C46 3.Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nc3)

The chess basics page I typed about some time ago is still a work in progress, whether I can add it today or not is not really certain. I just try to do it as well as possible first time around as that is probably something that will not be updated once it is finished. Of course if there is something wrong or it misses something that I did not think of before then it will get an update to fix whatever the problem with it might be.

If this year has not gone all that well in my life, at least in chess it has gone maybe better than ever before. Highlights of the year include me winning two International Masters and that one draw I got from a FIDE Master who was rated 2456 at the time of the draw. If I would list all the blunders I made this year, it would be a very long list and I would not have time to finish this post today...

The game started to go down the drain for ozanan when my opponent played 10.O-O. This is one of those times when castling is not a good move. In this position it loses a pawn.

I will always go for material if I do not see a clear reason why it would not be advised and in this position there did not seem to be any tricks, so I took the free pawn. My opponent did not have any compensation for the lost material. Ozanan could not recover from this mistake and during the rest of the game I was able to improve my position and win even more material. My opponent finally resigned when she or he faced a forced mate after the move 35...Qe4+.

[Event "Corr game 27.9.2005-23.12.2005"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2005.09.27"] [Round "?"] [White "ozanan"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C46"] [WhiteElo "1495"] [BlackElo "1841"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation} 3. d3 (3. b4 { King Pawn Game: Paschman Wing Gambit}) (3. Bb5 b6 {Spanish Game: Rotary-Albany Gambit} (3... Bb4 4. c3 Ba5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 {Spanish Game: Alapin Defense: Alapin Gambit})) 3... Bc5 4. Nc3 {C46 3.Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves} h6 5. Nd5 (5. Be3 Bb6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bxd4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 Nf6 9. Bc4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. Qd3 Bf5 13. Nb3 Qe6 14. Nbd2 Bc5 15. O-O Qe5 16. h3 Bd6 17. Qg3 Qxb2 18. Nc4 Qxc2 19. Qc3 Qxe4 {Fitton,N (770) -Claassen,C (847) Waterkloof 2015 1-0 (34)}) 5... Nf6 6. c3 Bb6 $146 (6... d6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Be3 Bb6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be2 O-O 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxb6 axb6 14. O-O Bg6 15. Bd3 Qf4 16. Re1 Ra7 17. c4 Rfa8 18. b4 Ra4 19. a3 Rxa3 20. Rxa3 Rxa3 21. c5 {Banks, D-Taylor,J Lansing 1993 0-1 (40)}) 7. Nxb6 axb6 8. h3 {Prevents intrusion on g4} O-O 9. Be2 d5 {Black threatens to win material: d5xe4} 10. O-O $2 (10. Qc2 $142 $11 { and White is still in the game}) 10... dxe4 $17 11. dxe4 Nxe4 12. Qe1 Nf6 13. a4 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bc2 15. b3 (15. b4 $142 $5 $17) 15... Bxb3 $19 16. Kh1 (16. Bb5 $19) 16... Rxa4 17. Rxa4 Bxa4 18. Bf3 (18. Nf5 {does not solve anything} Bc2 19. Ne3 Bd3 $19) 18... Re8 (18... Qd3 {makes it even easier for Black} 19. Be3 $19) 19. Nf5 (19. Qe3 {cannot undo what has already been done} Bc2 $19) 19... Bb5 20. Be2 Bxe2 (20... Bd3 {might be the shorter path} 21. Ne3 $19) 21. Qxe2 Qd5 22. Qe3 (22. Rd1 {doesn't do any good} Qb3 23. Qe1 Qe6 $19) 22... Qe4 23. Nxh6+ (23. Ng3 {cannot change destiny} Qxe3 24. Bxe3 Na5 $19) 23... gxh6 24. Qxh6 Qg6 25. Qh4 (25. Qxg6+ {is no salvation} fxg6 26. Re1 Ra8 $19) 25... Ra8 26. f4 (26. f3 {doesn't improve anything} Ra2 27. Rf2 Ra1 $19) 26... Ne4 27. Kg1 (27. f5 {praying for a miracle} Ng3+ 28. Kg1 Nxf5 29. Qe1 $19) 27... Ra2 28. g4 {White prepares the advance f5} Nxc3 29. f5 Qh7 (29... Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Qd6 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Qh6+ Ke8 33. Qxd6 cxd6 34. Rf3 Ncd4 35. Re3 Nxc1 36. h4 b5 37. h5 b4 38. h6 Kf8 39. g5 b3 40. h7 Kg7 41. g6 fxg6 42. Rh3 Ra8 43. h8=R Rxh8 44. f6+ Kxf6 45. Rxh8 b2 46. Rh2 b1=Q 47. Rf2+ Kg7 48. Rf1 Qe4+ 49. Kh2 Qh4+ 50. Kg2 Qg4+ 51. Kh1 Qh3+ 52. Kg1 Nde2+ 53. Kf2 Qg3#) 30. Qg5+ (30. Bh6 {is one last hope} Ne2+ 31. Kg2 Nf4+ 32. Kg1 $19) 30... Qg7 31. Qh4 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 Nxc1 33. f6 Qh7 34. Qg5+ Kf8 35. h4 (35. Qg7+ {cannot change what is in store for White} Qxg7 36. fxg7+ Kxg7 37. Rxc1 Nd4 38. Rc3 b5 39. Re3 b4 40. Kg1 b3 41. Kf1 Ra1+ 42. Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Kxe1 b2 44. h4 b1=Q+ 45. Kf2 Qd3 46. g5 Qf3+ 47. Kg1 Ne2+ 48. Kh2 Qg3+ 49. Kh1 Qg1#) 35... Qe4+ (35... Qe4+ 36. Rf3 Qxf3+ 37. Kg1 Qd1#) 0-1

A31 Symmetrical English: 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 (1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d4 c5 4.dxc5)

This is the game that ruined my chances of ending the year with a win at GameKnot. I do not feel that bad though as I am quite likely to end the year with a win on other sites I play correspondence chess. There is still time though to change that... I do not know what it is but I can't really play on GameKnot as well as I can play on other sites because if I could, my rating would not be as low it is at the moment, only barely over 1700. Maybe it is due to the openings I try out there as I do not play the same stuff on any other site. I should try and play stuff I am more familiar with in order to check if it significantly changes the outcome more to my favor. Then again I have made stupid blunders there in a few games which are completely unrelated to the opening. I have added ten more puzzles that are divided in to mate in one, two, three and four pages. Tomorrow I shall update ten more puzzles so that there are 500 puzzles by the end of the year, well in my timezone at least it will be still the year 2014. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts.

[Event "tedjj's mini-tournament XLIII"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.12.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "bolshie"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A31"] [WhiteElo "1705"] [BlackElo "1648"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. Nf3 (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 (2. Nf3 g6 {1/2-1/2 (56) Indjic,A (2494)-Boskovic,D (2431) Vrnjacka Banja 2012}) 2... c5 3. Nf3 {0-1 (25) Comp Leonardo Maestro-Nikolaiczuk,L (2295) Porz 1986}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d4 {E60 King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation} c5 4. dxc5 {A31 Symmetrical English: 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4} Na6 5. Nc3 (5. Bg5 Bg7 6. Nc3 {0-1 (25) Comp Leonardo Maestro-Nikolaiczuk,L (2295) Porz 1986}) 5... Nxc5 {0.78/20} ( 5... Bg7 $11 {0.02/24}) 6. Bg5 {-0.36/20} (6. b4 $16 {0.78/20} Ne6 7. Bb2 Bg7 8. e3 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O b6 11. Qb3 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Qd7 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. a3 Qe8 15. Ba1 Nf8 16. Nd4 N8d7 17. Nd5 Rab8 18. f3 a6 19. e4 e6 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Bf1 Qe7 22. Qe3 {Indjic,A (2494)-Boskovic,D (2431) Vrnjacka Banja 2012 1/ 2-1/2 (56)}) (6. Be3 Nce4 7. Qc2 Qa5 8. a3 Nxc3 9. b4 Qf5 10. Qxc3 Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Qd3 d6 13. Bd4 a5 14. b5 e5 15. Qxf5 Bxf5 16. Bb2 Rfc8 17. e3 Nd7 18. Rd1 Bf8 19. Be2 Be6 20. Rc1 f6 {Hallerod,R (2124)-Svanquist,U (2320) Stockholm 2013 0-1 (79)}) 6... Bg7 {0.08/21} (6... Nce4 $15 {-0.36/20}) 7. g3 $146 { -1.51/17} (7. Qc2 $11 {0.08/21} d6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. O-O-O Be6 10. b4 Na6 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qa3 Bxc4 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Nd4 Rfc8 15. e3 Bxf1 16. Rhxf1 Bg7 17. Qb3 Nb8 18. e4 Nc6 19. Nde2 Qg4 20. g3 Qf3 21. Qa3 Nd8 22. Rc1 {Comp Leonardo Maestro-Nikolaiczuk,L (2295) Porz 1986 0-1}) (7. e3 Qa5 8. Qc2 d5 9. Rc1 Bf5 10. Qd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rd8 12. Bb5+ Kf8 13. b4 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc8 15. Nd4 a6 16. bxc5 axb5 17. Ncxb5 Ne4 18. Qb4 Bd7 19. O-O e5 20. c6+ Kg8 21. cxd7 Qxd7 { Wartecka,A-Dudzinski,D Ostrow Wlkp 1996 0-1 (31)}) 7... O-O {-0.33/24} (7... Nfe4 $17 {-1.51/17} 8. Rc1 Qa5) 8. Bg2 $15 {Black is slightly better.} Nfe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bc1 {-1.12/19} (10. O-O $15 {-0.38/21}) 10... Qa5+ {-0.35/20} ({ Black should play} 10... Qc7 $1 $17 {-1.12/19} 11. Qd5 Nc5) 11. Nd2 $1 Nxd2 { 0.09/21} (11... Nc5 $17 {-0.76/18}) 12. Qxd2 {-0.53/19} (12. Bxd2 $11 {0.09/21} Qc5 13. Qb3) 12... Qc7 13. Qb4 d6 14. Bd2 {-0.83/19} (14. Bg5 $11 {-0.25/21}) 14... Be6 {-0.26/21} (14... a5 $17 {-0.83/19} 15. Qb3 a4) 15. Rc1 $11 Rab8 { 0.52/23} (15... a5 $15 {-0.40/21} 16. Qb5 Bd7) 16. O-O {-0.38/22} (16. a4 $14 { 0.52/23}) 16... Rfc8 {0.64/23} (16... a5 $15 {-0.38/22} 17. Qb5 Bd7) 17. b3 b6 18. Bf4 {-0.16/24} (18. Bg5 $142 {0.25/22}) 18... Qd7 {0.68/19} (18... Bb2 $11 {-0.16/24}) 19. Rfd1 {-0.11/23} (19. a4 $14 {0.68/19}) 19... a6 {0.79/19} ( 19... Bb2 $11 {-0.11/23} 20. Rc2 a5) 20. e4 {0.00/25} (20. Qd2 $16 {0.79/19}) 20... Rc5 {0.62/19} (20... Bb2 $11 {0.00/25}) 21. Be3 Rc6 {0.77/20} (21... Rcc8 $14 {0.34/23 is superior.}) 22. e5 Bxe5 23. Qa4 $2 {-1.02/23} (23. Bxc6 $16 { 0.94/26 keeps the pressure on.} Qxc6 24. Qd2) 23... b5 $2 {1.74/26} (23... Rc7 $1 $17 {-1.02/23 Threatens to win with ...Qxa4.} 24. Qb4 Bg4) 24. cxb5 $2 { -1.00/24} ({Only move:} 24. Bxc6 $18 {1.74/26} bxa4 25. Bxd7 Bxd7 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27. Rxd4) 24... Rxc1 $17 25. Rxc1 axb5 26. Qb4 Bh3 {0.00/25} (26... d5 $17 { -1.18/20} 27. Bf3 Bh3) 27. Bc6 $2 {-1.58/21} ({White should try} 27. Bxh3 $11 { 0.00/25} Qxh3 28. a4) 27... Qe6 {-1.01/23} ({Better is} 27... Qg4 {-1.58/21} 28. Qxg4 Bxg4) 28. a4 Rc8 $2 {1.37/24} (28... Bb2 $17 {-1.02/24 and life is bright.} 29. Rc2 d5 30. axb5 (30. Bxb5 d4 $15) 30... d4 $1) 29. Bxb5 $2 { -8.26/20} (29. Qxb5 $16 {1.37/24} Bb2 30. Rd1) 29... Rxc1+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 30. Bxc1 Qd5 {[#]} 31. Bf1 Bxf1 32. Kxf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Qxc1 34. Qb5 Bf6 35. a5 Bd4 36. a6 Qc2+ 37. Ke1 Qxf2+ 38. Kd1 Be3 {[#]} 39. Qd3 Bc5 40. Qc4 Qd4+ {Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 13%.} 0-1

A09 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4)

I remember vaguely experimenting with this line with the black pieces some years ago but I have no real feel to it and I can't remember what happened in those games. This game is part of a tournament called tedjj's mini-tournament XLIII. That tournament is going as badly as it can go for me, I had to resign one more game only a moment ago. Now it looks like that I will end the year in a loss, well at least on this site. The only game I have won in this tournament is the game you see below. I have added ten more puzzles today divided in to mate in one, two, three, four and five pages.

