C96 Closed Spanish Game: Chigorin Defence: 11.d4, replies other than 11...Qc7 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Be7 6.O-O b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.h3 O-O 11.Re1)

The game below is the second game I have played at FIDE Online Arena. My first game might have been a good game from me but this second game started to feature more mistakes. Thinking time in this game was 15 minutes. The thing I have learned in these 15 minute games that I have played at FIDE Online Arena is that I may have problems in the time usage. I either start to use too much of it or too little. In the first six games there I think that my head was in the right place and I could use the time properly. Yesterday I was able to play three more games towards the title requirement, which was nice but I also lost over 50 rating points and that is starting to be a near catastrophe. In the tournament yesterday I faced a player whose monitored elo was a bit over 1300. If that would have been her true rating, it would not have mattered that much but her unmonitored elo was above 2200... I of course lost and lost a lot of rating points because it was the monitored elo that was used in the game. If this would be something that rarely happens, it would not be so annoying but it seems to happen almost every tournament there. Well, in the couple of tournaments I have played there so far that is. All my opponents who have won a game against me, have deserved to win the games as they have played better than I have, I am not questioning that. It is just that the way I lose rating points that annoys me. Oh yeah, before I forget, yesterday when I posted C20 English Opening: The Whale, it was 500th game to be seen in this blog!! I noticed it only today hence the late announcement. After today there are 493 analysed chess games here and 9 analysed chess960 games. It is likely that by the end of the year, there will be at least 1000 games here. I have added one mate in three, one mate in four, one mate in five, one mate in seven and one mate in eight puzzle today.

[Event "Challenge 27918226"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.03.14"] [Round "1"] [White "Alex98Chess"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C96"] [WhiteElo "1840"] [BlackElo "1831"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 (3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. Bb3 Na5 8. Ba4 c5 9. c3 a6 10. h3 b5 {1-0 (45) Nanu,C (2507)-Mikita,J (2337) Banska Stiavnica 2007}) 3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 (4... b5 5. Bb3 Be7 6. c3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. O-O Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. Re1 d6 {1-0 (23) Curiel Perez,V (1814)-Cano Egea, J (1574) Girona 2013}) 5. d3 {C77 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Anderssen Variation} (5. O-O b5 (5... Be7 6. Re1 b5 {1-0 (56) Tagirov,K (1895)-Gataullin, A (2068) Ufa 2010}) 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. d3 (8. h3 d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 {1-0 (56) Tagirov,K (1895)-Gataullin,A (2068) Ufa 2010}) 8... d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 {0-1 (62) Karasek,C (1991)-Wittmann,K (2029) Germany 2012}) 5... Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. h3 O-O 11. Re1 {0.06/23 C96 Closed Spanish Game: Chigorin Defence: 11.d4, replies other than 11...Qc7} (11. d4 $14 {0.56/21}) 11... Bb7 {0.61/20} (11... Qc7 $11 {0.06/23}) 12. a4 $146 {0.00/21} (12. Nbd2 $14 {0.61/20}) (12. Be3 Qc7 (12... Nc6 13. Nbd2 d5 14. Nf1 dxe4 15. dxe4 Qc7 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Ng3 Bc8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. b3 Rad8 20. Ng5 Bc8 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 h6 23. Ne4 c4 24. b4 Nc6 25. Nc5 a5 26. a3 Nd5 27. Bd2 {Tagirov, K (1895)-Gataullin,A (2068) Ufa 2010 1-0 (56)}) 13. Nbd2 Rad8 14. Rc1 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Bb1 Nc6 18. Ne4 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 c4 20. dxc4 bxc4 21. Neg5 g6 22. Qe2 f6 23. Qxc4+ {1-0 (23) Curiel Perez,V (1814)-Cano Egea,J (1574) Girona 2013}) (12. d4 Qc7 13. d5 Nc4 14. a4 Nb6 15. b3 bxa4 16. bxa4 Nc4 17. Nfd2 Na5 18. Na3 Rfb8 19. Ndc4 Bc8 20. Nxa5 Qxa5 21. Qf3 Bd7 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. g4 Be8 24. Ne3 g6 25. Kh2 Nd7 26. a5 Bg5 {Nanu,C (2507)-Mikita,J (2337) Banska Stiavnica 2007 1-0 (45)}) (12. a3 Nc6 13. Nbd2 a5 14. a4 b4 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Ne3 g6 17. Bb3 Nd8 18. Nh2 Ne6 19. Nhg4 Nf4 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Ng4 Bg7 22. g3 Ne6 23. Bh6 Qe7 24. Qd2 f5 25. Bg5 Qd7 26. Nh2 Kh8 {Karasek,C (1991)-Wittmann,K (2029) Germany 2012 0-1 (62)}) 12... c4 {0.74/20} (12... b4 $11 {0.00/21 keeps the balance.}) 13. d4 {0.32/22} ({Better is} 13. Na3 $16 {0.74/20}) 13... exd4 {1.35/20} (13... Qc7 $14 {0.32/22}) 14. cxd4 $2 {-1.02/20} (14. Nxd4 $16 { 1.35/20 is forced if you want to stay better.} Nc6 15. Nf5) 14... Nc6 $2 { 0.92/20} (14... b4 $17 {-1.02/20 and life is bright. Threatens to win with ... b3.} 15. Nbd2 b3) 15. Nbd2 {0.03/23} (15. axb5 $16 {0.92/20} axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. d5) 15... Qc7 {0.87/18} (15... Nb4 $11 {0.03/23}) 16. Nf1 {0.23/23} (16. d5 $16 {0.87/18} Ne5 17. Nd4) 16... Rfd8 {1.31/20} (16... Nb4 $11 {0.23/23}) 17. Bd2 $2 {-0.29/19} (17. d5 $16 {1.31/20}) 17... Qb6 $2 {1.68/21} (17... d5 $1 $11 {-0.29/19 and Black is okay.}) 18. a5 {1.12/23} (18. d5 $18 {1.68/21}) 18... Qc7 $16 19. d5 {1.09/21} (19. Ne3 $142 {1.60/22}) 19... Ne5 20. Ng3 { 0.83/24} (20. Nd4 $142 {1.46/19}) 20... Bc8 {1.81/17} (20... g6 $16 {0.83/24}) 21. Bb4 {0.95/22} (21. Nd4 $18 {1.81/17}) 21... Nfd7 {1.91/19} (21... g6 $16 { 0.95/22}) 22. Nf5 {0.64/23} (22. Nxe5 $1 $18 {1.91/19} Nxe5 23. Bc3) 22... Bf8 $1 $14 23. Ra3 {0.00/20} ({White should play} 23. Nxe5 $16 {1.12/18} Nxe5 24. Ra3) 23... Nxf3+ $2 {1.58/20} ({Black should try} 23... Nc5 $11 {0.00/20}) 24. Qxf3 ({Worse is} 24. gxf3 Nf6 $11) 24... Ne5 25. Qg3 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} g6 {2.19/20} (25... Bxf5 $16 {1.07/24} 26. exf5 Nd7) 26. f4 $1 $18 Nd7 $2 {4.55/19} (26... Nd3 {1.85/25} 27. Bxd3 cxd3) 27. Qg5 f6 28. Qg4 Nc5 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Bg7.} 29. Rg3 Kh8 $2 {4.66/22} (29... Re8 { 2.31/23 keeps fighting.}) 30. Bc3 Qf7 31. Qh4 Nd7 $2 {9.76/20} (31... Kg8 { 3.64/21} 32. Bxf6 Re8) 32. Nh6 Bxh6 33. Qxh6 Qg7 34. Qh4 Qf7 35. e5 {[#] White wants to mate with Bxg6.} fxe5 36. Bxg6 {White mates.} Qg8 37. fxe5 Nxe5 38. Rxe5 Qg7 39. Re8+ Rxe8 40. Bxg7+ Kxg7 41. Qxh7+ {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 15%.} 1-0