C69 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation with 5.0-0 f6 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O f6 6.d4 exd4 7.Qxd4 Qxd4 8.Nxd4)

As new opening variations keep coming from these 15 minute tournament games, they keep getting into the highlight of my daily posts. This is from the third round of the third WORLD OPEN RAPID tournament that I have played at the FIDE Online Arena. My poorly played games continued in this third round as well. The positions in this game were quite good for me at times but like so many times before, I self-destructed and let the good positions die out. I think my opponent in this game was one of those underrated elo players who had their unmonitored elo much higher than official elo rating. Due to some distractions I could not play more rapid games at the FIDE Online Arena yesterday but I should be able to play more today. I do not feel, at least for now, at all tired and I hope that it continues until I have played that tournament. I still have quite a lot of moves to make in my correspondence games that I would like to do today. I have managed to decrease my game load quite a bit from my most active times as I only have 246 games in progress anymore. That would be much less of course if I would not start new games from time to time. Sometimes I would like to start even more games and truly have several hundred games in progress at the same time. Luckily I have avoided that quite well so far... I have added one mate in two, one mate in three, two mate in four and one mate in six today to the puzzle pages of this blog.

Game number two. This was played in the second round of the WORLD OPEN RAPID tournament that was played at the FIDE Online Arena on March 30th 2015. After two rounds I had two points but there were still more to come in this tournament. This has been the only tournament that I have played at the FIDE Online Arena that I have with a score of 5 out of 5! Maybe there will be more someday but that would mean I would need to start playing these again and at the moment I do not feel like playing tournaments there, only challenges.