[Event "tedjj's mini-tournament XLIII"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.12.23"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "frericks"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "1705"] [BlackElo "1625"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 {A09 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 A09 Réti Opening: Advance Variation} 3. b3 Nc6 4. Bb2 e5 5. d3 Bb4+ {-0.55/28} (5... a5 $17 { -1.11/24}) 6. Nbd2 $15 Nge7 $146 {0.17/23} (6... a5 $17 {-1.16/26}) (6... Bg4 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 f6 9. h3 Be6 10. e3 Nge7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qd7 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Qf4 c5 16. Rfe1 Ng6 17. Qg3 b5 18. Bc1 Rfe8 19. Bh5 Bf5 20. Bd2 Rab8 21. Bf4 {Polivoda,A-Zinchenko,Y Dnepropetrovsk 2003 1/2-1/2}) 7. a3 $11 Bd6 {0.59/25} (7... Bxd2+ $11 {-0.16/26} 8. Qxd2 Bg4) 8. g3 {-0.42/26} ( 8. b4 $14 {0.59/25}) 8... Bf5 {1.04/24 [#]} (8... a5 $1 $15 {-0.42/26}) 9. Qc2 {0.00/26} ({White should play} 9. b4 $1 $16 {1.04/24}) 9... Qd7 $2 {2.87/23} ( 9... Ng6 $1 $11 {0.00/26 and Black has nothing to worry.}) 10. c5 $18 Nd5 11. cxd6 cxd6 12. Bg2 O-O {4.37/22} (12... Rc8 {2.89/25 was called for.} 13. O-O Nce7) 13. O-O Rac8 14. Rac1 Ncb4 $2 {5.10/23 [#]} (14... Nce7 {2.76/28}) 15. Qb1 ({Weaker is} 15. axb4 Rxc2 16. Rxc2 Nxb4 $14) 15... Na6 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. Rc1 Nc3 {4.77/25} (17... Rxc1+ {3.34/28 is a better defense.} 18. Qxc1 Ne7) 18. Bxc3 $1 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 dxc3 20. Nc4 f6 21. Qc2 d5 22. Ne3 d4 23. Nxf5 {White is clearly winning.} Qxf5 24. e3 Nc5 25. Ne1 Qe6 26. b4 Nb3 27. Bxb7 Nd2 28. Kg2 Qf5 29. exd4 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 11%.} 1-0 [Event "Chessmaster 9000 Rated Game"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.03.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Rick"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 {A09 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 A09 Réti Opening: Advance Variation} 3. b4 Nf6 4. Qa4+ $146 (4. e3 dxe3 (4... c5 5. Bb2 dxe3 6. fxe3 cxb4 7. d4 Bf5 (7... e6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Kh1 h6 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nf3 Bc5 17. Rae1 Ng4 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Re2 Ne5 20. Nxd4 b6 21. Re3 Bd7 22. Rg3 {Sprumont,O (2034)-Larochelle,M (2069) Laval 2017 1-0}) 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Qxb4 e5 10. Qb3 Qa5+ 11. Bc3 Qc7 12. Be2 Ne4 13. O-O g6 14. Bb4 Bh6 15. Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 a5 17. Qa3 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 axb4 19. Nxe5 {Czarnota,P (2534)-Warakomski,T (2503) Polanica Zdroj 2013 0-1 (55)}) 5. fxe3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. Qb3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bf3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qd7 14. d4 c5 15. Nc3 cxb4 16. Qxb4 Rac8 17. Raf1 Qe6 18. Bxf6 exf6 {Stopa,J (2488)-Mozharov,M (2535) Kolkata 2013 0-1 (34)} ) (4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 (5. bxc5 Nc6 6. Qc2 e5 7. e3 Bxc5 8. exd4 exd4 9. a3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8+ 11. Kf1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Ne5 14. Kg2 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Qb6 16. Bc1 Nh5 17. Qf5 Re6 18. d3 Rg6+ 19. Kf1 Qb3 {Ksenofontov,N (1683)-Talypov,I (1615) Cheliabinsk 2013 0-1}) 5... Nc6 6. bxc5 e5 7. Bg2 Bxc5 8. d3 O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. Nfd2 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 Nc5 13. Rb1 Qe7 14. Qc1 Na4 15. Re1 Rab8 16. Nc2 Nc3 17. Rb2 Qd7 18. Nb1 Na4 {Jeran,B (2226)-Bontempi,P (2376) Split 2013 0-1 (40)}) 4... Qd7 5. Qxd7+ Bxd7 {1.00/23} (5... Nbxd7 $14 {0.53/26 was preferrable.} 6. Nxd4 e5) 6. Na3 {0.18/27} (6. Bb2 $16 {1.00/23}) 6... Nc6 7. Nb5 {-0.15/30} (7. Nc2 $14 {0.47/24}) 7... O-O-O {0.40/28} (7... Nxb4 $11 { -0.15/30} 8. Nbxd4 (8. Nxc7+ Kd8 $15) 8... e6) 8. Ba3 $2 {-2.92/24 [#]} (8. Nbxd4 $14 {0.40/28 keeps the upper hand.} Nxd4 9. Nxd4) 8... e5 $19 9. Ng5 Be6 ({Stronger than} 9... Bxb4 10. Nxf7 Ba5 11. Bc1 $11) ({Weaker is} 9... Nxb4 10. Bxb4 Bxb4 11. Rb1 $19) 10. Nxe6 fxe6 11. O-O-O $2 {-5.60/28} (11. Bb2 {-1.88/28 }) 11... Bxb4 $2 {-1.80/26 [#]} (11... Ne4 {-5.60/28} 12. Nxa7+ Nxa7) 12. Bxb4 {-2.81/28} (12. f3 {-1.80/26 might work better.}) 12... Nxb4 13. a3 $2 { -4.62/24} (13. f3 {-2.58/29}) 13... Nc6 14. d3 {-6.12/26} (14. a4 $142 { -4.24/28} Ne4 15. Re1) 14... a6 15. h4 axb5 16. cxb5 Na7 17. a4 Rhf8 18. b6 cxb6 19. g3 Kb8 20. Bg2 Nc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Kd2 Rd7 23. Rc1 Kb7 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rb1+ Ka6 26. Rhc1 Rc7 27. Ra1 Rb8 28. Rc5 Rb5 29. Rc2 Kb6 30. Rc4 c5 31. Kc1 Rb4 32. Rc2 Ra7 33. e4 a4 34. g4 Nxg4 35. Rd2 Nf6 36. Re2 a3 37. Rc2 Rba4 38. Rd2 Nd7 39. Rc2 Kc6 40. Rca2 Nb6 41. Kd1 c4 42. Rc2 Kc5 43. dxc4 Rxc4 44. f4 Rxc2 {Black mates.} 45. Kxc2 exf4 {Endgame KRN-KR} 46. Kd1 e5 47. Ke1 a2 48. h5 Nc4 49. Ke2 Ne3 50. h6 gxh6 51. Kd2 Ra3 52. Ke2 Nc2 53. Rc1 a1=Q 54. Rxa1 Rxa1 55. Kd2 Nb4 56. Ke2 Ra3 57. Kd1 d3 58. Kc1 Kd4 59. Kd2 Kxe4 60. Kc1 f3 61. Kb2 f2 $1 62. Kxa3 f1=Q 63. Ka4 d2 64. Kxb4 d1=Q 65. Ka5 Qb1 66. Ka4 Qfb5+ 67. Ka3 Q5b3# {Accuracy: White = 4%, Black = 21%.} (67... Q1b2# $142 {-#1/127}) 0-1 [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2005.12.27"] [Round "?"] [White "xopowo"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "1305"] [BlackElo "1427"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 {A09 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 A09 Réti Opening: Advance Variation} 3. b4 Nf6 4. Bb2 Nc6 $146 (4... c5 5. e3 dxe3 6. fxe3 cxb4 7. d4 e6 (7... g6 8. Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Qxb4 Bh6 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Qxb6 Nxb6 12. Bc1 Be6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Bd3 Ne8 15. Na3 f6 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. c5 Nd5 18. Nc2 f5 19. Bc4 Kg7 20. Ne5 Nec7 21. Bd2 Bg5 22. Bb3 {Ziegler,A (2404)-Jepson,C (2465) Lidköping 1999 0-1 (58)}) (7... Bf5 8. Be2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Bf3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. e4 Bh7 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. e5 Nd7 17. d5 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 cxd5 19. cxd5 Rae8 20. d6 Qb8 21. Bc6 Rd8 22. Rac1 {Vrhovnik,D (2111) -Ljikar,T (1877) Topusko 2014 1-0 (36)}) 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Qc7 12. Kh1 h6 13. e4 e5 14. d5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Nf3 Bc5 17. Rae1 Ng4 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Re2 {Sprumont,O (2034)-Larochelle,M (2069) Laval 2017 1-0}) 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 6. Bxd4 $2 {-5.06/17} (6. e3 {-2.42/21} Nf5 7. Be2) 6... Qxd4 $19 7. Nc3 Qxc4 8. e3 {Black is clearly winning.} Qxb4 9. Be2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Rb1 Qh4 {[#]} 12. g3 Qh3 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Bg2 Qf5 15. d4 O-O 16. e4 Qa5 17. e5 Bxe5 {-2.85/22} (17... Qxc3 $142 {-6.31/21} 18. exf6 g6) 18. dxe5 Qxc3 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qa4 a6 21. Rfc1 Qe7 22. Qa5 b6 23. Qe5 Qd6 24. Qe2 $2 {-3.66/19} (24. Qxd6 $17 {-1.45/25} cxd6 25. Rc6) 24... Rd8 25. Rc2 $2 {-3.90/18} (25. Rc6 {-2.27/24 } Qe7 26. Rbc1) 25... Qd3 {-1.76/25} (25... c5 $142 {-3.90/18 ...b5 is the strong threat.} 26. Rcc1 Qc7) 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Rxc7 Rd2 $2 {0.08/21} (27... g6 $19 {-2.06/19 Strongly threatening ...Rd2.} 28. a4 Rd7) 28. Rbc1 $2 {-2.27/19} (28. Rxb6 $1 $11 {0.08/21} Rd1+ (28... Rxb6 29. Rxc8+) 29. Bf1) 28... Rd8 29. f4 {-2.27/23} (29. Re7 $142 {-1.61/24}) 29... a5 30. Bf1 {-2.45/23} (30. Bc6 $142 {-1.99/25}) 30... Bb7 31. Bb5 Bd5 32. a4 g6 33. Kf2 Kg7 34. Ke3 {-2.49/21} (34. g4 $142 {-1.97/23}) 34... Kf6 35. R1c3 {-2.51/19} (35. g4 {-1.65/23 was called for.}) 35... Rd6 36. g4 Rb7 $2 {-0.09/27} (36... h6 $19 {-2.00/21 aiming for ...e5.} 37. h4 Rdd8 38. g5+ hxg5 39. hxg5+ Kg7) 37. g5+ {-1.50/25} ( 37. Rxb7 $1 $11 {-0.09/27} Bxb7 38. Rc7) 37... Kg7 $17 38. Rc8 h6 {-0.66/30} ( 38... Re7 $1 $17 {-1.29/21 Threatens to win with ...e5.} 39. R8c7 Rxc7 40. Rxc7 Rd8) 39. h4 {-1.25/25} (39. Re8 $15 {-0.66/30} hxg5 40. fxg5) 39... h5 {0.00/26 } (39... hxg5 $17 {-1.25/25} 40. hxg5 Re7) 40. Rc2 $2 {-1.87/23} (40. Re8 $1 $11 {0.00/26} f6 41. Rcc8) 40... Bb3 $2 {0.00/28} ({Black should try} 40... Re7 $1 $19 {-1.87/23 Hoping for ...e5.} 41. Rd2 f6) 41. R2c3 $1 $11 Bd1 $2 {3.04/26 } (41... Ba2 $11 {0.00/28 and Black has nothing to worry.}) 42. Re8 {[#] And now Rcc8 would win.} Bg4 $2 {#10/25} (42... f6 $18 {2.60/27} 43. Rcc8 fxg5) 43. Rcc8 {White mates.} f6 44. Rg8+ Kf7 45. Rcf8+ Ke7 46. Re8+ Kf7 47. Rgf8+ Kg7 48. Rg8+ Kh7 49. Rh8+ Kg7 50. Rhg8+ Kf7 51. Ref8+ {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 32%.} 1-0 [Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2006.02.07"] [Round "?"] [White "GerMa"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "1533"] [BlackElo "1624"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2006.10.09"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 {A09 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 A09 Réti Opening: Advance Variation} 3. b4 e6 4. a3 (4. Bb2 c5 5. g3 Nh6 6. Ne5 Qc7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8. Nd3 b5 9. Qxb5 Bb7 10. Rg1 cxb4 11. Ne5 Rd8 12. Nxd7 Rxd7 13. Bxd4 a6 14. Qe5 Qxc4 15. Bb2 Be7 16. Qb8+ Rd8 17. Qxb7 Qc2 {0-1 (17) Spangenberg,H (2505) -Granda Zuniga,J (2600) Buenos Aires 1996}) 4... Nf6 $146 (4... c5 5. d3 (5. bxc5 Nc6 6. g3 Bxc5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. d3 e5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. c5 Bc7 14. e3 dxe3 15. fxe3 Bf5 16. Ne1 Qd7 17. e4 Be6 18. Rxf6 gxf6 19. Bxh6 Bxb3 {Eberhardt,M (1763)-Rahls,P (2151) Buesum 2017 0-1}) (5. Qb3 Nc6 6. b5 Na5 7. Qc2 Nf6 8. g3 Bd6 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O e5 11. d3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Ng5 Rab8 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. Bd2 b6 18. Bxa5 bxa5 19. Nd2 Qd6 {Vitz,H (1728)-Bonus,C (1470) Troisdorf 2002 1-0}) 5... cxb4 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O bxa3 9. Bxa3 Bxa3 10. Rxa3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Qe7 12. Qa1 e5 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Re1 h6 15. Nge4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rfe8 17. c5 Qc7 18. Nd6 Rf8 19. Rb1 {Le Roux,Y (2058)-Colombi Gamrat,M (1850) Loire 2004 1-0 (44)}) 5. d3 c5 6. b5 {-0.79/25} (6. e3 $11 {0.00/26 remains equal.}) 6... a6 {-0.32/24} ( 6... h6 $17 {-0.79/25}) 7. g3 $2 {-1.84/24} (7. a4 $15 {-0.32/24}) 7... axb5 $19 8. cxb5 {Black is better.} Qa5+ {-1.08/27} (8... Bd7 $1 $19 {-2.34/25} 9. Qb3 Qa5+ 10. Nbd2 Qxb5) 9. Nbd2 {-1.93/24 [#]} (9. Bd2 $17 {-1.08/27 keeps fighting.} Qxb5 10. a4) 9... Qxb5 {-1.22/26} (9... Bd7 $1 $19 {-1.93/24} 10. Bg2 Bxb5) 10. Bg2 $17 Nc6 {-1.11/27} (10... Qa6 $19 {-1.76/25} 11. O-O Be7) 11. O-O {-1.84/26} (11. a4 $17 {-1.11/27} Qa6 12. Bb2) 11... Be7 {-0.93/26} (11... Qa6 $19 {-1.84/26} 12. a4 Be7) 12. Nc4 {-1.44/25 [#]} ({White should try} 12. a4 {-0.93/26} Qa6 13. Nc4) 12... O-O {-0.62/32} (12... Qa6 $1 $17 {-1.44/25} 13. a4 Bd7) 13. Rb1 $2 {-8.21/24} (13. a4 $15 {-0.62/32} Qa6 14. Bd2) 13... Qxb1 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 14. Qd2 Qb5 15. Bb2 Na5 16. Nce5 Nd7 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Ba1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bd6 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. dxc4 Qxc4 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Rxb7 Rxa3 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

A04 Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense (1.Nf3 f6)

My games can be so problematic sometimes that the program I use sometimes refuses to analyse the whole finished game but instead it crashes every time on the same move. I have found two such games while going through my games and both times I contacted support and told about the problem and in both cases they fixed the problem quite soon on their program update. Chess is a very hard game and winning the so called won game is really difficult sometimes. You may have the winning position but if you do not know how to win the game from that position, it does not matter. I am quite likely to play some sloppy moves at those positions and give my opponent more chances than they might deserve. I did three tactical exercises today and solved only one of them... I really would need to practice tactics more. With all the games I have in progress at the moment and all the other stuff that uses my time, it is very hard to find the time to solve those exercises or rather in my case usually fail miserably while trying. I have added ten more puzzles divided in to mate in ones, twos and threes.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.12.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "zednik"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "1705"] [BlackElo "1433"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. Nf3 {A04 Unusual lines after 1.Nf3 and King's Indian Attack} f6 {A04 Zukertort Opening: Arctic Defense} 2. d4 d5 (2... g6 3. e4 d6 4. Be3 Nh6 5. h3 Nf7 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qd2 b5 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. O-O g5 11. Nh2 h5 12. f4 g4 13. h4 f5 14. g3 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. b3 {Velandia Rojas,D (1627) -Vargas Arteaga,A (2303) Bucaramanga 2016 0-1}) 3. c4 (3. e3 Nh6 4. c4 c6 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Nd7 7. Nbd2 f5 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qc2 g6 10. h3 Nf7 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 Nf6 13. Ne1 Bd7 14. f3 O-O-O 15. c5 Qc7 16. f4 g5 17. g3 h5 {Westwood,R (2030) -Surtees,M (2239) Scarborough 2004 1-0 (40)}) 3... b6 $146 (3... e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Bd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nxd5 Be6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. Bd3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 g5 11. Nxg5 fxg5 12. e4 Qe7 13. Qh5+ Bf7 14. Qxg5 Qxg5 15. Bxg5 a6 16. O-O h6 17. Bh4 Nge7 18. f4 {Cerrato Gonzalez,A (1659)-Buergo Villanueva,F Madrid 2011 1-0 (39)}) ( 3... dxc4 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Qh5+ g6 8. Qxc5 f5 9. Qe5+ Kf7 10. Bxc4+ Kf8 11. Qxh8 c5 12. Qxg8+ Ke7 13. Qf7+ {1-0 (13) Bullock,L (1467) -Lakhani,N Amersham 2012}) 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Ba6 {1.81/24} (5... c6 $16 {0.88/23} ) 6. b3 {1.06/24} (6. cxd5 $18 {1.81/24} Bxf1 7. Kxf1 (7. Rxf1 exd5 8. Qa4+ c6 $16) 7... exd5 8. e4) 6... Bb4 {1.53/21} (6... Bd6 $142 {1.06/24}) 7. Bd2 { 0.88/26} (7. Qc2 $142 {1.53/21}) 7... Nh6 8. Bd3 {White is better.} Qe7 { 1.82/23} (8... f5 $16 {0.99/25}) 9. O-O {1.03/26} (9. a3 $18 {1.82/23} Bxc3 10. Bxc3) 9... Bxc3 {1.80/25} (9... O-O $16 {1.03/26}) 10. Bxc3 $18 O-O {1.90/23} ( 10... dxc4 $16 {1.23/24} 11. bxc4 Bb7) 11. Qc2 g6 12. a3 {1.19/26} (12. a4 $18 {1.80/22}) 12... Nf5 {2.05/21} (12... Rd8 $16 {1.19/26 was worth a try.}) 13. Rfe1 {1.16/26} (13. e4 $18 {2.05/21}) 13... c5 $2 {2.77/25} (13... Nd6 $16 { 1.16/26}) 14. e4 $2 {0.61/29} ({White should try} 14. cxd5 $18 {2.77/25 And now Be4 would win.} Bxd3 15. Qxd3) 14... Nd6 $2 {7.68/21} (14... Nxd4 $14 { 0.61/29} 15. Bxd4 (15. Nxd4 dxc4 16. bxc4 cxd4 $11) 15... dxc4 16. Bxc4 cxd4) 15. exd5 e5 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Qg5 18. Re3 Bc8 19. Bb2 Nf5 20. Bxf5 Bxf5 21. Qc3 {Intending Nf7! and mate.} Qf6 22. Rf3 Qd6 {[#]} 23. Ng4 $1 Rf6 (23... Bxg4 24. Qh8#) 24. Nxf6+ Kf8 25. Nxh7+ Ke7 26. Qg7+ Kd8 27. Bf6+ Kc8 28. Re1 Nd7 29. Re8+ Kb7 30. Rfe3 Rxe8 31. Rxe8 {[#] Be5 would kill now.} Ka6 32. Rd8 Qf4 33. g3 $2 {0.00/28} (33. Bg5 $18 {12.23/25} Qe4 34. h3) 33... Qe4 $2 { 14.19/24} (33... Qc1+ $11 {0.00/28} 34. Kg2 Be4+ 35. Kh3 Bf5+ 36. Kg2 Be4+ 37. f3 (37. Kh3 Bf5+ 38. Kg2 $11) 37... Qc2+ 38. Kh3 Bf5+ 39. g4 Qf2 40. gxf5 (40. Ng5 $2 {is a self mate.} Bd3 41. Rxd7 Bf1#) 40... Qxf3+ 41. Kh4 Qf4+ 42. Kh3 Qf3+ 43. Kh4 Qf4+ 44. Kh3 Qf3+) 34. Ng5 ({And not} 34. Rxd7 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. f3 Qe2+ 37. Kg1 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kg1 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qe2+ $11) 34... Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Nxf6 36. Qxf6 Qxb3 37. Ra8 {White threatens Qg7 and mate.} Qxc4 38. Qe5 Bd7 39. Ne6 Bb5 40. Nc7+ {White mates.} Ka5 41. Rxa7+ Ba6 42. Rxa6+ Qxa6 43. Nxa6 Kxa6 44. d6 {Accuracy: White = 32%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

B07 Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nbd7 6.O-O e5 7.Be3 Be7 8.Nd2 Bxe2 9.Qxe2)

The game I am sharing with you today is my latest game that I have played at the Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. This game was played in the second round of the AUTO-MASTER-2088 tournament. The rating of the people who were allowed to join this tournament had to be in the range 1900-2300. As the rating of the people who joined differs during the tournament, my other opponent in round two has a rating of 2481 at the moment I type this. I am of course always willing to play against these higher rated people because I might just learn something from them. In round two there are only three players left so the winner of this group will be the winner of the tournament. I still have chances for winning the group as three games are left in the round but it will require a really good playing on my part. This game was a tough one for me and I thought at some point I would be losing this one, only after my opponent's last move in the game did I know that I was going to win. I rarely get to play moves like 29.Qxe5, so it felt good to play that move. After this game my rating went to my current peak rating of 2191. I have added 10 more puzzles today divided in to mate in one, two and four pages.

