C88 Closed Spanish Game: Anti-Marshall Systems (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 d6 8.c3 Na5 9.Bc2 c5 10.a4 Bb7 11.d3 O-O 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nf1 Qc7)

If I had seen that Qe3 move at the end and the fact that it does not lose a pawn during this game, I would have carried on at least for that move and test my opponent. Of course I have no doubt in my mind that he would not have gone for that pawn but now I will never know for sure. I resigned as I saw only forced mate in my future. This game was played in a team match called Open Challenge Team 8. It is played between Team 8 and Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy. One of my favorite books of all time is The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy that contains five classic novels from the Douglas Adams's beloved Hitchhiker series by the way. It is no surprise then that I play board three for the Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy in this match. The match is played on 24 boards and the current score is 25,5 - 17,5 so our opponent, Team 8, has already secured the win. I have added three mate in ones, one mate in two and one mate in today.

[Event "Open Challenge Team 8 - Board 3"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.11.17"] [Round "?"] [White "heuheu"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2266"] [BlackElo "1852"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O {C78 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense} (5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c3 O-O 9. a4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 {0-1 (55) De Lillo,M-Radulski,J (2475) Dos Hermanas 2004}) 5... b5 (5... Be7 6. Re1 b5 {1-0 (76) Aveskulov,V-Davidov,S (2210) Baku 1999}) 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 (7... O-O 8. a4 Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 {1-0 (76) Aveskulov, V-Davidov,S (2210) Baku 1999}) 8. c3 Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. a4 Bb7 11. d3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Qc7 {1.00/18 C88 Closed Spanish Game: Anti-Marshall Systems} ( 13... Re8 $11 {0.07/22}) (13... d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15. Ng3 Rad8 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Be3 h6 18. Rad1 Bf8 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Nfd2 Na5 21. axb5 f5 22. Ra1 fxe4 23. dxe4 Qd6 24. Rxa5 Qc7 25. Rea1 axb5 26. Qxb5 Bc6 27. Qe2 Ra8 28. Rxa8 {Priyanka,K (2163)-Rindhiya,V (1688) Haryana 2018 1-0 (54)}) 14. Ne3 $146 {0.52/21} ({ Better is} 14. Nh4 $16 {1.00/18}) (14. Bg5 Nd7 15. Ne3 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nf6 17. Nf3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Ne7 19. h3 Ng6 20. g3 Qd7 21. Nf5 d5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Red1 Rfe8 24. c4 bxc4 25. dxc4 d4 26. Ne1 Ne7 27. Nxe7+ Rxe7 28. Kh2 Bc8 {Aveskulov, V-Davidov,S (2210) Baku 1999 1-0 (76)}) (14. Ng3 Rae8 (14... g6 15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. h3 d5 17. Qe2 d4 18. Nh2 b4 19. c4 Bc8 20. b3 Be6 21. Rf1 Bd6 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Ne2 Nh5 24. f4 exf4 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. Qxf4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Kg7 29. Raf1 {De Lillo,M-Radulski,J (2475) Dos Hermanas 2004 0-1 (55)}) 15. Nf5 Bd8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bb3 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Bxe7 19. Bg5 Ra8 20. Qe2 h6 21. Bd2 Nh7 22. h3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Nh2 Bg5 26. Bxg5 Nxg5 27. Ng4 Bc6 28. Ne3 Bd7 {Liberzon,V (2485)-Dake,A (2360) Lone Pine 1975 1/2-1/2 (63)}) 14... Rfd8 {1.13/21} (14... Rad8 $14 {0.52/21}) 15. Nf5 {0.61/21} (15. d4 $16 { 1.13/21}) 15... Bf8 {1.81/19} (15... d5 $14 {0.61/21} 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. exd5 Nxd5) 16. Bg5 $18 {White is clearly better.} Be7 17. N3h4 {1.09/22} ({White should try} 17. d4 $18 {2.04/18}) 17... h6 {1.90/21} (17... Ne8 $16 {1.09/22 was worth a try.}) 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 $1 Bxa8 22. Bb3 $1 $36 {White is on the roll.} c4 23. dxc4 { 1.20/25} ({White should play} 23. Bxf6 $18 {1.94/24} Qxf6 24. dxc4) 23... bxc4 {2.42/23} (23... hxg5 $16 {1.20/25} 24. cxb5 Qd7) 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Bxc4 Ne7 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Qd3 Qf6 {2.40/20} (27... Qa7 {1.87/24 keeps fighting.} 28. b3 Bb7) 28. Re3 Rd7 {2.27/22} (28... Qe7 $142 {1.74/24} 29. b4 Bb7) 29. b4 Qg6 {2.67/22} (29... Qd8 $142 {1.93/25} 30. Re1 Qc8) 30. h3 Kh7 31. Bd5 Bxd5 32. Qxd5 {Endgame KQR-KQR} Qg5 33. b5 Qd8 34. c4 Qc7 {4.12/22} (34... Ra7 $142 { 2.83/26} 35. c5 Qg5) 35. Rb3 Qb6 {4.36/21} (35... Qa5 $142 {2.86/24} 36. b6 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxf2) 36. Ra3 {White is clearly winning.} Qc7 37. Ra6 f6 {7.67/25} (37... h5 $142 {4.64/25} 38. g3 Qc5 39. Qxc5 dxc5) 38. Ra8 {[#] aiming for Qg8+.} Kg6 39. Rf8 {Qe6 is the strong threat.} Re7 40. Kh2 {Strongly threatening f4!} Qb6 41. f4 $2 {0.00/28 Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 27%. . Loss on time!?} (41. Kg3 $18 {4.41/21}) 1-0