A21 English Opening: 1...e5 2.Nc3 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 c6 3.Nf3)

I usually start my day by moving in all or in most of my correspondence games. Today when I logged in to Red Hot Pawn and saw if any of my opponents had resigned, I noticed a peculiar thing that I thought was not possible, I had lost game, reason was that I got mated... At the time I of course immediately went to see what game it actually was and then it pained me even more, it was a game where I was up in material and where my opponent had not done anything all that impressive in matter of attacking. So, I had missed his/her first actual big threat and just went on attacking myself. It was not even anything all that difficult mate to see but somehow I just did not see what the queen move my opponent made actually threatened besides my queen. After that I really wanted to hit my head against a wall... Obviously I did not go through with that plan, I value my head too much for that to ever actually happen.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2011.07.31"] [Round "?"] [White "boxer09"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "1599"] [BlackElo "1886"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 {A21 English Opening: King's English Variation. Reversed Sicilian} c6 3. Nf3 {A21 English Opening: 1...e5 2.Nc3} Bd6 4. d4 (4. g3 Bc7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 exd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Qc2 h6 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. e4 Nb6 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Ne5 Bh7 18. f4 Nd5 {Malakhatko,V (2514)-Prathish,A (1819) Chennai 2017 1-0 (81)}) 4... exd4 5. Qxd4 Qf6 6. Qd3 {1.00/21} ({White should try} 6. e4 {1.48/20 aiming for e5.} Qxd4 7. Nxd4) 6... Bb4 $146 {1.66/19} (6... Bc7 $16 {1.00/21}) (6... Ne7 7. Ne4 Bb4+ 8. Nfd2 Qe5 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Bxd2 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ng3 O-O 13. Bc3 Qe6 14. e3 b6 15. Be2 Ba6 16. Qd2 Bc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qd4 f6 19. O-O Nbc6 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Qc2 {Schratzenstaller,A (1803)-Van Houten,H (1650) Schloss Schney 1997 0-1 (33)}) 7. Bd2 {0.98/21} (7. Bg5 $18 {1.66/19} Qg6 8. a3) 7... Ne7 $2 { 3.21/19} (7... Qe7 $16 {0.98/21}) 8. e4 $2 {0.83/19} (8. Ne4 $18 {3.21/19 is more deadly.} Qxb2 9. Rb1 Bxd2+ 10. Nexd2 (10. Nfxd2 Qe5 $14)) 8... O-O { 2.09/17} (8... Na6 $16 {0.83/19}) 9. Qe3 $2 {-0.19/21} ({Better is} 9. a3 $18 { 2.09/17} Bxc3 10. Bxc3) 9... d6 $1 $11 10. Bd3 {-0.67/20} (10. O-O-O $14 { 0.70/19}) 10... Bg4 {0.42/20} (10... Ng6 $15 {-0.67/20}) 11. e5 $14 dxe5 12. Nxe5 Bf5 {1.06/18} (12... Be6 $11 {0.18/20 keeps the balance.}) 13. O-O { -0.34/23} (13. O-O-O $16 {1.06/18}) 13... Bxd3 $2 {1.25/25} (13... Na6 $15 { -0.34/23 stays ahead.}) 14. Nxd3 $16 {[#] Black must now prevent Ne4.} Nf5 15. Qf4 {0.56/23} (15. Qh3 $1 $16 {1.31/19 Hoping for Ne4.} Bd6 16. Ne4) 15... Be7 {1.38/19} (15... Bd6 $1 $14 {0.56/23} 16. Ne4 Qg6 17. Nxd6 Nxd6) 16. Ne4 Qg6 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Bc3 {1.13/23} (18. Rfe1 $18 {1.69/22}) 18... Nd7 {1.85/19} ( 18... c5 $16 {1.13/23 was worth a try.}) 19. Rfe1 $2 {0.24/24} (19. Nxd7 $18 { 1.85/19} Qxd7 20. Rad1) 19... Nxe5 $11 20. Bxe5 Bb4 {0.87/22} (20... Qg6 $14 { 0.32/21}) 21. Nc3 {-0.39/23} (21. Bc3 $16 {0.87/22} Bxc3 22. Nxc3) 21... Qg6 { 0.42/21} (21... Rfe8 $15 {-0.39/23} 22. Kf1 f6) 22. Re4 {-0.46/21} (22. h3 $14 {0.42/21}) 22... Rad8 $15 23. Ne2 Bd2 24. Qf3 Rfe8 25. Rg4 $2 {-2.62/22} (25. Rd1 $11 {0.00/24}) 25... Qe6 $19 26. Re4 $2 {-4.59/21} (26. Ng3 {-2.36/24 is the only way for White.} Qxe5 27. Qxf5) 26... Nd6 $2 {-0.22/23} (26... f6 $19 { -4.59/21} 27. Bxf6 Qxf6 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8) 27. Qg3 $2 {-6.46/22} (27. Nd4 $11 { -0.22/23} Qg6 28. Rg4) 27... Bh6 28. Re3 {-8.79/21} (28. Nd4 $142 {-4.35/25} Nxe4 29. Nxe6 Nxg3 30. Nxd8 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Rxd8 32. Kxe2) 28... Nf5 29. Bc7 Bxe3 30. Qg4 Rd7 31. Kh1 Rxc7 32. fxe3 Nxe3 33. Qxe6 Rxe6 34. Nf4 Rf6 35. g3 Rd7 36. Re1 Rd1 37. Rxd1 Nxd1 38. b4 Rd6 39. c5 Rd2 40. a4 Ne3 {[#]} 41. Kg1 Nd5 42. b5 Nxf4 43. gxf4 {Endgame KR-KP} f5 44. b6 a6 {Black mates.} 45. a5 Kf7 46. h4 Kg6 47. Kf1 Kh5 48. Ke1 Ra2 49. Kf1 Kg4 50. Kg1 Kf3 51. h5 h6 52. Kf1 Ra1# { Accuracy: White = 3%, Black = 20%.} 0-1