[Event "AUTO-MASTER-2088"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2014.10.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "CCapivara"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2181"] [BlackElo "2128"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 (1. d4 d6 (1... Nf6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 c6 {1/2-1/2 (17) Tiller,J (2120) -Rubke,M (2155) Bayern 1998}) 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (12) Musat, A (2369)-Sanduleac,V (2443) Eforie Nord 1999}) 1... d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 { B07 Czech Defense} 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nbd7 6. O-O (6. Be3 e5 {0-1 (33) Marchis, A (2037)-Muller,W (2020) Satu Mare 2011}) 6... e5 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nd2 Bxe2 9. Qxe2 {B07 Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} O-O 10. Rad1 (10. a4 Re8 11. dxe5 (11. Nb3 Qc7 12. f3 g6 13. Rfd1 Nh5 14. d5 c5 15. Nd2 a6 16. Nc4 b6 17. Na3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. b3 Bf6 20. Qd2 Kh8 21. Bg5 Rg8 22. Bxf6+ Ndxf6 23. Kh1 Rg6 24. Nc4 Rag8 25. Rg1 f4 {Marchis,A (2037)-Muller,W (2020) Satu Mare 2011 0-1 (33)}) 11... dxe5 12. Nb3 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (12) Musat,A (2369)-Sanduleac,V (2443) Eforie Nord 1999}) 10... Qc7 11. Nb3 $146 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. a3 a5 13. f3 b5 14. Ncb1 Bc5 15. Nb3 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 c5 17. Nc1 Nb6 18. Ne2 Nc4 19. Qc1 b4 20. a4 Rad8 21. b3 Nb6 22. c4 Nc8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 Ne7 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 { Gensbauer,V (1792)-Wunderer,E (2196) Bad Woerishofen 2003 0-1 (45)}) (11. f4 b5 12. Qf3 (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. f5 Bc5 14. Kh1 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Rfd8 16. Nf3 h6 17. h3 {1/2-1/2 (17) Tiller,J (2120)-Rubke,M (2155) Bayern 1998}) 12... a6 13. Ne2 Kh8 14. Ng3 g6 15. Rf2 Ng8 16. f5 exd4 17. Bxd4+ Ne5 18. Qe2 Bf6 19. b3 Rae8 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qd3 Qe7 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Nd4 Rc8 24. Rf3 Nf6 25. Nde2 g5 {Kraemer, F-Theil,R Doernigheim 1994 0-1 (40)}) 11... Rac8 {The position is equal.} 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 a5 14. Rf3 b5 15. Rg3 Kh8 {0.79/17} (15... Rfe8 $11 {0.10/20 remains equal.}) 16. Qf3 {-0.07/13} (16. e5 $16 {0.79/17} Ng8 17. Nxa5 (17. Qg4 g6 $14) (17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 $14)) 16... a4 17. Nd2 Qa7 18. Ne2 c5 { 0.85/17} (18... Ne5 $11 {-0.17/19} 19. Qe3 (19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. c3 Bd6 $11) 19... Ng6) 19. Be3 {-0.02/18} (19. e5 $16 {0.85/17} Ne8 20. Rh3) 19... a3 20. b3 b4 { 0.36/18} (20... cxd4 $11 {-0.11/21 is superior.} 21. Bxd4 Qb7) 21. Kh1 { -0.09/18} (21. Nc4 $14 {0.36/18} Qb8 22. Rg5) 21... cxd4 22. Nxd4 {[#] Threatens to win with Nf5.} Qb7 {0.26/16} (22... Ne5 $142 {-0.21/20} 23. Qf1 Qd7) 23. Qf5 {-0.58/20} (23. Rxg7 $1 $11 {0.26/16} Ne5 24. Qg3) 23... Rc3 24. Qg5 Rg8 $1 25. Nf5 Bf8 {0.67/20} ({Black should play} 25... Nc5 $15 {-0.46/17}) 26. Rc1 $40 {0.07/17 White has some attack.} (26. Bd4 $1 $14 {0.67/20} Rxg3 27. Qxg3 (27. Nxg3 Qc6 $14)) 26... Nxe4 {0.89/16} (26... h6 $11 {0.07/17 keeps the balance.} 27. Rh3 Nh7) 27. Nxe4 $16 Qxe4 28. Nh6 $1 {[#]} Ne5 $2 {8.51/15} ( 28... Qe6 $16 {0.89/22}) (28... gxh6 29. Qxg8#) 29. Qxe5 $1 {Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 11%.} 1-0

E32 Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4.Qc2): 4...0-0 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.b4)

The game you see below was played in a tournament called AUTO-OPEN-3254 and that tournament is held at the Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. It has been maybe the only correspondence chess site where my rating has gone steadily upward and I have only suffered only momentary rating losses. The first round of this tournament is still going even though it would not be if the players who could claim a win on time, would actually claim their wins. Those four games that are still going needlessly do not even have any effect on who advances to the next round as that is already decided. The 20 players that are on the tournament are divided into five groups of four players. And I believe only the winner advances into the next round. As there can be only maximum of six simultaneous games, in the next round there will be one group of three people and one group where there are only two players. The winners of round two will face off in the final third round. No matter what happens in the two remaining games of my group, I will be able to advance to the next round as I have secured my win in the group already. Not sure if those games will ever finish though... With the win in this game I was able to increase my rating to 2169. I have added ten more puzzles today divided in mate in two, three and four pages.

[Event "AUTO-OPEN-3254"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2014.05.16"] [Round "1"] [White "attachui"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2231"] [BlackElo "2155"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 {E32 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation. Keres Defense} 7. b4 {-0.27/19 E32 Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4.Qc2): 4...0-0} (7. Nf3 $142 {0.29/20}) 7... Bb7 { 0.20/21} (7... d5 {-0.27/19 deserves consideration.}) (7... a5 8. Bb2 axb4 9. axb4 Ne4 10. Qb3 Rxa1+ 11. Bxa1 Bb7 12. Nf3 c5 13. b5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 d6 15. e3 e5 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Be2 Ng5 18. Ba3 Qf6 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Rg1 Ra8 21. Kd2 Qh4 22. Bxd6 {Arlandi,E (2470)-Palac,M (2575) Porto San Giorgio 1997 0-1}) 8. f3 { -0.63/18} (8. e3 $11 {0.20/21}) (8. Bb2 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Bd3 a5 12. b5 c6 13. Ne2 cxb5 14. cxb5 d5 15. dxe5 dxe4 16. exf6 exd3 17. Qxd3 Nxf6 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Rc8 22. Kd2 Bd5 {Planell,E (2236)-Petrossian,A (2437) Saint-Affrique 2012 1/2-1/2 (43)}) 8... d5 $146 { -0.05/21} (8... c5 $1 $15 {-0.63/18} 9. Bb2 Re8 10. e3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 d5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Rd1 axb4 14. axb4 Nc6 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Bc3 e5 17. Ne2 d4 18. exd4 exd4 19. Ba1 Nxb4 20. Bxd4 Ra2 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Bb2 Qe3 23. Kf1 Qxd2 {Gawronski,M (2185)-Murdzia,P (2405) Poland 1998 0-1}) 9. c5 {-0.70/21} (9. cxd5 $11 { -0.05/21} Nxd5 10. Qd3) 9... c6 {0.50/20} (9... Re8 $15 {-0.70/21}) 10. Bg5 { -0.99/19} (10. Bf4 $14 {0.50/20 keeps the upper hand.}) 10... Nbd7 {0.00/22} ( 10... Re8 $17 {-0.99/19} 11. Bf4 a5) 11. e4 $2 {-1.98/18} (11. Bf4 $11 { 0.00/22 and White is okay.}) 11... dxe4 12. fxe4 {-2.75/19} (12. Bc4 $142 { -1.73/21}) 12... Qc7 $2 {-0.25/22} ({Black should play} 12... Nxe4 $19 { -2.75/19} 13. Bxd8 Nxc3) 13. Bd3 $11 h6 {0.13/21} (13... bxc5 $15 {-0.48/19} 14. bxc5 e5) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nf3 Rad8 {1.34/19} (15... a5 $1 $11 {0.00/25 remains equal.}) 16. O-O $16 Qd7 17. Rad1 Kh8 {1.87/20} (17... Qe7 $16 {1.12/21 }) 18. Bc2 Ba6 {2.12/18} (18... bxc5 $142 {1.68/26} 19. Ne5 (19. Qxc5 Ba6 $16) (19. dxc5 Qc7 $16) (19. bxc5 Ba6 $16) 19... Qc8) 19. Ne5 $18 Qc7 20. Rf2 { 0.87/23} (20. Qg3 $18 {2.31/22 is more deadly.} Rc8 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 (22. Qxd3 Kg8 $16) 22... Nxe4 23. Ng6+ $1 Kg8 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Rc1) 20... Rc8 $2 {2.89/21} (20... Nxe4 $16 {0.87/23} 21. Bxe4 Qxe5 22. Bxc6 Qc7) 21. Qd2 {[#] Rxf6! is the strong threat.} Nh7 22. Ng4 $2 {0.78/22 } (22. Ba4 $18 {2.53/18}) 22... f6 $16 23. e5 {0.00/24} (23. Qc3 $16 {1.49/19}) 23... f5 {0.41/20} (23... h5 $11 {0.00/24 might be stronger.} 24. Ne3 fxe5) 24. Ne3 $14 Ng5 25. Nxf5 $2 {-1.43/20} (25. Qe1 $14 {0.55/24 stays ahead.}) 25... exf5 $17 26. Bxf5 Rcd8 27. Qe3 $2 {-3.08/19} (27. h4 $17 {-1.44/23 is a better defense.} Nh7 28. cxb6 Qxb6 29. Be4) 27... Bc8 28. g4 {-3.19/22} (28. cxb6 $142 {-2.05/24} axb6 29. Bc2) 28... Ne6 29. h4 $2 {-4.18/21} (29. cxb6 {-2.58/23} Qxb6 30. Rfd2) 29... Qe7 30. Rh2 Nc7 31. Bc2 $2 {-6.36/18} (31. Bxc8 {-3.92/22} Rxc8 32. g5) 31... Bxg4 $19 32. Rdd2 Bf5 33. cxb6 axb6 34. Bb3 Nd5 35. Qg3 Be4 36. Bc2 Bxc2 ({Worse is} 36... Qf7 37. Rhf2 $11) 37. Rxc2 Qe6 38. Rhg2 {[#]} Rf7 {Hoping for ...Nf4.} 39. Qg6 {-8.15/20} (39. Rcf2 $142 {-4.39/23}) 39... Qxg6 40. Rxg6 Ne7 41. Rg4 {-5.31/20} (41. Rd6 $142 {-3.41/20} Re8 42. Rf2) 41... Rf3 42. b5 cxb5 43. Rc7 Nf5 44. e6 Re3 45. Rc6 Nxd4 46. Rxb6 Nxe6 47. Rxb5 Rxa3 {aiming for ...Rd1+.} 48. Rb6 Rd2 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 49. Rb1 Rad3 50. Rb8+ Kh7 51. h5 Rd5 52. Re8 Rg5 53. Kh1 Rd1+ 54. Kh2 Rxg4 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 29%.} 0-1

C10 French with 3.Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e5 Ne4)

Now this is a game I have wanted to share for some time but as I value the order of posting maybe more than presenting the selected games first, it was only now that this game came up in the database of games I have gone through. And after this game I shall move to another database of games, I like to keep my games from one site in a database where there are only games from that site. The game you see below was played in the first round of the French 2014 thematic tournament where the starting position was after the moves 1.e4 e6 had been played. My opponent in this game was a FM Juergen Kaufeld. We played two games against each other in the first round and the other game I lost. This is most likely the best draw I have ever had. In the light of the ratings that is. I would assume that my opponent remains the highest rated person I have drawn against for quite a long time. I did manage to advance to the next round in this tournament even though there was two titled players in my group one International Master and one FIDE Master. Well, I came third in the group and barely advanced to the next round, half a point ahead of the IM. Only three games remain in the round one, so the next round might start soonish, I have not checked what is the status of those games but assuming those games are not really long games, they should not take many months to finish. Today I have added 14 more puzzles divided into mate in two, three and four pages.

