C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 d6)

This game was played in mike5972p's mini-tournament VII. It is going quite well for me at the moment anyway as four games have finished I have equal amount of wins. There are still eleven games to play so plenty of time to mess things up. Always look on the bright side of life... The tournament started with eleven players but one has dropped out from the tournament, ten remain still active. Thinking time in the games is 3 days as the starting time and there is two day increment each move. I am currently sixth in the tournament but also the only player that has no point losses yet. The maximum thinking time is limited to 5 days so that the increment will not go out of control. I have added one puzzle today to the following: mate in one, two, three, five and nine.

[Event "mike5972p's mini-tournament VII"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2015.01.16"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "waikiki35"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1728"] [BlackElo "1502"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 (2... d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 (46) Koschka,G (1958) -Werner,A (1942) Mittelfranken 2008}) 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 d6 {C45 Scotch Game} 5. c3 (5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Be3 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 (9) Malikov,S-Kodinets,K (2340) Briansk 1995}) 5... h6 $146 {1.06/20} (5... g6 $11 {0.00/22} 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Bg7 8. exd6 cxd6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. Qe2+ Be6 11. Bc4 d5 12. Bb3 O-O 13. O-O Qd6 14. Qf3 Bg4 15. Qg3 Qxg3 16. fxg3 Rfe8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Na3 Re6 19. Kf2 Ne4+ 20. Kg1 Nxg3 {Alves,D (1800)-Ferreira,A (1612) Natal 2015 0-1}) (5... Nf6 6. Bd3 (6. Nd2 Bd7 7. Qb3 Rb8 8. Bc4 Ne5 9. Be2 Be7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Na5 13. Qc2 h6 14. h3 Nc6 15. N2f3 a6 16. Nh4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxh4 19. f5 Bf6 20. Be3 Re8 {Aydogan,S (1084)-Hekimoglu,M (1378) Konya 2017 0-1 (34)}) 6... Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 Bd7 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Bc2 Bc6 11. Nd2 Nfd7 12. Bh2 Ng6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nf3 Rb8 15. Rb1 c5 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Nc4 Nb6 18. Ne3 Re8 19. Qh5 Qc8 20. Qe2 {Koschka,G (1958)-Werner,A (1942) Mittelfranken 2008 1/2-1/2 (46)}) (5... Ne5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Be7 8. Bf4 Bg4 9. f3 Bh4+ 10. g3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bf6 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Nc4 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Bg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Rd1 {Cerezo Diviu,N-Guillo Longares,I Madrid 2012 1-0}) 6. Be3 {0.08/21} (6. Bb5 $16 { 1.06/20}) 6... a6 {0.96/19} (6... Be7 $11 {0.08/21}) 7. Bc4 {-0.16/21} (7. Nxc6 $16 {0.96/19} bxc6 8. Nd2) 7... Nf6 {0.58/20} (7... Ne5 $11 {-0.16/21} 8. Bb3 Nf6) 8. Nd2 {-0.40/20} (8. Nxc6 $14 {0.58/20} bxc6 9. Nd2) 8... Be7 {0.71/18} ( 8... Ne5 $1 $15 {-0.40/20 keeps the upper hand.}) 9. O-O {0.03/21} (9. Nxc6 $16 {0.71/18} bxc6 10. O-O) 9... O-O {0.66/18} (9... Ne5 $11 {0.03/21}) 10. h3 { -0.16/23} (10. Nxc6 $14 {0.66/18} bxc6 11. Bd3) 10... Ne5 {0.73/21} (10... Nxd4 $11 {-0.16/23 keeps the balance.} 11. Bxd4 (11. cxd4 d5 $11) 11... b5) 11. Be2 {-0.18/18} ({White should play} 11. Bb3 $1 $16 {0.73/21}) 11... c5 $11 12. Nf5 {-0.72/18} (12. N4f3 $11 {-0.09/22}) 12... Bxf5 $1 $17 13. exf5 Nd5 {0.00/23} ( 13... d5 $17 {-0.80/18}) 14. Ne4 $2 {-1.77/20 [#]} (14. Nc4 $11 {0.00/23 and White is okay.} Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxe3 16. fxe3) 14... Nxe3 $19 15. fxe3 Qb6 $2 { 1.25/18} (15... d5 $17 {-1.28/20 and life is bright.} 16. Nf2 Bg5) 16. f6 $16 Bxf6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Rxf6 {0.65/23} ({Better is} 18. Qd2 $1 $16 {1.34/21}) 18... Ng6 $2 {6.66/21} (18... Qxb2 $14 {0.65/23} 19. Rb1 Qxa2) 19. b3 $2 { 1.68/25} (19. Bc4 {6.66/21} Kg7 20. Qf3) 19... Rad8 $2 {4.93/23} (19... Kg7 { 1.68/25} 20. Qxd6 (20. Rxd6 Qc7 $16) 20... Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfe8) 20. Bc4 $18 { [#] White wants to mate with Rxg6+.} Kg7 21. Qf1 {1.96/24} (21. Qf3 $142 { 4.43/21} Qc7 22. Rf1) 21... Qc7 22. Rd1 {1.13/23} ({White should try} 22. e4 $18 {2.23/20}) 22... Ne5 $2 {3.41/21} (22... Qe7 $16 {1.13/23} 23. Rf3 f5) 23. Bd5 $40 {White has strong attack.} Rd7 $2 {4.30/22} (23... Qe7 {2.08/21} 24. Rf5 f6) 24. Qf4 Rh8 25. Rf1 Ng6 $2 {10.98/23} (25... Re7 {3.50/22} 26. c4 b6) 26. Rxf7+ {White is clearly winning.} Rxf7 27. Qxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7+ ({Less strong is} 28. Bxf7 Ne5 $16) 28... Kg8 29. Rxb7+ Kf8 30. Rb6 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 13%.} 1-0