E32 Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4.Qc2): 4...0-0 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.b4)

The game you see below was played in a tournament called AUTO-OPEN-3254 and that tournament is held at the Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. It has been maybe the only correspondence chess site where my rating has gone steadily upward and I have only suffered only momentary rating losses. The first round of this tournament is still going even though it would not be if the players who could claim a win on time, would actually claim their wins. Those four games that are still going needlessly do not even have any effect on who advances to the next round as that is already decided. The 20 players that are on the tournament are divided into five groups of four players. And I believe only the winner advances into the next round. As there can be only maximum of six simultaneous games, in the next round there will be one group of three people and one group where there are only two players. The winners of round two will face off in the final third round. No matter what happens in the two remaining games of my group, I will be able to advance to the next round as I have secured my win in the group already. Not sure if those games will ever finish though... With the win in this game I was able to increase my rating to 2169. I have added ten more puzzles today divided in mate in two, three and four pages.

[Event "AUTO-OPEN-3254"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2014.05.16"] [Round "1"] [White "attachui"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2231"] [BlackElo "2155"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 {E32 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation. Keres Defense} 7. b4 {-0.27/19 E32 Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4.Qc2): 4...0-0} (7. Nf3 $142 {0.29/20}) 7... Bb7 { 0.20/21} (7... d5 {-0.27/19 deserves consideration.}) (7... a5 8. Bb2 axb4 9. axb4 Ne4 10. Qb3 Rxa1+ 11. Bxa1 Bb7 12. Nf3 c5 13. b5 cxd4 14. Bxd4 d6 15. e3 e5 16. Bb2 Nd7 17. Be2 Ng5 18. Ba3 Qf6 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Rg1 Ra8 21. Kd2 Qh4 22. Bxd6 {Arlandi,E (2470)-Palac,M (2575) Porto San Giorgio 1997 0-1}) 8. f3 { -0.63/18} (8. e3 $11 {0.20/21}) (8. Bb2 d6 9. f3 Nbd7 10. e4 e5 11. Bd3 a5 12. b5 c6 13. Ne2 cxb5 14. cxb5 d5 15. dxe5 dxe4 16. exf6 exd3 17. Qxd3 Nxf6 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rd1 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 Rc8 22. Kd2 Bd5 {Planell,E (2236)-Petrossian,A (2437) Saint-Affrique 2012 1/2-1/2 (43)}) 8... d5 $146 { -0.05/21} (8... c5 $1 $15 {-0.63/18} 9. Bb2 Re8 10. e3 cxd4 11. Qxd4 d5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Rd1 axb4 14. axb4 Nc6 15. Bd3 Qe7 16. Bc3 e5 17. Ne2 d4 18. exd4 exd4 19. Ba1 Nxb4 20. Bxd4 Ra2 21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Bb2 Qe3 23. Kf1 Qxd2 {Gawronski,M (2185)-Murdzia,P (2405) Poland 1998 0-1}) 9. c5 {-0.70/21} (9. cxd5 $11 { -0.05/21} Nxd5 10. Qd3) 9... c6 {0.50/20} (9... Re8 $15 {-0.70/21}) 10. Bg5 { -0.99/19} (10. Bf4 $14 {0.50/20 keeps the upper hand.}) 10... Nbd7 {0.00/22} ( 10... Re8 $17 {-0.99/19} 11. Bf4 a5) 11. e4 $2 {-1.98/18} (11. Bf4 $11 { 0.00/22 and White is okay.}) 11... dxe4 12. fxe4 {-2.75/19} (12. Bc4 $142 { -1.73/21}) 12... Qc7 $2 {-0.25/22} ({Black should play} 12... Nxe4 $19 { -2.75/19} 13. Bxd8 Nxc3) 13. Bd3 $11 h6 {0.13/21} (13... bxc5 $15 {-0.48/19} 14. bxc5 e5) 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nf3 Rad8 {1.34/19} (15... a5 $1 $11 {0.00/25 remains equal.}) 16. O-O $16 Qd7 17. Rad1 Kh8 {1.87/20} (17... Qe7 $16 {1.12/21 }) 18. Bc2 Ba6 {2.12/18} (18... bxc5 $142 {1.68/26} 19. Ne5 (19. Qxc5 Ba6 $16) (19. dxc5 Qc7 $16) (19. bxc5 Ba6 $16) 19... Qc8) 19. Ne5 $18 Qc7 20. Rf2 { 0.87/23} (20. Qg3 $18 {2.31/22 is more deadly.} Rc8 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 (22. Qxd3 Kg8 $16) 22... Nxe4 23. Ng6+ $1 Kg8 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Rc1) 20... Rc8 $2 {2.89/21} (20... Nxe4 $16 {0.87/23} 21. Bxe4 Qxe5 22. Bxc6 Qc7) 21. Qd2 {[#] Rxf6! is the strong threat.} Nh7 22. Ng4 $2 {0.78/22 } (22. Ba4 $18 {2.53/18}) 22... f6 $16 23. e5 {0.00/24} (23. Qc3 $16 {1.49/19}) 23... f5 {0.41/20} (23... h5 $11 {0.00/24 might be stronger.} 24. Ne3 fxe5) 24. Ne3 $14 Ng5 25. Nxf5 $2 {-1.43/20} (25. Qe1 $14 {0.55/24 stays ahead.}) 25... exf5 $17 26. Bxf5 Rcd8 27. Qe3 $2 {-3.08/19} (27. h4 $17 {-1.44/23 is a better defense.} Nh7 28. cxb6 Qxb6 29. Be4) 27... Bc8 28. g4 {-3.19/22} (28. cxb6 $142 {-2.05/24} axb6 29. Bc2) 28... Ne6 29. h4 $2 {-4.18/21} (29. cxb6 {-2.58/23} Qxb6 30. Rfd2) 29... Qe7 30. Rh2 Nc7 31. Bc2 $2 {-6.36/18} (31. Bxc8 {-3.92/22} Rxc8 32. g5) 31... Bxg4 $19 32. Rdd2 Bf5 33. cxb6 axb6 34. Bb3 Nd5 35. Qg3 Be4 36. Bc2 Bxc2 ({Worse is} 36... Qf7 37. Rhf2 $11) 37. Rxc2 Qe6 38. Rhg2 {[#]} Rf7 {Hoping for ...Nf4.} 39. Qg6 {-8.15/20} (39. Rcf2 $142 {-4.39/23}) 39... Qxg6 40. Rxg6 Ne7 41. Rg4 {-5.31/20} (41. Rd6 $142 {-3.41/20} Re8 42. Rf2) 41... Rf3 42. b5 cxb5 43. Rc7 Nf5 44. e6 Re3 45. Rc6 Nxd4 46. Rxb6 Nxe6 47. Rxb5 Rxa3 {aiming for ...Rd1+.} 48. Rb6 Rd2 {( -> ...Ra1+)} 49. Rb1 Rad3 50. Rb8+ Kh7 51. h5 Rd5 52. Re8 Rg5 53. Kh1 Rd1+ 54. Kh2 Rxg4 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 29%.} 0-1