D60 Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Unusual White 7th moves (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.O-O Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qd2)

Today did not go at all that well for our team in the over the board team match. We lost the last match of the season 1-3 and that meant two things, we came second in our group and this was also the first match in which we had suffered a loss in any of our boards. I had a good game, managed to get a pawn for free but eventually my technique was quite bad and got in to a losing position and had to resign in a position where nothing could save me from a loss anymore. Two other players in the team I represented also lost after first having good games but somehow the opponents just turned the games around. Chess is sometimes very hard... I have also added four mate in four and one mate in five puzzle today. In the game below I did play quite well if only I could play all the games well... Alas I blunder too often even these days.

[Event "Corr game 15.5.2014-19.6.2014"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.05.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Rex Beanfly"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "1556"] [BlackElo "1863"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Meyer,E (2475)-Adelman,C (2240) Las Vegas 1995}) 1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O dxc4 {1-0 (33) Ignacz,M (2095)-Kalmar,K (2100) Budapest 2003}) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 {D43 Semi-Slav Defense} (4... Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 {1-0 (36) Ziga,S (1884)-Lipp,M (1871) Bayern 2014}) 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O (6... Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O {1/2-1/2 (42) Meyer,E (2475)-Adelman,C (2240) Las Vegas 1995}) 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd2 {0.09/23 D60 Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Unusual White 7th moves} (11. Re1 $16 {0.82/19}) 11... N5b6 {0.75/21} (11... b6 $11 { 0.09/23 keeps the balance.}) (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Qc2 e4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. f3 b5 16. Bb3 exf3 17. Rxf3 Bg4 18. Rg3 Bh5 19. a4 Bg6 20. Qa2 b4 21. Qb2 Rab8 22. c4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. c5 a5 26. d5 {Meyer,E (2475)-Adelman, C (2240) Las Vegas 1995 1/2-1/2 (42)}) 12. Bd3 {0.28/21} (12. Bb3 $16 {0.75/21} ) 12... e5 $11 13. Rfe1 {0.23/21} (13. Rad1 $16 {0.85/20} exd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Qd8 16. h3 Be6 17. Ne5 Bd5 18. Qg5 g6 19. Qh6 Nh5 20. g4 Ng7 21. Re3 Ne6 22. h4 Qf6 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Rf3 Qg7 25. Qe3 f6 26. Nxg6 Rfe8 27. h5 Ng5 28. Qf4 {Ziga,S (1884)-Lipp,M (1871) Bayern 2014 1-0 (36)}) 13... Nd5 $146 {1.28/19 } (13... f5 $11 {0.23/21 remains equal.} 14. e4 exd4 15. Nxd4 f4) (13... h6 14. Rad1 f5 15. e4 f4 16. Bf1 exd4 17. Qxd4 Nf6 18. Qd2 Nh7 19. h3 Be6 20. Nd4 Rad8 21. Qc1 g5 22. Be2 Nf6 23. e5 Nfd5 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Bg4 Qg6 26. Bf3 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Rfe8 28. Qb3+ {Ignacz,M (2095)-Kalmar,K (2100) Budapest 2003 1-0 (33)}) 14. Bc4 $2 {-0.50/20} ({White should try} 14. Nxd5 $16 {1.28/19} cxd5 15. e4) 14... e4 $15 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nxc3.} 15. Nxe4 $2 {-2.87/20} (15. Ne5 $1 $15 {-0.32/25}) 15... Qxe4 $19 16. Bd3 Qg4 17. h3 Qh5 18. e4 N5f6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ng5 g6 21. Be2 {-3.12/19} (21. e6 $142 {-1.98/23} fxe6 22. Nxe6) 21... Qh6 22. Bg4 N7b6 23. e6 {-4.94/21} (23. Rac1 $142 {-3.34/23}) 23... fxe6 24. Bxe6+ $2 {-6.52/22} (24. b3 {-3.37/23}) 24... Bxe6 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Rxe6 Rf5 26. Rae1 {-9.39/20} (26. Nf3 $142 {-4.56/22} Nf4 27. Rae1) 26... Qxg5 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kf7 29. Qe1 Nf4 {[#]} 30. Re7+ Qxe7 {Accuracy: White = 3%, Black = 46%.} 0-1