[Event "French 2014 - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.08.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Avancado"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "1910"] [BlackElo "2456"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {C10 French Defense: Normal Variation} Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 {0.84/21 C10 French with 3.Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} (5... Nd7 $14 {0.37/20}) 6. a3 {-0.13/19} (6. Bd3 $16 {0.84/21}) 6... Nxc3 $11 7. bxc3 Na5 8. Bd3 {-0.17/21} (8. Qd2 $142 {0.27/19}) 8... h6 (8... c5 9. h4 Bd7 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Qf3 Bxg5 12. Bxg5 Qc7 13. O-O c4 14. Be2 Ba4 15. Ra2 h6 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. h5 Nc6 18. Qh3 Ne7 19. Bg4 Qd7 20. Rb1 Rdf8 21. Rb4 Bc6 22. Bc1 f5 23. exf6 {Kravtsiv,M (2565)-Praveen Kumar,C (2358) Metz 2011 1-0 (36)}) ( 8... Be7 9. h4 h6 10. Qd2 c5 11. h5 Qc7 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qf4 c4 14. Be2 Ba4 15. Bd1 Nc6 16. Qg4 Kd7 17. Nh2 Rag8 18. f4 Kc8 19. f5 Nd8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Rf2 Kb8 22. Nf1 Be8 23. Qh3 {Vokhidov,S (2377)-Khoroshev,N (2380) Toshkent 2017 1/ 2-1/2 (44)}) 9. O-O c5 {0.51/22} (9... b6 $11 {-0.14/21}) 10. a4 $146 {-0.76/18 } (10. dxc5 $1 $14 {0.51/22 stays ahead.} Bxc5 (10... Qc7 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Nb5 Bxb5 13. Bxb5+ Nc6 14. Qd4 O-O-O 15. Qa4 Bxc5 16. Rb1 Nxe5 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Ba6 Bb6 20. Qc6+ Qc7 21. Bxb7+ Kb8 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. Ba6 Rd6 24. c4 dxc4 25. Bxc4 {Harper,R (2175)-Zaragatski,I (2491) Port of Spain 2016 1/2-1/2 (66)}) 11. Nd4) (10. Ne1 Qc7 (10... Bd7 11. f4 Qb6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. a4 Kb8 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc4 17. Qe2 Rc8 18. Rfb1 Be7 19. Bc1 f6 20. Nh4 Be8 21. Ng6 Bxg6 22. Bxg6 fxe5 23. fxe5 Rhf8 24. g3 Bg5 25. Bxg5 {Areshchenko, A (2335)-Heberla,B (2364) Evpatoria 2001 1/2-1/2}) 11. Be3 Bd7 12. f4 O-O-O 13. Nf3 Be7 14. Qe1 Ba4 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd4 Bb6 17. Kh1 Nc4 18. Bc1 Ba5 19. Nb3 Bb6 20. Nd4 Ba5 21. Nb3 Bb6 22. Nd4 Ba5 23. Nb3 Bb6 24. Nd4 Ba5 {Garbowska,H (2090)-Szymanska,M (2133) Glogow 2001 1/2-1/2}) 10... Bd7 {0.36/21} (10... c4 $17 {-0.76/18} 11. Be2 b6) 11. Be3 {-0.86/19} (11. dxc5 $1 $14 {0.36/21 keeps the upper hand.} Qc7 12. Nd4) 11... Qc7 {-0.19/23} (11... c4 $17 {-0.86/19} 12. Be2 Be7) 12. Nd2 {-0.73/18} (12. Bb5 $11 {-0.19/23 remains equal.}) 12... Nc6 { 0.00/23} (12... c4 $17 {-0.73/18} 13. Be2 Nc6) 13. f4 {-0.73/21} (13. Bb5 $11 { 0.00/23}) 13... cxd4 {-0.02/23} (13... c4 $1 $17 {-0.73/21} 14. Be2 Be7) 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Nf3 {-0.74/21} (15. Nb3 $11 {-0.07/22 keeps the balance.}) 15... Be7 $17 16. Qd2 {-0.79/21} (16. Qb1 $15 {-0.36/22}) 16... O-O 17. Rfc1 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 {-0.93/20} (18. cxd3 $15 {-0.45/23 deserves consideration.} Bc6 19. Qd1) 18... Rfc8 19. Bd2 {-1.04/21} (19. a5 $15 {-0.53/22}) 19... Qc4 {-0.60/26} ( 19... a5 $17 {-1.04/21}) 20. Qb3 {-1.16/21} (20. Qxc4 $15 {-0.60/26} Rxc4 21. a5) 20... Rc7 {-0.50/27} (20... b6 $17 {-1.16/21}) 21. a5 {-0.92/24} (21. h3 $15 {-0.50/27}) 21... Bb5 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 ({Reject} 22... dxc4 23. Rcb1 $11) 23. c3 Rac8 24. Kf2 R4c7 {-0.21/24} (24... Ra4 $17 {-0.76/22}) 25. Rcb1 {-0.87/21} (25. Ke3 $1 $11 {-0.21/24}) 25... Ba6 {-0.12/21} ({Better is} 25... Bd3 $17 { -0.87/21} 26. Rb3 Bc2) 26. Rb3 {-0.68/21} (26. Ke3 $11 {-0.12/21}) 26... Kf8 27. Ne1 {-0.92/20} (27. Ke3 $15 {-0.39/25}) 27... Ke8 28. Nc2 Bd3 29. Nb4 { -0.96/21} (29. Ne1 $15 {-0.55/23 is superior.} Bc4 30. Rb2) 29... Be4 30. Rc1 { -1.11/21} (30. g3 $15 {-0.56/24}) 30... f6 31. g3 fxe5 32. fxe5 Kd7 {-0.65/24} ({Black should try} 32... Bd8 $17 {-1.12/24} 33. Ke2 Rf7) 33. Ke2 $15 Rf8 34. Rf1 {-1.15/24} (34. Nd3 $15 {-0.57/25}) 34... Bf5 35. Rf2 Rc4 {-0.84/23} (35... Rcc8 $142 {-1.26/19} 36. Bf4 Bg4+ 37. Kd2 g5) 36. Be3 $17 Kc7 {-0.69/24} (36... Rcc8 $17 {-1.21/21} 37. Nd3 Kc6) 37. Kd1 Be4 38. Rxf8 Bxf8 39. Kd2 Be7 40. Rb2 {Accuracy: White = 18%, Black = 27%.} 1/2-1/2

C92 Closed Spanish Game: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d3 Bb7 12.Nbd2 Nc6)

The opening played in this game I have learned from watching chess videos that have featured strong players. I have never really looked at the theory until I looked it for the post analysis of this game. The game below is a bit unfinished as my opponent lost this game on time. This game was played in the match called We celebrate 500 members by honoring Mequinho - the Brazilian WOLF. The match is played between The WOLF and Chess Society America. I play board 4 for The WOLF and currently our opponent leads the match 1-3. Our board two lost both of his games on time, so that was not good but we still have a chance in the match. I have added more puzzles to mate in ones, twos and threes today. I am going to add puzzle number 500 on December 31st 2014 and that means that I have to increase the amount of puzzles per day to 10 and one day even need to do 11 in order to reach that goal. I am also hoping that I get my other project finished before this year ends so it will be a busy time for me and new content will be coming in a faster pace at least the last week of the year. This is also my 160th different opening featured here!! I have also reached new peak at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club and that new peak rating is 2191!!

[Event "We celebrate 500 members by honoring Me"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.12"] [Round "?"] [White "tedy7"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "1739"] [BlackElo "1893"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 (3... Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. h3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 {1-0 (28) Budinsky,M (2018)-Jurco,M (1000) Liptovsky Mikulas 2017}) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O (5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 {1-0 (33) Azimova,K (2048)-Burdakova,A (1737) St Petersburg 2014 }) 5... b5 (5... Be7 6. Re1 b5 {1-0 (49) Gelman,A (2400)-Guliev,S (2490) Moscow 1994}) 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O (7... d6 8. c3 {1-0 (49) Gelman,A (2400) -Guliev,S (2490) Moscow 1994}) 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Na5 (9... Bb7 10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 {1-0 (49) Gelman,A (2400)-Guliev,S (2490) Moscow 1994}) 10. Bc2 c5 {C96 Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Closed Defense} 11. d3 Bb7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 { 0.50/19 C92 Closed Spanish Game: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} (12... Re8 $11 {0.00/22}) 13. Nf1 {0.08/22} (13. a4 $14 {0.50/19 deserves consideration.}) 13... Qc7 {0.92/18} (13... h6 $11 {0.08/22 keeps the balance.} ) 14. Ng3 {0.27/20} (14. Nh4 $16 {0.92/18}) (14. Bg5 h6 (14... Nd7 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ne3 Nf6 17. Bb3 h6 18. a4 Rfe8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nh4 g6 22. Qf3 Kg7 23. g4 Neg8 24. Qg3 Nh7 25. Rf1 g5 26. Nhf5+ Kg6 27. h4 f6 28. h5# {1-0 (28) Budinsky,M (2018)-Jurco,M (1000) Liptovsky Mikulas 2017}) 15. Bh4 Nh7 16. Bg3 Ng5 17. Ne3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bg5 19. Nf5 Ne7 20. h4 Nxf5 21. hxg5 Nxg3 22. gxh6 gxh6 23. Qxg3+ Kh7 24. f4 Rg8 25. Qh4 f5 26. Re2 Rg4 27. Qh5 Rxf4 28. exf5 Rg8 {Gelman,A (2400)-Guliev,S (2490) Moscow 1994 1-0 (49)}) 14... d5 { 1.05/18} (14... Rfe8 $11 {0.27/20}) 15. exd5 $146 {0.25/21} (15. Nh4 $16 { 1.05/18}) (15. Nf5 Rad8 16. Qe2 dxe4 17. dxe4 c4 18. Nxe7+ Nxe7 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. a4 h6 21. Bc1 Ng6 22. axb5 axb5 23. b3 cxb3 24. Bxb3 Bxe4 25. Ba3 Nf4 26. Qxb5 Qb8 27. Qxb8 Rxb8 28. Bxf8 Rxb3 29. Nd2 Rxc3 {Azimova,K (2048)-Burdakova,A (1737) St Petersburg 2014 1-0 (33)}) 15... Nxd5 $11 16. c4 $2 {-1.38/18 [#]} ( 16. Nf5 $11 {0.25/21}) 16... Nb6 {-0.61/19} (16... Ndb4 $17 {-1.38/18} 17. Bb1 Rad8 18. cxb5 (18. a3 Nxd3 19. Bxd3 bxc4 $15) 18... axb5) 0-1

E14 Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4.e3) (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5)

This game is a rare draw in my team match games, actually it is currently the only draw I have played in a team match at Chess.com that is. In over the board chess I have drawn quite many times in a team match. The game below is from a team match called Friendly match and I played board one for the Himgouree's club, our opponent was Internet tim BASK Beograd. My opponent offered me the draw in that final position and because I thought that I am worse in that position, I accepted the draw offer. And I still believe that if someone is going to win that game, it is my opponent as my pieces are badly placed. It was kind of sad that my only loss and a draw in a team match happened in the same match. Well, only point losses so far that is. There will be more quite likely as I can't win them all. I always try to play for the win but sometimes the opponent is just better. Today I have updated the mate in one, two and three puzzle pages. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts.

[Event "Friendly match - Board 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.14"] [Round "?"] [White "BodaTajson"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "2026"] [BlackElo "1883"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 (1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. Nc3 { 0-1 (40) Armstrong,R-Inigo,A (1852) Ottawa 2007}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 { E14 Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System} Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 {0.51/19 E14 Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4.e3)} ({ Black should play} 8... exd5 $11 {0.00/21} 9. b3 g6) 9. Nxd5 {0.04/22} (9. e4 $14 {0.51/19} Nxc3 10. bxc3) 9... Qxd5 $11 (9... Bxd5 10. e4 {0-1 (40) Armstrong,R-Inigo,A (1852) Ottawa 2007}) 10. e4 {0.00/22} (10. Qc2 $1 $14 { 0.42/19}) 10... Qd8 {0.41/19} (10... Qh5 $11 {0.00/22 is superior.}) 11. Bf4 { -0.18/21} (11. a3 $14 {0.41/19}) 11... c5 $1 12. dxc5 {-0.18/23} (12. a3 $14 { 0.66/18}) 12... Bxc5 13. Qe2 {-0.07/24} (13. a3 $14 {0.41/20 is more appropriate.}) 13... Nc6 (13... Qe7 14. Rfd1 {0-1 (40) Armstrong,R-Inigo,A (1852) Ottawa 2007}) 14. Rfd1 {-0.38/23} (14. Rad1 $11 {0.21/23}) 14... Qe7 { 0.44/22} (14... Qf6 $15 {-0.38/23} 15. Bg3 e5) 15. e5 $146 (15. a3 a5 16. Rd2 e5 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. g3 Rad8 22. Kg2 Qd6 23. Qf3 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Qxd2 26. Qf5 g6 27. Qxe5 Qd4 28. Qe7 Qd6 29. Qb7 Qf6 {Armstrong,R-Inigo,A (1852) Ottawa 2007 0-1 (40)}) 15... Nb4 $2 {2.22/19} (15... f6 $11 {0.27/23 and Black has nothing to worry.}) 16. Be4 $2 { 0.09/24} (16. Bxh7+ $1 $18 {2.22/19} Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg8 18. Qh5 Bxf2+ 19. Kh1 ( 19. Kxf2 Qc5+ 20. Be3 Qc2+ 21. Rd2 Qg6 $11)) 16... Bxe4 $11 17. Qxe4 Nd5 18. Ng5 {[#]} g6 19. Qf3 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 Kg7 {0.84/21} (20... f6 $11 {0.19/24} 21. Nf3 Rad8) 21. Rd3 {Black must now prevent Rad1.} Rad8 22. Rh3 {-0.27/22} (22. Rad1 $16 {1.18/23 aiming for Rxd8.} Rd5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5) 22... Rh8 { 0.16/24} (22... h5 $142 {-0.27/22}) 23. Ne4 {[#] And now Qh6+ would win.The position is equal.} h6 24. Qf6+ Qxf6 25. exf6+ {Accuracy: White = 16%, Black = 51%.} 1/2-1/2

E14 Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4.e3) (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.e3 Be7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Be2 d6 8.O-O c5)

It is a rare thing that I play any other games than either team match games or tournaments these days but this one is neither, it is a challenge I created apparently in June this year. This game lasted over five months, so it is one of the longest games I have played but I am quite sure that there will be longer games as time goes by. My move speed is too slow these days to indicate something different. All I can say from this game is that mistakes were made on both sides and this was by no means an easy game for me. I have added more puzzles to mate in ones and twos today.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.06.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "K_Nyaffy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E14"] [WhiteElo "1879"] [BlackElo "1624"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "115"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 {0-1 (55) Nikolic,Z (2254)-Cvetanovic,U (2164) Pozarevac 2009}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 (3. a3 b6 {1-0 (30) Krottki,M-Wenbo, D Dos Hermanas 2004} 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 {0-1 (35) Frimanslund,B (1521) -Kopperud,V (1742) Drammen 2018}) 3... b6 4. a3 {E12 Queen's Indian Defense: Petrosian Variation} Bb7 5. e3 (5. Nc3 Be7 {0-1 (55) Nikolic,Z (2254) -Cvetanovic,U (2164) Pozarevac 2009}) 5... Be7 6. Nc3 O-O (6... c5 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O {1-0 (30) Krottki,M-Wenbo,D Dos Hermanas 2004}) 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O c5 { 1.22/18 E14 Queen's Indian: Classical Variation (4.e3)} (8... d5 $11 {-0.12/24 keeps the balance.}) (8... Nbd7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Qc2 f5 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. Bb2 g6 15. e4 f4 16. Rfe1 e5 17. d5 h5 18. b4 Bg7 19. f3 g5 20. Nb3 Nf6 21. c5 g4 22. Qe2 Bc8 23. Ba6 {Nikolic,Z (2254)-Cvetanovic,U (2164) Pozarevac 2009 0-1 (55)}) (8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. e4 Nd7 12. f4 f5 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Bf6 15. Nf3 Nc5 16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 a5 18. Nd4 Bxd4+ 19. Qxd4 Nb3 20. Qc3 Nxa1 21. Bd2 Qf6 22. Qg3 Nc2 23. Bc3 {Frimanslund,B (1521) -Kopperud,V (1742) Drammen 2018 0-1 (35)}) 9. Qc2 $146 {-0.30/22} (9. d5 $1 $16 {1.22/18}) (9. b4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Bb7 15. Nb5 d5 16. Nxa7 Ra8 17. Nb5 dxc4 18. Bxc4 Nf6 19. Qc3 Ba6 20. Rfd1 Qe8 21. Nc7 Qc8 22. Nxa8 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Qxc4 {Krottki,M-Wenbo,D Dos Hermanas 2004 1-0}) 9... cxd4 {0.30/23} (9... d5 $142 {-0.30/22}) 10. exd4 {-0.30/21} ( 10. Nxd4 $142 {0.30/23} Qc8 11. e4) 10... Nbd7 {0.60/20} (10... d5 $11 { -0.30/21}) 11. Bf4 {-0.18/20} (11. b4 $14 {0.60/20}) 11... Rc8 {0.47/20} (11... d5 $11 {-0.18/20}) 12. Nb5 {0.00/24} (12. b4 $14 {0.47/20}) 12... d5 {1.13/20} (12... Nh5 $1 $11 {0.00/24} 13. Bxd6 a6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7) 13. Nxa7 $16 Ra8 14. Nb5 $36 {White is in control.} dxc4 15. Qxc4 {0.62/23} ({But not} 15. Bxc4 $6 Rc8 $14) (15. Bc7 $16 {1.44/21} Qc8 16. Rfc1 (16. Bxc4 Nd5 $16)) 15... Nd5 $14 16. Bg3 {0.67/22} (16. Bc1 $16 {1.13/22}) 16... Ba6 {1.41/19} (16... N7f6 $14 { 0.67/22}) 17. Qb3 {0.84/24} (17. Qd3 $142 {1.41/19}) 17... f5 $2 {2.37/20} ( 17... N7f6 $16 {0.84/24}) 18. Be5 Nxe5 {2.26/20} (18... N7f6 $16 {1.52/21} 19. Rfc1 Qd7) 19. Nxe5 Bf6 20. Bc4 Bxe5 {2.09/20} (20... Bb7 $16 {1.43/23} 21. g3 Kh8) 21. dxe5 $18 Kh8 {2.65/21} (21... Bxb5 {1.98/23 might work better.} 22. Bxb5 (22. Qxb5 Ra5 $16) 22... Ra5) 22. Nd6 {1.33/24} (22. Rfd1 $18 {2.65/21}) 22... Bxc4 $16 23. Qxc4 Qg5 24. f4 {0.66/24} (24. Rad1 $16 {1.46/19}) 24... Qg4 {1.21/21} ({Better is} 24... Qh4 $14 {0.66/24}) 25. Rf3 Qh4 {1.77/21} (25... g5 $16 {0.77/21}) 26. Raf1 Qe7 {1.96/19} (26... Rad8 $16 {1.38/25} 27. Rd3 Qe7) 27. Rh3 {1.28/22} (27. Qc6 $18 {1.96/19}) 27... Rad8 28. Qe2 Rxd6 $2 {2.80/22} (28... g5 $16 {1.27/25}) 29. exd6 $18 Qxd6 30. Qh5 {[#]} h6 31. Qf3 {1.49/24} ( 31. Qd1 $18 {1.94/22}) 31... Rc8 $16 32. Qf2 {0.73/26} (32. Qd3 $142 $1 { 1.48/20}) 32... Kg8 {2.17/18} (32... Rc4 $16 {0.73/26 was worth a try.}) 33. Qd4 b5 {2.11/21} (33... Rc5 $16 {1.45/25} 34. Rd3 Qc6) 34. Rg3 $18 {[#]} Rc7 { 2.45/22} (34... Qd7 $142 {1.72/25} 35. b3 Rc6) 35. Rb3 $2 {0.63/22} (35. h3 $18 {2.45/22}) 35... Rc4 $14 36. Qa7 {0.00/24} (36. Qd2 $1 $16 {1.15/18}) 36... Qc5+ $2 {2.21/23} (36... Nxf4 $11 {0.00/24} 37. Qf2 (37. Rxb5 {leads to mate.} Ne2+ 38. Kf2 Qf4+ 39. Ke1 Rc1+ 40. Kxe2 Rc2+ 41. Ke1 Qd2#) 37... Qc6) 37. Qxc5 $18 Rxc5 {Endgame KRR-KRN} 38. g3 Kf7 39. Rf2 Kf6 40. Kg2 g5 41. Rd3 b4 42. Rb3 {1.27/22} (42. a4 $18 {1.77/23}) 42... bxa3 $16 43. bxa3 Ra5 44. Kf3 {0.91/25} (44. fxg5+ $142 {1.51/22} hxg5 45. Rc2) 44... Ra6 {1.66/22} (44... gxf4 $16 { 0.91/25 was necessary.} 45. gxf4 Ra4) 45. Ra2 Ra4 46. fxg5+ hxg5 47. Ra1 { 0.30/21} ({White should try} 47. Rc2 $16 {1.57/18}) 47... f4 {1.77/21} (47... e5 $1 $11 {0.30/21}) 48. gxf4 {1.24/22} ({White should play} 48. Rb5 $18 { 1.77/21}) 48... Nxf4 $2 {2.98/17} (48... gxf4 $16 {1.24/22 is a better defense. } 49. Rb5 Kf5) 49. Rb4 $18 Rxb4 $2 {8.55/21} (49... Ra8 {2.96/24} 50. h4 Nd5) 50. axb4 {KR-KN. White is clearly winning.} Nd5 51. Rb1 Nc3 52. Rb3 Nb5 { aiming for ...Nd4+.} 53. Ke4 Nd6+ 54. Kd4 g4 55. Kc5 Ne4+ 56. Kc6 Kf5 57. b5 Nd2 58. Rb4 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

