B07 Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bg5 c6 5.f3 Bg7 6.Qd2)

Don't be fooled by my opponent's low rating in this game. When I got the pgn for this game, I noticed that my adversary's rating was a lot lower than I remembered, so I went to look up at his rating profile which contained very interesting info. He had been over 2200 in 2009 but then his rating had gone down very steeply and dropped over 900 points in total until it raised around 400 points again. Well, after learning that he had been a lot higher rated at some point consistently, made me not feel so bad at losing this game as my opponent does seem to have potential for being a really good chess player. My ratings differ a lot too, depending on the time controls and place where the games are played. Maybe the place is not as important as the different players I am facing that makes my rating be really low in some places and rather high in some other places. I have added four mate in two and one mate in four puzzle today and also added something into Chess basics that I had forgotten to add there before. I had left the explanation of a stalemate out of there for some reason. This of course I remembered maybe last night when I was trying to sleep...

[Event "Corr game 30.4.2014-9.5.2014"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.04.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "rjwc22"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1863"] [BlackElo "1161"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 {B07 Pirc Defense: Byrne Variation} c6 ( 4... Bg7 5. f3 {1-0 (17) Fletzer,G-Bachmann,P Lausanne 1952} (5. Qd2 c6 { 1-0 (55) Kovacs,D (2071)-Vass,I (2098) Hungary 2008})) 5. f3 Bg7 6. Qd2 { B07 Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} O-O (6... h6 7. Be3 b5 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. Nge2 Nb6 10. b3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 Nfd7 13. c3 e5 14. cxb4 axb4 15. Rc1 Bb7 16. O-O exd4 17. Nxd4 c5 18. Nb5 Nc8 19. Be2 Ra6 20. Nb2 h5 21. Nc4 { Romanishin,O (2610)-Donner,J (2475) Buenos Aires 1978 1-0}) 7. Bd3 $146 { -0.44/20} (7. a4 $14 {0.62/17}) (7. g4 Nbd7 8. h4 Qa5 9. h5 e5 10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ng3 Be6 14. Nf5 Bxa2 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Bxf6+ Kxf6 17. Nd5+ {1-0 (17) Fletzer,G-Bachmann,P Lausanne 1952}) (7. Nge2 b5 8. Bh6 b4 9. Nd1 c5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Ne3 Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Ng3 a5 14. Be2 h5 15. O-O h4 16. Nh1 Qb6 17. Nf2 Nh5 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. exf5 c4 20. Kh1 Rh8 21. f4 c3 { Kovacs,D (2071)-Vass,I (2098) Hungary 2008 1-0 (55)}) (7. h4 Nh5 8. Nge2 f6 9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Ng7 14. Qe3 Be6 15. h5 f4 16. Nxf4 Qg5 17. g3 Na6 18. h6 Bf7 19. hxg7 Rfe8 20. Bd3 h5 21. Qe4 e5 { Brajovic,M (2147)-Ruzicic,M Belgrade 2007 1-0}) 7... e5 {0.65/18} ({Black should play} 7... Qb6 $15 {-0.44/20}) 8. Nge2 {-0.35/21} (8. d5 $14 {0.65/18}) 8... Qb6 {0.75/17} (8... Qc7 $15 {-0.35/21}) 9. Na4 {0.09/22} (9. dxe5 $16 { 0.75/17} dxe5 10. O-O-O) 9... Qc7 {0.61/22} (9... Qd8 $11 {0.09/22}) 10. O-O-O {-0.85/19} (10. c4 $14 {0.61/22 stays ahead.}) 10... Nbd7 11. g4 {-1.95/21} ({ White should try} 11. h4 $15 {-0.45/20}) 11... b5 12. Nac3 a5 {-0.77/19} (12... exd4 $19 {-2.20/19 is more deadly.} 13. Nxd4 b4) 13. h4 $17 b4 {-0.34/20} ({ Better is} 13... exd4 $17 {-0.77/19} 14. Nxd4 b4) 14. Na4 $15 c5 {0.63/21} ( 14... d5 $15 {-0.62/21}) 15. dxc5 $14 Nxc5 16. Bb5 $2 {-1.25/22 [#]} (16. Nxc5 $16 {0.87/20 And now Na4 would win.} Qxc5 17. h5) 16... Qb7 {-0.10/23} (16... Rb8 $1 $17 {-1.25/22} 17. Nxc5 Rxb5) 17. Nxc5 {-1.05/22} (17. c4 $11 {-0.10/23 remains equal.}) 17... Qxb5 $17 18. Nd3 $1 Be6 $36 {Hoping for ...Qa4. Black has the initiative.} 19. Kb1 $1 d5 {-0.79/22} (19... Rfc8 $142 {-1.36/19} 20. h5 d5 21. Bxf6 Bxf6) 20. exd5 $2 {-3.63/18} (20. Bxf6 $17 {-0.79/22} Bxf6 21. Ng3) 20... Nxd5 $19 ({Less strong is} 20... Qxd5 21. Nec1 $17) 21. h5 e4 $1 { [#] aiming for ...Nc3+!} 22. fxe4 $2 {-6.28/18} (22. hxg6 {-3.87/24} exd3 23. Qxd3 Qxd3 24. gxf7+ Bxf7 25. Rxd3) 22... Nc3+ $1 23. Nxc3 (23. bxc3 bxc3+) 23... bxc3 24. Qf4 {Bf6 would now be nice for White.} cxb2 25. h6 Bxa2+ $1 { Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 35%.} 0-1

C40 Latvian and Elephant Gambits (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6)

Today I have maybe the shortest game I have ever posted here. This game is also the first one I played after I took a break of over a year from correspondence chess and from chess in general. After this game I have played correspondence chess without a break. I can only blame myself for that fact. It has been fun at times though to try different things out. The problem is that lately some of the openings have seemed to repeat a bit too much for my taste. I actually would like to change my game load more towards Chess960 as it does interest me a bit more now than standard chess. The added benefit at least for some time would be that the games would differ a lot from each other. Mate in two, seven and eight have been updated today.

[Event "Corr game 30.4.2014-2.5.2014"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.04.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "ZoltanHoundOfDracula"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C40"] [WhiteElo "1863"] [BlackElo "1403"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 (1... f6 2. Nf3 {0-1 (61) Navarro Lopez Menchero,D-Canicio Navarro,S Valencia 2004}) 2. Nf3 f6 {C40 Latvian and Elephant Gambits C40 King Pawn Game: Damiano Defense} 3. d4 exd4 (3... d5 4. dxe5 dxe4 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nfd2 fxe5 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nbc3 c6 10. O-O-O+ Kc7 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Rhe1 Nbd7 13. a3 Rae8 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 Rhf8 16. Bg3 Nd5 17. Nxd5+ Bxd5 18. Bg6 {Tuhrim,R (2022)-Sloan,S Philadelphia 2009 1-0 (44)}) 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nf5 $146 (5. Be3 d6 6. Bc4 Bxd4 7. Bxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. O-O Ne5 10. Bb3 N7c6 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Ba4+ Bd7 13. Qd4 Bxa4 14. Qxa4+ Nac6 15. f4 Ng6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Rd5 Qf7 19. Rb5 Qxb3 {Navarro Lopez Menchero,D-Canicio Navarro,S Valencia 2004 0-1 (61)}) (5. Nc3 Bxd4 6. Qxd4 Ne7 7. Bc4 g6 8. Be3 Na6 9. Qxf6 Rf8 10. Qh4 Nc6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bh6 Rh8 13. Bg7 Rg8 14. Bxg8 d6 15. O-O Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. Bf6+ Ne7 18. Nd5 Kd7 19. Nxe7 c5 {Mora Orta,A-Gonzalez Borges,G Tenerife 2017 1-0 (33)}) (5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 Qe7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d5 11. Qe2 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nh6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qd6 18. Qg4+ Bxg4 19. hxg4 Qxd4 {Craciun,D (401)-Pancu,V (404) Voineasa 2008 0-1}) 5... b6 $2 {2.94/18 [#]} (5... g6 $16 {0.75/18 was called for.}) 6. Nxg7+ 1-0

C80 Open Spanish Game: Sidelines and 9.Nbd2 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Re1 Nc5 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.Nxe5 Be7 9.d4 Ne6 10.Be3 O-O 11.Nc3)

With this post I am at least for the time being going back to going through my Red Hot Pawn games. After this there are four games that I played there before 2014, so I am catching up a bit. Not sure what the reason might be but I just seem to get into really horrible positions quite quickly. It just seems that I am losing games under 20 moves left and right because I have started to blunder pieces away without any good reason. Maybe I am experiencing some sort of burnout, having used most of my awake time to do something chess related for the past six months or so. It is of course not likely to change in the upcoming months, so I have to somehow get the game load decreased a lot as soon as possible, in order to enable some much needed rest away from the game for some time. I have also thought of doing some other brain exercises in order to make it more efficient. The hope is that I could find the solutions to my chess problems faster and therefore have more time for other stuff. I have added some puzzles to mate in one, two, three and five pages.

[Event "Corr game 16.1.2011-30.4.2011"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2011.01.16"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "rolendo60"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "1873"] [BlackElo "1887"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 {C80 Spanish Game: Open Variations. Open Variation} 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 (8. d4 Ne6 9. Nxe5 {1-0 (38) Wisker,J-Zukertort,J England 1875}) 8... Be7 9. d4 (9. Nc3 O-O 10. d4 Ne6 {1-0 (38) Tierraseca Montero,P (2063)-Antoli Royo,J (2279) Toledo 2003}) 9... Ne6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nc3 {C80 Open Spanish Game: Sidelines and 9.Nbd2} f6 12. Nf3 Bd7 $146 (12... f5 13. Qd3 f4 (13... Bd6 14. Rad1 Qf6 (14... Kh8 15. Bc1 Qf6 16. Ne5 Nc5 17. Qf1 Ne6 18. f4 c5 19. d5 Nd4 20. Qf2 Rd8 21. Be3 b6 22. b4 Nb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Bxc5 Rxa2 26. Bd4 Qf8 27. Qh4 Kg8 28. Nc6 Re8 29. Rxe8 {Bronnikova,E (2287)-Skrjabin,I (2083) St Petersburg 2007 1-0 (32)}) 15. Ne5 f4 16. Bc1 Ng5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5 {1/2-1/2 (18) Boidman, Y (2450)-Holzke,F (2485) Germany 2008}) 14. Bd2 Bd6 (14... Ng5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Ne4 Be7 17. f3 Bd7 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rad1 b6 20. a4 Qc8 21. c3 Rb8 22. Qc2 Be6 23. b3 a5 24. c4 Bg8 25. Qc1 Bh4 26. Nf2 b5 27. Re4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Qa6 29. c5 {Tierraseca Montero,P (2063)-Antoli Royo,J (2279) Toledo 2003 1-0 (38)}) 15. Ne4 Kh8 16. c4 b5 17. b3 Bb7 18. Bc3 Qd7 19. Rad1 Qf7 20. Qe2 Rfe8 21. c5 Be7 22. Ne5 Qf5 23. Rd3 Rad8 24. g4 Qf8 25. Rh3 Kg8 26. Qd3 g6 27. b4 {Wisker, J-Zukertort,J England 1875 1-0 (38)}) (12... Rf7 13. Qd3 Nf8 14. h3 Be6 15. Rad1 Bb4 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Ne4 Bd6 18. c4 b5 19. b3 Re8 20. Nxd6 cxd6 21. d5 cxd5 22. cxd5 Bf5 23. Qd4 Rfe7 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Ng6 27. g4 { Hidalgo Santana,F (2161)-Molina Rodriguez,B (2172) Isla de la Palma 2018 1/2-1/ 2 (41)}) 13. Qd3 Re8 {The position is equal.} 14. Ne4 f5 15. Nc3 g6 16. Re2 Bd6 17. Rd1 b5 18. Ree1 Qf6 19. d5 $36 {White has good play.} cxd5 20. Qxd5 c6 $2 { 7.35/16 [#]} (20... b4 $11 {0.07/21} 21. Ne2 Qf7) 21. Qxd6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} b4 22. Na4 b3 {8.52/17} (22... f4 $142 {5.04/11} 23. Bc5 b3 24. axb3 Qg7 25. Qxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Nxc5 27. Nxc5 Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Re8) 23. axb3 f4 24. Bb6 Qe7 25. Qxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Ng5 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Rd8 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Kf7 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Nc5 Kf7 32. Nxa6 Ke6 33. Nb4 Kf5 34. Nxc6 {Accuracy: White = 50%, Black = 23%.} 1-0

C13 French: Classical System: 4.Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack (1.Nc3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Bxf6 Qxf6 6.Nxe4)

The game you can see and replay below was played in a team match called VIP ChessQueen TM-2014-0018. It is still ongoing match between VIP CHESS and FC Tom (ФК Томь). I play board 6 for VIP CHESS though when this match started our team was not called that but I guess changes in the leadership of the team has changed the name of the team as well. It was previously known as VIP ChessQueen when this one lady was in charge but I noticed that her account had been closed. It is unfortunately common sight in the team matches that someone has had their account closed. There are of course many reasons why that happens, one thing that causes an account to be closed is just by typing too often in the forums, notes etc. Because I guess that can sometimes be called spamming. So being too social may sometimes be a bad thing... At the time I type this, we lead the match that is played on seven boards 9 - 4 and that means that regardless of what happens in the one remaining game, we have already won the match. Maybe not all that surprising that the one remaining game is my other game against BLUE-DRAGON. I am usually the last one to finish my games. I have added puzzles to mate in two, seven, eleven and twelve pages.

[Event "VIP ChessQueen TM-2014-0018 - Board 6"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.26"] [Round "?"] [White "BLUE-DRAGON"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C13"] [WhiteElo "1523"] [BlackElo "1915"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. Nc3 (1. d4 Nf6 (1... d5 2. Bg5 {1-0 (30) Ramos Alvarez,M (1870)-Mollet Soldevila,E (1469) Barcelona 2012}) 2. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (44) Schmieder,K (1654) -Rosmait,E (1920) Kiel 2016} (2. Bg5 d5 {1/2-1/2 (41) Bletz,H (2285)-Orlinski, W Germany 1995})) (1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Miranda,J (1969) -Cespedes,C (2106) Medellin 2014}) 1... d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 dxe4 { C11 French Defense: Classical Variation. Burn Variation} 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nxe4 { C13 French: Classical System: 4.Bg5 Be7, Alekhine-Chatard Attack} Qf4 {0.60/20} (6... Qg6 $15 {-0.47/21} 7. Ng3 Nc6) (6... Qh6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. c3 b6 10. Ne5 f5 11. Nd2 Bb7 12. Qe2 Nc6 13. Bc4 Na5 14. Bb5 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Qxh2 16. O-O-O c6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Qxc6 Rd8 21. Rg2 { Bletz,H (2285)-Orlinski,W Germany 1995 1/2-1/2 (41)}) 7. f3 $146 {-0.75/18} (7. Bd3 $1 $14 {0.60/20} Nc6 (7... c6 8. Nh3 Qc7 9. Qh5 Be7 10. Nhg5 g6 11. Qh6 f5 12. Nc5 Bxg5 13. Qxg5 Qe7 14. Qe3 b6 15. Nb3 Nd7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rfe1 Nf6 18. Bc4 Re8 19. a4 Bd7 20. Nd2 b5 21. Bb3 a5 22. Nf3 {Miranda,J (1969)-Cespedes,C (2106) Medellin 2014 1/2-1/2}) (7... Qh4 8. Nf3 Qd8 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. c3 Nf6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Qe4 g6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qg7 17. f4 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bc4 Qe7 20. Kh1 Kg7 21. Rd2 Qf8 22. Qe5 {Ramos Alvarez,M (1870)-Mollet Soldevila,E (1469) Barcelona 2012 1-0}) 8. c3 Be7 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nexd2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O h6 13. Bc2 g5 14. h3 f5 15. Nc4 Bf6 16. g4 Rdf8 17. gxf5 exf5 18. d5 Ne7 19. Nfe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Rf6 21. c4 Ng6 22. Nxd7 { Schmieder,K (1654)-Rosmait,E (1920) Kiel 2016 1/2-1/2 (44)}) 7... Be7 {-0.27/21 } (7... Qe3+ $17 {-0.75/18} 8. Ne2 Nc6) 8. g3 {-0.84/19} (8. Bd3 $11 {-0.27/21 remains equal.}) 8... Qe3+ $17 {Black is better.} 9. Ne2 {-1.60/19} (9. Be2 $1 $15 {-0.60/22}) 9... Qxf3 10. Nf2 O-O 11. Qd3 Qxd3 {-1.20/22} (11... Qc6 $19 { -1.65/19} 12. Nf4 Qb6) 12. Nxd3 Bd7 13. Bg2 Bc6 14. Bxc6 Nxc6 15. O-O-O { -1.65/20} (15. c3 $17 {-1.18/21}) 15... Rad8 {-1.19/24} (15... a5 $19 {-1.65/20 } 16. c3 b5) 16. c3 b6 {-1.01/25} (16... Bd6 $142 {-1.50/21} 17. Rhe1 Rfe8) 17. Rhf1 {-1.46/22} (17. Ng1 $142 {-1.01/25}) 17... Bg5+ {-0.89/23} ({Black should play} 17... Bd6 {-1.46/22} 18. Rfe1 Rfe8) 18. Nef4 {-1.47/22} (18. Kb1 $142 { -0.89/23}) 18... Rfe8 {-1.04/23} (18... Ne7 $142 {-1.47/22} 19. Kc2 g6) 19. Kc2 Ne7 {-0.82/25} (19... h6 $142 {-1.30/21} 20. Rde1 Be7) 20. h4 {-1.71/20} (20. Rde1 $17 {-0.82/25 might work better.}) 20... Bh6 {-0.81/23} (20... Bxf4 $1 $19 {-1.71/20 and Black stays clearly on top.} 21. Nxf4 Nf5) 21. Nh5 $2 {-2.85/23 [#]} (21. Ng2 $17 {-0.81/23 was necessary.}) 21... Nf5 $19 22. Rxf5 $2 { -5.20/19} (22. Rf3 {-2.63/26}) 22... exf5 {Black is clearly winning.} 23. Nhf4 Re3 24. Rg1 g6 25. Ne5 f6 26. Nc4 Re4 27. Nd2 Re7 28. Nd3 Rde8 29. Kd1 Bxd2 30. Kxd2 {Endgame KRR-KRN} Re2+ 31. Kd1 R8e3 32. a4 Rh2 33. Re1 Rxe1+ 34. Kxe1 { KR-KN} Rg2 35. b4 Rxg3 36. Ke2 Rh3 37. d5 Rxh4 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Nf4 Ke7 40. c4 g5 41. d6+ Kxd6 42. Nd5 Rxc4 43. Nxf6 h6 {Accuracy: White = 8%, Black = 34%.} 0-1

