C02 French: Advance Variation (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 Bd7 7.b4 cxd4 8.cxd4 Nge7 9.Bb2 Nf5 10.Be2)

The game you are about to see now is from the second round of French 2014 tournament. In the first round of this tournament I was in a group where there were two titled players, one FIDE Master and one International Master. From that group I was able to advance to the second group where there is only one titled player, a National Master. In this second round I am in a group that has five players in it. Each round top three players will advance to the next round and others are eliminated from the tournament. Even though I am currently in third place, I doubt that it continues to be so, long enough that I would be able to go the third round that is. I have also added three mate in ones, one mate in two and one mate in six puzzle today.

[Event "French 2014 - Round 2"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.01.06"] [Round "?"] [White "Gerard1963"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "1927"] [BlackElo "1855"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 (1... c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 d5 {1-0 (48) Arias,W (1983) -Martinez Castillo,J (2164) Santo Domingo 2017}) 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 {C02 French Defense: Advance Variation. Main Line} Bd7 (6... Nge7 7. b4 cxd4 (7... cxb4) 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. Bb2 {1-0 (29) Berglitz,R (2091) -Hielscher,U (1906) Germany 2008}) (6... Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 {1-0 (48) Arias,W (1983)-Martinez Castillo,J (2164) Santo Domingo 2017}) 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nge7 9. Bb2 Nf5 10. Be2 {-0.54/21 C02 French: Advance Variation} (10. g4 $14 {0.42/21} Nfe7 11. Nc3) 10... a5 $2 {1.15/18 [#]} (10... Be7 $15 {-0.54/21} ) 11. b5 $16 Na7 12. a4 Bb4+ {1.67/22} (12... Qd8 $16 {1.08/24 was called for.} ) 13. Nbd2 {1.10/25} (13. Bc3 $18 {1.67/22}) 13... O-O (13... Rc8 14. O-O { 1-0 (29) Berglitz,R (2091)-Hielscher,U (1906) Germany 2008}) 14. O-O Rac8 { 2.04/20} (14... Nc8 $16 {1.12/24 was worth a try.}) (14... f6 15. Nb3 Rac8 16. Rc1 Qd8 17. Nc5 b6 18. Nd3 Be7 19. Qd2 fxe5 20. Ndxe5 Nd6 21. Rxc8 Naxc8 22. Qc2 Ne4 23. Rc1 Bf6 24. Bd3 Bxe5 25. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 dxe4 27. Qxe4 Rf5 28. Qa8 g5 29. Ne5 {Arias,W (1983)-Martinez Castillo,J (2164) Santo Domingo 2017 1-0 (48)}) 15. Rc1 $146 {0.75/25} (15. Nb3 $18 {2.04/20 has better winning chances.} Bc3 (15... Rc7 16. Rc1 Rfc8 17. Rxc7 Rxc7 18. Qd3 Nc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Qc7 21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 b6 23. Bd3 Nce7 24. g4 Nh6 25. Ng5 Ng6 26. h3 Qd8 27. Nf3 f5 28. g5 Nf7 29. h4 Nf8 30. Nc1 {Miethe,C (1663)-Muhmann,R (1545) Germany 2010 1/2-1/2 (36)}) 16. Bxc3 Rxc3 17. Nc5 Rxc5 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. Bd3 Ne7 22. Qg5 Re8 23. Rc3 Qd8 24. Bxh7+ Kf8 25. Qh5 Nf5 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Ng5 Be6 28. Rfc1 g6 29. Nxe6+ {1-0 (29) Berglitz,R (2091) -Hielscher,U (1906) Germany 2008}) 15... Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Rc8 17. Qb1 {0.56/24} ( 17. Qa1 $16 {1.17/21}) 17... Bxd2 $14 18. Nxd2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 $4 {-2.03/22 [#]} (19. Bd3 $14 {0.63/25 keeps the upper hand.}) 19... Qxd4 $19 20. Nf3 $2 { -4.81/23} (20. Qd1 {-1.62/22}) 20... Qxa4 {Black is clearly winning.} 21. Ng5 g6 22. b6 Nc6 23. Bb5 Qd4 24. Nf3 Qxb6 {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 38%.} 0-1