D08 Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 dxe3 7.fxe3)

This game was played in the first round of the Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52). Trophies that are awarded to the top three players of the tournament are custom made pictures of Mini Coopers. I did advance to the second round so I still have a chance on one of those Mini Coopers. Ten games remain to be played on round one still so I need to wait for those to end before round two can begin. I am in no rush to increase my game load so I do hope that those games keep going until I have cut my game load by a lot of games. I may have given some chances to my opponent in this game but luckily he was not able to take advantage of his opportunities. I managed to get to my highest rating yet at Red Hot Pawn, my new peak rating is now 1879 there. I have added one more puzzle today to mate in one, three, four, five and seven pages.

[Event "Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52)"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Booze1974"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D08"] [WhiteElo "1885"] [BlackElo "1523"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 {D08 Queen's Gambit Refused: Albin Countergambit. Normal Line} Nc6 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 dxe3 7. fxe3 {D08 Albin Counter Gambit} Bxd2+ {0.26/20} (7... Nh6 $142 {-0.25/20}) 8. Qxd2 $11 Nge7 $146 {0.83/20} (8... Qxd2+ $11 {0.00/20 remains equal.} 9. Nbxd2 (9. Kxd2 Bg4 10. a3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nxe5 12. Be2 O-O-O+ 13. Kc2 Nf6 14. Nc3 Rhe8 15. e4 Nh5 16. Rhf1 Nf4 17. b3 Rd7 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Nd5 Nxe2 20. Rfe1 c6 21. Rxe2 cxd5 22. exd5 Nxf3 23. Rf2 Ng5 {Boerkey,L (1531)-Wenzel,C (1613) Bad Homburg 2015 0-1 (46)}) 9... Nge7) (8... Qe7 9. Qc3 (9. Nc3 Nxe5 10. O-O-O Nxf3 11. gxf3 Be6 12. f4 Nf6 13. Bg2 c6 14. Rhg1 Rd8 15. Qxd8+ Qxd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. b3 Kc7 18. e4 g6 19. Rf1 Bc8 20. h3 Re8 21. e5 Nh5 22. Ne4 Rf8 23. Ng5 h6 {Herrera Reyes, J (2002)-Perez Rodriguez,L (2430) El Sauzal 2004 0-1 (36)}) 9... Bg4 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. e6 fxe6 12. O-O h5 13. h4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qxh4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxg7 Nh6 17. Nd2 Rdg8 18. Qf6 Qg4 19. Qf3 Qh4 20. Qxc6 Qh3 21. Rf8+ Rxf8 22. gxh3 Rhg8+ 23. Kh1 {Slim,R-Allonge,N (1502) France 2012 1-0 (49)}) (8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nxe5 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Be4 g6 15. b3 f5 16. Bf3 Rd3 17. Kf2 Rhd8 18. Ke2 g5 19. h3 N7g6 20. Bd5 f4 21. e4 c6 22. Be6+ Kc7 23. Nf3 {Golovko,V (1755)-Asaturyan,O Angarsk 2017 0-1 (63)}) 9. Nc3 { -0.46/18} (9. Qxd8+ $16 {0.83/20} Kxd8 10. Nc3) 9... O-O $2 {1.39/18 [#]} (9... Qxd2+ $15 {-0.46/18 keeps the upper hand.} 10. Nxd2 Be6) 10. Nd5 $2 {-0.59/22} (10. O-O-O $1 $16 {1.39/18}) 10... Ng6 {0.35/22} (10... Re8 $1 $15 {-0.59/22}) 11. Be2 {-0.53/18} ({Better is} 11. Qc3 $14 {0.35/22}) 11... Ncxe5 $15 12. O-O $2 {-3.20/21} (12. h4 $15 {-0.34/24}) 12... c6 $2 {-0.56/22} (12... Nxf3+ $1 $19 {-3.20/21} 13. Bxf3 c6) 13. Nxe5 cxd5 $2 {1.52/22} (13... Nxe5 $17 { -0.80/22} 14. Qd4 f6) 14. Nxg6 $16 fxg6 $2 {3.02/21} (14... hxg6 $16 {1.07/21} 15. cxd5 Bf5) 15. cxd5 ({Don't take} 15. Qxd5+ $6 Qxd5 16. cxd5 Re8 $16) 15... b6 $2 {4.30/19} (15... Bf5 {2.37/23} 16. d6 Qb6) 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Rf1 {[#]} Qc5 19. Kh1 $2 $40 {1.82/25 White wants a kill.} (19. b4 {5.40/21} Qd6 20. Qd4) 19... Bf5 $18 20. Bb3 h5 {2.08/21} (20... Re8 $16 {1.52/24} 21. Re1 Qd6) 21. Re1 {Hoping for e4.} Be4 {2.03/21} (21... Rf8 $16 {1.49/22 was worth a try.} 22. Qc3 Qe7) 22. Rd1 Rd8 {2.81/20} (22... Rf8 $16 {1.47/25 keeps fighting.} 23. Kg1 Qe7) 23. Qd4 Qxd4 $2 {4.60/20} (23... Qe7 {2.83/28} 24. d6 Qe8) 24. Rxd4 {Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Stronger than} 24. exd4 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 $11) 24... Bf5 25. e4 Bd7 {5.86/21} (25... Re8 {4.13/24 was necessary.} 26. Ba4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4) 26. Kg1 {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 27. Kf2 Rf8+ 28. Ke2 Bb5+ 29. Bc4 Bxc4+ 30. Rxc4 Re8 31. Ke3 b5 32. Rc7 a5 33. d6 Rd8 34. e5 { Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 14%.} 1-0