C50 Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Be7)

This post comes again a bit later in the day, this time due to the fact that I played in a over the board rapid chess tournament today. Even though I play close chess rarely these days or even games that I can finish in one sitting, I was able to play quite a decent tournament and got my rating up a few points. Also in preparation for today as I knew that most of this day would be off computer, I added some games yesterday after I had published the main post. I am glad that I did that because I would be maybe running out of time otherwise. The game below was played in a team match called Zeka Oyunları. It was played between Marmara University Chess Club and ANTI NAZI LEAGUE. I played on board 2 for ANTI NAZI LEAGUE in this match and we won this six board match 6,5 - 5,5. It took only move bad move from me to change the advantage from me to my opponent and once he got it, he never let go of it. I have added three mate in twos, one mate in three and one mate in four today.

[Event "Zeka Oyunları - Board 2"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.12.23"] [Round "?"] [White "elyar91"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1851"] [BlackElo "1828"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 (3. Bc4 Be7 4. d4 {0-1 (27) Bonetti,C (1915) -Rozentalis,E (2588) Cento 2011}) 3... exd4 4. Bc4 {C44 Scotch Game: Scotch Gambit} Be7 {C50 Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 5. O-O d6 {0.63/21} ( 5... Nf6 $11 {0.02/21}) 6. c3 {-0.41/22} ({Better is} 6. Nxd4 $14 {0.63/21} Nf6 7. Nc3) 6... Nf6 $15 7. cxd4 (7. Re1 {is interesting.} dxc3 8. Nxc3 O-O 9. h3 Ne5 10. Be2) 7... Nxe4 (7... O-O 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be3 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Qd7 13. d5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Ne5 15. Qg3 Ng6 16. Rfd1 Bd6 17. Qf3 Ne5 18. Qe2 Ng4 19. h3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Rfe8 21. Qd3 Rad8 22. Ne4 {Kotsalis,E (1741) -Koutsourakis,I (1549) Anogia 2017 1/2-1/2 (67)}) 8. Nc3 $146 {Black is slightly better.} (8. Re1 d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 Qd6 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Bf4 Qb4 14. Rd1 Qxb2 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nd2 Qxd4 17. Nxe4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 dxe4 19. Bxc7 Rfe8 20. Bf4 Red8 21. Re1 f5 22. f3 Bc5+ {Moldovan,P-Cucu,T Voineasa 2008 1-0 (50)}) (8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Re1 Nd6 11. Bd3 f6 12. Qh5+ Nf7 13. Nc3 g6 14. Qd1 O-O 15. Bd2 f5 16. Rc1 a6 17. Qb3 Bd6 18. a4 e4 19. Bb1 Ne5 20. Ne2 Qf6 21. Nf4 Kh8 22. Nh3 a5 {Bonetti,C (1915)-Rozentalis,E (2588) Cento 2011 0-1}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Rb1 {-0.78/20} (10. Bd3 $11 {-0.25/21}) 10... d5 {0.12/20} (10... b6 $17 {-0.78/20}) 11. Be2 {-0.90/20} (11. Bd3 $11 { 0.12/20 remains equal.}) 11... Rb8 {-0.31/21} (11... b6 $17 {-0.90/20}) 12. h3 {-0.96/21} (12. Re1 $15 {-0.31/21}) 12... Bf5 13. Bd3 Qd7 {-0.46/23} (13... Bxd3 $17 {-1.04/19} 14. Qxd3 Bd6) 14. Qc2 {-1.19/21} (14. Bf4 $15 {-0.46/23}) 14... Bxd3 $17 15. Qxd3 Na5 {-0.23/22} (15... Bd6 $17 {-1.44/22} 16. c4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Rfe8) 16. Re1 {-1.12/22} (16. Ne5 $11 {-0.23/22 keeps the balance.} Qe6 17. Re1) 16... Nc4 {-0.70/22} (16... Bd6 $17 {-1.12/22} 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Rxb5 Nc4) 17. Bg5 {-1.77/21} (17. Bf4 $15 {-0.70/22}) 17... Bxg5 {-0.97/22} ( 17... f6 $19 {-1.77/21} 18. Bf4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6) 18. Nxg5 {[#]} g6 19. Qg3 { -1.81/22} (19. Nf3 $17 {-0.87/23 was called for.}) 19... Kg7 {-1.11/27} (19... Nd6 $19 {-1.81/22} 20. Qh4 f6) 20. h4 h6 {-1.15/26} ({Black should play} 20... b6 {-1.56/22} 21. h5 Rbe8) 21. Nh3 b6 {-0.88/25} (21... Nd2 $1 $19 {-1.72/21} 22. Rb2 Ne4) 22. Nf4 {-2.01/18} (22. Re2 $17 {-0.88/25}) 22... Kh7 {-0.95/25} ( 22... Qf5 $19 {-2.01/18} 23. Nd3 Rfe8) 23. h5 {-1.41/23} ({White should try} 23. Re2 {-0.95/25}) 23... Rg8 $2 {4.43/22} (23... g5 $17 {-1.41/23 and life is bright.} 24. Nd3 Rbe8) 24. hxg6+ $18 fxg6 25. Nxd5 $1 Qd8 {9.80/25} ({Much worse is} 25... Qxd5 26. Qxc7+ Rg7 27. Qxb8 $18) (25... Qd6 $142 {4.37/25} 26. Qxd6 Nxd6 27. Nf6+ (27. Nxc7 Rb7 $16) 27... Kh8 28. Nxg8 Rxg8) 26. Ne7 {4.41/27 } (26. Re7+ $142 {9.80/25} Rg7 27. Rbe1 Qxd5 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. Qxc7+ Qf7 30. Re7) 26... Rg7 27. Nc6 $1 Qc8 28. Nxb8 Qxb8 29. Re6 Qd8 30. Rbe1 Nd6 31. Qe5 Nf5 32. Re8 Qd7 {7.98/22} (32... Qd6 $142 {4.63/27} 33. Qe4 Qf6) 33. Ra8 a5 34. Qe8 {[#]} g5 $2 {9.50/24} (34... Qxe8 {3.88/25} 35. Rexe8 g5) 35. Qe4 {Rf8 is the strong threat.} h5 36. Rf8 Rf7 37. Rxf7+ Qxf7 {Endgame KQR-KQN} 38. Qe6 Qf8 39. Re5 Ng7 40. Qd5 g4 41. Qd7 Qf4 42. g3 Qc1+ 43. Kg2 Qxc3 44. Rxh5+ Kg8 45. Qd5+ Kf8 46. Rh8+ Ke7 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qg8+ {7.19/24} (48. Rf8+ $142 {#6/27} Kg6 49. Qf6+ Kh7 50. Qh4+ Nh5 51. Qxh5+ Kg7 52. Rf7+ Kg8 53. Qh7#) 48... Kg6 49. Qd5 {aiming for Qe4+.} Qd3 50. Rf8 {11.47/25} (50. Qc6+ $142 {#10/23} Kg5 51. Qh6+ Kf5 52. Qf4+ Ke6 53. Qe5+ Kd7 54. Qd5+ Ke7 55. Qd8+ Ke6 56. Rh6+ Qg6 57. Rxg6+ Kf5 58. Rxg4 $3) 50... b5 51. Qf7+ Kh7 52. Qf6 {White threatens Qh4+ and mate.} Qe4+ 53. Kh2 {Intending Qh4+ and mate.} b4 54. Qh4+ {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 19%.} 1-0