C92 Closed Spanish Game: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 d6 6.c3 Be7 7.O-O Nf6 8.Re1 O-O 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Na5 11.Bc2)

The moves in this one might be slightly out of order but the position after Black's 9...Bb7 is from the opening that is said in the title of this post. The game below is from the first round of the tournament called 2014 August Banded Threesomes I 1700-1800 and it is held at Red Hot Pawn. People are divided in to three player groups if possible as you may figure out from the name of the tournament. Round one is still in progress in one of the groups but the group I was in has already been decided and there were two players sharing the group victory, so both advance to the next round. Both of those players are featured in the game below. Thinking times are 3 days per move and 7 days are in the bank. I have added two mate in two, one mate in four and two mate in eight puzzles today. If you have any feedback to give me, please leave a comment, would be much appreciated and don't forget to tell your friends about this blog, thank you!

[Event "Banded Threesomes"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.08.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "KellyJay"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "1871"] [BlackElo "1701"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 (4... Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 {1-0 (35) Kirchmann,S-Hahn,W Darmstadt 1995}) 5. Bb3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 {C92 Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Flohr System } (9... Na5 10. Bc2 Bb7 {1-0 (35) Kirchmann,S-Hahn,W Darmstadt 1995}) 10. d4 Na5 11. Bc2 {C92 Closed Spanish Game: 9...Be6, Karpov and Flohr-Zaitsev Variations} h6 {1.07/20} (11... Re8 $14 {0.41/22}) (11... Nd7 12. Nbd2 Bf6 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. b3 Nb6 15. d5 Na7 16. Ne3 c6 17. c4 cxd5 18. cxd5 a5 19. h4 Bc8 20. a3 Bxh4 21. Qe2 Bd7 {1/2-1/2 (21) Krstic,S-Ribeiro,J (2300) Skopje 1972}) 12. Nbd2 {0.63/22} (12. b3 $16 {1.07/20}) 12... Nh7 $146 {1.81/18} (12... Re8 $14 { 0.63/22} 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bf8 15. Nef3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Qxd1 17. Nf6+ gxf6 18. Rxd1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rad8 20. Bf4 c5 21. Kf1 Nc4 22. b3 Nd6 23. Rd5 c4 24. Rad1 Re6 25. Bf5 Nxf5 26. Rxd8 cxb3 27. axb3 Kg7 {Kirchmann,S-Hahn,W Darmstadt 1995 1-0 (35)}) 13. Nf1 {0.68/21} (13. dxe5 $18 {1.81/18} dxe5 14. Nxe5) 13... exd4 {1.59/16} (13... Re8 $14 {0.68/21}) 14. Nxd4 {0.60/21} (14. cxd4 $16 { 1.59/16} Ng5 15. Nxg5 Bxg5 16. Ne3) 14... Bg5 {1.42/19} ({Black should try} 14... Re8 $14 {0.60/21}) 15. Qd3 {0.50/23} (15. a4 $16 {1.42/19}) 15... Bxc1 { 1.61/20} (15... g6 $14 {0.50/23}) 16. Raxc1 $2 $40 {0.09/21 White mounts an attack.} (16. e5 $1 $18 {1.61/20} Ng5 17. Raxc1 dxe5 18. Rxe5) 16... Nf6 { 1.29/22} (16... Re8 $1 $11 {0.09/21}) 17. e5 $2 {-1.10/24} (17. b3 $16 { 1.29/22 stays on course.}) 17... dxe5 $17 18. Rxe5 {[#] And now Qg3 would win.} Nc4 19. Ree1 {-1.56/20} (19. Re2 $142 {-0.77/24}) 19... Nxb2 {-0.60/22} (19... c5 $1 $17 {-1.56/20} 20. Nb3 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 Nxb2) 20. Qg3 $15 {aiming for Nf5.} Bc8 $2 {0.60/22} ({Better is} 20... Nh5 $1 $17 {-1.15/20} 21. Qg4 Qg5 22. Qxg5 hxg5) 21. Ne3 $1 $14 {Rb1 is the strong threat.} c5 $2 {3.25/25} (21... Qd6 $1 $11 {0.00/25}) 22. Ndf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 {[#]} Nh5 $2 {4.81/22} (23... g6 {2.58/26 } 24. Ne7+ (24. Nxh6+ Kh8 $16) 24... Kh8) 24. Qf3 {1.97/24} (24. Nxh6+ $142 { 4.81/22} Kh8 25. Nxf7+ $1 Rxf7 26. Qg6) 24... Qg5 $2 {5.02/21} (24... g6 { 1.97/24}) 25. Qe4 $2 {-0.64/20} ({White must play} 25. h4 $18 {5.02/21} Qf4 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Qxh5) 25... g6 $15 26. Ne3 {-1.74/19} ({White should play} 26. Ne7+ $15 {-0.55/22} Kh7 27. h4) 26... Nf4 $2 {0.09/23} (26... Rfe8 $19 { -1.74/19} 27. h4 Qd8) 27. Rb1 $2 {-2.12/24} (27. h4 $1 $11 {0.09/23 and White is okay.} Qf6 28. Ng4) 27... Rfe8 28. Qf3 Nbd3 29. Bxd3 Nxd3 30. Red1 c4 31. Ng4 {-2.52/21} (31. a4 {-1.79/25 was called for.}) 31... Kg7 $19 32. g3 $2 { -4.12/21} (32. a4 {-2.50/24 is a better defense.}) 32... h5 33. Ne3 Rad8 34. h4 Qe5 {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 24%.} 0-1