A87 Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5.Nf3 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Qb3)

This game was played in a team match called Nueva Vizcaya. This 25 board match is played between Philippine Critical Movers and Kopaonik. I am playing on board 5 for Kopaonik in this match. The current score in the match is 17,5 - 25,5 in favor of Kopaonik which means that after all the games are finished, Kopaonik is declared the winner. The game below is one of the nicest wins I have had recently, especially the ending position is something I like in this game. And even though I did not find all the strongest moves which might have resulted in nicer combinations than seen in the game, I am quite satisfied with the way I played this game.

I have less than 200 games in progress at the moment which has not happened in several months!! This I realized while typing this because it interested me to know how many more games I need to play, so I calculated the total amount from four different sites and it added up to 199. There are also some games that should finish at any point now, so things are looking a bit better for me at the moment as the pressure from the games is easing up a bit. I have added one mate in two, one mate in three, one mate in four and two mate in seven puzzles today.

[Event "Nueva Vizcaya - Board 5"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.02.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "nosaj2013"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A87"] [WhiteElo "1851"] [BlackElo "1867"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. d4 f5 4. c4 {0-1 (78) Czuczai,J (2255)-Forgacs,J (2300) Hungary 1995}) 1... f5 (1... c6 2. c4 f5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O {1-0 (51) Bacrot,E (2613)-Anic,D (2487) Vichy 2000}) 2. c4 (2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 (42) Jakobsen,P (2250)-Kristiansen,J (2455) Tastrup 1995} 5. O-O O-O {1/2-1/2 (60) Rustemov,A-Korzubov,P (2465) Minsk 1993}) 2... Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 {A87 Dutch Defense: Leningrad Variation} O-O 6. O-O (6. Nc3 c6 {1/2-1/2 (42) Jakobsen,P (2250)-Kristiansen,J (2455) Tastrup 1995}) 6... c6 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qb3 {0.62/19 A87 Dutch Defence: Leningrad System: 5.Nf3} (8. Qc2 $16 {1.29/19}) 8... Nxc3 {1.17/18} (8... c5 $14 {0.62/19}) 9. bxc3 $16 d6 $146 {1.52/18} (9... c5 $142 {0.85/21}) (9... Kh8 10. Bf4 (10. Ba3 d6 11. c5 Na6 12. cxd6 exd6 13. e4 fxe4 14. Nd2 Nc7 15. Nxe4 Nb5 16. Bb2 d5 17. Nd2 Bg4 18. a4 Nd6 19. Ba3 Rf7 20. Rae1 Bf5 21. Re3 Bh6 22. f4 g5 23. c4 gxf4 24. gxf4 Bg7 {Bacrot,E (2613)-Anic,D (2487) Vichy 2000 1-0 (51)}) (10. c5 b6 ( 10... Na6 11. Bf4 Nc7 12. Rab1 Ne6 13. Be5 b6 14. Qa3 Bb7 15. Rfd1 g5 16. c4 Bf6 17. Rd2 Kg8 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Rb4 d6 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. c5 Qe7 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Qb2 b5 24. d5 cxd5 25. Rxb5 {Rustemov,A-Korzubov,P (2465) Minsk 1993 1/2-1/ 2 (60)}) 11. cxb6 axb6 12. Re1 d5 13. Bf4 Be6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5+ Kg8 16. e4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd7 18. Bg2 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bd7 20. Qb4 Rf7 21. c4 e6 22. f4 Bc8 23. Bh3 Rfa7 24. Bxe6+ Bxe6 {Jakobsen,P (2250)-Kristiansen,J (2455) Tastrup 1995 1/2-1/2 (42)}) 10... d6 11. Rad1 Qe8 12. d5 Na6 13. Be3 c5 14. Rfe1 Nc7 15. Bf4 b5 16. cxb5 Qxb5 17. c4 Qxb3 18. axb3 h6 19. h4 Kh7 20. Rd3 Bf6 21. Bd2 Rb8 22. Ba5 Na6 23. Nd2 Nb4 24. Bxb4 {Czuczai,J (2255)-Forgacs,J (2300) Hungary 1995 0-1 (78)}) 10. Bg5 $2 {0.00/20 [#]} (10. c5+ $16 {1.52/18} Kh8 11. cxd6 exd6 12. Bf4) 10... Qe8 $2 {1.62/18} (10... h6 $1 $11 {0.00/20 and Black is okay.} 11. Be3 Nd7) 11. Rfe1 {0.85/21} (11. c5+ $18 {1.62/18} Rf7 12. Be3) 11... h6 12. Bd2 {0.53/24} (12. c5+ $16 {1.01/18} d5 13. Bd2) 12... Qf7 13. e4 $36 {White is pushing.} Na6 {1.94/17} ({Black should try} 13... fxe4 $14 { 0.54/23} 14. Rxe4 e5) 14. e5 {0.85/23} (14. exf5 $18 {1.94/17 and White stays clearly on top.} g5 15. c5) 14... Rb8 $2 {3.09/23 [#]} (14... g5 $16 {0.85/23}) 15. Bf4 $18 Rd8 16. exd6 exd6 17. c5 $1 Be6 $2 {8.77/19} (17... dxc5 {2.36/24} 18. Bxb8 Nxb8) 18. Qxe6 Rbc8 19. Bxd6 Re8 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rab1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 b5 23. cxb6 axb6 24. Rxb6 Nc7 25. Rb7 Ke6 26. Bxc7 c5 27. d5+ Kf6 28. f4 { 61.16/24} (28. Be5+ $142 $1 {#7/27} Kxe5 29. Rb6 Rc6 30. Rxc6 f4 31. Re6+ Kf5 32. Bh3+ Kg5 33. Nf3+ Kh5 34. g4#) 28... g5 29. Be5+ {White mates.} Kg6 30. Rxg7+ Kh5 31. d6 g4 32. Bd5 Ra8 33. Bf7# {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

C87 Closed Spanish Game: Steinitz-type lines after 6.Re1 d6 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Be7 5.O-O d6 6.d4 Bd7 7.c3 Nf6 8.Re1 O-O)

I am still continuing on the path where I share my games from Red Hot Pawn and Chess.com on alternating days. There might be a game from GameKnot for a change tomorrow if I can remember to go through it. Probably also some games from Chess.com as well because if I recall correctly, the opening that was played in the game from GameKnot, it did not offer anything new. The game below was played in the 2014 August Grand Seven Fourteen III tournament at Red Hot Pawn. This is a tournament that had 21 players at the start and everyone played each other twice, so this tournament added the game count for all the players playing the tournament by 40 games. I am currently fourth and I will stay in fourth place since nobody can't overtake me and I also can't overtake anyone anymore. I have three games left in the tournament and I am just trying to keep my rating decent and maybe increase it a bit because it is the only thing I can do at this point. In the game below I had my chances to win but I was not able to do so and ruined my position to the extent that I could have lost the game, but at the end I was happy to reach the draw. I have added two mate in ones, two mate in twos and one mate in three puzzle today. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "blither"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C87"] [WhiteElo "1914"] [BlackElo "1725"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 (3... d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 {1-0 (46) Sanchez,I (2020)-Mbatha,C (1677) Tromsoe 2014}) 4. Ba4 {C68 Spanish Game: Columbus Variation} Be7 (4... d6 5. O-O (5. c3 Bd7 {0-1 (37) Ljubojevic,L (2605) -Westerinen,H (2465) Nice 1974}) 5... Bd7 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 {1-0 (32) Ziane, N (2162)-Campbell,M Dallas 1999}) 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. c3 Nf6 8. Re1 O-O { C87 Closed Spanish Game: Steinitz-type lines after 6.Re1 d6} 9. Bg5 {0.03/25} ( 9. Bc2 $16 {1.08/21}) 9... h6 {0.78/22} (9... b5 $11 {0.03/25} 10. Bb3 h6) 10. Bh4 {-0.04/23} (10. Bc1 $16 {0.78/22}) 10... Re8 {0.70/21} (10... b5 $11 { -0.04/23} 11. Bc2 (11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Bb3 Bc6 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. Bg3 Bh4 16. Nf1 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Nc5 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qg5 20. Qc2 Rae8 21. b4 Nd7 22. c4 Qd8 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Ne3 Nb6 25. Qc6 f5 {Ljubojevic,L (2605) -Westerinen,H (2465) Nice 1974 0-1 (37)}) 11... Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7) (10... Rc8 11. d5 Na7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. c4 c5 14. dxc6 Rxc6 15. b3 Rd8 16. a4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nbd2 Qc7 19. Qe2 bxc4 20. bxc4 Rb8 21. h3 Nc8 22. Nh2 Rb2 23. Nhf1 Nb6 24. Rec1 Kh7 25. Qd3 {Sanchez,I (2020)-Mbatha,C (1677) Tromsoe 2014 1-0 (46)}) 11. Nbd2 {-0.08/26} (11. d5 $14 {0.70/21} Nb8 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nbd2) 11... Ng4 $146 {0.72/18} (11... exd4 $11 {-0.08/26} 12. cxd4 Rb8) (11... Nh7 12. Bg3 Bg5 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 f6 17. Na5 Red8 18. h4 Bf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4 Rab8 22. b3 c5 23. Ne6 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 c4 25. b4 a5 26. bxa5 {Ziane,N (2162)-Campbell,M Dallas 1999 1-0 (32)}) 12. Bxe7 { 0.16/23} (12. Bg3 $16 {0.72/18}) 12... Qxe7 {0.64/19} (12... Rxe7 $11 {0.16/23} 13. d5 Nb8) 13. h3 {0.00/25} (13. d5 $14 {0.64/19} Nb8 14. Bc2) 13... Nf6 { 0.67/20} (13... b5 $11 {0.00/25}) 14. Bc2 {0.00/22} (14. d5 $14 {0.67/20} Nb8 15. Bc2) 14... Rad8 {0.98/19} (14... Qd8 $11 {0.00/22}) 15. d5 {0.40/20} (15. Nf1 $16 {0.98/19}) 15... Nb8 {1.05/18} ({Black should play} 15... Na7 $14 { 0.40/20}) 16. Nf1 {0.43/25} (16. Nc4 $16 {1.05/18}) 16... a5 {0.93/21} (16... Nh5 $14 {0.43/25}) 17. Ng3 {0.12/23} (17. Ne3 $16 {0.93/21}) 17... g6 {1.05/20} (17... c6 $11 {0.12/23 keeps the balance.}) 18. Qd2 {0.38/21} (18. Nd2 $16 { 1.05/20}) 18... Kg7 $14 19. c4 $36 {White has some pressure.} b6 {1.09/21} ( 19... a4 $14 {0.52/23}) 20. a3 $16 c5 {1.45/19} (20... Bc8 $142 {0.85/22}) 21. b4 {0.40/25} (21. Rf1 $16 {1.45/19}) 21... Na6 {1.59/22} (21... cxb4 $14 { 0.40/25} 22. axb4 Na6) 22. bxa5 b5 {2.25/23} (22... bxa5 $16 {1.33/25} 23. Qxa5 Ra8) 23. cxb5 $18 Bxb5 24. Rab1 Rb8 {2.46/19} (24... Nc7 $142 {1.72/25} 25. Nh4 Kh7) 25. Bd3 $2 {0.78/24} (25. Rb2 $18 {2.46/19 is more deadly.}) 25... Bxd3 { 1.88/22} (25... c4 $16 {0.78/24 was necessary.} 26. a4 Bxa4 27. Bxc4 Nc5) 26. Qxd3 Qa7 {3.19/22} (26... c4 $142 {1.70/25} 27. Qxc4 Nc5) 27. Rb5 $2 {0.54/26} (27. Nd2 $18 {3.19/22}) 27... Rxb5 {1.25/24} (27... Nc7 $14 {0.54/26} 28. Rbb1 Qxa5) 28. Qxb5 $16 Rb8 {2.35/20} (28... c4 $16 {1.00/26 keeps fighting.}) 29. Qc6 $18 Ne8 30. Nd2 $1 Qa8 {3.50/21} (30... Nac7 {2.31/26 was worth a try.}) 31. Qd7 Rb2 {3.86/22} (31... h5 $142 {2.56/25} 32. Ngf1 Qb7 33. Qxb7 Rxb7) 32. Nc4 Rb7 33. Qc6 Qa7 $2 {8.59/22} (33... Rb8 {3.77/26} 34. Qxa8 Rxa8) 34. Nxd6 Nxd6 35. Qxd6 f6 36. h4 h5 37. Re3 c4 38. Rf3 {4.91/21} (38. Nxh5+ $142 $1 { 15.76/24} gxh5 39. Rg3+ Kh7 40. Qxf6) 38... Rf7 39. Ne2 $2 {0.82/22} (39. Qc6 $18 {5.02/23}) 39... Nc5 $16 40. Nc3 $2 {-0.51/28} (40. Qb6 $16 {1.07/23 Threatens to win with Rxf6!} Qxb6 41. axb6) 40... Qxa5 $15 41. Qc6 $1 Qxa3 { 0.10/27} (41... Nxe4 $1 $15 {-0.51/28} 42. Nxe4 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Qxe4) 42. Nb5 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Nxe4 {[#] aiming for ...Nd2.} 44. d6 Nd2 {Strongly threatening ...e4.} 45. Rc3 $2 {-10.11/20} (45. d7 $11 {0.00/31} g5 46. hxg5 (46. d8=Q {leads to mate.} Nf1+ 47. Kg1 Ng3+ 48. Qd1 Qxd1+ 49. Kh2 Qh1+ 50. Kxg3 gxh4#) 46... Nxf3+ 47. Qxf3) 45... Nf1+ $19 46. Kh3 Qf4 47. g3 Qxf2 {[#]} 48. Qg2 Qf5+ 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 51. Kxg4 {Endgame KRN-KRN} f5+ 52. Kf3 Kf6 {White must now prevent ...Rb7.} 53. Ke2 Nh2 54. Rxc4 Ke6 55. Rc5 {-3.34/23} (55. Rc7 $142 {-2.25/23}) 55... Ng4 56. Rc6 Rd7 $2 {0.00/28} ({Better is} 56... Rb7 $19 { -3.10/20} 57. Nc3 Rb2+ 58. Ke1 Kd7) 57. Nc7+ $11 Kf7 {...e4 is the strong threat.} 58. Nd5 $2 {-1.65/22} (58. Na6 $11 {0.00/28}) 58... Ke6 $2 {0.00/34} ( {Black should try} 58... Rd8 $1 $19 {-1.65/22 Hoping for ...Ke6.} 59. Ra6 Ke6 60. Nc7+ Kd7) 59. Nc7+ {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 25%.} 1/2-1/2

B33 Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nb3 Bb4 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Bd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.O-O O-O)

Welcome all to another episode of how to beat me at chess. There are more examples in this blog and even maybe better examples than this game but it will do for now. This was played in a team match called K & Ваш ход, товарищ! URAAA ! > 24. and it was played between Ваш ход, товарищ! and The Night's Watch at Castle Black. I played on board 5 for The Night's Watch at Castle Black. In addition to this loss, I played a draw against windpatzer. The current score in this 16 board match is 13 - 18 in favor of The Night's Watch at Castle Black. This means that no matter what happens in the last game, we have already secured the win. It is a good thing that other members of the team were in good shape and were able to take the points because I was lacking on that department this time. The amount of simultaneous games that I play have dropped to 202 today, so maybe I can get some more free time from those games and can concentrate on getting that next FIDE title in the nearish future. Well, when the game load has dropped to 100 or less, I may have interest to play some other chess games than my correspondence chess games. I have added one more analysed game to these two posts today: C20 King Pawn Game: Macleod Attack and D02 Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation. Pseudo-Catalan. I have also added five more puzzles that are divided into two mate in ones, one mate in two, one mate in three and one mate in four.

