D95 Grünfeld: 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Qb3 (1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3 e6 7.Bd3)

Today the amount of puzzles featured in this blog went over 200, the current amount is at 203. With this post the amount of different openings featured in this blog goes to 125 and the amount of analysed games is now 194. I will do my very best to offer you more content each day and I am hoping to add from now on more puzzles every day as well as these new games to look at and new opening variations in them as long as there are different ones to go through. I am still playing too many correspondence games and there is little hope of that changing in the near future. The pressure to make moves is always present but so far I have managed not to lose on time. The game below is against the same opponent that I shared a game with you all yesterday, this time I lost in a game where I did a couple of really bad moves.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.09.16"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "wwgia"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D95"] [WhiteElo "1694"] [BlackElo "1685"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. Nf3 (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 (4. Nf3) 4... Bg7 {0-1 (50) Lendl, J-Kopriva,J Brno 1957} 5. Qb3 e6 6. Nf3 {0-1 (39) Cserna,L (2440)-Kirov,N (2430) Albena 1984}) 1... Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 {D95 Gruenfeld Defense: Botvinnik Variation} 7. Bd3 {-0.44/19 D95 Grünfeld: 4. Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Qb3} (7. cxd5 $11 {0.06/22} exd5 8. Be2) 7... b6 (7... c5 $5 ) 8. O-O (8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O {0-1 (50) Lendl,J-Kopriva,J Brno 1957} (9. Bd2 Bb7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 c5 12. a6 Bc6 13. Bb5 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rc2 Ba8 17. Rfc1 Bf8 18. h3 Bd6 19. g4 h6 20. Bf1 c4 21. Qa4 Bc6 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Qc6 {Sahitaj,N (2193)-Pop,A (2272) Plovdiv 2012 0-1 (65)})) (8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nc6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Be4 Bb7 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. h4 Bg7 14. O-O Rad8 15. Bg5 f6 16. d5 Nb8 17. Qxa7 Qc8 18. Be3 f5 19. Bc2 exd5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Bf4 Qa6 22. Qxa6 Nxa6 {Lev,R (2495)-Mikhalevski,V (2530) Tel Aviv 1994 0-1 (34) }) 8... Bb7 9. cxd5 {-0.67/19} (9. Rd1 $11 {-0.19/20 feels stronger.}) 9... exd5 $15 {Black is slightly better.} 10. Re1 $146 {-0.84/19} (10. Bd2 $11 { -0.15/22} Nbd7 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Qc2 f5 15. b4 Re6 16. b5 g5 17. Be1 g4 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. Nf1 Kh8 20. Nc3 Bf8 21. Qa4 Bd6 22. Ne2 Rh6 23. Nf4 Ndf6 24. g3 Qg8 25. Bb4 {Cserna,L (2440)-Kirov,N (2430) Albena 1984 0-1 (39)}) (10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 (11. f4 c6 12. Bd2 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Rf3 Qe7 15. Raf1 f6 16. e4 Qf7 17. exf6 dxe4 18. Bc4 exf3 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Bh6+ {1-0 (21) Bernard,N (2117)-Biancotti,A (1899) Arvier 2010}) 11... Qxd7 12. Qd1 c5 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Ne2 Rfe8 15. Be1 Rac8 16. Rc1 Kh8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bc6 20. Bd2 Rb8 21. Rb1 Rb6 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. Qc2 Ra8 24. Ra1 b5 {Lendl,J-Kopriva,J Brno 1957 0-1 (50)}) 10... Nbd7 {-0.16/22} (10... Re8 $17 {-0.84/19}) 11. e4 {-0.76/21} (11. a4 $11 {-0.16/22 keeps the balance.}) 11... dxe4 $17 12. Nxe4 Rc8 {0.15/20} (12... c5 $17 {-0.94/19}) 13. Bg5 { -0.32/20} (13. Bf4 $11 {0.15/20 should be considered.}) 13... h6 {0.31/22} ( 13... c5 $15 {-0.32/20}) 14. Bf4 {-0.61/23} (14. Bh4 $1 $14 {0.31/22}) 14... Kh7 {0.62/21} (14... Bxe4 $15 {-0.61/23} 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 c5) 15. Rac1 { -0.33/23} (15. Neg5+ $1 $14 {0.62/21} hxg5 16. Nxg5+ Kg8 17. Bc4) 15... Nd5 { 0.89/20} (15... Bxe4 $15 {-0.33/23 keeps the upper hand.} 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 g5) 16. Bg3 f5 {1.50/21} (16... N7f6 $1 $14 {0.62/22}) 17. Nc3 $2 { -0.98/21} (17. Nc5 $1 $16 {1.50/21 stays on course.} Nxc5 (17... bxc5 18. Qxb7) 18. dxc5) 17... N7f6 $2 {1.52/19} (17... Nxc3 $1 $17 {-0.98/21 and life is bright.} 18. Qxc3 Bxf3) 18. Be5 $2 {-0.10/20} (18. Nb5 $1 $16 {1.52/19}) 18... c5 $2 {1.68/18} (18... Nxc3 $11 {-0.10/20 and Black has nothing to worry.} 19. Rxc3 (19. bxc3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nh5 $11) 19... Re8) 19. Be2 $2 {-0.01/22} (19. Nb5 $1 $18 {1.68/18}) 19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 {-0.43/21} (20. Nb5 $11 {0.25/22}) 20... Nxc3 {0.13/22} (20... Re8 $1 $15 {-0.43/21} 21. Nf3 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Re4) 21. Rxc3 {[#] Hoping for Ne6.} Rxc3 (21... Bd5 {is more complex.} 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qa3 Rf7 24. Bb5 Qc5) 22. bxc3 {Strongly threatening Ne6.} Qd5 $40 {Black has some attack.} 23. Bf3 Qxb3 $1 24. axb3 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Ne4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 27. c4 {-0.52/21} (27. Nd4 $11 {-0.09/24 deserves consideration.} Kf6 28. f3 Nxc3 29. Re6+ Kf7 30. Rc6) 27... Rd8 $15 28. Ra1 {-1.19/19} (28. Ne5 $15 {-0.61/27}) 28... a5 $1 $17 29. Kf1 {-2.39/22} (29. Ne1 $17 {-1.10/25}) 29... Kf6 $2 {-0.28/24} ({Black should try} 29... Rd3 $19 {-2.39/22} 30. Ke1 Nc5) 30. Ke2 {-1.72/22} (30. b4 $1 $11 {-0.28/24}) 30... g5 $19 31. Ke3 {-2.75/23} (31. Ne1 {-1.68/24 was called for.}) 31... Nc5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Re8+.} 32. Nd2 $2 {-9.25/19} (32. Ke2 {-2.64/27}) 32... Rxd2 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Kxd2 Nxb3+ 34. Kc3 Nxa1 35. Kb2 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 8%, Black = 18%.} 0-1