C54 Giuoco Piano: 4.c3 Nf6, main lines with 5.d4 and 5.d3 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O-O Bxc3 9.bxc3 O-O)

Here it is, ladies and gentleman, the game that raised my rating six points to get it over 2200 at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. This game was played in invitation only private tournament called szybkielanie. It is a tournament that uses the Swiss System and has four rounds. There are fourteen players participating in this tournament. Players who participate in it are from all around the world. There are players from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Brunei, France, Spain and last but by no means least Finland of course. The game below is from the first round of the tournament between myself and Gosiulkaa. The early part of the game was not that easy for me after 11.Bg5, after that move I just tried to get out of the pin by slowly getting to a position where I can play Qd6 to free my knight. I of course missed completely my opportunity to play 20...b5 because the Queen needs to move to a square where it can't defend the d3 square, enabling me to take advantage of my opponent's clumsy rooks by playing Bd3 after the Queen has moved. Instead I just tried to play so that I can get out of the pin safely and get my Queen to d6. I was not sure how this game will end until I saw the move 27...g5, after that it was much easier to find moves than it was up to that point and the game speeded up a lot from the slow play I had played so far. I have added one more puzzle to mate in one, two, three, eighteen and nineteen puzzle pages.

[Event "szybkielanie"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Gosiulkaa"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1981"] [BlackElo "2195"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 ( 7... O-O 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 {1-0 (40) Kote,A-Arutyunyan,M Prague 2016}) (7... Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nxe4 {1/2-1/2 (34) Kuempfel,M-Schneider,J Leipzig 2008}) 8. O-O Bxc3 {C54 Italian Game: Classical Variation. Greco Gambit Main Line} 9. bxc3 O-O {0.36/23 C54 Giuoco Piano: 4.c3 Nf6, main lines with 5.d4 and 5.d3} (9... d5 $17 {-0.80/21} 10. Qc2 O-O) 10. Qd3 $2 {-1.22/21 [#]} (10. d5 $14 {0.36/23} Na5 11. Bd3) 10... Nf6 $2 {0.73/23} (10... d5 $17 {-1.22/21 stays on course. White must now prevent ...Bf5.} 11. Bb3 Bf5) 11. Bg5 {-0.52/23} (11. Bb3 $1 $16 {0.73/23}) (11. Ba3 Re8 12. d5 Na5 13. Rfe1 Nxc4 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15. Qxc4 Qd8 16. Re1 d6 17. Qa4 Bd7 18. Qc2 Nxd5 19. Ng5 Qxg5 20. Bc1 Qf6 21. Bb2 Qh6 22. c4 Nb6 23. Qc3 Qg5 24. h4 Qg6 25. h5 Qg5 {Kote,A-Arutyunyan,M Prague 2016 1-0 (40) }) 11... d6 $2 {1.18/20} (11... h6 $15 {-0.52/23 stays ahead.