B34 Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5.Nc3: sidelines (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.c3 Nc6 6.Be3 Nf6 7.f3 O-O)

I'm back posting again, as this month mostly went unfortunately down the drain with all the computer problems, starting next month I will update this blog daily again. With the new computer quite a lot has changed in the way I do things. With the help of my newly acquired Deep Fritz 14 and the new engine I got for it, Stockfish 5 64 SSE4.2 at least the quality of analysis should be better than it was earlier. Not only that but the processor and well all parts of the computer should be much better also to get as good analysis as possible. Will these improvements help me play better in the future? I do hope so but I also know that I haven't improved my level of play in years... We shall see if I can ever properly call myself a good chess player. Analysis updated on December 22nd, 2019.

[Event "ICC 3 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2014.07.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "vincebrown"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "1380"] [BlackElo "1258"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] {[%evp 13,85,-37,-29,-89,-31,-139,-53,-154,0,-41,0,-92,-20,-48,-18,-40,-12,-55, 0,-77,23,-61,-7,-155,-35,-76,-15,-58,-27,-40,-47,-141,22,-20,12,-6,31,0,109,40, 55,31,47,17,163,84,687,327,473,465,407,316,293,182,183,175,188,0,0,0,229,202, 754,266,202,76,417,433,431,430,426,423,402,393]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 { A42 Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Fianchetto} cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 O-O {B34 Sicilian: Accelerated Dragon with 5 Nc3: sidelines. LiveBook: 4 Games} 8. Bc4 {-0.89/26} (8. Nd2 $11 {-0.29/28}) 8... d5 $17 { [%tqu "En","","","","c4d5","",10]} 9. exd5 {-1.39/22} ({Better is} 9. Bxd5 $1 $15 {-0.31/29} Nxd5 10. exd5 Qxd5 11. Na3 (11. O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Qc6 14. Nd2 b6 15. Qc2 Ba6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Rad1 Bd3 18. Qb3 Kh8 19. Bf2 f5 20. h3 e4 21. fxe4 fxe4 22. Be3 h5 23. Qa3 Qc7 24. Bg5 Qg3 25. Nf1 Qxg5 {Salihova,L (2037)-Maksimov,S (2262) Moscow 2006 0-1})) {[%tqu "En","","","","c6a5","",10]} 9... Nxd5 {-0.53/28} (9... Na5 $1 $17 {-1.39/22} 10. b3 a6) 10. Bf2 {-1.54/25} (10. Bxd5 $15 {-0.53/28} Qxd5 11. Na3) (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Nb6 13. Qxd8 {1/2-1/2 (13) Sa,A (1919)-Passos Coutinho,E (1781) Brasilia 2016}) { [%tqu "En","","","","d5f4","",10]} 10... Nb6 $146 {-0.41/25} (10... Nf4 $1 $17 {-1.54/25} 11. O-O Na5 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 14. cxd4 Be6 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. d5 Nc7 17. Nc3 Rfd8 18. Rad1 Rd6 19. Rfe1 Kf8 20. Re2 Rad8 21. Rde1 R8d7 22. a3 a6 23. Rc2 Nxd5 24. Ne4 Re6 25. Rec1 b6 26. g4 {Hoffmann, A (1840)-Quaschner,M (1738) Mittelfranken 2009 1/2-1/2 (76)})) (10... Ndb4 11. Na3 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. O-O Bxd4 14. Qe2 e5 15. Rad1 Qb6 16. Nb5 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 a6 18. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (18) Ritter,H-Lange,B Waldfischbach 1995}) (10... Ne5 11. Bb3 Nf4 12. O-O Nfd3 13. Qc2 Nxf2 14. Qxf2 Qb6 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Na3 Rad8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 a6 19. Re1 e6 20. Rad1 Bc6 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Nc5 Rd6 23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Bb3 Rd8 25. Nxe6 {Timofeev,S (1864)-Evseev,E Sterlitamak 2011 1-0 (47) }) {[%tqu "En","","","", "c4b3","",10]} 11. Bb3 $1 $15 Na5 {0.00/27} (11... Qc7 $15 {-0.41/25 was preferrable.}) 12. Bc2 {-0.92/24} (12. O-O $11 {0.00/27 remains equal.}) 12... Nac4 {-0.20/27} (12... e5 $17 {-0.92/24} 13. Nb5 Nd5) 13. b3 $11 Nd6 (13... Ne5 {looks sharper.} 14. O-O Nd5 15. Qd2 Qa5 16. Be4 Rd8) 14. O-O e5 15. Ne2 Qc7 {0.00/27} (15... Qe7 $15 {-0.55/22}) 16. Nd2 {-0.77/24} (16. Na3 $11 {0.00/27}) 16... Nf5 {0.23/27} (16... Rd8 $17 {-0.77/24}) 17. Ne4 {-0.61/27} ({White should try} 17. c4 $11 {0.23/27}) 17... Rd8 $15 {[%tqu "En", "","","","d1b1","",10]} 18. Qc1 {-1.55/24} (18. Qb1 $1 $11 {-0.07/25 keeps the balance.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","g7h6","",10]} 18... Nd5 {-0.35/29} (18... Bh6 $1 $17 {-1.55/24} 19. Qb2 Ne3 20. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 f5) 19. c4 Nb4 {-0.15/28} (19... Nf4 $17 {-0.76/25} 20. Re1 Nxe2+ 21. Rxe2 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4) 20. Bb1 { -0.58/27} (20. a3 $11 {-0.15/28} Nxc2 21. Qxc2) 20... Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. a3 {-1.41/25} ({White should play} 22. Bg3 $15 {-0.47/28} Qb6 23. c5) 22... Nc6 $2 {0.22/27 [#]} (22... d3 $17 {-1.41/25} 23. axb4 Bxa1) 23. Ra2 {-0.20/25} (23. Bg3 $142 {0.22/27} Qe7 24. Bd3) 23... f5 24. Nc5 b6 25. Nd3 Ne5 {1.09/27} ( 25... Re8 $11 {0.00/32}) 26. Bg3 {0.40/29} (26. Qf4 $16 {1.09/27 aiming for Bg3.} Qd6 27. Bg3) {[%tqu "En","","","","e5d3","",10]} 26... Nxd3 $1 $14 27. Bxd3 Qc6 28. Re2 Ba6 {1.63/28} (28... Be6 $11 {0.17/28 and Black stays safe.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","b3b4","",10]} 29. Rfe1 {0.84/29} (29. b4 $1 $18 {1.63/28} ) 29... b5 $2 {6.87/28 [%mdl 8192] [#]} (29... Re8 $16 {0.84/29}) 30. cxb5 { 3.27/30} (30. Re6 $142 {6.87/28} Qc8 31. c5) 30... Qxc1 {4.73/24} (30... Bxb5 $142 {3.27/30} 31. Qxc6 Bxc6) 31. Rxc1 $18 Bb7 32. a4 Bd5 33. Bc4 Bxc4 34. bxc4 ({Much less strong is} 34. Rxc4 $6 Bh6 $16) 34... d3 {[%tqu "En","", "","", "e2d2","",10]} 35. Re7 $2 {0.00/33} (35. Rd2 $1 $18 {1.88/24}) 35... d2 $11 36. Rd1 {[%tqu "En","","","","a8c8","",10]} Bd4+ $2 {2.29/26} (36... Rac8 $1 $11 { 0.00/33 and Black has nothing to worry.}) {[%tqu "En","","","","g1f1","",10]} 37. Kf1 $1 $18 Be3 $2 {7.54/22} (37... Bc5 {2.02/31} 38. Rc7 Bb4) 38. Ke2 $2 { 2.66/32} (38. Rxe3 {7.54/22} Kf7 39. c5) 38... Bg5 39. Re6 {0.76/30} (39. Rc7 $18 {2.02/24 is more deadly.}) 39... Re8 $2 {4.17/25 [%mdl 8192]} (39... Rd4 $16 {0.76/30}) 40. Rxe8+ Rxe8+ 41. Kd3 Rd8+ 42. Kc2 Rd4 43. Kc3 {Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 27%.} 1-0

