D02 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3.g3 and 2...Nf6 3.Bf4 (1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c4)

I am still avoiding losing on time despite the fact that it is increasingly hard to find moves that I would like and be happy about playing. The fact that I have been sick for the last couple of days and therefore also more tired than usual does not help either. I don't have games analysed for my next posts which means that the blog might uploaded only later on Monday than usual or not at all. Latter option is more unlikely though and I do try my best to keep up with normal daily updates.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.06.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Logln"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1808"] [BlackElo "1643"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. Nf3 (1. d4 Nf6 {1-0 (49) Juranko,J (2075)-Milder,L (2041) Slovakia 2009} ( 1... d5 2. Nf3 {1-0 (55) Shafigullina,Z (2007)-Kaydanovich,M (1811) Moscow 2017 } (2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 {1-0 (28) Doan T Thao, N-Tran Khanh Huong,G Ho Chi Minh City 2005}) 2... Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 {1-0 (47) Cortijo Manso,L (1534)-Cabedo Marquez,R (1751) Madrid 2012})) 1... Nf6 2. d4 d5 (2... g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Nc6 {0-1 (46) Mortensen,H (2075) -Laubsch,B (2311) Copenhagen 2001}) 3. g3 {D02 Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation. Pseudo-Catalan} g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c4 {D02 1. d4 d5 2.Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3.g3 and 2...Nf6 3.Bf4} e6 {0.74/18} ( 7... Be6 $11 {0.01/21 remains equal.}) 8. b3 {0.11/22} (8. Qc2 $16 {0.74/18}) ( 8. Rb1 Ne4 9. e3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 b6 11. b4 Bb7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rc1 Ne7 14. c5 b5 15. Nb3 c6 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. g4 Rad8 18. f4 f6 19. h4 Bc8 20. Bh3 e5 21. Kg2 e4 22. Bc3 f5 {Shafigullina,Z (2007)-Kaydanovich,M (1811) Moscow 2017 1-0 (55)}) 8... a5 $146 {0.80/18} (8... b6 $1 $11 {0.11/22} 9. Bb2) (8... Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd6 ( 9... a5 10. a3 f5 11. e3 Bd7 12. Qc2 Be8 13. Rab1 g5 14. Rfd1 Bg6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 c6 18. g4 Qe7 19. c5 Rf3 20. Bxf3 exf3 21. Qc3 Bf8 22. Rbc1 Qg7 23. Qe1 Qh6 24. Kh1 {Mortensen,H (2075)-Laubsch,B (2311) Copenhagen 2001 0-1 (46)}) 10. e3 Ne7 11. Qc2 c6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Rfb1 Rc8 14. c5 Ne8 15. b4 f6 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Qb2 a6 18. Bf1 Ra8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 cxb5 22. Bxb5 Nc6 23. Qb2 {Juranko,J (2075)-Milder,L (2041) Slovakia 2009 1-0 (49)}) (8... Re8 9. Bb2 a5 10. a4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 b6 12. Nh4 Bb7 13. Nf3 Nh5 14. Rc1 Nb4 15. e3 Rb8 16. Bc3 Na2 17. Rc2 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Ba6 19. Re1 Rb7 20. Nfe5 Rb8 21. Nc6 Qg5 22. Nxb8 Rxb8 23. Nd2 {Doan T Thao,N-Tran Khanh Huong,G Ho Chi Minh City 2005 1-0}) 9. Bb2 {0.12/20} (9. Ba3 $16 {0.80/18}) 9... Ne7 {1.02/19} ( 9... b6 $11 {0.12/20} 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Ndf3 Nd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 bxc5 18. Qd2 d4 19. e3 e5 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Nxe5 Bxg2 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Kxg2 Qc6+ {Cortijo Manso,L (1534)-Cabedo Marquez,R (1751) Madrid 2012 1-0 (47)}) 10. Re1 {0.44/20} (10. Rc1 $16 {1.02/19}) 10... b6 {0.96/18} (10... Ne4 $14 {0.44/20}) 11. e4 { -0.21/24} (11. Qc2 $16 {0.96/18}) 11... dxe4 $11 12. Nxe4 {-0.27/23} (12. Ne5 $142 {0.21/23}) 12... Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bb7 14. Re2 Nf5 15. Ne5 {-0.87/20} (15. Rc1 $11 {0.00/22}) 15... Bxg2 $17 16. Kxg2 b5 $2 {0.80/21} (16... Qd6 $1 $17 { -0.73/22}) 17. d5 $36 {White has some pressure.} Re8 {1.78/20} (17... bxc4 $11 {0.29/21 and Black is okay.} 18. dxe6 fxe6) 18. Nc6 $18 Qd6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd2 $2 {-0.38/23} (20. cxb5 $18 {1.91/19 Threatens to win with dxe6.} exd5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. a4) 20... e5 {0.62/20} (20... bxc4 $15 {-0.38/23} 21. bxc4 h5) 21. Rc1 {0.13/23} (21. cxb5 $14 {0.62/20} e4 22. Qc2) 21... b4 {1.08/20} (21... bxc4 $11 {0.13/23} 22. bxc4 Qf6) 22. Qg4 {0.00/23} ({White should try} 22. Qe1 $16 {1.08/20}) 22... a4 {1.47/19} (22... e4 $11 {0.00/23 keeps the balance.}) 23. c5 $16 Qd7 {[#] And now ...Ne3+! would win.} 24. Qxb4 axb3 {2.00/21} (24... e4 $16 {1.52/22 keeps fighting.}) 25. Qxb3 $18 ({Much less strong is} 25. axb3 $6 e4 $16) 25... h5 26. h4 {0.94/23} (26. h3 $18 {2.29/18 and White stays clearly on top.}) 26... e4 {2.01/19} (26... Ra6 $16 {0.94/23 might work better. }) 27. Re1 $2 {0.00/23} ({Better is} 27. Nd4 $18 {2.01/19}) 27... Ra6 $2 { 1.84/22} (27... Ra4 $1 $11 {0.00/23 and Black has nothing to worry.}) 28. a4 $4 {-5.08/20} (28. Nd4 $1 $18 {1.84/22 was the only winning move.}) 28... Rxc6 $1 $19 29. Qc3+ Rf6 30. a5 e3 $1 31. fxe3 Nxh4+ $1 32. gxh4 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Re4 34. Rg2 Qf3 $2 {-3.05/26} (34... Qh3+ {-15.17/23} 35. Rh2 Qf3+ 36. Rg2 Rxh4+ 37. Kg1 Qh3 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6) 35. Kg1 Rxh4 {[#] ...Qh3 is the strong threat.} 36. Qb2 $2 {-15.17/22} (36. Qe5 {-2.82/26}) 36... Qh3 37. Qxf6+ Kxf6 38. e4 Qh1+ 39. Kf2 Rf4+ {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 22%.} 0-1