C00 French: Unusual White 2nd moves (1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Qe2+)

Today I shall present to you this short game that I won on time. Even if my opponent had not flagged, the position for him was really bad anyway. This game was played in Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52), the time control for the game was 3 days/move. There was at the start of the tournament 100 players that were divided into groups of five. From each group two of the best players will advance to the next round. I had to resign my last game of round one against a player who was around 450 points lower rated than me but played much better than his rating would suggest. I am actually surprised that he did not make it to round two. That game was also the only loss I suffered in round one in this tournament. In my other game against the player who was the only one that could beat me, I also had difficulties but I was able to get a win in that game. I will post that game at some point here, when I have analysed it. I should maybe avoid playing correspondence chess tournaments where the winner advances to the next round. This is because I may completely forget that tournament even exists before the next round starts. Assuming that I win my group, of course, it does not happen all the time. Today I noticed that my Red Hot Pawn games had increased from 133 to 141, so I started look what had caused this. After I found out what games had started, I figured out that one of the tournaments had moved on to the next round. I had forgotten all about that tournament. This meant that my games in progress is now 288, so the real chance of it getting over 300 is still there. I have added more puzzles to mate in ones, twos and threes today.

[Event "Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52)"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.15"] [Round "?"] [White "FuadQasanov"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "1253"] [BlackElo "1874"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 {C00 French Defense: Knight Variation} d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Qe2+ {C00 French: Unusual White 2nd moves} Be7 5. Ng5 (5. d4 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bg4 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qb4 11. Nxc7+ Kd7 12. Nxa8 Rxa8 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qa5 15. Bd3 Qxa2 16. Bf5+ Ke8 17. Bxh7 Bb4 18. c3 Qa1+ 19. Kc2 Qa4+ {Vojtko,P-Nagy,Z (2250) Sarospatak 1995 1-0 (59)}) (5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bg5 O-O 9. O-O-O Re8 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bg2 a6 12. Nh4 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd2 Bxh4 15. Nxd5 c6 16. Nc3 Qc7 17. f4 b5 18. g5 hxg5 19. fxg5 Qg3 { Romanova,E (1000)-Novomeska,K (1205) Slovakia 2018 0-1 (41)}) 5... Nf6 { -1.13/23} (5... c5 $19 {-1.84/21} 6. d3 Nf6) 6. Qe5 $146 {-4.76/18 [#]} (6. Nf3 $17 {-1.13/23}) (6. c4 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Qc2 g6 10. Nc3 Nb4 11. Qb1 Nxd3+ 12. Kd1 Nxf2+ 13. Ke1 Nxh1 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Nd4 Ng4 16. h3 Bxg5 17. hxg4 Qe7+ 18. Ne2 Bxg4 19. Qd3 Rfe8 20. Kd1 Bxe2+ {Sanyal,S-Chung,E (60) Coventry 2015 0-1}) 6... Nc6 {-2.37/21} (6... O-O $142 {-4.76/18 ...Ng4 is the strong threat.} 7. Qc3 Nc6) 7. Bb5 $19 Bd7 8. Bxc6 {Black is clearly better.} Bxc6 9. d3 {-1.92/21} (9. O-O $17 {-1.42/20 might work better.}) 9... O-O { -1.35/22} (9... d4 $19 {-1.92/21} 10. O-O O-O) 10. Qf5 $2 {-4.29/21 [#]} (10. O-O $17 {-1.35/22 is a better defense.}) 10... d4 {-1.72/22} (10... Bd6 $142 { -4.29/21} 11. Nf3 Re8+ 12. Kf1 Qe7) 11. O-O g6 12. Qh3 Nh5 13. Ne4 {-2.05/22} ( 13. f4 $17 {-1.30/22 keeps fighting.}) 13... Bxe4 $2 {-0.52/21} ({Don't play} 13... f5 14. Ng3 $17) ({Better is} 13... Bd7 $19 {-2.05/22} 14. Qf3 f5) 14. dxe4 $15 Qd6 {0.09/21} (14... Re8 $15 {-0.52/21}) 15. Nd2 {-0.43/20} ({White should play} 15. Qd3 $11 {0.09/21}) 15... Rfe8 {0.00/22} (15... a5 $15 { -0.43/20}) 16. Nc4 {-0.87/22} (16. Qb3 $11 {0.00/22 keeps the balance.}) 16... Qc5 $36 {Black has good play.} 17. b3 $2 {-1.87/19} (17. Qd3 $11 {-0.25/23 and White is okay.}) 17... b5 $19 18. Na5 {-3.06/19} (18. Ba3 $142 {-1.68/24} Qc6 19. Bxe7 bxc4 20. Bg5) 18... Qxc2 {aiming for ...Bb4.} 19. Nc6 $2 {-7.60/19} ( 19. a3 {-2.79/23}) 19... Qxc6 {Accuracy: White = 6%, Black = 39%.} 0-1

B32 Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations (1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 e5 3.e4 Bxc5 4.Nf3 Nc6)

This is one of the ten games I played in the round one of the 28th Chess.com Tournament. The rating range for the group was 1601-1800. The next round of the tournament still has not begun as 119 games still remain to be played on round one while I type this. This game started to go wrong for my opponent early on, especially after the move 12...b6 which was a big blunder that lead to a loss of a bishop for a pawn. After that blunder there was no real hope for a comeback for my opponent even though I may not have played the rest of the moves in the game optimally.

The amount of games I play simultaneously seems to have stabilized to 278 games which is at the moment a bit too much as I am not able to give enough attention to every game. I have tried to move faster recently but I have still not managed to get my games to a point where there would be less games in which I have to move than those where it is my opponent to move. I have updated mate in one, two and three puzzle pages today.

[Event "28th Chess.com Tournament (1601-1800) -"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.09.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "PascalPaquette"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "1873"] [BlackElo "1678"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 {1-0 (55) D'Adam, S-Pumilla,M La Pampa 2001}) 1... c5 2. dxc5 {A43 Benoni Defense: Benoni Gambit Accepted} e5 3. e4 Bxc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 {B32 Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} 5. Bc4 h6 $2 {1.68/20 [#]} (5... Nf6 $1 $11 {-0.30/21 and Black is okay.}) 6. O-O $2 {-0.14/22} (6. Bxf7+ $1 $18 {1.68/20} Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Ke7 8. Qxc5+ d6 9. Qa3) 6... d6 7. Nc3 (7. h3 Nf6 {1-0 (55) D'Adam,S-Pumilla,M La Pampa 2001}) 7... Nf6 8. h3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Re1 $146 (9. Na4 Nxe4 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. Bd5 Qc7 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Nh4 Ne7 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qg3 Nd8 19. Rxe5 Rf7 20. Re2 Kh7 21. Rae1 Ndc6 22. Re6 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 {D'Adam,S-Pumilla,M La Pampa 2001 1-0 (55)}) 9... Be6 10. Nd5 {-0.55/20} (10. Bb3 $11 {0.15/22}) 10... Bxd5 {0.12/20} ({Black should play} 10... a5 $15 {-0.55/20}) 11. exd5 {-0.99/18} (11. Bxd5 $11 {0.12/20 keeps the balance.} Nxd5 12. Qxd5) 11... Na5 {0.00/23} (11... Ne7 $1 $17 {-0.99/18}) 12. Bf1 {-0.54/24} (12. Bb3 $11 {0.00/23}) 12... b6 $2 {3.54/20 [#]} (12... e4 $1 $15 {-0.54/24 keeps the upper hand.} 13. Nd2 Re8) 13. c3 $18 e4 14. Nh2 Nb7 15. b4 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 a5 17. Kg1 Rc8 18. Qd4 axb4 19. cxb4 Re8 20. Be3 Rc2 21. Qxb6 Qxb6 22. Bxb6 Nxd5 23. Ba5 f5 24. Rec1 Rec8 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Bb5 Nxa5 {4.00/20 } (26... Kf8 $142 {2.63/23} 27. Nf1 Ke7) 27. bxa5 Nc3 $2 {7.52/19} (27... Nc7 { 3.73/23}) 28. Bc4+ Kf8 29. Nf1 d5 30. Ne3 Rd2 31. Bb3 f4 32. Nd1 Nb5 33. a4 Na7 34. Ra2 Rd4 35. Kf2 g5 36. Ke2 h5 37. Rd2 Rb4 38. Bxd5 Rxa4 39. Ra2 Rd4 40. Nc3 Rd3 41. Rc2 f3+ 42. gxf3 Rxf3 43. Nxe4 Rxh3 44. Nxg5 {4.90/25} (44. Rc7 $142 { 11.68/22 Intending Nf6 and mate.} Nb5 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46. Nf6+ Kd8 47. Bb7 Nc3+ 48. Kd2 Nb1+ 49. Kc1) 44... Ra3 45. Ra2 Rxa2+ 46. Bxa2 Kg7 {20.28/23} (46... Ke7 $142 {4.79/29} 47. Ne4 Nc6) 47. Bd5 Kg6 48. Nf3 Kf5 49. Ke3 Kg4 50. Be6+ Kg3 51. Ke4 h4 52. Ng5 Nb5 53. Bd7 Nd6+ 54. Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

C87 Closed Spanish Game: Steinitz-type lines after 6.Re1 d6 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 O-O)

The game I am sharing with you now is from a team match game called Friendly match and it was played between Himgouree's club and Internet tim BASK Beograd. It was a three board match and we were outrated on every board. I played board one for the Himgouree's club and only got a draw from the two games I played. Our team only lost the match 2-4, so despite being the clear underdog we did quite a good job, mostly due to our board two who managed to get 1,5 points out of the two games against a much higher rated opponent. The game below is the only loss I have suffered in the team matches I have played at Chess.com. In the 18 team games I have played there, I have won 16 games, played one draw and lost one game. Those statistics will become worse as time goes by that is quite certain even though I play as well as I can in every game. I have added more puzzles to mate in twos and threes today.

[Event "Friendly match - Board 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "BodaTajson"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C87"] [WhiteElo "1867"] [BlackElo "2024"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 (3... Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. Re1 Bg4 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 { 0-1 (39) Kiselev,A-Ataullin,I Ufa 2006}) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 { C87 Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Averbakh Variation} 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 O-O { C87 Closed Spanish Game: Steinitz-type lines after 6.Re1 d6} 9. Be3 {0.11/22} ( 9. Nbd2 $16 {1.03/19}) 9... b5 {0.66/22} (9... d5 $11 {0.11/22}) (9... Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nf1 g6 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Nd4 16. cxd4 Bxa4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. b3 Bc6 19. Qc3 Rad8 20. Nd2 Bb5 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. dxc4 Nd7 23. b4 Nf8 24. c5 {Karjakin,S (2635)-Aronian,L (2693) Warsaw 2005 0-1 (63)} ) 10. Bb3 $14 d5 {0.66/21} ({Black should try} 10... Na5 $11 {0.16/23} 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Nh4 d5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. Qf3 Nb6 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Ne4 Rad8 23. Ng5 Bf6 24. Be3 c4 25. Bxb6 Qxb6 {Hildenstein,B (1576)-Johannsen,I (1708) Binz 2012 1/2-1/ 2 (59)}) 11. exd5 {-0.17/21} (11. Nbd2 $14 {0.66/21}) 11... Nxd5 $11 12. h3 $146 {-0.64/21} ({Better is} 12. Nbd2 $11 {0.15/20}) (12. Qe2 Re8 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Qf1 Rad8 15. d4 Bf6 16. Ne4 Bxf3 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. gxf3 exd4 19. Bg5 Qf5 20. Qg2 d3 21. Bd2 Re2 22. Rad1 Ne5 23. f4 Neg4 24. Rxe2 dxe2 25. Re1 Re8 26. Qf3 g6 {Kiselev,A-Ataullin,I Ufa 2006 0-1 (39)}) 12... Be6 {0.57/20} (12... Bh5 $15 {-0.64/21}) 13. a4 {-0.61/21} ({White should play} 13. Bc1 $14 {0.57/20}) 13... Nxe3 $15 14. Rxe3 Bxb3 15. Qxb3 Rb8 {0.68/21} (15... Bc5 $15 {-0.62/22} 16. Re1 Qxd3) 16. axb5 {0.06/25} (16. Nxe5 $14 {0.68/21} Nxe5 17. Rxe5) 16... Bc5 $11 17. Re1 $36 {[#] And now Qc4 would win. White has some pressure.} Qxd3 18. Nxe5 $2 {-7.27/21} (18. Nbd2 $11 {0.14/25}) 18... Nxe5 $19 19. Rxe5 Rxb5 20. Qa2 Bxf2+ {Black mates.} 21. Kxf2 Rxe5 22. Qxa6 Qe3+ {Accuracy: White = 14%, Black = 38%.} 0-1

C60 Spanish Game: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...g6 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f6)

The game you see below is from a team match game called we love chess and fun. The match is played between F&R and We Love Chess!!! I play board two for the latter team and only my other game is still left in the match. In case I win the remaining game, we can tie the match to 5 - 5. On two boards we lost 0-2 with timeouts so the boards that actually played their games did a good job to counter those timeouts. I have reached a new peak at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club yet again and now the peak rating is 2181!! 2200 is now so close that I believe I can have a rating over 2200 at some point but that requires very careful and strong moves. I have updated mate in one, two and three pages today.