C78 Spanish Game: Archangelsk and Möller Defences (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Nf6 6.O-O Bb7 7.Re1 Bc5 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.Bg5 h6 11.Bh4 O-O 12.a4 g5 13.Bg3)

The game I am sharing with you today, was played in a team match called Northeast9. The match is played between BRAZIL - NORDESTE and Finno-Ugric Chess Players. I am playing board two for Finno-Ugric Chess Players. There are still two games to play in the match, my other game against rabirabbit and one game on board three. We lead the match 4 - 6, so even a draw from the last two remaining games would suffice to ensure our win in the match. In this game, I had very little chances because my opponent played well. I have updated some of the old analysis in my earliest posts. All of the updates have kept my quite busy today but I did also add three mate in ones, one mate in four and also added a new page for mate in 16.

[Event "Northeast9 - Board 2"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.11.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "rabirabbit"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "1918"] [BlackElo "1838"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 (4... Nf6 5. O-O b5 {0-1 (40) Davidson, K (2246)-Kaidanov,G (2569) Las Vegas 2014}) 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. O-O Bb7 {C78 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Archangelsk Variation} (6... Bc5 7. a4 Bb7 8. c3 d6 9. d4 Bb6 {1-0 (68) Motycakova,M (2072)-Palmitessa,C (1903) Batumi 2010}) 7. Re1 Bc5 8. c3 d6 9. d4 (9. a4 O-O 10. d4 Bb6 11. Bg5 h6 {0-1 (40) Davidson,K (2246) -Kaidanov,G (2569) Las Vegas 2014}) 9... Bb6 10. Bg5 (10. a4) 10... h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. a4 g5 13. Bg3 {C78 Spanish Game: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} exd4 14. Nxd4 $146 {-1.06/16} (14. cxd4 $11 {-0.26/17} b4 (14... Re8 15. Nc3 (15. e5 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Nc3 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 21. Qd1 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 b4 23. Nb1 Re2 24. Nd2 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bc4 Rxb2 27. Bxa6 Rb1 28. Rxb1 Bxb1 29. Bc4 Bc2 {Zaragatski,I (2423)-Pavasovic,D (2534) Deizisau 2006 0-1 (34)}) (15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. e5 dxe5 18. dxe5 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Ne4 20. Rd7 Re7 21. e6 fxe6 22. Rxe7 Nxe7 23. Bxe6+ Kf8 24. Na3 Nxg3 25. hxg3 c6 26. Ne5 Bd4 27. Nd3 Ng6 28. Nc2 Bb6 29. Kf1 Ke7 {Motycakova,M (2072)-Palmitessa,C (1903) Batumi 2010 1-0 (68)}) 15... g4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. d5 Na5 19. Nh4 b4 20. Na4 Nxb3 21. Nxb6 cxb6 22. Qxb3 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxb4 Qg5 25. h3 Qxd5 26. hxg4 Nxg3 27. fxg3 Qc5+ 28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Kf2 {Davidson,K (2246)-Kaidanov,G (2569) Las Vegas 2014 0-1 (40)}) (14... g4 15. d5 Na5 16. Nh4 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Nh5 18. axb5 Qf6 19. Nf5 Nxg3 20. Qxg3 h5 21. Nc3 axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nxb5 Bxd5 24. Nfxd6 Bc6 25. e5 Qg5 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. e6+ Ke7 28. Nxc7 Rf8 29. Rf1 {Rzeczycka,B-Olarasu,G Katowice 1984 0-1 (33)} ) 15. d5) 14... Nxd4 $17 15. cxd4 Nxe4 {Black is better.} ({Much worse is} 15... Bxe4 $6 16. Nc3 $15) 16. Nc3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qf6 18. Ne2 c5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qd2 c4 ({Don't take} 20... cxd4 21. Qd3) 21. Bc2 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Re8 $40 { Black is out for blood.} 23. Rd1 $2 {-3.52/17 [#]} (23. b4 {-1.83/19 was called for.}) 23... Ba5 $1 $19 24. Nc3 (24. Qxa5 Rxe2) 24... b4 25. Na4 b3 26. Qxa5 $2 {-5.42/18} (26. Bh7+ {-2.96/16} Kxh7 27. Qxa5) 26... bxc2 27. Rf1 Qxd4 28. Qb5 Qe4 {[#]} 29. f3 Qe2 {( -> ...Qxf1+!)} 30. Qxb7 Qxf1+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 13%, Black = 83%.} 0-1

C18 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7.h4 and 7.Qg4 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 cxd4 6.axb4 dxc3 7.bxc3)

I have noticed that when I play these team matches no matter if they are on the internet or over the board, I do get the extra push to try and win the game. Sure it does not always equal to victory but the need to fight for the team is stronger than if I would play just a random game. Sadly this does not always even add up to great moves by me which might be partially due to the large amount of games I play at the same time. One part is of course that I may not be all that good to begin with but I certainly have my moments... This game was played in a team match called The Castle of Chenonceau - super semi-open match La Belle France. The match is still ongoing between La Belle France and CALABARZON CHESS TEAM. And yes the latter team name is all in caps. I played board four for the home team that was in this match La Belle France. I won both my games on time. The match is played on seven boards and we currently lead the match 11,5 - 0,5 so we have secured the victory some time ago. There are still two games left in the match and both of them are played on board one. I have added one mate in one and four mate in three puzzles today. Unlike maybe other places on the internet, the puzzles I have shared here have sometimes more than one solution. I do not feel that it is a bad thing, it may sometimes make the puzzles harder or easier depending on the situation and it might be better training for chess as usually there are more than one way to play the position.

[Event "The Castle of Chenonceau - super semi-o"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "makiling13"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "1896"] [BlackElo "1515"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 {C18 French Defense: Winawer Variation. Maroczy-Wallis Variation} 7. bxc3 {0.58/23 C18 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7.h4 and 7.Qg4} (7. Qg4 $1 $16 {1.06/19} cxb2 8. Bxb2) 7... Nc6 {1.52/19} (7... Ne7 $14 {0.58/23}) 8. Nf3 {0.41/22} ({White should try} 8. f4 $16 {1.52/19}) 8... f5 $146 {1.77/17} (8... Qc7 $14 {0.41/22} 9. Bb5 (9. Be2 Nxe5 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Nf6 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rfd1 a6 15. c4 Rfd8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. cxd5 Bb5 18. Qe4 f5 19. Qh4 Qxc2 20. dxe6 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 fxe6 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. Qf6+ Kg8 {Lavrador,R (1866)-Nuno,R (1661) Lisboa 2017 1-0}) (9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Bd3 Nce7 11. Qd2 Ng6 12. Bg3 N8e7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rad1 Rac8 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxg6 Bc6 17. Bh5 Rcd8 18. Qg5 h6 19. Qf4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Ng6 21. Qe4 b5 22. Rd6 f5 23. exf6 Rxd6 {Cuenya de la Iglesia,C-Velasco Palmero,R Valladolid 1984 1-0}) 9... Bd7 10. Bf4 h6 11. O-O Nge7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bd3 a6 14. Qd2 Ng6 15. Bg3 Nce7 16. h4 Rac8 17. h5 Nh8 18. Ra3 Bc6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Bf4 Nc6 21. Nf3 Na7 22. Bxh6 Nb5 23. Qg5 g6 {Schmied,A (2081)-Meldal,P (1526) Helsingor 2011 1-0}) (8... Nge7 9. Bf4 Ng6 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O a6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rae1 Re8 15. h4 Nf8 16. h5 h6 {1/2-1/2 (16) Keresztes,R (2255)-Meszaros,G (2314) Kecskemet 2011}) 9. exf6 {0.95/21} (9. b5 $18 {1.77/17 } Na5 10. Qd4) 9... Nxf6 $16 {White is better.} 10. Bb5 $2 {0.27/23 [#]} (10. b5 $18 {1.87/18}) 10... O-O {1.01/19} (10... Bd7 $11 {0.27/23 remains equal.}) 11. O-O {0.49/22} (11. Bxc6 $16 {1.01/19 Black must now prevent Bb5.} bxc6 12. O-O) 11... Bd7 12. Re1 {0.27/22} ({Better is} 12. c4 $16 {0.75/20}) 12... Ne4 { 1.61/18} (12... Qc7 $11 {0.27/22 and Black stays safe.}) 13. Qd3 $2 {0.00/22} ( 13. c4 $1 $18 {1.61/18}) 13... a6 $11 14. Ba4 b5 {0.44/21} (14... Rc8 $11 { -0.13/22}) 15. Bb3 $14 Qb6 $2 {5.63/23 [#]} (15... Kh8 $11 {0.25/24}) 16. Be3 $2 {2.23/25} (16. Rxe4 {5.63/23} dxe4 17. Qxd7 exf3 18. Be3) 16... Qc7 17. Bd4 $2 {0.00/25} (17. Bxd5 $1 $18 {2.37/19} exd5 18. Qxd5+ Rf7 19. Qxe4) 17... Nxd4 {0.68/23} (17... a5 $11 {0.00/25}) 18. cxd4 {-0.41/22 Accuracy: White = 10%, Black = 19%. . Loss on time!?} (18. Qxd4 $14 {0.68/23} Rf5 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4) 1-0

A80 Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves (1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bg5 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7)

This game was played in the first round of the Maximum ! tournament. There were at the start of the tournament 96 players that were divided in to 12 player groups. From each group three of the best players will advance to the next round. At the moment I have only finished 4 of 22 games in round one and in all likelihood they will take a lot longer to finish than the first four. Despite the long thinking times, 14 days per move, my moves have not been all that good or so it seems to me. I have been updating the analysis on my earliest posts and today I had to delete one of them as it turned out when I looked the old analysis closer that the opening variation was not the right one. This concerns the post C37 King's Gambit: Accepted. Muzio Gambit. It has been deleted due to the fact that it was actually just another Fischer Defense. When a very long time ago I had analysed it, the program I used to analyse it recognized as Muzio Gambit and in the analysis it said it was theory up to move 9. When I published the game, I assumed it is the right opening but only now after analyzing it again and looking the opening theory did I realize that I was wrong with my assumption. Well, lesson is learned, I guess. I doubt that there are other miss labeled posts but I will change them if I come across them. I am trying to work hard to make this as good of a blog I can get it. I still need to improve on some things but I do get better over time. If you have any questions or other things to discuss, please leave a comment and I will answer them as well as I can. I have added one mate in one, three mate in twos and one mate in 12 today.

Game number two. This was played on the first round of the 1800+ 7 Days tournament. I have been playing in group #5 and I am currently on 6th place and I have scored 5 points out of the 12 possible points so far. I still have two games in progress in this tournament and if I win both of them I have a small chance to tie points with cingoz who is currently on fourth place. It is a small chance because cingoz still has four games to finish. One of those four games is against me. Three of the best players of each group will advance to the next round and because the player who is currently second has his account closed for cheating, I think if he will finish in the top three, it is ignored and the next one on the standings will advance to the second round instead. Therefore I might have still very small chances to advance to the next round.

