B33 Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 Bb4 5.d5 Ne7 6.Bd3 c6 7.dxc6 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Nxc6 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5)

The game below is from the second round of the private tournament called szybkielanie. This is still ongoing tournament at the Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. After two rounds I have one win and one draw which is a decent score at this point. Thinking time for these games is seven days for each move. If I have understood this tournament correctly, there are four rounds played in this tournament, which means that I have only two games left for me to play. This game was one of those where I did not have much the whole game, I even was worse at some points but managed to fight a draw. My opponent offered the draw and after some consideration on my part I took it because the game seemed to reach a point where everything was too simplified and win would not be at all likely to be achieved. I have added one mate in one, two mate in twos, one mate in four and one mate in five puzzle today.

I played one more 15 minute rapid tournament at the FIDE Online Arena yesterday and after a long break, I was able to play a good tournament. I was able to increase both my monitored and unmonitored rating which rarely happens. I usually manage to lose the official monitored games by playing like an idiot but this time I played well enough to gain some rating points. I will play one tournament again today and if all things go well, most of my games will be monitored and count towards the official rating. It is quite unlikely thing to happen as I seem to face the only few people who do not have an official elo rating in the tournament more often than the ones that have an official elo rating. I think I played one rapid tournament last Friday where it was only for FIDE Online Arena players and even then there were unrated players that did not count towards the official game count. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "szybkielanie"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2015.02.08"] [Round "2"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Alain91"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2194"] [BlackElo "2218"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 (2... Nc6 3. Nc3 {1-0 (33) Bernik,A (1645)-Janzekovic,N Slovenia 2010}) 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 {C47 Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation} Bb4 5. d5 Ne7 6. Bd3 c6 (6... d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 Ng6 9. Ne1 O-O 10. g3 Bg4 11. f3 Bh3 12. Rf2 Nd7 13. Bf1 Bxf1 14. Rxf1 f5 15. Nd3 Nb6 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Bd2 Qa4 18. Rfb1 Rf7 19. Rb4 Qd7 20. a4 a5 21. Rb3 {Radulov,I (2500)-Smejkal,J (2575) Moscow 1977 0-1 (42)}) 7. dxc6 Bxc3+ $146 (7... Nxc6 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qxd5 f6 15. Qe4+ Kg8 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Nd2 Bxa2 18. b3 Rad8 19. Ra1 Ne7 20. Qc4+ Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Nd5 22. Be1 {Bernik,A (1645)-Janzekovic,N Slovenia 2010 1-0 (33)}) (7... bxc6 8. Nxe5 Qa5 9. Nf3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qa3 12. O-O O-O 13. Qe2 Re8 14. e5 Ng6 15. Rfe1 d6 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Qc4+ Be6 18. Qxc6 Bd5 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Bxc3 Ne4 21. Bb2 Rab8 22. Bd4 {Guines,D (1009)-Ginovart,A (1350) Le Grand Bornand 2007 0-1 (63)}) 8. bxc3 Nxc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 {-0.86/21 B33 Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} (10. Bc4 $11 {0.00/23}) 10... Qe7 {0.42/25} (10... h6 $17 {-0.86/21} 11. Bxf6 Qxf6) 11. Re1 {-0.68/22} (11. Bh4 $14 {0.42/25}) 11... d6 {-0.27/22} (11... h6 $15 {-0.68/22} 12. Bxf6 Qxf6) 12. Bc4 {-0.83/21} (12. Nd2 $11 {-0.27/22 keeps the balance.}) 12... Be6 {-0.42/24} (12... Na5 $17 { -0.83/21} 13. Bd5 Be6) 13. Bb3 {-0.94/22} (13. Qd3 $15 {-0.42/24}) 13... Bxb3 $2 {1.33/20 [#]} (13... Rfd8 $17 {-0.94/22 keeps the pressure on.}) 14. cxb3 { 0.31/25} (14. axb3 $16 {1.33/20} h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nd2) 14... Qe6 {0.86/19} (14... h6 $14 {0.31/25} 15. Bxf6 Qxf6) 15. c4 {0.29/24} (15. Qe2 $16 {0.86/19}) 15... Nd7 16. Qd2 {-0.10/24} (16. Nh4 $14 {0.64/20}) 16... f6 {0.72/22} (16... h6 $11 {-0.10/24} 17. Be3 Nf6) 17. Bh4 {-0.13/23} (17. Be3 $16 {0.72/22}) 17... a5 $11 18. Rad1 {-0.41/22} (18. h3 $11 {0.09/25}) 18... a4 $15 19. Qxd6 (19. Bg3 {keeps more tension.} axb3 20. axb3 Rfd8 21. h3 Nc5 22. b4) 19... Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nc5 21. Re3 $2 {-1.60/23 [#]} (21. h3 $11 {-0.09/22}) 21... axb3 $17 22. axb3 Nxb3 $1 {-0.54/24} 23. h3 {-1.41/21} (23. g4 $1 $15 {-0.54/24} Nc5 24. Rd5 ) (23. Rxb3 Ra1+) 23... Nc5 24. Nd2 {-1.53/21} ({Better is} 24. Ne1 {-1.12/24}) 24... Rfd8 25. Rd5 b6 {-0.85/25} ({Black should try} 25... Rxd5 {-1.37/23} 26. cxd5 Nd4) 26. f3 Nb4 {-0.09/26} ({Black should play} 26... Ra2 $17 {-1.04/20} 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8) 27. Rxd8+ $11 Rxd8 28. Re2 Nbd3 {With the idea ...Nf4.} 29. Nf1 $1 Nc1 30. Rc2 Rd1 31. Rd2 Rxd2 {Accuracy: White = 12%, Black = 26%.} 1/2-1/2