E00 Catalan Bogo-Indian (3.g3 Bb4+) (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 d5 4.e3)

I wonder if anyone truly enjoys chess if there is no real improvement in sight. I mean I have not really improved all that much in years or at all but whenever I get my highest rating in any given site, I feel maybe wrongly that there might be hope for me yet. I did manage to get to 2141 at the Queen Alice Internet Chess Club but then I had to lose like an idiot and drop my rating over 20 points. I did won the next game the same day even but it did not bring me all that closer to that peak as I only got couple of points for the win. I play too hastily even though there are long time controls and I should use at least some of it, well bigger amount of my time as I have done so far... This game I actually lost on time. The year 2009 was a time for timeouts for me, luckily I do not suffer those anymore in correspondence chess.

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Move	N	Result	Elo

1.e4	1,166,623	54%	2421
1.d4	947,298	55%	2434
1.Nf3	281,602	56%	2441
1.c4	182,102	56%	2442
1.g3	19,702	56%	2427
1.b3	14,265	54%	2427
1.f4	5,897	48%	2377
1.Nc3	3,801	51%	2384
1.b4	1,756	48%	2380
1.a3	1,206	54%	2404
1.e3	1,068	48%	2408
1.d3	954	50%	2378
1.g4	664	46%	2360
1.h4	446	53%	2374
1.c3	433	51%	2426
1.h3	280	56%	2418
1.a4	110	60%	2466
1.f3	92	46%	2436
1.Nh3	89	66%	2508
1.Na3	42	62%	2482

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1.d4 1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 Nf6 0-1 (23) Dos Reis,A (1952)-Limp,E (2377) Rio de Janeiro 2016 1...Nf6 2.c4 e6 E00 Indian Game: East Indian Defense 3.a3 d5 4.e3 E00 Catalan Bogo-Indian (3.g3 Bb4+) b6 5.b4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Nf3 Be7 7.b3 0-0 8.Bb2 Bb7 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Bd3 Ne4 11.0-0 f5 12.Ne5 Nxe5 13.dxe5 c5 14.f4 Qe8 15.Nxe4 fxe4 16.Be2 Rd8 17.Qc2 d4 18.exd4 cxd4 19.Bc4+ Kh8 Dos Reis,A (1952)-Limp,E (2377) Rio de Janeiro 2016 0-1 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Nc3 Bb7 7.Be2 Bd6 8.0-0 0-0 9.b3 c5 10.Nb5 Bb8 11.Bb2 a6 12.Nc3 cxd4 13.Qxd4 Nc5 14.Rad1 Nxb3 15.Qh4 Qc7 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Bd3 Ne4 18.Nxd5 Bxd5 19.Bxe4 Bxe4 Vrona,M (1930)-Turkalj,Z (1870) Harkany 2018 1-0 (38) 5...dxc4 5...c5 6.Bxc4= Bb7N 6...c5 7.Nf3 cxb4 8.axb4 Bxb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nbxd2 0-0 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.0-0 Nc6 13.Nb3 Qe7 14.Bc2 Nb4 15.Re1 Rfc8 16.Re2 Ne4 17.Bxe4 Bxe4 18.Ne1 Rc7 19.f3 Bd5 20.Nd3 Rc3 21.Nbc1 Riedel,W (1400)-Arndt,H (1765) Forchtenberg 2003 0-1 (36) 7.Nf3 Be7 8.Bb2 White is slightly better. 0-0 8...Nbd7= is superior. 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.Bd3 White should play 10.0-0 10...c5 11.Nc4?

11.bxc5!= and White is okay. Nxc5 12.Bc4 11...cxb4-+ 12.0-0 12.a4 12...bxa3 12...b5-+ has better winning chances. 13.Nce5 bxa3 14.Bxa3 b4 13.Bxa3 Bxa3 14.Rxa3 Qe7

And now ...b5 would win. 15.Qa4 15.Ra1! 15...a6 White must now prevent ...b5. 16.Qb3 Bd5 16...b5-+ Threatens to win with ...Bd5. 17.Nce5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Rfc8 17.Qb2 b5 17...Bxf3-+ 18.gxf3 Nd5 18.Ncd2 Rfc8 18...Bb7-+ 19.Rc1 Rfc8 20.Rxc8+ Rxc8 19.Rc1 19.Rfa1 is a better defense. 19...Qd8 19...Bb7-+ 20.Rac3 Rxc3 21.Qxc3 Rc8 20.e4 20.Re1 was worth a try. 20...Bb7 21.Ng5 21.Rxc8 was called for. Rxc8 22.Rc3 21...h6-+ 22.Ngf3 Qb6 23.Rac3 Accuracy: White = 14%, Black = 38%. . Loss on time!? 1–0

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

AccStanfc

1501

Vierjoki,T

1831

1–0

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