} 12. Bh4 Na5) 12. Rab1 $146 {-0.44/23} (12. Bb3 $1 $16 {1.18/20} h6 (12... Bg4 13. Nd2 Bh5 14. Qh3 Bg6 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bh4 Qd7 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Ba4 Nb6 19. Bd1 Nd5 20. Rc1 Rfe8 21. Be2 Nf4 22. Bf1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Kf8 24. Bb5 Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26. g3 Nd5 27. c4 {Kuempfel,M-Schneider,J Leipzig 2008 1/2-1/2 (34)}) 13. Bh4 Na5 14. Bc2 g6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. Rfe1 Nc4 17. Qe2 Be6 18. Bb3 d5 19. Ne5 g5 20. Bg3 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 c6 22. Bc2 Kg8 23. Qd3 Ne4 24. f3 f5 25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Qg3 h5 27. h4 { Carrero Mireles,N-Engelman,V Villa Giardino 2002 1-0 (35)}) 12... Na5 {0.11/23} (12... h6 $15 {-0.44/23} 13. Bxf6 Qxf6) 13. Bb3 {-0.96/22} (13. Bb5 $1 $11 { 0.11/23 remains equal.}) 13... Nxb3 $17 14. axb3 Bg4 {-0.30/24} (14... a5 $17 { -0.94/19}) 15. h3 $11 Bh5 {-0.09/23} (15... Bd7 $1 $17 {-0.96/19}) 16. Rbe1 Bg6 {-0.12/22} (16... h6 $17 {-0.81/20} 17. Bxf6 Qxf6) 17. Qc4 {-0.87/21} (17. Qd2 $11 {-0.12/22}) 17... c6 {0.00/22} (17... h6 $17 {-0.87/21} 18. Bxf6 Qxf6) 18. Qb4 $2 {-2.35/19 [#]} (18. Re3 $11 {0.00/22 and White has nothing to worry.}) 18... b6 $2 {-0.54/24} ({Black should try} 18... Bd3 $19 {-2.35/19} 19. Qxb7 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. Bxf6 gxf6) 19. Qc4 {-1.02/20} (19. Bxf6 $15 {-0.54/24 should be considered.} Qxf6 20. Re3) 19... Rc8 {-0.27/24} (19... b5 $17 {-1.02/20} 20. Qe2 (20. Qxc6 Bd3 $17) 20... h6) 20. Re2 $2 {-3.31/20} (20. Qa6 $11 {-0.27/24 and White is okay.}) 20... d5 $2 {-0.45/22} (20... b5 $1 $19 {-3.31/20} 21. Qb4 Bd3) 21. Qa6 $15 Rc7 {0.00/22} ({Better is} 21... h6 $15 { -0.66/20} 22. Bh4 Bf5) 22. Rfe1 {-0.46/20} (22. Bf4 $11 {0.00/22}) 22... Qd6 { 0.09/21} (22... Qc8 $15 {-0.46/20} 23. Qxc8 Rfxc8) 23. Ne5 $11 {aiming for Bf4. } Bf5 {0.47/21} (23... Ne4 $11 {0.00/22} 24. Bf4 Rcc8) 24. g4 {-0.51/22} (24. Bf4 $14 {0.47/21} Qd8 25. g4) 24... Bc8 $36 {Black is pushing.} 25. Qd3 { -0.63/19} ({White should play} 25. Qa1 $11 {-0.11/21}) 25... Ne4 {-0.19/22} ( 25... c5 $15 {-0.63/19}) 26. Bh4 $2 {-2.88/19} (26. Bf4 $11 {-0.19/22 and White stays safe.}) 26... f6 $2 {-0.71/23} (26... Qh6 $1 $19 {-2.88/19 is more deadly.} 27. Bg3 f5) 27. Nf3 $2 {-4.18/20} (27. Nc4 $17 {-0.71/23 nothing else works.} Ba6 28. Qxe4 Bxc4 29. Bg3 Qxg3+ 30. fxg3 dxe4 31. bxc4) 27... g5 $19 28. Bg3 Nxg3 29. fxg3 Qxg3+ 30. Rg2 Qxh3 31. Ree2 $2 {-6.26/20} (31. Re3 { -3.84/23} Qh6 32. Re1) 31... Bxg4 32. Re3 Bxf3 33. Rxf3 Qe6 34. Rh3 Rff7 35. Re2 Qd7 36. Qf3 g4 37. Qg3 Rg7 38. Rh6 Rg6 39. Rh4 f5 40. Re5 Rc8 41. Qf4 Rf8 42. Rh5 Rgf6 43. Rg5+ Kh8 44. Rh5 a5 45. Kf2 Qf7 46. Rh4 Qg6 47. Kg3 h6 48. Rh1 Kg7 49. Re7+ R8f7 50. Re8 Re6 51. Rxe6 Qxe6 52. c4 Re7 53. Kh4 Qe4 54. Qd6 Qxh1+ {Accuracy: White = 16%, Black = 13%.} 0-1