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