C20 1.e4 e5: Unusual White second moves (1.e4 e5 2.Bb5 c6 3.Ba4 Nf6)

The game below is from the only site at the moment that sees my peak rating to change almost daily. My rating at Red Hot Pawn is currently 1914 which is higher than it has ever been. I looked all the ratings at Red Hot Pawn and it turns out that my current rating means that I am 395th highest rated player there, so long way to the top spot still. It would be nice to one day be there but it would require a huge improvement on my part as the best player is now rated 2491... It can of course change either way in the time I spent climbing the ranks and there is no certainty in that either. I might be going down those rankings as well. This game was played in a tournament called 2014 August Grand Seven Fourteen II. I have basically ensured that I will finish at least on second place but winning would be better of course. It would be my first tournament win at RHP and my second correspondence chess tournament win. The first one I got some years ago at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. I have five games left to play in this tournament and none of them are easy to play, so I am not sure how this tournament will end. I have added two mate in ones, one mate in two, one mate in four and one mate in six today. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "gq80nn"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C20"] [WhiteElo "1019"] [BlackElo "1895"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bb5 {C20 Portuguese Opening: General} c6 3. Ba4 Nf6 {C20 1. e4 e5: Unusual White second moves} 4. c4 $146 (4. d3 d5 (4... Na6 5. c3 d5 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. Bc2 dxe4 8. dxe4 b6 9. Nd2 Ba6 10. Nc4 Qc8 11. Nf3 Qe6 12. Nfd2 Rd8 13. b3 g6 14. O-O Bh6 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Qf3 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 Rxd1+ 18. Qxd1 Bxc1 19. Rxc1 { Ribeiro,F (2245)-Costa,J (2410) Maringa 1991 1/2-1/2 (36)}) 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. Bb3 Be7 9. Bd2 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 b5 15. Kg2 a5 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. a3 Nc5 18. Ba2 Rfd8 {Almgren, S-Kramer,G South Fallsburg 1948 0-1 (36)}) (4. Qe2 g6 (4... Be7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bg4 7. d3 Nbd7 8. c3 Nc5 9. Bc2 Ne6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Rfe1 c5 14. Nf1 b5 15. Ng3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 a5 17. Nf5 b4 18. c4 a4 19. Qg3 { Perez Ramos,F-Alonso Perez,J Asturias 1993 0-1 (54)}) 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 (6) Santos,C (2405)-Camejo Almeida,R (2280) Lisboa 1991}) 4... Bb4 5. a3 Bc5 { 0.02/22} (5... Be7 $15 {-0.45/18}) 6. Nf3 $11 Qe7 {0.61/17} (6... Nxe4 $15 { -0.39/20} 7. O-O Bxf2+ 8. Rxf2 Nxf2 9. Kxf2 e4) 7. Nc3 {0.00/22} (7. b4 $1 $14 {0.61/17} Bb6 8. d3) 7... O-O {0.48/21} (7... d6 $11 {0.00/22 deserves consideration.}) 8. h3 {-0.47/21} (8. d3 $14 {0.48/21}) 8... Na6 {1.00/19} ( 8... d5 $1 $15 {-0.47/21 keeps the upper hand.}) 9. O-O $16 Nc7 {1.17/20} (9... Bd4 $14 {0.62/22}) 10. d3 {0.00/23} ({White should try} 10. Bc2 $16 {1.17/20}) 10... d5 $2 {1.63/21 [#]} (10... d6 $11 {0.00/23}) 11. exd5 $18 cxd5 12. cxd5 { 0.80/22} (12. Re1 $18 {1.72/21}) 12... Nfxd5 {1.43/19} ({Better is} 12... Ncxd5 {0.80/22} 13. Nxd5 Nxd5) 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. b4 $2 {-0.48/23} (14. Re1 $16 { 1.52/19}) 14... Bb6 {0.43/22} (14... Nc3 $15 {-0.48/23} 15. Bg5 Qe6) 15. Bb3 $14 Qd6 {0.85/21} (15... Be6 $1 $11 {-0.13/20}) 16. Bxd5 $2 {-0.70/22} (16. Bb2 $16 {0.85/21}) 16... Qxd5 $15 17. Bb2 {-1.13/19} ({White should play} 17. Be3 $15 {-0.51/23}) 17... f6 $17 18. d4 {-1.80/21} (18. Re1 $17 {-1.05/23}) 18... e4 $19 19. Nh4 $2 {-4.25/20} (19. Nd2 $17 {-1.31/25 is a better defense.}) 19... Rd8 $2 {-1.57/20} (19... g5 $19 {-4.25/20 and Black stays clearly on top. } 20. Qh5 Be6) 20. f3 {-2.82/21} (20. g4 $17 {-1.57/20 might work better.}) 20... Bxd4+ $2 {0.00/29} (20... e3 $19 {-2.82/21 Threatens to win with ...Re8.} 21. g4 Bd7) 21. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. fxe4 {-1.25/20} (23. Rad1 $11 { 0.00/29} Rxd1 24. Rxd1) 23... Rxe4 $17 24. Nf5 Bd7 25. Nd6 Re2 26. Nxb7 { -2.50/21} (26. Rf2 $17 {-1.16/27} Re7 27. Rd1) 26... Bc6 $1 $19 27. Nc5 $2 { -10.44/20} (27. Na5 {-2.20/23} Rxg2+ 28. Kh1) 27... Rxg2+ 28. Kh1 Rd8 29. Ne6 Re2+ 30. Kg1 Rxe6 {-7.64/24} (30... Rg2+ $142 {-#4/37} 31. Kh1 Rg5+ 32. Rf3 Bxf3+ 33. Kh2 Rd2#) 31. a4 Re2 {[#] ( -> ...Rg2+)} 32. Rf2 Rdd2 33. Raf1 Rxf2 { Black mates.} 34. Rxf2 Rxf2 35. Kxf2 Bxa4 {Accuracy: White = 18%, Black = 19%.} 0-1