C22 Centre Game (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 g6)

I think that most of the times I have faced the Center Game, it is this particular variation my opponents have played. There have not been that many occasions when my games go into this opening but I remember that one of the opponents I faced over the board at our club played this quite frequently against me. As those were 5 minute blitz games I have no notation restored of those games. This game I am showing you now was played over five years ago at Red Hot Pawn. This was my fifth game after my comeback to correspondence chess and also my fifth win. It does seem like a great result but when you think that most of my opponents were a lot lower rated than I was, it just turns to a result that was expected. I have added 3 puzzles to mate in one, one to mate in two and one to mate in three pages. On January 8th 2015 happened something that I only now realized, the number of analysed games in this blog went over 300!! Currently there are 309 analysed games and 560 unique puzzles featured in this blog and more are updated each day.

[Event "Corr game 15.11.2010-1.1.2011"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2010.11.15"] [Round "?"] [White "ChessCh1mp"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C22"] [WhiteElo "1504"] [BlackElo "1831"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 {C22 Center Game: Paulsen Attack Variation} g6 {C22 Centre Game} 5. Bb5 (5. Bd2 Bg7 6. Bc3 Nf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nf3 d5 10. e5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5 12. Qxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxd5 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Re8+ 15. Be2 Be5 16. O-O c6 17. Ne3 Re7 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. Bc4 b5 {Munoz Pantoja, M-Berzinsh,R (2395) Bratislava 1993 0-1 (39)}) 5... Bg7 {-0.10/21} (5... Nf6 $15 {-0.51/20 is superior.}) 6. Bxc6 {-0.74/16} (6. Ne2 $11 {-0.10/21}) 6... dxc6 {-0.05/21} (6... bxc6 $17 {-0.74/16} 7. Nf3 Ne7) 7. Nf3 $146 {-0.64/19} ( 7. Nc3 $11 {-0.05/21} Be6 8. Bd2 Bh6 9. f4 Qe7 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. Kb1 Nf6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Qxa7 Nxc3+ 14. bxc3 Rd5 15. Qa8+ Kd7 16. Qxh8 Rb5+ 17. Ka1 Qa3 18. Bc1+ Ke7 19. Bxa3+ c5 20. Qd8# {1-0 (20) Thomas,T (1244)-Kolkov,A (1642) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 7... Nf6 {-0.16/21} (7... h6 $15 {-0.64/19}) 8. Qb3 $2 { -2.49/18 [#]} (8. O-O $11 {-0.16/21}) 8... O-O $2 {-0.83/21} (8... Nxe4 $19 { -2.49/18 is more deadly.} 9. O-O O-O) 9. Bg5 {-1.75/22} (9. Nbd2 $17 {-0.83/21} ) 9... Qe8 $19 10. O-O {-1.83/20} (10. e5 $17 {-1.31/22}) 10... Qxe4 {-1.11/23} (10... Nxe4 $19 {-1.83/20} 11. Re1 Qe6) 11. Re1 $17 Qd5 $1 $36 {Black is on the roll.} 12. Qe3 {-1.96/19} (12. c4 $17 {-0.92/23} Qa5 13. Nbd2) 12... Bg4 { -1.37/23} ({Better is} 12... Bf5 $19 {-1.96/19} 13. Nc3 Qa5) 13. Nc3 Qa5 { -1.04/21} (13... Qe6 $142 {-1.57/20} 14. Qxe6 Bxe6) 14. Qe5 $2 {-2.70/20 [#]} ( 14. Qf4 $17 {-1.04/21} Qf5 15. h3 Qxf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf3 17. gxf3) 14... Nd5 $19 15. Qe4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nxc3 17. Bd2 Qd5 18. Bxc3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 { Endgame KRR-KRR} Rfe8 21. Re3 {-3.17/22} (21. Kg2 {-2.25/26 was necessary.}) 21... Kf8 22. f4 {-3.70/22} (22. Kf1 {-2.45/23 is a better defense.}) 22... f5 {-2.13/26} (22... Rxe3 $142 {-3.70/22} 23. fxe3 Rd8) 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. Rxe8+ { -3.31/21} (24. Rdd3 {-2.25/26 might work better.}) 24... Kxe8 {KR-KR} ({ Weaker is} 24... Rxe8 25. Kg2 $17) 25. Re1+ Kf7 26. Re3 Rd2 27. Rd3 {-4.66/22} (27. Rh3 $142 {-3.25/26} h5 28. Rd3 Rxc2 29. Rd7+ Ke6 30. Rxc7) 27... Rxd3 28. cxd3 {KP-KP} Ke6 29. c4 $2 {-6.91/22} (29. Kf1 {-3.49/26}) 29... b5 30. a3 Kd6 31. Kg2 Kc5 32. Kf3 bxc4 33. dxc4 Kxc4 34. Ke3 Kc3 {-26.74/28} (34... c5 $142 { -64.05/28} 35. h4 Kc3) 35. a4 a5 {Black mates.} 36. f3 c5 37. h3 c4 38. h4 h5 39. Ke2 Kc2 40. Ke3 c3 41. Kd4 Kd2 42. Ke5 c2 43. Kf6 c1=Q 44. Kxg6 Ke3 { Accuracy: White = 14%, Black = 70%.} 0-1