C50 Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3)

Back to posting normally I hope... The game that I typed about yesterday still refuses to be analysed though. That being said it is mind-boggling why that one position can mess things up so badly on the program. I contacted ChessBase about my problem and exchanged some messages. I sent them the problem game to be checked on their end. What will most likely happen that they notice no problems there and might think me nuts but seriously ChessBase support has been really helpful with the problems I have had. The first one features a game I lost at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club over three years ago. Then my rating was nearly hundred points lower than it is now. I might start adding more exercise positions also today but tomorrow I will do that for sure.

This second game shows a game that is quite far from perfect but I played ok until my brain stopped working at move 27...Qg4?? This was the first Queen give away this year, I can only hope it is the last one. This was played in a team match called Slow players - open challenge. The two teams that are involved in this match are Dacii and Himgouree's club. I play board 3 in this match for Himgouree's club. There are two games left to finish in this match that is played on ten boards but the winner of the match is already decided and it is Dacii as they lead the match 12 - 6 at the moment.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2011.08.01"] [Round "?"] [White "liontiger"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1629"] [BlackElo "1904"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 {C50 Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo C50 Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo} a6 5. Ng5 (5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bxc5 dxc5 8. h3 Qd6 9. O-O Bd7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. Ng5 Be8 12. Nxf7 Bxf7 13. Bxf7 Rdf8 14. Ba2 h5 15. Nd5 g5 16. c3 g4 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Qxg4+ Kb8 {Del Valle Millan,D (2015)-Navarrete Espi,S (2169) Almansa 2011 0-1 (44)}) (5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 h6 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Nf1 O-O 9. Qe2 d5 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Ng3 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. O-O b5 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Kh2 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bc4 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Rxd3 Rd8 19. Nf5 Rxd3 {Valduc,O (1785)-Conti,C (1588) Buenos Aires 2017 1-0}) 5... Nh6 6. Qh5 $146 {-0.11/20} (6. c3 $16 {1.02/16} Ba7 7. O-O O-O 8. Kh1 d6 9. b4 Ng4 10. Qe2 Qf6 11. f3 Nh6 12. g4 Ne7 13. Nxh7 Kxh7 14. g5 Qg6 15. gxh6 Bh3 16. hxg7 Bxf1 17. gxf8=N+ Rxf8 18. Qxf1 Rg8 19. Qh3+ Kg7 20. Qg3 Kf8 21. Qxg6 {Dimanoudis,P (1132)-Theotokis,M (1066) Porto Rio 2016 1-0 (41)}) (6. Qf3 O-O 7. Qg3 d6 8. Nf3 Be6 9. Bxh6 Qf6 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. Nh4 Qh5 12. Bf6 g6 13. O-O Qe2 14. Nc3 Qxc2 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 Qxb2 17. Nd5 Nd4 18. Ne7# {1-0 (18) Palmer,M (1046)-Burk,E (1074) Wörrstadt 1999}) 6... Qf6 {0.46/22} (6... O-O $1 $11 {-0.11/20}) 7. Nc3 $2 {-6.68/18 [#]} (7. Nf3 $14 {0.46/22}) 7... Qxf2+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 