D38 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4.Nf3 Bb4) (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bg5 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 b6)

After starting this blogging and seeing how many different opening variations I have played, it seems to me a bit unbelievable as when I play it seems it is the same stuff over and over again. I have never looked at opening theory all that closely before I started this blog again. If I recall correctly, only one opening I looked at and even bought a book about it, it was I believe Tony Kosten's book called The Dynamic English: The aggressive player's guide to a traditional chess opening. I actually had to look that up, did not even remember exactly what it was called. The last chess book I opened was Dvoretsky's Endgame manual, even though I kind of like the idea of learning endgames, I closed that book almost immediately after opening it. I do not know why but I never seem to have enough interest to go through a chess book. One of the reasons I am so bad at the game, I guess. As I have gotten older, I have tried to optimize my time on this planet and do things I really like to do before I die. Going through a chess book and hoping that it increases my playing strength enough to make me feel that it was time well spent, is quite risky to me. I should go through some of my chess books at some point before I get too old... Since what I am doing now does not seem to help me all that much to improve my game.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.04.30"] [Round "?"] [White "EdgeWannaBe"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "1674"] [BlackElo "1860"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 {E30 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Leningrad Variation} d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 {0.97/18 D38 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defence (4.Nf3 Bb4)} (6... h6 $11 {0.19/22} 7. Bxf6 Qxf6) 7. a3 { -0.13/22} (7. Rc1 $16 {0.97/18}) 7... Bxc3+ $11 8. bxc3 Ba6 {0.50/20} (8... h6 $11 {0.02/22} 9. Bxf6 Qxf6) 9. cxd5 {-0.42/21} (9. Qa4 $14 {0.50/20}) 9... Bxf1 $1 $15 10. Rxf1 {-0.42/22} (10. Kxf1 $11 {0.14/22} exd5 11. Ne5) 10... exd5 11. Ne5 $146 {-0.68/20} (11. Qb3 $11 {0.00/24}) (11. Qc2 h6 {1/2-1/2 (11) Dos Santos,O (1816)-Reichert,T (1966) Fraiburgo 2016}) 11... Qd6 {-0.14/22} (11... h6 $15 {-0.68/20} 12. Bxf6 Qxf6) 12. Qa4 {-1.20/20} (12. Bxf6 $11 {-0.14/22 keeps the balance.} Qxf6 13. Qf3) 12... Ne4 $17 13. Bf4 Qe6 {0.24/21} ({And not } 13... Nxc3 14. Qb3 $16) (13... g5 $17 {-0.82/18} 14. Bg3 f6) 14. Qb3 $2 { -2.56/20 [#]} (14. f3 $11 {0.24/21 and White stays safe.} Nd6 15. Kf2) 14... Nc6 $2 {-0.57/23} (14... g5 $19 {-2.56/20} 15. Bg3 (15. f3 $2 Nc5 $19) 15... f6 ) 15. f3 {-1.38/20} (15. Nxc6 $1 $15 {-0.57/23} Qxc6 16. f3) 15... Nf6 $2 { 0.22/22} (15... Nc5 $1 $17 {-1.38/20} 16. Qd1 (16. dxc5 Nxe5) 16... Nxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. dxc5 fxe5 19. cxb6 axb6) 16. a4 $2 {-1.37/22} ({White should play} 16. Nxc6 $1 $11 {0.22/22} Qxc6 17. Kf2) 16... Na5 {-0.55/23} ({Black should try } 16... Nh5 $1 $17 {-1.37/22 Threatens to win with ...Na5.} 17. Kf2 Nxf4 18. exf4 Na5) 17. Qc2 $15 Nh5 18. Bg3 $2 {-3.40/25} (18. Kf2 $15 {-0.60/21}) 18... Nxg3 $19 19. hxg3 f6 20. Rh1 {[#]} fxe5 21. Qxh7+ Kf7 {...Rh8! is the strong threat.} 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Qg5+ Qf6 24. Qxe5+ Qxe5 25. dxe5 Nc4 26. Ke2 Nxe5 27. Rh5 Ke6 28. Rg5 Rf7 29. Rd1 c6 30. f4 Nd7 31. Rh1 Nc5 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. Re5+ Kd6 33. Rd1 Nxa4 34. Rd3 Nc5 35. Rd4 Re7 36. Rg5 b5 37. Rg6+ Kc7 38. f5 a5 39. Rdg4 a4 40. Rxg7 Rxg7 41. Rxg7+ {Endgame KRN-KR} Kd6 42. f6 Ne6 43. Rh7 a3 44. Rh1 a2 45. Ra1 Nc5 46. g4 Nb3 47. Rd1 a1=Q 48. Rxa1 Nxa1 49. g5 Ke6 {Accuracy: White = 16%, Black = 59%.} 0-1