[Event "K & Ваш ход, товарищ!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.11.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "windpatzer"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "1839"] [BlackElo "1782"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 {B33 Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation. Schlechter Variation} Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. O-O O-O {B33 Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 12. Qh5 {-0.78/20} (12. f4 $11 {0.00/21}) 12... g6 { 0.00/20} (12... f5 $17 {-0.78/20}) 13. Qh6 {-0.90/18} (13. Qe2 $11 {0.00/20} Be6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bf6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Nc5 Bd5 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. Ne4 Ng4 20. Qf4 f5 21. Ng5 Be5 22. Qb4 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bd6 24. Qd4 Be5 25. Qb4 h6 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Qh4+ 28. Rh3 {Novales Montero,E (1957)-Madria Garriga,V (2141) Tarragona 2015 0-1}) 13... Be6 {-0.44/21} (13... Re8 $17 {-0.90/18} 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. g4 Bf8 17. Qh3 a5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. a4 Rad8 20. Nd2 Bg7 21. Ne4 f6 22. Rb1 Qf7 23. Bb6 Rd5 24. Bc4 Ne7 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Nd6 Qf8 27. Nxe8 Qxe8 28. Rfd1 Qxa4 {Krasowski,S (2092)-Trinos,V (2229) Rowy 2000 1-0 (58)}) 14. Be2 $146 {-1.61/20} (14. Qe3 $15 {-0.44/21}) 14... f5 {-1.02/21} (14... Re8 $19 {-1.61/20} 15. Be3 Bf8) 15. Qe3 {-1.67/19} (15. Rad1 $17 {-1.02/21}) 15... f4 { -1.10/20} (15... Qc7 $19 {-1.67/19} 16. Nd4 Bd5) 16. Qd3 $17 Bf5 {-0.61/21} ( 16... e4 $1 $19 {-1.92/17} 17. Qb5 (17. Qxe4 Bxb3) 17... Bxb3 18. Qxb3+ Kh8) 17. Qc4+ $15 Kg7 {-0.63/20} (17... Kh8 $1 $17 {-1.59/16} 18. Rfd1 Qc7) 18. Bd3 Rc8 {-0.43/21} (18... Qd7 $17 {-0.93/18} 19. Be4 Rf6) 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 {-0.18/20} (19... gxf5 $17 {-1.08/19} 20. Rfd1 Qc7) 20. Qb5 {-1.49/18} (20. Rfe1 $11 { -0.18/20}) 20... Qc7 {-0.82/19} (20... Rc7 $142 {-1.49/18} 21. Rad1 Qc8) 21. Qa4 {-1.28/19} (21. Rfe1 $142 {-0.82/19}) 21... Bf6 {0.00/23} (21... a6 $17 { -1.28/19} 22. Qe4 Nd8) 22. Rab1 {-0.84/18} (22. Nc5 $11 {0.00/23} Kh8 23. Rab1) 22... b6 {-0.30/21} (22... Be7 $1 $17 {-0.84/18}) 23. Qe4 {-1.75/20} (23. Rbd1 $11 {-0.30/21}) 23... Qd7 $2 {0.00/21 [#]} (23... Nd8 $19 {-1.75/20} 24. g4 fxg3 25. hxg3 (25. fxg3 Nf7 $17) 25... Rh5) 24. f3 {-0.42/19} (24. Rbd1 $11 { 0.00/21 is more appropriate.}) 24... Nd8 25. Rfd1 Qc7 {-0.04/22} (25... Qc6 $15 {-0.54/20}) 26. Be1 $11 Ne6 {0.67/24} (26... Be7 $11 {0.00/25}) 27. Rd5 { 0.00/25} (27. Qa4 $1 $14 {0.67/24} Rd8 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. Rd1) 27... Ng5 { 0.86/21} (27... Qc6 $11 {0.00/25}) 28. Qd3 {0.41/24} (28. Qa4 $1 $16 {0.86/21 aiming for Rd7+.} Qc6 29. Rd7+ (29. Qxa7+ Rc7 $17) 29... Kg8 30. Qxc6 (30. Qxa7 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Qxf3 $17) 30... Rxc6 31. Rxa7) 28... Rd8 29. Rd1 {0.12/27} (29. c4 $16 {0.74/21}) 29... Rxd5 30. Qxd5 a5 {1.30/22} (30... e4 $11 {0.20/24 remains equal.} 31. Qd7+ Qxd7 32. Rxd7+ Kg8) 31. Qd7+ {0.75/22} (31. Qb5 $142 $1 {1.30/22} Kh6 32. Rd7) 31... Qxd7 $16 32. Rxd7+ Kh6 {2.08/21} (32... Kf8 $16 {0.72/26}) 33. Rd6 {0.70/26} (33. h4 $18 {2.08/21}) 33... e4 34. fxe4 {-0.09/23 } (34. h4 $16 {1.00/23} Nf7 35. Rxb6) 34... Nxe4 $11 35. Rxb6 Nxc3 {0.45/22} ({ Black should try} 35... Bxc3 $15 {-0.49/25} 36. Re6 Ng5) 36. Rxf6 {0.00/30} ( 36. Rc6 $1 $14 {0.45/22} Nxa2 37. Bxa5) 36... Rxf6 37. Bxc3 Rc6 38. Bxa5 { c3 is the strong threat.} Rxc2 39. a3 Rb2 40. Nd4 Kg5 41. Bb4 Kg4 42. Nf3 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Rb2+ 44. Kf1 h5 45. Be7 Rb7 {0.57/20} (45... Rb1+ $11 {0.00/32} 46. Ne1 Rb2) 46. h3+ {0.00/28} (46. Bb4 $14 {0.57/20}) 46... Kf5 47. Bb4 g5 48. Ke2 Rd7 49. Nd2 Ke5 50. Nf3+ Kf5 51. Nd2 Rd4 52. Nb3 Rc4 {0.87/22} (52... Re4+ $11 { 0.00/27} 53. Kf2 Rc4) 53. Kd3 $16 Rc8 54. Nc5 {0.00/28} ({White should play} 54. Nd4+ $16 {0.95/21} Ke5 55. Nf3+ Kf5 56. a4) 54... Rd8+ 55. Kc2 Re8 { [#] Threatens to win with ...Re2+.} 56. a4 $2 {-2.97/20} (56. Kd2 $11 {-0.16/31 }) 56... Re2+ $19 57. Kb3 {next a5 is good for White.} Rxg2 {White must now prevent ...f3.} 58. a5 {Threatening a6.} f3 $2 {-0.09/30} ({Better is} 58... Rg3+ $19 {-2.45/22} 59. Bc3 Rxh3) 59. a6 $2 {-11.17/24} (59. Ne4 $11 {-0.09/30} g4 60. a6 gxh3 61. a7) 59... f2 60. a7 f1=Q 61. a8=Q Rg3+ 62. Bc3 Qb5+ { Black mates.} 63. Ka2 Qe2+ 64. Kb3 Qb5+ 65. Ka2 Qxc5 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 30%.} 0-1

C62 Spanish Game: Steinitz Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.Re1 Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 exd4 10.Nxd4)

The game below is from the 2014 August Grand Seven Fourteen II tournament that is still in progress at Red Hot Pawn. I am currently leading the tournament by two points and have only two games left. My main rival in this tournament is caissad4, who has already won one of the two games against me in this tournament. It was also the first game to finish of the many games I have against him. Also the only one that has ended from those games against him. Caissad4 has four points higher maximum possible score than me, so he is more likely to win this tournament than me. In the game below I gained an advantage, then lost it, then regained it again and then could have gone to a lost position couple of times but my opponent did not take advantage of his chances. After my move 29.Nf6+ I did not lose the advantage again and went on to win the game. I have added one mate in one, three mate in twos and one mate in three puzzle today. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "ZorroTheFox"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C62"] [WhiteElo "1914"] [BlackElo "1505"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s)"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 (3... d6 4. d4 Bd7 5. O-O (5. Nc3 Nf6 {1-0 (46) Shakhzadov,S-Ayrumyan,M Stavropol 2014}) 5... Be7 6. Nc3 Nf6 {1-0 (34) Calzolari,G (1890)-Zaccaria,S Saint Vincent 2006}) 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Re1 ( 6. Nc3) 6... Be7 7. Nc3 O-O {C66 Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Tarrasch Trap} 8. Bg5 h6 (8... a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 (11. Nxe5 h6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 Bc5 14. Qf3 Re8 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. e5 Nh7 17. Qxc6 Nf6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. exf6 Qc5 20. Qxc5 Bxc5 21. fxg7 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rd8 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Kf1 Re6 25. Rd3 Kxg7 {Shakhzadov,S-Ayrumyan,M Stavropol 2014 1-0 (46)}) 11... Rfxd8 12. Nxe5 Rd2 13. Bxd2 Bb4 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. a3 Bc5 16. Be3 Bd6 17. Bd4 Nd7 18. e5 Be7 19. f4 c5 20. Bf2 Rb8 21. Rad1 Nf8 22. Nd5 Re8 23. Nxe7+ {Zuriel,M (2189) -Isella,F Villa Martelli 2008 1-0 (31)}) 9. Bh4 exd4 $146 (9... Nh7 10. Bxe7 Nxe7 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. dxe5 Ng6 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Qd4 Nf4 15. Nd5 Nxg2 16. Kxg2 Qg4+ 17. Kf1 Qxf3 18. Ne3 Ng5 19. Nf5 Qh3+ 20. Ke2 Qg4+ 21. Kd3 Nf3 22. Qe3 Nxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qg5 24. f4 {Calzolari,G (1890)-Zaccaria,S Saint Vincent 2006 1-0 (34)}) 10. Nxd4 {C62 Spanish Game: Steinitz Defence} Ne5 {0.97/19} (10... Nxd4 $11 {-0.16/24} 11. Qxd4 c6) 11. Bxd7 $1 $16 Qxd7 12. Nf5 Bd8 {White is better.} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bd8 15. Re3 {0.52/21} (15. f4 $16 {1.37/20} Ng6 16. Qd4) 15... c6 $14 16. Nc3 {-0.62/25} (16. Rg3 $14 {0.49/20} cxd5 17. Rxg7+ Kh8 18. Qh5) 16... Bc7 $2 {3.77/18} (16... Bg5 $15 {-0.62/25 keeps the upper hand.}) 17. Rg3 $1 $18 Ng6 {6.20/19} (17... g6 $142 {4.31/23} 18. Qh5 (18. Nxh6+ Kg7 $16) 18... f6) 18. Qd4 {[#]} Ne5 19. Nxg7 {2.85/23} (19. Nxh6+ $142 { 6.57/22} Kh8 20. Nf5) 19... Kh7 20. Nh5 Qe6 21. Kh1 $40 {1.26/23 White goes for the king.} (21. Rd1 $18 {2.50/21}) 21... Rg8 {1.92/18} (21... Bb6 $16 { 1.26/23 might work better.} 22. Qd2 Rg8) 22. f4 {0.44/25} ({White should try} 22. Rf1 $18 {1.92/18}) 22... Rxg3 $14 23. Nxg3 {0.20/26} (23. hxg3 $16 {0.91/20 } Qg6 24. Qd1) 23... Ng4 {0.80/24} (23... Bb6 $11 {0.20/26 remains equal.} 24. Qd2 Ng4) 24. Nh5 $2 {-4.93/23 [#]} (24. Qd2 $16 {0.80/24 and life is bright.}) 24... Rg8 $2 {0.78/23} (24... Qg6 $19 {-4.93/23} 25. h3 (25. Ng3 $2 Bb6 $19) 25... Qxh5) 25. f5 $2 {-1.87/22} (25. Qxa7 $16 {0.78/23 is forced if you want to stay better. Black must now prevent h3.} Qg6 26. Ng3) 25... Qe5 $4 {2.68/23} (25... Qe7 $1 $19 {-1.87/22 avoids the disaster.} 26. g3 Qg5) 26. Qxe5 $18 dxe5 27. h3 Nf2+ 28. Kh2 $2 {0.57/28} (28. Kg1 $1 $18 {2.80/21}) 28... Rg5 $2 { 4.21/24} ({Better is} 28... Rd8 $14 {0.57/28}) 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Rf1 Nxh3 $2 { 7.96/23} (30... Bb6 {3.87/24} 31. g4 Kg7) 31. Kxh3 Bd8 32. Nd7 f6 33. Nc5 b6 34. Ne6 Rg8 35. Nxd8 Rxd8 {Endgame KRN-KR} 36. Rd1 Rd4 37. Rxd4 exd4 {KN-KP} 38. Ne2 c5 39. Nf4 c4 40. Kg3 Kg7 41. Ne6+ Kg8 42. Nxd4 a6 43. Kh4 b5 44. Kh5 Kh7 45. Ne6 a5 46. Nc7 {76.30/29} (46. e5 $142 $1 {#6/37} c3 (46... fxe5 47. f6 ) 47. b4 Kh8 48. exf6 axb4 49. f7 Kh7 50. f8=Q b3 51. Qg7#) 46... b4 47. Nd5 Kg7 48. g4 {Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

B17 Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7) (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6)

The game below is one of the 132 team match games that I have played at Chess.com. I have won 87 of those, played nine draws and lost 36. My winning percentage in team matches is slightly higher than it is when compared to my tournament or other games. This was played in a team match called mini semi open match LBF 206 - 2100 rating and it was played between La Belle France and Hungarian Chess Group. I played on board 2 for La Belle France. In both of my games my opponent offered me a draw but I declined both offers. This I did in order to keep the chances alive for our team to fight for the win. It turned out that I should have accepted the draw in the game I played with the black pieces as I ended up losing it. If I recall correctly, the last two games in this match were played between me and eperjam. The one I lost ended before this and I started to feel quite a bit foolish of trying to win both games. The win in this game was crucial for our team because of that we drew the match 7 - 7. Our board 5 we lost both games due to timeouts, it was a shame since in both games the material in the final positions were even and the winner of those two games was not clear at that point. I have added one mate in one, one mate in two, two mate in threes and one mate in five today.

[Event "mini semi open match LBF 206 - 2100 rat"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.11.16"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "eperjam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B17"] [WhiteElo "1854"] [BlackElo "1889"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 (2. Nc3 d5 {0-1 (27) Bulinovskiy,M-Makhmutov,R (2315) Astana 2012}) 2... d5 3. Nc3 (3. Nd2 dxe4 {1-0 (42) Kula,D (2206)-Mohapl,P (2053) Czech Republic 2018}) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {B17 Caro-Kann Defense: Karpov Variation} 5. Nf3 Ngf6 {B17 Caro-Kann: Modern Line (4...Nd7)} 6. Qe2 {0.14/22} (6. Bd3 $16 {1.01/19}) (6. Qd3 Nxe4 {0-1 (27) Bulinovskiy,M-Makhmutov,R (2315) Astana 2012}) 6... Nxe4 $11 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8. Qd3 {0.00/21} (8. Qf4 $16 {0.73/18} g6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Ne5 Be6 13. b3 Nd5 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. c4 Nf6 16. Bb2 Rad8 17. h3 Qc8 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. Re2 Bf5 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Rae1 Qd7 22. Qf4 Nh5 23. Qh4 {Lampert,J (2376)-Palo,D (2550) Germany 2014 1/2-1/2 (33)}) 8... g6 {0.79/20} (8... Qa5+ $11 {0.00/21} 9. Qc3 Qxc3+ 10. bxc3 e6) 9. Be2 $146 {-0.05/22} (9. Qe3 $16 {0.79/20}) (9. Qb3 Qb6 10. c3 (10. Bc4 Qxb3 11. Bxb3 Bf5 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Bd2 f6 14. Nc4 O-O-O 15. a4 Nc7 16. c3 Be6 17. Bf4 Bd5 18. O-O g5 19. Bg3 h5 20. h3 h4 21. Bh2 g4 22. hxg4 h3 23. f3 hxg2 24. Kxg2 Bh6 {Kula,D (2206)-Mohapl,P (2053) Czech Republic 2018 1-0 (42)}) 10... Qxb3 11. axb3 Bf5 12. Ne5 Bc2 13. b4 Nd5 14. Bc4 f6 15. Ng4 Bf5 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. O-O Bg7 19. Re1 Kf7 20. Nf1 a6 21. Bf4 Rac8 22. Nd2 Bd7 23. Nb3 Rhe8 { Bulinovskiy,M-Makhmutov,R (2315) Astana 2012 0-1}) 9... Bf5 10. Qb3 {0.01/20} ( 10. Qd2 $14 {0.60/19}) 10... Qb6 {0.67/17} (10... Qc7 $11 {0.01/20}) 11. Bc4 { 0.07/24} (11. c3 $14 {0.67/17}) 11... Qxb3 12. Bxb3 Bg7 13. O-O O-O {0.57/20} ( 13... Nd5 $11 {0.00/23}) 14. Bg5 {-0.21/24} (14. Re1 $14 {0.57/20}) 14... Be4 { 0.47/21} (14... Rfd8 $11 {-0.21/24}) 15. Nd2 {-0.01/22} (15. Ne5 $1 $14 { 0.47/21}) 15... Bd5 16. Rfe1 Bxb3 {0.53/21} (16... Rfe8 $11 {-0.05/24}) 17. Nxb3 {-0.11/22} (17. axb3 $14 {0.53/21} Rfe8 18. Nc4) 17... Rfe8 {0.35/21} ( 17... e6 $11 {-0.11/22}) 18. Re2 {-0.14/22} (18. Rad1 $14 {0.35/21 deserves consideration.}) 18... e6 {0.27/22} (18... a5 {-0.14/22 was preferrable.}) 19. c3 {-0.19/21} (19. Na5 $142 {0.27/22}) 19... Nd5 20. Rae1 {-0.46/22} (20. Na5 $11 {0.09/22}) 20... Bf6 {0.30/24} ({Black should try} 20... h6 $15 {-0.46/22} 21. Bh4 Nf4) 21. Bd2 {-0.44/20} (21. Bxf6 $11 {0.30/24} Nxf6 22. Na5) 21... a6 {0.07/25} (21... a5 $15 {-0.44/20}) 22. Nc5 Re7 {0.37/20} (22... a5 $11 { -0.30/22}) 23. Ne4 {-0.13/21} (23. g4 $14 {0.37/20}) 23... Bg7 24. Bg5 { -0.46/22} (24. h4 $11 {0.16/21}) 24... f6 {0.72/21} (24... Rc7 $15 {-0.46/22 stays ahead.}) 25. Bd2 Rae8 {1.50/22} (25... b5 $14 {0.50/25}) 26. c4 {Hoping for Nd6.} Nc7 27. Nc5 {0.29/23} (27. Bb4 $16 {1.12/22}) 27... b6 28. Nb3 Kf7 { 0.70/21} (28... Rd7 $11 {0.00/25}) 29. Bc3 {0.00/23} ({Better is} 29. c5 $14 { 0.70/21}) 29... e5 {0.86/23} (29... h5 $11 {0.00/23 keeps the balance.}) 30. dxe5 $16 fxe5 31. Nd2 b5 32. b3 {0.34/21} (32. Ne4 $16 {1.11/21}) 32... Re6 $2 {1.90/22 [#]} (32... Ne6 $1 $14 {0.34/21}) 33. Ne4 $18 {Strongly threatening Ng5+.} Kg8 34. Nc5 {1.04/23} (34. Rd2 $18 {2.01/21}) 34... R6e7 $16 35. f4 { 0.74/24} (35. Re4 $142 {1.58/20}) 35... Ne6 36. Nxe6 Rxe6 37. fxe5 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Bb4+ {0.67/23} (39. g4 $16 {1.16/21}) 39... Kd7 {1.52/19} (39... Kf7 $14 {0.67/23}) 40. Bd6 Bf8 41. Bxf8 {0.61/23} (41. c5 $1 $18 {1.67/19}) 41... Rxf8+ $18 {Endgame KRR-KRR} 42. Kg3 Rf5 {0.95/20} (42... bxc4 $14 {0.53/24} 43. bxc4 Rf5) 43. c5 {0.17/25} (43. cxb5 $16 {0.95/20} cxb5 44. Rd1+ Kc6 45. Rc1+ Kd5 46. Rd2+ Kxe5 47. Re2+ Kf6 48. Rxe6+ Kxe6 49. Rc6+ Kd5 50. Rxa6) 43... Kc7 {1.51/23} (43... b4 $1 $11 {0.17/25}) 44. Kg4 {0.14/27} (44. h4 $1 $16 {1.51/23 }) 44... h5+ {1.42/20} (44... b4 $1 $11 {0.14/27}) 45. Kh4 $1 $16 Rf4+ 46. Kg5 Rf5+ 47. Kh6 Rf8 {1.93/22} (47... b4 $16 {1.38/24} 48. g3 a5) 48. h3 {1.42/27} ({White should play} 48. b4 $18 {1.93/22}) 48... Rd8 {2.15/23} (48... h4 $16 { 1.42/27} 49. Kg5 Rh8) 49. g4 $18 hxg4 50. hxg4 Rd5 51. b4 Rd4 {4.09/21} (51... a5 $142 {2.57/27} 52. bxa5 b4) 52. Re4 Rd2 53. R1e2 Rd5 54. Kg7 Rd7+ 55. Kh6 Rd5 56. Rf4 Kd7 {5.89/23} (56... a5 $142 {4.13/26} 57. Rf7+ Kb8 58. bxa5 Rxc5) 57. g5 {White is clearly winning.} Ke7 58. Rf6 Rd4 59. a3 Rd3 60. Kxg6 Rxa3 61. Rh2 {[#] Threatening mate with Rh7+.} Rxe5 62. Rh7+ Kd8 63. Rxc6 Rg3 64. Rh5 Rg4 65. Rxa6 Rxb4 66. Ra7 Re8 67. Ra8+ Kd7 68. Rh7+ {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

