A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.e4 d6 7.O-O Nge7 8.d3 O-O 9.Be3)

I tried to play some blitz today against a friend of mine and the games were quite horrible, I play either play too fast or too slow. Well from the six games we played, we both won three of them so pretty even match up in the statistical way of looking at things. I guess the games should be more interesting this way, I mean if either side would have dominated over the other one, it might not have been all that interesting to either of the participants. As usual this has nothing to do with the game I am showing you now. The game below I assume has ended around four months ago, I never remember if it takes the date when the game has finished to be in the pgn-file or the day when the game was created. The day when it has finished seems a bit more logical though and probably is the correct date put in there.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.05.25"] [Round "?"] [White "schahawa-hans"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "1827"] [BlackElo "1820"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. c4 (1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O {1-0 (55) Horton,J (2305)-Lesiege,A (2375) Canada 1992}) 1... c5 2. Nc3 (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 {0-1 (38) Lanchava,T (2314)-Badelka,O (2353) Heraklion 2017}) 2... g6 (2... Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 (56) Sygulski,P (2167) -Strybuk,A (1956) Bialystok 2017}) 3. g3 (3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 {1/2-1/2 (36) Lugger,S (1523)-Kreutzmann,D (1966) St Veit 2018}) 3... Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 { A37 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. Two Knights Line} e6 (5... d6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 {1/2-1/2 (56) Sygulski,P (2167)-Strybuk,A (1956) Bialystok 2017} ) 6. e4 d6 (6... Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 {0-1 (38) Lanchava,T (2314)-Badelka,O (2353) Heraklion 2017}) 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 {A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7} Nd4 10. Qd2 (10. Rb1 a6 {0-1 (38) Lanchava,T (2314) -Badelka,O (2353) Heraklion 2017}) 10... a6 (10... f5 11. Bh6 f4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. gxf4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 e5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Bd5 Nh4 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. f4 Bh3 20. Rf2 Ng6 21. fxe5 Qh4 22. Ne4 Nxe5 23. Rg1 Bg4 24. Rg3 Bf3+ 25. Kg1 {Horton,J (2305)-Lesiege,A (2375) Canada 1992 1-0 (55)}) (10... Nec6 11. Bh6 a6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 e5 15. f4 Bg4 16. f5 Bxe2 17. f6+ Kh8 18. Qxe2 Rg8 19. Bh3 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Qd2 Na5 22. Qh6 Qf8 23. Qxf8 Rgxf8 24. b4 axb3 25. Rfb1 {Lugger,S (1523)-Kreutzmann,D (1966) St Veit 2018 1/2-1/2 (36)}) 11. Rab1 Rb8 $146 (11... b5 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. Nh4 b4 14. Nd1 f5 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Ne3 Nec6 18. Nf1 Ne5 19. Bf4 fxe4 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. dxe4 Qd8 22. Qd1 Qf6 23. Ne3 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 g5 25. Ng4 Qc2 26. Qxc2 {Lanchava,T (2314)-Badelka,O (2353) Heraklion 2017 0-1 (38)}) (11... Bd7 12. Ne2 Nec6 13. Nfxd4 cxd4 14. Bh6 b5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 e5 17. f5 f6 18. h4 bxc4 19. dxc4 Qb6 20. Nc1 a5 21. g4 Qb4 22. Qc2 h6 23. Nd3 Qb6 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Nb4 26. Qd2 {Sygulski,P (2167)-Strybuk,A (1956) Bialystok 2017 1/2-1/2 (56)}) 12. b4 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Qa5 15. Rfb1 Nc6 16. R4b3 (16. Bb6 $5 Qe5 17. R4b3 $14) 16... Ne5 {0.74/22} (16... Nd4 $11 {-0.14/18} 17. Bxd4 Bxd4) 17. Be2 Qc7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Bb6 Qe7 20. Bf3 {0.00/22} (20. d4 $16 {0.89/18}) 20... Nd4 $11 21. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kg2 Bxc3 {0.43/24} (22... Qc7 $11 {0.00/22}) 23. Qxc3 $14 e5 24. Qd2 (24. f5 $5) 24... Be6 {0.75/22} (24... exf4 $11 {0.24/20} 25. gxf4 (25. Qxf4 Bd7 $11) 25... Bd7) 25. Rb6 f6 {1.25/18} (25... Bd7 $14 {0.57/18}) 26. Qb4 $16 Qd7 {1.79/22} (26... Bd7 $16 {1.25/20 is a better defense.}) 27. Qxd6 $18 Bh3+ 28. Kf2 Qa4 29. Qd5+ ({Worse is} 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 Qc2+ 31. Be2 Bg4 $11) 29... Kh8 30. c5 {1.06/21} ({Of course not} 30. fxe5 $6 Rbd8 $14) ({ Don't do} 30. Rxb7 $6 Qc2+ 31. Be2 Bg4 $14) (30. Qc5 $142 {1.57/18} Rbc8 31. Qe3) 30... Qc2+ $16 31. Be2 $1 exf4 32. gxf4 {0.02/17} (32. Qc4 $16 {1.00/24} Qxc4 33. dxc4) 32... Rbd8 $2 {1.54/22 [#]} (32... Qd2 $11 {0.02/17}) 33. Qc4 $1 Qd2 34. Qc1 $36 {White is on the roll.} Qxa2 {2.60/17} (34... Rxd3 $16 {1.33/20 } 35. Rxb7 Qxc1 36. Rxc1 Rd2) 35. R1b2 Qa3 {2.32/20} (35... Qa4 $142 {1.65/20} 36. Rxb7 Bc8) 36. Rxb7 Rc8 $2 {9.34/15} (36... Bd7 {1.75/15} 37. c6 Bc8) 37. Rc2 $2 {2.21/18} (37. Rxh7+ $1 {9.34/15} Kxh7 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. Qxa3) 37... Qa4 $18 38. c6 {[#] Black must now prevent f5!} Rb8 $2 {3.96/14} (38... Be6 $16 { 1.52/10} 39. Ke3 Rce8) 39. Rxb8 Rxb8 40. Rc4 Qa2 {Threatens to win with ...Rb2. } 41. Rc2 $2 {0.00/17} (41. f5 $1 $18 {3.79/16}) 41... Qa5 $2 {3.75/18 Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 19%. . Loss on time!?} (41... Qa4 $1 $11 { 0.00/17 and Black is okay.} 42. c7 Rc8) 0-1