[Event "we love chess and fun - Board 2"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "vitamin78"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C60"] [WhiteElo "1874"] [BlackElo "1621"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f6 {C60 Spanish Game: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3. ..g6 C60 Ruy Lopez: Nürnberg Variation} 4. d4 exd4 (4... Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 { 1-0 (41) Bulatovic,D (2234)-Husovic,N (1927) Podgorica 2018}) 5. Nxd4 Nxd4 ( 5... Qe7 6. Nc3 Qe5 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Be2 Nge7 10. Nb5 Be5 11. g3 Qh3 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 {1-0 (13) Galego,L (2475)-Cordovil,J (2265) Lisboa 1997}) 6. Qxd4 Bd6 $146 {1.49/18} (6... c6 $142 {0.75/21} 7. Bc4 Qb6 (7... Qa5+ 8. Nc3 Qc5 9. Qd3 Ne7 10. Be3 Qh5 11. O-O Ng6 12. f4 Bc5 13. Rae1 Bxe3+ 14. Qxe3 d6 15. Rd1 Ke7 16. b4 a5 17. b5 a4 18. h3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 dxc5 20. Kh2 Rd8 21. Rxd8 Kxd8 22. g3 {Lasker,E-Kahn,J New York 1928 1-0 (55)}) 8. Be3 Qxd4 9. Bxd4 b5 10. Bxg8 Rxg8 11. O-O Bb7 12. Nd2 c5 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. a4 b4 15. a5 a6 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bg3 h5 18. h3 h4 19. Bh2 g4 20. hxg4 Rxg4 21. f3 Rg6 {Michel,D (1635) -Grillet,J (1590) Bastia 2008 0-1 (58)}) (6... Qe7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Be2 Qb4 9. Qd3 Ne7 10. O-O Ng6 11. f4 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 O-O 13. Rd1 d5 14. a3 Qb6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Qd6 17. b4 Bb6 18. c4 Qe6 19. Bf3 Nh4 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Bd5+ {Bulatovic,D (2234)-Husovic,N (1927) Podgorica 2018 1-0 (41)}) 7. O-O Ne7 8. Bc4 {White is clearly better.} Be5 {1.52/19} ({Black should play} 8... Nc6 {1.08/22} 9. Qd1 ( 9. Qd5 Ne5 $16) 9... b6) 9. Qd1 $16 c6 10. c3 {0.23/21} (10. Bb3 $16 {1.51/21}) 10... d5 $11 11. exd5 Nxd5 {0.64/18} (11... cxd5 $11 {0.19/23} 12. Bb3 Qc7) 12. Qh5+ $14 g6 13. Qh6 $1 Qe7 14. Bd2 {-0.46/17} (14. Bxd5 $16 {1.04/22 Threatens to win with Bb3.} cxd5 15. Nd2) 14... Be6 $1 $15 15. Re1 O-O-O $1 $36 {Black is more active.} 16. Na3 Kb8 {0.10/21} ({Black should try} 16... Qf7 $17 { -0.80/17}) 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 ({Don't go for} 17... Bxd5 $2 18. f4 $18) 18. Bf4 { -0.36/20} (18. Nc4 $11 {0.28/25}) 18... g5 {0.34/22} (18... Re8 $15 {-0.36/20}) 19. Bxe5+ $14 Rxe5 20. Rxe5 {-0.11/20} (20. Nc2 $14 {0.34/22}) 20... fxe5 $11 21. Nc2 {-1.01/22} (21. Qh5 $11 {0.12/23 keeps the balance.}) 21... Qf6 $2 { 21.12/17 [#]} (21... Rd8 $17 {-1.01/22} 22. h4 gxh4) 22. Qxf6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Re8 23. Qxe5+ Kc8 24. Nd4 Bd7 25. Qxg5 a6 26. f3 Kb8 27. Kf2 Rc8 28. Re1 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

C19 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main Line: 7.Nf3 and 7.a4 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Qc7 7.Nf3 Ne7 8.Bd3)

This game is taken from a team match game called Man of History - Gough Whitlam (Round Two). The match is played on 20 boards between Historical Association and Team Australia. I play on board nine for the Historical Association. With four games still left in the match, we have already ensured our win because we lead the match 21 - 15. I still have quite a huge load of games that I do not seem to get rid of that easily as I want to play well and simply resigning games without the position otherwise requiring it, does not seem that appealing to me. The first position I would like to take a look at is the position after 13.Qd2. Johnb2007 played 13...a6 in reply, maybe thinking of following it up with b5 later, because I see no other reason to play a6 in that position. I wanted to prevent b5, so I played Rfb1. Placing the rook on a half open file may seem like a good idea, but maybe more aggressive and better move would have been 14.h4 and try to push that h-pawn up the board.

Johnb2007 then played 14...f6, which at first may seem like a good idea because it attacks my center pawns and tries to free up squares for the pieces. However, I could have replied with 15.Bd6 and maintained the control of the center. In the game I played 15.exf6 and the position was equal again. My 15th move allowed the passive knight on d7 to get into the game and activate itself, which it could not have done, had I played 15.Bd6. Well, at least not so easily. The second position to look at has been taken after 33...Bc8. The game did feature some mistakes between these two positions, but maybe not as horrible as 34.Re7.

I placed my rook to e7 for the simple reason that it adds more pressure to the pawn on e6. My opponent found the strongest reply and pushed a-pawn forward. I could not take on e6 with my bishop unfortunately due to Qxg2#, so the pawn on e6 was not actually in any danger. In response to 34...a4 I moved my bishop to e1, which could have lost me the game. It does attack the knight on h4, but the problem was that my opponent could have just played a3 and I could not have prevented the pawn from queening. Johnb2007 saved the knight by moving it to f5, but that was not a good idea because I managed to get back into the game. I took the knight with my bishop and then the worst move of the game was played by my opponent, 36...Qxf5, which allowed me to end the game with 37.Qxg7#.

[Event "Man of History - Gough Whitlam (Round Tw"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.09.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "johnb2007"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "1870"] [BlackElo "1542"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 {French Defense: Winawer Variation. Classical Variation} (6... Ne7 7. a4 {French Defense: Winawer Variation. Advance Variation} (7. Nf3 {French Defense: Winawer Variation. Positional Variation}) (7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Kd1 {French Defense: Winawer Variation. Poisoned Pawn Variation Paoli Variation} ( 10. Ne2 {French Defense: Winawer Variation. Poisoned Pawn Variation Main Line}) )) 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Bd3 {C19 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main Line: 7.Nf3 and 7.a4} c4 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 $146 (10... Bd7 11. Bg5 Bc6 12. Bh4 Nf5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bc1 Ba4 15. g4 Ne7 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. g5 Nf5 19. gxh6 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 gxh6 21. Kh1 Rg8 22. Rac1 Nf8 23. Nh4 Qe7 24. Ng2 Bc6 25. f4 {Carbonell,A-Cortes,M Dos Hermanas 2003 0-1 (48)}) (10... Nbc6 11. Re1 (11. a4 Bd7 12. Ba3 h6 13. Qd2 b6 14. h4 f5 15. h5 Rf7 16. Qf4 Kh7 17. Nh4 g5 18. hxg6+ Nxg6 19. Nxg6 Kxg6 20. Qh4 Qd8 21. Bh5+ Kg7 22. Qg3+ Qg5 23. Bxf7 Kxf7 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. g3 Kg6 { Auvinen,E (1887) -Hasberger,W (1739) Marianske Lazne 2016 1-0 (49)}) (11. Bg5 b5 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rfb1 Rab8 14. h3 h6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Bxg5 hxg5 17. Qxg5+ Ng6 18. Qh6 Rfe8 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. Bh5 Re7 21. Re1 Ng6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Bxg6 { 1-0 (23) Rodriguez Llorens, J (1472)-Valles Blomecke,I (1696) Cerdanyola del Valles 2011}) 11... f6 12. Bf1 (12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Bg5 Rf7 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Nh4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. g3 Rf6 18. f4 Bd7 19. Bf3 Raf8 20. Bg2 Qd8 21. Nf3 h6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Qb6 24. Qc1 Rf5 25. Re2 R5f6 26. Rb1 Qc7 {Podolsky,A (2240) -Ivanov,V (2075) Shepetivka 2011 1/2-1/2 (31)}) 12... fxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Rf5 15. Re1 Bd7 16. g3 Raf8 17. Re2 h6 18. Bh3 R5f6 19. a4 Ng6 20. a5 Re8 21. Qe1 Qc6 22. Ba3 Ne7 23. Bc5 Nc8 24. Re3 b6 25. axb6 {Sharapov,E (2505) -Ivanov,V (2100) Khmelnitsky 2009 1-0 (67)}) 11. a4 Ng6 (11... a5 12. Ba3 Qd8 13. Qd2 $14) 12. Ba3 {White threatens to win material: Ba3xf8} Re8 13. Qd2 a6 14. Rfb1 f6 (14... Qd8 $14) 15. exf6 (15. Bd6 $142 $5 Qd8 16. a5 $16) 15... Nxf6 $11 16. Qg5 Ne4 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Bc1 b5 (18... e5 19. a5 $11) 19. axb5 Bxb5 (19... axb5 20. g3 $11) 20. Ng5 Nxg5 (20... Nf6 $5 $11) 21. Qxg5 $16 Qf7 22. f4 Ne7 23. Bg4 (23. Qe5 $5 $16) 23... Nf5 $11 24. Bh3 h6 {Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 25. Qg4 Reb8 (25... Nd6 26. Qe2 $11) 26. Bd2 (26. Ba3 Be8 $14) 26... Qa7 (26... Bd7 27. Rxb8+ Rxb8 28. g3 $11) 27. Kh1 (27. Qe2 $5 Qf7 28. Qe5 $14) 27... Qf7 $11 28. Qe2 Qg6 (28... Bd7 29. Kg1 $11) 29. Re1 (29. Qe5 Kh7 $14 ) 29... Bd7 $11 30. Reb1 (30. Qe5 $142 $5 $11 {would allow White to play on}) 30... Rxb1+ $17 31. Rxb1 a5 32. Qe5 Nh4 (32... a4 $5 {should be investigated more closely} 33. Ra1 Ra6 34. Qb8+ Qe8 35. Qxe8+ Bxe8 36. Bxf5 exf5 $15) 33. Rb7 $14 {Exerts pressure on the backward pawn. White threatens to win material: Rb7xd7} Bc8 {Black threatens to win material: Bc8xb7} 34. Re7 $4 {Increases the pressure on the backward pawn. a transit from better to worse} (34. Rc7 $142 {and White has air to breath} Kh7 35. Bc1 $14) 34... a4 $17 35. Be1 $4 { strolling merrily down the path to disaster} (35. Bc1 $142 a3 36. f5 Nxf5 37. Bxf5 $17) 35... Nf5 (35... a3 $142 {makes sure everything is clear} 36. f5 Qg5 37. Bxh4 a2 $19) 36. Bxf5 $14 {White has a mate threat} Qxf5 $4 (36... Qf6 $142 {the only rescuing move} 37. Qc7 exf5 $16) 37. Qxg7# 1-0

D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc5 c5 sidelines (1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bxc4 e6 5.Nf3)

The game you can see below was played in the first round of the 28th Chess.com Tournament and the last game of mine in that first round finished only moments ago to my victory. That meant that I won the group number 137 with a score of 10/10!! With that win I also climbed my way back to 1900. I wonder how the next round will be as my tournament entry rating was 1733 which meant that I played in this group but will I be promoted to a higher group in the next round, is still a bit unclear to me. I hope that I will be getting higher rated people to play against so that I do not have that much pressure on winning every single game. Well luckily it might still take awhile before the next round starts as there are still around 3% games left in the first round. The tournament started September 1st 2014, so it took a bit over 3 months to wrap up the first round for me. I also hit my new peak rating at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club today and now the new peak is at 2169!! I might get it a bit higher yet before it maybe comes down a bit. I will share that game at some point. I have added more puzzles today to mate in one, two, three and five pages.

[Event "28th Chess.com Tournament (1601-1800) -"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.09.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Raokoyi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D26"] [WhiteElo "1867"] [BlackElo "1608"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 {1/2-1/2 (19) Majstr, J-Majstrova,A (1567) Novy Bor 2013}) (1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 { 1/2-1/2 (38) Huerga Leache,M (2448)-Cenal Gutierrez,R (2270) Padron 2012}) 1... d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 {D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted: Old Variation} Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 {D26 Queen's Gambit Accepted: 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc5 c5 sidelines} c6 {1.10/18} (5... c5 $11 {0.15/19 remains equal.}) 6. O-O {0.59/19} ({White should try} 6. Qe2 $16 {1.10/18}) 6... Bd6 {1.38/19} (6... c5 $14 {0.59/19}) (6... Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3 c5 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. b4 Be7 12. Nb5 a6 13. Nbd4 Nbd7 14. Bb2 Nb6 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Bb3 Rfc8 17. Ne5 Ba4 18. Ba1 Ne4 19. Nd3 Bxb3 20. Nxb3 Na4 21. f3 {Huerga Leache,M (2448)-Cenal Gutierrez,R (2270) Padron 2012 1/2-1/ 2 (38)}) (6... g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. a4 O-O 9. e4 Nbd7 10. e5 Nd5 11. Ne4 Qb6 12. a5 Qc7 13. Bd2 a6 14. Qc1 Qb8 15. h4 f6 16. h5 fxe5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Neg5 Re8 19. Re1 Nf8 20. dxe5 Bd7 21. Bd3 {Grapsa,G (2071)-Hristodoulakis,S (1214) Anogia 2017 1-0}) 7. Nc3 {0.84/19} (7. Nbd2 $142 {1.38/19}) 7... O-O {1.81/18} (7... Nbd7 $16 {0.84/19 keeps fighting.}) 8. e4 $1 $18 {And now e5 would win.White is clearly better.} Nfd7 $146 {2.15/19} (8... Be7 {1.72/23 might work better.} 9. Bd3 (9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nf6 15. Bb3 Bg4 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rac1 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 (19) Majstr,J-Majstrova,A (1567) Novy Bor 2013}) 9... c5) (8... Bb4 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 g6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rad1 Nh5 13. Bh6 Re8 14. e5 Bb7 15. Be4 a6 16. a3 Nd7 17. Nb1 Nb6 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Rfd1 Nd5 20. g3 Qb6 21. b4 a5 22. bxa5 Qxa5 23. Bd2 {Chumak,A-Shtanko,B Yuzhny 2008 0-1 (46)}) 9. Bg5 {1.24/21} (9. e5 $18 { 2.15/19} Be7 10. Qc2) 9... f6 {2.68/20} (9... Be7 $16 {1.24/21}) 10. Bxe6+ Kh8 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Qb3 Qe7 $2 {3.58/22 [#]} (12... Bxe6 {1.88/20} 13. Qxe6 Re8) 13. Bxc8 Rxc8 14. Nh4 g6 {3.87/18} (14... Bc7 $142 {2.50/21} 15. Nf5 Qf8) 15. f4 {2.29/21} (15. e5 $142 {3.87/18}) 15... f5 $2 {3.91/19} (15... c5 {2.29/21} 16. d5 Na6) 16. e5 Bc7 17. Nf3 N8d7 18. Ng5 h6 19. Nf3 a5 20. Rad1 {1.45/22} ( 20. a4 $18 {2.58/21}) 20... a4 $16 21. Qc2 {1.48/22} (21. Qa3 $18 {1.94/21} Qe8 22. Qb4) 21... Nc4 {2.93/17} (21... Nf6 $16 {1.48/22 is a better defense.} 22. g3 (22. exf6 Qxe3+ 23. Rf2 Qe6 $16) 22... Nfd5) 22. Bc1 b5 {3.05/19} (22... Ncb6 $142 {2.12/20} 23. Be3 Nf6) 23. Qf2 Bb6 24. Qh4 $2 {0.83/22} (24. Kh1 $18 {2.80/19}) 24... Qxh4 25. Nxh4 Kh7 26. Kh1 {0.53/24} (26. g4 $16 {1.33/20}) 26... Nf8 {1.49/19} (26... b4 $14 {0.53/24}) 27. b3 {0.93/23} (27. a3 $142 { 1.49/19}) 27... axb3 28. axb3 Na5 {1.30/22} ({Better is} 28... b4 {0.84/23}) 29. b4 Nb3 {1.55/20} ({Black should play} 29... Nc4 {1.06/23}) 30. d5 {1.04/24} (30. Be3 $142 {1.55/20}) 30... Nd4 $2 {3.35/19} (30... Nxc1 $16 {1.04/24 was necessary.} 31. Rxc1 Be3) 31. Be3 $18 Ra3 $2 {5.90/21} (31... Ne2 {3.31/24}) 32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxc3 34. dxc6 {1.26/26} (34. d6 $18 {3.01/18}) 34... R3xc6 {1.70/24} (34... R8xc6 $16 {1.26/26} 35. g3 R3c4) 35. Kg1 {1.24/23} (35. g3 $18 {1.70/24}) 35... Rc4 $16 36. Rfd1 Ne6 {2.07/19} (36... Rxd4 $16 { 1.07/26 was worth a try.} 37. Rxd4 Rc1+ 38. Kf2 Rb1) 37. Rd7+ $18 Ng7 38. R1d4 {0.77/25} (38. g3 $18 {2.02/18 has better winning chances.}) 38... Rc1+ { 1.64/21} (38... Rxd4 $16 {0.77/25} 39. Rxd4 g5) 39. Kf2 R8c3 {2.73/21} (39... R1c2+ $16 {1.33/20} 40. Kg3 g5) 40. Nf3 R3c2+ 41. Rd2 Rc4 $2 {3.78/20} (41... Rxd2+ {1.98/25 was called for.} 42. Nxd2 Rc2) 42. R2d4 {2.26/23} (42. Nd4 $142 {3.78/20 Hoping for Ne6.} Kg8 43. Rd8+ Kh7 44. Rd7) 42... Rb1 {3.73/23} (42... R1c2+ $142 {2.26/23} 43. Kg3 Ra2) 43. Rxc4 bxc4 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 44. Nd4 { [#] aiming for Ne6.} Rd1 $2 {9.08/20} (44... c3 {3.53/22} 45. Rc7 c2) 45. Ke2 Rb1 46. Ne6 c3 47. Rxg7+ {KRN-KR} Kh8 48. Kd3 Rxb4 49. Kxc3 Rxf4 50. Nxf4 { White mates.} Kxg7 {KN-K3P} 51. Kd4 g5 52. Nd3 Kf7 53. Kd5 f4 54. Kd6 h5 55. Kd7 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

E21 Nimzo-Indian: 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bd2 Bb7 6.e3 O-O 7.Be2)

Another day, another opening variation. This game was played in the first round of the 28th Chess.com Tournament within the rating range of 1601-1800. I still have one game remaining in the group that I play but after that I need to wait for the other groups to finish so that I can see what is the group going to be like on the next round. The game you see below was decided when my opponent made a huge blunder on move 18...Qd5?? which is clearly the losing move of the game. My opponent played well up to that point so it is a shame that he played that move. I have added more puzzles to mate in one, two and four pages.