[Event "Maximum ! - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "?"] [White "thematrosken"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "1668"] [BlackElo "1894"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "34"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 {A80 Dutch Defense: Raphael Variation} (2. Nf3 g6 (2... Nf6) 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 {0-1 (38) Auro Ordonez,R-Castro Perez,M (2275) Asturias 1998}) 2... Nf6 3. Bg5 (3. Nf3 g6 {0-1 (39) Reddick,F (944)-Steen,H (1647) Warren 2002 }) 3... g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 {A80 Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} 5. e3 O-O {1.10/18} (5... d6 $14 {0.39/21}) 6. Bd3 {0.00/20} (6. h4 $16 {1.10/18}) (6. Bc4+ d5 7. Bb3 a5 8. O-O c6 9. a3 Na6 10. Re1 Nh5 11. e4 fxe4 12. Rxe4 Nf6 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Qe2 f5 15. Re3 Bh6 16. Re7 Bg7 17. Re1 Bf6 18. Re8 Qxe8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxe8+ Kf7 {Sturm,Z (1500)-Ramadani,S (1583) Rogaska Slatina 2009 0-1 (58)}) 6... b6 $146 {0.78/17} (6... d6 $11 {0.00/20} 7. O-O (7. Qe2 c6 8. O-O b5 9. a3 d5 10. a4 b4 11. Na2 a5 12. c4 Ne4 13. Bf4 e6 14. Nc1 g5 15. Be5 g4 16. Ne1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. f3 gxf3 19. Nxf3 Qg7 20. Bc2 Nd7 21. Nd3 dxc4 { Plicka,P (1784)-Maly,P (1575) Prague 2007 1/2-1/2 (51)}) 7... Nc6 (7... c6 8. Bc4+ Kh8 9. Re1 Qc7 10. e4 fxe4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Bf4 Qxf4 13. Bd3 dxe4 14. g3 Qxf3 15. Be2 Qf5 16. f3 Nd5 17. c3 exf3 18. Bxf3 Qxf3 19. Qxf3 Rxf3 20. Rf1 Rxf1+ 21. Rxf1 {0-1 (21) Pacheco,N-Carraro,D (1999) San Miguel del Monte 2004}) 8. Bb5 a6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. d5 Bb7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nd5 Bg7 15. Qd3 e5 16. Nb3 c6 17. Nb4 d5 18. Nxa6 e4 19. Qe2 Bxb2 20. Rab1 Bg7 21. Nbc5 Bc8 {Reddick,F (944)-Steen,H (1647) Warren 2002 0-1 (39)}) (6... d5 7. Qe2 c5 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Nxd5 Bg7 10. c3 Nc6 11. O-O Kh8 12. Nf4 cxd4 13. exd4 Qd6 14. Nh3 h6 15. Nd2 e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Bc2 Bd7 18. Nb3 Rfe8 19. Qd1 Qb6 20. Nf4 Rad8 21. Re1 {Auro Ordonez,R-Castro Perez,M (2275) Asturias 1998 0-1 (38)}) 7. O-O {-0.01/21} (7. h4 $16 {0.78/17}) 7... Bb7 $11 8. Re1 {-0.16/22} ( 8. d5 $16 {0.78/18}) 8... Ne4 $1 9. Bf4 {-0.55/19} (9. Bh4 $14 {0.35/21}) 9... Nxc3 {-0.06/18} (9... c5 $15 {-0.55/19}) 10. bxc3 d6 {0.96/21} (10... Nc6 $15 { -0.37/23 keeps the upper hand.}) 11. Qb1 $2 {-2.13/20 [#]} (11. Bc4+ $16 { 0.96/21} d5 12. Bb3) 11... h6 $2 {-0.28/21} ({Black should play} 11... Bxf3 $1 $19 {-2.13/20} 12. gxf3 e5 13. Qb3+ Kh8) 12. h3 {-1.34/19} (12. Bg3 $11 { -0.28/21}) 12... Nd7 {-0.58/23} (12... Kh7 $17 {-1.34/19} 13. Qb3 Nd7) 13. Qb3+ Kh7 {Threatens to win with ...e5.} 14. c4 $2 {-4.43/20} (14. Bh2 $15 {-0.54/23} ) 14... e5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bh2 e4 17. Nd4 Nc5 {Accuracy: White = 0%, Black = 31%.} 0-1 [Event "1800+ 7 Days - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.10"] [Round "?"] [White "cingoz"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "1999"] [BlackElo "1867"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 f5 (1... g6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (57) Bergraser,V-Schorr,L Tel Aviv 1964}) 2. Nc3 {A80 Dutch Defense: Raphael Variation} (2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 { 0-1 (28) Hrbolka,L (2325)-Ruckschloss,K (2315) CSR 1991} (3. Bg5 g6 {1-0 (41) Bronstein,L (2390)-Echeguren,G Buenos Aires 1990})) 2... Nf6 3. Bg5 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 {A80 Dutch Defence: Unusual White second moves} 5. e4 $146 (5. h4 c5 (5... d6 6. e3 Ne4 7. h5 h6 8. Bf4 g5 9. Bh2 c5 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nc6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Rfd1 O-O-O 15. Rab1 a6 16. Rb2 b5 17. Rdb1 c4 18. Be2 Be8 19. a4 Qxa4 20. d5 {Babo,M (2000)-Morais,M (2000) Figueira Foz 1999 0-1 (45)}) 6. e3 Qb6 7. Ne5 cxd4 8. Nc4 Qd8 9. exd4 Nc6 10. d5 Na5 11. Qf3 Nxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc7 13. Bb3 Qe5+ 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Ne4 16. c3 Nxg5 17. hxg5 h6 18. gxh6 Rxh6 19. O-O-O b6 {Bergraser,V-Schorr,L Tel Aviv 1964 1/2-1/2 (57)}) (5. Bxf6 exf6 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 c6 8. Qd2 a5 9. h4 h5 10. e3 Na6 11. a3 Kf7 12. Ne2 Qb6 13. O-O Nc7 14. Rfc1 Nb5 15. b3 Nd6 16. c4 Ne4 17. Qd3 Be6 18. Nf4 Rhe8 19. Ra2 Rad8 { Hrbolka,L (2325)-Ruckschloss,K (2315) CSR 1991 0-1}) (5. e3 d5 (5... c6 6. Bd3 d6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e4 Qa5 9. O-O O-O 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Qe2 Re8 15. Bc4+ e6 16. Rad1 Na6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Qc4 Rb8 19. Na4 Kh8 20. Qxc6 {Bronstein,L (2390)-Echeguren,G Buenos Aires 1990 1-0 (41)}) 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. c6 bxc6 11. Nd4 Nb8 12. Na4 Qa5 13. c4 e5 14. Ne2 g5 15. Bg3 f4 16. exf4 exf4 17. Nxf4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Ne4 19. Be3 Bf5 {Kwan,K-Leow,L Teeside 1973 0-1 (32)}) 5... fxe4 {-0.46/21} (5... Nxe4 $17 {-1.46/18} 6. Bf4 a6) 6. Bxf6 $1 $15 exf6 7. Nxe4 O-O {-0.06/22} (7... Qe7 $1 $17 {-0.87/20 And now ...f5 would win.} 8. Qe2 d5) 8. Be2 $11 {The position is equal.} b6 {0.22/22} (8... d5 $15 {-0.59/19} 9. Ned2 Nc6) 9. O-O {-0.40/22} (9. Nc3 $11 {0.22/22}) 9... Bb7 {0.40/21} (9... d5 $15 {-0.40/22} 10. Ned2 Nc6) 10. Nc3 {-0.35/21} (10. Ned2 $1 $14 {0.40/21}) 10... Nc6 {0.79/20} (10... d5 $15 {-0.35/21 keeps the upper hand.}) 11. Bc4+ {0.06/21} (11. d5 $1 $16 { 0.79/20} Ne5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Ne4) 11... Kh8 12. Ne2 $2 {-1.60/18 [#]} (12. Bd5 $1 $14 {0.65/21 stays ahead.}) 12... d5 {-0.19/24} (12... Na5 $1 $17 { -1.60/18} 13. Bd3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 f5) 13. Bb3 {-0.73/19} (13. Bb5 $11 {-0.19/24 remains equal.}) 13... Qd6 {-0.01/22} (13... Bh6 $17 {-0.73/19}) 14. c3 Rae8 15. Ng3 {-0.55/18} (15. Ba4 $11 {0.02/22}) 15... Re7 {0.03/22} (15... Nd8 $15 { -0.55/18}) 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Rxe7 Rxe7 18. Bc2 Nd8 19. Qd3 {-0.29/20} (19. h4 { 0.12/21 was preferrable.}) 19... Ne6 20. Nh5 {-1.08/20} (20. Ne2 $15 {-0.32/25} ) 20... Nf4 {0.12/24} (20... Bh6 $17 {-1.08/20} 21. Ng3 Nf4) 21. Nxf4 Qxf4 22. g3 Qg4 23. Kg2 {-0.23/21} (23. Re1 $14 {0.31/21} Qd7 24. Qd2) 23... Bc8 { 0.21/25} (23... Bh6 $142 {-0.23/21}) 24. Nh4 {-0.59/19} (24. Re1 $11 {0.21/25} Bf8 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Qe3) 24... Qh3+ {0.23/22} (24... Kg8 $15 {-0.59/19}) 25. Kg1 f5 {1.27/20} (25... Qd7 $11 {-0.09/24}) 26. Ng2 {0.46/24} (26. Qd2 $16 { 1.27/20}) 26... Bh6 {1.24/20} (26... Qh6 $14 {0.46/24}) 27. Qf3 {0.15/22} (27. Qb5 $16 {1.24/20} f4 28. Qxd5) 27... c6 28. Bd3 Bg5 {0.37/22} ({Black should try} 28... Kg7 $11 {-0.17/24}) 29. b3 {-0.16/22} ({Better is} 29. Nf4 $14 { 0.37/22} Qh6 30. Rc1) 29... Kg7 30. Bf1 {-0.52/22} (30. Nf4 $11 {0.00/24} Qg4 31. Kg2) 30... Qh6 {0.75/21} (30... Qg4 $15 {-0.52/22} 31. Qd1 Qxd1 32. Rxd1 Bf6) 31. c4 {0.23/25} (31. Re1 $16 {0.75/21}) 31... Be6 32. Re1 {Threatening h4.} Bg8 {0.53/22} (32... Bf7 $11 {0.10/26}) 33. Rxe7+ $14 Bxe7 34. Nf4 { 0.00/25} ({White should play} 34. Qc3 $14 {0.61/21}) 34... dxc4 {1.13/21} ( 34... Bd6 $11 {0.00/25}) 35. Bxc4 Bxc4 36. bxc4 Kf7 $2 {5.21/19} (36... Bd6 $1 $14 {0.37/24}) 37. Qxc6 $18 Qg7 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Qd7 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne6+.} Qf7 {10.68/22} (39... Qf6 $142 {5.08/24} 40. c5 bxc5 41. dxc5 (41. Qxa7 cxd4 42. Nd5 Qe5 $16) 41... g5 42. Ne6+ Kf7) 40. Ne6+ Kg8 41. d5 Qf6 42. Qe8+ Bf8 43. Nxf8 {5.00/23} (43. d6 $142 {15.93/22 Intending d7 and mate.} f4 44. d7 Qa1+ 45. Kg2 Qf6 46. gxf4 Qf5 47. h3 Qf6 48. d8=Q) 43... Qxf8 44. Qxf8+ Kxf8 45. f4 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 46. Kf2 Kd6 47. Ke3 b5 48. Kd4 { Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

D53 Queen's Gambit Declined: 4.Bg5 Be7: Early deviations (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 Be7 7.Bxc4 O-O)

The game below is taken from the team match called A new Era. It is a four board match between In Service of The Master and Himgouree's club. The only remaining game is the board one match between joysaha and me. I am playing for the Himgouree's club. The match has already been decided in favor of In Service of The Master because they lead the match 6 - 1. This is one of the rare positive matches though because there has been no timeouts on either side. This match started November 5th 2014. I have added one mate in one, two mate in two, one mate in three and one mate in four puzzle today.

[Event "A new Era - Board 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.11.05"] [Round "?"] [White "joysaha"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "1827"] [BlackElo "1851"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s)"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 (1... d5 2. c4 (2. Nf3) 2... e6 (2... c6 3. Nf3 {1-0 (39) Sultana,S (1978)-Azizi,S Ashkhabad 2017}) 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg5 {0-1 (40) Bejan,C (497)-Salim,A (450) Voineasa 2008}) 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 {D15 Slav Defense: Three Knights Variation} e6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 Be7 (6... Nbd7 7. Bxc4 Be7 8. O-O {1-0 (24) Raikin,L (2265)-Ivanov,D (2065) Sterlitamak 2010}) 7. Bxc4 O-O {1.42/18 D53 Queen's Gambit Declined: 4.Bg5 Be7: Early deviations} (7... h6 $142 {0.89/20}) 8. O-O $16 Nbd7 {1.75/19} (8... b6 $16 {1.05/22}) 9. Re1 $146 { 0.81/22} (9. a4 $18 {1.75/19 and White stays clearly on top.}) (9. Bb3 b6 10. Rc1 Bb7 11. Bc2 c5 12. Qd2 Qc8 13. e5 Ba6 14. Qe3 Bxf1 15. Rxf1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 exd5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Nxe6 Rf7 21. Bd3 Qc6 22. Nd8 Qf6 23. Qh5 g6 {Bejan,C (497)-Salim,A (450) Voineasa 2008 0-1 (40)}) (9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 a6 11. e5 Nd5 12. Qe4 g6 13. Qh4 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Qxf6 Rxf6 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Rfe1 c5 19. Re8+ Kf7 20. Rae1 Rc6 21. Ng5+ Kg7 22. R1e7+ Kh6 23. Nf7+ Kh5 {Raikin,L (2265)-Ivanov,D (2065) Sterlitamak 2010 1-0}) (9. e5 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd2 N7b6 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bd7 14. Ng5 h6 15. Ne4 Nd5 16. Rab1 b5 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. Bc2 f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. f4 Be8 21. Rbe1 Nc7 22. Qd3 Bg6 23. Qxg6 Qxg6 {Sultana,S (1978)-Azizi,S Ashkhabad 2017 1-0 (39) }) (9. Qc2 Nb6 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bh4 Bd7 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfe1 c5 14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. Qb1 Rc7 16. Red1 Nh7 17. Bg3 Rc8 18. Ne5 Qe8 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Bb5 Nhf6 21. e5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Bg5 {Bontempi,S (1539)-Thai,N (1275) Candás Pocos de 2017 1-0 (33)}) 9... Qa5 $2 {2.81/17 [#]} (9... h6 $16 {0.81/22}) 10. a3 {1.33/22} (10. e5 $18 {2.81/17}) 10... e5 11. b4 {0.70/20} (11. Bh4 $18 { 1.87/18}) 11... Qc7 $14 12. Rc1 {0.46/20} (12. h3 $16 {1.06/19}) 12... Qb8 $2 { 2.05/18} (12... a5 $14 {0.46/20}) 13. g3 $2 {-0.40/19 [#]} (13. Ne2 $18 { 2.05/18}) 13... h6 {0.77/23} (13... a5 $15 {-0.40/19 keeps the upper hand.}) 14. Bxf6 {0.25/21} ({Better is} 14. Nxe5 $16 {0.77/23} Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Bf4) 14... Bxf6 $11 15. d5 {-0.25/21} (15. Ne2 $142 {0.25/21}) 15... cxd5 $2 { 1.60/20} ({Black should try} 15... Nb6 $11 {-0.25/21} 16. Be2 Bh3) 16. Nxd5 { 0.54/24} (16. exd5 $16 {1.60/20} Nb6 17. Ne4) 16... Bd8 $14 17. Qe2 {0.66/22} ( 17. Bb3 $1 $16 {1.42/20}) 17... Nb6 {1.23/20} (17... a6 $14 {0.66/22}) 18. Bb3 $36 {White is in control.} Bg4 {1.79/19} (18... Bh3 $16 {0.86/23}) 19. Qd3 $2 { -0.11/23} (19. Ne3 $18 {1.79/19} Bd7 20. Rc5) 19... Qd6 {0.79/19} (19... a5 $11 {-0.11/23 remains equal.}) 20. Qc3 {0.35/24} (20. Rc5 $16 {0.79/19}) 20... Rc8 {1.35/18} (20... Re8 $14 {0.35/24}) 21. Qxe5 $16 Qxe5 {1.71/24} (21... Qd7 $16 {1.15/24 is a better defense.} 22. Qf4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxd5 24. exd5 (24. Bxd5 Be6 $16) 24... Bxf3 25. Qxf3 a5) 22. Nxe5 $18 Be6 23. f4 Nxd5 {2.44/19} (23... Re8 $16 {1.58/24 keeps fighting.} 24. Rxc8 Nxc8) 24. Rxc8 $2 {0.86/24} ({ Don't do} 24. Bxd5 $6 Bb6+ 25. Kg2 Rfd8 $16) (24. exd5 $18 {2.44/19} Rxc1 25. Rxc1) 24... Bxc8 $2 {2.74/20} (24... Bb6+ $16 {0.86/24} 25. Kh1 Rxc8 26. exd5 Bf5) 25. Bxd5 Bb6+ {2.47/22} (25... Be6 $142 {1.96/25} 26. Bxb7 Bb6+ 27. Kg2 Rd8) 26. Kg2 Bd4 $2 {3.62/21} (26... Be6 {2.03/22 was called for.} 27. Bxb7 Rd8 ) 27. Nf3 {2.05/22} (27. Nxf7 $142 {3.62/21} Rxf7 28. Rc1 (28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Rc1 Bg4 $16)) 27... Bf6 28. h3 Rd8 29. Rc1 Bb2 30. Rc7 Bxa3 31. Bxf7+ Kh7 32. Bd5 Bxb4 33. Bxb7 Bxb7 {2.41/23} (33... Bd7 $142 {1.74/23} 34. Bd5 a5) 34. Rxb7 {Endgame KRB-KRN} a5 35. Ra7 Kg6 $2 {3.87/21} (35... Rc8 {2.14/23} 36. Ne5 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Rc3+ 38. Kg4 Re3) 36. g4 Rd1 {4.83/23} (36... Rc8 $142 {3.22/22} 37. f5+ Kh7) 37. e5 Rd3 {10.63/20} (37... Kh7 $142 {4.46/23} 38. f5 Kg8) 38. f5+ Kh7 39. f6 Kg8 40. Rxg7+ Kh8 41. Nh4 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

C90 Closed Spanish Game with 7...d6: Early deviations (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.Re1 Be7 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4)

Before I looked at this game again after a few years break, I would have said if asked that I have only recently started experimenting with 3...a6 in the Spanish game instead of my more common reply 3...Bc5. Of course the amount of information that is coming my way these days is so vast that I can't remember these kind of things all that clearly anymore. I can only hope that information that I do remember is useful in some way. This game was played in early 2011 when my rating at Red Hot Pawn was probably over two hundred points lower than it is now. My rating there now is at its peak 1885. When I started to play actively at RHP again and even became subscriber there my rating was below 1700, so it has increased quite nicely over a few months time. Unfortunately as the game load has increased my move speed has become extremely slow.

This and the following paragraphs have been added November 19th, 2016. Only small mistakes were made by both players for the first 30 moves, but when adding the mistakes of the moves 29.Nh4 and 30.Nhf5, my advantage was for the first time clear according to Stockfish 7 64 POPCNT. The position in which my opponent played 30.Nhf5 can be seen below.

The downhill that started for my opponent with the move 30.Nhf5 continued to the end of the game and rienaperdre resigned after 49...d1Q+, when my opponent was facing a forced mate.

