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