C54 Giuoco Piano: 4.c3 Nf6, main lines with 5.d4 and 5.d3 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.b4)

In addition to this post, I have updated the following posts with better analysed games C45 Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation, C64 Ruy Lopez: Classical Defense and A80 Dutch Defense: General. As time goes by there will be more updates on the older posts than actual new posts and partly due to that I may only put only one new opening every day as long as there are openings to cover. No need to worry though, there might be some other posts coming soon. Until next time, my fellow chess enthusiasts.

Game number two. This one was played in a team match called Limitless Chess vs Angels Academy For Brilliant Angels. The ongoing match is played on 50 boards and I am playing on board 13. The game below I won on time. The position at the end should be pretty much even. The score at the moment I type this is 55,5 - 28,5 in favor of Limitless Chess and that means that we will win this match as soon as all games have ended.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.05.05"] [Round "?"] [White "szeretet2014"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1748"] [BlackElo "1895"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 {C54 Giuoco Piano: 4.c3 Nf6, main lines with 5.d4 and 5.d3 C53 Italian Game: Bird's Attack} Be7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. d3 (7. O-O Nxe4 8. Bd5 Nf6 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxe5 Be6 11. Qd1 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. d4 Rxa2 14. Rxa2 Bxa2 15. Nd2 Be6 16. Bb2 c5 17. Ndf3 Ng4 18. Nd3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qd6 20. g3 Bc8 21. Re1 Bf6 {Dedic,N (1973)-Schreiner,P (2473) Sarajevo 2018 0-1 (57)}) 7... h6 $146 {0.15/22} (7... a5 $142 {-0.26/21}) (7... d6 8. a4 (8. h3 Qe8 9. Be3 Nd8 10. a4 {1/2-1/2 (10) Schwarhofer,C (2366) -Handler,L (2379) Austria 2016}) (8. O-O Qe8 (8... Bg4 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. Ng5 Nd8 11. a4 h6 12. Ngf3 c6 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Re1 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Qe6 16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Nf5 c5 18. b5 a6 19. h3 Ra8 20. Be3 axb5 21. axb5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 d5 23. Nxe7+ { Kobayashi,E-Furtado,A Santos 2000 0-1 (42)}) 9. Nbd2 Nd8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Be6 12. d5 Bd7 13. Bb2 Ng4 14. h3 Nh6 15. e5 Bb5 16. Rfe1 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qd7 18. Rac1 c6 19. Ne4 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxd5 21. Qc3 Ne6 22. Rcd1 Qb5 {Kiss,R (2265)-Kun, S (2245) Hungary 1995 1-0}) 8... Qe8 9. a5 a6 10. Nbd2 Bd8 11. O-O Be6 12. Re1 b6 13. axb6 cxb6 14. d4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 exd4 16. cxd4 Bc7 17. Bf4 Qb8 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nd4 Nfd7 20. Nf5 Nxc4 21. Qxc4 b5 22. Qc3 {Ker,C-Cooper,D (2150) Dunedin 1992 1-0 (55)}) 8. a4 $11 {The position is equal.} d6 9. Nh4 {-0.55/21} (9. O-O $11 {0.15/21}) 9... d5 {-0.12/17} (9... Nxe4 $1 $15 {-0.55/21} 10. Ng6 (10. dxe4 Bxh4) 10... Nf6 11. Nxf8 d5) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 {[#] Strongly threatening Ng6.} Bxh4 12. g3 Bf6 13. O-O Bh3 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. Bg2 {-0.64/21} ( 15. Nd2 $11 {0.03/21}) 15... Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rad8 17. Be3 a6 18. Na3 Qf5 19. Qc2 {-0.45/21} (19. Qc4 $11 {-0.03/21 was preferrable.}) 19... Rd7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 Ne7 $36 {Black has some pressure.} 22. d4 exd4 {[#] Hoping for ...d3.} 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rfd8 {-0.15/26} (24... Rxd4 $17 {-0.85/21} 25. cxd4 Qd5+ 26. Kg1 Nf5) 25. Rxd7 Qxd7 26. c4 Nf5 {White must now prevent ...Nh4+!} 27. Rc1 $2 {-2.32/18} ({White should try} 27. Qe4 $15 {-0.32/21}) 27... Nd4 $2 {-0.23/22} (27... Nh4+ $1 $19 {-2.32/18} 28. Kg1 (28. gxh4 $2 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Rd4 $19) 28... Qe6) 28. Qe4 Nb3 29. Rc3 Nc5 30. Qe5 Qd6 31. Re3 Ne6 32. Nc2 Qd2 33. Re2 Qd1 34. Qe4 Rd2 {0.40/19} (34... c6 $11 {-0.08/21}) 35. Rxd2 $14 Qxd2 36. Ne3 b6 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qe4+ g6 {0.42/26} (38... Kg8 $1 $11 {0.00/24}) 39. h4 Qd4 {0.95/28 Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 36%. . Loss on time!?} (39... Qe2 $14 {0.40/24}) 0-1 [Event "Limitless Chess vs Angels Academy For B"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.04.24"] [Round "?"] [White "kartikbhatt129"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1699"] [BlackElo "1916"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "22"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 {C54 Giuoco Piano: 4.c3 Nf6, main lines with 5.d4 and 5.d3 C53 Italian Game: Bird's Attack} Bd6 $2 {1.47/18 [#]} ({Black should play} 5... Bb6 $11 {-0.23/22}) 6. d3 {0.17/20} ({Better is } 6. d4 $16 {1.47/18}) 6... h6 {0.91/18} (6... O-O $1 $11 {0.17/20}) 7. h3 { 0.20/20} (7. O-O $16 {0.91/18}) (7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4 Ng6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 c6 11. Bb2 Bc7 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bf1 d6 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Nc4 Qf6 16. g3 Nh4 17. gxh4 Bxh2+ 18. Kg2 Qg6 19. Qe2 Bf4 20. Kh1 Be6 21. Ne3 Qh5 {Westerberg,J (2523) -Malmstig,E (2339) Tylosand 2018 1-0 (56)}) 7... a6 {0.95/19} (7... O-O $11 { 0.20/20}) 8. a4 $146 {0.50/21} (8. O-O $16 {0.95/19} b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nh4 Nh7 12. Nf5 Qf6 13. Qf3 Ne7 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Qg3 Qg6 16. Qe3 Bb7 17. f4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Qf6 19. Qg4 Bc6 20. Rf1 Qg6 21. Qxg6 Nxg6 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Bxg6 {Glapa,A (1521)-Murawa,M (1509) Poland 2011 1-0 (53)}) 8... O-O $14 9. Be3 {0.18/23} (9. O-O $16 {0.96/18}) 9... Ne7 {0.93/19} (9... a5 $11 {0.18/23}) 10. Nbd2 {0.40/21} (10. Qc1 $16 {0.93/19}) 10... c6 {0.98/19} (10... a5 $14 { 0.40/21}) 11. Ba2 {-0.22/19} (11. d4 $1 $16 {0.98/19} exd4 12. Bxd4 (12. Nxd4 Bc7 $15)) 11... Bc7 {Accuracy: White = 0%, Black = 38%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1