D43 Semi-Slav: 5.Bg5 h6 (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.Nc3 b5 7.Qd3 Be7)

Another short game and one that I lost on time albeit the time control was 7 days per move. Maybe it was during a time I rapidly lost interest on chess. I can't remember the exact reason for that time loss as it was years ago but it might be very well the reason. There has been couple of longish breaks I have taken from chess but eventually came back again to try it that one more time... I don't think there will be those long breaks anymore from playing chess but who knows what the future might bring. I have updated some more puzzles in the mate in one, two and three sections.

[Event "AUTO-MASTER-701"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2008.12.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "pjhunt"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2033"] [BlackElo "2384"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] 1. c4 (1. d4 d5 (1... Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (26) Rios,C (2475)-Bergez,L (2316) Barcelona 2017}) 2. c4 c6 (2... e6) 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Qb3 (5. Qd3 dxc4 {1/2-1/2 (16) Kurajica,B (2580)-Korneev,O (2560) Malaga 1998}) 5... dxc4 { 1/2-1/2 (23) Gasanov,E (2443)-Pavlov,M (2327) Alushta 2006}) 1... e6 2. Nf3 d5 {A13 English Opening: Agincourt Defense. King's Knight} 3. d4 dxc4 (3... Nf6 4. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (16) Kurajica,B (2580)-Korneev,O (2560) Malaga 1998}) 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Qd3 Be7 {0.79/18 D43 Semi-Slav: 5.Bg5 h6} (7... Ba6 $11 {-0.22/21 keeps the balance.} 8. Qc2 Qa5) 8. g3 {-0.17/21} (8. a3 $16 { 0.79/18}) 8... b4 {0.35/19} (8... O-O $11 {-0.17/21}) (8... Nbd7 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O a6 (10... O-O 11. Ng5 a6 12. Nce4 h6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 16. Rd1 e5 17. Qf3 exd4 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. e3 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Bxf6 22. exd4 Rad8 23. Be3 Rfe8 24. Bf3 Kg7 25. Rac1 {Rios,C (2475)-Bergez,L (2316) Barcelona 2017 1/2-1/2}) 11. Ng5 Nd5 12. Nge4 O-O 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Ng5 g6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. h4 b4 {1/2-1/2 (16) Kurajica,B (2580)-Korneev,O (2560) Malaga 1998}) (8... Bb7 9. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 (26) Rios,C (2475)-Bergez,L (2316) Barcelona 2017}) 9. Ne4 $146 (9. Na4 O-O 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Qc2 Bb5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. a3 bxa3 14. b3 Nd5 15. Bxa3 Nb4 16. Qd2 Bxa4 17. bxa4 a5 18. Rfc1 Rc8 19. Bb2 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qc3 Bf6 22. Qa3 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 (23) Gasanov,E (2443) -Pavlov,M (2327) Alushta 2006}) 9... O-O {0.87/18} (9... Nxe4 $11 {0.02/22} 10. Qxe4 Bb7) 10. Bg2 {0.00/22} (10. Nxf6+ $1 $16 {0.87/18} Bxf6 11. Qc2) 10... a5 {1.27/20} (10... Ba6 $11 {0.00/22 remains equal.} 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6) 11. O-O { 0.41/24} (11. Nxf6+ $1 $16 {1.27/20} Bxf6 12. Bf4) 11... Ba6 {0.91/22} (11... Nxe4 $14 {0.41/24} 12. Qxe4 Bb7) 12. Qc2 {-0.47/23} (12. Nxf6+ $1 $16 {0.91/22} Bxf6 13. Qc2) 12... Nxe4 $15 13. Qxe4 Qd5 {0.61/23} (13... Nd7 $1 $15 {-0.46/22 }) 14. Qxd5 {-0.40/19} (14. Qf4 $14 {0.61/23}) 14... cxd5 15. Re1 $1 Rc8 { -0.37/25 Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 3%.} ({Better is} 15... Nc6 $17 { -0.99/20}) 0-1