C87 Closed Spanish Game: Steinitz-type lines after 6.Re1 d6 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.c3 Be7 6.Re1 O-O 7.d4 a6 8.Ba4 Bg4 9.Bxc6 bxc6)

Another correspondence chess game from Red Hot Pawn and this was played in the first round of the 2014 October Split II tournament. Out of the 22 games that started for this tournament, I have 3 games left to finish. I am currently on third place in group 1, only one point behind the current leaders NN Cheap and aukermdr. They are actually not even my biggest competition for winning the group as they have their maximum possible score two points lower than me. However, only by winning the three games I have left can I ensure my place on the second round. The one player that is my biggest rival for the win is caissad4, who is currently on fourth place and has not lost any points so far. So in order for me to take the first place in this group or even share it, I need to win both of my games against caissad4 but that is very hard to accomplish. The game below was one of the easier games in this tournament for me. I have added one mate in one, three mate in twos and one mate in three. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "Split"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.10.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Number 6"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C87"] [WhiteElo "1914"] [BlackElo "1538"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 (3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 (5... Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. c3 d6 {1/2-1/2 (25) Karpov,A (2720)-Ameglio,L Turin 1982}) 6. c3 Be7 7. d4 O-O {1-0 (40) Reshevsky,S-Knoller New York 1920}) (3... d6 4. O-O {1-0 (49) Reig Albero,F (1939)-Simon Morales,M Benimodo 2017}) 4. O-O d6 {C66 Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Improved Steinitz Defense} 5. c3 (5. Re1 a6 6. Ba4 Be7 7. c3 {1-0 (49) Reig Albero,F (1939)-Simon Morales,M Benimodo 2017}) 5... Be7 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 a6 8. Ba4 Bg4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 {C87 Closed Spanish Game: Steinitz-type lines after 6.Re1 d6} 10. dxe5 dxe5 {1.35/17} (10... Bxf3 $1 $14 {0.45/25} 11. Qxf3 dxe5 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Nc4 Bc5 14. Bg5 Re6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. h3 h6 17. Bh4 Qe8 18. Rd3 h5 19. Red1 Be7 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Qxh5 Bc5 22. R1d2 Rh6 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Bd6 25. Nxc6 Re8 26. e5 Bc5 {Reig Albero,F (1939)-Simon Morales,M Benimodo 2017 1-0 (49)}) 11. Qxd8 $16 Rfxd8 $146 (11... Raxd8 12. Nxe5 (12. Nbd2 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Be3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rd3 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Rxd3 Rxd3 18. Kf1 g6 19. Ke2 Rd8 20. Nd2 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Nd7 22. Nc4 Nb6 23. Na5 Rd6 24. b3 c5 25. Rd1 Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (25) Karpov,A (2720)-Ameglio,L Turin 1982}) 12... Bd7 13. f3 h6 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Nd2 Rdd8 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bd6 21. Kf2 f6 22. Rd4 a5 23. Rdd1 Kh7 24. Ke2 h5 25. e5 fxe5 26. fxe5 {Reshevsky,S-Knoller New York 1920 1-0 (40)}) 12. Nxe5 { White is clearly better.} Bd7 13. Bf4 {1.15/24} (13. Nd2 $142 {1.56/21}) 13... Bd6 14. Nd2 {0.67/23} (14. Nxd7 $16 {1.56/21} Nxd7 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Na3) 14... Re8 {2.15/24} (14... Nh5 $14 {0.67/23}) 15. Ndc4 $18 Rab8 {2.57/24} (15... Nh5 $142 {1.94/26} 16. Nxd7 Nxf4) 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxd6 ({But not} 17. Nxd6 $6 cxd6 18. b3 (18. Bxd6 Rxb2 19. f3 h6 $16) 18... Ne5 $16) 17... cxd6 18. Nxd6 Re6 19. Nc4 Rbe8 {3.39/20} (19... Ne5 {2.36/25 was called for.}) 20. f3 f5 21. Rad1 fxe4 $2 {7.60/19 [#]} (21... R8e7 {3.39/25} 22. Nd6 fxe4 23. Rxe4 Re5) 22. fxe4 $2 {2.65/26} (22. Rxd7 {7.60/19} exf3 23. Rxe6 Rxe6 24. gxf3) 22... Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxd7 Rxc4 {Endgame KR-KR} 25. Rc7 a5 26. Kf2 Kf8 27. Ke3 h6 28. Kd3 Rh4 29. h3 ({Resist} 29. Rxc6 $6 Rxh2 30. Rg6 Kf7 $16) 29... Rh5 $2 { 4.43/23 [#]} (29... Rf4 {2.42/23 keeps fighting.} 30. Ke3 (30. Rxc6 Rf2 $16) 30... Rc4) 30. Rxc6 {Accuracy: White = 51%, Black = 19%.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "RBHILL"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C87"] [WhiteElo "1885"] [BlackElo "937"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 (3... d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 a6 {1-0 (49) Reig Albero,F (1939)-Simon Morales,M Benimodo 2017}) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 (5... Be7 6. Re1 {1-0 (44) Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2482)-Singh,D (2306) Mumbai 2009}) 6. Re1 (6. c3 Be7 7. d4 O-O {1/2-1/2 (43) Cohn,E-Forgacs,L Nuremberg 1906}) 6... Be7 {C87 Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Averbakh Variation} 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 Bg4 9. Bxc6 bxc6 {C87 Closed Spanish Game: Steinitz-type lines after 6.Re1 d6} 10. Bg5 $146 {-0.36/23 [#]} (10. dxe5 $16 {1.35/19} Bxf3 (10... dxe5 11. Qxd8 Raxd8 12. Nxe5 Bd7 13. f3 h6 14. Be3 Bd6 15. Nxd7 Rxd7 16. Nd2 Rdd8 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 Bd6 21. Kf2 f6 22. Rd4 a5 23. Rdd1 Kh7 24. Ke2 h5 25. e5 {Reshevsky,S-Knoller New York 1920 1-0 (40)}) 11. Qxf3 dxe5 12. Qe2 (12. Nd2 Re8 13. Nc4 Bc5 14. Bg5 Re6 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. h3 h6 17. Bh4 Qe8 18. Rd3 h5 19. Red1 Be7 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Qxh5 Bc5 22. R1d2 Rh6 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Nxe5 Bd6 25. Nxc6 Re8 26. e5 Bc5 {Reig Albero,F (1939)-Simon Morales,M Benimodo 2017 1-0 (49)})) (10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 d5 12. Nd2 dxe4 13. Nxe4 exd4 14. Bg5 dxc3 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rad1 Bxg5 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18. bxc3 Rd6 19. Rd1 Re6 20. Qf5 Be7 21. Qa5 c5 22. Qxc7 Re8 23. g3 Bf8 24. Kg2 Re2 {Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2482)-Singh,D (2306) Mumbai 2009 1-0 (44)}) (10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. h3 Be6 12. Nf1 f6 13. Ng3 Re8 14. Nh2 Bf8 15. f4 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 f5 18. Nf3 c5 19. Be3 g6 20. Rc1 c4 21. Ng5 c5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Qf3 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Nc5 {Cohn,E-Forgacs,L Nuremberg 1906 1/2-1/2 (43)}) 10... Rb8 {0.60/19} (10... h6 $15 {-0.36/23} 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bxf6 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Bxf6) 11. b3 {-0.16/22} ( 11. dxe5 $14 {0.60/19} Ne8 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nbd2) 11... h6 $11 12. Bh4 Nd7 { 0.45/22} (12... d5 $11 {-0.20/24}) 13. Bg3 {-0.71/22} (13. Bxe7 $14 {0.45/22 keeps the upper hand.} Qxe7 14. Nbd2) 13... exd4 {0.16/25} ({Black should try} 13... Bf6 $1 $17 {-0.71/22}) 14. cxd4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 {Accuracy: White = 0%, Black = 18%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

C01 French: Exchange Variation (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.exd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bd3 O-O 7.O-O Bg4 8.Bg5 Bxc3 9.bxc3)

This time I will present a game that was played at Chess.com in the first round of a tournament called Maximum ! So far I have finished 11 games in this tournament and because there are 12 players in a group and you play each player twice, I have half of the games still left to finish. I have gathered 6,5 points in those eleven games and that puts me in eight place at the moment. The player who leads our group is the opponent I had in this game, chramer. He only has one draw in this tournament and has won 20! His only game left is against me. Interestingly this player started the tournament with a rating of 1259. According to his rather bad statistics on Online Chess otherwise, I would think that this is his best tournament. I have added two mate in ones, two mate in twos and one mate in four.

[Event "Maximum ! - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "?"] [White "chramer"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1612"] [BlackElo "1846"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 (2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 {1/2-1/2 (33) Turzak,M (2010) -Retkovsky,M Slovakia 2008}) 2... d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 (3... Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 { 0-1 (46) Machin Arbelo,P (2134)-Suez Panama,G (2032) Gibraltar 2009}) 4. exd5 { C01 French Defense: Winawer Variation. Delayed Exchange Variation} exd5 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. Bg5 Bxc3 (8... c6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Nxe2 Qc7 13. f4 Ne4 14. Bh4 Bd6 15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. Bxg3 Nf6 17. c3 Ne4 18. Bh2 c5 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Qb3 cxd4 21. Qxd5 Nf6 22. Qf3 Qb6 23. Kh1 {Romero, M (2240)-Duque,D Bogota 1991 0-1 (35)}) 9. bxc3 {C01 French: Exchange Variation } Nbd7 {0.50/18} (9... Qd6 $11 {-0.24/23}) 10. h3 $146 (10. c4 Qc8 (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 h6 12. Bh4 Nb6 13. Be2 Nbd5 14. Qd2 Qd6 15. Bg3 Qa3 16. c4 Ne4 17. Qc1 Qxc1 18. Rfxc1 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Nf6 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Rb2 Rfd8 22. d5 c6 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Rcb1 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 {Turzak,M (2010)-Retkovsky,M Slovakia 2008 1/2-1/2 (33)}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Be3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. cxd5 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Nxd5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Nc3 18. Qd2 Nb5 19. Nxg6 fxg6 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Bc5 Rf3 22. Kg2 Rxd3 23. Qb4 Qd5+ 24. f3 Nd4 {Gorter,Y-Postma,D Hengelo 2001 1/2-1/2}) (10. Rb1 b6 11. Bb5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Rb3 Ndf6 15. Be5 a6 16. Be2 b5 17. h4 Nd7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Bh2 f6 20. Nd2 Bxe2 21. Qxe2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Nb6 23. f4 Nc4 24. Qd3 Kg7 {Machin Arbelo,P (2134)-Suez Panama,G (2032) Gibraltar 2009 0-1 (46)}) 10... Bh5 11. Rb1 {0.10/21} ({White should try} 11. Re1 $16 {0.76/19}) 11... Rb8 {0.73/20} (11... b6 $11 {0.10/21}) 12. Re1 h6 {1.13/19} (12... Re8 $14 { 0.46/22}) 13. Bf4 {0.18/24} (13. Bh4 $1 $16 {1.13/19}) 13... Nb6 $11 14. Rb3 { 0.00/23} (14. Be5 $14 {0.53/20}) 14... Re8 {0.70/20} (14... Nc4 $11 {0.00/23}) 15. Rxe8+ {0.09/24} (15. g4 $1 $14 {0.70/20} Bg6 16. Ne5) 15... Nxe8 16. Qe2 { 0.05/23} (16. g4 $14 {0.47/20} Bg6 17. Bxg6 fxg6 18. g5) 16... Nd6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bxg6 {0.00/27} (18. Kg2 $14 {0.47/20 is more appropriate.}) 18... fxg6 19. Qe6+ Kh7 $1 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Ra3 {-0.74/25} (21. a4 $11 {0.00/28}) 21... a6 { -0.03/25} (21... Nc4 $1 $17 {-0.74/25} 22. Rb3 (22. Rxa7 Qb6 $15) 22... Qg8 23. Qxg8+ Kxg8) 22. Rb3 Qc7 $2 {1.48/23 [#]} (22... Nc4 $11 {-0.03/25}) 23. Nh4 $16 g5 24. Nf5 Rd8 $2 {3.25/22} (24... Nc4 $1 $14 {0.67/24}) 25. Rxb6 $1 $18 Qxb6 26. Qf7 {[#]} Rg8 27. Nxh6 $1 {Threatening mate with Nf5.} Rd8 $2 {#5/26} ( 27... Rc8 $18 {3.12/26}) (27... Kxh6 28. Qh5#) 28. Nf5 {Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

E50 Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein 4...0-0 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3)

This was a very difficult game for me to play and as you may see in the notation, the advantage shifted back and forth a few times. Both players played some horrible moves but as the last ones were made by my opponent, I was able to get the win. This was played in the 2014 September Grand Seven Fourteen III tournament at Red Hot Pawn. Out of the 21 players that started this tournament, only five are still in the fight for the win. I have 11 games left still from the 40 games that started on September 11th 2014. My playing speed has been quite slow in the last few months but I am hoping that will change as the game load comes down enough. I still have 214 games in progress that are divided into four different sites. The site I am currently most active based on the amount of games in progress is Chess.com. I have also added one mate in one, three mate in threes and one mate in five.

