C64 Spanish Game: Classical Variation. Charousek Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Bb6)

This was originally the second game in this post, but after I went through the games in the post with Fritz 16's Classify Opening feature, the first game no longer fit this post. This is also one of the rare times when that feature did not offer a longer named line than the one originally appearing here. This has been typed on November 15th, 2019.

Game number two. This was played in a mike5972p's mini-tournament VII. The tournament is held at GameKnot. I am not sure how the pairing goes in this tournament. Albeit it is all versus all tournament and two games against everyone, only part of the games are started simultaneously. I have three games in progress in this tournament but some have four and one has only two simultaneous games even though they are not the last two. Well, the mini-tournament rules can be found on the site but I am not going to list them here.

Game number three. I guess some part of the match name was incomprehensible to the program and thus a lot of question marks. This game was played in a team match called K & Ваш ход, товарищ! URAAA ! > 24. The match is played on 16 boards between Ваш ход, товарищ! and The Night's Watch at Castle Black. I am playing board 5 for the The Night's Watch at Castle Black. The score in the match is currently 12 - 14 in our favor but as the match is still not decided, anything is possible. This match started November 24th 2014. This game was added to this post February 26th 2015.

Game number four. This was played in the first round of the Ruy Lopez tournament and it is still in progress at Chess.com. I am currently in fifth place but because I have won all my 13 finished games, I have good chances still to win the group. Group #1, the group I am in, is a group consisting of 12 players. Some of those players have already finished their efforts in the tournament. A player called djsniper800 (1684) is currently leading the group and he has gathered 15 points so far. Second place holder is called bzalasky (1580) and he has also gathered 15 points. The next two spots are taken by adamredsox24 (1711) and Dmitriy2302 (1565) and they both have 14 points so far. Three of the best players will advance to the second round and it is still not clear which players are going there but I may be one of them. Thinking times in this tournament are 14 days per move, so these games may take awhile to finish and the first round started on October 10th 2014 and it is still ongoing. In the parentheses are shown the current ratings of the players. This game was added to this post July 27th 2015.

[Event "AUTO-MASTER-701"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2008.12.30"] [Round "1"] [White "jeantomasia"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "2286"] [BlackElo "2028"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 {C64 Spanish Game: Classical Defence (3... Bc5) except 4.0-0 Nf6} Bb6 {C64 Spanish Game: Classical Variation. Charousek Variation} 5. d4 exd4 {1.04/19} (5... Nf6 $1 $14 {0.35/19}) 6. cxd4 $16 Nce7 7. O-O {0.62/20} (7. Ba4 $16 {1.26/19}) (7. d5 Nf6 8. Nc3 a6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. d6 cxd6 11. Bg5 Ng4 12. O-O f6 13. Bf4 Ne5 14. Rc1 Bc7 15. Nd5 N7c6 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Nd4 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Bb3+ Nf7 20. Nf5 Re6 21. Bf4 gxf5 {Nijboer,F (2553) -Hector,J (2570) Wijk aan Zee 2003 1-0}) 7... c6 $1 $14 8. Be2 {0.04/21} (8. Bd3 $16 {1.12/20} Ng6 9. Nc3 d6 10. e5 d5 11. Qc2 N8e7 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. Nb3 Bf5 15. Na4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qf5 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Nac5 Rab8 19. f4 h5 20. Rf3 h4 21. Raf1 Rfd8 22. g3 h3 23. g4 {Ivanov,A (1832)-Semenov,V (1946) Gelendzhik 2017 0-1 (34)}) 8... d5 $1 $11 9. e5 {0.06/20} (9. Nc3 $14 {0.49/19} ) 9... Bg4 $146 {1.00/21} (9... Ng6 $11 {0.06/20} 10. Nc3 N8e7 11. Na4 O-O 12. b4 Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe3+ 19. Kh1 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 a5 21. Nc5 Qe7 22. a3 axb4 23. axb4 Qxe5 24. Nd7 Qd6 {Hunt,H (2392)-Juergens,V (2281) Germany 2004 1-0 (52)}) 10. Be3 {0.00/21} (10. Nbd2 $16 {1.00/21}) 10... Nf5 {0.53/18} (10... Bxf3 $11 {0.00/21} 11. Bxf3 Nf5) 11. Nc3 {0.03/21} (11. Nbd2 $14 {0.53/18}) 11... Nge7 {0.54/18} (11... Ngh6 $11 {0.03/21}) 12. h3 {-0.19/21} (12. Ng5 $14 {0.54/18} Bxe2 13. Nxe2) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ng6 {0.21/19} (13... O-O $15 {-0.49/19}) 14. Qd3 Nxe3 15. fxe3 {-0.31/19} ({White should try} 15. Qxe3 $11 {0.19/20} Nh4 16. Rad1) 15... Qh4 $2 {2.59/20 [#]} (15... O-O $15 {-0.31/19}) 16. a3 $2 {0.48/21} ({Don't play} 16. Bxd5 O-O $18) (16. Nxd5 $1 $18 {2.59/20} O-O (16... cxd5 17. Qb5+) 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. a3) 16... O-O $14 17. b4 $2 {-1.23/20} (17. Kh2 $14 {0.48/21} ) 17... Rae8 {-0.32/20} (17... f6 $1 $17 {-1.23/20} 18. e6 Bc7) 18. Na4 { -0.96/20} (18. Bg4 $1 $15 {-0.32/20}) 18... Qd8 {0.42/20} (18... f6 $17 { -0.96/20 White must now prevent ...Bc7.} 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. exf6 Rxf6) 19. Nc5 { -0.23/22} (19. Bh5 $14 {0.42/20}) 19... Qc7 {0.62/22} (19... Bxc5 $1 $11 { -0.23/22} 20. bxc5 f6) 20. Ra2 {-0.66/25} (20. Bg4 $14 {0.62/22}) 20... Re7 $2 {1.03/23 [#]} (20... Bxc5 $15 {-0.66/25 keeps the upper hand.} 21. bxc5 f6) 21. Bh5 $2 {-0.48/21} ({White should play} 21. Raf2 $1 $16 {1.03/23}) 21... Nh8 $2 {1.54/20} (21... Nxe5 $1 $15 {-0.48/21 stays ahead.} 22. dxe5 Qxe5) 22. Raf2 { 0.99/23} (22. Bg4 $142 {1.54/20}) 22... Bxc5 {1.52/22} (22... Ng6 $142 {0.99/23 }) 23. bxc5 $16 b6 {1.56/21} ({Better is} 23... Ng6 {1.02/23}) 24. Qc3 $36 { Keeping Black busy.} b5 {1.88/21} (24... Ng6 $16 {1.35/22 might work better.} 25. Bf3 Rd7) 25. a4 a6 {2.28/22} (25... bxa4 $16 {1.56/24} 26. Bd1 Ng6) 26. Bd1 Ra8 {2.62/20} (26... Ng6 $142 {1.89/24} 27. Bb3 Nxe5) 27. Bc2 Qb7 {2.80/21} ( 27... Qd8 $142 {1.78/23} 28. e4 (28. Qd3 Ng6 $16) (28. axb5 axb5 29. e4 dxe4 $16) 28... dxe4) 28. Qd3 {Accuracy: White = 9%, Black = 14%.} 1-0 [Event "mike5972p's mini-tournament VII"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2015.01.17"] [Round "?"] [White "bolshie"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "1709"] [BlackElo "1738"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 {C64 Spanish Game: Classical Defence (3... Bc5) except 4.0-0 Nf6} Bb6 {C64 Spanish Game: Classical Variation. Charousek Variation} 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Nce7 7. d5 c6 8. Ba4 {White is slightly better.