Update post on how things are at the moment

Hi all, sorry that I wasn't able to post yesterday, there was electricity outage and all sort of things that messed some things for me. This is also a post to tell that I may not be able to post my games at all for some time, this depends if I get Chessbase 12 into working properly again. To be honest, I'm not 100% sure that the problem I have is with Chessbase but it certainly seems to be the reason. For a day or two now, when I click on the Chessbase 12 icon, the program starts running normally and keeps doing it but if I try after a few minutes to get into internet, I am unable to do so. I'm not at all sure why this has started happening now, though after some of the latest updates on the program there have been some problems on the usage of the program like preview of the databases wasn't working properly or something like that. Now the only problem I have with it is that it basically jams the computer somewhat.

I will try to reinstall the program in hopes that it would fix the problem. In the meanwhile however I am not going to able to put more of my games in this blog. If I am unable to fix the problem, it might take until I get myself a new computer that you will see more of my ever so fine games... ;-)

D03 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5 (1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e3 c5 5.c3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.Nbd2)

I wonder if I learn the openings I play ever well enough that I would be able to know all of them by heart and know what a certain variation is called. Sure it might not be necessary to know them by name or exact move order but still it would be nice if I could. Yes, I know that it is probably much more important to know the ideas behind openings and not the moves. The game I share with you now is a good example of an opening I know very little about but after doing some research about it for this blog post, it turns out there is not all that much to learn. At least in the resources I have used to look at openings. Until next time, my dear readers, may you be plenty in the future... ;-) The analysis was updated December 22nd, 2019.

