C90 Closed Spanish Game with 7...d6: Early deviations (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.Re1 Be7 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 cxd4 11.cxd4)

Before I looked at this game again after a few years break, I would have said if asked that I have only recently started experimenting with 3...a6 in the Spanish game instead of my more common reply 3...Bc5. Of course the amount of information that is coming my way these days is so vast that I can't remember these kind of things all that clearly anymore. I can only hope that information that I do remember is useful in some way. This game was played in early 2011 when my rating at Red Hot Pawn was probably over two hundred points lower than it is now. My rating there now is at its peak 1885. When I started to play actively at RHP again and even became subscriber there my rating was below 1700, so it has increased quite nicely over a few months time. Unfortunately as the game load has increased my move speed has become extremely slow.

This and the following paragraphs have been added November 19th, 2016. Only small mistakes were made by both players for the first 30 moves, but when adding the mistakes of the moves 29.Nh4 and 30.Nhf5, my advantage was for the first time clear according to Stockfish 7 64 POPCNT. The position in which my opponent played 30.Nhf5 can be seen below.

Better alternatives for rienaperdre were 30.Rad1 and 30.Bb3.

The downhill that started for my opponent with the move 30.Nhf5 continued to the end of the game and rienaperdre resigned after 49...d1Q+, when my opponent was facing a forced mate.

