D37 Queen's Gambit Declined: 5.Bf4 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b6 8.O-O Bb7 9.Qe2)

The clock is ticking ever faster and coming up with good ideas on what to move seem to completely elude me. Today I have been closer on losing on time in my correspondence games than in years. I only had like 2 hours to move in couple of my games. Two hours to make one move would be an eternity in over the board game but if a corr game gets that close it can be called time trouble. Or at least it feels like that to me. For tomorrow's post I have a game ready which is also an oldie like the recent ones but after that I am not sure if there will be different openings to cover from my games but if there are not, I will just start doing something different but every day there will still be new games to look at, unless something happens to my computer, internet connection or to me that prevents me from doing the updates. I updated some puzzles to mate in twos and threes today.

[Event "Corr game 27.5.2004-16.6.2004"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2004.05.27"] [Round "?"] [White "netferatu"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "1841"] [BlackElo "1837"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3) 3... d5 {1/2-1/2 (10) Breahna,R (2355)-Munteanu,A (2285) Bucharest 1995}) 2. c4 e6 (2... Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 {0-1 (29) Simovic,M (1915)-Sevelj,B Stobrec 2006}) 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 { D37 Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation} Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 (6... b6 7. O-O dxc4 {1/2-1/2 (10) Breahna,R (2355)-Munteanu,A (2285) Bucharest 1995}) 7. Bxc4 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qe2 $1 {D37 Queen's Gambit Declined: 5.Bf4} Nbd7 {0.81/19} (9... Bb4 $11 {0.30/23 keeps the balance.}) 10. e4 $16 ( 10. Rd1 c6 {0-1 (29) Simovic,M (1915)-Sevelj,B Stobrec 2006}) 10... c6 {1.49/20 } (10... c5 $14 {0.52/22}) 11. Rd1 {0.63/18} (11. e5 $16 {1.49/20}) (11. Bd3 Re8 12. Bc2 Nf8 13. Be3 Qc8 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Bg5 Ba6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Ng6 18. g3 Rd7 19. Rad1 Qb7 20. h4 h6 21. Be3 Ng4 22. Bc1 Rad8 23. h5 Nf8 24. Ne1 Nf6 25. e5 Nd5 {Fleischer,M (1680)-Gehrmann,R (1964) Halberstadt 2015 1-0 (56)} ) 11... Qc7 {1.65/18} (11... b5 $14 {0.63/18} 12. Bd3 b4) 12. Bg5 $146 {0.89/23 } (12. e5 $18 {1.65/18}) (12. a3 Rfe8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bd3 c5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Be3 cxd4 17. Bxd4 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. Re1 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Be4 Rd8 22. Bxd5 Rdxd5 23. Red1 Qd8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. h3 g6 26. Qa6 Qd7 {Simovic,M (1915) -Sevelj,B Stobrec 2006 0-1}) 12... Bb4 {1.89/19} (12... h6 $16 {0.89/23}) 13. a3 {0.76/23} (13. e5 $18 {1.89/19 is more deadly.}) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Rfe8 { 1.39/18} ({Black should play} 14... c5 $14 {0.69/23}) 15. Rab1 {0.66/25} (15. e5 $16 {1.39/18} Nd5 16. Bd2) 15... c5 $14 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Nd2 {0.63/22} (17. h3 $16 {1.06/22}) 17... cxd4 18. cxd4 Qc3 $2 {2.56/20 [#]} (18... Nf8 $16 { 0.71/21}) 19. e5 $18 h6 {3.94/20} (19... Qc6 {2.61/25 was worth a try.} 20. Qf1 h6) 20. Bxf6 ({Less strong is} 20. exf6 hxg5 21. fxg7 Qxd4 $16) 20... gxf6 21. Nc4 Red8 $2 {7.51/21} (21... fxe5 {3.90/23} 22. Nd6 (22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxa3 $14) 22... Qc6 23. Qg4+ Kf8) 22. Nd6 Rb8 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qh5 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 17%.} 1-0