C70 Spanish Game: 3...a6 4.Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6.c3)

Admittedly maintaining a chess blog that has something new every day is sometimes a lot of work but then again if I had to pick my dream job, it would a chess blogger. I may not call myself a professional blogger yet but hopefully some day I can. The game below, played in the first round of the 2014 September Glacial Super Casual I tournament, presents 231st different opening variation that I have covered here. Still a long, long way to go if I am to feature every single opening here and then again I doubt that I have played every single one, at least not yet. This tournament has gone quite well except for one game where I blundered in a huge way, I will post that game at some point in time. In that game I was up four pawns but missed my opponent's mate threat and lost. Because of the long thinking times I should not have played so fast and without much thought but maybe it taught me something valuable, always look the whole board before making a move. I know that I should have learned that lesson a long time ago but sometimes I get carried away. That game is also the only game I have lost in this tournament out of the six games that have finished. I have added one mate in two and four mate in four puzzles today. For all the women that have wandered here today to see this blog, happy International Women's Day!!

[Event "Glacial Super Casual"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "golfnaturl"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "1814"] [BlackElo "1169"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 {C70 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Norwegian Variation} 6. c3 {-0.10/21 C70 Spanish Game: 3...a6 4 Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} (6. d4 $16 {0.90/19}) 6... Bb7 $146 {0.54/18} ({Better is} 6... Nxb3 $11 {-0.10/21} 7. axb3 (7. Qxb3 Bb7 (7... d6 8. d4 (8. h3 Nf6 9. d3 Be7 10. O-O Be6 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. d4 f6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nbd2 c6 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Rad1 d5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxb3 21. axb3 Nc5 22. Qb4 Ne6 {Agger,N (1690)-Mathiesen,B Birkerod 1999 0-1 (44)}) 8... Be6 9. d5 Bd7 (9... Bg4 10. Nbd2 Nf6 11. Qc2 Be7 12. h3 Bh5 13. O-O h6 14. c4 O-O 15. b3 Bg6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bb2 Nh5 18. Rac1 Nf4 19. Kh2 f5 20. Ng1 Rf7 21. g3 Nh5 22. Qc3 fxe4 23. Re2 Raf8 24. Qe3 {Grant,C-Balsinde Elias,R Dortmund 1980 0-1}) 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 g6 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Ne1 f5 15. f3 Bg7 16. Nd3 O-O 17. c4 g5 18. c5 f4 19. Bf2 Ng6 20. Qb4 Qe7 21. Qa5 Rfc8 22. c6 { Rodriguez Balsategui,J (2245)-Candela Perez,J (2345) Zamora 1996 1/2-1/2 (33)}) 8. d3 d6 9. a4 Qd7 10. axb5 Qxb5 11. Qxb5+ axb5 12. Rxa8+ Bxa8 13. Na3 Bc6 14. Ke2 g6 15. Nd2 Bh6 16. Nc2 Ne7 17. Nb3 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Kd7 19. Ra1 Ra8 20. Na5 Ra7 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 {Jonsson,J-Lindblom,P Munich 1958 1/2-1/2}) 7... d6 (7... Bb7 8. d3 d6 9. O-O g6 10. Re1 Bg7 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ng3 f5 14. Bg5 f4 15. Nf1 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. b4 g5 18. N3d2 Qe8 19. f3 h5 20. Nb3 Bc8 21. d4 g4 22. dxe5 {Garcia Soruco,J-Johannessen,S (2440) Havana 1966 0-1 (44)})) 7. Bc2 Nc6 {1.60/20} (7... Nf6 $14 {0.41/19}) 8. O-O {1.12/21} (8. d4 $142 {1.60/20}) 8... Nf6 {1.60/21} (8... d5 $142 {1.12/21}) 9. d4 $16 Bd6 {1.75/21} (9... d6 $16 {1.15/21}) 10. Bg5 {1.12/21} (10. Nbd2 $18 {1.75/21}) 10... O-O {2.12/22} ( 10... h6 $16 {1.12/21} 11. Bh4 O-O) 11. Nbd2 {0.87/22} (11. Nxe5 $18 {2.12/22} Bxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. f4) 11... h6 12. Bh4 a5 {2.34/20} (12... exd4 $16 { 1.08/22 keeps fighting.} 13. cxd4 Be7) 13. Re1 $18 Be7 {2.74/20} (13... a4 { 1.97/19 might work better.} 14. Bd3 Ba6) 14. dxe5 Ng4 {2.61/18} (14... Nh5 $142 {1.93/21}) 15. Bg3 $1 d6 16. exd6 Bxd6 $2 {5.02/18 [#]} (16... cxd6 {2.45/23 was called for.} 17. a4 Ba6) 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Ncxe5 19. Bxe5 Qh4 20. Bg3 Qg5 21. Ne4 Qe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Qh5 Nc4 24. b3 Na3 25. Rac1 b4 26. c4 Rad8 27. Nc5 Bc6 28. Qf5 {[#]} g6 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. Qxc7 Rc8 31. Qxa5 Rfd8 32. Be4 Rd2 33. Qxb4 Rxa2 34. Bxc6 Nc2 35. Qc3+ {White mates.} Kh7 36. Rxc2 Ra7 37. Ne4 Rxc6 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Nh5+ Kf8 40. Qh8# {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 14%.} 1-0