B01 Scandinavian Defence (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.dxe6 Bxe6 5.Nf3 Qe7)

Another example in the Scandinavian and this opening variation was requested by one of the readers of the blog, so here it goes and hopefully he enjoys my loss. This was previously posted in my first post on this blog but going through my old posts and updating some things to make the posts more unified in a way, I happened to see that this is not the way I do things anymore so I needed to take this game from there and repost it. I also renamed my first post to make it more accurate.

[Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2014.04.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Averagebum"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1417"] [BlackElo "1448"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] {[%evp 11,114,39,58,-75,-8,-377,-160,-312,-20,-59,-46,-86,-75,-96,186,163,384, 117,124,59,187,61,148,148,158,135,207,27,233,233,261,254,665,210,240,-358,-316, -322,-302,-296,-293,-571,-569,-559,-563,-561,-529,-542,-446,-483,-488,-533, -522,-652,-646,-663,-617,-663,-663,-679,-682,-748,-746,-844,-819,-29978,-29979, -29980,-29981,-29986,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29987,-29988,-29988, -29989,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994, -29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29998,-29998, -29998,-29998,-29998,-29998,-29998]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 {B01 Scandinavian Defense: Icelandic-Palme Gambit} 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. Nf3 Qe7 {B01 Scandinavian Defence} 6. Qe2 Nc6 {LiveBook: 25 Games} 7. a3 {-0.75/24} (7. d4 $14 {0.58/28 keeps the upper hand.}) 7... O-O-O {-0.08/29} (7... Na5 $17 { -0.75/24} 8. Nc3 Nb3) {[%tqu "En","","","", "d2d3","",10]} 8. g3 $2 {-3.77/25 [%mdl 8192] [#]} (8. d3 $1 $11 {-0.08/29 and White stays safe.} g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bf4 Ng4 11. h3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qf6 13. Qd2 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg5 Qf5 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. d4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Kd1 Re8 20. Rc1 Bb3+ {0-1 (20) Dehmel,J-Holzhaeuer,M (2372) Dresden 2004}) (8. Qe3 Ng4 9. Qe4 Na5 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qc2 Bf5+ 12. Be2 Bxc2 13. Nc3 Nb3 14. Ra2 Nxc1 15. O-O Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Qxe2 17. b4 Qxc4 18. Rc1 Qxa2 19. d4 Bd6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxd1 { Lixa,A (1262)-Gordo,B (1707) Lisboa 2017 0-1}) 8... Qc5 $146 {-1.60/29} (8... Qe8 $19 {-3.77/25} 9. h3 Na5) (8... Qd7 9. Bg2 Re8 10. O-O Bh3 11. Qd1 Bd6 12. Ng5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ne5 14. d3 h5 15. h3 h4 16. g4 Nexg4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. f3 Ne3+ 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. Nh3 Bg3 21. Nc3 Rxd3 22. Qa4 Rd2+ 23. Rf2 {Edvardsson,H (1300) -Opstrup,N (1196) Copenhagen 2002 1/2-1/2 (59)}) 9. d3 $2 {-3.12/25} (9. d4 $17 {-1.60/29} Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3) 9... Bd6 $2 {-0.20/29} (9... Qa5+ $19 {-3.12/25} 10. Bd2 {[%tqu "En","","","","f8b4","", 10]} Bb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} ) 10. Be3 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 {[%tqu "En","","","","h8e8","", 10]} Rhe8 $1 12. Bg2 Bf5 $2 {1.86/26 [%mdl 8192] [#]} (12... Bg4 $17 {-0.96/26} 13. Qd2 (13. O-O Nd4 $15 ) 13... Bc5) 13. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening b4. White has strong initiative.} Bxg3 $2 {3.84/25} (13... Bg4 {1.63/26}) 14. hxg3 $2 { 1.17/26} ({Less strong is} 14. fxg3 Bxd3 15. Qf2 Bxf1 $16) (14. b4 $18 { 3.84/25 and White stays clearly on top.} Bxd3 15. bxa5 Bxe2 16. Bh3+ (16. hxg3 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 Nxa5 $16) 16... Kb8 17. Nxe2) 14... Bxd3 $16 {[%tqu "En","","", "","e2d1","",10]} 15. Qe1 {0.59/28} (15. Qd1 $1 $16 {1.24/22}) 15... Bxf1 { 1.87/22} (15... Ng4 $14 {0.59/28}) 16. Bxf1 {0.61/27} ({Don't take} 16. Kxf1 $6 Ng4 $14) (16. Qxf1 $18 {1.87/22 And now Bg5 would win.} Qh5 17. Nb5) 16... Qh5 {1.48/25} ({Black should play} 16... Ng4 $14 {0.61/27}) 17. Bg2 Ng4 {[%tqu "En","","","","c3d5","",10]} 18. Nd5 $1 Nce5 {2.07/28} (18... Nxe3 $16 { 1.35/28 might work better.} 19. Nxe3 (19. fxe3 Kb8 $11) 19... Kb8) 19. Nxe5 $2 {0.27/24} ({White has to play} 19. Qa5 $18 {2.07/28} Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Nxe3+ 22. Nxe3 Rxe3 23. fxe3) 19... Qh2+ $2 {2.33/26} (19... Rxe5 $11 { 0.27/24 and Black is okay.} 20. Bf3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 h5) 20. Kf1 $18 Rxe5 21. Qc3 Rde8 $2 {6.65/24} (21... Nxe3+ {2.54/26} 22. Nxe3 Qh5) 22. Re1 $2 {2.10/29} ( 22. Bxa7 {6.65/24} Qh6 23. Qa5) 22... c6 23. Nf4 $4 {-3.58/31 [%mdl 8192]} (23. Rd1 $18 {2.40/28} Qh5 24. Rc1 Nxe3+ 25. Nxe3) 23... Nxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qxg3 26. Bh3+ $2 {-5.71/27} (26. Nh5 {-2.93/29 is a better defense.} Qxe3 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Nxg7) 26... Kb8 $19 27. Qd4 {White hopes to continue with Ke2.} Qxe3 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Kf2 Re4 30. Kf3 Rxc4 31. Nd3 Kc7 32. Bf5 g6 33. Bh3 Kd6 34. Bf1 Rc2 35. Ke3 h5 36. Bh3 f5 37. Nf4 Rxb2 38. Nxg6 Rb3+ {Black mates.} 39. Kf4 Rxh3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} 40. Kg5 Rxa3 41. Kxf5 b5 42. Nf4 Rf3 43. Ke4 {[%tqu "En", "","","","f3f4","",10]} Rxf4+ $1 44. Kxf4 {KP-KP} b4 45. Kg5 a5 46. Kxh5 a4 47. Kg4 a3 48. Kf5 a2 49. Kf6 a1=Q+ 50. Kf5 Qc3 51. Kf4 b3 52. Ke4 b2 53. Kf4 b1=Q 54. Kg5 Qbc2 55. Kg4 Q2d2 56. Kh5 Qce3 57. Kh4 Qdf2+ {Accuracy: White = 13%, Black = 29%.} 0-1