B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence (1.d4 b5 2.e4 a6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 e6 5.O-O)

This is my second game against chi324 and like the game I shared yesterday, this was also played in the first round of the Maximum ! tournament. The tournament started with 96 players that were divided into groups of 12. There have been 1000 games played already in this tournament and 56 games remain to be played on round one. 272 of those games have ended on timeouts. The name of the tournament is a reference to the maximum thinking time you can get in turn-based games at Chess.com which is 14 days per move. Like my other game against this opponent, this was also won on time. The position at the end should be winning for me regardless, so had the game continued, I should have won the game anyway. I do not like winning on time though as the games are left unfinished, especially on these short games. I have added one mate in two, two mate in three and two mate in four puzzles today.

[Event "Maximum ! - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "chi324"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "1860"] [BlackElo "1253"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. e4 e6 (1... a6 2. d4 {1-0 (47) Hegeler,A (2210)-Vardi,S (2040) Haifa 1989}) 2. d4 a6 3. Nf3 (3. Bd3 b5 {1/2-1/2 (46) Rosenberger,F (2225)-Muellen,A (2180) Wittlich 1997}) 3... b5 4. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 (60) Findlay,I (2355)-Day,L (2375) Canada 1988}) 1... b5 {A40 Polish Defense: General} 2. e4 a6 (2... Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 {1-0 (23) Seirawan,Y (2595)-Spassky,B (2560) USA 1990}) 3. Nf3 (3. Bd3 Bb7 {1-0 (47) Hegeler,A (2210)-Vardi,S (2040) Haifa 1989}) 3... Bb7 4. Bd3 e6 5. O-O {B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} Nh6 $146 { 2.45/21 [#]} (5... c5 $16 {0.74/20}) (5... d6 6. Re1 (6. c3 Nd7 7. a4 Ngf6 8. Re1 Be7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Bxb5 Bc6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Nd4 Qb7 16. Qg4 g6 17. Nd2 c5 18. N4f3 h5 19. Qe4 Qc7 20. Nc4 h4 {Seirawan,Y (2595)-Spassky,B (2560) USA 1990 1-0}) (6. Qe2 Be7 7. c3 Nd7 8. a4 c6 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Bf4 Nf8 11. h3 g5 12. Bh2 h5 13. d5 g4 14. Nd4 c5 15. axb5 cxd4 16. bxa6 Ba8 17. Bb5+ Nd7 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. e5 d5 20. Qd3 Kf7 { Rosenberger,F (2225)-Muellen,A (2180) Wittlich 1997 1/2-1/2 (46)}) 6... Nd7 7. c3 c5 8. a4 c4 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 Ngf6 11. e5 Ng8 12. Nf1 Be7 13. Ng3 h5 14. b4 cxb3 15. Bxb3 Nb6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. h3 g6 19. Bc2 Bc6 20. Ne2 { Findlay,I (2355)-Day,L (2375) Canada 1988 1/2-1/2 (60)}) (5... Be7 6. Re1 g5 7. c4 bxc4 8. Bxc4 h6 9. d5 Bf6 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. e5 Bg7 12. Nd4 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 c6 15. Qc5 Ne7 16. Bd2 Qb7 17. Nc3 Qa7 18. Qd6 Nc8 19. Qb4 a5 20. Qc4 {Hegeler,A (2210)-Vardi,S (2040) Haifa 1989 1-0 (47)}) 6. Bxh6 {1.36/21} (6. Re1 $18 {2.45/21}) 6... gxh6 $16 7. Ne5 $2 {0.43/20} (7. c3 $18 {1.95/19}) 7... Qe7 {1.35/18} (7... Bg7 $14 {0.43/20}) 8. Qh5 {0.63/23} (8. Nd2 $16 {1.35/18}) 8... Nc6 {1.86/18} (8... Bg7 $14 {0.63/23}) 9. Nxc6 {0.84/20} (9. c3 $18 { 1.86/18 and White stays clearly on top.}) 9... Bxc6 {1.47/19} ({Black should try} 9... dxc6 {0.84/20} 10. Nd2 c5) 10. Nc3 {0.42/21} (10. a4 $1 $16 {1.47/19} ) 10... O-O-O $2 {2.38/19} (10... Qg5 $14 {0.42/21} 11. Qh3 Be7) 11. d5 $2 { -0.38/19} (11. a4 $18 {2.38/19}) 11... exd5 $2 {2.12/20} (11... Bb7 $15 { -0.38/19 keeps the upper hand.}) 12. exd5 {1.05/19} (12. a4 $1 $18 {2.12/20}) 12... Ba8 {1.91/20} (12... Bb7 $16 {1.05/19 might work better.}) 13. Rfe1 { 1.33/22} ({White should play} 13. a4 $18 {1.91/20}) 13... Qg5 14. Qxf7 {1.23/22 } (14. Qf3 $1 $18 {1.78/19}) 14... c6 {2.28/18} (14... Rg8 $16 {1.23/22 was necessary.} 15. g3 Bb4) 15. dxc6 $18 Bxc6 {[#]} 16. Be4 {1.07/24} (16. Ne4 $18 {2.36/22 has better winning chances.} Qg8 17. Qb3) 16... Bd6 $2 {3.10/21} ( 16... Bc5 $16 {1.07/24} 17. Bxc6 Rhf8) 17. Bxc6 {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 7%.} 1-0