B38 Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...O-O (1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.e4 Nc6 7.Be2 O-O 8.Be3 d6 9.O-O Bd7 10.Qd2 Rc8)

It had to happen, I dropped below 1900 again at Chess.com. This was due to only one game but one where my opponent was much lower rated than I was. In that game I made a huge blunder and since I thought that there is no real hope in the game anymore, I resigned. I hope that this dive is only momentary but I know that there is at least one more game where me hitting the resign button is probably the best option. It is also a game that really annoys me, maybe I tell more about it when it comes time to publish that game. The game below is one of my latest games, it was played at GameKnot in a mini-tournament. There are now new puzzles in the mate in one, two, three and four pages. There are also now 101 mate in two exercises! It was the first to reach over 100 puzzles but will not be the last.

[Event "mike5972p's mini-tournament VII"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.12.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "bolshie"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "1705"] [BlackElo "1667"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. Nf3 (1. e4 c5 (1... g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 {1-0 (34) Macieja,B (2550)-Zaloznyy,M (2091) Costa Mesa 2017}) 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O {1/2-1/2 (87) Tukhaev,A-Nazarevich,V (2305) Kiev 1999} (7... d6 8. Be2 {1-0 (34) Macieja,B (2550)-Zaloznyy,M (2091) Costa Mesa 2017})) 1... Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 {E60 King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation, King's Knight Variation} c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. e4 Nc6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Be3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 {1.28/19 B38 Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} (10... Nxd4 $14 {0.48/24} 11. Bxd4 Qa5) 11. b3 {0.43/22} ( 11. f3 $16 {1.28/19}) 11... Nxd4 {0.95/21} (11... Qa5 $14 {0.43/22}) 12. Bxd4 $16 Bc6 {1.06/19} (12... b5 $14 {0.60/21 is superior.}) 13. f3 {0.54/22} (13. Rad1 $16 {1.06/19}) (13. Qe3 Qa5 14. a3 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. b4 Qb6 17. b5 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Ne5 19. bxc6 Rxc6 20. Nb5 a6 21. Nd4 Rc7 22. Rab1 Rb8 23. Rb4 a5 24. Rb5 Nxc4 25. Rc1 Rbc8 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 {Macieja,B (2550) -Zaloznyy,M (2091) Costa Mesa 2017 1-0 (34)}) 13... Nd7 {1.33/19} (13... Nh5 $14 {0.54/22}) 14. Bxg7 $146 (14. Be3 Qc7 15. Rac1 Qb8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 a6 18. Qb4 Rfe8 19. Rfe1 e6 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Bf2 Be5 22. g3 Rce8 23. Bf1 Bb2 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Rd1 Ne5 26. Bg2 Nc6 27. Qd2 Ba3 28. f4 Bb4 {Tukhaev,A-Nazarevich, V (2305) Kiev 1999 1/2-1/2 (87)}) 14... Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Nf6 {1.74/20} (15... Kg8 $16 {1.11/23 keeps fighting.}) 16. Qxa7 $18 Nd7 {2.51/21} (16... Nh5 $16 { 1.58/23} 17. g3 Ra8 18. Qd4+ e5) 17. Qd4+ Kg8 {2.85/21} (17... f6 {2.03/23 was worth a try.} 18. f4 Qa5) 18. Kh1 {1.56/22} (18. b4 $18 {2.85/21}) 18... Qa5 { 2.06/19} (18... Ra8 $16 {1.56/22} 19. Rad1 Qa5) 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 ({ Much less strong is} 20. Qxd5 $6 Nc5 $14) 20... Nc5 21. f4 Ra8 {2.26/19} (21... Rce8 $142 {1.61/21} 22. Bg4 h5) 22. f5 {1.30/24} ({White should play} 22. Rf3 $18 {2.26/19}) 22... Rfb8 $2 {3.25/21 [#]} (22... Nd7 $16 {1.30/24} 23. a4 Ne5) 23. fxg6 hxg6 {4.55/23} (23... fxg6 {3.18/24 was called for.} 24. Qe3 Rf8) 24. Rf3 {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 2%.} 1-0