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