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