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