B84 Sicilian Scheveningen: 6.Be2 a6, lines without early Be3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 O-O)

This is the long awaited and many times tried to analyse game that I typed about in my earlier posts. I was able to at long last analyse this game with the Full Analysis function of the Deep Fritz 14 64 bit version. This was made possible by the fact that the program was updated and the bug that was in it was fixed. The position where the program crashed every time was when it reached 35.Qh5. It is a bad move but still the program should not crash because of it... I have updated a few more mate in one puzzles for you today. I know that the rate of puzzle adding has slowed quite a bit but I try to increase whenever I have time. I wish I did not need to sleep so that I could utilize that otherwise wasted 7-8 hours to something more useful :-P

Game number two. I seem to end up in this opening variation always from this unusual move order, every game I looked that ends in this variation every time the player with the black pieces has played the moves 5...a6 and 6...e6 and they are in theory the other way around 5...e6 and 6...a6. Still no publicly shared games where I would have ended victorious in this line, I wonder if I have actually won a game in this opening variation.

Game number three. The game below was played on the second round of the Smaller Tournament that is currently in progress at Chess.com. I advanced from the first round by winning group 4 with a score of 6.5 out of 8. It was only half a point more than Jessemw915 got, who finished second in that group. It seems to be also very difficult to advance from this round because only the winner of the group will advance to the third round. At the moment I have gathered 2 points out of the three games I have finished and that currently puts me in third place. I still have quite good chances to advance since the first two players have also lost one game. My opponent in the game below, rudobrody, leads the group having gathered 4 wins in the 5 games he has finished. _Henry_ (1900) is on second place and he has gathered 3 wins in the 4 games he has finished. I have played so badly lately that I think I will not be able to fight for the win of the group, but time will tell what happens.

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 2...e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be2 Be7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 0-1 (35) Gunnarsson,J (2429)-Astaneh Lopez,A (2346) Bunratty 2008 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 4...a6 5.Nc3 1-0 (22) Balint,R (1990)-Molnar,N (1904) Hungary 2011 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 B84 Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation. Classical Variation 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 0-0 B84 Sicilian Scheveningen: 6.Be2 a6, lines without early Be3 9.g4 9.0-0-0 Nc6 1-0 (63) Novak,V (2077)-Lacina,F (2019) Prague 2006 9...Nc6 9...b5 10.a3 Bb7 11.f3 Nbd7 12.g5 Ne8 13.h4 g6 14.h5 Ng7 15.hxg6 fxg6 16.0-0-0 e5 17.Nb3 Ne6 18.Kb1 Qc7 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Qxd5 Rf7 21.Qxa8+ Kg7 22.Rxh7+ 1-0 (22) Balint, R (1990)-Molnar,N (1904) Hungary 2011 10.0-0-0 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.g5 10.g5 Nd7 11.f4 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.0-0-0 Rc8 15.Rhg1 e5 16.Be3 exf4 17.Bxf4 Nc5 18.Bf3 a5 19.Kb1 b4 20.Nd5 Bxd5 21.Qxd5 bxa3 22.b3 Qb6 23.Bd2 Na4 24.Qxa5 a2+ Gunnarsson,J (2429)-Astaneh Lopez,A (2346) Bunratty 2008 0-1 (35) 10...Nxd4! 11.Qxd4N Black is slightly better. 11.Bxd4 b5 12.g5 Nd7 13.h4 b4 14.Nb1 a5 15.f4 Bb7 16.Bf3 e5 17.Bf2 exf4 18.Qxf4 Ne5 19.Be2 f5 20.exf5 Bxh1 21.Rxh1 Qc8 22.f6 gxf6 23.gxf6 Bxf6 24.Rg1+ Kh8 25.Qe4 Qe6 Novak,V (2077)-Lacina,F (2019) Prague 2006 1-0 (63) 11...b5 Black should try 11...Nxg4 12.Rhg1 e5 12.g5 Nd7 12...Ng4!? 13.Rdg1 13.h4 13...Bb7 14.h4 Rc8 15.h5 e5 16.Qd2! Nc5 17.g6? 17.f3 stays ahead. 17...Nxe4 18.gxh7+ Kxh7 18...Kh8! 19.Nxe4 Bxe4 19.Bd3= f5 19...Rxc3!= 20.Qxc3 20.bxc3 f5= 20...f5 20.Nxe4 20.Bxe4! is the one way to stay ahead. fxe4 21.Rg6 20...fxe4 21.h6 21.Bf1 21...g6-+ 22.Be2 d5

aiming for ...d4. Keeping White busy. 23.Bh5? 23.Bg4 might work better. 23...Rg8 23...gxh5-+ is more deadly. 24.Qd1 Kh8 25.Qxh5 Qe8 24.Bg4 Rc6 Better is 24...d4 25.Bxc8 Qxc8 25.Bd1? 25.Qe1 was worth a try. 25...d4-+ 26.Bg5 26.Kb1 26...e3! 27.Bxe3 27.fxe3 Bxg5 27...dxe3 28.Qxe3 Rxc2+? 28...Rd6-+ 29.f3 Rxd1+! 30.Rxd1 Bg5 31.Rd7+ Qxd7 32.Qxg5 Bxf3 29.Bxc2= Bxh1 30.Qxe5? 30.f3 30...Bf6-+ 31.Qe6 31.Qg3 Qd4 32.Qc3 Qxf2 33.Qc7+ Kh8 34.Rxh1 31...Bg5+ 31...Qd4 32.Qf7+ Kh8 32.Kb1 Bd5 33.Qg4 33.Qxa6 Qf6 34.Qxb5 Qxf2 35.Qd7+ Kxh6 36.Qh3+ Qh4 37.Qd3 33...Bxh6? Weaker is 33...Kxh6 34.Rd1 33...Bf6-+ And now ...Qe7 would win. 34.Rd1 Qd6 34.Bxg6+? 34.Rd1! 34...Kh8 35.Qh5 35.Qd4+ was necessary. Rg7 36.Ka1 35...Be4+! 36.Ka1 36.Bxe4 Rxg1+ 36...Rxg6 37.Rxg6 Bxg6 38.Qxh6+ Bh7 39.a3 Qd1+ 40.Ka2 intending Qf6+. Qb1+ 41.Kb3 Qc2+ 42.Ka2 Qxf2 43.Kb3 a5 ( -> ...Qc2+) 44.Qh5 -

44.Qc1-+ 44...Qe3+ Black mates. 45.Ka2 Qe6+ 46.Ka1 Qe1+ 47.Ka2 a4 Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 34%. 0–1

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

Vierjoki,T	1878	KAISSAH	1706	0–1
Vierjoki,T	2029	bmp	2087	½–½
Vierjoki,T	1875	rudobrody	2070	0–1

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