B41 Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5.c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O)

For a long while now I have thought that I have no more different openings to share with the readers but I somehow always seem to get something. There are I believe 117 different opening variations now featured here which might seem a lot but actually it is quite a small group of all the named openings out there. There is according to site called Master Chess Openings more than 3600 openings out there and they feature all of them in their site. In that regard I have a long, long way to go still. I have added a few more puzzles today in the mate in ones, twos and threes if I remember correctly. As I have updated those in parts I don't really remember exactly what I have updated and when. This might be the last game from Queen Alice Internet Chess Club I will share for now and I may turn my attention to the games I have played at GameKnot and after that I will probably start sharing my Red Hot Pawn games. Until next time, my fellow chess enthusiasts.

[Event "AUTO-INT-746"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2008.06.30"] [Round "3"] [White "conqueror"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "1746"] [BlackElo "2019"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 {0-1 (32) Gorbatenko,K (2040)-Matseyko,E (2174) Kharkov 2005}) (1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 {0-1 (59) Galliamova,A (2365)-Litinskaya,M (2355) Moscow 1990}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {E10 Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian} c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O {1.02/19 B41 Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5.c4} ( 8... b6 $14 {0.45/21}) 9. Qd3 {0.49/21} (9. Qc2 $16 {1.02/19}) (9. a4 b6 10. Bf3 Ra7 11. a5 bxa5 12. Be3 Rc7 13. Qe2 Nfd7 14. Nb3 Nc6 15. Ra3 Bb7 16. Rfa1 Qc8 17. Ra4 Nde5 18. Bb6 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rd7 20. Nxa5 Nxa5 21. Rxa5 Bf6 22. Rc1 Qc6 23. Be3 Rc8 {Galliamova,A (2365)-Litinskaya,M (2355) Moscow 1990 0-1 (59)}) 9... Nc6 $146 {1.30/20} (9... b6 $14 {0.49/21}) (9... Qc7 10. Qg3 Re8 11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. f4 Kh8 14. Bg5 b6 15. Kh1 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Rde1 h6 18. Qh4 Nh7 19. Qg4 hxg5 20. e5 g6 21. Re3 dxe5 22. fxg5 exd4 23. Rh3 Ne5 24. Qh4 {Gorbatenko,K (2040)-Matseyko,E (2174) Kharkov 2005 0-1 (32)}) 10. Nxc6 { 0.77/21} ({White should play} 10. Rd1 {1.30/20}) 10... bxc6 $16 11. Qg3 { White is better.} Re8 {1.51/17} (11... Kh8 $142 {1.00/21}) 12. Rd1 {0.81/21} ( 12. Bh6 $142 {1.51/17} g6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5) 12... Qa5 {1.44/20} (12... e5 $142 {0.81/21}) 13. Bd2 {1.02/22} (13. Bh6 $142 {1.44/20} Bf8 14. a3) 13... Qc7 {2.33/23} (13... e5 $16 {1.02/22}) 14. c5 Rd8 15. Bh6 {1.06/21} (15. Bf4 $18 { 1.92/23} e5 16. cxd6 Bxd6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Qxe5) 15... Ne8 16. cxd6 Bxd6 {1.80/20} (16... Rxd6 $16 {1.21/23} 17. Bf4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Qa5) 17. e5 $40 {Black is in trouble.} Bxe5 {1.92/22} (17... Be7 $16 {1.26/23}) 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Qxe5 gxh6 20. Ne4 Qe7 {2.13/19} (20... Ra7 $16 {1.51/22 is a better defense.}) 21. Qg3+ {White has strong compensation.} Ng7 {2.51/20} (21... Kh8 $16 {1.41/20}) 22. h3 {1.33/23} (22. Rc1 $18 {2.51/20}) 22... f5 {2.38/20} ( 22... e5 $16 {1.33/23}) 23. Nd2 {1.11/22} (23. Nd6 $18 {2.38/20}) 23... Bb7 $16 24. Nf3 {0.62/20} (24. Qe3 $18 {1.67/19}) 24... Rd8 {1.38/20 Accuracy: White = 4%, Black = 22%. . Loss on time!?} ({Better is} 24... c5 $14 {0.62/20}) 0-1