C54 Giuoco Piano: 4.c3 Nf6, main lines with 5.d4 and 5.d3 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.O-O O-O 6.c3)

The game below was played in the fifth and final round of a 20 minute tournament that was played March 22nd 2015 at the FIDE Online Arena. I finished the tournament with three wins and two losses, so this clearly was not something that I would be all that happy about. All my opponents were lower rated than I was, so this tournament was not played all that well by me. I was able play quite well the first two games but then on the fourth game especially I made just a stupid mistake at the end and lost too easily. The tournament was played in a time when I was more active at FOA, I think that I have played only three games in the past ten days which is much less than I would have wanted. I have tried to play some challenges there sometimes but almost nobody wants to play 15 minute games earlier in the day. I may need to try those tournaments again because there are not all that many people accepting my challenges. It might be that I have gone there in a time when there are not that many people playing, so I should try to go there on different times, in order to see if that helps with getting an opponent. I need at the moment 49 more rapid games to get that better title from there which will take a very long time with this pace. I have added two mate in threes, one mate in five and two mate in seven puzzles today.

[Event "Tournament 28136926"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.03.22"] [Round "5"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "maxsalvo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "1837"] [BlackElo "1257"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 (3... Bc5 4. O-O (4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O {1/2-1/2 (10) Borosova,Z (2284)-Varga,Z (2450) Kecskemet 2012}) 4... Nf6 {1-0 (48) Hedjazian,F (1650)-Le Gac,M (1340) Montigny le Bretonneux 2004} 5. c3 O-O { 1-0 (28) Mar,H (1500)-Bulguchev,R (1238) San Francisco 2009}) 4. d3 {C55 Italian Game: Two Knights Defense. Modern Bishop's Opening} Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 {C54 Giuoco Piano: 4.c3 Nf6, main lines with 5.d4 and 5.d3} Re8 {0.66/19} ({ Better is} 6... d6 $11 {0.03/21}) 7. Bg5 {-0.04/21} (7. b4 $14 {0.66/19} Bb6 ( 7... Bf8 8. Qb3 Re7 9. Bg5 d6 10. Nh4 a5 11. b5 a4 12. Qd1 Na5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qxa4 f5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. Bb3 Nc4 18. Qxa8 Qxa8 19. dxc4 dxc4 20. Bxc4 Rd7 21. a4 b6 22. Re1 {Getz,N (2391)-Moen,O (2178) Oslo 2017 1-0 (57)} ) 8. a4) (7. Ng5 Re7 8. Be3 Bb6 9. Nh3 h6 10. Qf3 d5 {1/2-1/2 (10) Borosova,Z (2284)-Varga,Z (2450) Kecskemet 2012}) 7... d5 $146 {2.23/21 [#]} (7... h6 $11 {-0.04/21} 8. Bh4 a6 (8... Be7 9. Re1 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Rxe7 12. Nbd2 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ne4 Nf4 15. Kh2 a6 16. g3 b5 17. gxf4 bxc4 18. Ng3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 cxd3 20. Nf5 Re6 21. Rg1 Rg6 22. Rxg6 fxg6 23. Nxh6+ {Mar,H (1500) -Bulguchev,R (1238) San Francisco 2009 1-0}) (8... g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Qxh5 Qf6 13. Nd2 Re7 14. d4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Qxd4 16. Rad1 Kg7 17. b3 c6 18. Rfe1 d5 19. Nf3 Qc5 20. exd5 Rxe1+ 21. Nxe1 cxd5 22. Bxd5 Qe7 23. Nf3 {Kalaydina,R (1892)-Virji,N (1478) Calgary 2009 1-0 (48)})) (7... Be7 8. Nbd2 a6 9. Qb3 Rf8 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 d6 12. h3 Rb8 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. a3 Qc8 15. e5 dxe5 16. dxe5 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Rd8 19. Qe2 Nd5 20. Bxe7 Ndxe7 21. Rad1 Rd5 22. Rfe1 {Hedjazian,F (1650)-Le Gac,M (1340) Montigny le Bretonneux 2004 1-0 (48)}) 8. exd5 $18 Qd6 $2 {5.84/20} (8... Nb8 {1.96/24 is tougher.} 9. Nbd2 Nbd7) 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. Ne4 Bxf2+ 12. Nxf2 Nxf2 13. Rxf2 Qg6 14. Re2 Bg4 15. Re4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxg5 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18. Bxe8 Rxe8 19. Rf1 {[#] Threatening mate with Qf8+!} h6 20. Qf7 Re7 21. Qf8+ Kh7 22. Qf5+ Qxf5 23. Rxf5 g6 24. Rfxe5 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 {Endgame KR-KP} h5 26. Re7+ Kh6 27. Rxc7 Kg5 28. Rxc6 {KR-K3P} Kh4 29. Re6 {White mates.} g5 30. d4 g4 31. d5 g3 32. hxg3+ Kxg3 33. d6 h4 34. d7 h3 35. gxh3 Kxh3 36. d8=Q 1-0