[Event "Rated game, 15m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2008.05.26"] [Round "?"] [White "Tocklin, Tomi"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D03"] [WhiteElo "1525"] [BlackElo "1736"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2008.03.02"] 1. Nf3 (1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 (2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nd2 d5 5. c3 Nc6 {1-0 (34) Tkachiev,V (2625)-Dragojlovic,A (2320) Nice 2005}) 2... e6 3. Bg5 {1-0 (52) Bartha,S (2255)-Papp,G Hungary 1994}) 1... d5 (1... Nf6) 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 { D03 Queen's Pawn Game: Torre Attack} e6 4. e3 (4. Nbd2 c5 (4... Be7 5. e3 c5 6. c3 {1-0 (57) Menna Barreto,F (2339)-Nunes,S (2060) Florianopolis 2018}) 5. e3 Nc6 6. c3 Be7 {1-0 (52) Bartha,S (2255)-Papp,G Hungary 1994}) 4... c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. Nbd2 {0.00/23 D03 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bg5, including Torre Attack with early ...d5} (7. O-O $14 {0.42/19}) 7... b6 {0.42/18} (7... c4 $11 {0.00/23} 8. Bc2 h6) 8. O-O $14 Bb7 9. Rc1 {-0.11/20} (9. h3 $14 {0.52/20}) (9. Qe2 Qc7 (9... h6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rad1 Nxd2 15. Rxd2 Rad8 16. Rfd1 f6 17. Qh5 fxe5 18. Qxe5 Qf6 19. Qxf6 Rxf6 20. e4 Kf8 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Bc4 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 Ke7 24. f3 {Menna Barreto,F (2339) -Nunes,S (2060) Florianopolis 2018 1-0 (57)}) 10. Rad1 O-O 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f5 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Qc6 20. f3 Rf6 21. Qe5 Rg6 22. Be2 Qc5 23. Rfd1 h6 {Tkachiev,V (2625)-Dragojlovic,A (2320) Nice 2005 1-0 (34)}) 9... h6 {0.56/20} (9... O-O $11 {-0.11/20}) 10. Bh4 {-0.24/21} (10. Bf4 $14 {0.56/20}) 10... O-O $11 11. Bb1 {-0.57/20} (11. Bc2 $11 {0.30/22}) 11... Qc7 $146 {0.44/18} (11... Ne4 $15 {-0.57/20} 12. Bxe7 Nxe7) (11... Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 Rac8 14. cxd5 exd5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nb3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Nd4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. Qa4 a6 21. Qd7 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Bc8 23. Qd6 f5 24. Nc6 Re8 25. h3 Qe6 26. Qg3 {Bartha,S (2255)-Papp,G Hungary 1994 1-0 (52)}) 12. Qc2 {0.03/22} ({Much worse is} 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Re1 Rac8 $11) (12. a3 $14 {0.44/18}) 12... g6 13. Rfe1 {0.13/20} (13. b4 $14 {0.56/18}) 13... e5 {With the idea ...e4.} (13... Rfc8 {feels hotter.