C18 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7.h4 and 7.Qg4 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.h4 Qa5 8.Bd2)

The game below is the most recently finished game of mine from GameKnot. This was played in a tournament called tedjj's mini-tournament XLIII, it is a tournament where I have played worse than in any other correspondence chess tournament. I have only one win out of five games in that tournament so far and I am currently residing in last place. The time control in the tournament is 3 days initially but you get two days added to your time after every move you make though it is limited so you can think maximum of five days each move. There are 11 players in total joining this mini-tournament and you play each player twice so both have one White and one Black against other players. I have fifteen games left to play and try to alter the course of the tournament, it will be interesting to see if I keep losing games or can I start winning some games. My rating at GameKnot is one of the lowest I have in correspondence chess sites but I do have a decent winning percentage there, though lately that has come down a bit, currently at 71% chance of me winning. It is also the only correspondence chess site where I have not played any draws in the 52 games that have ended there. I have added three mate in ones, one mate in two and one mate in seven today for you to hopefully enjoy.

[Event "tedjj's mini-tournament XLIII"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2015.02.11"] [Round "?"] [White "bolshie"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "1693"] [BlackElo "1721"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 (4... Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 {1-0 (23) Tomczak,J (2443)-Kasyan,A (2318) Kemeri 2007}) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 { C18 French Defense: Winawer Variation. Advance Variation} 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2 $1 { C18 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7.h4 and 7.Qg4} c4 {0.50/19} (8... Nbc6 $11 { -0.01/21}) 9. h5 {-0.10/23} (9. g3 $14 {0.50/19}) 9... h6 $1 $11 10. Nf3 $146 { 0.00/23} (10. g4 $14 {0.41/18 might be stronger.}) (10. Qg4 Nf5 (10... Rg8 11. Rh3 Qa4 12. Qd1 Nbc6 13. g4 Bd7 14. Rf3 Rf8 15. Bh3 O-O-O 16. Kf1 Ng8 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Rde8 19. Ne2 Nce7 20. Ng3 f6 21. exf6 gxf6 22. Bf4 e5 23. Bxd7+ Qxd7 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Bxe5 {Gankin,S (2272)-Ipatov,A (2092) Izhevsk 2011 1-0 (47)}) 11. Qf4 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. g4 Nfe7 14. g5 hxg5 15. Qxg5 Nf5 16. Nh4 Nce7 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Bh3 Qd8 19. Qg2 Rh7 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. h6 g6 22. Qxd5 Bc6 23. Qxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rh3 Kd7 {Holinka,H (1976)-Roho,K (1850) Willingen 2016 1-0 (40)}) (10. Rh4 Nbc6 11. Rf4 Bd7 12. Qf3 O-O-O 13. Rxf7 Nf5 14. g4 Be8 15. Rxf5 exf5 16. gxf5 Qc7 17. Ne2 Qf7 18. Nf4 Ne7 19. Bh3 Kb8 20. Ne6 Rc8 21. Ke2 Rc6 22. Nd8 Qxh5 23. Bg4 {1-0 (23) Tomczak,J (2443)-Kasyan,A (2318) Kemeri 2007}) ( 10. Rb1 Nbc6 11. Qc1 Qc7 12. Qb2 O-O 13. f4 f5 14. Nf3 b6 15. Be2 Bd7 16. Kf2 Kh7 17. Rbg1 Rg8 18. Qc1 Raf8 19. Be3 Be8 20. g3 Qb7 21. Rh2 Nd8 22. Ke1 Qd7 23. Kd2 Qa4 24. Nh4 Bf7 {Gonella,D (2103)-Riboldi,R (1905) Liscate 2011 1-0 (47)}) 10... O-O $2 {1.93/19 [#]} (10... Nd7 $11 {0.00/23 and Black stays safe. }) 11. Nh4 {0.75/21} (11. g4 $1 $18 {1.93/19 is the precise move to win.}) 11... Bd7 12. Qg4 {-0.59/22} (12. g4 $16 {0.85/19}) 12... Kh7 $2 {1.15/21} ( 12... Nf5 $15 {-0.59/22}) 13. Rh3 $2 {-0.75/26} (13. Qf4 $1 $16 {1.15/21}) 13... Na6 $2 {0.78/20} (13... Nf5 $17 {-0.75/26 stays on course.}) 14. Rg3 { -0.04/22} (14. Qf4 $1 $16 {0.78/20}) 14... Rg8 15. Rf3 {-0.49/20} (15. Qf4 $11 {-0.04/26 should be considered.}) 15... Raf8 {0.00/24} (15... Nf5 $1 $15 { -0.49/20 feels stronger.}) 16. g3 {-1.11/20} (16. Be2 $11 {0.00/24 remains equal.}) 16... Ba4 {-0.39/21} ({Better is} 16... Qa4 $1 $17 {-1.11/20} 17. Kd1 f5) 17. Kd1 Nc7 {0.00/22} (17... Qb5 $17 {-0.78/19}) 18. Be2 {-0.97/19} (18. Qf4 $11 {0.00/22 keeps the balance.}) 18... Bd7 {0.31/19} (18... Qb6 $17 { -0.97/19} 19. Kc1 Nb5) 19. Qf4 $14 f6 $2 {4.97/20} (19... Ne8 $11 {-0.10/22 and Black is okay.}) 20. exf6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rxf6 21. Qd6 $1 { [#] Threatens to win with Rxf6.} Rxf3 22. Nxf3 {Accuracy: White = 10%, Black = 13%.} 1-0