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "kirbythecat"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E50"] [WhiteElo "1778"] [BlackElo "1914"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O {E46 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation} 5. Nf3 {E50 Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5.Nf3} Bxc3+ (5... b6 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ {1-0 (42) Jirousek,J (1595)-Volaninova,S (1768) Kouty nad Desnou 2017}) 6. bxc3 b6 {0.31/21} (6... d6 $11 {-0.13/23} 7. Bd3 Qe7 8. O-O e5 9. e4 Nc6 10. Qe1 b6 11. Qe3 Ng4 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. h3 h6 14. Rb1 Re8 15. Re1 Bd7 16. Kh2 Nh7 17. Qe3 Nf8 18. Ba3 Ng6 19. g3 Na5 20. Nd2 c5 21. Bc1 Qf8 {Xu,Y (2523) -Wang,C (2514) Xinghua 2016 1/2-1/2 (32)}) 7. Bd3 $14 Ba6 {1.05/19} (7... Bb7 $11 {-0.26/20}) 8. O-O {0.02/24} (8. e4 $1 $16 {1.05/19}) 8... Nc6 $2 {1.65/19 [#]} (8... Bb7 $11 {0.02/24 and Black stays safe.}) 9. Ba3 $146 {0.06/24} (9. e4 $1 $18 {1.65/19}) (9. Qe2 Na5 10. e4 d6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. Qe4 g6 14. Qxa8 Nc6 15. Be7 Nxe7 16. Qe4 Ng7 17. Qe2 Qa4 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Nd2 Nh5 20. g3 Rc8 21. d5 e5 22. f4 f6 23. f5 Kf7 {Jirousek,J (1595)-Volaninova,S (1768) Kouty nad Desnou 2017 1-0 (42)}) 9... Re8 $1 $11 10. Qe2 $2 {-0.76/22} (10. e4 $1 $16 {0.78/23}) 10... Na5 {0.37/21} (10... e5 $17 {-0.76/22 Strongly threatening ...e4.} 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Rxe5) 11. Nd2 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qxd5 {0.90/19} (13... exd5 $11 {-0.26/21 remains equal.} 14. Rfc1 Rc8) 14. e4 $36 {White is more active.} Qd7 {1.29/19} (14... Qc6 $14 {0.47/21}) 15. f4 { 0.00/23} (15. e5 $16 {1.29/19} Nd5 16. f4) 15... Qa4 {0.59/22} (15... Rad8 $11 {0.00/23}) 16. Bb2 {0.10/24} (16. e5 $14 {0.59/22}) 16... Rad8 {0.57/19} (16... Nd7 $11 {0.10/24 was preferrable.}) 17. c4 $14 c6 {1.11/18} (17... Nd7 $1 $11 { 0.00/20 keeps the balance.}) 18. e5 {0.37/22} (18. Rac1 $16 {1.11/18}) 18... Ng4 {1.50/22} (18... Nd7 $1 $14 {0.37/22}) 19. h3 $16 Nh6 20. g4 Rd7 {2.58/19} (20... c5 $16 {1.37/24 might work better.}) 21. f5 $18 exf5 $2 {4.45/17 [#]} ( 21... Kh8 {2.24/23} 22. f6 g6) 22. gxf5 Rxe5 $2 {8.96/19} (22... f6 {2.86/21} 23. e6 Rdd8) 23. Qg3 Re8 24. d5 {6.33/24} (24. Rae1 $142 {19.04/23} Ra8 25. f6) 24... f6 25. Bxf6 $2 {-0.87/22} ({White has to play} 25. Rae1 $18 {5.93/24} Ra8 26. Ne4) 25... cxd5 {0.18/24} ({Black should play} 25... Rf7 $17 {-0.87/22} 26. Bc3 cxd5 27. cxd5 Qb5) 26. cxd5 {-1.20/21} (26. Bg5 $1 $11 {0.18/24} Nf7 27. Rae1) 26... Rf7 {-0.58/24} ({Much worse is} 26... Qb5 $6 27. Rae1 $11) (26... Rf8 $1 $17 {-1.20/21} 27. Bc3 Nxf5) 27. Be5 $2 {-2.10/19} (27. Bb2 $15 { -0.58/24}) 27... Qc2 {-0.77/26} (27... Qd7 $1 $19 {-2.10/19 and Black stays clearly on top.} 28. Rae1 Nxf5) 28. Bc3 $2 {-7.08/22} (28. Qc3 $17 {-0.77/26} Qxc3 29. Bxc3) 28... Nb7 $4 {3.83/24} (28... Nxf5 $19 {-7.08/22 and life is good for Black.} 29. Rxf5 Qxf5) 29. Rac1 $2 {0.00/25} (29. Rae1 $18 {3.83/24} Ref8 30. Ne4) 29... Qa4 30. a3 $2 {-2.75/21} (30. Be5 $14 {0.35/25 stays ahead. }) 30... Qd7 $2 {-0.69/25} (30... Qxa3 $19 {-2.75/21} 31. f6 Qc5+ 32. Rf2 Nf5) 31. f6 $15 Qxd5 32. fxg7 {-1.12/21} (32. Rce1 $15 {-0.58/23} Rxe1 33. Rxe1) 32... Nf5 {-0.58/24} ({Better is} 32... Qc5+ $17 {-1.12/21} 33. Kh1 Qc6+ 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Nf5) 33. Qg5 $2 {-2.70/21} ({White should try} 33. Rce1 $15 {-0.58/24} Nbd6 34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. Qf3) 33... Nc5 {And now ...Nd3 would win.} ( {Not} 33... Qc5+ 34. Rf2 $17) 34. Rf3 $2 {-6.78/24} (34. Rfe1 {-2.47/24} Rc8 35. Ba1) 34... Ne6 35. Qg2 Nh4 {Accuracy: White = 13%, Black = 12%.} 0-1

E91 King's Indian: Classical: 6.Be2, unusual replies including 6...c5 and 6...Bg4 (1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e4 O-O 6.Be2 b6 7.O-O d6)

This game was played at Chess.com in a team match called Let;s get it on 2015! and it is played between !♔NM Aww-Rats Free Video Lessons!♔ and Romeo and Juliet. This is played on 107 boards and the current score in the match is 94,5 - 116,5 in favor of Romeo and Juliet. I played on board 13 in this match for Romeo and Juliet and I won one game and lost one. The game below was my better game against Marley_Torpe_Oreo but if my opponent had not lost on time, this might have been far from winning for me. We just need to wait for the last games to finish in order to officially get the win. I have added two mate in ones, two mate in twos and one mate in three today.

[Event "Let;s get it on 2015! - Board 13"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.12.31"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Marley_Torpe_Oreo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E91"] [WhiteElo "1868"] [BlackElo "1825"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. c4 c5 (1... Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 {1-0 (43) Bellin,J-Goichberg,W Las Vegas 1975}) 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 {1-0 (33) Matulovic,M-Sofrevski,J Sarajevo 1958} (4... d6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 {1-0 (43) Bellin,J-Goichberg,W Las Vegas 1975})) 1... g6 {A40 Modern Defense: Queen Pawn Fianchetto} (1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 (2... d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 (5. Nf3) 5... O-O {1/2-1/2 (26) Krischok,H (1790)-Bartlitz,H (1650) Ellwangen 1995}) 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 { 1-0 (49) Andersen,B-Besser,H Busto 1968}) 3... Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 { 1-0 (41) Oll,L (2560)-Davidovic,A (2425) Sydney 1991} b6 7. O-O {1-0 (49) Andersen,B-Besser,H Busto 1968}) 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 b6 (6... d6 7. O-O {1-0 (33) Matulovic,M-Sofrevski,J Sarajevo 1958}) 7. O-O d6 {1.54/18 E91 King's Indian: Classical: 6.Be2, unusual replies including 6... c5 and 6...Bg4} (7... cxd4 $1 $14 {0.55/22} 8. Nxd4 Nc6) 8. Bg5 $146 {0.63/25} (8. d5 $1 $16 {1.54/18} Na6 (8... e6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. Qd2 e5 13. h3 Kh8 14. Bh6 Nh5 15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Bf1 Qe7 17. Nh2 Nf4 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 f5 20. f4 fxe4 21. Rxe4 Bf5 22. Re2 Qf6 23. fxe5 {Krischok,H (1790) -Bartlitz,H (1650) Ellwangen 1995 1/2-1/2}) (8... a6 9. h3 e5 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. e5 Ne8 12. Ne4 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. exd6 Bb7 15. Bd3 Nxd6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Be4 Qc7 18. Qe2 Rae8 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. Be3 e5 23. b3 { Andersen,B-Besser,H Busto 1968 1-0 (49)}) (8... e5 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 g5 14. Bg3 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Bg4 Nc6 18. Bxe6+ Kh7 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bf5+ Kg8 21. Rae1 Rd2 22. Re7 Re8 23. Rc7 { Bellin,J-Goichberg,W Las Vegas 1975 1-0 (43)}) 9. Re1 Nc7 10. h3 e5 11. dxe6 Nxe6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qc2 Qb8 14. Rad1 Bc6 15. Nd5 Re8 16. Bf1 Qb7 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Bc3 Ne5 19. Nh2 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Ng4 Nd4 22. Qd2 Bxd5 23. Qh6+ { Oll,L (2560)-Davidovic,A (2425) Sydney 1991 1-0 (41)}) (8. e5 Ng4 9. h3 Nh6 10. exd6 exd6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 Nf7 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qa3 Re8 15. Rfd1 Qc8 16. Bf1 Bc6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. cxb5 cxd4 19. Qb3 a5 20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Nxd4 f5 22. Bc4 a4 { Matulovic,M-Sofrevski,J Sarajevo 1958 1-0 (33)}) 8... Nbd7 {1.07/21} (8... cxd4 $14 {0.63/25 is superior.} 9. Nxd4 Bb7) 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 {White is better.} Bb7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Rac1 Nc5 {1.58/20} (12... Re8 $142 {0.95/23}) 13. Bh6 { 0.25/22} (13. b4 $16 {1.58/20}) 13... a5 {1.43/22} (13... Bxh6 $11 {0.25/22} 14. Qxh6 Ne6) 14. Bxg7 $16 Kxg7 15. Nd5 $2 {-0.20/24 [#]} ({White should play} 15. Rcd1 $16 {1.58/19}) 15... e6 {0.89/20} (15... e5 $1 $11 {-0.20/24 keeps the balance.} 16. Nb3 (16. Nf5+ gxf5 17. Qg5+ Kh8 $11) 16... Nxb3 17. axb3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 f5) 16. Ne3 {0.32/22} ({Better is} 16. Nc3 $16 {0.89/20}) 16... d5 $2 {1.92/20} (16... Nh5 $14 {0.32/22}) 17. cxd5 $18 exd5 18. exd5 $2 {0.00/31} ( 18. e5 $18 {2.33/17}) 18... Nxd5 $11 19. Ng4 h5 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Ne3 {-1.38/21} (21. Rxc5 $1 $11 {0.00/26 remains equal.} Rxc5 22. Ne6 $1 fxe6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qg6+) 21... Qf6 $17 22. Rfd1 { -1.67/24} (22. Rcd1 $17 {-0.93/24 was called for.}) 22... Nf4 $19 23. Bc4 { -2.14/20} (23. Bf1 $17 {-1.19/23 keeps fighting.}) 23... Nce6 $2 {-0.57/23} ({ Not} 23... Ncd3 24. Ndf5 $15) (23... Qe5 $1 $19 {-2.14/20} 24. Ndc2 Nce6) 24. Nxe6 $15 fxe6 {0.18/23} (24... Nxe6 $15 {-0.49/24} 25. Rd7 b5 26. Rxb7 bxc4) 25. Rd7 $11 {[#]} Rf7 $1 26. Rcd1 {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 39%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

C89 Closed Spanish Game: Marshall Attack (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qf3 Bf5 16.Bxd5 cxd5)

This game shows probably one of the longest theoretical lines I have managed to play in my games. It also means that my opponent was able to play it as well and it was actually me that went out of previously played lines first. I had a good game up to move 24 but then on move 25 I messed up my position a bit and gave my opponent some chances for an equal position. He gave the advantage back to me on his 26th move and after that I was able to maintain my advantage to the end. The game below was played in the first round of the 2014 October Split II tournament at Red Hot Pawn. I have five games left to finish from the 22 games that started with this tournament. I am in fourth place but I have some chances of getting the first place in the group and advancing to the second round. I have added two mate in twos, two mate in threes and one mate in six today. Until next time, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "Split"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.10.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Blanca"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C89"] [WhiteElo "1914"] [BlackElo "1576"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 (12. Bxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Bd6 14. Re1 Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 (25) Schaefer,F (1517)-Rondio,T (1837) Koblenz 1998}) 12... Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 {C89 Spanish Game: Marshall Attack. Modern Main Line} 15. Qf3 (15. Bxd5) 15... Bf5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 {C89 Closed Spanish Game: Marshall Attack} 17. Qxd5 Rae8 $1 {[#]} 18. Re3 $2 { -2.82/24} (18. Rxe8 $2 Rxe8 19. Be3 Be4 $19) (18. Bd2 $1 $14 {0.32/21 was the only good move.} Bd3 19. Na3 Bxa3 20. bxa3 Bc4 21. Qf3 Qd7 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 h6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. h3 Bxa2 26. Kh2 Qe6 27. Qe3 Qc6 28. g4 Be6 29. Kg3 Qc4 30. f3 Qa2 31. Bc1 Qc2 32. Qd2 Qb3 33. h4 {Chandler,M (2595)-Nikolic,P (2600) Leningrad 1987 1/2-1/2 (54)}) 18... Rxe3 $4 {2.06/21} (18... Qh5 $19 { -2.82/24 avoids the disaster. And now ...Qd1+ would win.} 19. Qf3 (19. Qxd6 $2 Qd1+ 20. Kg2 Rxe3 $19) (19. Qb3 Bh3 20. Nd2 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Qe2 22. Qd5 Qe1+ 23. Nf1 Qxf1# {0-1 (23) Wyszomirski,K (1747)-Sawicki,W (1797) Warsaw 2013}) 19... Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Re1+ 21. Kg2 Be4) 19. Bxe3 $18 {White is clearly better.} Re8 { White must now prevent ...Be4.} 20. Qg2 $146 {1.15/25} (20. Qxd6 {gets mated.} Be4 21. Qf8+ Rxf8 22. f3 Bxf3 23. Kf2 Qg2+ 24. Ke1 Qe2#) (20. Nd2 $18 {1.84/20} Bf8 (20... Rd8 21. Bf4 Be6 22. Qg2 Bxf4 23. Qxh3 Bxh3 24. gxf4 Rd6 25. Re1 Rg6+ {1/2-1/2 (25) Schaefer,F (1517)-Rondio,T (1837) Koblenz 1998}) 21. a4) 20... Qh5 {1.65/23} (20... Qg4 $16 {1.15/25 was necessary.}) 21. Nd2 Re6 {2.56/19} ( 21... Bf8 $142 {1.61/25} 22. Qc6 Re6) 22. b3 {1.52/22} (22. Qa8+ $18 {2.56/19} Bf8 23. d5 Rxe3 24. fxe3) 22... Qg6 $2 {3.16/22} (22... h6 $16 {1.52/22} 23. a4 bxa4) 23. Qa8+ Bf8 24. c4 h5 25. h4 $2 {-0.72/25} (25. c5 $18 {3.00/21}) 25... Rxe3 $1 $17 26. fxe3 {[#] aiming for Kf2.} Bd3 $2 {4.75/21} (26... Qxg3+ $11 { -0.17/24} 27. Qg2 Qxe3+ 28. Qf2 Qh3) 27. Kg2 bxc4 28. bxc4 f6 {7.42/22} (28... Bxc4 $142 {4.16/22} 29. Nxc4 Qc2+ 30. Kg1 Qxc4) 29. Rc1 {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 30. Qxf8 Be4+ 31. Kh2 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

C52 Evans Gambit Accepted: 5.c3 Ba5 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.O-O Nf6 7.d4)

The game below is from a team match that was played at Chess.com. This match is played on 217 boards between DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS and TURK CHESS PLAYERS. I played on board 38 in this match for DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS. I won one and lost one, so it was quite evenly matched board this time. The current score in this match is 211,5 - 196,5 in favor of DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS, so we need 6 more points to get the win. Playing against gambit play has not worked out all that well for me in the past but maybe if I get more games like this, I would start to like to play against them. Maybe I should play gambit openings myself in order to learn them better and maybe doing so would improve my tactical awareness as well. I have added three mate in ones, one mate in two and one mate in six today. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

Game number two. This game was played on the first round of the 2015 October Grand Split Three Seven I 1800+ tournament. I have currently gathered 28 points in this tournament and my maximum possible score is 64, which is not even enough anymore to fight for the win of the group. I am on 8th place with my current collection of points and Johannes Goethe is on 7th place and he has gathered 30 points so far. I am not sure why my opponent offered me a draw in the final position. Because I thought I would be insane to refuse a draw in a position I was, I accepted the draw.

This game went wrong for me already on move 7 when I played the bold looking d5. It just is not a good move and I should have probably castled instead or play d6 or even Nxe4 was better than the move I played. The game actually briefly advances towards equality, but then on move 9 I start to mess up my position again which I continue to do a few times later on in the game. The final position looks to be clearly better for Johannes Goethe, so it is a mystery to me why he offered me a draw.

