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