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