A34 Symmetrical English: 2.Nc3, lines with ...d5 (1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.Bg2 c5 5.Nc3 Nb6)

I will go through all the 45 minute 45 sec/per move games which are from different openings that I have previously shown here. I might say I am improving as a chess player as I have reached my highest ever ratings at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club 2123, Red Hot Pawn 1770, ICC 5-minute pool 1673 and ICC Blitz rating 1625 all this week. That being said however, I have lost my eight last games at Chess.com Online Chess. It is also interesting to point out why the rating at Queen Alice is so much better than on other sites. To this I can only say that my opponents there have been good to me and I have managed to win most of my games. I have also played mainly tournaments there which for some reason or the other also favors me compared to just random games against different opponents of different levels. I have also started to play sometimes at ICC in the five minute tournaments and in the first one I ever joined I think I came third. After that however, I have been only getting maybe 0,5-1,5 out of 5 there which is quite bad. Still in the last tournament I played there, I got my highest Blitz rating by winning the first round game.

[Event "ICC 45 45"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2012.06.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Dracoac"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "1765"] [BlackElo "1810"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] {[%evp 16,88,37,33,27,27,87,-17,0,-19,-16,-42,-32,-44,-37,-36,-34,-31,-21,-22, -16,-15,-18,-28,-48,-62,0,-23,-33,-19,-22,-32,-19,-66,-63,-66,-55,-79,-63,-294, -308,-306,-97,-297,-297,-396,-356,-493,-458,-610,-582,-895,-997,-856,-1036, -797,-652,-597,-758,-737,-710,-1279,-1008,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29982, -29983,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29984,-29984]} 1. c4 Nf6 {A15 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense} 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nc3 Nb6 { A34 Symmetrical English: 2.Nc3, lines with ...d5} 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 {LiveBook: 4 Games} Be6 10. Rc1 (10. b3 O-O 11. Qc1 f6 12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Qa5 Nd5 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Qxa7 Rc2 19. a3 Nc3 20. Nxc3 dxc3 21. b4 Rb2 22. Qe3 c2 23. Rc1 Rb1 24. Ne1 Qc7 { Giese,T (2047)-Buhr,P (1797) Nickenich 2018 1-0 (61)}) 10... f6 {0.87/24} ( 10... Nd7 $11 {0.27/25 remains equal.} 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Nce4 Nb4 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. Ng5 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 h6 17. Bd2 O-O 18. a3 b5 19. Ne3 Qd6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Be3 Rc6 23. Qd2 Rfc8 24. b4 a6 25. Rfd1 Kh7 {Das,S (2456)-Gahan,M (2252) Pune 2014 1/2-1/2 (36)}) 11. b3 $146 {-0.17/30} (11. Ne4 $16 {0.87/24} Nd7 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 Qb6 15. Qc1 Bxa2 16. Qc3 Be6 17. d4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qxd4 O-O 20. Rfc1 Rfd8 21. Qe3 Rd6 22. h4 Rad8 23. Bf3 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25. Kg2 Rd6 26. Qc3 {Bayer,W (2081)-Illner,E (2006) Emmendingen 2012 1/2-1/2 (51)}) (11. a3 Qd7 12. Ne4 Nd4 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 O-O 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qd2 Na4 17. Rcc1 Rad8 18. Qb4 b6 19. Ne1 Nc5 20. Nf3 Rfe8 21. Rc2 Bf7 22. Rfc1 Qd6 23. Nd2 Rxe2 24. Ne4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Nxe4 { Paprocki,A (1895)-Olszowski,A (1798) Wroclaw 2013 1/2-1/2 (64)}) 11... Nd4 12. Ne4 Rc8 13. Nc3 Qd7 14. Nd2 Bh3 15. Nc4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd5 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Nxd5 Qxd5+ 19. Kg1 {[#] Strongly threatening Nd6+!} O-O 20. Qd2 f5 {0.00/32} ({ Black should try} 20... b5 $15 {-0.62/23} 21. e4 Qe6) 21. Qa5 Qxa5 22. Nxa5 Rc3 23. Nc4 Rc8 {[#] And now ... Rxc1 would win.} 24. Rxc3 {-0.66/29} (24. a4 $11 { -0.19/29}) 24... dxc3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 25. Rc1 {[%tqu "En","", "","","b7b5","", 10]} b5 $1 26. Ne3 Bg5 {[%tqu "En","","","","b3b4","",10]} 27. Rc2 $2 {-2.94/27} ({White must play} 27. b4 $1 $15 {-0.63/30}) {[%tqu "En","", "", "","g5e3","",10]} 27... Bxe3 $1 $19 28. fxe3 {KR-KR} e4 $2 {-0.97/34} ( 28... b4 $19 {-3.06/28 has better winning chances.} 29. Kf2 e4) 29. Kf2 $2 { -2.97/30} (29. a3 $17 {-0.97/34 was called for.}) 29... b4 30. d4 Kf7 31. Kg2 a5 32. Kf2 Ra8 33. Ke1 a4 34. bxa4 Rxa4 35. Kf2 {[%tqu "En","", "","","a4a2", "",10]} Rxa2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 36. Rxa2 {KR-KP} b3 37. Ra7+ Kg6 38. h4 b2 39. g4 fxg4 {Black mates.} 40. Ra6+ Kh5 41. Kg3 b1=Q 42. Ra5+ Kg6 43. Kxg4 Qg1+ 44. Kf4 c2 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 59%.} 0-1