D02 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3.g3 and 2...Nf6 3.Bf4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 e6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Ne5)

One of the longest games I have played in the Team 45 45 League is the game I show you now. I did promise something different for today and it will be on my next post, which will come some time after this post. If you have any suggestions about the openings which I would cover next or if you want more examples of the ones I have already covered please let it be known in the comments and I do what I can to make it happen.

[Event "ICC 45 45"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2011.11.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Legal"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2004"] [BlackElo "1840"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "169"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] {[%evp 9,169,0,12,8,12,0,8,0,0,0,0,-13,-8,-13,0,0,38,-5,18,10,30,0,0,-27,0,0, -8,0,-8,-17,-18,-39,99,104,110,88,746,720,662,513,991,914,914,900,894,876, 29971,6917,29995,29993,29998,29990,29990,-383,-368,-1067,-225,-212,-180,-196, -177,-173,-202,-200,-195,-189,-170,-182,-150,-198,-175,-204,-203,-203,-122, -121,-79,-137,-53,-70,0,-112,0,-92,-14,-40,-8,-8,-1,-8,0,0,0,-124,0,-8,872,795, 1202,983,1067,1235,1041,1201,1007,954,767,0,0,0,1442,0,0,0,541,481,1090,779, 29967,29968,29969,29971,29971,29972,29972,29973,29973,29974,29979,29980,29982, 29983,29984,29985,29985,29982,29984,29982,29982,29983,29983,29982,29974,29975, 29973,29976,29975,29977,29977,29978,29981,29982,29982,29983,29983,29984,29984, 29983,29982,29984,29987,29988]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 {D02 Queen's Pawn Game: London System} e6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 {D02 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3.g3 and 2...Nf6 3.Bf4} c6 {[%mdl 32]} 6. Nd2 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nxd7 {The position is equal.} Bxd7 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. f4 (10. c4 e5 11. dxe5 Qxe5 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 Qh5 14. Nf3 Rae8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qa4 Bg4 17. Be2 Re6 18. h3 Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qxh3 20. Ng5 Rg6 {0-1 (20) Quirico,P (2092)-Damia,A (2266) Robecchetto 2007}) 10... c5 11. O-O $146 (11. c3 Qb6 (11... Rc8 12. O-O O-O 13. Nf3 cxd4 14. exd4 Qb6 15. Qe2 a6 16. Ne5 Bb5 17. Bxb5 axb5 18. Nd3 Ne4 19. a3 Qd8 20. Ne5 f6 21. Nd3 Qb6 22. Kh1 f5 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. Rad1 Rf6 25. Rd3 Rh6 26. g4 {Grabitz,G (1994)-Herrmann,A (1575) Bad Segeberg 2002 1-0 (44)}) 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. O-O Bb5 15. Qb3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 Qc6 19. Rf2 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. Ne4 Rxf2 22. Nxf2 Rc8 23. Re1 Kf8 24. Kf1 Rc2 25. Re2 Rc1+ {Marino Bravo,M-Palacio Perez,P Asturias 2003 1/2-1/2}) 11... O-O 12. c3 Rfe8 13. Rf3 {-0.05/27} (13. g4 $14 {0.38/22}) 13... Bc6 14. Rh3 cxd4 { [%tqu "En","","","","d3h7","",10]} 15. cxd4 {-0.27/23} ({Better is} 15. Bxh7+ $1 {0.30/27 [%mdl 512]} Nxh7 16. Qh5) 15... Qb4 $11 16. Nf3 h6 17. Ne5 { [%tqu "En","","","","c6b5","",10]} Bb5 $1 18. a3 Qa5 19. Bc2 Rac8 20. g4 { [#] g5 is the strong threat.