[Event "Corr game 16.1.2011-22.4.2011"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2011.01.16"] [Round "?"] [White "rienaperdre"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "1547"] [BlackElo "1831"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 {Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (#2)} 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 cxd4 (10... Qc7 11. a4 {Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Balla Variation} (11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. Ne3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 {Spanish Game: Closed Defense. Alekhine Gambit})) 11. cxd4 {C90 Closed Spanish Game with 7...d6: Early deviations} Nc6 12. a3 $146 { Prevents intrusion on b4} (12. a4 bxa4 13. Nc3 O-O {1/2-1/2 (13) Lubos,A (2077) -Liskan,L Budapest 2004}) (12. d5 Nb8 (12... Nb4 13. Bb3 a5 14. Qe2 Bd7 15. a3 Na6 16. Nc3 Nc5 17. Bc2 b4 18. Nd1 b3 19. Bd3 a4 20. Nc3 O-O 21. Be3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Qa5 23. Nd2 Rfc8 24. f3 Bd8 25. Rad1 Qa6 26. Qxa6 Rxa6 27. Rc1 {Villegas, B-Lynch,J Carrasco 1922 0-1 (58)}) 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nc3 O-O 15. Nxa4 Nbd7 16. Be3 g6 17. Nd2 Ne8 18. Nc4 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. f4 e4 21. Qd2 Nef6 22. Na5 Qe8 23. Nc6 Ng4 24. Bd4 Bf6 25. h3 Nh6 26. Ra3 Qf7 {Klovans,J (2464)-Ljubarskij,J (2317) Bad Sooden 2004 1/2-1/2 (42)}) (12. h3 Qc7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Be3 Nb4 15. Bb3 Qb8 16. Rc1 a5 17. a3 Na6 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Bg5 Nxd5 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. exd5 exd4 22. Nxd4 Qb7 23. Nc6 Rf8 24. Bc2 g6 25. Qd4 f6 26. Re7 Bd7 {Amdouni,Z (2333)-Alnami,S (1791) Zeralda 2014 1-0}) (12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14. Nc3 Bg4 15. Bd1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bd1 O-O 18. Bd2 Ba5 19. a3 Rfd8 20. b4 Nc2 21. Bxc2 Rxd2 22. Re2 Rxe2 23. Nxe2 Rc8 24. Bd3 Bb6 25. Ng3 Ng4 26. Ra2 Rc3 { Chromik,T (1885)-Cap,A (2032) Kouty nad Desnou 2013 0-1 (47)}) (12. h3 O-O $14) 12... O-O (12... Bg4 13. dxe5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 $11) 13. dxe5 (13. d5 Na5 $14) 13... dxe5 $11 14. b4 (14. h3 Qxd1 15. Bxd1 Be6 $11) 14... Bg4 15. Nbd2 Qc7 { Black has an active position} 16. h3 {White threatens to win material: h3xg4} Bh5 17. Bb2 Rfd8 18. Qc1 (18. Qb1 Rac8 19. Rc1 Bd6 $11) 18... Rac8 $15 19. Bb3 (19. Bd1 Qa7 20. Qb1 Bd6 $15) 19... Qb8 (19... a5 20. bxa5 Qa7 21. Qb1 $17) 20. Qb1 (20. Bc3 Nd4 21. Qb2 Nxb3 22. Bxe5 Nxd2 23. Bxb8 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxb8 $11) 20... Rd7 (20... a5 21. Bc3 $11) 21. Bd1 (21. Qa2 Bd6 $11) 21... Rcd8 (21... Bd8 22. a4 $15) 22. Bc3 Rd3 {Black threatens to win material: Rd3xc3} 23. Qb2 Qb6 24. Be2 {White threatens to win material: Be2xd3} R3d7 25. Bd1 (25. Rac1 Bg6 $11) 25... Bg6 26. Bc2 Nh5 27. Nf1 f6 {Controls g5} (27... Nf4 28. Ne3 $11 (28. Nxe5 $2 {is inferior since it leads to} Nxe5 29. Bxe5 Bh4 $19) (28. Bxe5 $143 Nxe5 29. Qxe5 Ne2+ 30. Rxe2 Bf6 $17)) 28. Ne3 (28. g3 Kh8 $14) 28... Nf4 $11 29. Nh4 (29. Bb3+ Kf8 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. exd5 Na7 $11 (31... Rxd5 $143 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Rad1 $16)) 29... Bf7 30. Nhf5 (30. Bb3 Nd4 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. Bxd4 Qxd4 33. Qxd4 exd4 34. exd5 Bf8 $15) 30... Bf8 $15 31. Rad1 Nd4 32. Kh2 (32. Bb1 $5 $17) 32... g6 33. Nh4 Qe6 34. Bxd4 (34. Bb1 Qb3 $17) 34... exd4 $19 ( 34... Rxd4 $6 35. Nf3 R4d6 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Rd1 $15) 35. Ng4 $2 (35. Nd5 $142 Nxd5 36. exd5 Qxd5 37. Nf3 $19) 35... Bg7 36. f3 (36. g3 Nxh3 $1 {the decision} 37. Rd3 $19) 36... d3 37. Bb1 (37. e5 {does not win a prize} dxc2 38. Rxd7 Rxd7 39. Qxc2 f5 40. Qc8+ Be8 $19) 37... f5 38. Qd2 (38. Ba2 {is not much help} Bxb2 39. Bxe6 Bxe6 40. exf5 Bb3 $19) 38... fxg4 39. Kh1 Qf6 (39... Ne2 $142 { and Black can already relax} 40. Bxd3 Nc3 41. fxg4 Nxd1 42. Qxd1 Rxd3 43. Qe2 $19) 40. Nf5 gxf5 (40... Ne2 $142 $5 {seems even better} 41. Bxd3 gxf3 42. gxf3 $19) 41. Qxf4 gxh3 42. e5 hxg2+ 43. Kg1 Qg6 44. Qh2 d2 45. Re2 Bb3 46. Rxg2 Qb6+ 47. Kh1 (47. Kf1 {does not improve anything} Bxd1 48. Ba2+ Kh8 49. Bd5 Rxd5 50. Rxg7 Be2+ 51. Kg2 Kxg7 52. a4 Bxf3+ 53. Kh3 Qh6+ 54. Kg3 Qg5+ 55. Kf2 d1=Q 56. Qh6+ Kxh6 57. a5 Rd2#) 47... Bxd1 48. Bxf5 (48. Qg1 {is not the saving move} Bxf3 $1 {Mate threat} 49. Qxb6 d1=Q+ 50. Kh2 Bxg2 51. Qe3 Qh1+ 52. Kg3 Qh3+ 53. Kf2 Rd2+ 54. Qe2 Rxe2+ 55. Kxe2 Qf3+ 56. Ke1 Rd1#) 48... Bxf3 49. e6 (49. Bxh7+ {is no salvation} Kf8 50. Qf4+ Rf7 51. Kh2 Rxf4 52. e6 Qxe6 53. Bf5 Be5 54. a4 Rxf5+ 55. Kg1 d1=Q+ 56. Kf2 Qb6#) 49... d1=Q+ (49... d1=Q+ 50. Qg1 Qbxg1#) 0-1 [Event "Obsessive try again!! - Board 15"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.04.26"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "arpadsusniflinta"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "1929"] [BlackElo "1852"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 (4... Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 { 1-0 (42) Ostojic,P-Tserenbat Marianske Lazne 1962}) 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 {C88 Spanish Game: Closed} d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 { C90 Closed Spanish Game with 7...d6: Early deviations} Bg4 {1.21/18} (11... O-O $14 {0.40/21}) 12. d5 {0.38/22} ({White should play} 12. dxe5 $16 {1.21/18} dxe5 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14. Nxe5) 12... Qc7 {1.04/21} (12... Bd7 $14 {0.38/22}) 13. Nbd2 {0.15/23} (13. Na3 $16 {1.04/21}) 13... O-O {0.87/21} (13... Nb7 $11 { 0.15/23}) (13... Rc8 14. Bd3 O-O {1-0 (42) Ostojic,P-Tserenbat Marianske Lazne 1962}) 14. Nf1 {-0.30/21} (14. h3 $16 {0.87/21} Bh5 15. Bd3) 14... Rac8 $2 { 1.23/20 [#]} (14... Bxf3 $11 {-0.30/21} 15. gxf3 Nh5) 15. Bd3 $16 Nd7 {1.43/22} (15... Nb7 $142 {0.95/24}) 16. Ne3 {0.82/24} (16. Ng3 $142 {1.43/22}) 16... Bh5 17. Nf5 $146 (17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Rc1 Nxe3 19. Rxe3 Qb7 20. h3 Bg5 21. Re1 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rxc1 23. Bxc1 Bxc1 24. Qxc1 Qc8 25. Qd2 Nc5 26. Bf1 f5 27. b4 Na4 28. Rc1 Qd8 29. f4 Qf6 30. fxe5 Qxe5 31. f4 Qxe4 {Ostojic,P-Tserenbat Marianske Lazne 1962 1-0 (42)}) 17... Bf6 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Bc3 {0.00/23} (19. Bxc4 $16 {1.26/21 Strongly threatening Bf1.} bxc4 20. Rc1) 19... Ndb6 $2 {2.07/19 [#]} (19... Bg6 $11 {0.00/23}) 20. b3 $36 {White is in control.} Na3 $2 {4.96/19} (20... Bg4 { 1.86/26}) 21. Bb4 {White is clearly winning.} Nc2 22. Bxd6 Qc3 {6.62/27} (22... Nxe1 $142 {4.27/21} 23. Bxc7 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxc7) 23. Bxc2 Qxc2 24. Qxc2 Rxc2 25. Bxf8 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 8%.} 1-0 [Event "Chess.com"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.10.30"] [Round "?"] [White "sdenzv"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C90"] [WhiteElo "1870"] [BlackElo "1839"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 (5... b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 d6 {0-1 (28) Flores,V-Torres,L Bucaramanga 2008}) 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 {C88 Spanish Game: Closed} d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 {C90 Closed Spanish Game with 7...d6: Early deviations} Qc7 {0.96/19} (11... O-O $14 { 0.49/23}) 12. b3 {-0.21/23} (12. h3 $16 {0.96/19}) (12. Bd3 Bg4 13. d5 O-O 14. Nbd2 Nb7 15. h3 Nc5 16. Bc2 Bd7 17. Nf1 Rfc8 18. Bd2 a5 19. Rc1 b4 20. Ng3 Qb7 21. Bb1 b3 22. axb3 Nxb3 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Bc3 Bd8 25. Bc2 Nc5 26. Qd2 Ra8 { Gullaksen,E (2380)-Zapata Arbelaes,E (1999) Barcelona 2013 1-0 (66)}) 12... Bg4 $146 (12... Nc6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nbd2 O-O 15. Bb2 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Re3 Bc5 19. Rd3 Nd4 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. b4 Bb6 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. g4 Bg6 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. f3 Qe5 26. Qe1 Nd7 27. Nb3 {Granados Ortiz,M-Al Fayyadh,Z (1705) Batumi 2018 0-1 (34)}) (12... Bd7 13. Bb2 Rc8 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Nbd2 O-O 17. Rc1 Bd6 18. Nf1 Qb8 19. Bb1 Ne7 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Qe2 Rc6 22. Nf5 Bc5 23. b4 Ba7 24. Rxc6 Bxc6 25. Ng3 Rd8 26. Qc2 Ng4 27. Nh1 {Flores,V-Torres, L Bucaramanga 2008 0-1}) (12... O-O 13. h3 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nd7 15. Nc3 exd4 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bf6 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Re2 Bb7 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Rfd8 24. Rb6 Rd7 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rxf6 Kg7 27. e5 {Hungeling,D (1435)-Bardorz,S (1671) Willingen 2018 1-0 (44)}) 13. d5 {-0.69/21} (13. Bb2 $11 {0.00/22}) 13... O-O {0.29/22} (13... Bxf3 $1 $15 {-0.69/21} 14. gxf3 O-O) 14. Bd2 {-0.20/25} (14. Bd3 $142 {0.29/22}) 14... Rfc8 {0.73/23} (14... Nb7 $11 {-0.20/25}) 15. Bd3 $16 h6 {0.76/20} (15... Nb7 $14 {0.34/23}) 16. h3 {0.29/23} (16. Nc3 $16 {0.76/20}) 16... Bh5 $1 $11 17. Na3 {0.07/24} ({White should try} 17. Nc3 $16 {0.81/20}) 17... Qd8 {0.78/23} (17... Nb7 $11 {0.07/24}) 18. Nc2 { 0.23/23} (18. Qe2 $16 {0.78/23}) 18... Nh7 {0.81/22} (18... Nb7 $11 {0.23/23 remains equal.}) 19. g4 $16 Bg6 20. Nb4 {0.11/24} (20. Ne3 $16 {0.86/21}) 20... Ng5 {0.69/24} (20... Qd7 $11 {0.11/24}) 21. Kg2 $14 Nxf3 22. Qxf3 Bg5 23. Be3 Bxe3 {0.97/22} (23... f6 $1 $14 {0.40/24}) 24. Rxe3 {-0.09/24} (24. Qxe3 $16 { 0.97/22} Nb7 25. Nc6) 24... Rc3 {0.69/20} ({Black should play} 24... Qb6 $11 { -0.09/24} 25. Qd1 Ra7) 25. Be2 Rxe3 {1.42/20} (25... Rc7 $14 {0.32/22}) 26. Qxe3 $16 Nb7 {2.01/21} (26... f6 $16 {1.15/25}) 27. Nc6 $18 Qd7 28. h4 {1.04/26 } (28. f3 $18 {2.18/22}) 28... Nc5 29. f3 f6 30. b4 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} Nb7 $2 {4.02/25 [#]} (30... Na4 $16 {1.32/22}) 31. h5 Be8 32. Rc1 Nd8 33. Qb6 $1 Qb7 34. Qxb7 Nxb7 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Rc7 Nd8 37. Nf5 Nf7 38. Ne7 Ng5 39. Nc6 {1.37/27} (39. Nf5 $18 {2.83/29 has better winning chances.}) 39... Nf7 $2 {2.89/25} (39... Bxc6 $16 {1.37/27} 40. Rxc6 (40. dxc6 Ne6 $11) 40... Nf7) 40. Kg3 Kg8 {3.13/27} (40... Ng5 {2.09/28 was necessary.} 41. Bd1 f5) 41. Rc8 $2 {0.00/42} ({Better is} 41. Ne7+ $18 {3.13/27} Kh7 42. Rb7) 41... Rxc8 $11 {The position is equal.} 42. Ne7+ Kf8 43. Nxc8 {Endgame KBN-KBN} Bd7 44. Nb6 Be8 45. Na8 Bd7 46. Kf2 Ke7 47. Nb6 Be8 48. Bd1 Kd8 {[#] And now ...Kc7 would win.} 49. a4 $1 Kc7 50. a5 Ng5 51. Kg3 Bf7 52. Be2 Be8 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 34%.} 1/2-1/2

A23 English Opening: 1...e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6 4.Bg2 Bb4)

The game below was played in a team match called Open Challenge Blake's7. It is played on six boards between Blake's7 and Baker Street Irregulars. I played board one for the Baker Street Irregulars in this match and I won both my games on time. With three games still left to be played in the match, the score is 5,5 - 3,5 in favor of our opponent. If we can somehow win the remaining games, we will win the match but it does require everything to go without a hitch. Today I updated the page Shakin alkeita and I also added the page Chess basics to the blog, which is basically the English version of the page I published yesterday in Finnish. I have also added puzzles to mate in one, two and ten. I have also one other idea to improve this blog but I will type more about it when I am close to or finished it. I can only say at this point that it is a bit time consuming project but I think it will be helpful not only to me but more importantly people who come to see this blog.