[Event "Tournament 27969182"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.03.16"] [Round "3"] [White "sergofan"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1237"] [BlackElo "1799"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 {C69 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation. Gligoric Variation} 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 { C69 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation with 5.0-0 f6} Bc5 {0.47/21} (8... Bd6 $15 {-0.56/21}) 9. Ne2 {-0.61/18} (9. Rd1 $14 {0.47/21}) 9... Ne7 $146 {-0.09/23} ( 9... Bd7 $15 {-0.61/18}) (9... Be6 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Bf4 Ne7 12. Rad1 Ng6 13. Bg3 h5 14. h3 Ne5 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. b3 g5 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rf8 19. Rf1 g4 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Nc1 Bd4 22. N3e2 Bb6 23. Ng3 h4 24. Nh1 {Wegerle,J (2382) -Zanatta,F playchess.com INT 2004 1-0 (68)}) 10. Bf4 {-1.18/20} (10. h3 $11 { -0.09/23 remains equal.}) 10... Bd6 $2 {0.41/21 [#]} (10... Bg4 $1 $17 { -1.18/20} 11. Nc1 O-O-O) 11. Nd2 {-0.29/20} (11. Bxd6 $14 {0.41/21} cxd6 12. Rd1) 11... Bg4 {0.24/21} (11... Bxf4 $142 {-0.29/20} 12. Nxf4 Kf7) 12. f3 Be6 13. Be3 {-0.61/20} (13. Bxd6 $14 {0.34/21} cxd6 14. b3) 13... O-O-O 14. Nd4 { -1.07/19} (14. Rfd1 $11 {-0.23/22}) 14... Bf7 $17 15. Rad1 {-1.57/20} ({ Better is} 15. a4 {-0.79/23}) 15... Bc5 $2 {0.12/23} ({Not} 15... Bxa2 16. b3 $11) (15... Rd7 $17 {-1.57/20} 16. f4 Bc5) 16. N2b3 {-1.06/18} (16. Nf5 $1 $11 {0.12/23 keeps the balance.} Nxf5 17. Bxc5) 16... Bb6 {-0.13/23} ({Black should play} 16... Bd6 $17 {-1.06/18}) 17. Kh1 {-1.40/21} (17. Kf2 $11 { -0.13/23}) 17... g6 {-0.75/23} (17... c5 $142 {-1.40/21} 18. Ne2 c4) 18. c3 Rd7 19. Nc2 Bxe3 {0.15/25} (19... Rhd8 $1 $17 {-0.83/20} 20. Rxd7 Rxd7) 20. Rxd7 $1 $11 Kxd7 21. Rd1+ {-0.42/26} (21. Nxe3 $11 {0.16/26} Bxb3 22. axb3) 21... Kc8 { 0.25/25} (21... Bd4 $15 {-0.42/26}) 22. Nxe3 Be6 {0.41/26} (22... Bxb3 $15 { -0.45/25} 23. axb3 Rd8) 23. Nd4 {-0.96/22} (23. Kg1 $14 {0.41/26}) 23... Bxa2 $17 24. Ng4 {-1.59/21} ({White should try} 24. b4 {-0.78/27}) 24... f5 $36 { White is under strong pressure.} 25. exf5 Nxf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 27. Nh6 {-2.31/23} (27. Nf6 $17 {-1.11/25}) 27... Rf8 $19 28. g4 {-2.77/24} ( 28. Re1 $142 {-1.83/23}) 28... fxg4 29. fxg4 $2 {-4.61/20} (29. Nxg4 {-2.64/26} Rxf3 30. Kg2) 29... Rf2 30. Nf5 Bd5+ 31. Kg1 Rg2+ 32. Kf1 Rxb2 33. Ne7+ Kd7 34. Nxd5 cxd5 35. Rxd5+ {KR-KR} Ke6 {-1.53/27} (35... Kc6 $19 {-2.88/24} 36. Rh5 b5 ) 36. Rh5 Rc2 37. Rxh7 {-2.22/22} (37. h4 $142 {-1.61/24}) 37... Rxc3 38. Kf2 { -2.36/22} (38. Rh8 $17 {-1.52/24}) 38... a5 $1 39. h4 a4 40. Rh8 {-3.53/21} ( 40. Rh6+ $142 {-2.27/23} Kf7 41. Rh7+ Kg8 42. Rh5) 40... Rc4 {-1.86/25} (40... a3 $142 {-3.53/21 Strongly threatening ...b5.} 41. Rb8 b6) 41. g5 Kf7 $2 { 0.00/28} (41... Kf5 $19 {-2.06/23} 42. Ke2 b5 43. Rf8+ Kg6 44. Rf6+ Kh7) 42. h5 $1 $11 Kg7 43. Rd8 a3 44. Rd7+ Kg8 {Threatens to win with ...Rh4.} 45. Rd8+ Kf7 {[#] aiming for ...Rh4.} 46. g6+ $1 Kf6 $2 {14.31/19} (46... Kg7 $11 {0.00/25} 47. Rd7+ Kf6) 47. Rf8+ $18 Kg7 48. Rf7+ Kg8 {White mates.} 49. h6 Rh4 50. h7+ Kh8 51. Rf8+ Kg7 52. Rg8+ Kf6 53. h8=Q+ Rxh8 54. Rxh8 Kxg6 {KR-K3P} 55. Ra8 Kf6 56. Rxa3 {KR-KPP} Ke6 57. Ke3 Kd6 58. Kd4 b6 59. Rh3 Kc6 60. Rh6+ Kb5 61. Kc3 c5 62. Rg6 Ka5 63. Kc4 b5+ 64. Kxc5 b4 65. Rb6 {Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 30%.} 1-0 [Event "Tournament 28440088"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.03.30"] [Round "2"] [White "shiva0585"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C69"] [WhiteElo "1112"] [BlackElo "1699"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 {C69 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation. Gligoric Variation} 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8. Nxd4 { C69 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation with 5.0-0 f6} Bc5 {0.49/21} ({Black should try} 8... Bd6 $15 {-0.51/19}) 9. Nf3 $146 {-0.65/21} (9. Rd1 $14 { 0.49/21}) (9. Ne2) (9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Be3 Be6 (10... Ne7 11. N1d2 O-O 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Rad1 Rad8 15. Bb6 Rd7 16. Rd2 Nc8 17. Be3 c5 18. Rfd1 b6 19. Nc1 Rfd8 20. Nd3 Ne7 21. Nf4 Bf7 22. a4 a5 23. b3 Kf8 24. c4 Ke8 25. Ne2 { Kerriou,G (1974)-Bekker,G (1807) Noumea 2011 1/2-1/2 (69)}) 11. Nc5 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Nh6 14. Rad1 b6 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bf4 g5 17. Bc1 Bc4 18. Rfe1 Rhe8 19. b3 Be6 20. f3 Ne5 21. Ne2 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Nxd7 23. Nd4 c5 {Carbonaro,D (1612)-Sobolewski,M Warsaw 2011 1-0 (34)}) 9... Bg4 10. Nbd2 O-O-O {Black is slightly better.} 11. h3 Bh5 {-0.08/24} (11... Bxf3 $15 {-0.58/21} 12. Nxf3 Ne7 ) 12. e5 {-0.97/21} (12. Re1 $1 $11 {-0.08/24}) 12... Bg6 {-0.40/25} (12... fxe5 $17 {-0.97/21} 13. Nxe5 Nf6) 13. exf6 {-1.01/21} (13. c3 $15 {-0.40/25}) 13... Nxf6 $17 14. Ne5 Be8 {-0.20/23} ({Much worse is} 14... Bxc2 $6 15. Nf7 $11) (14... Rhe8 $17 {-1.18/22} 15. Nxg6 hxg6) 15. b3 $2 {-5.85/21 [#]} (15. Ndc4 $11 {-0.20/23 and White stays safe.}) 15... Bd4 $1 $19 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Rb1 Bc3 18. Nc4 Rhe8 19. Bg5 Re2 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne3 Bg5 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd2 24. Rd1 Bxe3 25. Rxd2 Bxd2 26. Kf1 Be4 27. f3 Bxc2 28. Ke2 Bb4 29. Kf2 Bb1 30. a4 Bc2 {Black mates.} 31. g4 Bxb3 32. f4 c5 33. f5 c4 34. g5 Be7 35. h4 c3 36. Ke2 c2 37. Kd2 Ba3 38. Kc3 Bxa4 39. f6 gxf6 40. gxf6 c1=Q+ 41. Kd3 Bb5+ 42. Ke4 Qc4+ 43. Kf5 Bd7+ 44. Ke5 Bb2+ 45. Kd6 Qc6+ 46. Ke7 Qxf6# {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 38%.} 0-1