} 14. Qd1 a5 15. Bg3 Qd8 16. h3 Nh5) 14. dxe5 {-0.40/22} (14. c4 $14 { 0.50/21}) 14... Nxe5 $15 15. Nxe5 {-0.41/21} (15. b4 $11 {0.12/23}) 15... Qxe5 16. Bg3 {-0.73/20} (16. h3 $11 {0.14/21}) 16... Qe6 $17 17. Nf3 {-1.11/18} (17. h3 $11 {-0.11/22 remains equal.}) 17... Ne4 18. Qd1 {-1.25/19} (18. Rcd1 $142 { -0.72/19}) 18... Nxg3 {-0.60/20} ({Black should try} 18... Bf6 $17 {-1.25/19} 19. Bf4 g5) 19. hxg3 $15 Rad8 {-0.17/21} (19... Bf6 $17 {-0.99/21}) 20. Nh4 { -1.13/18} (20. Qa4 $11 {-0.17/21}) 20... Kg7 {-0.63/23} (20... Bf6 $17 { -1.13/18}) 21. Qd3 {-1.32/20} ({White should play} 21. Nf3 $15 {-0.63/23}) 21... Qe4 {-0.69/24} (21... f5 $17 {-1.32/20} 22. Nf3 Ra8) 22. Nf3 Bf6 { -0.57/22} (22... Qxd3 $17 {-1.02/20} 23. Bxd3 Bf6) 23. Rcd1 Rfe8 24. Rd2 { -1.35/18} (24. Qe2 $142 {-0.81/23} Qa4 25. a3) 24... Qg4 {-0.69/22} (24... a6 $17 {-1.35/18} 25. Red1 b5) 25. Red1 {-1.80/20} (25. Bc2 $15 {-0.69/22}) 25... Bc8 {-0.44/22} (25... h5 $19 {-1.80/20} 26. Qf1 h4) 26. Qe2 {-1.17/21} (26. Qb5 $15 {-0.44/22}) 26... Bb7 $17 27. Nd4 {-1.34/21} (27. Bd3 $142 {-0.83/23}) 27... Qxe2 {-0.42/22} (27... Qc8 $17 {-1.34/21} 28. Nf3 a6) 28. Nxe2 $15 Kf8 { 0.00/23} (28... h5 $15 {-0.42/22 deserves consideration.}) 29. Bc2 Ba6 30. Nf4 {-0.40/26} (30. a3 $11 {0.10/27}) 30... d4 $1 31. cxd4 cxd4 32. exd4 {-0.75/23} (32. e4 $1 $11 {-0.09/26}) 32... Rd6 {0.19/24} (32... g5 $1 $17 {-0.75/23} 33. Nh5 Bh8) 33. Bb3 $11 Red8 34. d5 Bb7 35. Rc1 Bg5 (35... b5 {is more complex.} 36. a3 a6 37. Ba2 Bg5 38. Rc7 Bxf4 39. gxf4 Bxd5 40. Bxd5 Rxd5 41. Rxd5 Rxd5 42. g3 Rd2) 36. Rc7 (36. Rc4 {seems wilder.} b5 37. Rc5 a6 38. a3 h5 39. Rd3) 36... Bxf4 37. gxf4 Bxd5 38. Bxd5 Rxd5 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40. Rxa7 {Endgame KR-KR} Rd1+ $1 41. Kh2 Rd2 42. b3 Rxf2 43. Kg3 Rd2 44. Kf3 Rc2 45. g4 Rc3+ 46. Ke4 h5 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. f5 h4 49. f6 {[#] Threatening mate with Ra8+.} Kg8 50. Rd7 h3 51. Rd2 Kh7 52. Ke5 {-1.01/24} (52. Kf5 $11 {0.00/29 keeps the balance.}) 52... Rg3 {0.00/26} (52... Kg6 $17 {-1.01/24 Strongly threatening ...Kg5.} 53. Kf4 b5 ) 53. Rh2 Kg6 {[#] ...Kg5 is the strong threat.} 54. b4 {-1.45/26} (54. Kf4 $11 {0.00/26 was the only way to keep the balance.} Rg2 55. Rxh3) 54... Kg5 55. a4 {-2.73/25} (55. Kd6 $17 {-1.54/28}) 55... Kg4 56. a5 $2 {-11.61/23} (56. Kd6 { -2.32/26} Re3 57. Kc7) 56... bxa5 $19 57. bxa5 Ra3 $2 {-1.31/24} (57... Re3+ $19 {-7.87/23 has better winning chances.} 58. Kd4 Ra3) 58. Kd6 $17 Rxa5 { 0.00/34} ({Better is} 58... Kg3 $17 {-1.14/24} 59. Rd2 Rxa5) 59. Ke7 $11 Ra7+ { Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 34%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