[Event "Open Challenge Blake's7 - Board 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.22"] [Round "?"] [White "4554551N"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A23"] [WhiteElo "1771"] [BlackElo "1908"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 c6 {A23 English Opening: King's English Variation. Two Knights' Variation Keres Variation} (3... Bb4 4. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 (59) Vdovichenko,V-Gerber,V (2147) Kiev 2005}) 4. Bg2 Bb4 {A23 English Opening: 1... e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 c6} 5. e3 O-O {0.03/24} (5... d5 $15 {-0.52/17}) 6. Nge2 { -0.64/19} (6. e4 $11 {0.03/24}) 6... Na6 {0.59/20} (6... d5 $15 {-0.64/19}) ( 6... d6 7. O-O Qe7 8. d3 Ba5 9. h3 Bb6 10. Kh2 Na6 11. e4 Ne8 12. f4 f5 13. a3 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nc5 15. N2c3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bd4 17. Qe2 Nc7 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bg5 Qe8 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Rf1+ {Vdovichenko,V-Gerber,V (2147) Kiev 2005 1/2-1/2 (59)}) 7. O-O {-0.07/20} (7. a3 $14 {0.59/20} Bxc3 8. Nxc3) 7... d5 $11 8. cxd5 $146 (8. d3 Be6 9. b3 d4 10. exd4 Bxc3 11. Nxc3 Qxd4 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Na4 Qd6 14. d4 e4 15. Qd2 Rad8 16. a3 b5 17. Qa5 Be6 18. Qxa6 bxa4 19. Qxa4 Rb8 20. Rac1 Bd7 21. b4 Rb7 22. Qa5 Re8 {Dominguez,L (1988)-Viveros,E (1888) Cali 2018 1-0 (40)}) 8... cxd5 9. d4 {-0.28/20} (9. d3 {0.20/21 feels stronger.}) 9... e4 10. a3 {-0.63/19} (10. Bd2 $11 {0.16/24}) 10... Be7 {0.18/22} (10... Bxc3 $1 $15 {-0.63/19} 11. Nxc3 Bg4) 11. b4 {-0.71/21} (11. Bd2 $11 {0.18/22}) 11... Nc7 $17 12. Bb2 {-0.82/19} (12. f3 $11 {0.00/22}) 12... Bd7 {0.00/24} (12... Bd6 $17 {-0.82/19}) 13. Qb3 Bd6 14. Rac1 {-0.90/18} (14. Nf4 $11 {-0.19/23}) 14... Qe7 {-0.02/23} (14... a5 $1 $17 {-0.90/18}) 15. Na4 {-1.32/18} (15. b5 $1 $11 {-0.02/23}) 15... b6 {-0.43/23} (15... Bb5 $17 {-1.32/18} 16. Rfe1 Bc4) 16. Rc2 $2 {-2.20/17 [#]} ({White should try} 16. Nac3 $15 {-0.43/23}) 16... Qe8 $2 {-0.49/21} (16... Bb5 $19 {-2.20/17} 17. Rfc1 Bc4 18. Rxc4 dxc4) 17. Nac3 $15 Be6 {0.00/23} (17... a5 $17 {-0.77/20}) 18. Rfc1 {-0.61/20} (18. Nf4 $11 { 0.00/23}) 18... Qd7 {0.29/24} (18... g5 $15 {-0.61/20}) 19. Nb1 $2 {-1.36/20} ( 19. b5 $11 {0.29/24}) 19... Rfc8 {-0.24/23} ({Better is} 19... Bg4 $17 { -1.36/20}) 20. a4 {-1.15/20} (20. Nbc3 $11 {-0.24/23 remains equal.}) 20... Bh3 {-0.49/20} (20... b5 $17 {-1.15/20} 21. a5 Bg4) 21. b5 $1 Bxg2 {-0.05/22} ( 21... Bg4 $15 {-0.49/20}) 22. Kxg2 $11 Qg4 {0.45/20} (22... Ne6 $1 $15 { -0.68/22}) 23. Ng1 {0.00/25} (23. Nd2 $14 {0.45/20}) 23... h5 {0.44/21} (23... Nce8 $11 {0.00/25}) 24. h3 {0.00/25} (24. Ba3 $14 {0.44/21} Nce8 25. Rc6) 24... Qf5 {0.66/22 Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 13%. . Loss on time!?} ({Black should play} 24... Qe6 $11 {0.00/25}) 0-1

C18 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7.h4 and 7.Qg4 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qa5)

The game below is one of the ten games I played in the first round of the 28th Chess.com Tournament (1601-1800). Only the winner of the group advances to the next round and I was fortunate enough to win my group so I have advanced to the next round and only waiting it to start. 41 games are still in progress on round one while I type this, so it might take awhile before the second round starts. This tournament started in September 1st 2014, so this will take a long time to complete it seems. There were 212 5 to 6 player groups in this rating category and as only the winners advance to the next round there will be 212 players divided in to 5 to 6 player groups again on round two. This will continue until the winner is decided, so I think that it might take several more months to complete. This tournament started in a time where I started to raise my rating more rapidly so I would not be all that surprised if I would be one of the highest rated people in round two. I think I played this quite well albeit improvements can always be made. I think I am also ready to share with you a project that took quite awhile to finish. It is of course the Finnish version of chess basics called Shakin alkeita. I hope that some of the beginners can use that to maybe understand chess and perhaps this blog a bit better. I will add the English version of that later. It will take some time to translate but tomorrow I should be able to add that one as well. I have also added mate in one, two, seven and nine puzzles today. If some of you that understand Finnish find something that you think should be added to Shakin alkeita, please let me know in the comments. As I have done that page over some months every now and then, I may have missed something. I did publish it earlier today and later noticed that I missed something that I should have included so I made a quick update on that. Thank you all who have come to see this blog and please tell your friends about it, it will be much appreciated!

[Event "28th Chess.com Tournament (1601-1800) -"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.09.01"] [Round "?"] [White "vanwie"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "1632"] [BlackElo "1900"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 {C18 French Defense: Winawer Variation, Poisoned Pawn Variation} Qa5 {0.82/20 C18 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7.h4 and 7.Qg4} (7... O-O $1 $15 {-0.37/21}) 8. Bd2 $1 $16 Kf8 9. c4 $146 {-0.24/23} (9. a4 $16 {0.75/19}) (9. dxc5 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nxc5 11. Bd3 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd7 14. a4 Nc6 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Qf4 h6 17. h4 Be8 18. c4 Rd8 19. Be3 Nb4 20. Nd4 Kg8 21. Red1 Bc6 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. cxb5 d4 {Andersen,I (2153)-Nielsen,M (2101) Helsingor 2013 1-0 (38)}) (9. Qd1 Nbc6 10. Nf3 Qa4 11. Qb1 c4 12. h4 h6 13. g3 Ke8 14. Bh3 Kd8 15. O-O Bd7 16. Ne1 Kc7 17. Ng2 Rag8 18. Ne3 Nd8 19. Kh2 h5 20. Qe1 Qa6 21. Ng2 Ba4 22. Bg5 Ndc6 23. Qe2 Qa5 {Cornette,M (2562)-Housieaux,D (2436) Mulhouse 2011 1/2-1/2 (50)}) 9... Qb6 {0.91/19} (9... Qa4 $11 {-0.24/23}) 10. cxd5 {0.00/22} (10. c3 $16 {0.91/19}) 10... exd5 {0.91/19} (10... Qb2 $1 $11 {0.00/22 remains equal.} 11. Qd1 Qxd4) 11. dxc5 {[#] Qxc8+! is the strong threat.} Qxc5 {0.90/20} (11... Qc7 $14 {0.42/23 deserves consideration.} 12. Qf4 Ng6) 12. Bb4 {-0.09/21} (12. Qa4 $16 {0.90/20}) 12... Qc7 {0.65/24} (12... Qxf2+ $11 {-0.09/21} 13. Kxf2 Bxg4) 13. Qd4 $2 {-0.87/19} (13. Qf4 $14 {0.65/24}) 13... Be6 $2 {1.20/21} ( 13... Nbc6 $17 {-0.87/19 and life is bright.} 14. Qc3 Qxe5+ 15. Qxe5 Nxe5) 14. Bd6 Qa5+ {1.33/18} ({Black should try} 14... Nbc6 $14 {0.63/21} 15. Qxa7 (15. Bxc7 Nxd4 16. Rb1 Nxc2+ 17. Kd2 Nxa3 $11) 15... Rxa7 16. Bxc7 Nc8) 15. c3 { 0.49/21} (15. Qb4 $16 {1.33/18} Qxb4+ 16. axb4) 15... Nbc6 $14 16. Qc5 $2 { -1.04/18 [#]} (16. Qd2 $1 $14 {0.49/21 stays ahead.}) 16... Qxc5 $17 17. Bxc5 Nxe5 18. Bd6 {-1.53/19} (18. Bb5 $142 {-0.75/21}) 18... N5c6 {-0.88/23} (18... f6 $142 {-1.53/19} 19. Bxe5 fxe5) 19. Bb5 Ke8 {-0.17/21} (19... Rc8 $17 { -1.20/20} 20. Nf3 f6) 20. O-O-O {-1.01/20} (20. Ne2 $11 {-0.17/21}) 20... a6 21. Bxc6+ Nxc6 22. Nf3 Kd7 23. Bb4 {-1.80/19} (23. Bf4 $17 {-0.96/24}) 23... Kc7 {-1.17/25} ({Better is} 23... b6 $19 {-1.80/19} 24. c4 Nxb4 25. axb4 f6) 24. Nd4 {-1.65/21} (24. Bc5 $17 {-1.17/25}) 24... Nxb4 {-1.08/23} (24... Rhc8 $19 {-1.65/21} 25. Kb2 b6 26. Nxc6 Kxc6) 25. cxb4 Kd6 26. Kb2 Rac8 {-0.65/22} ( 26... Rhc8 $17 {-1.32/20} 27. Rhe1 Rc4) 27. Rc1 {-1.70/20} (27. Rd2 $15 { -0.65/22}) 27... Rc7 {-1.14/23} (27... Rxc1 $19 {-1.70/20} 28. Rxc1 Bd7) 28. Rxc7 Kxc7 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 29. Rc1+ {-1.79/21} (29. Rd1 $17 {-1.38/26}) 29... Kd7 {-1.21/26} (29... Kd6 $19 {-1.79/21} 30. Rc3 Re8) 30. h4 {-1.69/19} (30. Kb3 $17 {-1.21/26}) 30... Rc8 {-0.49/26} (30... Kd6 $19 {-1.69/19} 31. Rc2 Bd7) 31. Rxc8 $15 Kxc8 {KB-KN} 32. a4 {-1.16/25} ({White should play} 32. Ne2 $15 { -0.32/28}) 32... Kc7 33. Kc3 Kd6 {-0.69/25} (33... b6 $17 {-1.11/26} 34. Nb3 Bg4) 34. b5 {-1.52/25} (34. a5 $15 {-0.69/25}) 34... axb5 35. Nxb5+ {-1.68/24} (35. a5 $17 {-1.13/29 was necessary.}) 35... Kc5 $19 36. Nd4 b6 {-0.77/29} ( 36... Bg4 $19 {-1.68/26} 37. Nb3+ Kd6) 37. f3 $2 {-2.66/22} (37. Nb3+ $17 { -0.77/29 is the only way for White.} Kd6 38. Kd4) 37... Bd7 38. Nb3+ Kd6 39. a5 bxa5 40. Nxa5 Ke5 41. Nb3 $2 {-3.93/23} (41. g3 {-2.39/28 is a better defense.} ) 41... Bb5 $2 {-1.06/32} (41... Kf4 $19 {-3.93/23 has better winning chances. White must now prevent ...Kg3.} 42. Kd4 Kg3) 42. Nd4 $17 Bf1 43. g3 Bc4 44. Nc2 f5 {-0.59/31} (44... Bb5 $17 {-1.20/26} 45. Nd4 Bd7) 45. Ne3 $2 {-12.39/28} ( 45. Nd4 $15 {-0.59/31}) 45... Be2 {-5.25/30} (45... d4+ $142 {-12.39/28} 46. Kxc4 dxe3) 46. Ng2 {Now Ne1 and White clings on.} Bxf3 47. Ne1 Be4 48. Kd2 d4 { -68.68/30} (48... Kd4 $142 {-18.04/25} 49. h5 Kc4) 49. Ke2 h6 50. Nd3+ Bxd3+ { Black mates.} 51. Kxd3 {KP-KP} Kd5 52. h5 Ke5 53. Kd2 Ke4 54. Ke2 d3+ 55. Kd2 Kf3 56. Ke1 Ke3 57. Kd1 d2 58. g4 fxg4 59. Kc2 Ke2 {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 34%.} 0-1

A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5 (1.Nf3 d5 2.h3)

This game was played in round one of Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52). In the first round I won my group with a score of 7/8 and advanced to the second round as did the player who finished second in the group and actually the player who also advanced was Kisscool, the opponent I faced in this game. He was second with a score of 6/8 and clear second as the third player in the group only got 4 points. The games still in progress on round one is still ten, so no update there from yesterday. I have added two mate in ones, two mate in twos and one mate in five puzzle today.

Game number two. The game below is my latest correspondence chess game from Chess.com. It was played in a team match called Open Challenge CHOCOLATE II and it is played between CHOCOLATE II and Spartanii. The match is played on 20 boards and I play on board 2 for CHOCOLATE II. This match has been quite even if you look at the score at the moment 18,5 - 20,5 in favor of Spartanii, which means they will win this match after the last game ends, it is once again my game of course that finishes the last one in the match. Our team suffered eight timeout losses in this match but our opponent suffered twelve timeout losses and still they managed to win the match. One of the timeout wins our team received in this match is the game below. The position at the end should be roughly even.