[Event "28th Chess.com Tournament (1601-1800) -"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.09.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "vanwie"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "1862"] [BlackElo "1659"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 (1... e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 Bb7 4. e3 Nf6 {0-1 (27) Perez del Amo,J-Morales Rivera,J (2329) Madrid 2003}) 3... Bb7 4. Nf3 (4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bb4 {0-1 (28) De Cocq,R (1766)-Mitran,A (2080) Brasschaat 2018}) 4... Bb4 5. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 (15) Ballon,G (2219)-Koenig,C (2139) Bad Woerishofen 2003}) (1... b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 {0-1 (28) De Cocq,R (1766)-Mitran,A (2080) Brasschaat 2018} ) 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 {E12 Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation} Bb4 5. Bd2 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 {-0.34/22 E21 Nimzo-Indian: 4.Nf3} (7. Bd3 $14 {0.36/21}) 7... Be7 {0.51/19} (7... d6 $15 {-0.34/22}) 8. Qc2 {-0.25/21} (8. Rc1 $14 {0.51/19}) (8. O-O c5 {1-0 (100) Mieses Hernandez,D (1864)-Jaquez,J (2186) Santo Domingo 2017} 9. a3 d5 10. Rb1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qe8 15. Nxf8 Bxf8 16. b4 Qg6 17. f3 Ne5 18. e4 Kh8 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Rfc1 Rd8 21. Be1 Nh5 22. Rd1 Nf4 23. Qf1 Rc8 {De Cocq,R (1766) -Mitran,A (2080) Brasschaat 2018 0-1}) 8... c5 {0.36/19} (8... d5 $11 {-0.25/21 }) 9. O-O {-0.14/21} (9. e4 $14 {0.36/19}) 9... Nc6 $146 {0.55/21} (9... cxd4 $11 {-0.14/21} 10. exd4 Nc6) (9... d6 10. a3 (10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Rfd1 Nc6 12. Be1 Qb6 13. Rac1 Rfd8 14. b3 Rac8 15. h3 h6 {1/2-1/2 (15) Ballon,G (2219) -Koenig,C (2139) Bad Woerishofen 2003}) (10. Rfd1 Nbd7 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Rc8 13. Be3 Ne5 14. b3 Qc7 15. Ndb5 Qb8 16. Bf4 a6 17. Nd4 b5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nf3 b4 20. Na4 Nxe4 21. Nb6 Bc5 22. Nxc8 Nxf2 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Kf1 Ng4 {Perez del Amo,J-Morales Rivera,J (2329) Madrid 2003 0-1}) 10... Nbd7 11. Rad1 Rc8 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. d5 exd5 14. cxd5 c4 15. Qa2 Nxd5 16. Nd4 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Ne5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nf5 Nf6 20. Bxc4 Be4 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bd4 b5 23. Bb3 Ng4 24. h3 {Mieses Hernandez,D (1864)-Jaquez,J (2186) Santo Domingo 2017 1-0 (100)}) 10. a3 { -0.37/21} (10. d5 $14 {0.55/21} exd5 11. Nxd5) 10... cxd4 $15 11. Nxd4 { -0.79/21} (11. exd4 $11 {0.12/23 remains equal.} d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Bd3) 11... Ne5 $2 {0.83/17} (11... Nxd4 $17 {-0.79/21} 12. exd4 d5) 12. b3 {-0.32/19 } ({White should try} 12. f4 $16 {0.83/17} Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. e4) 12... d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 {-0.74/20} (14. f4 $11 {0.05/24 keeps the balance.} Nd7 15. b4) 14... Rc8 $17 15. Qb2 Bf6 {0.09/21} (15... Nxe3 $1 $17 {-0.82/19} 16. Bxe3 Bxe4) 16. Nxf6+ {-0.62/21} (16. Rab1 $11 {0.09/21}) 16... Nxf6 $2 {1.13/21 } (16... Qxf6 $15 {-0.62/21 keeps the upper hand.} 17. Rfd1 Rfd8) 17. Bb4 { 0.46/24} (17. Rad1 $16 {1.13/21}) 17... Re8 $14 18. Rfd1 {[#] Black must now prevent Nxe6!} Qd5 $2 {3.75/19} (18... Nd5 $16 {0.86/22 might work better.}) 19. Nf3 $1 $18 Qe4 {5.44/18} (19... Nxf3+ $142 {3.59/23} 20. Bxf3 Qf5) 20. Qxe5 {White is clearly winning.} Qc2 21. Bc4 Qg6 {[#] And now ...Bxf3 would win.} 22. Qg3 a5 23. Bd6 a4 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Nd4 axb3 26. Bxb3 Rc3 27. Rdc1 Rec8 28. Rxc3 Rxc3 29. Bb4 Rc7 30. Nb5 Rd7 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Bc6 33. Nd4 Bb7 34. Bf3 Ba6 35. g3 Nd7 36. Bd6 Nc5 37. Bc6 Bb7 38. Bxb7 Nxb7 39. Bb4 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 8%.} 1-0

C17 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 sidelines (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.dxc5)

With this game there are now 150 different opening variations covered in this blog!! It is mind-boggling to notice how many different openings I have played, I guess if I had studied my games more before starting this blog, I would have realized this maybe years earlier... The game below is taken from round one of the French 2014 tournament. It is a thematic tournament where the starting position is after the moves 1.e4 e6 have been played. Round one is still ongoing in my group but I have finished all my games for this round. The round one was nice for me as I got to play against two titled players, FM Juergen Kaufeld and IM Kacper Drozdowski. I managed to only get a draw against FM Kaufeld from our two games but I am happy to get even that. Surprisingly I had a better result against IM Drozdowski getting a win and losing the other one. I also notice now when I look at the tournament results table that I am actually advancing to the next round which I was not expecting at all to do. I finished third in my group, half a point ahead of the player who finished fourth. As the opponent below lost this game on time, my advancement to the next round is not the most glorious one of all time. I do not think there is any luck in a game of chess but I got maybe lucky win on time on this one as this enabled my advancement and the draw I got against the FM. Today I have added more mate in one and mate in two puzzles. Mate in one has now 100 different puzzles to solve!

[Event "French 2014 - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.08.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Majareta24"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C17"] [WhiteElo "1848"] [BlackElo "1592"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 {C17 French Defense: Winawer Variation. Advance Variation} 5. dxc5 {C17 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 sidelines} Bxc3+ { 0.17/20} (5... Nc6 $15 {-0.56/20}) 6. bxc3 $11 Qc7 {0.74/18} (6... Ne7 $11 { -0.01/22 keeps the balance.}) 7. Qd4 {-0.35/22} (7. Nf3 $16 {0.74/18} Nd7 (7... Qxc5 8. Bd2 Ne7 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O Nbc6 11. Re1 Ng6 12. Qe2 b6 13. h4 Bb7 14. h5 Nge7 15. Nd4 a6 16. Rab1 O-O 17. h6 Nxd4 18. cxd4 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Bg5 Raf8 21. hxg7 R8f7 22. Bxf6 {Richter,L (2257)-Diller,P (1966) Leipzig 2018 1-0} ) 8. Be3 Nxc5 9. Qd4 Nd7 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O Ng6 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Qg4 Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Qf4 Qxc3 17. Bd4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qxd3 19. Re3 Qf5 20. Qd6 e5 21. Rxe5 Qd7 22. Qa3 {Sarapu,O (2290)-Aturupane,H (2300) Dubai 1986 1-0} ) 7... Nd7 $146 {0.24/21} (7... Nc6 $15 {-0.35/22} 8. Bb5 Nge7) (7... Ne7 8. Nf3 Bd7 9. Bd3 Nbc6 10. Qf4 Rc8 11. O-O Ng6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. Re1 Ne7 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bd4 Ba4 16. Re2 Bb5 17. Rd2 Bc4 18. a4 Qe7 19. g3 Rc6 20. Rb1 Ra6 21. c6 b6 22. Rb4 {Wohl,A (2419)-Abuin Boullon,M (2087) Ferrol 2002 1/2-1/2 (50)}) 8. Bb5 {-0.29/20} (8. Nf3 $142 {0.24/21}) 8... Ne7 9. Nf3 O-O {0.08/21} (9... Nf5 $15 {-0.41/19 deserves consideration.} 10. Qf4 O-O) 10. Ba3 $1 Nf5 11. Qb4 $2 {-1.72/19 [#]} (11. Qf4 $1 $11 {0.09/21 and White has nothing to worry.}) 11... Nxe5 $19 12. Nd2 {-1.92/20} (12. Nd4 $17 {-0.93/22}) 12... Nc6 $36 { Keeping White busy.} 13. Qb2 {-2.23/18} (13. Qb3 {-1.77/22 was called for.}) 13... a6 {-1.10/22} (13... Qe5+ $19 {-2.23/18} 14. Kf1 Qf6) 14. Be2 $17 d4 $2 { 0.00/21} (14... Qf4 $17 {-1.56/19} 15. Rd1 Rb8) 15. cxd4 {-0.92/20} (15. Bd3 $11 {0.00/21 remains equal.}) 15... Nfxd4 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qe5.} 16. Bd3 Qe5+ 17. Kf1 Qf4 18. Ne4 e5 19. Qc1 Qg4 {-0.27/21} ({Black should play } 19... Qh4 $17 {-0.93/18}) 20. c3 {-1.34/18} (20. h4 $11 {-0.27/21}) 20... Bf5 {0.00/25} (20... Nb5 $1 $17 {-1.34/18} 21. f3 Qh4) 21. Qe3 {-1.16/22} (21. f3 $1 $11 {0.00/25} Nxf3 22. h3) 21... Nb5 22. Bb2 Rfd8 {-0.80/21} (22... Rad8 $142 {-1.35/18 And now ...Rxd3! would win.} 23. f3 Qf4) 23. f3 {-1.25/20} (23. Re1 $142 {-0.80/21}) 23... Qf4 {-0.67/25} (23... Qg6 $17 {-1.25/20} 24. Kf2 Nc7 ) 24. Ke2 Bxe4 {-0.16/22} ({Better is} 24... Qh4 $17 {-1.06/17}) 25. Qxe4 $11 Qh6 {0.09/25} (25... Qg5 $15 {-0.58/20} 26. Qxh7+ Kf8) 26. a4 {-0.44/21} (26. Rad1 $11 {0.09/25}) 26... Nc7 $1 $15 {...Nd5 is the strong threat.} 27. Bc1 $1 Qh5 {0.00/26} (27... Qg6 $15 {-0.41/22} 28. Qxg6 hxg6) 28. Be3 $2 {-1.85/23 Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 28%. . Loss on time!?} (28. Bc4 $11 {0.00/26 and White is okay.}) 1-0

C00 French: Unusual White 2nd moves (1.e4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 exd5)

This game was played in the first round of the 28th Chess.com Tournament where the rating range is 1601-1800. The tournament is still ongoing and I have managed to secure my place on the next round before my final game ends. Of course when I entered this tournament my rating was on that range but after it had started it went over 1800 at some point. I am very close of getting that place to the second round with a perfect score of 10/10. I have no doubt in my mind that on the next round I will not be able to continue that well but I will try my best of course. I have added more puzzles to mate in twos and threes.

[Event "28th Chess.com Tournament (1601-1800) -"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.09.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Raokoyi"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "1632"] [BlackElo "1843"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. Nc3 {C00 French Defense: Queen's Knight} d5 3. exd5 exd5 {C00 French: Unusual White 2nd moves} 4. Qf3 Be6 $146 (4... Nf6 5. d4 (5. h3 c6 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qg3 Re8+ 9. Be2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Qf3 Nd7 12. O-O-O Ndf6 13. g4 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Ne4 15. Qf3 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Nd2+ 17. Rxd2 Qxd2 18. a3 a5 19. Bd3 Re1+ {Vaughn,G-La Guire,D Flint 1993 0-1 (40)}) 5... Nc6 (5... Be6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Bd6 8. h3 Qd7 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bb5 h6 11. Bf4 Bb4 12. Qg3 O-O-O 13. a3 Bd6 14. O-O Nh5 15. Qf3 Nxf4 16. Nxf4 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 g5 18. Bxc6 gxf4 19. Bxd7+ Rxd7 20. Kh2 {Alieva,V-Struzhko,V Dagomys 2009 1/2-1/2 (34)}) 6. Bb5 g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Nge2 Be6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bg4 11. Qg3 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc8 13. Bxc6 Ne4 14. Qe3 bxc6 15. Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Re8 17. f3 Nd6 18. Nf4 Nf5 19. Qg5 { Shehzad,K (1650)-Jacobsen,J (1415) Helsingor 2017 1/2-1/2 (48)}) 5. d4 Nc6 6. Nge2 $2 {-1.52/16} (6. Be3 $11 {0.00/21}) 6... Nf6 $2 {0.00/20} (6... Nb4 $1 $17 {-1.52/16} 7. Kd1 Nf6) 7. Bg5 Be7 8. O-O-O {White has an edge.} Qd7 { 0.12/20} ({Black should play} 8... O-O $15 {-0.49/17}) 9. Nf4 O-O-O {0.16/21} ( 9... Bg4 $142 {-0.26/19} 10. Qe3 Bxd1 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kxd1 O-O-O 13. Ncxd5 Bd6) 10. Bb5 $2 {-1.91/20} (10. Qg3 $11 {0.16/21 and White is okay.}) 10... h6 $2 {0.44/22} (10... Bg4 $19 {-1.91/20} 11. Qg3 Bxd1 12. Rxd1 Qd6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nfxd5 Qxg3 15. hxg3 Bxd4 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd4 cxd5 18. Rxd5 Rhe8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8) 11. Bxf6 $14 Bxf6 12. Nxe6 {-0.25/22} ({Better is} 12. Bxc6 $14 { 0.54/21} Qxc6 13. Kb1) 12... Qxe6 {0.26/23} (12... fxe6 $142 {-0.25/22} 13. g3 Kb8) 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. a3 Rhe8 15. h4 {-0.44/20} (15. Rhe1 $11 {0.00/24}) 15... a6 {0.00/24} (15... Kb8 $15 {-0.44/20 deserves consideration.}) 16. Na2 { -0.56/20} (16. Rd3 $11 {0.00/24}) 16... Qc4 17. Kb1 Re2 18. c3 {-0.74/19} (18. Nc3 $11 {0.00/22 keeps the balance.} Ree8 19. Rh3) 18... Rde8 $1 $17 {[#] ( -> ...Qb3)} 19. Nc1 R2e6 $40 {0.00/23 White needs to defend precisely.} ({Black should try} 19... Qb5 $1 $17 {-1.12/19} 20. b3 (20. Nxe2 $2 Rxe2 21. b4 Qc4 $19 ) 20... R2e4) 20. Nd3 Rb6 {0.87/19} (20... Kb8 $11 {0.00/24 remains equal.}) 21. Nb4 {0.00/22} (21. Rde1 $16 {0.87/19} Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1) 21... Rd8 {0.63/22} ( 21... Re4 $11 {0.00/22}) 22. g4 $2 {-0.94/21} (22. Ka1 $14 {0.63/22 keeps the upper hand.}) 22... a5 23. Nd3 $2 {-3.11/17} (23. Na2 $1 $11 {-0.21/22}) 23... Qxc3 $1 $19 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Rxb2+!} 24. Qe2 Qxa3 {-1.79/20} ( 24... Bxd4 $142 {-3.91/19 White must now prevent ...Kb8.} 25. a4 Qc4) 25. Nf4 $2 {-4.51/20} (25. g5 {-1.79/20 is the only way for White.} Be7 26. Rhe1) 25... Qb4 26. Qd2 g6 27. Qxb4 Rxb4 28. Ne2 Rd6 29. Rd2 Rdb6 30. f4 Bg7 31. g5 h5 32. Rhd1 $2 {-4.15/20} (32. f5 {-2.50/21}) 32... Rb3 33. Rc2 Rh3 34. Nc3 Rd6 { -1.70/22} (34... Rc6 $142 {-4.10/19} 35. f5 Rxh4) 35. Nb5 Rd7 {aiming for ... c6.} 36. Rdc1 $2 {-5.80/20} (36. Re1 $17 {-1.55/25 was the crucial defense.} c6 37. Re8+ Rd8 38. Re7) 36... c6 {Black is clearly winning.} 37. Rd1 Kb8 38. Na3 Rxh4 39. Rf2 Re7 40. Nc2 Re4 41. f5 gxf5 42. Rxf5 Ref4 43. Rf1 Rxf1+ 44. Rxf1 { Endgame KRB-KRN} Rg4 45. Rxf7 Rxg5 46. Ka2 Ka7 47. Kb3 Rg4 48. Ka4 Ka6 49. b4 b5+ 50. Kb3 a4+ 51. Ka3 Bxd4 52. Nxd4 Rxd4 53. Rh7 h4 54. Rh6 Kb6 55. Rh8 Rd3+ {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 28%.} 0-1