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 d6 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense (#2) 7.Re1 Be7 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.d4 cxd4 10...Qc7 11.a4 Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Balla Variation 11.Nbd2 0-0 12.Nf1 Bg4 13.Ne3 Bxf3 14.Qxf3 Spanish Game: Closed Defense. Alekhine Gambit 11.cxd4 C90 Closed Spanish Game with 7...d6: Early deviations Nc6 12.a3N Prevents intrusion on b4 12.a4 bxa4 13.Nc3 0-0 1/2-1/2 (13) Lubos,A (2077) -Liskan,L Budapest 2004 12.d5 Nb8 12...Nb4 13.Bb3 a5 14.Qe2 Bd7 15.a3 Na6 16.Nc3 Nc5 17.Bc2 b4 18.Nd1 b3 19.Bd3 a4 20.Nc3 0-0 21.Be3 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Qa5 23.Nd2 Rfc8 24.f3 Bd8 25.Rad1 Qa6 26.Qxa6 Rxa6 27.Rc1 Villegas, B-Lynch,J Carrasco 1922 0-1 (58) 13.a4 bxa4 14.Nc3 0-0 15.Nxa4 Nbd7 16.Be3 g6 17.Nd2 Ne8 18.Nc4 f5 19.exf5 gxf5 20.f4 e4 21.Qd2 Nef6 22.Na5 Qe8 23.Nc6 Ng4 24.Bd4 Bf6 25.h3 Nh6 26.Ra3 Qf7 Klovans,J (2464)-Ljubarskij,J (2317) Bad Sooden 2004 1/2-1/2 (42) 12.h3 Qc7 13.Nc3 0-0 14.Be3 Nb4 15.Bb3 Qb8 16.Rc1 a5 17.a3 Na6 18.Nd5 Bd8 19.Bg5 Nxd5 20.Bxd8 Rxd8 21.exd5 exd4 22.Nxd4 Qb7 23.Nc6 Rf8 24.Bc2 g6 25.Qd4 f6 26.Re7 Bd7 Amdouni,Z (2333)-Alnami,S (1791) Zeralda 2014 1-0 12.dxe5 dxe5 13.Qxd8+ Bxd8 14.Nc3 Bg4 15.Bd1 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 Nd4 17.Bd1 0-0 18.Bd2 Ba5 19.a3 Rfd8 20.b4 Nc2 21.Bxc2 Rxd2 22.Re2 Rxe2 23.Nxe2 Rc8 24.Bd3 Bb6 25.Ng3 Ng4 26.Ra2 Rc3 Chromik,T (1885)-Cap,A (2032) Kouty nad Desnou 2013 0-1 (47) 12.h3 0-0 12...0-0 12...Bg4 13.dxe5 Bxf3 14.Qxf3= 13.dxe5 13.d5 Na5 13...dxe5= 14.b4 14.h3 Qxd1 15.Bxd1 Be6= 14...Bg4 15.Nbd2 Qc7 Black has an active position 16.h3 White threatens to win material: h3xg4 Bh5 17.Bb2 Rfd8 18.Qc1 18.Qb1 Rac8 19.Rc1 Bd6= 18...Rac8 19.Bb3 19.Bd1 Qa7 20.Qb1 Bd6 19...Qb8 19...a5 20.bxa5 Qa7 21.Qb1 20.Qb1 20.Bc3 Nd4 21.Qb2 Nxb3 22.Bxe5 Nxd2 23.Bxb8 Nxf3+ 24.gxf3 Rxb8= 20...Rd7 20...a5 21.Bc3= 21.Bd1 21.Qa2 Bd6= 21...Rcd8 21...Bd8 22.a4 22.Bc3 Rd3 Black threatens to win material: Rd3xc3 23.Qb2 Qb6 24.Be2 White threatens to win material: Be2xd3 R3d7 25.Bd1 25.Rac1 Bg6= 25...Bg6 26.Bc2 Nh5 27.Nf1 f6 Controls g5 27...Nf4 28.Ne3= 28.Nxe5? is inferior since it leads to Nxe5 29.Bxe5 Bh4-+ ≤28.Bxe5 Nxe5 29.Qxe5 Ne2+ 30.Rxe2 Bf6 28.Ne3 28.g3 Kh8 28...Nf4= 29.Nh4 29.Bb3+ Kf8 30.Nd5 Nxd5 31.exd5 Na7= ≤31...Rxd5 32.Bxd5 Rxd5 33.Rad1± 29...Bf7 30.Nhf5 30.Bb3 Nd4 31.Nd5 Nxd5 32.Bxd4 Qxd4 33.Qxd4 exd4 34.exd5 Bf8 30...Bf8 31.Rad1 Nd4 32.Kh2 32.Bb1!? 32...g6 33.Nh4 Qe6 34.Bxd4 34.Bb1 Qb3 34...exd4-+ 34...Rxd4?! 35.Nf3 R4d6 36.Rxd6 Rxd6 37.Rd1 35.Ng4? 35.Nd5 Nxd5 36.exd5 Qxd5 37.Nf3-+ 35...Bg7 36.f3 36.g3 Nxh3! the decision 37.Rd3-+ 36...d3 37.Bb1 37.e5 does not win a prize dxc2 38.Rxd7 Rxd7 39.Qxc2 f5 40.Qc8+ Be8-+ 37...f5 38.Qd2 38.Ba2 is not much help Bxb2 39.Bxe6 Bxe6 40.exf5 Bb3-+ 38...fxg4 39.Kh1 Qf6 39...Ne2 and Black can already relax 40.Bxd3 Nc3 41.fxg4 Nxd1 42.Qxd1 Rxd3 43.Qe2-+ 40.Nf5 gxf5 40...Ne2!? seems even better 41.Bxd3 gxf3 42.gxf3-+ 41.Qxf4 gxh3 42.e5 hxg2+ 43.Kg1 Qg6 44.Qh2 d2 45.Re2 Bb3 46.Rxg2 Qb6+ 47.Kh1 47.Kf1 does not improve anything Bxd1 48.Ba2+ Kh8 49.Bd5 Rxd5 50.Rxg7 Be2+ 51.Kg2 Kxg7 52.a4 Bxf3+ 53.Kh3 Qh6+ 54.Kg3 Qg5+ 55.Kf2 d1Q 56.Qh6+ Kxh6 57.a5 Rd2# 47...Bxd1 48.Bxf5 48.Qg1 is not the saving move Bxf3! Mate threat 49.Qxb6 d1Q+ 50.Kh2 Bxg2 51.Qe3 Qh1+ 52.Kg3 Qh3+ 53.Kf2 Rd2+ 54.Qe2 Rxe2+ 55.Kxe2 Qf3+ 56.Ke1 Rd1# 48...Bxf3 49.e6 49.Bxh7+ is no salvation Kf8 50.Qf4+ Rf7 51.Kh2 Rxf4 52.e6 Qxe6 53.Bf5 Be5 54.a4 Rxf5+ 55.Kg1 d1Q+ 56.Kf2 Qb6# 49...d1Q+ 49...d1Q+ 50.Qg1 Qbxg1# 0–1

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

rienaperdre	1547	Vierjoki,T	1831	0–1
Vierjoki,T	1929	arpadsusniflinta	1852	1–0
sdenzv	1870	Vierjoki,T	1839	½–½

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