[Event "DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS vs TURK"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.01.31"] [Round "?"] [White "nabeel_javaid"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C52"] [WhiteElo "1849"] [BlackElo "1868"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 (3... Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. b4 Bxb4 6. c3 {0-1 (23) Hoekstra,E (1795)-De Jong,M (1623) Groningen 2001}) 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O {C52 Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Slow Variation} Nf6 7. d4 {C52 Evans Gambit Accepted: 5.c3 Ba5} d6 {0.00/21} (7... O-O $17 {-1.01/21} 8. dxe5 Nxe4) 8. dxe5 ({Reject} 8. d5 Ne7 $17) (8. h3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 Qe7 11. Qb3 Bb6 12. Nbd2 g5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Na5 15. Qd1 exd4 16. f4 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 d3+ 18. Kh1 Qxe4 19. Bxf6 Bxh3 20. Rf3 Bg4 21. Nxb6 Bxf3 22. Qd2 axb6 {Knol,G (2156)-De Rover,Y (2287) Amsterdam 2012 0-1}) 8... Nxe4 $146 {0.65/22} (8... Nxe5 $15 { -0.36/24} 9. Nxe5 (9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Bxf7+ Kf8 11. Qxa5 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Kxf7 13. Kh1 Rf8 14. Rg1 Kg8 15. Bh6 Rf7 16. Nd2 c6 17. Qg5 Ne8 18. Qh5 Qf6 19. Rae1 Qe5 20. Qh4 Qe7 21. Bg5 Qf8 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Reg1 Nf6 {Churba,D (2120)-Fiorito,F (1469) Buenos Aires 2018 1-0 (39)}) 9... dxe5 10. Qb3 (10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bxf7 Nxe4 12. Ba3 Bf5 13. Rd1+ Kc8 14. Re1 Bb6 15. Be6+ Bxe6 16. Rxe4 Rd8 17. Kf1 Re8 18. Nd2 Kd7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Nc4+ Kc8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Nxe5 Bxa2 23. c4 Bxc4+ {0-1 (23) Hoekstra,E (1795)-De Jong,M (1623) Groningen 2001}) 10... O-O 11. Ba3 Nxe4 12. Bxf8 Qxf8 13. Qb5 Bb6 14. Qxe5 Nd6 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Nd2 Re8 17. Qf4 Re2 18. Bd1 Re6 19. Bf3 Qe7 20. Nb3 g5 21. Qb4 Re5 22. g3 Qf6 23. Bg2 Bb5 24. Qg4 Bxf1 {Vidovic,M (2110)-Kapic,I (2196) Pula 2002 0-1 (61)}) 9. Qd5 $2 { -1.06/20} (9. Re1 $1 $14 {0.65/22} Nc5 10. Bg5) 9... Be6 $17 {Black is better.} 10. Qxe4 {[#] And now exd6 would win.} d5 11. Bxd5 {-2.16/17} (11. Qc2 $17 { -0.73/25} dxc4 12. Rd1) 11... Qxd5 $19 12. Qh4 O-O 13. Ng5 {-2.59/19} (13. Qg3 $17 {-1.56/23} Qd3 14. Bh6) 13... Bf5 14. Ba3 Rfe8 ({And not} 14... Qxe5 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. Rc1 $15) 15. f4 $2 {-6.87/21 [#]} (15. Bb4 {-3.21/22}) 15... h6 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. Nbd2 {-6.74/19} (17. Qg3 $142 {-4.36/23}) 17... Bxc3 18. Rae1 Bxd2 19. Rd1 Be3+ 20. Kh1 Qxa2 21. Ra1 Qc4 22. g4 Be4 23. g5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Nd4 {Black mates.} 25. Kg2 Nxf3 26. Rxf3 Qe2+ {Accuracy: White = 4%, Black = 32%.} 0-1 [Event "Grand Split Three Seven"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2015.12.21"] [Round "1"] [White "Johannes Goethe"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C52"] [WhiteElo "1876"] [BlackElo "1887"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 {1-0 (15) Paul,R (1927)-Klevenow,H (1557) Berlin 2015}) 2... Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. O-O {C52 Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Slow Variation} Nf6 7. d4 $1 {C52 Evans Gambit Accepted: 5. c3 Ba5} d5 $2 {1.45/20 [#]} ({Resist} 7... Nxe4 8. Ba3 $15 (8. dxe5)) (7... O-O $17 {-1.12/24 and life is bright.} 8. dxe5 Nxe4 9. Qc2 d5 10. exd6 Nxd6 11. Rd1 h6 12. Ba3 Qf6 13. Bd5 Ne7 14. Bc5 Bb6 15. Bxd6 cxd6 16. Bb3 Bg4 17. Nbd2 d5 18. h3 Bh5 19. Re1 Rac8 20. Rac1 Bg6 21. Qb2 Rfd8 22. Nf1 Be4 23. N1h2 h5 { Stojanovic,Z (2200)-Pavlovic,B (2200) Bor 1983 0-1 (37)}) 8. exd5 $16 ({Not} 8. dxe5 dxc4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 $15) 8... Nxd5 9. dxe5 $146 {-0.52/20} (9. Qb3 $18 { 1.68/21} Nce7 (9... Be6 10. Qxb7 Nde7 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Qa6 Rb6 14. Qe2 h6 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxe5 Qg5 17. Nc4 Qd5 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Re1 Kd7 20. c4 Qd6 21. Rd1 Nxd4 22. Qg4 Qe5 23. Qxd4+ Qxd4 24. Rxd4+ {Dreessen,J (1811) -Fronius,T (1109) Kiel 2012 1-0 (33)}) 10. Ba3 (10. Nxe5 O-O $11 11. Ba3 c6 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. Qxd5 Be6 15. Qxa5 {1-0 (15) Paul,R (1927)-Klevenow, H (1557) Berlin 2015})) 9... Nxc3 $2 {4.56/20} (9... Nb6 $1 $15 {-0.52/20 keeps the upper hand.} 10. Bd3 Bg4) 10. Nxc3 Bxc3 $2 {5.69/20} (10... Qxd1 { 3.29/23} 11. Nxd1 Be6) 11. Bxf7+ $2 {1.05/21 [#]} (11. Qb3 $1 $18 {5.69/20 and the rest is easy.}) 11... Kxf7 12. Qb3+ Ke8 $2 {4.37/20} (12... Be6 $16 { 0.87/22} 13. Qxc3 h6) 13. Qxc3 $18 Be6 14. Bg5 $2 {1.31/23} (14. Ba3 $18 { 4.46/21 and White stays clearly on top.}) 14... Qd5 $16 15. Rfd1 {1.13/22} (15. Qb2 $18 {1.87/21} Rb8 16. Rfd1) 15... Qc4 16. Qb2 Qa6 $2 {2.75/20} (16... Qb4 $16 {1.14/22} 17. Qxb4 Nxb4) 17. Nd4 {1.24/22} (17. Rac1 $18 {2.75/20 has better winning chances.}) 17... Nxd4 18. Rxd4 {0.88/25 Accuracy: White = 13%, Black = 29%.} (18. Qxd4 $142 {1.41/19} h6 19. Be3) 1/2-1/2

A34 Symmetrical English: 2.Nc3, lines with ...d5 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 Nc6)

The game below is probably the only good game I have played against NN Cheap. This game was actually won on time but I am better in the final position, so the win might have been possible even if the game had continued. This is also the best win at Red Hot Pawn that I have had, based on the rating of my opponent. I do not think I have won against a player higher rated than NN Cheap at Red Hot Pawn. This was played in the first round of the 2014 October Split II tournament. I am one of four players currently on the group I am in that have chances of winning the group and advancing to the second and final round. One of the players who still have chances to win the group is also the opponent I faced in this game. His maximum possible score at the moment is 58 and mine is 60 so I have little bit better chances to win but anything can still happen. I have added one mate in one, one mate in two, two mate in three and one mate in four puzzle today.

[Event "Split"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.10.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "NN Cheap"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "1914"] [BlackElo "2112"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxc3 7. Qxc3 Nc6 8. e4 {1-0 (21) Bakre,T (2438)-Langer,M (2190) Calgary 2015}) 1... d5 (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 {1/2-1/2 (38) Adler,J (2317)-Siegel,G (2389) Switzerland 2005}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 (5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxd5 {1-0 (37) Izoria,Z (2602)-Maze,S (2470) Warsaw 2005}) 6. e4 {D41 Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Exchange Variation} cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Nc6 {[#] A34 Symmetrical English: 2.Nc3, lines with ...d5. Aiming for ...Bb4.} 9. a3 {0.43/23} (9. Bd2 $16 {0.91/20}) 9... Bd7 $14 10. Be2 Qa5 $146 {1.93/20} (10... Rc8 $1 $14 {0.39/21} 11. O-O Na5 12. Qd3 Ba4 (12... Bc6 13. Qe3 Ba4 14. b4 Nb3 15. Bd1 Nc5 16. Bb2 Bb5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Qc3 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 O-O 21. Bb4 Re8 22. Rc1 a5 23. Bc3 Qe7 24. a4 Bc6 25. Ne5 Qg5 26. Bb2 Bxe4 27. Nxf7 {Izoria,Z (2602)-Maze,S (2470) Warsaw 2005 1-0 (37)}) (12... Be7 13. Be3 b6 14. Rfd1 Nc4 15. Qxd7+ Qxd7 16. Rxd7 Kxd7 17. Bxc4 Bd6 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Nd4 Rc7 20. Nc6+ Kf6 21. Rd1 {1-0 (21) Bakre,T (2438) -Langer,M (2190) Calgary 2015}) 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Be3 Nb3 15. Rad1 Bc5 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Ke7 18. Bxc5+ Nxc5 19. Rc1 Nxe4 20. Rc7+ Kf6 21. Rxb7 Rc8 22. h3 Rc1+ 23. Kh2 Nxf2 24. Rxa7 Bc6 25. Rc7 g5 {Adler,J (2317)-Siegel,G (2389) Switzerland 2005 1/2-1/2 (38)}) (10... Qf6 11. e5 Qg6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. b4 O-O 15. b5 Nb8 16. Be3 a6 17. a4 Rc8 18. Qa5 axb5 19. axb5 Qc2 20. Bd3 Qc3 21. Qb6 f5 22. Qxb7 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bf1 Be8 25. Ng5 { Yudovich,M-Busa,T Soviet Union 1968 1-0}) 11. Bd2 $2 {0.09/22} (11. b4 $18 { 1.93/20} Qa4 12. O-O) 11... Qxc3 $11 12. Bxc3 f6 {0.84/17} (12... Be7 $11 { 0.12/22}) 13. O-O {-0.06/21} ({White should try} 13. e5 $1 $16 {0.84/17}) 13... e5 14. Bc4 {-0.25/20} (14. Rac1 $142 {0.20/24}) 14... O-O-O {0.71/18} (14... Bd6 $11 {-0.25/20 remains equal.}) 15. Rfc1 {-0.02/22} (15. h3 $16 {0.71/18}) 15... Kb8 16. b4 Bd6 17. b5 Ne7 18. a4 Bc5 $2 {1.19/18 [#]} (18... Ng6 $15 { -0.32/22}) 19. a5 $2 {-0.43/23} (19. Nxe5 $1 $16 {1.19/18 Strongly threatening Nf7.} fxe5 20. Bxe5+ Ka8 21. Bxg7) 19... b6 $2 {1.23/20} (19... Rc8 $15 { -0.43/23 stays ahead.}) 20. Nd2 {0.74/25} (20. Ne1 $142 {1.23/20}) 20... Bc8 21. Nb3 $36 {White is on the roll.} Bb7 $2 {3.08/21} (21... Bd6 $16 {0.77/21}) 22. Re1 $2 {0.45/26} (22. Nxc5 $18 {3.08/21} bxc5 23. f3) 22... Rd6 $2 {2.75/23 } ({Better is} 22... Bd6 $14 {0.45/26}) 23. Kf1 Rc8 {3.10/20} (23... Ng6 $142 { 2.00/26} 24. Nxc5 bxc5) 24. Nxc5 $18 bxc5 25. f3 a6 26. Reb1 {Accuracy: White = 3%, Black = 24%.} 1-0

D31 Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 c6 3.c4 d5 4.Nc3)

With this post there are 300 different opening variations covered!! It is a nice milestone to reach. Not sure how many more can be seen in my games but as long as there new ones, I shall keep doing this blog the same way as before. The move order seen in the game is quite unusual for this opening variation and the normal move order is 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4. So basically none of the moves were played in the order they appear in theory but as the position after the moves is the same it does not matter that much. Of course the different move order can give some options that were not present in the normal move order. This game was played in a team match called Open Challenge Royal Challengers. It started on October 26th 2014 and it is still ongoing due to the fact that one game remains in this match. The match is played between Royal Challengers and DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS. I play on board 7 in this match for the Royal Challengers. Part of the reason that my game is the last one again to finish is the fact that this game is quite a long one if you consider the move count. The score before the last game ends is 12,5 - 16,5 in favor of DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS which means they will win this match no matter what happens in the last game. I have added three mate in twos, one mate in six and one mate in seven moves puzzles today.

The name of the post was changed from D31 Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit to its current one on September 2nd, 2019.

[Event "Open Challenge Royal Challengers - Boar"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.26"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "zahidx"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "1861"] [BlackElo "1582"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "157"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 (1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 {1/2-1/2 (4) Salmensuu,O (2330)-Tella,J (2335) Helsinki 1997}) (1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 (2... e6) 3. Nc3 {1-0 (21) Avalos Arguello,J (1694)-Benitez,S Encarnacion 2018}) 1... e6 (1... c6 2. c4 e6 { 1-0 (11) Kuspak,A (1832)-Choina,M Sielpia 2010}) 2. d4 c6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 { D31 Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav without ...Nf6 (+ Marshall Gambit and Noteboom) and Exchange Variation lines without ...Nf6 D31 Semi-Slav Defense: Marshall Gambit} Ne7 5. Nf3 (5. Bd3 Na6 6. Nf3 Qb6 7. O-O g6 8. Rb1 Bg7 9. exd5 exd5 10. Re1 Bg4 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Qd6 13. Nxe7 Bf6 14. Nxg6+ Kd8 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Nxh8 Bxh8 17. Qe2 Qc6 18. Qe7+ Kc8 19. Qe8+ Qxe8 {Avalos Arguello,J (1694)-Benitez,S Encarnacion 2018 1-0}) 5... Ng6 {1.71/18} (5... dxe4 $14 { 0.67/20} 6. Nxe4 Nf5) 6. Be2 $146 {0.62/21} (6. h4 $18 {1.71/18}) (6. cxd5 exd5 7. exd5 cxd5 8. Qb3 a6 9. Qxd5 Qxd5 10. Nxd5 Bd6 11. Nb6 {1-0 (11) Kuspak,A (1832)-Choina,M Sielpia 2010}) (6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nd7 10. Qc2 Nf6 11. Rad1 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 13. Bd3 Qe8 14. Rfe1 Kh8 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nf4 17. Nf3 Qg6 18. Bf1 Qf6 19. Ne5 g5 20. Qd2 Kg7 {Zingler,M (2088) -Schmidt,W (2087) Dresden 2001 1-0 (48)}) 6... Be7 {1.31/19} ({Black should play} 6... Bb4 $14 {0.62/21}) 7. O-O {0.56/22} (7. e5 $16 {1.31/19}) 7... a6 { 1.37/20} (7... O-O $14 {0.56/22}) 8. a4 {0.36/21} ({Better is} 8. cxd5 $16 { 1.37/20} exd5 9. exd5) 8... Bd7 $2 {2.32/18 [#]} (8... O-O $14 {0.36/21}) 9. Be3 {1.01/20} (9. exd5 $18 {2.32/18} cxd5 10. cxd5) 9... b6 $2 {2.56/22} (9... dxe4 $16 {1.01/20} 10. Nxe4 O-O) 10. exd5 cxd5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxd5 O-O { 3.31/20} (12... Bg4 $142 {2.28/23}) 13. Nxe7+ $18 Qxe7 14. Qb3 {1.99/22} (14. d5 $142 {3.41/18}) 14... Be6 $2 {3.62/18 [#]} (14... Nc6 {1.99/22} 15. d5 Nce5) 15. Qxb6 Nd7 16. Qa5 Nf6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bd2 Ne4 {2.72/20} (18... Rfb8 $16 { 1.50/23 was worth a try.} 19. Rfe1 (19. Bxa6 Qd6 $17) 19... Rxb2) 19. Bb4 Nd6 $2 {4.35/18} (19... Qd8 {2.28/22} 20. Rfe1 Nf6 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8) 20. Qc5 $2 { 1.69/22} (20. Ne5 {4.35/18}) 20... Nf5 $2 {3.65/22} (20... Rfd8 {1.69/22} 21. Ne5 Qb7) 21. Qxe7 Nfxe7 22. Rfc1 Rfb8 23. Bc3 Nd5 24. Rab1 {1.38/26} (24. g3 $18 {2.69/20}) 24... Ngf4 $16 25. Bf1 Bf5 26. Ra1 Rb6 {2.48/20} (26... Nd3 $16 {1.38/24 was necessary.}) 27. Ne5 $18 f6 {2.74/21} (27... Rab8 $142 {1.87/22} 28. Bc4 Rd6) 28. Nc4 Rc6 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Nd5 31. Kf2 Kf7 32. Be2 Be4 33. Bf3 Bxf3 {2.68/22} (33... f5 $142 {1.74/26} 34. Bd2 Rb6 35. Bxe4 fxe4) 34. gxf3 Re8 {3.37/21} (34... Rb8 $142 {2.38/23} 35. e4 Nxc3) 35. Bd2 Rb6 36. Rc2 Reb8 37. Bc1 Nb4 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Ke2 Nd5 {4.91/21} (39... Rc6 $142 {3.17/25}) 40. Rc5 Ne7 41. Ra3 Nf5 42. Rac3 Rb3 {5.29/20} (42... Rb4 {3.72/22 is a better defense.} 43. R3c4 R8b7) 43. Kd3 h5 44. Kc2 R3b4 45. b3 Nh4 46. e4 {2.38/20} ( 46. Ba3 $142 {4.77/19}) 46... Rxd4 47. Rc6 a5 48. R6c5 Ng2 {3.71/19} (48... Ra8 {2.41/24 keeps fighting.} 49. R5c4 Rxc4 50. bxc4 Kf7) 49. Rxa5 Ne1+ 50. Kb2 Nd3+ 51. Kb1 Ne5 52. Bf4 Rdb4 53. Kc2 R8b7 54. Bxe5 fxe5 55. Rxe5 {Endgame KRR-KRR} Kf6 56. Rxh5 g5 57. h3 Rg7 58. Rh6+ Ke5 59. Rc5+ Kf4 60. Rf6+ Ke3 61. Kc3 Rbb7 62. b4 Rbd7 63. Rd5 Rc7+ 64. Kb3 Rh7 65. Rxg5 Rxh3 66. Rgf5 Rh1 67. Rc5 Rd7 68. Kc4 Rc1+ {8.24/19} (68... Rb1 $142 {5.04/24} 69. Rd5 Rc7+ 70. Kb5 Rb7+ 71. Kc6 R7xb4) 69. Kb5 Rf1 70. e5 Re7 71. e6 Kd4 72. Rc6 Ke5 73. Rf8 Rd1 74. f4+ Kd5 75. f5 Ke5 76. Kb6 Rd6 77. Rxd6 {White mates.} Kxd6 78. a5 Rh7 79. a6 {Accuracy: White = 43%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

C41 Philidor Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Bc4 Bg7)

The game below was played in the 2014 September Octet I 1700-1800 tournament at Red Hot Pawn. This game and my other game against veca were the last games left in this tournament but now all games are complete and I finished second after the clear winner AttilaTheHorn, who only drew one game and won the rest. These two remaining games decided the second and third place and those two games were long battles and in some ways unnecessarily long. Then again if people want to play to the very end, they have every right to do so. I personally would not continue a game that is completely lost and has no hope of a win or a draw. That being said, it is sometimes hard for me to hit that resign button. Accepting the fact that I have lost after a long battle is very hard for me to do, it used to be much harder, but with every loss it may come a little bit easier. Yesterday I briefly increased my peak rating to 1935 but almost immediately afterwards I had to resign a game and drop my rating eight points. I have added one mate in one, three mate in threes and one mate in six today. I have also added one game to my post C41 Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4.

