C01 French: Exchange Variation (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Be2)

So it seems that I am still not up to the move speed I would like. I am still only moving in the games where losing on time is a real possibility. I was not able to move in as many games yesterday as I would have liked and this has not been much better as I have a bit of headache and feel the fever rising. Due to this I think I skip posting new puzzles today, especially when I have updated quite a lot of my older posts today. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts. Tomorrow will also be a milestone of sorts, so do check out tomorrow's post as well. Thank you all who have taken their time to come and see this blog, much appreciated.

[Event "French 2014 - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.08.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Larrave"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1740"] [BlackElo "2146"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 (2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 {1-0 (58) Pfaff,F-Schupp,S Marburg 2000}) 2... d5 3. Nc3 (3. exd5 exd5 {0-1 (61) Firat,B (2413) -Moskalenko,V (2538) Ankara 2010}) 3... Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 {C01 French Defense: Exchange Variation. Svenonius Variation} Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 { -0.52/20 C01 French: Exchange Variation} (7. Bd3 $14 {0.39/19}) 7... c6 { -0.02/21} (7... h6 $15 {-0.52/20} 8. Bf4 Nc6) 8. O-O $11 Be6 {0.21/21} (8... Bf5 $15 {-0.47/21}) (8... h6 9. Bh4 Bf5 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. h3 Re8 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qb6 14. Ne5 Bb4 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Nf8 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. axb4 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Ne6 21. c3 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Be7 {Firat,B (2413) -Moskalenko,V (2538) Ankara 2010 0-1 (61)}) (8... Nbd7 9. a3 Qc7 10. Qd2 Bd6 11. Rfe1 Ne4 12. Qc1 Nxg5 13. Qxg5 Nf6 14. Bd3 h6 15. Qh4 Bf4 16. Ne5 Bg5 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qf3 Nf4 19. Qg3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 b5 21. Re2 a5 22. Qg3 Qb6 23. h4 { Maynat Diaz,J (1829)-Ruiz Molina,G (1912) Mataro 2017 1/2-1/2 (71)}) 9. Ne5 $146 {-0.47/18} (9. Bd3 $11 {0.21/21}) (9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxe4 Bxh3 14. Re1 Be6 15. Qd2 Nf6 16. Bf5 Qd7 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Re2 Rae8 19. Rae1 h6 20. Ne5 Qd5 21. a3 Nh5 22. Re3 Rf5 23. Rb3 Nf4 { Pfaff,F-Schupp,S Marburg 2000 1-0 (58)}) (9. Re1 Re8 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. Ne5 Qb4 15. Rab1 Kh8 16. Bf1 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd7 18. Qd3 Nc5 19. a3 Nxd3 20. axb4 Nxe1 21. Rxe1 Bd7 22. f4 Re7 23. Kf2 Rae8 { Laukenmann,S-Mann,V Wuerttemberg 1995 0-1 (46)}) (9. Qd3 Nbd7 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. Kh1 Bd6 12. g3 Rfe8 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nh4 Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qe3 f5 17. Qc3 Qf7 18. f3 Bd5 19. Kg1 g6 20. Ng2 exf3 21. Bxf3 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Qxa2 23. Qb3+ Qxb3 {Ter,M (1567)-Zentai,G (2082) Hungary 2001 0-1 (58)}) 9... Nbd7 {Black is slightly better.} 10. f4 {[#] aiming for f5.} Ne4 {0.00/27} (10... Bf5 $1 $15 { -0.48/19 is more appropriate.}) 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f5 Nxe5 14. fxe6 Rad8 $36 {Black is pushing.} 15. exf7+ Rxf7 {0.35/22} (15... Nxf7 $15 { -0.38/25} 16. Qd2 g6) 16. c3 {-0.09/24} (16. Qd2 $14 {0.35/22}) 16... c5 17. Rxf7 Nxf7 18. Bc4 {-0.42/23} (18. Qb3 $11 {0.07/23}) 18... cxd4 19. cxd4 Kh8 20. Qd2 {-0.79/21} (20. Bxf7 $11 {-0.09/25} Qxf7 21. Qb3) 20... Nd6 21. Qe2 { -1.33/21} (21. Bf1 $15 {-0.64/24}) 21... Nf5 $17 22. d5 $2 {-3.10/18 [#]} (22. Re1 $17 {-1.19/24 was called for.}) 22... Nd4 $1 $19 23. Qd2 $2 {-7.42/19} (23. Qf2 {-2.92/25} e3 24. Qg3) 23... Qc5 {Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 37%.} 0-1