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