} d6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Nd7 $146 {1.70/17} (10... O-O $14 {0.65/20}) (10... Ng4 11. dxc6 Bxf2+ 12. Ke2 bxc6 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Bxd8 Ba6+ 15. Kd2 Be3+ 16. Ke1 Bf2+ 17. Kd2 Be3+ 18. Ke1 Bf2+ {1/2-1/2 (18) Moberg,K (2335)-Hector,J (2500) Gothenburg 1997}) 11. O-O {0.98/20} (11. dxc6 $18 {1.70/17} bxc6 12. Bxc6 $1 ( 12. Qxd6 f6 $16) 12... Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qb6+ 14. Kg3 Qxc6 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nd4) 11... f6 $16 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. Rc1 {0.37/20} ({White should play} 13. Bxe5 $16 { 1.06/21} dxe5 14. Qb3) 13... O-O $14 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Bb3+ Kh8 16. Re1 { -0.37/24} (16. Nd4 $14 {0.39/20}) 16... Bg4 {...N7g6 is the strong threat.} 17. Bxe5 {-1.60/22} (17. Rc2 $11 {-0.27/20}) 17... fxe5 $17 18. Na4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bd4 {Threatens to win with ...Ng6.} 20. Re2 {-2.26/16} (20. Kh1 $17 {-1.13/15 was necessary.}) 20... c5 21. Qf1 {-2.42/21} (21. Kh1 $142 {-1.67/18}) 21... Ng6 22. Nc3 Rxf3 23. Qg2 $2 {-4.28/25 [#]} (23. Nd5 {-2.33/15}) 23... Rf8 { -1.82/22} (23... Bxc3 $142 $1 {-4.28/25} 24. bxc3 Nf4 25. Qxf3 Nxe2+ 26. Qxe2 Qg5+ 27. Kf1 Qxc1+ 28. Qe1 Qh6) 24. Rd1 $2 {-7.16/20} (24. Nd5 {-1.82/22}) 24... Nf4 $19 25. Qg4 Nxe2+ 26. Nxe2 {Accuracy: White = 14%, Black = 48%.} 0-1 [Event "K & ??? ???, ???????! URAAA ! > 24."] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.11.24"] [Round "?"] [White "windpatzer"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "1801"] [BlackElo "1870"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 {C64 Spanish Game: Classical Defence (3... Bc5) except 4.0-0 Nf6} Bb6 {C64 Spanish Game: Classical Variation. Charousek Variation} 5. d4 exd4 {0.78/19} (5... Nf6 $11 {0.14/20}) 6. cxd4 $16 Nce7 $1 7. O-O c6 8. Bc4 {0.04/21} (8. Bd3 $16 {1.10/20}) 8... d5 $11 9. exd5 Nxd5 { 1.20/21} (9... cxd5 $11 {0.00/22} 10. Bb5+ Kf8) 10. Nc3 {0.33/25} (10. Re1+ $16 {1.20/21} Nge7 11. Bg5 (11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Qa4+ Bd7 $14)) 10... Nge7 $14 (10... Ngf6 11. Nxd5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Svensson,B (2393)-Hector,J (2509) Stockholm 2000}) 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Re1+ $1 Be6 13. Ng5 $1 {[#] Black must now prevent Qh5.} Qd7 $1 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qh5+ $1 g6 16. Qe5 $146 {-0.10/23} (16. Qh3 $16 {0.93/19}) (16. Qg4 O-O-O 17. Bg5 Rde8 18. Bh4 Rhf8 19. Bg3 Bc7 20. Bxc7 Kxc7 21. Qg3+ Qd6 22. Re5 Rf5 23. Rae1 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Kd7 25. Qh3 Re7 26. Bxd5 cxd5 27. Qb3 Qc6 28. Re1 b6 29. Qa3 Ke8 30. Qg3 Kd7 {Svensson,B (2393)-Hector,J (2509) Stockholm 2000 1/2-1/2 (41)}) 16... O-O-O $11 17. Bxd5 {-0.28/22} (17. Bg5 $14 {0.43/22}) 17... exd5 18. Bf4 {[#]} Bc7 19. Qe3 {-0.43/23} (19. Qxc7+ $11 { 0.22/25} Qxc7 20. Bxc7 Kxc7 21. f4) 19... Rde8 {0.31/23} ({Black should try} 19... Rhe8 $1 $15 {-0.43/23} 20. Qg3 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 b6) 20. Qg3 {-0.54/21} (20. Be5 $14 {0.31/23}) 20... Bxf4 $15 21. Qxf4 Rhf8 {0.00/23} (21... Re6 $15 { -0.57/21}) 22. Rxe8+ {-0.76/23} (22. Qd2 $11 {0.00/23}) 22... Qxe8 $11 { -0.17/22 Endgame KQR-KQR} (22... Rxe8 $17 {-0.76/23} 23. Qd2 Qe7) 23. Qd2 Qf7 24. b4 Qf4 25. Rd1 $2 {-1.33/18} (25. Qb2 $1 $11 {0.30/25}) 25... Kc7 {0.00/24} (25... Qxd2 $17 {-1.33/18} 26. Rxd2 Kc7) 26. f3 $2 {-1.63/21} (26. Qb2 $11 { 0.00/24 and White has nothing to worry.