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