8. Kd1 d5 9. Nxd5 Bg4+ 10. Qxg4 Nxg4 11. Nxc7+ 0-1 [Event "Slow players - open challenge - Board 3"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.20"] [Round "?"] [White "THEmorphy"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1818"] [BlackElo "1881"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 {C50 Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo C50 Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo} a6 5. Nc3 (5. Ng5 Nh6 6. c3 Ba7 7. O-O O-O 8. Kh1 d6 9. b4 Ng4 10. Qe2 Qf6 11. f3 Nh6 12. g4 Ne7 13. Nxh7 Kxh7 14. g5 Qg6 15. gxh6 Bh3 16. hxg7 Bxf1 17. gxf8=N+ Rxf8 18. Qxf1 Rg8 19. Qh3+ Kg7 {Dimanoudis,P (1132)-Theotokis,M (1066) Porto Rio 2016 1-0 (41)}) 5... d6 { 0.78/17} (5... h6 $11 {-0.01/21}) 6. a3 $146 {-0.12/21} (6. Ng5 $16 {0.78/17} Nh6 7. h3) (6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bxc5 dxc5 8. h3 Qd6 9. O-O Bd7 10. a3 O-O-O 11. Ng5 Be8 12. Nxf7 Bxf7 13. Bxf7 Rdf8 14. Ba2 h5 15. Nd5 g5 16. c3 g4 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Qxg4+ Kb8 20. f3 Rh4 {Del Valle Millan,D (2015)-Navarrete Espi,S (2169) Almansa 2011 0-1 (44)}) (6. h3 g5 7. Nxg5 h6 8. Nxf7 Qf6 9. Qf3 Qg7 10. Nxh8 Nf6 11. Nf7 Bg4 12. hxg4 {1-0 (12) Van den Bosch,D-Springelkamp,G Hengelo 2003}) 6... Be6 {0.54/19} (6... h6 $11 {-0.12/21}) 7. Bxe6 {-0.08/19} ( 7. Nd5 $14 {0.54/19}) 7... fxe6 $11 8. Na4 {-0.25/21} (8. O-O $14 {0.59/17}) 8... Ba7 {0.28/19} (8... Bd4 $142 {-0.25/21}) 9. Ng5 {-0.71/18} (9. O-O $11 { 0.28/19}) 9... Qe7 {-0.07/21} (9... Qf6 $17 {-0.71/18} 10. O-O Qg6) 10. Nf3 { -0.71/19} (10. O-O $11 {-0.07/21}) 10... Nf6 (10... O-O-O {feels hotter.} 11. O-O Nf6 12. b4 Rhf8 13. Be3 Nd4) 11. Bg5 {-1.30/19} (11. O-O $15 {-0.42/21}) 11... O-O {-0.17/21} ({Black should try} 11... O-O-O $17 {-1.30/19}) 12. O-O { -0.82/19} (12. Nc3 $11 {-0.17/21}) 12... Qd7 {0.00/22} (12... d5 $17 {-0.82/19} ) 13. Be3 {-0.53/19} (13. Nc3 $11 {0.00/22}) 13... Nd4 {-0.05/24} (13... Bxe3 $15 {-0.53/19 was preferrable.} 14. fxe3 d5) 14. Nc3 Qf7 {0.36/22} ({Better is } 14... Nxf3+ $15 {-0.62/19} 15. Qxf3 Nd5) 15. Na2 {-0.78/18} (15. Bxd4 $14 { 0.36/22 keeps the upper hand.} Bxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Ne2) 15... Nh5 {-0.29/21} ({Black should play} 15... Nxf3+ $17 {-0.78/18} 16. Qxf3 Bd4) 16. Bxd4 exd4 $2 {1.51/20 [#]} (16... Bxd4 $11 {-0.29/21} 17. Nxd4 exd4) 17. c3 $2 {-1.06/21} ( 17. Ng5 $16 {1.51/20 is necessary to keep the advantage.} Qg6 18. Nxe6 $1) 17... dxc3 $17 18. Nxc3 Nf4 19. Nh4 {-2.11/21} (19. Kh1 $17 {-1.12/23}) 19... g6 {-1.16/23} (19... Qf6 $19 {-2.11/21} 20. Nf3 Nh3+ $1 21. gxh3 Qxf3 22. Qxf3 Rxf3) 20. Ne2 {-2.16/20} (20. Kh1 $17 {-1.16/23}) 20... e5 $2 {-0.41/22 [#]} ( 20... g5 $19 {-2.16/20} 21. Nxf4 Qxf4) 21. Nxf4 $15 Qxf4 ({But not} 21... exf4 $6 22. Nf3 $11) 22. g3 {-0.83/18} (22. Nf3 $11 {-0.19/19 remains equal.}) 22... Qg5 {-0.36/22} ({And not} 22... Bxf2+ 23. Kg2 $16) (22... Qf7 $17 {-0.83/18}) 23. Ng2 $2 {-2.73/20} (23. Qb3+ $15 {-0.36/22} Kh8 24. Kh1) 23... Rf7 {-1.15/24 } (23... Rxf2 $1 $19 {-2.73/20 is more deadly.} 24. Rxf2 Rf8) 24. b4 {-1.89/20} (24. Qb3 $17 {-1.15/24}) 24... Raf8 25. Ra2 Kg7 26. h4 $2 {-9.48/20} (26. Nh4 $17 {-1.41/23}) 26... Qxg3 $19 27. d4 Qg4 $4 {11.86/21} (27... Bxd4 $19 { -9.41/24} 28. Qxd4 exd4 29. fxg3 Rxf1+ 30. Kh2 R8f2 31. Rxf2 Rxf2) 28. Qxg4 { Accuracy: White = 12%, Black = 23%.} 1-0