B92 Sicilian Najdorf: 6.Be2 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9.Be3 Be6 10.f3 Nbd7)

Another win made possible by the fact that my opponent lost on time. If joysaha had not lost on time, I could have been in a lot of trouble since Black is better in the final position. My pieces do not have all that many good squares to go to while Black can play with his pieces more freely. The game below was played in a team match called A new Era. It was played between In Service of The Master and Himgouree's club. I played on board one for Himgouree's club in this match. The final result in the match was 6 - 2 in favor of In Service of The Master, so we lost this four board match quite clearly. The way I have played at Chess.com recently, it will be unlikely that I would break my peak rating in Online Chess anytime soon, maybe never. My highest rating there, 1974, I achieved January 15th 2009. Since then I have not been even close to breaking that. I was over 1900 briefly this year but now my rating has stayed between 1820 and 1860 for quite some time now. The reason why it does not seem to take any huge plummets or skyrocket to new heights might be because the opponents I have faced recently are quite a bit higher rated than when I was able to get my rating over 1900 last time. There might be other peak ratings there that I am unable at this time to break, for example, my tactics trainer rating which peaked at 2165 February 21st 2012 is something I may not be able to break at all. My current rating at the tactics trainer is 1705 and getting it higher has seemed to be a task that I am not able to do well. I guess a lot more training in that area is required... I have added one mate in two, one mate in three, one mate in five and two mate in six puzzles today. Until next time, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "A new Era - Board 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.03.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "joysaha"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "1836"] [BlackElo "1851"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 (2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 {1-0 (36) Borrero,A (1783) -Calero,H (1909) Cali 2017}) 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O {B92 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. Opocensky Variation Traditional Line} (8... Be6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. f3 {0-1 (39) Voll, M-Upleger,M (2245) Germany 1993}) 9. Be3 Be6 10. f3 Nbd7 {B92 Sicilian Najdorf: 6.Be2} 11. Qe1 {-0.61/19} (11. f4 $11 {0.11/21}) 11... Re8 {0.00/24} (11... b5 $15 {-0.61/19} 12. a3 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. Qf2 Nbd7 15. Nb3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rac1 Bh4 19. g3 Be7 20. Rfd1 Be6 21. f4 Qc7 22. f5 Bc4 23. Bf3 Rfd8 24. Kg2 h6 25. h3 a5 26. g4 a4 {Borrero,A (1783)-Calero,H (1909) Cali 2017 1-0 (36)}) (11... Qc7 12. Rd1 {1-0 (52) Balogh,P (2095)-Sztupak,Z (2036) Gyongyos 2001} (12. Qf2 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Kh1 f5 17. Qg1 N7f6 18. Bc5 Rfc8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ng3 f4 21. Ne4 Ne3 22. Rf2 Bd5 23. Re2 Nxe4 24. fxe4 Be6 25. Qf2 Kh8 26. h3 g5 {Voll,M-Upleger,M (2245) Germany 1993 0-1 (39)})) 12. Rd1 {-0.56/20} (12. Qf2 $11 {0.00/24}) 12... Qc7 {0.00/22} ( 12... b5 $15 {-0.56/20}) 13. Rd2 $146 {-1.15/21} (13. f4 $11 {0.00/22 remains equal.}) (13. Kh1 Nb6 14. Qf2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Bb6 Qc8 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Be3 b5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Nf6 21. Rd3 Qe6 22. Red1 Rec8 23. c3 Rd8 24. Nc1 d5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Bc5 Bg5 {Balogh,P (2095)-Sztupak,Z (2036) Gyongyos 2001 1-0 (52)}) 13... b5 $17 14. Nd5 {-1.24/22} ({White should try} 14. Qf2 {-0.76/23}) 14... Bxd5 $1 15. exd5 {Loss on time!?} 1-0