B19 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2)

Today I shall present a game that was played at GameKnot. This is my latest game from there and the maybe surprising result can be explained by a timeout that my opponent suffered. Had he managed to move before his time run out, he could have won the game. There was a time when I experimented with different different openings on different sites and on GameKnot I decided to try the Caro-Kann which I do not know all that much about as you can see in the game. I think I tried the Caro-Kann for the first time in 2001 in some rapid tournament and then decided that it does not suit me all that well. I do try this opening out from time to time when I get bored of my normal systems but always feel that why did I do this again. Maybe I have learned my lesson and do not try this opening again, then again I could actually learn it... I have also added two mate in fours, one mate in six and two mate in eight puzzles today.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2015.04.11"] [Round "?"] [White "surfdude99"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "1625"] [BlackElo "1705"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Modern Variation} (3. Nc3 dxe4 {0-1 (40) Jakab,B (1538)-Hrybchuk,K Prague 2012}) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 Bh7 8. Nf3 Nf6 (8... e6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 {0-1 (40) Jakab,B (1538)-Hrybchuk,K Prague 2012}) 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 { B19 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} Bd6 {0.67/20} (11... Nbd7 $11 { -0.02/22}) (11... Qc7 12. O-O-O {1/2-1/2 (12) Puzko,D (2129)-Annenkov,K (2232) Stockholm 2013}) 12. O-O-O {0.16/24} (12. Ne4 $14 {0.67/20}) 12... Qc7 {0.76/20 } (12... Nbd7 $11 {0.16/24}) (12... Ng4 13. Rdf1 O-O 14. Rh4 Nf6 15. Re1 Qb6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Rhh1 c5 19. Bc3 Nd7 20. Qe4 Qd6 21. Rd1 Nb6 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Bb4 Qb5 24. Bxf8 Qxb2+ 25. Kd2 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 Qb5+ 27. Rd3 { Visser,A-Van Niekerk,N Durban 2014 1-0 (48)}) 13. Ne4 $16 Be7 $146 {1.11/20} ({ Better is} 13... Nxe4 $14 {0.59/21} 14. Qxe4 Nd7 15. Qg4 (15. Qe3 O-O-O 16. d5 exd5 17. Qxa7 Bc5 18. Qa4 Bxf2 19. Bf4 Nb6 20. Bxc7 Nxa4 21. Bxd8 Kxd8 22. c4 Nb6 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Rhf1 Bg3 25. b4 Kc7 26. Rd3 Nxb4 27. Rd4 Bf4+ 28. Nd2 Nxa2+ 29. Kb2 Be5 {Farmakoski,D-Momcilovic,E Struga 2011 1-0 (51)}) 15... Nf6 ( 15... Bf8 16. Kb1 Nf6 17. Qh4 Be7 18. Bf4 Nd5 19. Bxc7 Bxh4 20. Rxh4 Nxc7 21. Rg4 O-O 22. Rh1 Rfd8 23. Rh3 Rd5 24. c3 Rad8 25. Rf4 Na6 26. Ne5 f6 27. Nf3 c5 28. Rg3 Kf8 29. Re4 Nc7 30. Rh3 {Tardos,Z-Jozsa,M Budapest 2001 1/2-1/2 (51)}) 16. Qxg7 Ke7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Qg3 Qxg3 20. fxg3 b6 21. Bc3 Rhd8 22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. Rhf1+ Ke7 24. g4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rg8 26. Rd4 e5 27. Re4 Ke6 28. Kd2 f5 29. Rc4 Kd5 {Jakab,B (1538)-Hrybchuk,K Prague 2012 0-1 (40)}) 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Kb1 {0.37/20} (15. Ne5 $16 {0.87/18}) 15... Nd7 $14 16. Rhe1 O-O-O {1.08/20} (16... Be7 $14 {0.48/20}) 17. Qa3 {0.37/23} ({White should try } 17. g3 $16 {1.08/20}) 17... Kb8 {1.67/21} (17... b5 $14 {0.37/23}) 18. Re4 $2 {0.15/23 [#]} (18. g3 $1 $18 {1.67/21}) 18... Rhe8 $2 {1.81/19} (18... Ka8 $1 $11 {0.15/23}) 19. Bf4 $36 {Keeping Black busy.} e5 20. Rde1 Be7 {2.12/22} ( 20... Ka8 $16 {1.55/24} 21. b4 (21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 $16) 21... Qc8 22. dxe5 Be7) 21. Qb3 exf4 {2.88/23} (21... Bd6 $16 {1.38/25 might work better.}) 22. Rxe7 (22. Qxf7 Rf8 $16) 22... Rxe7 23. Rxe7 Qa5 {4.25/19} (23... g6 $142 { 2.89/23} 24. Qxf7 (24. Rxf7 Qd6 $16) 24... gxh5 25. Qxh5 Qd6) 24. Rxf7 {2.00/24 } (24. Qxf7 $142 {4.25/19} Kc8 25. a3) 24... Qxh5 {2.85/23} (24... Nc5 $142 { 2.00/24} 25. Qc4 Ne4) 25. a3 Qh1+ {3.80/23} (25... Qb5 $142 {2.63/25} 26. Qe6 ( 26. Rxg7 Qxb3 27. cxb3 Nf6 $16) 26... Qd5) 26. Ka2 Qxg2 27. Ne5 Nb6 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 6%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1