B21 Sicilian: 2.f4 and Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 g6 4.c3)

I am back again after a couple of days break. I was playing in a Finnish Team Blitz Championships last weekend and managed to get a win against an IM!! That was the best win as of yet in any form of chess that I have ever had.

I had the intention of posting here yesterday but to be honest I was way too tired after the long trip to post here. I should be able to do these posts uninterrupted for a long time since I am not planning to go to a close chess tournament any time soon. This game I found from my collection of analysed games again, so the analysis is a few years old. I did add some things and removed something in the opening analysis but the rest of the game is a bit old analysis. Analysis improved and updated on December 2nd, 2019.

[Event "Corr game 1.6.2008-15.9.2008"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2008.06.01"] [Round "?"] [White "gussie"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "1638"] [BlackElo "1831"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. f4 {B21 Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack} Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c3 { B21 Sicilian: 2.f4 and Morra Gambit} e6 (4... Bg7 5. Be2 d5 6. e5 d4 7. d3 Nh6 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc2 Qa5 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Qc1 Be6 12. c4 Rad8 13. b3 Bc8 14. O-O f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Qe1 Nf7 17. h3 e5 18. fxe5 Nfxe5 19. Qg3 {Shapiro,O (2200) -Krstev,K (2215) Caorle 1984 1-0 (61)}) 5. Bb5 $146 (5. Be2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 b6 8. Nbd2 d5 9. e5 Nf5 10. Bf2 O-O 11. g4 Nfe7 12. g5 Nf5 13. h4 h5 14. Nh2 Ba6 15. b3 d4 16. c4 Ne3 17. Bxe3 dxe3 18. Ne4 Ne7 19. Nf1 Nf5 {Robinson, F-Ingledew,E Brisbane 1924 1-0 (32)}) (5. d3 Nge7 (5... d5 6. e5 h5 7. Be2 Nh6 8. O-O Nf5 9. Na3 Bd7 10. Nc2 Be7 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 a6 13. a4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. h3 Kf8 16. Bf2 Kg7 17. g4 hxg4 18. hxg4 d4 19. Kg2 dxc3 20. bxc3 { Macko,T (2110)-Puchart,V (1985) Slovakia 1993 1/2-1/2 (42)}) 6. Be3 d6 7. Na3 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. Nc2 Bd7 10. O-O Qb6 11. Rb1 d5 12. e5 Nf5 13. Bf2 Bh6 14. b4 Qd8 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. b5 Na5 17. b6 a6 18. Ncd4 Ne3 19. Qe1 Nxf1 {Breytenbach,A (367)-Govender,T (1005) Bloemfontein 2016 0-1 (38)}) 5... Qb6 {0.59/18} (5... d5 $11 {-0.22/21}) 6. Bxc6 {-0.05/21} (6. Qe2 $14 {0.59/18}) 6... Qxc6 $11 7. e5 {-0.70/20} (7. Qe2 $11 {0.25/21}) 7... Qe4+ {0.28/22} (7... Nh6 $15 { -0.70/20}) 8. Qe2 {-0.39/23} ({Better is} 8. Kf2 $11 {0.28/22}) 8... Qxf4 $2 { 2.04/23 [#]} (8... d5 $15 {-0.39/23 keeps the upper hand.}) 9. d4 $4 {-8.42/21} (9. O-O $18 {2.04/23}) 9... Qg4 $4 {2.00/19} (9... Qxc1+ $19 {-8.42/21 and life is good for Black.} 10. Qd1 Qxb2) 10. O-O cxd4 {2.00/21} (10... f5 $16 { 1.26/24}) 11. cxd4 Qh5 $2 {3.60/20} (11... f5 {1.85/24} 12. Nc3 Ne7) 12. Nc3 $18 f5 $2 {5.74/19} (12... Be7 {3.23/24} 13. Nb5 Rb8) 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 $2 {-1.13/20} (14. Nb5 $18 {3.48/21}) 14... Qxe2 $17 15. Nxe2 Bg7 $1 16. Bg5 { -1.67/20} (16. Nc3 $17 {-1.19/23 is a better defense.}) 16... O-O {-1.20/24} ( 16... Ne4 $19 {-1.67/20} 17. Bh4 d6) 17. Rac1 Nd5 {-0.49/25} ({Black should play} 17... d6 $17 {-1.57/20} 18. Nc4 Ne4 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8) 18. Rxf8+ $15 Bxf8 { -0.41/27} (18... Kxf8 $17 {-0.82/21} 19. Nf4 Nb4) 19. Rf1 {-1.11/22} ({White should try} 19. Nf4 $15 {-0.41/27}) 19... d6 {-0.49/26} (19... b6 $17 {-1.11/22 } 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. bxc3 d6) 20. Nf7 {-1.00/22} (20. Ng4 $15 {-0.49/26}) 20... Bd7 21. Bh6 {-2.01/22} (21. Rf2 $15 {-0.66/25}) 21... Be7 {[#] Hoping for ... Bb5.} 22. Bd2 {-2.01/23} (22. Bg5 $17 {-1.24/25}) 22... Rf8 23. Nh6+ Kg7 24. Rxf8 Kxf8 ({But not} 24... Bxf8 25. Ng4) 25. Ng3 $2 {-3.65/22} (25. h3 { -2.03/23 might work better.}) 25... e5 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. h3 Bc5+ 28. Kh2 Be3 29. Bxe3 Nxe3 $19 {Endgame KBN-KNN} 30. Ne4 Kg7 31. Nc5 Bc8 ({Weaker is} 31... Kxh6 32. Nxd7 Kg5 33. Nxe5 $11) 32. Ng4 Nxg4+ 33. hxg4 {KB-KN} b6 ({Don't do} 33... Bxg4 34. Nxb7 Be6 35. b3 $17) 34. Ne4 {-4.45/22} (34. Nd3 $142 {-3.01/26} e4 35. Nf2) 34... Bxg4 35. Kg3 Bf5 36. Nd6 Kf6 37. Kh4 Ke7 38. Nxf5+ $2 { -11.82/21} (38. Nb5 {-3.94/23}) 38... gxf5 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 28%. } 0-1