[Event "Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52)"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Kisscool"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "1705"] [BlackElo "1896"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] {[%evp 9,56,-80,-68,-86,-89,-94,-93,-225,-154,-190,-176,-375,-266,-323,-302, -422,-435,-430,-441,-653,-634,-965,-394,-638,-518,-592,-568,-546,-493,-470, -377,-369,-375,-379,-364,-418,-368,-393,-318,-469,-382,-675,-666,-677,-427, -738,-605,-1048,-805]} 1. Nf3 d5 {A06 Réti Opening} 2. h3 {A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5} c5 3. b3 (3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. c4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 g6 10. d4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Rc8 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bb5 {Delebarre,X (2307)-Lautier,J (2670) France 2003 0-1 (57)}) (3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O b6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. c4 Qb8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Ng3 Rfd8 {Kuderinov,K (2489)-Khusnutdinov, R (2487) Almaty 2016 1-0}) 3... Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 $146 (4... d4 5. g3 e5 6. d3 f5 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Bg2 e4 9. Nh2 e3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. Ndf1 Qc7 12. exd4 Bxg3+ 13. Kd2 cxd4 14. Nxg3 Qf4+ 15. Ke1 Qxg3+ 16. Kf1 Qf4+ 17. Ke1 O-O 18. Bc1 Qh4+ 19. Kf1 {Gruz,J (1753)-Szurkos,A (1787) Budapest 2015 0-1 (39)}) 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Be7 7. Na3 O-O 8. Qc2 {-2.25/24} (8. e3 $17 {-0.93/24 is a better defense.}) 8... Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. O-O-O $2 {-3.75/23 [#]} (10. e3 {-1.76/25}) 10... a6 11. e3 d4 12. e4 dxc3 13. Bxc3 b5 14. Bb2 {-6.53/23} (14. Nf3 $142 {-4.41/26} b4 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 bxa3 17. Be2) 14... Nb4 $19 15. Qb1 {[%tqu "En","","","", "f6e4","",10]} Qc7 {-3.94/25} (15... Nxe4 $142 $1 {-9.65/24 [%mdl 512]} 16. Bxe5 (16. dxe4 Bg5+) 16... Nxf2) 16. Bc3 $2 {-6.38/23} (16. Nf3 {-3.94/25} Qa5 17. Rh2) 16... Rac8 17. Kd2 Nc6 18. Nc2 Rfd8 {[#] Hoping for ...Nxe4+.} 19. Ke1 {[%tqu "En","","","","f6e4","",10]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. dxe4 Bxh4 21. Be2 Nd4 22. g3 Bf6 23. Ne3 g6 24. a4 {-4.69/22} (24. Kf1 {-3.18/25 was necessary.}) 24... Qb7 25. Bxd4 $2 {-6.75/23} (25. Bg4 {-3.82/26}) 25... exd4 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Ng2 Bd7 27. f4 {-7.38/25} (27. axb5 $142 {-4.27/26} axb5 28. Kf1) 27... Bg7 28. Bg4 bxa4 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 70%.} 0-1 [Event "Open Challenge CHOCOLATE II - Board 2"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.02.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Yigor"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "1604"] [BlackElo "1911"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] {[%evp 9,64,8,15,9,26,29,17,20,39,8,60,60,64,71,133,91,211,146,158,70,74,11,78, 63,127,29,91,104,177,147,242,143,147,112,93,97,168,147,195,199,272,135,135,120, 122,136,203,94,89,57,61,0,0,-19,-16,-77,0]} 1. h3 {A00 Clemenz Opening} d5 2. Nf3 {A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5} c5 3. e3 (3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O b6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. c4 Qb8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Ng3 Rfd8 {Kuderinov,K (2489) -Khusnutdinov,R (2487) Almaty 2016 1-0}) 3... Nc6 (3... Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. c4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 g6 10. d4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Rc8 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bb5 18. Rfe1 {Delebarre,X (2307) -Lautier,J (2670) France 2003 0-1 (57)}) 4. Bb5 Qb6 $146 (4... Bd7 5. O-O f5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. b3 e6 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. f4 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. c4 Rf7 15. g4 g6 16. Kh1 Qd8 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Rg1 Be8 19. Qe1 {Mueller,K (2092)-Kalmann,M (1521) Gladenbach 2011 0-1 (65)}) (4... Qc7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Bd7 7. a3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 e4 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Nh2 Ne5 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc2 Nd3 14. Rd1 h5 15. c4 Bd6 16. Ndf1 O-O 17. Bd2 Nh7 18. Bc3 f5 19. Rab1 {Gal,I-Dragomirescu,A (2317) Miercurea Ciuc 2003 0-1}) 5. c4 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Nxd5 9. e4 {[%tqu "En", "","","","d5b4","",10]} Nc7 {0.60/24} (9... Nb4 $1 $11 {0.08/27}) 10. Nc3 $14 e6 11. d4 Be7 {1.33/26} (11... Nb5 $142 {0.71/26}) 12. Be3 {0.91/27} (12. Ne5 $142 {1.33/26} Qd6 13. Nc4 Qxd4 14. Nb6) 12... b6 { 2.11/25} (12... Nb5 $16 {0.91/27}) 13. Ne5 Qb7 14. Qh5 {0.70/28} (14. dxc5 $16 {1.58/23} bxc5 15. Nd3) 14... O-O $1 15. Rab1 {0.11/29} (15. dxc5 $16 {0.74/23 Threatens to win with c6.} bxc5 16. Rac1) 15... g6 {0.78/24} (15... cxd4 $11 { 0.11/29} 16. Bxd4 Nb5 17. Nxb5 axb5) 16. Qf3 Ne8 {1.27/22} ({Better is} 16... f6 $14 {0.63/27} 17. Nc4 Bd7) 17. Bh6 {0.29/28} (17. dxc5 $16 {1.27/22} Bxc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rfd1) 17... Ng7 {0.91/24} (17... cxd4 $11 {0.29/28 remains equal.} 18. Ne2 (18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. Ne2 Bg7 $11) 18... f6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8) 18. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} exd5 {1.77/25} (18... f6 $16 {1.04/28}) 19. Nxd5 {aiming for Nc6.} Bd8 {2.42/22} (19... Be6 $16 {1.47/25} 20. Rbd1 f6) 20. Qc3 {1.43/26} (20. Nc4 $18 {2.42/22}) 20... f6 21. Nf3 Be6 22. Rbd1 Rf7 { 1.68/26} (22... Qf7 $16 {0.97/24 was called for.}) 23. Rfe1 $18 Rc8 {1.95/26} ( 23... a5 $16 {1.47/29 might work better.} 24. Bxg7 Rxg7) 24. Bxg7 Bxd5 {2.72/27 } (24... Rxg7 $142 {1.99/28} 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7) 25. Rxd5 {1.35/30} (25. exd5 $18 {2.72/27 is the precise move to win.} Kxg7 26. d6) 25... Rxg7 $16 26. Red1 Be7 27. e5 fxe5 {2.03/23} (27... Qc6 $16 {1.36/30} 28. Qc4 Kh8 29. Qxa6 b5 30. Qxc6 Rxc6) 28. Qxe5 {0.94/30} (28. Nxe5 $18 {2.03/23} h5 29. Qf3 (29. Rd7 Qe4 $16)) 28... Qc6 29. Rd7 Bf6 30. Rxg7+ {0.00/31} ({ White should play} 30. R7d6 $14 {0.61/31} Bxe5 31. Rxc6) 30... Kxg7 $11 31. Qe2 b5 32. Ne5 {-0.77/28} (32. Rd2 $11 {-0.16/29 keeps the balance.}) 32... Qe6 { 0.00/44 [%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 31%. . Loss on time!?} ( 32... Re8 $17 {-0.77/28} 33. f4 Qe6) 0-1 [Event "Rated Bullet game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/O07b9rax"] [Date "2019.11.19"] [Round "?"] [White "TonyM322"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "1973"] [BlackElo "1924"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. Nf3 (1. h3 d5 {1-0 (28) Kuderinov,K (2489)-Khusnutdinov,R (2487) Almaty 2016 }) 1... d5 {A06 Réti Opening} 2. h3 {A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5} c5 3. d3 (3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O b6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. c4 Qb8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Ng3 Rfd8 {Kuderinov,K (2489)-Khusnutdinov,R (2487) Almaty 2016 1-0}) 3... Nc6 4. Nbd2 e5 5. c3 $146 (5. e4 d4 6. Nc4 f6 7. a4 Be6 8. Be2 Nge7 9. Nh2 Qd7 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. Rb1 Kb8 12. Bg4 Nc8 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Qg4 Qf7 15. b3 h5 16. Qf3 Qe6 17. Qe2 Nd6 18. f4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 exf4 {Olde,H (2275)-Shishkov,A (2135) Estonia 1996 1-0 (40)}) 5... Nf6 {-0.69/23} (5... Nge7 $17 {-1.13/20}) 6. Qc2 { -1.26/19} (6. e4 $15 {-0.69/23}) 6... Bd6 {-0.57/20} (6... Be7 $17 {-1.26/19}) 7. e4 $15 O-O 8. Be2 {Black is slightly better.} h6 9. g4 {-1.30/19} (9. a4 $15 {-0.68/22}) 9... d4 {-0.23/20} (9... Be7 $17 {-1.30/19}) 10. Nf1 {-1.05/19} ( 10. Nc4 $11 {-0.23/20}) 10... Nh7 {-0.44/19} (10... Re8 $17 {-1.05/19}) 11. Ng3 Be6 {-0.47/23} (11... a5 $17 {-1.00/19}) 12. a3 {-1.34/18} (12. Kf1 $15 { -0.47/23}) 12... Be7 {-0.62/19} (12... b5 $17 {-1.34/18} 13. Nf5 Na5) 13. Bd2 { -1.34/19} (13. O-O $15 {-0.62/19}) 13... Ng5 $17 14. Ng1 Qc7 {-0.61/23} (14... Re8 $17 {-1.31/19}) 15. h4 {-1.25/20} (15. Nf5 $15 {-0.61/23}) 15... Nh7 { -0.81/22} ({Better is} 15... dxc3 {-1.25/20} 16. Qxc3 Nh7) 16. g5 hxg5 { -0.72/23} (16... dxc3 $142 {-1.23/21} 17. bxc3 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nxg5) 17. hxg5 Nxg5 18. Nf5 {-1.05/23} (18. c4 $11 {-0.26/22 keeps the balance.}) 18... Bxf5 19. exf5 Qd6 $2 {0.78/21 [#]} (19... Qd7 $1 $17 {-1.36/24 stays on course.} 20. Nf3 Nh7) 20. c4 {0.00/25} (20. Rh5 $1 $16 {0.78/21}) 20... Bf6 $2 {1.79/20} ( 20... Qf6 $11 {0.00/25 and Black stays safe.}) 21. O-O-O {0.84/24} (21. Nf3 $18 {1.79/20 is more deadly.}) 21... Rfe8 {1.29/21} (21... Rfd8 $142 {0.84/24}) 22. Nh3 {0.63/24} (22. Nf3 $16 {1.29/21} Nxf3 23. Bxf3) 22... Nxh3 $1 $14 23. Rxh3 Kf8 24. Bf3 {0.63/23} (24. Rdh1 $16 {1.13/22}) 24... Ke7 25. Bd5 {0.31/22} (25. Rdh1 $16 {0.90/22}) 25... Rh8 26. Rg3 {-0.59/21} (26. Rdh1 $14 {0.68/21} Rxh3 27. Rxh3) 26... Rh2 {0.00/24} ({Black should try} 26... a6 $15 {-0.59/21}) 27. Qa4 {-0.46/23} (27. Rh1 $11 {0.00/24} Rxh1+ 28. Bxh1) 27... Rah8 {0.00/23} ( 27... Rxf2 $15 {-0.46/23} 28. Rh1 Rc8) 28. b4 {-0.84/22} (28. Rg2 $1 $11 { 0.00/23}) 28... cxb4 {-0.11/21} (28... a6 $17 {-0.84/22} 29. b5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Rb8) 29. axb4 $11 {[#] Black must now prevent b5.} a6 ({And not} 29... Rxf2 30. b5 $14) 30. b5 axb5 31. cxb5 $2 {-5.01/21} (31. Qxb5 $11 {0.00/23 and White has nothing to worry.} Qa3+ 32. Kb1) 31... Qxd5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. bxc6 Qxc6+ 33. Qxc6 bxc6 34. Bb4+ Kd7 35. f4 {-9.18/22} (35. Be1 $142 { -4.99/25}) 35... exf4 36. Rf3 R8h4 37. Be1 {-7.62/20} (37. Bd2 $142 {-4.93/23}) 37... Rg4 38. Kb1 Be5 39. Rc1 f6 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 37%.} 0-1

D08 Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 dxe3 7.fxe3)

This game was played in the first round of the Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52). Trophies that are awarded to the top three players of the tournament are custom made pictures of Mini Coopers. I did advance to the second round so I still have a chance on one of those Mini Coopers. Ten games remain to be played on round one still so I need to wait for those to end before round two can begin. I am in no rush to increase my game load so I do hope that those games keep going until I have cut my game load by a lot of games. I may have given some chances to my opponent in this game but luckily he was not able to take advantage of his opportunities. I managed to get to my highest rating yet at Red Hot Pawn, my new peak rating is now 1879 there. I have added one more puzzle today to mate in one, three, four, five and seven pages.

[Event "Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52)"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Booze1974"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D08"] [WhiteElo "1885"] [BlackElo "1523"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 {D08 Queen's Gambit Refused: Albin Countergambit. Normal Line} Nc6 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 dxe3 7. fxe3 {D08 Albin Counter Gambit} Bxd2+ {0.26/20} (7... Nh6 $142 {-0.25/20}) 8. Qxd2 $11 Nge7 $146 {0.83/20} (8... Qxd2+ $11 {0.00/20 remains equal.} 9. Nbxd2 (9. Kxd2 Bg4 10. a3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nxe5 12. Be2 O-O-O+ 13. Kc2 Nf6 14. Nc3 Rhe8 15. e4 Nh5 16. Rhf1 Nf4 17. b3 Rd7 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Nd5 Nxe2 20. Rfe1 c6 21. Rxe2 cxd5 22. exd5 Nxf3 23. Rf2 Ng5 {Boerkey,L (1531)-Wenzel,C (1613) Bad Homburg 2015 0-1 (46)}) 9... Nge7) (8... Qe7 9. Qc3 (9. Nc3 Nxe5 10. O-O-O Nxf3 11. gxf3 Be6 12. f4 Nf6 13. Bg2 c6 14. Rhg1 Rd8 15. Qxd8+ Qxd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. b3 Kc7 18. e4 g6 19. Rf1 Bc8 20. h3 Re8 21. e5 Nh5 22. Ne4 Rf8 23. Ng5 h6 {Herrera Reyes, J (2002)-Perez Rodriguez,L (2430) El Sauzal 2004 0-1 (36)}) 9... Bg4 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. e6 fxe6 12. O-O h5 13. h4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qxh4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxg7 Nh6 17. Nd2 Rdg8 18. Qf6 Qg4 19. Qf3 Qh4 20. Qxc6 Qh3 21. Rf8+ Rxf8 22. gxh3 Rhg8+ 23. Kh1 {Slim,R-Allonge,N (1502) France 2012 1-0 (49)}) (8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nxe5 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Be4 g6 15. b3 f5 16. Bf3 Rd3 17. Kf2 Rhd8 18. Ke2 g5 19. h3 N7g6 20. Bd5 f4 21. e4 c6 22. Be6+ Kc7 23. Nf3 {Golovko,V (1755)-Asaturyan,O Angarsk 2017 0-1 (63)}) 9. Nc3 { -0.46/18} (9. Qxd8+ $16 {0.83/20} Kxd8 10. Nc3) 9... O-O $2 {1.39/18 [#]} (9... Qxd2+ $15 {-0.46/18 keeps the upper hand.} 10. Nxd2 Be6) 10. Nd5 $2 {-0.59/22} (10. O-O-O $1 $16 {1.39/18}) 10... Ng6 {0.35/22} (10... Re8 $1 $15 {-0.59/22}) 11. Be2 {-0.53/18} ({Better is} 11. Qc3 $14 {0.35/22}) 11... Ncxe5 $15 12. O-O $2 {-3.20/21} (12. h4 $15 {-0.34/24}) 12... c6 $2 {-0.56/22} (12... Nxf3+ $1 $19 {-3.20/21} 13. Bxf3 c6) 13. Nxe5 cxd5 $2 {1.52/22} (13... Nxe5 $17 { -0.80/22} 14. Qd4 f6) 14. Nxg6 $16 fxg6 $2 {3.02/21} (14... hxg6 $16 {1.07/21} 15. cxd5 Bf5) 15. cxd5 ({Don't take} 15. Qxd5+ $6 Qxd5 16. cxd5 Re8 $16) 15... b6 $2 {4.30/19} (15... Bf5 {2.37/23} 16. d6 Qb6) 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Rf1 {[#]} Qc5 19. Kh1 $2 $40 {1.82/25 White wants a kill.} (19. b4 {5.40/21} Qd6 20. Qd4) 19... Bf5 $18 20. Bb3 h5 {2.08/21} (20... Re8 $16 {1.52/24} 21. Re1 Qd6) 21. Re1 {Hoping for e4.} Be4 {2.03/21} (21... Rf8 $16 {1.49/22 was worth a try.} 22. Qc3 Qe7) 22. Rd1 Rd8 {2.81/20} (22... Rf8 $16 {1.47/25 keeps fighting.} 23. Kg1 Qe7) 23. Qd4 Qxd4 $2 {4.60/20} (23... Qe7 {2.83/28} 24. d6 Qe8) 24. Rxd4 {Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Stronger than} 24. exd4 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 $11) 24... Bf5 25. e4 Bd7 {5.86/21} (25... Re8 {4.13/24 was necessary.} 26. Ba4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4) 26. Kg1 {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 27. Kf2 Rf8+ 28. Ke2 Bb5+ 29. Bc4 Bxc4+ 30. Rxc4 Re8 31. Ke3 b5 32. Rc7 a5 33. d6 Rd8 34. e5 { Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 d6)

This game was played in mike5972p's mini-tournament VII. It is going quite well for me at the moment anyway as four games have finished I have equal amount of wins. There are still eleven games to play so plenty of time to mess things up. Always look on the bright side of life... The tournament started with eleven players but one has dropped out from the tournament, ten remain still active. Thinking time in the games is 3 days as the starting time and there is two day increment each move. I am currently sixth in the tournament but also the only player that has no point losses yet. The maximum thinking time is limited to 5 days so that the increment will not go out of control. I have added one puzzle today to the following: mate in one, two, three, five and nine.

