A40 Unusual replies to 1.d4 (1.c4 e6 2.d4 c6)

I updated my post on C42 Russian Game: Three Knights Game by adding another game in there, just to let you know if you are interested in seeing more examples of that opening. This marks then I guess something strange, three updates in one day. Don't get used to it, this will not be occurring always. I am, however, trying to keep this two updates per day pace going for now. If there will be no posts at all and it has not been informed in this blog before, I am either dead, in coma or otherwise unable to access the internet... ;-) Until next time, my fellow chess enthusiasts.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2011.08.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "anir4u"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1880"] [BlackElo "1583"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. c4 (1. d4 c6 (1... e6) 2. c4 {1-0 (59) Kurochkina,E (1768)-Strekalovski,V (2057) Apatin 2014}) 1... e6 {A13 English Opening: Agincourt Defense} 2. d4 c6 {A40 Unusual replies to 1.d4} 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 Be7 {1-0 (59) Kurochkina,E (1768) -Strekalovski,V (2057) Apatin 2014}) 3... Be7 (3... d6 4. e4 h6 (4... Be7) 5. Nf3 Na6 6. Be2 Nc7 7. O-O Ne7 8. Re1 Ng6 9. b3 Be7 10. Qc2 b6 11. Bb2 Nf4 12. Bf1 Bb7 13. Rad1 Na6 14. a3 Qc8 15. g3 Nh5 16. Bh3 Qc7 17. e5 O-O-O 18. d5 { Wukits,R-Marinkovic,M (2310) Aschach 1992 1-0 (41)}) (3... Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. e3 Nf6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 h6 11. O-O Re7 12. Bd2 Qe8 13. Be1 Ng4 14. Bd2 f5 15. h3 Ngf6 16. Be1 Ne4 17. Bh4 Rf7 18. a4 { Eremin,I (2028)-Bykova,L Zheleznogorsk 2016 1-0 (45)}) 4. Nf3 d6 5. e4 Nd7 6. Bd3 $146 {0.95/22} (6. Be2 $142 {1.41/19} a6 (6... e5 7. d5 c5 8. O-O Ndf6 9. Ne1 Bd7 10. a3 b6 11. Be3 h6 12. b4 Qc8 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. Nd3 Bd8 15. f4 Bg4 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Bf3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Be7 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Rab1 Qc8 21. Qb7 { Hellenkamp,A-Plietz,B Frankfurt 2002 1-0 (43)}) 7. a4 Qc7 8. Bf4 e5 9. Be3 Ngf6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. d5 Nf8 13. a5 N6d7 14. Na4 c5 15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Ng6 17. Be3 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Qc2 Bf6 20. Ra3 Nd7 21. Nc3 {Kurochkina,E (1768)-Strekalovski,V (2057) Apatin 2014 1-0 (59)}) 6... e5 7. Be3 {0.88/21} ( 7. O-O $142 {1.32/19}) 7... Ngf6 $16 8. O-O {White is better.} O-O 9. h3 c5 { 1.82/23} (9... b6 $16 {0.87/22}) 10. dxe5 {1.10/21} ({Better is} 10. dxc5 $18 { 1.82/23} dxc5 11. Qe2) 10... dxe5 {1.70/20} (10... Nxe5 $16 {1.10/21 keeps fighting.} 11. Nxe5 dxe5) 11. Nd5 {1.00/22} (11. Qc2 $18 {1.70/20}) 11... Bd6 { 1.55/19} (11... Ne8 $142 {1.00/22}) 12. Qd2 {0.94/24} ({White should play} 12. Bc2 {1.55/19}) 12... b6 {2.37/17} (12... Nb8 $16 {0.94/24 is a better defense.} ) 13. Bg5 {0.96/23} (13. Bc2 $1 $18 {2.37/17}) 13... Bb7 {1.64/21} (13... h6 $16 {0.96/23}) 14. Nh4 Bxd5 15. cxd5 {0.50/23} (15. exd5 $16 {1.41/19} g6 16. Rae1) 15... Be7 $2 {2.60/20 [#]} (15... c4 $1 $14 {0.50/23} 16. Bc2 g6) 16. Nf5 $18 h6 {3.69/22} (16... Re8 $142 {2.45/23} 17. Rfd1 a6) 17. Bxh6 $1 Nh5 $2 { 6.98/19} (17... Ne8 {3.37/22} 18. Be3 Nd6 19. Nxd6 Bxd6) (17... gxh6 18. d6) 18. Be2 g6 19. Bxh5 gxf5 20. exf5 Bf6 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Rac1 Qg7 23. Rc4 { [#] Black must now prevent Rg4.} Re8 24. Rg4 Kh8 25. Rxg7 Bxg7 26. Bxf7 { Intending Qg5 and mate.} Rf8 27. Bg6 Nf6 28. Qg5 Kg8 29. Rd1 Ne4 30. Qh4 { White mates.} Nf6 31. g4 e4 32. g5 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 13%.} 1-0