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