B12 Caro-Kann: Advance Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.Qxd3 e6 6.f4 Qa5+)

This is the last post I will make before I need to be ready to leave to a chess tournament. I will be able to post again earliest on Monday, latest on Tuesday. Have a great weekend everyone who came to read this today and to everyone who it will apply to in the future. This is quite a short game but mostly it is played in a good level at least on my opinion for a 5 minute game at least. Analysis updated on December 22nd, 2019.

[Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2013.06.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Slovo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1492"] [BlackElo "1410"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] {[%evp 11,41,-8,20,0,0,0,2,13,14,5,47,0,17,21,29,25,58,45,117,77,303,116,470, 465,481,358,467,473,1005,999,1168,1153]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation} Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. Qxd3 e6 6. f4 Qa5+ { B12 Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} (6... c5 {looks sharper.} 7. Be3 c4 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Nge7) 7. Bd2 (7. c3 {is interesting.} Qa6 8. Qxa6 Nxa6 9. Be3 Nc7 10. Nd2) 7... Qa6 8. Qxa6 Nxa6 9. Nf3 {The position is equal.} (9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O g6 11. Be3 Nh6 12. c3 Rc8 13. h3 Nf5 14. Bf2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. Rd1 Ke7 18. Kf2 Rhg8 19. Bxc5+ Nxc5 20. Nd2 g5 21. fxg5 Nd3+ 22. Ke3 Nxe5 23. Kf4 Nd3+ {Alanic,X (2106)-Piankov,E (2375) Guingamp 2000 0-1 (44)}) 9... Ne7 10. Nc3 Nf5 $146 {0.47/23} (10... Rc8 $11 {0.05/26}) (10... c5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. O-O Bxc5+ 13. Kh1 Nc7 14. a3 a6 15. Rae1 O-O 16. g4 g6 17. h4 Rac8 18. Re2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Nd1 Ne8 21. c3 Bb6 22. f5 exf5 23. Bh6 Ng7 24. gxf5 Rc4 25. f6 {Puksza,A (1988)-Bernacki,G (1914) Bialystok 2011 1-0 (68)}) ( 10... h5 11. O-O-O Nf5 12. h3 h4 13. Ne2 Be7 14. Rdg1 O-O-O 15. a3 Kb8 16. Kb1 c5 17. c3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc7 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Rc2 Nb5 21. Rhc1 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 a6 23. Rc1 Bd8 24. Rd1 Bb6 25. Bc1 {Jaberansari, D (1570)-Szymanski,M (1911) Bournemouth 2016 0-1 (41)}) 11. O-O-O {0.00/28} (11. g4 $14 {0.47/23 should be considered.} Ne7 12. O-O-O) 11... Bb4 12. g4 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Ne3 {[%tqu "En","", "","","d1g1","",10]} 14. Rdg1 $1 O-O-O {1.17/25} (14... h5 $14 {0.45/26}) 15. b3 {[#] Strongly threatening Kd2.} c5 $2 {3.03/24} (15... h5 $16 {0.77/28}) 16. dxc5 $2 {1.16/25} (16. Bd2 $18 {3.03/24}) 16... Nxc5 $2 {4.70/24 [%mdl 8192]} ( 16... h5 $16 {1.16/25}) 17. Bd4 $18 Nxc2 18. Kxc2 Ne4 19. Bxa7 {White is clearly winning.} Nf2 {10.05/26} (19... b5 $142 {4.73/27} 20. Bb6 Rd7) 20. Bxf2 Rd7 21. Kb2 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 6%.} 1-0