B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence (1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3)

I still seem to have some luck in me as I managed to find a suitable game for the daily update. It was basically the last game I had analysed today. Tomorrow I may be too busy to update this blog but I try my best. If nothing else, I can update the puzzles section a bit tomorrow.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.07.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "jevgeni"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "1690"] [BlackElo "1477"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. Nf3 (1. e4 b6 {1/2-1/2 (75) Hauck,M (1087)-Homfeldt,M (1306) Nuremberg 2016} 2. Nc3 Bb7 {1-0 (27) Madl,I (2379)-Botsari,A (2321) Dobrna 1985}) 1... b6 { A04 Zukertort Opening: Queenside Fianchetto Variation} 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 { B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} a6 (3... g6 4. d3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 d6 7. Qe2 c5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Ne1 a6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd1 Rc8 12. Ne3 b5 13. a4 Qb6 14. axb5 axb5 15. c4 b4 16. Nf3 O-O 17. f5 Ra8 18. Rxa8 {Madl,I (2379)-Botsari,A (2321) Dobrna 1985 1-0}) 4. d4 e6 $146 (4... d6 5. d5 h6 6. Be3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O Qd7 9. Qd2 e5 10. a4 f5 11. Qe2 f4 12. Bd2 Bf6 13. Ne1 Bc8 14. f3 Bh4 15. Bc4 g5 16. Nd3 g4 17. fxg4 Qxg4 18. Qxg4 Bxg4 19. Be1 { Hauck,M (1087)-Homfeldt,M (1306) Nuremberg 2016 1/2-1/2 (75)}) 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qd2 f6 {0.72/22} (6... Bxg5 $11 {0.12/20} 7. Nxg5 Ne7) 7. Bf4 $16 Bb4 8. Bd3 { White is better.} d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. O-O g5 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Nd2 e5 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. g3 c5 {1.13/19} ({Black should try} 15... exd4 $14 {0.43/21} 16. Bxd4 (16. Qxd4 Qe7 $14) 16... Qe7) 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Ba2 {And now Qb3 would win.} h5 {1.70/18} (17... Qe7 $16 {1.13/20 was called for.}) 18. Qc4 { 0.64/18} (18. Qb3 $18 {1.70/18} Rh7 19. Rad1 (19. Qg8+ Ndf8 $16)) 18... Qe7 $14 19. b4 {Black must now prevent bxc5.} b5 20. Qe6 {0.01/18} (20. Qe2 $14 { 0.49/16 feels stronger.}) 20... Qxe6 {0.77/12} (20... c4 $11 {0.01/18} 21. Qxe7+ Nxe7) 21. Bxe6 $16 Ngf8 22. Bxd7+ {0.11/21} (22. Bf5 $16 {1.02/22}) 22... Nxd7 $11 23. bxc5 ({Reject} 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. bxc5 O-O-O $17) 23... Rc8 24. f3 {-0.35/17} (24. a4 $11 {0.07/22 should be considered.}) 24... Nxc5 $15 25. Rac1 Na4 26. c4 O-O 27. c5 {-1.23/20} (27. cxb5 $11 {-0.23/23} axb5 28. Nb3) 27... Rf7 {-0.33/21} (27... Rfd8 $17 {-1.23/20 Hoping for ...Rd3.} 28. Nb1 Nb2) 28. Nb3 Nb2 29. Na5 Bc6 30. Rc2 Na4 31. Rd1 Rfc7 32. Rd6 Kf7 33. Kf1 $36 {White is pushing.} Bd7 34. Ke1 {With the idea c6.} Ke7 35. Rcd2 {-0.55/21} (35. Rxa6 $11 {-0.07/24} Nxc5 36. Bxc5+ Rxc5 37. Rxc5 Rxc5 38. Kd2) 35... Rd8 $2 {5.34/16 [#] } (35... Be8 $1 $15 {-0.55/21 keeps the upper hand.}) 36. c6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} h4 37. cxd7 Rcxd7 38. Nc6+ {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 39%.} 1-0