D11 Slav Defence: 3.Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 (1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Nbd7)

With this post I am for now at least going through my games from Queen Alice Internet Chess Club, where my current rating is also my peak rating there 2153!! That is of course also my highest rating anywhere ever. As I have played 59 games there, the rating should be quite around where it should be compared to other players playing there. Maybe I am wrong in saying this but as I am quite far away from similar ratings at Chess.com, Red Hot Pawn or any other correspondence chess site, the player base might not be as good at Queen Alice as it is on other sites, so that the ratings there might actually have some air in them. Then again I mainly play tournaments at QA and tournaments where other people participating in the tournament are also near my rating, so when I lose, my rating won't drop as much as it might in tournaments or random games where there can be players much lower rated than I am and huge rating drop is much more likely. Currently the puzzle section of the blog has only one mate in one exercise as I have mostly concentrated on updating mate in three and mate in four sections. Mate in two moves has now eight positions there, mate in threes has 16, mate in fours has 14, mate in five has only two and mate in six has only one puzzle but I try to update them every now and then. If time allows, I will put more puzzles in those every day though this weekend seems a bit busy one again.

[Event "AUTO-OPEN-2232"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2011.01.17"] [Round "1"] [White "boparame"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "2334"] [BlackElo "2016"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. Nf3 (1. d4 Nf6 (1... d5) 2. Nf3 {1-0 (48) Fikus,W-Horvath,J Bad Kuehlungsborn 1964}) 1... d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 (3. e3 Nbd7 4. c4 {1-0 (62) Hahn, M (2078)-Krueger,D (1696) Stuttgart 2010}) 3... c6 4. e3 {D11 Slav Defense: Quiet Variation} Nbd7 {D11 Slav Defence: 3.Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4.e3 Bg4} 5. Be2 (5. Nc3 g6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd2 Bg7 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. Bb5 O-O 10. Na4 Qe6 11. Rc1 a6 12. Bxd7 Nxd7 13. O-O b5 14. Nc5 Qf5 15. Ba5 Nxc5 16. Rxc5 Be6 17. h3 Rfc8 18. Bc7 Bf6 19. Rfc1 g5 {Kraidman,Y (2322)-Hocevar,N (2169) Saint Vincent 2001 1-0 (37)}) 5... Qc7 $146 {1.16/18} (5... e6 $11 {-0.02/21} 6. b3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2 Re8 9. Nc3 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Rfd1 Qc7 12. Rac1 c5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Rac8 15. Bf5 g6 16. Bh3 Rcd8 17. Qe2 Qb8 18. Ba3 Bf8 19. g3 Bg7 20. Bg2 cxd4 {Hahn,M (2078)-Krueger,D (1696) Stuttgart 2010 1-0 (62)}) (5... Ne4 6. Nbd2 Ndf6 7. Ne5 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Ndf3 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Rd1 O-O 17. b3 Rac8 18. Bb2 Na4 19. Qd2 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 {Fikus,W-Horvath,J Bad Kuehlungsborn 1964 1-0 (48)}) 6. Nc3 {0.12/22} (6. cxd5 $16 {1.16/18} Nxd5 7. O-O) 6... e6 $11 7. O-O { 0.02/21} (7. Bd2 $14 {0.52/19}) 7... Bd6 {0.98/17} (7... Be7 $11 {0.02/21}) 8. b3 {0.06/20} (8. Bd2 $16 {0.98/17}) 8... O-O {0.58/18} (8... e5 $11 {0.06/20}) 9. c5 Be7 10. Rb1 {-0.62/18} (10. b4 $11 {0.27/25}) 10... e5 11. b4 b5 {0.81/19 } (11... b6 $15 {-0.47/22 keeps the upper hand.}) 12. a4 $36 {White has some pressure.} a6 $1 13. dxe5 {0.34/19} ({White should try} 13. Ra1 $16 {0.86/20}) 13... Nxe5 $14 14. Nd4 {-0.14/19} (14. Nxe5 $14 {0.34/19} Qxe5 15. Bb2) 14... Nc4 15. a5 {-0.49/21} ({White should play} 15. h3 $11 {0.17/21}) 15... Be6 { 0.76/21} (15... Re8 $15 {-0.49/21}) 16. f4 $2 {-1.06/21 [#]} (16. Nxe6 $16 { 0.76/21} fxe6 17. Bd3) 16... Rae8 $2 {1.37/20} (16... Bd7 $17 {-1.06/21 keeps the pressure on.}) 17. Bxc4 $2 {-0.42/22} (17. Nxe6 $16 {1.37/20} fxe6 18. e4) 17... dxc4 {1.02/19} (17... bxc4 $15 {-0.42/22 stays ahead.} 18. Nxe6 fxe6) 18. Nxe6 {-0.42/22} (18. e4 $16 {1.02/19}) 18... fxe6 $15 19. e4 {-1.16/21} (19. Qf3 $15 {-0.55/22}) 19... Rd8 $17 20. Qc2 {-1.64/20} (20. Qe2 $1 $15 {-0.50/22} ) 20... Rd3 21. Rd1 $2 {-3.27/22} (21. e5 $17 {-1.46/23} Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. g3) 21... Rfd8 {[#] Hoping for ...Rxc3!} 22. Rxd3 Rxd3 23. e5 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 ({Don't do} 24... cxd5 25. Bb2 $17) 25. Bb2 Qd8 26. Bc3 Rd3 27. Rf1 {-2.55/20} (27. Rc1 $142 {-1.65/24}) 27... g6 {-1.12/27} (27... Qd5 $19 {-2.55/20 is more deadly.} 28. Rc1 g5) 28. Rf3 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Bh4 30. Qe2 Qd5 31. Kg2 Kf7 32. Kh3 Be7 33. Kg2 Bf8 34. Kf1 Bh6 35. Qe3 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qc2+ 37. Kg3 Qd1 {-0.62/34} ( 37... Bg7 $17 {-1.12/30}) 38. Qe1 {-1.13/30} (38. Qd4 $15 {-0.62/34} Qxd4 39. Bxd4) 38... Qd3 39. Qd2 Qxd2 {Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 29%.} 1/2-1/2