Apart from some inaccuracies, the game was played reasonably well by both players until it came time for veca to play his or her 17th move N7c6 in the position below. More advisable moves are 17...g5 and 17...Kh8.

I responded with the move 18.Nc4 and after that the game was firmly in my grasp, despite some inaccurate moves I made. The game ended in my favor when I played 60.Qc8#.

Game number two. This was played in the 2014 September Grand Seven Fourteen III tournament that is still ongoing at Red Hot Pawn. This tournament started September 11th 2014 with all the games that are played in the tournament but due to the long time controls, there are still unfinished games. I, for instance, have three games still left to finish and all the games have 46 or 47 moves played in them so far. The winner of the tournament has been already decided though and the winner is a player called kopsov (2013). Kopsov has one more game left to finish in the tournament. The second place is currently in possession of a player called Luft (1978) but that might change as the remaining games finish. A player called Reverb (1702) is on third place at the moment and is the only player who can still overtake Luft and take the second place. I am currently in fourth place and I can only get to third place if all goes well in the remaining games.

This game followed the first game in this post up to the move 5...Bg7. In the first game I played 6.c3, but in this game I decided to play 6.Be3. Both moves should lead to an even position. The game went wrong for veca when my opponent played 7...c5 in the position below. I played 8.Nb5, which was the best reply.

I should be clearly better after my 8th move. If the game was not lost for veca after 7...c5, then it surely was lost after veca's next move 8...Be6?? My opponent never recovered from these early blunders and lost the game with the move 45.Qa8#.

Game number three. This was played on the first round of a tournament called 2014 October Glacial Super Casual Banded I 1650+, which is partly still in progress at Red Hot Pawn. 23 players started this tournament and players were divided into two groups, one consisting of 12 players and the other consisting of 11 players. I am playing in group 1, which is the slightly bigger one of the two. Both groups have been decided and therefore the second and final round has already started. All of the games in this tournament at the same time, on November 3rd, 2014. The game below ended on February 10th, 2016. I still have two games in progress from the games that started well over a year ago... That is some real dedication to the game in my opinion. The thinking times in this tournament have been the longest that I have ever experienced, timeout is 21 days and in addition to that there are 21 days in the bank. I am currently on fourth place and I will also be on fourth place in the final standings because the remaining games are not enough to change anything. Because I am currently the third highest rated player in the group, I am slightly disappointed by the way the tournament went. Then again when the tournament started, I may have been further down in the ratings, so at least something has gone in the right direction.

This game followed the first game in this post up to the move 6.c3. In the first game veca played 6...Ne7, but in this game veca chose to play 6...Nf6. The first move that changed the game clearly in favor of either player was seen in position below. Veca played 16...c5 for some reason and lost a pawn.

Due to my sloppy moves I was not able to keep all of my advantage and in the position below, I played 22.Qd2 and allowed my opponent back into the game. Veca replied to 22.Qd2 with the move 22...Qb6 and I was on the clearly better side of the board again. The best chance for veca was 22...d4 and my oppoent could have been quite close of holding on to a draw.

The final mistake of the game was seen a few moves later in the position you can see below. Veca played 27...axb4. It gave me two connected passed pawns on the queenside and made the rest of the game really easy for me.

The game ended when I played 54.Qe5#.