[Event "mike5972p's mini-tournament VII"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2015.01.16"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "waikiki35"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1728"] [BlackElo "1502"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 (2... d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (46) Koschka,G (1958) -Werner,A (1942) Mittelfranken 2008}) 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d6 {C45 Scotch Game} 5. c3 (5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 (9) Malikov,S-Kodinets,K (2340) Briansk 1995}) 5... h6 $146 {1.06/20} (5... g6 $11 {0.00/22} 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Bg7 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Qe2+ Be6 11. Bc4 d5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. O-O Qd6 14. Qf3 Bg4 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. fxg3 Rfe8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Na3 Re6 19. Kf2 Ne4+ 20. Kg1 Nxg3 {Alves,D (1800)-Ferreira,A (1612) Natal 2015 0-1}) (5... Nf6 6. Bd3 (6. Nd2 Bd7 7. Qb3 Rb8 8. Bc4 Ne5 9. Be2 Be7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Na5 13. Qc2 h6 14. h3 Nc6 15. N2f3 a6 16. Nh4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxh4 19. f5 Bf6 20. Be3 Re8 {Aydogan,S (1084)-Hekimoglu,M (1378) Konya 2017 0-1 (34)}) 6... Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Bd7 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Bc2 Bc6 11. Nd2 Nfd7 12. Bh2 Ng6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nf3 Rb8 15. Rb1 c5 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Nc4 Nb6 18. Ne3 Re8 19. Qh5 Qc8 20. Qe2 {Koschka,G (1958)-Werner,A (1942) Mittelfranken 2008 1/2-1/2 (46)}) (5... Ne5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Be7 8. Bf4 Bg4 9. f3 Bh4+ 10. g3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bf6 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Nc4 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Bg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rd1 {Cerezo Diviu,N-Guillo Longares,I Madrid 2012 1-0}) 6. Be3 {0.08/21} (6. Bb5 $16 { 1.06/20}) 6... a6 {0.96/19} (6... Be7 $11 {0.08/21}) 7. Bc4 {-0.16/21} (7. Nxc6 $16 {0.96/19} bxc6 8. Nd2) 7... Nf6 {0.58/20} (7... Ne5 $11 {-0.16/21} 8. Bb3 Nf6) 8. Nd2 {-0.40/20} (8. Nxc6 $14 {0.58/20} bxc6 9. Nd2) 8... Be7 {0.71/18} ( 8... Ne5 $1 $15 {-0.40/20 keeps the upper hand.}) 9. O-O {0.03/21} (9. Nxc6 $16 {0.71/18} bxc6 10. O-O) 9... O-O {0.66/18} (9... Ne5 $11 {0.03/21}) 10. h3 { -0.16/23} (10. Nxc6 $14 {0.66/18} bxc6 11. Bd3) 10... Ne5 {0.73/21} (10... Nxd4 $11 {-0.16/23 keeps the balance.} 11. Bxd4 (11. cxd4 d5 $11) 11... b5) 11. Be2 {-0.18/18} ({White should play} 11. Bb3 $1 $16 {0.73/21}) 11... c5 $11 12. Nf5 {-0.72/18} (12. N4f3 $11 {-0.09/22}) 12... Bxf5 $1 $17 13. exf5 Nd5 {0.00/23} ( 13... d5 $17 {-0.80/18}) 14. Ne4 $2 {-1.77/20 [#]} (14. Nc4 $11 {0.00/23 and White is okay.} Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxe3 16. fxe3) 14... Nxe3 $19 15. fxe3 Qb6 $2 { 1.25/18} (15... d5 $17 {-1.28/20 and life is bright.} 16. Nf2 Bg5) 16. f6 $16 Bxf6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rxf6 {0.65/23} ({Better is} 18. Qd2 $1 $16 {1.34/21}) 18... Ng6 $2 {6.66/21} (18... Qxb2 $14 {0.65/23} 19. Rb1 Qxa2) 19. b3 $2 { 1.68/25} (19. Bc4 {6.66/21} Kg7 20. Qf3) 19... Rad8 $2 {4.93/23} (19... Kg7 { 1.68/25} 20. Qxd6 (20. Rxd6 Qc7 $16) 20... Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfe8) 20. Bc4 $18 { [#] White wants to mate with Rxg6+.} Kg7 21. Qf1 {1.96/24} (21. Qf3 $142 { 4.43/21} Qc7 22. Rf1) 21... Qc7 22. Rd1 {1.13/23} ({White should try} 22. e4 $18 {2.23/20}) 22... Ne5 $2 {3.41/21} (22... Qe7 $16 {1.13/23} 23. Rf3 f5) 23. Bd5 $40 {White has strong attack.} Rd7 $2 {4.30/22} (23... Qe7 {2.08/21} 24. Rf5 f6) 24. Qf4 Rh8 25. Rf1 Ng6 $2 {10.98/23} (25... Re7 {3.50/22} 26. c4 b6) 26. Rxf7+ {White is clearly winning.} Rxf7 27. Qxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7+ ({Less strong is} 28. Bxf7 Ne5 $16) 28... Kg8 29. Rxb7+ Kf8 30. Rb6 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

E01 Catalan: Early deviations (1.c4 c6 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.Nf3 e6 5.O-O Bd6 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Nbd7 8.d4 b6 9.Nbd2 Bb7)

This was played on the fifth round of a tournament that was played at Salo in November, 2006. On the first three rounds of this tournament I lost all my games. On my fourth round game I was able to break my losing streak finally, but sadly this was only a short anomaly, because on this fifth round I suffered another loss. Having scored only one point in five games, I ended up on last place in the final standings of group D. This disastrous tournament meant that my rating dropped 78 points because of these five games. My opponent ended up being third last in the group due to this win. He managed to get 2 wins in 5 games and lost 3 games. I have added one more puzzle to mate in two, three, nine, ten and twelve pages.

[Event "SalSK"] [Site "?"] [Date "2006.11.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Salmi, Marko"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "1600"] [BlackElo "1662"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2006.11.05"] 1. c4 c6 (1... e6 2. g3 d5 3. b3 c6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O { 1-0 (22) Verrascina,N (2145)-Reif,W Porto San Giorgio 1998}) 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 e6 {A13 English Opening: Agincourt Defense. Catalan Defense Semi-Slav Defense} 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. d4 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 { E01 Catalan: Early deviations} 10. Re1 {-0.10/20} (10. Ne5 $16 {0.87/18}) 10... Re8 {0.71/18} (10... Ne4 $11 {-0.10/20}) 11. e4 dxe4 {0.81/20} (11... Nxe4 $14 {0.39/25} 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 Qc7) 12. Nxe4 {0.38/22} (12. Ng5 $1 $16 { 0.81/20}) 12... Nxe4 $14 13. Rxe4 Nf6 $146 {0.95/19} (13... Qc7 $11 {0.23/22 remains equal.}) (13... c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Rg4 e5 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Qf5 f6 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc6+ 20. Ne4 Bd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Qxd7 {1-0 (22) Verrascina, N (2145)-Reif,W Porto San Giorgio 1998}) 14. Re2 {0.35/23} (14. Rh4 $16 { 0.95/19}) 14... Qe7 {0.90/19} (14... c5 $14 {0.35/23}) 15. Ne5 {0.13/22} (15. Qc2 $16 {0.90/19}) 15... Bxe5 {1.21/19} (15... c5 $11 {0.13/22}) 16. dxe5 { 0.36/25} (16. Rxe5 $16 {1.21/19} Red8 17. f4) 16... Nd7 {1.64/21} (16... Red8 $1 $14 {0.36/25} 17. Qe1 Ne8) 17. Qd3 {0.49/24} (17. Rd2 $18 {1.64/21} Nf8 18. Rd6) 17... Rad8 18. Qe4 {0.00/22} (18. Qe3 $16 {0.80/21}) 18... Nf8 {1.16/21} ( 18... Nc5 $11 {0.00/22} 19. Qc2 Na6) 19. Qg4 $2 {-0.36/24} (19. Rc2 $1 $16 { 1.16/21}) 19... Rd7 {0.70/20} (19... c5 $15 {-0.36/24}) 20. Be4 {0.09/26} ({ White should try} 20. Rc2 $14 {0.70/20}) 20... Red8 21. Rae1 Rd1 {0.65/24} ( 21... Kh8 $11 {0.03/25}) 22. Rxd1 {-0.45/26} (22. Qf3 $14 {0.65/24}) 22... Rxd1+ $15 23. Kg2 c5 24. Qf3 Bxe4 25. Qxe4 {-0.60/23} (25. Rxe4 $11 {-0.19/26 might be stronger.} Qd8 26. Re2) 25... Ng6 {0.00/24} ({Black should play} 25... Qg5 $15 {-0.60/23}) 26. f4 {-1.03/23} (26. Qa8+ $11 {0.00/24 keeps the balance. } Rd8 27. Qe4) 26... Qd8 $17 27. Kf2 {-1.25/22} (27. f5 $142 {-0.71/25} exf5 28. Qxf5) 27... Ne7 28. g4 $2 {-3.06/25} (28. Rc2 $17 {-0.95/25 was necessary.} ) 28... Ng6 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Qh4+.} 29. Ke3 {-3.56/22} (29. f5 $142 {-2.25/23} Qh4+ 30. Kg2 exf5 31. Qxf5) 29... Rf1 {-1.95/24} (29... h6 $142 { -3.56/22} 30. Bc3 Rf1) 30. f5 {-2.97/21} (30. Rd2 $142 {-1.95/24} Re1+ 31. Re2) 30... Nh4 {-1.23/27} ({Much less strong is} 30... exf5 31. gxf5 Rf4 32. Qg2 $17 ) (30... Rf4 $19 {-2.97/21 and Black stays clearly on top.} 31. Qc6 exf5 32. gxf5 Qg5 33. Qa8+ Nf8) 31. Rf2 {-1.67/23} (31. Rd2 $17 {-1.23/27} Re1+ 32. Re2) 31... Qg5+ {-0.89/27} (31... Rd1 $19 {-1.67/23 Hoping for ...exf5.} 32. f6 h5 $1 33. gxh5 Re1+ 34. Re2 Qd1 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 37. Kd3 Qd1+ 38. Kc3 Nf5) 32. Ke2 {[#] White wants to mate with Qa8+.} Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 {Intending Qa8+ and mate.} Qd2+ {0.00/24} (33... h5 $17 {-1.49/21} 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Qa8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ Kh6 37. gxh5 Kxh5) 34. Qe2 $2 {-4.39/21} (34. Kg3 $11 {0.00/24 and White has nothing to worry.} h6 35. fxe6 fxe6 36. Bc1 Qxc1 37. Kxh4) 34... Qf4+ $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 35. Ke1 Nf3+ 36. Kd1 Qxg4 37. fxe6 fxe6 38. Bc1 {-66.86/20} (38. Kc1 $142 {-4.41/26} h5 39. Kb1) 38... Qg1+ {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 12%.} 0-1

B50 Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.h3)

This game is just one more addition to the countless games I have played where I give the advantage to my opponent and then at some point they are kind enough to give the advantage back. Of course they are not doing that on purpose and this does happen the other way around as well. I lost games last year that I should have won but did not because I could not see some one move threat that my opponents made against me. This year has not started mistake free either and already I have made idiotic blunders that I really should not make anymore. I have added 3 mate in two puzzles, one mate in 8 and one mate in three puzzle.

[Event "Corr game 15.11.2010-13.1.2011"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2010.11.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "stevemcc"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B50"] [WhiteElo "1831"] [BlackElo "1518"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 {B50 Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin} Nf6 4. h3 { B50 Sicilian: 2...d6, Miscellaneous} e5 5. Bb5+ (5. Bd3 Be7 6. Bc2 O-O 7. d4 Nc6 8. dxc5 dxc5 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. O-O h6 11. Nh4 Re8 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 e4 14. Nd2 Bd8 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qe5 17. Re1 Bc7 18. g3 Qf6 19. Qc2 Re7 {Hofmann, T (2259)-Lentjes,N (2239) Schwarzach 2016 1/2-1/2 (57)}) 5... Nc6 $146 (5... Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 (6... Qxd7 7. d3 Nc6 8. c4 Be7 9. Bg5 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. g3 g6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nh4 Ng7 14. Qd2 Ne6 15. O-O Nd4 16. Kg2 f6 17. Ne2 g5 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Nf3 Ng6 20. Nh2 Kg7 21. Qa5 {Olle,P (2248)-Szalanczy,E (2354) Hungary 2010 1-0 (39)}) 7. d3 Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nbd2 Qc7 10. g4 Nb6 11. c4 a6 12. Nf1 Nc8 13. Ng3 b5 14. b3 Rb8 15. g5 Nd7 16. h4 f6 17. Nh2 Qd8 18. Qg4 fxg5 19. hxg5 Rf4 20. Bxf4 {Popov,A (1791)-Gantsevich,A (1599) St Petersburg 2012 1-0}) (5... Nbd7 6. Qe2 Be7 7. d4 O-O 8. O-O a6 9. Bxd7 Nxd7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. c4 Bd8 13. Nc3 Nb8 14. Be3 b6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Nd5 Nd7 17. Nxb4 a5 18. Nd5 Ba6 19. Rab1 Rc8 20. Nd2 {Glek,I (2528)-Kondenko,A (2238) Voronezh 2010 1-0 (31)}) 6. O-O Qb6 {0.80/18} (6... Nxe4 $11 {0.00/23} 7. Re1 f5) 7. Qe2 {-0.23/22} (7. Na3 $16 {0.80/18}) 7... Bd7 {0.48/19} (7... Be7 $11 {-0.23/22}) 8. Na3 {0.00/23} (8. c4 $14 {0.48/19 is more appropriate.}) 8... a6 {0.58/20} ( 8... Be7 $11 {0.00/23}) 9. Bc4 {0.12/22} (9. Ba4 $14 {0.58/20}) 9... Be7 10. Nc2 {-0.51/21} (10. d3 $14 {0.50/21}) 10... Qc7 {0.60/20} (10... Na5 $1 $15 { -0.51/21}) 11. a4 {-0.11/22} ({White should try} 11. Ne3 $14 {0.60/20}) 11... O-O {0.70/18} (11... Na5 $11 {-0.11/22}) 12. d4 {-0.56/19} (12. Ne3 $14 { 0.70/18}) 12... cxd4 {0.19/20} (12... Na5 $15 {-0.56/19} 13. dxe5 dxe5) 13. cxd4 $11 exd4 {0.09/22} (13... Rae8 $15 {-0.46/21}) 14. Ncxd4 Ne5 {0.52/19} ( 14... Bd8 $11 {-0.24/23}) 15. Bb3 $14 b5 {0.88/20} (15... Rfe8 $11 {0.11/21 remains equal.}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Bd2 {0.15/22} (18. Nxb5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Qc5 $17) (18. Nf5 $16 {1.00/20} Bxf5 19. exf5) 18... Qb7 {0.70/19} ( 18... Nc4 $11 {0.15/22}) 19. Re1 {0.29/22} (19. Bg5 $14 {0.70/19}) 19... Re8 $11 20. Bg5 {0.09/24} (20. Nxe5 $14 {0.64/21} dxe5 21. Nf3) 20... Bd8 21. Nh4 { -0.74/18} (21. Nxe5 $14 {0.35/24 stays ahead.} Rxe5 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Bd5) 21... h6 {0.09/23} (21... Nc4 $1 $17 {-0.74/18} 22. Qf3 d5) 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Nhf5 Qb6 24. Qe3 $2 {-1.95/19} (24. Rd1 $11 {0.09/27}) 24... Nc4 $19 25. Bxc4 { -2.33/21} (25. Qd3 $142 {-1.79/24}) 25... bxc4 26. Re2 {-3.23/18} (26. Nc2 $142 {-2.22/26} Qxb2 27. Nxd6 Qxc2 28. Nxe8 Bxe8 29. Rc1) 26... Ra8 {-1.58/23} ( 26... d5 $1 $19 {-3.23/18} 27. f3 (27. exd5 Rxe3) 27... Kh7) 27. f4 {-2.74/20} (27. Nf3 $17 {-1.58/23} Ra1+ 28. Kh2) 27... Bxf5 $2 {-0.09/24} ({Black should play} 27... Ra2 $19 {-2.74/20} 28. Nf3 Qxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Bxb2) 28. Nxf5 $11 Qxe3+ 29. Nxe3 $19 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Bd4 30. Kf2 Re8 31. Kf3 Bxe3 32. Kxe3 $14 {KR-KR } d5 33. Kd4 dxe4 34. Rxe4 Rb8 35. Re2 $1 (35. Kxc4 $6 Rxb2 36. g3 g6 $11) 35... Rc8 36. Rc2 g5 $2 {3.06/21} (36... Rd8+ $16 {0.89/28 was necessary.} 37. Kxc4 Rc8+ 38. Kd3 Rb8) 37. f5 $2 {0.85/30} ({But not} 37. Rxc4 $6 Rb8 $18) (37. b4 $18 {3.06/21 has better winning chances.}) 37... Kg7 $2 {3.65/20} (37... Rb8 $16 {0.85/30}) 38. b4 $18 ({Not} 38. Rxc4 Rd8+ 39. Kc3 Kf6 $16) 38... Kf6 39. g4 ({Don't do} 39. Rxc4 $6 Rd8+ 40. Kc5 Rc8+ 41. Kd5 Rd8+ 42. Kc6 Rc8+ 43. Kb5 Ra8 $18) 39... h5 {4.96/22} (39... Rb8 {3.25/25 might work better.} 40. Rxc4 Rd8+ 41. Kc5 Rc8+ 42. Kb5 Ra8 43. Rc6+ Ke5 44. Rxh6 Kd5) 40. b5 hxg4 41. hxg4 Ke7 42. Rxc4 Rd8+ 43. Ke5 {[#] And now Rc7+ would win.} f6+ 44. Ke4 Rd6 { 15.12/21} (44... Rd1 $142 {5.04/27} 45. b6 Rb1) 45. Rb4 Rb6 46. Kd5 Kd7 47. Kc5 Kc7 48. Re4 {[#] White wants to mate with Re7+.} Rb8 49. Re7+ {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

B17 Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7) (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Ng3 e6 7.Bd3)

This was the game that raised me to my peak rating of 2197 at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. It is the highest rating that I have ever had anywhere. It did not last a long time there as I drew the next game only some moments later after this game had finished. I have added one more puzzle to the following pages: mate in one, two, four, five and six. I had 300 games in progress for a few hours on January 12th 2015 but now I only have 288 games in progress so maybe my game load will start to ease up with a nice pace. I hope this will continue in the following days and weeks. Especially if the results keep going as well in the last 12 games, I got 11 wins and one draw out of them. I know there are a few games that I am quite likely losing, so there will be some dives at some point. Today my rating at Red Hot Pawn climbed to its peak and now the rating there is 1873.

