B15 Caro-Kann: 3.Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O)

The game I share with you today is from a quite big team match called AoC vs R&J TM. It is played on 100 boards between Art of Chess and Romeo and Juliet. I played board 12 in this match for Romeo and Juliet and I managed to win both my games on time. Had the time not be a deciding factor in these games, the result might have been quite different. The current score in the match is 97,5 - 76,5 in favor of the home team that is in this case Art of Chess. The thing that occurs way too often in these matches is timeouts and accounts closing and this team match was no exception. Both teams had two people who had their accounts closed during the match. Art of Chess has lost more games on time out than Romeo and Juliet so far but I do hope that there are no more losses on time in this match. I have added one mate in one, two and three and two mate in six puzzles today.

[Event "AoC vs R&J TM - Board 12"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.12.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "JogadorAmador"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B15"] [WhiteElo "1872"] [BlackElo "1493"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 (2. Nc3 d5 {1-0 (15) Kuran,A (2073)-Zwanowetz,T Imst 2008}) 2... d5 3. Nc3 (3. Nd2 dxe4 {1-0 (52) Gufeld,E-Selezniev,V Moscow 1966}) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 {B15 Caro-Kann Defense: Tartakower Variation} 6. Nf3 (6. Bc4 Bd6 {1-0 (52) Gufeld,E-Selezniev,V Moscow 1966}) 6... Bd6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O {0.00/23 B15 Caro-Kann: 3.Nc3: 3...g6 and 3...dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ exf6} (8. c3 $14 {0.51/19}) 8... Bg4 {0.53/21} ({Black should play} 8... Na6 $11 { 0.00/23}) 9. Qd3 {-0.40/21} (9. h3 $14 {0.53/21} Bf5 (9... Bh5 10. g4 (10. Qd3 Re8 11. a4 Bc7 12. d5 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14. Bd2 Qd6 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Nd4 Qd6 17. g3 Bb6 18. c3 Be2 19. Qf5 Bxf1 20. Rxf1 Bxd4 21. cxd4 Qxd4 22. Bc3 Qxa4 23. h4 Qe4 24. Qb5 Qc6 {Bisignano,G (1837)-Simeone,G (1991) Arco 2014 0-1 (41)}) 10... Bg6 11. Nh4 Nd7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qf3 g5 14. Bb3 Qc7 15. Re1 Rfe8 16. Bxg5 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qa5 18. Re6 fxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kf8 20. Be3 Qd8 21. Qf5 Ke7 22. Bh6 Qf8 23. Bxd7 gxh6 24. c4 {Kongsee,U (2264)-Panopio,R (2179) Ho Chi Minh City 2011 0-1 (32)}) 10. Nh4) 9... Nd7 {0.44/20} (9... Qd7 $15 {-0.40/21}) 10. h3 Bh5 {White has an edge.} 11. c3 $146 {-1.06/23 [#]} (11. Nh4 $14 {0.62/21 stays ahead.} Kh8 (11... c5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Qxg6 f5 15. Qxd6 { 1-0 (15) Kuran,A (2073)-Zwanowetz,T Imst 2008}) 12. Qf5 Bg6 13. Nxg6+ hxg6 14. Qf3 f5 15. g3 Qc7 16. h4 Nf6 17. Bg5 Nh5 18. Kg2 Rae8 19. Rae1 Qd7 20. c3 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Kf1 Kg8 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. Kg2 Kf8 26. Bb3 { Gufeld,E-Selezniev,V Moscow 1966 1-0 (52)}) 11... c5 $2 {0.72/21} (11... b5 $1 $17 {-1.06/23 stays on course.} 12. Bb3 Nc5) 12. Bd2 {-0.64/19} (12. dxc5 $16 { 0.72/21} Bxc5 13. Bb3) 12... a6 {0.17/22} (12... Nb6 $15 {-0.64/19}) 13. a4 { -0.71/19} (13. Nh4 $11 {0.17/22 remains equal.}) 13... Nb6 {-0.07/22} ({ Black should try} 13... Bg6 $17 {-0.71/19} 14. Qe2 Re8) 14. Bb3 $2 {-2.13/20} ( 14. Nh4 $11 {-0.07/22}) 14... cxd4 $2 {0.59/20 [#]} (14... c4 $1 $19 {-2.13/20} 15. Bxc4 Bxf3) 15. Nxd4 {Accuracy: White = 0%, Black = 4%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0