[Event "Octet"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "veca"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "1914"] [BlackElo "1703"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "119"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {Philidor Defense: Larsen Variation} ( 4... Nf6 {Philidor Defense: Exchange Variation}) 5. Bc4 Bg7 {C41 Philidor Defence} 6. c3 Ne7 (6... Nf6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Nf5 Be6 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Be3 h5 17. Qd2 Re8 18. b3 f6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Bf2 Rad8 21. Qc2 {Fanouraki,N (2095)-Ninov,N (2445) Ikaria 1997 0-1 (46)}) 7. O-O (7. Be3 O-O 8. O-O Nbc6 9. Nd2 Ne5 10. Bb3 c5 11. N4f3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bc4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 b5 16. Nd2 f5 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Qe3 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 d5 21. Qe6+ Rf7 {Silber,S (1514)-Denk,C (1221) Magdeburg 2014 1-0 (58)}) 7... Nbc6 $146 (7... O-O 8. Bg5 b6 9. Re1 Qd7 10. Qb3 Nbc6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. Be2 c5 14. f4 f6 15. Bh4 Nc6 16. Nd2 b5 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. e5 {1-0 (19) Vidyaev,A-Yumatov, R (1840) Nizhnij Novgorod 2012}) 8. Be3 a6 {Secures b5} 9. Qf3 {White has a mate threat} (9. Nd2 O-O $11) 9... O-O (9... Ne5 10. Qe2 $11) 10. Bb3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Ne2 Nac6 (12... f5 13. Bg5 $11) 13. Nf4 (13. Nd2 f5 $11) 13... Ne5 14. Qe2 Bg4 {Black threatens to win material: Bg4xe2} 15. f3 {White threatens to win material: f3xg4} Bd7 16. Nd2 (16. Rd1 Qc7 $11) 16... f5 (16... Bb5 17. c4 Bd7 18. Rad1 $11) 17. Rad1 (17. Bb3+ $142 Kh8 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6 $14) 17... N7c6 $4 {Black is ruining his position} (17... g5 $142 {would bring relief} 18. Bb3+ Kh8 $11) 18. Nc4 (18. exf5 {makes it even easier for White} Bxf5 19. Ne4 c4 $18) 18... Nxc4 (18... g5 19. Nh5 f4 20. Bc1 $18) 19. Qxc4+ Kh8 20. Rxd6 fxe4 (20... Ne5 21. Qxc5 Rc8 22. Qb4 $18) 21. Bxe4 (21. Rfd1 $5 { seems even better} Ne5 22. Qxe4 Re8 23. Rxg6 hxg6 24. Nxg6+ Nxg6 25. Qxg6 Qh4 $18) 21... Qe7 (21... Ne5 22. Qxc5 Qc8 23. Qxc8 Raxc8 24. Bxb7 $18) 22. Rdd1 ( 22. Rxg6 $142 {and White has prevailed} Ne5 23. Rxg7 Qxg7 24. Qxc5 $18) 22... Ne5 23. Qe2 (23. Qb3 Bb5 24. Nd5 Qf7 $18) 23... Bc6 (23... Bb5 $5 24. Nd3 Rf6 $16) 24. Bxc6 Nxc6 (24... bxc6 25. Rfe1 $18) 25. Qf2 (25. Nd5 $142 Qe5 26. Rfe1 $18) 25... Rae8 $4 {leading to a quick end} (25... Rf5 $142 $18) 26. Bxc5 Qf7 27. Bxf8 Qxf4 (27... Bxf8 {hoping against hope} 28. Nd5 Rd8 $18) 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Rd7+ Re7 30. Rfd1 Kf7 (30... Qg5 {does not win a prize} 31. Rxe7+ Qxe7 32. Qd2 $18) 31. Qb6 Rxd7 32. Rxd7+ Ne7 33. Rd1 Qb8 (33... Qc4 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 34. Qxb7 Qe2 35. Qb3+ Kg7 36. c4 $18) 34. g3 (34. Rd6 $5 { keeps an even firmer grip} Qc8 35. Rf6+ Ke8 $18) 34... Qe5 (34... Qc8 {doesn't improve anything} 35. Rd8 Qc4 36. Rd4 $18) 35. Kf2 Qb5 (35... Qf5 {the last chance for counterplay} 36. Qb3+ Qe6 37. Qxb7 Qh3 38. Qb3+ Kg7 $18) 36. Qxb5 axb5 37. Rd7 Ke6 38. Rxb7 h5 39. Rxb5 Nd5 (39... Kd7 {cannot change what is in store for White} 40. Rb7+ Kd6 41. Rxe7 Kxe7 42. b4 g5 43. a4 Ke6 44. f4 g4 45. a5 Kd6 46. c4 h4 47. a6 hxg3+ 48. hxg3 Kc6 49. b5+ Kc7 50. f5 Kb6 51. f6 Ka5 52. f7 Ka4 53. a7 Ka3 54. a8=Q+ Kb2 55. f8=Q Kc3 56. Qfa3+ Kxc4 57. Qc6+ Kd4 58. Qac3#) 40. c4 Nc7 41. Rb6+ Kf5 (41... Ke7 {hardly improves anything} 42. Rxg6 Kf7 43. Rh6 Ne8 44. b4 Ke7 45. b5 Nc7 46. Rh7+ Kd8 47. Rxc7 Kxc7 48. c5 Kc8 49. g4 hxg4 50. fxg4 Kd7 51. g5 Ke8 52. b6 Kd7 53. b7 Kc7 54. c6 Kb6 55. b8=Q+ Kxc6 56. g6 Kd7 57. g7 Kc6 58. g8=Q Kc5 59. Qc7+ Kb4 60. Qb3#) 42. a4 g5 (42... h4 {cannot change destiny} 43. gxh4 g5 44. a5 g4 45. Rc6 Ne6 46. a6 Nd8 47. Rc8 g3+ 48. hxg3 Nf7 49. a7 Ne5 50. a8=Q Nd3+ 51. Ke2 Nc1+ 52. Kd1 Nd3 53. Qe4+ Kf6 54. Rc6+ Kg7 55. Qe7+ Kh8 56. Rc8#) 43. a5 Ke5 44. Ke3 Ne6 (44... h4 { is not the saving move} 45. Rc6 hxg3 46. hxg3 Ne6 47. Rxe6+ Kxe6 48. a6 g4 49. fxg4 Kf7 50. a7 Ke6 51. a8=Q Kf7 52. Kf4 Ke6 53. Qd5+ Ke7 54. Ke5 Kf8 55. Kf6 Ke8 56. c5 Kf8 57. Qa8#) 45. a6 Nc7 46. a7 Na8 (46... h4 {doesn't do any good} 47. gxh4 g4 48. Rc6 Na8 49. fxg4 Nb6 50. h5 Na8 51. h6 Nb6 52. a8=Q Nxc4+ 53. Rxc4 Kf6 54. Qe8 Kg5 55. Qe7+ Kxh6 56. Rc6#) 47. Rb8 Nc7 48. a8=Q (48. Rc8 Kd6 49. Ke4 g4 50. Rxc7 Kxc7 51. a8=Q Kd6 52. Qa6+ Kc7 53. Kd5 h4 54. Qa7+ Kd8 55. Kd6 h3 56. Qd7#) 48... Nxa8 49. Rxa8 h4 (49... Kd6 {does not improve anything} 50. Rd8+ Kc5 51. f4 gxf4+ 52. gxf4 h4 53. f5 h3 54. f6 Kb4 55. f7 Kc5 56. f8=Q+ Kxc4 57. Qf7+ Kb4 58. Qb7+ Kc5 59. Rd5+ Kc4 60. Qb5#) 50. Rd8 hxg3 51. hxg3 Ke6 (51... Kf6 {does not save the day} 52. Rd4 g4 53. fxg4 Ke5 54. c5 Kf6 55. c6 Ke5 56. c7 Kf6 57. c8=Q Kg5 58. Qf5+ Kh6 59. Qf7 Kg5 60. Qg7#) 52. c5 g4 (52... Ke7 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 53. Rd6 g4 54. fxg4 Kf7 55. c6 Ke7 56. Rd7+ Ke6 57. Kf4 Kf6 58. c7 Kg6 59. c8=Q Kh6 60. Qa6#) 53. c6 Ke7 (53... gxf3 { does not help much} 54. c7 f2 55. c8=Q+ Kf7 56. Qf5+ Kg7 57. Rd7+ Kg8 58. Qe6+ Kh8 59. Qe8#) 54. c7 gxf3 55. c8=Q f2 56. Kxf2 Kf6 (56... Kf7 {cannot change what is in store for White} 57. Qc6 Kg7 58. Rd7+ Kh8 59. Qc8#) 57. Rd5 (57. Qc6+ Ke5 58. Rd5+ Ke4 59. Qc4#) 57... Ke7 58. Qc6 Kf7 (58... Kf8 {is not the saving move} 59. Rd7 Kg8 60. Qc8#) 59. Rd7+ Ke8 (59... Kg8 {is not much help} 60. Qc8#) 60. Qc8# 1-0 [Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "veca"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "1869"] [BlackElo "1478"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {Philidor Defense: Larsen Variation} ( 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Re1 { Philidor Defense: Berger Variation}) 5. Bc4 Bg7 {C41 Philidor Defence} 6. Be3 { Black is behind in developement} (6. c3 Nf6 7. Nd2 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Nf5 Be6 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Be3 h5 17. Qd2 Re8 18. b3 f6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Bf2 Rad8 {Fanouraki,N (2095) -Ninov,N (2445) Ikaria 1997 0-1 (46)}) 6... Ne7 $146 {Black has a cramped position} (6... Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nxe4 (8... Re8 9. f3 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 a6 12. Bh6 c5 13. Nde2 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 c4 15. Ba4 b5 16. Bxb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb5 19. Qg5 Kg7 20. f4 Nxe4 21. fxe5 Nxg5 {0-1 (21) Jacobsen,C (1586)-Hvenekilde,J (2089) Helsingor 2011}) 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O c5 12. Ndb5 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Na6 14. Nd6 b6 15. Nxc4 Be6 16. Nd6 Nb4 17. a3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5 19. Bh6 Rfd8 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Bg5 {Pruja Ramirez de Cartagen,E (1834)-Roig Ruiz,C (1774) Llinars del Valles 2014 1/2-1/2 (61)}) (6... c5 7. Nb5 Bxb2 8. N1c3 Bxa1 9. Nxd6+ Ke7 10. Nxc8+ Qxc8 11. Nd5+ Ke8 12. Qxa1 f6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Qxf6 Rf8 15. Qe5+ Kd8 16. Bg5+ {1-0 (16) Rimala, E-Mariano,F Vadso 1992}) (6... Nf6 7. Nc3 $11) 7. O-O (7. Qd2 $16) 7... c5 $2 (7... O-O $142 $5 $14 {and Black has air to breath}) 8. Nb5 $16 Be6 $4 {Black has lost his nerve... understandable when you consider his position} (8... O-O $142 9. N1c3 Nbc6 $16) 9. Bxe6 (9. Nxd6+ $142 {seems even better} Qxd6 10. Qxd6 Bxc4 11. Rd1 $18) 9... fxe6 (9... O-O {the last chance for counterplay} 10. Bd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 Bxb2 $18) 10. Nxd6+ Kf8 11. c3 (11. Qf3+ $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Nf5 12. Bxc5 Kg8 13. exf5 Nc6 $18) 11... b6 (11... h6 {there is nothing better in the position} 12. Nxb7 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Nbc6 $18) 12. Qf3+ Nf5 13. exf5 Qxd6 14. fxg6+ Ke8 15. Qxa8 (15. Qf7+ $142 {and White has it in the bag} Kd8 16. Qxg7 hxg6 17. Qxh8+ Kc7 18. Na3 $18) 15... hxg6 16. g3 Kf7 17. Qxa7+ Nd7 18. Nd2 (18. Na3 $142 {and White can already relax} Qe7 19. Nc4 Rd8 $18) 18... Re8 19. Rad1 Re7 20. Ne4 Qc6 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Rd2 Bf6 23. Rfd1 Ne5 24. Rd8+ Kg7 25. Nxe6+ (25. Qb8 Nf3+ 26. Nxf3 Qxf3 27. Rh8 Qxd1+ 28. Kg2 Re8 29. Qxe8 Be7 30. Rh6 Qd5+ 31. f3 Qh5 32. Qxe7+ Kg8 33. Rxh5 c4 34. Bh6 b5 35. Qg7#) 25... Qxe6 $18 26. Qa8 Rd7 (26... Nf7 {is still a small chance} 27. Rb8 Be5 28. Rg8+ Kh7 $18) 27. R8xd7+ Nxd7 28. Qb7 g5 29. Qxd7+ Qxd7 (29... Qf7 {doesn't do any good} 30. Rd6 Qxd7 31. Rxd7+ Kg6 32. a4 Kf5 33. Rd6 Be7 34. Rxb6 Bd8 35. a5 Ke5 36. Rb5 Kd5 37. Rxc5+ Ke6 38. a6 Kd6 39. a7 Bb6 40. a8=Q Bxc5 41. Qf8+ Kd5 42. Qxc5+ Ke6 43. Bxg5 Kf7 44. Qc6 Kg8 45. Qd7 Kh8 46. Bf6+ Kg8 47. Qg7#) 30. Rxd7+ Kg6 31. Rd6 Kf5 32. Rxb6 Be7 (32... Bd8 {does not improve anything} 33. Rb8 Bc7 34. Rb5 Bd8 35. a4 Ke6 36. a5 Kd7 37. a6 Kc6 38. c4 Bb6 39. b4 g4 40. Bxc5 Ba7 41. Bxa7 Kd7 42. Bc5 Kc6 43. Rb6+ Kd7 44. a7 Kc7 45. a8=Q Kd7 46. Qa7+ Ke8 47. Qe7#) 33. Rb5 Kg6 (33... Ke6 {is not much help} 34. a4 Kd7 35. Rb7+ Kd6 36. Bxc5+ Kxc5 37. Rxe7 Kc4 38. Rb7 Kd3 39. a5 Kc4 40. a6 Kc5 41. a7 Kd5 42. a8=Q Ke4 43. Rd7+ Kf5 44. Qc6 g4 45. Rd6 Kg5 46. Qd5#) 34. Bxc5 Bxc5 (34... Bd8 { is no salvation} 35. Bb6 Bf6 36. a4 Be7 37. a5 Bd6 38. a6 Bb8 39. Bc5 Kf5 40. Rxb8 Ke4 41. a7 Kd3 42. a8=Q g4 43. Qd5+ Kc2 44. Qb3+ Kb1 45. Rd8 Ka1 46. Rd1#) 35. Rxc5 Kf6 (35... Kh5 {doesn't improve anything} 36. f4 Kg6 37. Rxg5+ Kf6 38. h4 Kf7 39. h5 Ke6 40. h6 Kf7 41. h7 Ke6 42. h8=Q Kf7 43. Qh6 Ke8 44. Rg7 Kf8 45. Qh8#) 36. a4 g4 (36... Kg6 {does not help much} 37. a5 Kf6 38. a6 Ke7 39. a7 Kd6 40. b4 g4 41. a8=Q Ke6 42. Qe8+ Kf6 43. Rc6+ Kg7 44. Qe7+ Kh8 45. Rc8#) 37. a5 Ke6 (37... Ke7 {does not win a prize} 38. b4 Kd6 39. c4 Ke7 40. a6 Kd6 41. a7 Ke7 42. a8=Q Kd6 43. Rc6+ Ke7 44. Qb7+ Kf8 45. Rc8#) 38. a6 Kd6 39. b4 Kd7 (39... Ke6 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} 40. a7 Kd7 41. a8=Q Ke6 42. Qa6+ Kd7 43. Rb5 Ke8 44. Rb7 Kf8 45. Qa8#) 40. a7 Kd6 (40... Ke6 { does not save the day} 41. a8=Q Kd6 42. Qb7 Ke6 43. Qb6+ Kf7 44. Rc7+ Kg8 45. Qb8#) 41. a8=Q Ke6 42. Qa6+ Kd7 43. Rb5 Kc7 (43... Kd8 {does not solve anything } 44. Rb7 Ke8 45. Qa8#) 44. Rb7+ Kc8 (44... Kd8 {hardly improves anything} 45. Qa8#) 45. Qa8# 1-0 [Event "Glacial Super Casual Banded"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.11.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "veca"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "1897"] [BlackElo "1745"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {Philidor Defense: Larsen Variation} ( 4... Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Re1 { Philidor Defense: Berger Variation}) 5. Bc4 Bg7 {C41 Philidor Defence} 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qd3 $146 (7. Bg5 O-O 8. O-O h6 (8... Nc6 9. f4 Qe8 10. Nd2 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Ng4 12. Qb3 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Bxf2 15. Bh6 Bd4 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Nf3 Bf6 18. e5 Be7 19. Rf1 h6 20. h3 Kg7 21. Nd4 c6 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. f5 {Grierson, J-Kelling,F Auckland 1914 1-0 (67)}) 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. f4 Nd7 11. Nd2 c6 12. Qc2 Nb6 13. Bb3 d5 14. e5 Bg7 15. Rad1 c5 16. N4f3 c4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Qc7 19. Ne3 Nc4 20. Nd5 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Ne3 {Staunton,H-Horwitz,B London 1846 0-1 (55) }) (7. Nd2 O-O 8. O-O b6 (8... Nbd7 9. f4 Nc5 10. Qc2 a6 11. b4 Ncd7 12. a4 c5 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. N4f3 h6 15. e5 Ng4 16. Ne4 Ndxe5 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxh6 Qh4 20. Bg5 Qxh2+ 21. Kf2 Bf5 22. Bc1 Qh4+ 23. Ke3 {Feratovic, F-Bajkovic,S Andrijevica 2012 0-1}) 9. Re1 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Bxd5 14. Nf5 Be6 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. Be3 h5 17. Qd2 Re8 18. b3 f6 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Bf2 Rad8 21. Qc2 a5 {Fanouraki,N (2095)-Ninov,N (2445) Ikaria 1997 0-1 (46)}) (7. O-O O-O 8. f3 Nbd7 $11) 7... Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 h6 {Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 11. Be3 Be6 (11... a5 12. f3 $11) 12. Nd2 (12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. h3 Qe8 $14) 12... d5 $11 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Ba6 (14. Bb3 $5 $11) 14... Qd6 $15 15. h3 {Secures g4} Rfd8 (15... c5 $5 { is noteworthy} 16. Rfd1 Rab8 $17) 16. Nb3 $11 c5 (16... Nd7 $142 $11 {and Black hangs on}) 17. Bxc5 $16 Qc6 18. Be3 Ne4 19. Nd4 Bxd4 (19... Qd6 $5 20. Qe2 Bd7 $16) 20. Bxd4 $18 ({Not} 20. cxd4 Rd6 21. Bb5 Qb7 $16) 20... Nc5 (20... Kh7 $142 $18) 21. Bxc5 $4 {forfeits the advantage} (21. Qe3 $142 {White would have gained the upper hand} Kh7 22. Be2 $18) 21... Qxc5 $16 22. Qd2 {White threatens to win material: Qd2xh6} (22. b4 Qb6 23. b5 Bf5 $16) 22... Qb6 (22... d4 $5 $14) 23. Be2 Kg7 24. Rfd1 a5 (24... Rac8 25. Rac1 $16) 25. Qd4+ (25. b3 Rac8 $16) 25... Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Rab8 27. b4 axb4 $2 (27... Rdc8 $142 $16) 28. cxb4 $18 Rb6 $4 {the pressure is too much, Black crumbles} (28... Kf6 29. a4 Ke5 $18) 29. a4 {White prepares b5} Kf6 30. f4 (30. b5 {seems even better} Ke5 31. Rb4 Ra8 $18) 30... Rdb8 (30... Rc6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 31. Rd2 Rc3 32. a5 $18) 31. b5 Ra8 (31... Rd6 {doesn't change anything anymore} 32. a5 $18) 32. a5 Rd6 (32... Ke7 {does not save the day} 33. Rda4 (33. axb6 $6 { is a weaker possibility} Rxa1+ 34. Kf2 Kd6 $16) 33... Rbb8 34. Rb4 $18) 33. Kf2 Ke7 34. Ke3 (34. Rb4 $142 {makes it even easier for White} Rb8 35. b6 Bc8 $18) 34... f6 (34... Bc8 {does not help much} 35. Rb4 $18) 35. Rb4 Kd7 (35... Bc8 { hoping against hope} 36. Kd4 Rb8 $18) 36. Kd4 g5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. a6 (38. b6 $142 {it becomes clear that White will call all the shots} Rc8 39. a6 Rc4+ 40. Bxc4 dxc4+ 41. Ke3 Rxb6 42. Rxb6 Bd5 43. a7 Ba8 44. Rb8 Bxg2 45. Ra6 Ke7 46. Rc8 Kf7 47. Rcc6 c3 48. a8=Q Bxc6 49. Rxc6 c2 50. Rc7+ Ke6 51. Kd4 g4 52. Qd5#) 38... Rb6 39. Kc5 Rbb8 (39... Kc7 {otherwise it's curtains at once} 40. Bf3 Rab8 $18) 40. b6 {White plans a7} Rc8+ 41. Kd4 Rc2 42. Bf3 (42. b7 Rh8 43. a7 Rxe2 44. b8=Q Rh4+ 45. g4 Rd2+ 46. Kc3 Rd3+ 47. Kxd3 Rxh3+ 48. Kd4 Rd3+ 49. Kxd3 Ke7 50. Rb7+ Bd7 51. a8=Q d4 52. Re1+ Kf7 53. Qg8#) 42... Kd6 43. b7 Rb8 ( 43... Rac8 {is not much help} 44. bxc8=N+ Rxc8 45. a7 g4 46. hxg4 f5 47. a8=Q Rxa8 48. Rxa8 fxg4 49. Ra7 Bd7 50. Rb6+ Ke7 51. Bxg4 Kd8 52. Rxd7+ Kc8 53. Ra7+ Kd8 54. Rb8#) 44. a7 Rxb7 (44... Rd2+ {doesn't change anything anymore} 45. Ke3 Rxb7 46. Rxb7 Rc2 47. a8=Q d4+ 48. Kxd4 Rc4+ 49. Kd3 Bd5 50. Rb6+ Kc7 51. Qb8+ Kd7 52. Ra7+ Bb7 53. Raxb7+ Rc7 54. Rxc7#) 45. Rxb7 (45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Rxb7+ Bd7 47. a8=Q Rd2+ 48. Ke3 Rc2 49. Rxd7+ Kxd7 50. Qxd5+ Ke7 51. Ra7+ Rc7 52. Rxc7+ Kf8 53. Qd8#) 45... Rc4+ 46. Ke3 Rc3+ 47. Kf2 (47. Kd2 Rc8 48. Rb8 g4 49. Rxc8 Bxc8 50. a8=Q gxf3 51. Qxc8 f2 52. Ra6+ Ke5 53. Qe6+ Kd4 54. Ra4+ Kc5 55. Ra5+ Kb4 56. Qb6+ Kc4 57. Ra4#) 47... Rc2+ (47... Rc8 {cannot change what is in store for White} 48. Rb8 Rc2+ 49. Kg3 g4 50. a8=Q gxf3 51. Rb6+ Ke5 52. Qe8 Rxg2+ 53. Kxf3 Rg3+ 54. Kxg3 Kf5 55. Rxe6 Kg5 56. h4+ Kh6 57. Qh8+ Kg6 58. Rxf6#) 48. Kg1 f5 (48... Rc8 {doesn't do any good} 49. Rb8 Ke5 50. Rxc8 Bxc8 51. a8=Q Be6 52. Qb8+ Kf5 53. g4+ Kg6 54. Ra7 d4 55. Qe8+ Bf7 56. Qxf7+ Kh6 57. Qxf6#) 49. a8=Q Rc4 (49... Rc8 {doesn't improve anything} 50. Ra6+ Ke5 51. Rxe6+ Kxe6 52. Qxc8+ Ke5 53. Qc7+ Kd4 54. Rb3 f4 55. Qc3#) 50. Ra6+ (50. Qb8+ Kc5 51. Rd1 Bd7 52. Rxd5+ Kc6 53. Qc7#) 50... Ke5 (50... Rc6 {does not solve anything} 51. Qb8+ Kc5 52. Qe5 Kc4 53. Rxc6+ Kd3 54. Qc3#) 51. Qh8+ (51. Rxe6+ Kd4 52. Qa1+ Kd3 53. Rb3+ Kc2 54. Qd1#) 51... Kf4 52. Rxe6 (52. Qb8+ Ke3 53. Qe5+ Kd2 54. Qe2+ Kc3 55. Qe3+ Kc2 56. Ra2#) 52... Rc1+ 53. Kh2 Rc4 (53... Rh1+ {cannot undo what has already been done} 54. Kxh1 g4 55. Qb8+ Kg5 56. Rg7+ Kh5 57. Qh8#) 54. Qe5# 1-0

B92 Sicilian Najdorf: 6.Be2 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nb3 Be6 7.Be2 Nbd7 8.O-O a6 9.Be3 b5)

This game was for the most part favorable for my opponent but one really bad move at the end was enough for me to turn things around. The game below was played in a team match called 1. To Holmgard And Beyond. This is a match played on 29 boards between DEORLS! and Team Moscow. I played on board 10 for DEORLS! and won both of my games against IGILO. With only one game remaining in the match, the score is 34 - 23 in favor of DEORLS! which means we will win the match, no matter what happens in the last game. I had a bad streak at Chess.com for a while when I lost most of my games but recently I seem to have taken more wins again than losses, so there is some chance left to go back over 1900 again. The average rating of my opponents have increased steadily for some time now but it has not changed my winning percentage all that much, at least not yet. It will undoubtedly change after I start to face either much stronger opponents or much weaker opponents than me. If I could choose the opponents more freely, I would only play against people who are rated roughly 300 points higher than me. I think it would be most beneficial to me. I have added one mate in one, two mate in twos, one mate in three and one mate in four today.

[Event "1. To Holmgard And Beyond - Board 10"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.02.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "IGILO"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "1863"] [BlackElo "1835"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 {B56 Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations} e5 (5... a6 6. Be3 (6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 {0-1 (66) Bors,S (2228) -Paksa,R (2174) Hungary 2000} 8. O-O) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be2 Nbd7 {0-1 (31) Mijatovic,V (2080)-Notter,F (2175) Stuttgart 2003}) 6. Nb3 Be6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O a6 9. Be3 b5 {1.06/19 B92 Sicilian Najdorf: 6.Be2} (9... Be7 $11 {0.01/24}) 10. a3 {-0.11/21} (10. f4 $16 {1.06/19}) 10... Rc8 $2 {1.50/20 [#]} (10... Be7 $11 {-0.11/21}) 11. f3 $146 {-0.17/22} (11. a4 $1 $16 {1.50/20}) (11. f4 Be7 ( 11... exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Qd4 Qc7 14. Rad1 Be7 15. a4 Nc6 16. Qe3 bxa4 17. Nc5 Qa7 18. Nxe6 Qxe3+ 19. Bxe3 fxe6 20. Bxa6 Rb8 21. Bb5 Kd7 22. Bxa4 Ng4 23. Bc1 Rhf8 24. h3 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Nge5 26. Rd1 {Cohen,I (1871)-Chachashvili,Z (1818) Jerusalem 2015 1-0 (46)}) 12. f5 Bc4 13. g4 h6 14. Rf2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Rxc3 16. bxc3 Nxe4 17. Rg2 Nxc3 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Bd2 Na4 20. Rc1 Nb2 21. Qf3 Nc4 22. Rd1 Nxd2 23. Nxd2 Nb6 24. f6 Bxf6 25. Ne4 Be7 {Mijatovic,V (2080)-Notter,F (2175) Stuttgart 2003 0-1 (31)}) (11. Bf3 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. Rc1 Nb6 15. Nd2 Rfd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Bg4 Bg5 18. Be2 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Bd3 g6 21. Rb1 f5 22. f3 Nc4 23. Nxd5 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Nxd2 25. Nc3 Nxb1 {Bors,S (2228) -Paksa,R (2174) Hungary 2000 0-1 (66)}) 11... Nb6 {0.40/21} (11... Qc7 $11 { -0.17/22}) 12. Nd2 {-0.53/19} (12. Bf2 $14 {0.40/21}) 12... d5 $15 13. exd5 { -1.09/22} (13. Bf2 $1 $15 {-0.53/22}) 13... Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 {-1.31/18} (14. Bf2 $142 {-0.85/25}) 14... Nxd5 $17 15. Bf2 Bc5 {-0.43/23} ({Black should play} 15... Nf4 $17 {-1.17/18} 16. Bd3 f5) 16. Ne4 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Qb6 {-0.07/24} ( 17... f5 $17 {-1.51/18} 18. Ng3 O-O) 18. Bd3 $11 f6 {0.00/22} (18... Rd8 $15 { -0.50/20}) 19. Qd2 {-0.52/20} (19. b4 $11 {0.00/22}) 19... O-O $15 20. Kh1 { -0.89/20} (20. b4 $1 $11 {-0.21/22}) 20... Nf4 {-0.38/23} (20... Rfd8 $17 { -0.89/20}) 21. Bf1 {-1.02/20} (21. b4 $15 {-0.38/23}) 21... f5 {-0.17/22} ({ Better is} 21... Bf5 $17 {-1.02/20}) 22. Ng3 {-1.48/19} (22. Nc3 $1 $11 { -0.17/22 was the only way to keep the balance.}) 22... h5 {Strongly threatening ...h4.} 23. h4 {-2.34/21} (23. Qe1 $17 {-1.41/23 was worth a try.}) 23... Rcd8 24. Qe1 Ng6 {-1.26/21} (24... Qd4 $19 {-2.24/19} 25. Ne2 Nxe2 26. Rxe2 Bc4) 25. Rd2 $17 Rxd2 ({Much weaker is} 25... Nxh4 $6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. Bd3 $15) 26. Qxd2 f4 {-0.35/21} ({Don't do} 26... Nxh4 27. a4 $15) (26... Rd8 $1 $17 {-1.33/23} 27. Qg5 Rd4) 27. Ne4 $1 $15 Nxh4 28. Rd1 {-0.51/22} (28. a4 $11 {-0.10/22 was preferrable.}) 28... Nf5 29. Qc3 Qb8 {-0.51/22} ({Black should try} 29... Nd4 $1 $17 {-1.18/21} 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. Nxc5 Kf7) 30. Qc6 { -1.99/21} (30. Bd3 $1 $15 {-0.51/22}) 30... Bc8 $2 {0.24/25} (30... Qc8 $19 { -1.99/21} 31. Qxc8 Rxc8) 31. Qg6 $2 {-2.90/21} (31. Bd3 $11 {0.24/25 and White is okay.} Ne3 32. Ng5 $1) 31... Bb7 $4 {#13/25 [#]} (31... Ne3 $19 {-2.90/21} 32. Ra1 Bf5 33. Qxa6 Bxe4 34. fxe4 Kh7) 32. Ng5 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