[Event "Challenge"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2014.11.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Aspayne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "2191"] [BlackElo "1976"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 {B17 Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation. Modern Variation Kasparov Attack} e6 7. Bd3 { 0.00/19 B17 Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7)} (7. a4 $14 {0.43/17 deserves consideration.}) 7... Qb6 {1.27/18} (7... c5 $11 {0.00/19}) (7... b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Re1 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 O-O 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. c3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Ne5 Rd6 22. Nc4 {Sharashenidze,A (2238)-Zubov,A (2479) Artek 1999 0-1 (58)}) 8. O-O {0.64/20} (8. a4 $16 {1.27/18}) 8... Bd6 $146 {1.68/18} (8... c5 $14 { 0.64/20} 9. c3 cxd4 10. cxd4 (10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Ngf5 Bd8 14. Nh6+ Kh8 15. b4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 gxh6 17. Bxh6 Rg8 18. Re5 Ng4 19. Rb5 Qc7 20. Rh5 Nxh6 21. Rxh6 Rg6 22. Rh5 Bd7 23. Rd1 Bf6 24. Qh3 Rg7 {Villanueva Garciacano,M (2000)-Padilla Liceaga,J (2165) Mexico 1999 0-1 (38)}) 10... g6 11. Qe2 (11. Rb1 Bg7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. a4 Qd8 14. b4 b6 15. Bf4 Bb7 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Rfc1 Rc8 19. Bd2 N7f6 20. Bb5 Qe7 21. Bc4 Rfd8 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nf3 N7f6 24. b5 Qd6 25. Ne5 Nc7 {Luna Cortes,L-Bravo,A Spain 1999 1-0 (33)}) 11... Bg7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Bc4 Nd5 14. Ne4 N7f6 15. Ne5 Qc7 16. Bg5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 f6 18. Rac1 Qd6 19. Bh4 fxe5 20. Bg3 Nf6 21. Qh4 Qb6 22. Bb3 exd4 23. Be5 Nd5 {Cuevas Silva,A (2025)-Bravo Carvajal,A (1990) Barcelona 2001 1/2-1/2 (55)} ) 9. Ne2 $2 {-0.03/23 [#]} ({Better is} 9. c4 $18 {1.68/18}) 9... O-O $11 { The position is equal.} 10. c4 {-0.16/20} ({White should try} 10. Ng3 $14 { 0.65/19}) 10... c5 {0.33/21} (10... Qd8 $11 {-0.16/20}) 11. b3 {-0.11/18} (11. Bc2 $1 $14 {0.33/21}) 11... e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rb1 Rd8 15. Qc2 {-0.78/24} (15. Ng3 $11 {-0.29/23}) 15... g6 $2 {1.28/24} (15... Qd6 $17 { -0.78/24 keeps the pressure on.} 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 b6) 16. Bf4 $2 {-0.36/24} (16. f4 $1 $16 {1.28/24} Nd5 17. fxe5) 16... Rxd3 $2 {1.76/21} (16... Bxf4 $15 {-0.36/24 stays ahead.} 17. Nxf4 Qc7) 17. Bxe5 $18 ({Worse is} 17. Qxd3 Bf5 $11 ) 17... Bf5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rd7.} 18. Qb2 {0.48/23} (18. Rbe1 $1 $16 {1.60/19}) 18... Ne8 $2 {2.04/21} (18... Nd7 $14 {0.48/23}) 19. Rbc1 Rad8 { 1.96/20} (19... f6 $16 {1.37/21}) 20. Nf4 Rd2 21. Qa3 {1.40/23} (21. Qa1 $18 { 1.96/21}) 21... Qc6 {2.46/20} (21... Nc7 $16 {1.40/23 might work better.} 22. Rfe1 Be6) 22. Nd5 ({Weaker is} 22. Qxa7 R2d7 $16) 22... Be4 $2 {11.19/17} ( 22... R8xd5 {2.38/24} 23. cxd5 Rxd5) 23. Ne7+ {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 22%.} 1-0

E12 Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4.a3, 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 and 4.Nc3 Bb7 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.e3 b6 5.c4 Bb7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bd3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O Nd7 11.Nxd5 Bxd5)

My peak rating of 2197 did not stay for long as I had to draw one game at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. Now I am at 2195, so the decrease was quite minimal. Today I hit my highest rating yet at Red Hot Pawn also and the new peak is at 1863. It is interesting how much the ratings differ from each other. They are maybe slowly getting closer but I doubt that I would be able to hit even 2000 anytime soon at RHP. At Queen Alice Internet Chess Club I get higher rated people to play against constantly than I do at RHP which does have a clear relation to the rating situation of course. Winning percentage is quite close on both sites, at RHP it is 76% and at QAICC it is around 74%. This tells me that it does not matter what the rating of my opponents are, I roughly get the same overall result. The game below that I am sharing with you now was played a bit over four years ago at Red Hot Pawn. When I went through this game, I noticed that the way I play has not really changed all that much since those days. I have added one more puzzle to the following pages, mate in two, three, four, seven and I also added a new page called Mate in 12.

[Event "Corr game 5.12.2010-6.1.2011"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2010.12.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Dizzie"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "1429"] [BlackElo "1831"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s)"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 (2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Be7 {1/2-1/2 (21) Barve, S (2034)-Simonian,H (2520) Abu Dhabi 2009}) 2... e6 (2... b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 ( 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 {1-0 (21) Maguire,T-Korenevski,O (1868) Brisbane 2013}) 4... Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 {0-1 (29) Gneuss,W-Gehrmann,R Dresden 2006}) 3. Bg5 {A46 Torre Attack: Classical Defense} (3. c4) 3... Be7 4. e3 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O (10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O {0-1 (29) Gneuss,W-Gehrmann,R Dresden 2006}) 10... Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 {E12 Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4.a3, 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 and 4.Nc3 Bb7} 12. a3 {-0.49/19} (12. Qc2 $11 {0.00/24} Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qg5+ (13... Nf6 14. Rac1 Nd5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 f5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qxc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Rad8 20. f4 a5 21. Kh1 Rde8 { 1-0 (21) Maguire,T-Korenevski,O (1868) Brisbane 2013}) 14. Kh1 Qh5 15. Be4 Rac8 16. Bb7 c5 17. Bxc8 Qxf3+ 18. Kg1 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Qf3+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qf3+ { 1/2-1/2 (21) Barve,S (2034)-Simonian,H (2520) Abu Dhabi 2009}) 12... Rad8 $146 (12... c5 13. Qe2 Qf6 14. e4 Bb7 15. e5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qg5+ 17. Kh1 cxd4 18. Qe4 Qh5 19. f4 Nc5 20. Qe2 Qh4 21. Rad1 Qxf4 22. Rg1 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rfd8 24. Rg4 Qc1+ 25. Rg1 Qc6+ 26. Rg2 Rac8 27. Rdg3 {Gneuss,W-Gehrmann,R Dresden 2006 0-1}) 13. Qc2 Nf6 $2 {1.77/20 [#]} (13... Bxf3 $1 $15 {-0.42/21 stays ahead.} 14. gxf3 (14. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 $19) 14... Qg5+ 15. Kh1 Qh5) 14. Ne5 $2 {0.00/22} (14. e4 $1 $18 {1.77/20}) 14... Qd6 {0.97/20} (14... c5 $11 {0.00/22}) 15. Rac1 { -0.09/22} (15. b4 $1 $16 {0.97/20}) 15... c5 $1 $11 16. Nc4 {-1.15/19} (16. Qc3 $11 {0.00/27 keeps the balance.}) 16... Qc6 {-0.03/24} (16... Bxc4 $1 $17 { -1.15/19} 17. Bxc4 cxd4 18. exd4 Qxd4) 17. Ne5 Qb7 {0.52/24} (17... Qd6 $15 { -0.44/22}) 18. f3 {-0.26/22} (18. dxc5 $14 {0.52/24} bxc5 19. f3) 18... Qb8 19. e4 {-1.46/22} (19. Qf2 $11 {-0.05/21}) 19... Bb7 {-1.01/24} ({Weaker is} 19... cxd4 20. Qc7 $11) ({Better is} 19... Ba8 {-1.46/22} 20. f4 Rxd4) 20. Nc4 $17 Rxd4 21. Rfe1 $2 {-2.22/19} (21. e5 $15 {-0.60/20} Nd5 22. Rfe1) 21... e5 { -0.75/25} (21... Rfd8 $19 {-2.22/19 is more deadly.} 22. Rcd1 Nd7) 22. Ne3 Rfd8 {-0.60/22} (22... Bc8 $17 {-1.25/18} 23. Bc4 Bd7) 23. Rcd1 {-1.50/20} (23. Bc4 $15 {-0.60/22}) 23... Nh5 {-0.49/23} (23... Bc8 $17 {-1.50/20} 24. Bc4 Qd6) 24. g3 {-1.29/21} (24. Nf5 $15 {-0.49/23}) 24... g6 25. Bc4 {-1.53/18} (25. Qc3 $142 {-1.07/24}) 25... Qd6 26. Bb3 {-2.41/20} (26. Rxd4 $17 {-1.31/23 keeps fighting.} cxd4 27. Ng4) 26... Ng7 {-1.21/23} ({Black should try} 26... b5 $19 {-2.41/20} 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Nxd5 Nf6) 27. Nc4 {-2.62/19} (27. Rxd4 $17 { -1.21/23} exd4 28. Ng4) 27... Qf6 $19 28. Qe2 Ne6 29. Ne3 Ng5 30. Rf1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 {-2.78/19} (31. Nxd1 $17 {-1.53/22} Ne6 32. Bxe6 Qxe6 33. Ne3) 31... Rd4 { -1.61/21} (31... Ne6 $142 {-2.78/19} 32. Bb3 Nd4) 32. Ng4 $2 {-4.38/23} (32. h4 {-1.61/21} Ne6 33. Bb3) 32... Qd6 33. Ne3 $2 {-7.31/19} (33. Nf2 {-3.89/23}) 33... a6 34. Nc4 Qc7 35. Ne3 {-3.82/21} (35. h4 $142 {-2.48/23} Ne6 36. Ne3) 35... b5 36. Nc2 Rd7 {White must now prevent ...Qd8.} 37. Ne3 $2 {-4.51/20} ( 37. h4 {-2.75/25} Ne6 38. Ne3) 37... Ne6 {-2.68/21} (37... Qd8 $142 {-4.51/20 aiming for ...Rd2.} 38. Qe1 Rd2) 38. Ng4 $2 {-4.30/18} (38. Qe1 {-2.68/21}) 38... Kg7 {-2.10/23} (38... Qd8 $142 {-4.30/18 Hoping for ...Rd2.} 39. Qe1 Rd3) 39. Qe3 {[#] Threatening mate with Qh6+.} g5 40. h4 $2 {-4.14/19} (40. Qe1 { -2.08/22 is a better defense.}) 40... h6 {-1.98/24} (40... h5 $142 {-4.14/19} 41. Nf2 gxh4) 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Qc3 {-2.44/21} (42. Be2 $142 {-1.96/24}) 42... Nd4 43. Qd2 $2 {-13.98/19} (43. Qe3 {-1.61/25} Ne6 44. Be2) 43... Nxf3+ $1 { Accuracy: White = 8%, Black = 17%.} 0-1

C24 Bishop's Opening 2...Nf6 (1.e4 e5 2.Qf3 Nf6 3.Bc4)

This is one of those openings that I would not recommend for anyone to play. I put other silly opening variations in the notation. I have to admit it is a surprise to me see that this has been played by rather good players in 2008 as you can see in the notation. The whole game is not shown in the notation only the first 19 moves. The opening variation called King Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack. Mellon Gambit that you can see in the notation made me immediately think The Lord of the Rings and the part where they had to say the Sindarin word for friend "mellon" in order to enter the Doors of Durin. It did made me grin a bit when I saw the name of this variation. I think I will continue posting my Red Hot Pawn games for some time more at least. I did get a nice birthday present today from one of my opponents when he resigned in our game at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club which increased my rating to a new peak rating of 2197!! Well, he probably was unaware of this course and only due to his blunder on previous move did he need to resign. It does seem that if I would post more of my Chess960 games, I will not be able to share them here... I may need to switch that part to my other blog. There does not seem to be a free replayer that I could be able to implement in this blog that would be easy to use. Making one myself would be too much work and I doubt I would have good enough skill to do that. I have updated both the mate in two and four puzzle pages today.

[Event "Corr game 29.11.2010-3.1.2011"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2010.11.29"] [Round "?"] [White "aksot"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "1303"] [BlackElo "1831"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 {C20 King Pawn Game: Napoleon Attack} (2. Bc4 Nf6 {1-0 (33) Gerks,J-Stamer,W Altenholz 2009}) 2... Nf6 3. Bc4 {C24 Bishop's Opening: 2... Nf6} d6 4. h3 (4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Qg3 Nbd7 6. f3 Bh5 7. d3 Be7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6 Rxg2 10. Bg5 c6 11. Bb3 Qb6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bd2 Bg6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qh3 Rxg1 16. Rhxg1 b5 17. Qg3 a5 18. a4 b4 {Contreras Duarte,J-Blanco,B Caracas 2014 0-1 (67)}) 4... Nc6 (4... c6 5. d3 Be6 6. Bb3 Nbd7 7. c3 g6 8. Ne2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 d5 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Ng3 a5 14. Ndf1 a4 15. Ne3 Nc5 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qe7 18. g5 Red8 19. Be3 {Dimitrov,P (2404)-Mazi,L (2374) Zadar 2008 1-0 (46)}) 5. c3 $146 (5. Ne2 Na5 6. d3 Nxc4 7. dxc4 Be6 8. b3 Qd7 9. Nbc3 h6 10. Nd5 Be7 11. O-O c6 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Rd1 a6 15. a4 O-O 16. Rd3 Rfe8 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Rad1 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 {Gerks,J-Stamer,W Altenholz 2009 1-0 (33)}) (5. d3 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 d5 10. Ne2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. O-O Be6 15. Ra6 Qc8 16. Ra1 Bxb3 17. Nd2 h6 18. Be3 Bc4 19. Rfd1 Bxe2 {Rybarsky,M (1350)-Grisa,J (1350) Liptovsky Mikulas 2005 0-1 (41)}) (5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Ne2 Qe7 7. b3 a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nec3 O-O-O 10. d3 d5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Qg4+ Be6 14. Qe2 Qd6 15. Bb2 f6 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Rg1 Re8 18. O-O-O Qd7 19. Rde1 Bc5 {Duong, T-Ha Nguyen Thuy,L Dong Thap 2000 1-0 (35)}) 5... Be6 {0.37/22} ({Better is} 5... Be7 $15 {-0.61/20}) 6. Bxe6 $1 $14 fxe6 7. d3 {-0.18/22} ({White should play} 7. Qe2 $14 {0.33/20}) 7... Be7 {0.61/23} (7... d5 $11 {-0.18/22}) 8. Na3 $2 {-1.20/19 [#]} (8. Qe2 $14 {0.61/23 keeps the upper hand.}) 8... O-O { -0.09/25} (8... d5 $1 $17 {-1.20/19} 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Qd6) 9. Qg3 $2 {-2.24/18} (9. Qe2 $1 $11 {-0.09/25}) 9... d5 $19 10. f3 $2 {-8.96/20} ( 10. exd5 {-2.37/24} Nxd5 11. h4) 10... Nxe4 $1 11. Qg4 (11. dxe4 Bh4) 11... Bh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. Rh2 Qf6 14. Be3 d4 15. Bf2 Nf5 {-4.37/22} (15... h5 $142 { -10.39/21} 16. Qxg3 Bxg3 17. Bxg3 Qg6) 16. Bxh4 Nxh4 ({Not} 16... Qxh4+ 17. Qxh4 Nxh4 18. Rf2 $19) 17. Rf2 Rf7 18. Qe4 Raf8 19. Kd2 {-8.37/18} (19. O-O-O $142 {-4.31/19}) 19... Qg5+ 20. Kc2 Qg3 21. Raf1 Nf5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ne3+.} 22. cxd4 Nfxd4+ 23. Kc3 $2 {-6.44/22} (23. Kb1 {-3.83/20}) 23... Rf4 24. Qe3 R8f5 25. Nc4 Ne7 26. Nd2 Nd5+ 27. Kc4 Nxe3+ 28. Kc3 Nxf1 { -28.96/19} (28... Nd5+ $142 {-#5/23} 29. Kc4 b5+ 30. Kc5 Qg5 31. Ne4 Qe7+ 32. Nd6 cxd6#) 29. Nxf1 Qxf2 {Black mates.} 30. Nd2 Qxg1 31. a4 Qc1+ 32. Kb4 Qxb2+ 33. Kc4 Nc6+ 34. Ne4 Qb4# {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 41%.} 0-1