D46 Semi-Slav: 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3, Black avoids the Meran (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 b6)

This one is really short due to the fact my opponent resigned quite early. I think he should have played on, especially considering who he was facing. I mean I can make at any point a huge blunder... Not that often luckily but I can miss quite a lot. This year I have went to couple of mate in ones without me noticing before I was in the mate and I have blundered two queens and two rooks in correspondence chess games. Despite those blunders I have for the most part been able to increase my rating at various sites. I have added more puzzles to mate in ones and twos today. I still have a lot of moves to make before I can start doing other things so until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts.

[Event "Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52)"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Kisscool"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "1820"] [BlackElo "1688"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 {1-0 (23) Huebner,R (2600)-Gerusel, M (2420) Bad Lauterberg 1977}) 1... d5 2. c4 (2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 { 1-0 (26) Schapiro,M-Capablanca,J New York 1924} (4... Nbd7 5. e3 {1-0 (46) Uhlmann,W-Stahl,F Leipzig 1951})) 2... c6 (2... e6 3. e3 (3. Nf3) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (38) Olde,K (1469)-Jannur,K (1415) Douglas 2018}) 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 {D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Main Lines} b6 {0.67/19 D46 Semi-Slav: 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} (6... dxc4 $11 {-0.02/21} 7. Bxc4 b5) 7. O-O $14 h6 $146 {0.81/17} (7... Bb7 $11 {0.27/20} 8. e4 (8. b3 Bd6 (8... Rc8 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. a3 Qe7 12. b4 Bb8 13. Qb3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 c5 15. d5 cxb4 16. axb4 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Bd6 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rd1 Bxb4 21. Bxf7+ Qxf7 22. Qxb4 h6 23. h3 {Olde,K (1469)-Jannur,K (1415) Douglas 2018 1/2-1/2 (38)}) 9. Bb2 (9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Nd2 c5 13. Nb5 Bb8 14. Qf3 a6 15. Nc3 cxd4 16. exd4 Nf8 17. Bf5 Ne4 18. Ncxe4 dxe4 19. Qh3 Bf4 20. Rcd1 Qg5 21. Bc1 h5 22. Nc4 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Rad8 {Uhlmann, W-Stahl,F Leipzig 1951 1-0 (46)}) 9... Qe7 10. a4 h6 11. Qc2 Bb4 12. Ne5 O-O 13. f4 Rfd8 14. Ne2 Ne8 15. f5 exf5 16. Rxf5 Nd6 17. Rf4 Nf6 18. Ng3 c5 19. Raf1 Rf8 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Ng4 f5 22. dxc5 Ne4 {Huebner,R (2600)-Gerusel,M (2420) Bad Lauterberg 1977 1-0}) 8... dxe4 9. Nxe4 c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rad1 Nxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qh4 Rac8 19. Rd4 a5 20. Rfd1 a4 21. Nd2 e5 22. Rd3 Qb4 {Schapiro, M-Capablanca,J New York 1924 1-0}) (7... Bd6 8. b3 {1-0 (46) Uhlmann,W-Stahl,F Leipzig 1951}) 8. b3 {0.16/21} ({White should play} 8. e4 $16 {0.81/17}) 8... Bb4 9. Bb2 c5 {1.80/16} (9... O-O $14 {0.33/19}) 10. Ne2 {0.58/21} (10. Nb5 $1 $18 {1.80/16}) 10... Qc7 $2 {3.77/20 [#]} (10... dxc4 $1 $14 {0.58/21} 11. Bxc4 O-O) 11. a3 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 0%.} 1-0

A85 Dutch Defence: 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bg5 O-O)

I need to somehow activate myself so that I could do more moves each day because at the moment it just takes way too long for me to move. I have had 270+ games in progress for a couple of months now and it does take a lot more time to cut down that game load. I am not sure if I can even do that all that well, sure a few games end here and there but then I am needed in a team match and a couple more games will start as a result... It is a circle that I am trying to get rid of. If I could get to hundred games or so that would be helping me a lot to manage my time better. Actually if I could take a break from all the games for a couple of weeks that would be maybe enough to recharge my chess enthusiasm. After this a bit over week when I was sick and made only the most necessary moves, my interest may have dropped a bit towards chess. The reason for the interest loss might also be because the games have not gone as well as they had for a month or two. I have added more mate in one, two and three puzzles to their pages today. The amount of all the puzzles is now at 359, I will most likely continue to add five more puzzles each day, unless I feel update craziness coming in which case there will be more.

[Event "28th Chess.com Tournament (1601-1800) -"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.09.01"] [Round "?"] [White "PascalPaquette"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A85"] [WhiteElo "1682"] [BlackElo "1812"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. c4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 {1-0 (40) Shahade,G (2095)-Dorsch,T (2150) Chicago 1994}) 1... f5 2. c4 (2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 {1/2-1/2 (44) Varga,K-Zagorec,A Topusko 2010}) 2... Nf6 3. Nc3 {A85 Dutch Defense: Queen's Knight Variation} g6 4. Nf3 (4. Bg5 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 (42) Buchner,M (1751)-Antoniacci,R (1852) Arco 2016 }) 4... Bg7 5. Bg5 O-O {0.36/17 A85 Dutch Defence: 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3} (5... Ne4 $11 {-0.22/19}) 6. e3 e6 {0.54/18} (6... Ne4 $11 {-0.04/19}) (6... c6 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. Nxe4 fxe4 9. Nd2 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Rc5 Rf5 13. Bh4 Qb6 14. Rb5 Qc7 15. g4 Rf7 16. Bg3 e5 17. Qxd5 Nxd4 18. Rc5 Qb6 19. exd4 Be6 20. Qxe4 exd4 21. Rb5 {Shahade,G (2095)-Dorsch,T (2150) Chicago 1994 1-0 (40)}) ( 6... h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O d6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. e4 f4 13. Be2 h5 14. c5 Kg7 15. Qd3 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Rd1 {Buchner,M (1751)-Antoniacci,R (1852) Arco 2016 1/ 2-1/2 (42)}) 7. Bd3 {-0.40/19} (7. h4 $14 {0.54/18}) 7... d5 $146 {1.47/19 [#]} (7... d6 $15 {-0.40/19} 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. e4 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. f4 exf4 15. exf5 Qd4+ 16. Kh1 exf5 17. Nb5 Qe5 18. Re1 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qf6 20. Nxc7 Rb8 21. Ne8 Qd8 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 {Zakharov,N-Chistyakova,D (1638) Kimry 2012 1-0}) (7... h6 8. Bf4 g5 9. Bg3 d5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. Qb3 Nxd3+ 13. Nxd3 c6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Bc7 Qxc7 17. Nxe4 Qa5+ 18. Nc3 Qa6 19. Nc5 Qb6 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Nxb5 Rf7 22. O-O {Varga,K-Zagorec,A Topusko 2010 1/2-1/2 (44)}) 8. cxd5 {0.69/20} ({White should play} 8. O-O $16 { 1.47/19}) 8... exd5 $14 9. Ne5 {0.15/21} (9. h4 $1 $16 {1.42/17}) 9... c6 $11 10. h3 {-0.05/23} ({Better is} 10. h4 $16 {0.73/17}) 10... Be6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. f4 {-0.23/19} (12. Rc1 $14 {0.61/19}) 12... Qc7 {0.32/20} (12... Qa5 $11 { -0.23/19}) 13. Bxf6 {-0.23/20} (13. Rc1 $14 {0.32/20}) 13... Nxf6 {0.23/23} ( 13... Bxf6 $142 {-0.23/20} 14. Rc1 Rae8) 14. a3 {-0.75/21} (14. Na4 $11 { 0.23/23}) 14... Ne4 {0.22/21} (14... c5 $1 $17 {-0.75/21}) 15. Bxe4 {-0.35/18} (15. Na4 $11 {0.22/21}) 15... dxe4 $15 16. Rc1 {-0.64/19} (16. Na4 $11 { -0.19/19}) 16... Qb6 {0.00/23} (16... Rfd8 $15 {-0.64/19}) 17. b4 $11 Rfd8 { 0.93/20} (17... a5 $11 {0.00/23}) 18. Na4 $16 Qc7 $1 19. Nc5 {0.02/20} (19. b5 $1 $16 {1.02/19}) 19... Bd5 {0.55/21} (19... Qe7 $11 {0.02/20}) 20. g4 {0.04/22 } (20. b5 $1 $14 {0.55/21}) 20... fxg4 {0.89/19} (20... Kh8 $11 {0.04/22 keeps the balance.}) 21. hxg4 {0.00/18} (21. Qxg4 $16 {0.89/19 Ne6 is the strong threat.} Qe7 22. Rb1) 21... b6 22. Nb3 {-0.88/19} (22. Na4 $11 {0.00/24 remains equal.}) 22... Qd6 {-0.17/20} (22... Rac8 $17 {-0.88/19}) 23. Nd2 $11 Rac8 {-0.09/22} (23... b5 $15 {-0.69/17}) 24. Kf2 $2 {-2.07/20 [#]} (24. Ndc4 $11 {-0.09/22} Qe7 25. Qe2) 24... c5 $19 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Qa4 {-2.89/17} (26. Nb3 $142 {-1.98/21} cxd4 27. Nxd4) 26... cxd4 $2 {-0.63/22} (26... g5 $1 $19 { -2.89/17 Hoping for ...gxf4.} 27. Kg3 (27. fxg5 cxd4) 27... gxf4+ 28. exf4 cxd4 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qxd4 Qxa3+ 31. Kh4 Qe7+ 32. Kg3 Qa3+ 33. Rf3 Qc5 34. Qxc5 Rxc5) 27. exd4 $2 {-4.91/18} ({White must play} 27. Qxd4 $15 {-0.63/22} Rxc1 28. Rxc1) 27... a6 $2 {-1.32/20} (27... Rxc1 $19 {-4.91/18 has better winning chances.} 28. Rxc1 Qf6) 28. Rfd1 $2 {-6.70/20} (28. Ndc4 $17 {-1.32/20} Bxc4 29. Rxc4 Bxe5 30. fxe5) 28... Qf6 {-2.91/22} (28... g5 $142 $1 {-6.70/20} 29. Rxc8 (29. fxg5 Rxc1) 29... Rxc8) 29. Ke3 $2 {-12.14/21} (29. Rxc8 {-2.91/22} Rxc8 30. Ke2 Qxf4 31. Rf1 Qh2+ 32. Rf2) 29... Qh4 {-5.89/22} (29... Bh6 $142 { -12.14/21} 30. Rf1 Rxc1 31. Nxe4 Bxe4) 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Qd7 Rc3+ {Black mates. } 32. Ke2 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Qg2+ {Accuracy: White = 12%, Black = 27%.} 0-1

E11 Bogo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Nbxd2 d6 6.e4)

Yesterday evening I started to be bit worried about my correspondence chess games as I could not remember if I had already moved so that I could go to sleep without the need to worry about losing a game on time. Of course for some reason or the other I could not access internet anymore so I could not check whether my fears of losing are actually justified or not. Funny thing is though I slept a lot longer than I usually do, I guess it was a good thing because I am still a little bit sick, no fever though. When I finally was able to log in today to see what the status of the games are, I had not lost on time but I had to resign in one of my games, extending my losing streak to two games in one of the sites I play. Okay, maybe it can't be called a proper losing streak yet as there are only two games contributing to it. I do hope to get back in to winning games again as soon as possible or my rating will start to drop a lot again. The problem is that I am for the most of the time the higher rated player in the games and that means that if I lose my rating will drop more than it would increase in the case I win. Well, against a lower rated opponent I have to win if I want to increase my rating... I have added more puzzles to mate in one and two pages.

[Event "200 members celebration - Board 14"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.09.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "TheBlackRabbitODeath"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "1804"] [BlackElo "1504"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 (2. Nf3 e6 {0-1 (60) Alexakis,G (1650)-Ontabasidis,A (1588) Accra 2012}) 2... e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ {E11 Bogo-Indian Defense: Exchange Variation} 5. Nbxd2 d6 6. e4 {-0.35/20 E11 Bogo-Indian} ({White should try} 6. e3 $14 {0.35/20}) 6... Qe7 {0.42/19} (6... e5 $15 {-0.35/20}) 7. Bd3 {-0.08/22} (7. Be2 $14 {0.42/19} e5 8. d5 Nbd7 9. b4 Nf8 10. Qc2 Ng6 11. Nb3 O-O 12. O-O Nh5 13. Ne1 Nhf4 14. g3 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 f5 16. f3 f4 17. g4 Bd7 18. c5 Rad8 19. a4 h5 20. gxh5 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qxh5 22. Rg1 {Alexakis,G (1650) -Ontabasidis,A (1588) Accra 2012 0-1 (60)}) (7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5 Nfd7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qc5 11. Nb3 Qb4+ 12. Kf1 b6 13. Rc1 Nc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Be4 Bb7 16. Qd2 Nd8 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. h4 Qe7 19. Qg5 f6 20. Qh5+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 { Parker,J (2415)-Arkell,K (2505) Swansea 1995 1/2-1/2}) 7... b6 $146 {1.63/17 [#]} (7... a5 $11 {-0.08/22 and Black stays safe.}) (7... e5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Qc3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qe5 13. Nf3 Qxd4 14. Nxd4 Re8 15. Nb5 Re7 16. Nc3 Be6 17. f3 Nd7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nc5 20. Bc2 a5 21. b3 Rae8 22. a3 {Michel,W-Reti,R Semmering 1926 0-1 (43)}) 8. O-O $2 {0.02/22} ({Better is} 8. e5 $18 {1.63/17}) 8... Bb7 {0.82/22} (8... e5 $11 {0.02/22}) 9. Qc2 {0.10/20 } (9. d5 $16 {0.82/22}) 9... Nbd7 {1.10/19} (9... e5 $11 {0.10/20}) 10. Rfe1 { -0.26/20} ({White should play} 10. e5 $16 {1.10/19}) 10... O-O $2 {2.38/19} ( 10... e5 $11 {-0.26/20 and Black has nothing to worry.}) 11. e5 $18 dxe5 12. dxe5 Bxf3 $2 {4.64/21 [#]} (12... Ng4 {2.40/25} 13. h3 (13. Bxh7+ Kh8 $16) 13... Bxf3) 13. Nxf3 {2.18/24} (13. gxf3 $2 Nh5 $17) (13. exf6 $142 {4.64/21} Nxf6 14. Nxf3) 13... Ng4 14. Bxh7+ Kh8 15. Be4 Ngxe5 $2 {7.95/20} (15... Rad8 { 2.02/23} 16. Qe2 Nc5) 16. Nxe5 {White is clearly winning.} Rad8 17. Nc6 Qh4 18. Nxd8 Rxd8 19. Re3 Kg8 20. Rd1 {Accuracy: White = 10%, Black = 2%.} 1-0