B19 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 Nf6 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3)

The game below was played during the time when I started to play more and more correspondence chess. Most games I have had in progress at the same time was earlier this year when I reached 300 simultaneous games. That did last only a few hours as some games ended but still it was a amount to reach. At the moment I have only 277 games in progress so the pressure of making moves is not as bad as it was before. I do try to get to under 100 games so that I would have more time to other things as well. The game below was played at Red Hot Pawn and it still remains one of my most active places to play, at least if the amount of games in progress is any indication, I have currently 115 games in progress there. This game is also one of the last games that were not played in a tournament, now I have only tournament games in progress there. I have added one mate in one, two mate in three, one mate in five and one mate in fourteen puzzles today. There are now 714 different puzzles published and more will be coming each day.

[Event "Corr game 4.7.2014-19.8.2014"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.07.04"] [Round "?"] [White "serban1805"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "1639"] [BlackElo "1853"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 {B18 Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation. Main Line} (6. Nf3 Nf6 7. h4 {1-0 (36) Nakabo,P (1581)-Angolikin,G (1643) Kampala 2018}) 6... h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 {B19 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} e6 10. Bf4 Bd6 {0.44/21} (10... Be7 $11 {0.00/21}) (10... Qa5+ 11. c3 Nbd7 12. O-O Be7 13. Rfe1 O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Qd8 16. Nh5 Nxh5 17. Rxh5 f5 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Rxh6 Bf6 20. Qg3+ Bg7 21. Rxe6 Qd7 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qf4 {Kleijn,C (2427)-Levin,F (2482) Netherlands 2010 1/2-1/2 (43)}) 11. Ne5 {-0.20/18} (11. Be5 $14 {0.44/21}) (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe5 Kc8 18. Qxd6 Rxd6 19. Ne5 Rf8 20. c4 Nd7 21. Kc2 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Rd2 Rf4 {Nakabo,P (1581) -Angolikin,G (1643) Kampala 2018 1-0 (36)}) 11... Qc7 {The position is equal.} (11... Bxe5 {is interesting.} 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nbd7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. O-O O-O) 12. O-O-O $146 (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Qe2 O-O 16. c4 Qb8 17. g4 Qd8 18. Kg2 Nh7 19. g5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 hxg5 21. hxg5 g6 22. Qg4 Kg7 23. Rh1 Rh8 24. Rad1 Qg8 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Bd4 b6 {Rombach,H-Moncur,J Hamilton 1924 1-0}) 12... Na6 {0.89/20} (12... Nbd7 $11 {0.06/22}) 13. Ne4 {0.25/23} ( 13. Rhe1 $1 $16 {0.89/20}) 13... Nxe4 $1 $11 14. Qxe4 O-O-O 15. Be3 {-0.09/21} (15. Rhe1 $14 {0.58/19}) 15... Kb8 {1.02/19} (15... Nb4 $11 {-0.09/21}) 16. Kb1 {0.09/22} (16. Nc4 $16 {1.02/19}) 16... c5 {1.32/20} (16... Nb4 $11 {0.09/22}) 17. Rd3 $2 {-3.21/20} (17. Nc4 $1 $16 {1.32/20 stays on course.}) 17... cxd4 $2 {0.00/24} (17... f5 $1 $19 {-3.21/20} 18. Qf3 cxd4) 18. Bxd4 {White wants to play Rc3.} f6 19. Ng6 Rhe8 ({Wrong is} 19... Nb4 $2 20. Rc3 $16) 20. Rc3 { -0.76/22} (20. f4 $11 {0.00/24}) 20... Qa5 $17 21. Qe3 {-0.92/19} (21. Rb3 $11 {0.00/24} b6 22. a3) 21... b6 {-0.20/23} (21... Nc7 $17 {-0.92/19} 22. Rd3 b6) 22. Rb3 $2 {-2.11/20} (22. Qe2 $11 {-0.20/23 and White is okay.}) 22... Nb4 $2 {-0.09/22} (22... e5 $1 $19 {-2.11/20} 23. Bc3 Qd5) 23. a3 $11 Nd5 {0.21/23} ( 23... Nc6 {-0.26/22 is superior.}) 24. Qe2 e5 25. Bc3 {-0.62/20} (25. Be3 $1 $14 {0.43/21}) 25... Nxc3+ {0.00/24} (25... Qa4 $15 {-0.62/20} 26. h5 Bxa3 $1) 26. Rxc3 Qd5 27. Rg1 Qf7 28. h5 Bc5 29. Rd1 Rd4 {0.70/20} ({Black should play} 29... Bxf2 $11 {-0.24/22} 30. Rf3 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Bd4) 30. Rcd3 $14 Red8 { 1.36/22} (30... Qc4 $14 {0.65/24}) 31. Qf3 {0.00/26} (31. f4 $16 {1.36/22}) 31... Qe6 {0.75/26} (31... Qc4 $11 {0.00/26}) 32. b4 {-0.37/23} ({White should try} 32. Rxd4 $16 {0.75/26} Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Bxd4 34. Qe2) 32... Rxd3 33. Rxd3 Rxd3 34. Qxd3 Bxf2 35. Qd8+ Kb7 36. Nf8 Qf7 37. Nd7 {-0.96/24} (37. Qd6 $11 { 0.00/27 remains equal.}) 37... Kc6 {0.00/28} ({Of course not} 37... Qxh5 $6 38. Nc5+ bxc5 39. Qd7+ Kb8 40. Qd8+ Kb7 41. Qd7+ Kb8 42. Qd8+ Kb7 $11) (37... e4 $1 $17 {-0.96/24} 38. Qb8+ Kc6) 38. Nb8+ {-0.73/26} (38. Nf8 $11 {0.00/28 keeps the balance.}) 38... Kb7 $17 39. Nd7 {[#] Strongly threatening b5.} Qxh5 { 0.00/28} (39... e4 $1 $17 {-1.04/21 And now ...e3 would win.} 40. Qb8+ Kc6) 40. Nc5+ bxc5 (40... Bxc5 $5 41. Qd7+ $8 Kb8 $11) 41. Qd7+ Kb6 42. Qd8+ Kc6 43. b5+ $1 Kxb5 44. Qd7+ Kb6 45. Qd8+ $2 {-8.67/21} (45. Qd6+ $11 {0.00/22} Kb7 46. Qd7+ Kb6 47. Qd6+ Kb7 48. Qd7+ Kb6) 45... Kc6 $19 46. Qc8+ Kd6 {aiming for ... Qd1+.} 47. Qf8+ Ke6 {White must now prevent ...Qd1+.} 48. Qc8+ Kf7 {Threatens to win with ...Qd1+.} 49. Qd7+ Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kh7 {[#] Hoping for ...Bd4.} 51. Qd3+ Qg6 52. Qd7 e4 53. Qxa7 e3 {Black mates.} 54. Qa6 Qxg2 55. Qd3+ Qg6 56. Qe2 Qe4 57. a4 c4 58. a5 c3 {Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 30%.} 0-1