A37 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 (1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O e6 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.d3 O-O 8.Bg5)

I am still able to find new opening variations to post and no end in sight so far. In other news, I have managed to get to 2140 now at Queen Alice, it is nice that at least somewhere my rating steadily increases to something I am quite proud of. That rating is my all time highest active rating anywhere, I wonder how long it stays over 2100. There is air in that rating I am certain of it but as long as I can keep the illusion alive for myself, I might feel like a decent chess player. It is not my only 2100+ rating but it is probably the only one that I feel like I have deserved it. Others include Chess mentor rating at Chess.com and maybe my standard rating at FICS. Couple of years ago I even managed to keep my tactics training rating over 2100 and peaked at 2165, the trainer that is at Chess.com that is. These days I can barely get 1700 there... I guess I am getting old or maybe I am too old to get it back where the rating once was.

[Event "ICC 45 45"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2012.05.17"] [Round "?"] [White "goktrenks"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "1856"] [BlackElo "1784"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] {[%evp 15,133,-14,2,4,18,1,16,12,10,0,6,-30,-28,-37,-6,-152,-12,0,-6,-7,0,-8,0, 0,16,12,28,7,9,6,20,16,68,68,72,72,72,74,99,99,99,99,111,53,52,44,49,49,52,45, 48,37,33,10,7,15,11,4,22,11,27,24,41,41,74,60,70,50,116,109,106,95,136,122,122, 56,56,56,56,20,35,0,73,21,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. c4 c5 {A30 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation} 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Bg5 {A37 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3} b6 {LiveBook: 5 Games} 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. Bh6 d5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 $146 (13. Rac1 e5 14. a3 a5 15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Rc4 h6 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. Rh4 Rh8 20. Rc1 f5 21. Rhc4 Re6 22. e4 Rd6 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Nh4 Qxd3 25. Qe1 Qd2 26. Rg4 Qxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Rf8 {Pavlovic,M (2202)-Izoria,Z (2450) Oropesa del Mar 2000 0-1 (36)}) 13... Qxd5 14. Qc3+ Kg8 15. Ne5 {-1.52/28} (15. e3 $11 {-0.06/28}) {[%tqu "En", "","","","c6d4","",10]} 15... Qxe5 {-0.12/30} (15... Nd4 $1 $17 {-1.52/28 [%mdl 512]} 16. Bxd5 Nxe2+ 17. Kg2 Bxd5+ 18. f3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 f6) 16. Qxe5 $11 Nxe5 17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bg2 Ng4 19. a3 Rbc8 20. Rfc1 a5 21. Rc4 Nf6 22. Rac1 Rcd8 23. b4 axb4 {0.68/29} (23... cxb4 $11 {0.16/35} 24. axb4 b5) 24. axb4 $14 Nd7 25. bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Rcb4 Nd7 {[%tqu "En","","","","g2c6","", 10]} 28. Bc6 $1 Ne5 29. Be4 {0.53/31} ({White should play} 29. Ba4 $16 {1.11/26}) { [%tqu "En","","","","e5d7","",10]} 29... Nd7 $1 30. Rb5 Rfc8 31. d4 Rc4 32. e3 Kf8 33. Bd3 (33. Ra1 {is interesting.} Rbc8 34. Rbb1 R4c7 35. Kg2 h5 36. h3) 33... Rc3 34. R5b3 (34. Rd1 {looks sharper.} h5 35. Rb2 Ra8 36. Bb5 Nf6 37. Be2 ) 34... Rxb3 35. Rxb3 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} Ke7 36. Kf1 Kd6 37. Ke2 Nf6 38. Kd2 Ng4 {[%tqu "En","","","", "f2f3","",10]} 39. f3 $1 Nf6 40. e4 { [%mdl 32] [#] e5+ is the strong threat.} Ne8 41. Ra3 Rb7 {1.16/26} (41... Rd8 $14 {0.50/31}) 42. e5+ $16 Ke7 43. Be4 Rd7 {1.36/33} ({Better is} 43... Rc7 { 0.95/32}) {[%tqu "En","","","","d2d3","",10]} 44. Kd3 $1 f6 {Black wants to play ...fxe5.} 45. Bc6 {0.56/32} (45. f4 $16 {1.22/27}) 45... Rc7 $14 46. Bxe8 Kxe8 {KR-KR} 47. Rb3 Rc6 48. Ra3 Rc7 {[%tqu "En", "","","","a3a8","",10]} 49. Ra6 {0.21/33} (49. Ra8+ $1 $16 {0.73/29} Kf7 50. Rh8) 49... Rb7 $11 {The position is equal.} 50. exf6 Kf7 51. Ke4 Kxf6 52. d5 exd5+ 53. Kxd5 Rd7+ 54. Kc4 Rd2 55. Rxb6+ Kg7 56. h4 Rg2 57. g4 Rh2 58. Rb7+ Kg8 59. Kd4 Rxh4 60. Ke5 { Black must now prevent Kf6. [%tqu "En","","", "","h4h3","",10]} Rh3 $1 61. f4 Rc3 62. Kf6 {[#] White threatens Rb8+ and mate.} Rc6+ 63. Kg5 Rc4 64. Rb8+ Kg7 65. f5 h6+ 66. Kh4 gxf5 67. Rb7+ {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2