C15 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Unusual White 4th moves (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 Bxc3 5.Bxc3 dxe4 6.Qg4)

This game I share with you today is from the second round of a tournament called 2014 August Banded Quartets I 1700-1800 at Red Hot Pawn. Timeout in this tournament was 3 days and there was a timebank of 7 days. Only the first round went well for me as I won my group but then on the second round I faced the group winners and then I faced much tougher resistance. I ended up on fourth place, 15 points behind the tournament winner. If you won a game, you got 3 points, if you drew a game, you got one point and nothing if you lost the game. As far as I am aware, this is the way they calculate all the points in all the tournaments at Red Hot Pawn. I was quite lost in this game for a long time until I got finally some counterplay for the piece. I think this game shows that you should not resign too early, you might get some unexpected chances later on. Well, depends a lot of the disadvantage you are in of course. In case you are a pawn or two down or even a piece from the opening, for instance, there might be chances for a comeback, at least in case of amateur chess. While I typed this, one of my games ended at Red Hot Pawn to my win and it raised my rating once again to a new peak!! Now my all time highest rating there is 1934! That rating now enables me to be the 350th highest rated player on the site. There are 10751 active players on that list, so I am almost in the top 3% there now. I have added two mate in twos, one mate in three, one mate in four and one mate in ten today.

[Event "Banded Quartets"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.12.20"] [Round "2"] [White "jeremy reid"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C15"] [WhiteElo "1678"] [BlackElo "1914"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 {C15 French Defense: Winawer Variation. Fingerslip Variation} Bxc3 5. Bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 {C15 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Unusual White 4th moves} Nf6 $1 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8. Qh6 Nc6 {0.62/17} (8... b6 $11 {-0.28/21 }) (8... Rg6 9. Qe3 b6 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. g3 Nd5 13. Qd2 e3 14. fxe3 Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Bxh1 16. Bd3 Bc6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. e4 Qf6 19. d5 Bb7 20. dxe6 Qxe6 21. Nb5 O-O-O 22. Kb1 a6 23. Nc3 {Lima,N-Muzzi,E (1948) Montevideo 2016 0-1 (39)}) 9. Ne2 $146 (9. Qe3 Bd7 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. f3 exf3 12. Nxf3 O-O-O 13. Rg1 Rde8 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Qf3 f5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. Rgf1 Ref8 20. Rf2 Rf7 21. Rdf1 Rgf8 22. Qh5 Qe6 23. g4 Qg6 {Pacak,P (1808)-Wesolowska,K (1754) Lublin 2007 1-0 (56)}) (9. O-O-O Qe7 (9... Rg6 10. Qd2 Ne7 11. Ne2 Ned5 12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Bd7 14. g3 Bc6 15. Bg2 Qe7 16. Rhe1 O-O-O 17. Qh4 Rd5 18. Qf4 Rf5 19. Qd2 Ng4 20. Re2 Nf6 21. Bb4 Qd7 22. c4 b6 23. Bc3 Kb8 24. d5 {Olesen,P (2052)-Ahlers,B (2116) Rogaska Slatina 2012 1-0}) 10. f3 Bd7 11. Qh4 O-O-O 12. Qe1 e3 13. Qxe3 Nd5 14. Qd2 e5 15. dxe5 Be6 16. Bd3 Qc5 17. g3 Ndb4 18. a3 Nxd3+ 19. cxd3 Nxe5 20. Qc2 Qe3+ 21. Kb1 Nxd3 22. Ne2 Nf2 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {Zellweger,W (2120)-Schmidt,R (2174) Faaker See 2003 0-1}) ( 9. d5 Rg6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qc1 exd5 12. g3 Bg4 13. Bg2 O-O-O 14. c3 Ne5 15. Qe3 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 Qa6 17. Ne2 Rf6 18. Nd4 Nxf2+ 19. Kg1 Nh3+ 20. Bxh3 Bxh3 21. Ne2 Rf3 22. Qd2 e3 23. Qc2 Rf2 {Dierckens,S-Shmirina,E (2164) Balatonlelle 2003 0-1}) 9... Rg6 10. Qd2 {-0.07/20} (10. Qe3 $14 {0.57/17}) 10... Nd5 { 1.11/18} (10... Qd6 $11 {-0.07/20}) 11. g3 {-0.15/21} (11. O-O-O $1 $16 { 1.11/18}) 11... Bd7 {0.62/18} (11... Qd6 $1 $11 {-0.15/21}) 12. Bg2 f5 13. Nf4 {0.00/23} (13. O-O $16 {1.08/19}) 13... Nxf4 {0.76/20} (13... Rg8 $11 {0.00/23 keeps the balance.}) 14. Qxf4 $16 Rg4 {1.22/22} (14... Ne7 $1 $11 {0.27/21}) 15. Qh6 Qe7 {1.42/21} (15... Qg5 $142 {0.89/23} 16. Qxg5 (16. Qxh7 O-O-O $16) 16... Rxg5) 16. O-O-O O-O-O 17. f3 $1 exf3 18. Bxf3 Rg6 19. Qf4 {0.64/21} (19. Qd2 $18 {1.83/18}) 19... Nb4 $14 20. Kb1 {0.33/22} (20. Bxb4 $1 $16 {0.95/21} Qxb4 21. Rhe1) 20... Ba4 {1.45/24} (20... Nd5 $14 {0.33/22} 21. Bxd5 exd5) 21. d5 $2 {-3.56/19} (21. Bxb4 $16 {1.45/24 keeps the pressure on.} Qxb4 22. Rhe1) 21... Bxc2+ $19 22. Ka1 Bxd1 $2 {0.83/22} (22... Nxd5 $19 {-4.59/23} 23. Bxd5 Bxd1) 23. Bxb4 $16 Qf7 $2 {2.80/19} (23... Qxb4 $14 {0.58/25} 24. Qxb4 Bxf3) 24. Rxd1 $18 {Black must now prevent d6.} exd5 25. Bh5 b6 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Bc3 c5 {3.15/20} (27... Re8 {1.93/22 was worth a try.} 28. Qd2 c6) 28. Be5 {1.85/24 } (28. b4 $142 {3.15/20}) 28... d4 {2.27/22} (28... Re8 $142 {1.85/24} 29. Rc1 Kb7) 29. Qf3 {[#] Qc6+ would kill now.} Qb7 30. Qxb7+ {1.24/26} (30. Qa3 $18 { 2.16/21}) 30... Kxb7 {Endgame KRB-KR} 31. Kb1 Kc6 32. Kc2 Kd5 {1.40/25} (32... Re8 $142 {0.90/25} 33. Bf6 Re6) 33. Bf4 $16 Re8 34. Rd2 {0.45/26} (34. Kd2 $16 {1.60/22}) 34... b5 35. b3 {0.00/24} (35. Rf2 $14 {0.68/23}) 35... c4 $11 36. bxc4+ bxc4 37. Bg5 {-0.95/25} (37. Kd1 $11 {0.00/32}) 37... Re6 {0.00/26} ( 37... c3 $1 $17 {-0.95/25} 38. Rf2 Kc4) 38. Bd8 {-0.87/28} (38. Rd1 $11 { 0.00/26}) 38... Ra6 {Black has strong compensation.} 39. Kd1 c3 40. Rc2 Kc4 41. Rf2 Kd3 42. Be7 $2 {-3.47/21} (42. Bc7 $17 {-1.00/27}) 42... Rb6 $19 43. Ba3 Rb1+ 44. Bc1 Ra1 45. a3 $2 {-8.74/24} (45. g4 {-3.03/28} fxg4 46. Rg2) 45... Kc4 46. Rf4 Kd5 47. Kc2 Kc4 $2 {-0.09/30} ({Black should try} 47... g5 $1 $19 { -4.75/22} 48. Rxf5+ Kc4) 48. g4 $2 {-8.36/22} (48. Be3 $11 {-0.09/30} Ra2+ 49. Kb1) 48... fxg4 $2 {0.00/30} (48... g5 $19 {-8.36/22} 49. Rxd4+ Kxd4 50. gxf5 g4) 49. Rxg4 {-0.93/24} (49. Be3 $1 $11 {0.00/30} Ra2+ 50. Kb1) 49... Ra2+ $17 50. Kd1 Rxh2 {-0.09/23} ({Better is} 50... a5 $15 {-0.66/25}) 51. Rxg6 $2 { -18.81/20} (51. Be3 $11 {-0.09/23}) 51... d3 52. Rg4+ Kb3 $1 {( -> ...Rh1+)} 53. Be3 a5 {-4.71/24} (53... c2+ $142 {-#11/26} 54. Ke1 Re2+ 55. Kf1 Rxe3 56. Rb4+ Kc3 57. Kg2 c1=Q 58. Rf4 d2 59. Rf6 d1=Q 60. Rc6+ Kb2 61. Rxc1 Kxc1 62. Kh2 Qd2+ 63. Kh1 Re1#) 54. a4 {-#10/27 [#]} (54. Rg1 $19 {-4.71/24} d2 55. Bxd2 Rxd2+ 56. Ke1) 54... Ra2 {-66.57/24} (54... c2+ $142 {-#10/27} 55. Ke1 Re2+ 56. Kf1 Rxe3 57. Kg2 c1=Q 58. Rg3 Rxg3+ 59. Kxg3 Qg1+ 60. Kh4 d2 61. Kh5 d1=Q+ 62. Kh6 Qd2+ 63. Kh7 Qdh2#) 55. Ke1 Rxa4 {-15.34/21} (55... Re2+ $142 {-49.10/22} 56. Kf1 Rxe3 57. Rg1 d2 58. Kf2 c2 $1 59. Kxe3 c1=Q 60. Rxc1 dxc1=Q+ 61. Ke4 Qg5 62. Kf3 Kc3 63. Kf2 Kd2 64. Kf3 Kd3 65. Kf2 Qg4 66. Kf1 Ke3 67. Ke1 Qg1#) 56. Rg2 Ra1+ {Black mates.} 57. Kf2 Ra2+ 58. Kf3 Rxg2 59. Kxg2 d2 {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 32%.} 0-1

A52 Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.e3 Nc6 6.Qd5 Qe7 7.a3 a5)

It is always nice to see that after a few games that I go through in my database, some new opening that I have not covered yet appears and I get a topic for my posts. I am already nearing 300 different opening variations which makes me grin a bit. I would not have believed this when I started doing this blog but somehow something new always comes along. I know that there is a limit in the openings so if I somehow get to 3600 then I know there are not that many left anymore. I do not know how many there are in total exactly, but according to one estimate there are over 3600. I think I should go over some of my chess960 games soon but for now I will cover just my chess games. The game below is from a team match called Open Challenge Team Bengaluru - ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು. It was played between Team Bengaluru - ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು and King Hunters. I played on board two for King Hunters. This 10 board match ended in a score of 13 - 7 in favor of Team Bengaluru - ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು. The match started on January 13th 2015 and ended on April 18th 2015. I have added one mate in one, two mate in twos, one mate in three and one mate in six today.

[Event "Open Challenge Team Bengaluru - ಬೆ�"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.01.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "sanath1987"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A52"] [WhiteElo "1856"] [BlackElo "1872"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 {A52 Budapest Defense: Adler Variation} Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Qd5 (6. a3 a5 7. Qd5 {0-1 (27) De Araujo,J (1780)-Monteiro,J (1713) Fortaleza 2017}) 6... Qe7 7. a3 a5 {A52 Budapest Gambit} 8. Be2 (8. Nc3 {is more complex.} Ncxe5 (8... Ngxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. Be2 O-O {0-1 (27) De Araujo,J (1780)-Monteiro,J (1713) Fortaleza 2017}) 9. h3 (9. Nxe5) 9... c6 10. Qd1 Nf6 11. Nd4) 8... Ngxe5 {1.10/20} (8... Ncxe5 $11 {0.00/26} 9. Nxe5 Nxe5) 9. O-O {0.18/22} (9. b3 $16 {1.10/20}) 9... Nxf3+ {1.14/21} (9... d6 $11 { 0.18/22 keeps the balance.}) 10. Bxf3 {0.00/25} (10. Qxf3 $16 {1.14/21} O-O 11. Nc3) 10... Ne5 11. Be2 O-O 12. Nc3 a4 $146 {1.50/20} (12... d6 $11 {0.00/26} 13. b3 c6 14. Qd1 Qh4 15. Na4 Ba7 16. Bb2 Rd8 17. g3 Qe7 18. Qd2 Bh3 19. Rfd1 f6 20. Bd4 Nf7 21. Bxa7 Rxa7 22. Qd4 Raa8 23. Qh4 Ng5 24. Rd3 Bf5 25. Rd2 Re8 26. Qd4 Rad8 27. h4 Ne4 {Guterman,I (1883)-Trefilov,A (2220) Nizhny Tagil 2014 0-1 (36)}) (12... c6 13. Qd2 Bb6 14. b3 Bc7 15. f4 Ng6 16. Bb2 f5 17. Rae1 Bb6 18. Bh5 d6 19. Kh1 Be6 20. e4 Qd7 21. Bxg6 hxg6 22. Rf3 Rad8 23. Na4 Bc7 24. Rg3 Qf7 25. Rg5 fxe4 26. Rxe4 d5 27. Rxe6 {De Araujo,J (1780)-Monteiro,J (1713) Fortaleza 2017 0-1}) (12... Ra6 13. Ne4 Ba7 14. c5 Rg6 15. b4 d6 16. Bb2 Bh3 17. Ng3 c6 18. cxd6 Rxd6 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Re6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. gxh3 Rd8 23. Rfd1 Rb8 24. Rd7 Kg6 25. Bh5+ Kh6 26. Bxf7 {1-0 (25) Sanchez Rodenas,J (1738)-Espinosa Palacios,V Madrid 2014}) 13. Qd1 {0.70/21} (13. f4 $16 {1.50/20 } Nc6 14. Qd3) 13... c6 {1.60/21} ({Black should try} 13... d6 $14 {0.70/21}) 14. Nxa4 {0.95/22} (14. f4 $142 {1.60/21}) 14... Ba7 $16 15. b4 {0.45/23} ({ White should play} 15. Qb3 $16 {1.39/20}) 15... Nxc4 $2 {2.36/18 [#]} (15... d6 $14 {0.45/23}) 16. Bxc4 $18 {Bd3 is the strong threat.} b5 17. Bxf7+ $2 { 0.42/23} (17. Bd3 $18 {2.42/19}) 17... Rxf7 $14 18. Nc3 d5 19. Bb2 {0.00/23} ( 19. Ne2 $1 $14 {0.60/20}) 19... Bb7 {1.17/20} (19... Qg5 $11 {0.00/23} 20. Ne2 Bg4) 20. Ne2 $16 Re8 {1.58/19} (20... Bc8 $142 {0.87/22}) 21. Nd4 {0.94/22} ( 21. Bd4 $142 {1.58/19} Bb8 22. Rc1) 21... Bb8 22. Rc1 Bxh2+ $2 {5.20/24} (22... Qh4 $16 {0.76/23 is tougher.} 23. g3 Qe4) 23. Kxh2 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Qh4+ 24. Kg1 Ref8 25. Qe2 Rf6 26. Qe1 ({Weaker is} 26. Nf3 Rxf3 27. Be5 (27. gxf3 $2 {is the wrong capture.} Qg5+ 28. Kh2 Qh5+ 29. Kg2 Qg6+ 30. Kh2 Rf5 $19) 27... R3f5 $11) 26... Rg6 {[#] ( -> ...Qh3)} 27. f3 ({Worse is} 27. g3 Qh3 $17) 27... Qh3 28. Rc2 Qh5 29. Qc1 Qg5 30. e4 dxe4 31. Qxg5 Rxg5 32. Ne6 { Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 11%.} 1-0