}) 26... Kb6 $2 {0.30/26} (26... Qxd2 $19 {-1.63/21} 27. Rxd2 Kb6) 27. Qc3 {-1.11/22} (27. Qe1 $11 {0.30/26 remains equal.}) 27... Qd6 $2 {0.43/21} (27... Re8 $1 $17 {-1.11/22} 28. Rd3 a6) 28. Re1 $14 Rf7 29. Re8 {0.10/23} ({Better is} 29. g3 $14 {0.69/21}) 29... a6 $11 30. a4 Kc7 $1 31. Re5 (31. b5 $5 Kd7 32. Ra8 $14) 31... Kd7 {0.64/22} (31... Re7 $11 {0.00/23}) 32. Kf2 {0.00/23} (32. g3 $1 $14 {0.64/22}) 32... Re7 { The position is equal.} 33. Rxe7+ Qxe7 34. g3 Qe6 35. Qe1 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 44%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Ruy Lopez - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.10"] [Round "?"] [White "GONZALO1979"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "1293"] [BlackElo "1943"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 {C64 Spanish Game: Classical Defence (3... Bc5) except 4.0-0 Nf6} Bb6 {C64 Spanish Game: Classical Variation. Charousek Variation} 5. b4 $146 (5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Nce7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bc4 (8. Ba4 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O Ngf6 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Ng5 O-O 13. Rxe6 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qd6 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Bb3 Kh8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. g3 Qf6 19. f4 Re8 20. Rb1 Re4 21. Kg2 Qe6 22. Kf3 Rxd4 {Plachetka,J-Novak,I Klasterec nad Orlici 1965 0-1 (31)}) 8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Qe2+ Ne7 13. Ne5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5+ Kf8 15. Nd7+ Kg8 16. Nxb6 Qxb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Be3 f6 19. Kd2 Kf7 {Maroczy, G-Charousek,R Budapest 1897 0-1 (47)}) (5. d3 Nge7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nc4 f5 9. a4 a6 10. Nxb6 cxb6 11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Ng5 Qe8 13. f4 h6 14. Nf3 exf4 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf4 d5 17. Bb3 Bg4 18. Qd2 Qh5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 {Kobalia,M (2628) -Shkapenko,P (2425) Tallinn 2016 1-0 (55)}) 5... Nge7 {0.00/21} (5... a5 $17 { -1.25/17} 6. O-O axb4) 6. O-O {-0.72/20} (6. Be2 $11 {0.00/21}) 6... O-O { 0.18/22} (6... a5 $1 $17 {-0.72/20}) 7. d4 {-0.90/17} (7. Bxc6 $11 {0.18/22 remains equal.} Nxc6 8. d3) 7... exd4 $1 $17 8. Nxd4 {-1.83/18} (8. Bxc6 $17 { -0.74/21} dxc6 9. Nxd4) 8... Ne5 $2 {-0.27/20 [#]} ({Better is} 8... Nxd4 $19 { -1.83/18} 9. cxd4 c6) 9. Bf4 {-1.03/19} (9. Nd2 $11 {-0.27/20}) 9... N7g6 { -0.38/22} ({Black should try} 9... N5g6 $17 {-1.03/19} 10. Be3 a5) 10. a4 $2 { -6.03/20} (10. Bxe5 $15 {-0.38/22} Nxe5 11. Nd2) 10... Nxf4 $19 11. g3 Ne6 12. f4 $2 {-7.12/19 [#]} (12. Nxe6 {-3.90/23} dxe6 13. a5) 12... Ng4 $1 13. Qxg4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bxd4+ 15. Kg2 Bxa1 16. Nd2 Bc3 17. Nc4 d5 18. Qf3 Bxb4 19. Ne3 c6 20. Bd3 Re8 {...dxe4 is the strong threat.} 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Nxd5 Bd2 23. Be4 Rb8 24. Rd1 Qa5 25. Bc2 Be6 26. Nc7 Qxc7 27. Rxd2 Red8 28. Rf2 Bd5 29. Be4 Qc6 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. h4 Rbd8 33. f5 Rd2 34. g4 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 { Endgame KR-KP} Kf8 36. h5 Rd4 37. Kg3 {Black mates.} Rxa4 {KR-K3P} 38. g5 b5 39. g6 hxg6 40. hxg6 {KR-KPP} b4 41. Kg4 b3+ 42. Kg5 b2 43. f6 b1=Q 44. gxf7 Qb5+ 45. Kg6 Rg4+ {Accuracy: White = 7%, Black = 28%.} 0-1