) 19... Rxa6 20. Nxa6 Ra8 {2.33/28} (20... h6 $16 {1.20/32} 21. h3 Qd8) 21. Nc5 {1.22/29} ({White should play} 21. Bf4 $18 {2.33/28} Qd7 22. Nxc7) 21... Ra2 {2.12/28} (21... Be7 $16 {1.22/29} 22. Bf4 Qd8) 22. Bf4 $18 Qd8 23. Qe2 {[#] White threatens Qe8+ and mate.} h6 {2.08/26} (23... Be7 $16 {1.59/29} 24. b5 (24. Nb7 Qd7 $16) 24... Bxc5) 24. h3 Bg5 { 3.10/32} (24... Kh7 $142 {2.05/28} 25. g3 h5) 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Nd3 {1.49/32} ( {White should try} 26. Qe8+ $18 {2.97/27} Kh7 27. Nd7 (27. Qxc6 Rxb2 28. Qe8 Qf5 $16)) 26... Bxd3 $16 27. Qxd3 Rxb2 $2 {#1/31 [#]} (27... Ra8 $16 {1.50/36} 28. g3 g6) 28. Re8# {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 19%.} 1-0