} Kf8 {0.99/27} (20... Qc7 $15 {-0.39/28 stays ahead.} 21. Bb3 Qe7) 21. g5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black is under strong pressure.} hxg5 22. fxg5 Ne4 $2 {7.46/25 [%mdl 8192]} (22... Nd7 $16 {0.88/26}) 23. Bxe4 $18 dxe4 24. Qh5 {[#]} Qc7 {9.91/26} (24... Ke7 $142 {5.13/27} 25. Qxf7+ Kd8 26. Qxb7 Rc7 27. Qa8+ Ke7 28. Qxe4 Ba6 29. Nc6+ Rxc6) 25. Qh8+ Ke7 26. Qxg7 Rg8 27. Qf6+ Kf8 28. Rh7 Be8 29. g6 Qd8 30. g7+ Rxg7+ 31. Rxg7 $4 {-3.83/33 [%mdl 8192]} (31. Qxg7+ {#10/34 mates} Ke7 32. Rf1 Kd6 33. Nxf7+ Kd5 34. Nxd8 Kc4 35. Qxb7 Bd7 36. Rxd7) 31... Qxf6 $19 {[%tqu "En", "","","","g7f7","",10]} 32. Rg3 $2 {-10.67/27} (32. Rxf7+ $1 {-3.68/30 [%mdl 512]} Qxf7 (32... Bxf7 33. Nd7+) 33. Nxf7 Kxf7 34. Rf1+ Ke7 35. Rf4) 32... Rc2 $2 {-2.25/30} (32... Qh4 { -10.67/27} 33. Rf1 Ke7) 33. Rf1 Qh6 34. Ng6+ Kg8 35. Nf4+ Kh7 36. Rh3 {[%tqu "En","","","","h6h3","",10]} Qxh3 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 37. Nxh3 Rxb2 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRN} 38. Ng5+ Kg6 39. Nxe4 {-1.98/27} (39. h4 $17 {-1.50/29 was called for.}) 39... Bc6 40. Rf6+ Kg7 41. Rf4 f5 42. Nc5 Kf6 {-0.79/29} (42... Rg2+ $142 {-1.21/26} 43. Kf1 Rxh2 44. Nxe6+ Kf6) 43. Rf2 {-1.37/27} (43. Rh4 $142 {-0.79/29}) {[%tqu "En","","","","b2b5","",10]} 43... Rb1+ {-0.70/27} ( 43... Rb5 $1 $17 {-1.37/27} 44. h4 b6) 44. Rf1 $15 Rb2 {-1.12/28} (44... Rb5 $15 {-0.70/27}) {[%tqu "En","","","","f1f2", "",10]} 45. Rf2 $1 $17 Rb1+ (45... Rb5 {is interesting.} 46. h4 b6 47. Nd3 Rb3 48. Ne5 Be4) 46. Rf1 {[%tqu "En", "","","","b1b5","",10]} Rxf1+ {-0.40/32} ({Black should play} 46... Rb5 $1 $17 {-0.92/27} 47. e4 b6 48. e5+ Ke7) 47. Kxf1 {KB-KN} Bd5 48. Kf2 Kg6 49. Kg3 Kg5 50. h4+ Kh5 51. Nd7 {-1.24/36} (51. Nd3 $11 {0.00/38 keeps the balance.} b5 52. Nf4+ Kh6 53. Kf2 (53. Nxd5 exd5 54. Kf4 a5 $19)) {[%tqu "En","","","","b7b5", "",10]} 51... Kg6 {0.00/39} (51... b5 $1 $17 {-1.24/36} 52. Nc5 a5) 52. Kf4 Bb3 $2 {8.72/35 [%mdl 8192]} (52... b5 $11 {-0.08/37}) 53. Nc5 $18 Bd5 54. Ke5 Kf7 55. h5 b6 56. Nd3 a5 57. Nf4 Bc4 58. Kd6 $2 {0.00/39} (58. h6 $18 {7.67/32 Threatens to win with Nxe6!} Ba6 59. Nxe6) 58... b5 $11 {Hoping for ...b4.} 59. Kc5 {Black must now prevent a4!} Bf1 $2 {14.42/29 [%mdl 8192]} (59... a4 $11 { 0.00/32}) 60. Ng6 $2 {0.00/36} ({Only move:} 60. h6 $18 {14.42/29} b4 61. axb4 axb4 62. Kxb4) 60... Be2 61. Ne5+ Kf6 $2 {5.41/33 [%mdl 8192]} (61... Kg7 $11 { 0.00/36 and Black stays safe.}) 62. h6 $18 b4 {10.90/33} (62... Bf1 $142 { 4.81/34} 63. Nd7+ Kg6) 63. axb4 axb4 64. Kxb4 {White mates.} Bh5 65. Kc5 Bd1 66. Kd6 Bb3 67. Nd7+ Kg6 68. Nc5 Bc2 69. Kxe6 Kxh6 70. d5 Kg5 71. d6 f4 72. e4 Bd1 73. Kf7 Bh5+ 74. Ke7 f3 75. e5 Bg6 76. Ne6+ Kg4 77. d7 f2 78. d8=Q f1=Q 79. Qd4+ Kg3 80. Qe3+ Qf3 {[%tqu "En","","","","e3g1","",10]} 81. Qg1+ $1 Kh4 82. Qg5+ Kh3 83. Qh6+ Kg2 84. Qxg6+ Kf2 85. Qf6 {Accuracy: White = 58%, Black = 26%.} 1-0