A12 English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Bg4 5.h3 Bh5 6.Nbd2 e6 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O)

The game below was played at Red Hot Pawn in the second round of a tournament called 2014 August Banded Quartets I 1700-1800. As you may notice in the notation, both players are out of the rating range of this tournament, this is partly due to the fact that the ratings that are shown below are not the ones that these players had when this game was played. The ratings are from the time I took the pgn for this game from Red Hot Pawn. It might be better if the rating there would be the one after the game but I guess that is one of the things that nobody wanted to change in the site update that they did awhile back. I think I do like their update on the most part and I do not have any real complaints about it. The one thing that annoyed me in the older version, they fixed, so I am happy about it. This was a tournament in which I finished fourth due to badly played second round that actually determined my final position in the standings. Red Hot Pawn is still the only site where I keep breaking my peak ratings every now and then and the new peak rating I have there now is 1917, which I got May 8th 2015. It might very well start a slight downward spiral in the nearish future but I may be able to keep my rating over 1900 and that is my goal there, I do not want to drop below it anymore. I have added one mate in one, three mate in threes and one mate in four today.

[Event "Banded Quartets"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.12.20"] [Round "2"] [White "chessicle"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A12"] [WhiteElo "2000"] [BlackElo "1914"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. Nf3 c6 2. d4 d5 {1/2-1/2 (13) Eperjesi,L (2350)-Rajna,G (2370) Kecskemet 1979}) 1... d5 (1... Nf6 2. Nf3 {0-1 (58) Obdrzalkova,A (1994) -Federic,P (2219) Slovakia 2012}) 2. Nf3 (2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 {0-1 (69) Mikhalchishin,A (2533)-Blagojevic,D (2537) Budva 2002}) 2... Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 {D12 Slav Defense: Quiet Variation. Pin Defense} 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nbd2 (6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Nbd7 (7... Bd6) 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. b3 O-O {0-1 (69) Mikhalchishin,A (2533)-Blagojevic,D (2537) Budva 2002}) 6... e6 7. b3 (7. Be2 Nbd7 (7... Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 {1/2-1/2 (13) Eperjesi,L (2350)-Rajna,G (2370) Kecskemet 1979}) 8. b3 Bd6 {1/2-1/2 (29) Karpov,A (2619)-Tomashevsky,E (2709) Kiev 2013}) 7... Nbd7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O {A12 English Opening: 1...c6 with b3 by White} dxc4 $146 {0.83/21} (10... Ne4 $11 {-0.18/30} 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 f5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. f3 exf3 16. Qxf3 Rf7 17. e4 fxe4 18. Qxf7+ Qxf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Re1 e5 21. Rxe4 exd4 22. Bxd4 Rd8 23. Kf2 a6 24. Rh4 Be7 25. Rf4+ Ke6 {Karpov,A (2619)-Tomashevsky,E (2709) Kiev 2013 1/2-1/2}) (10... Qe7 11. Ne5 (11. Rc1 Rac8 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 {1/2-1/2 (13) Eperjesi,L (2350) -Rajna,G (2370) Kecskemet 1979}) 11... Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Ba3 13. Ndf3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. e4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Nf8 19. Rc2 f6 20. Nf3 Rd7 21. g3 Rad8 22. Kg2 Bb4 23. Re2 Ba3 24. Bc3 Bb4 25. Bb2 {Mikhalchishin,A (2533) -Blagojevic,D (2537) Budva 2002 0-1 (69)}) (10... Qa5 11. a3 Rae8 12. b4 Qd8 13. Rc1 Ne4 14. Re1 f5 15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Bb8 18. f4 Nf6 19. a4 Ne4 20. Qe2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 dxc4 22. Rxc4 Qh4 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rcd4 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 {Obdrzalkova,A (1994)-Federic,P (2219) Slovakia 2012 0-1 (58)}) 11. Nxc4 { 0.24/29} ({White should play} 11. bxc4 $16 {0.83/21} c5 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2) 11... Bc7 {0.99/24} (11... Be7 $11 {0.24/29}) 12. Qc2 {0.12/28} (12. Nfe5 $16 { 0.99/24} Bxe2 13. Qxe2) 12... Nb6 {0.96/24} (12... Nd5 $11 {0.12/28 keeps the balance.}) 13. e4 {0.51/31} ({White should try} 13. Rfd1 $16 {0.96/24}) 13... Nxc4 {1.00/27} (13... Bxf3 $14 {0.51/31 is superior.} 14. Bxf3 Nxc4 15. bxc4 e5 ) 14. bxc4 $16 Bg6 {0.97/22} (14... Bxf3 $14 {0.46/27} 15. Bxf3 e5) 15. Bd3 Qe7 {1.81/24} (15... Nd7 $14 {0.66/25}) 16. Rab1 {0.99/27} (16. e5 $18 {1.81/24}) 16... Rad8 {2.28/23} (16... Nd7 $16 {0.99/27 might work better.}) 17. Rfe1 { 1.22/27} (17. e5 $18 {2.28/23}) 17... Rfe8 {2.15/23 [#]} (17... Nh5 $16 { 1.22/27}) 18. Bc3 $2 {0.56/26} (18. e5 $1 $18 {2.15/23}) 18... b6 $14 19. g3 { 0.08/28} ({Better is} 19. e5 $16 {1.18/24} Bxd3 20. Qxd3) 19... Bb8 {1.24/20} ( 19... e5 $1 $11 {0.08/28 remains equal.}) 20. Nh4 {0.24/30} (20. e5 $16 { 1.24/20}) 20... Bh5 $2 {3.65/22} (20... e5 $1 $11 {0.24/30}) 21. e5 $18 Nd7 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Be4 {2.05/24} (23. Bd3 $142 {3.55/26}) 23... g5 $2 {4.97/24 [#]} (23... c5 {2.05/24} 24. Bf3 Bxf3) 24. Nf3 {White is clearly winning.} Kg7 { 6.39/23} (24... Bxf3 $142 {4.54/26} 25. Bxf3 Rc8) 25. Bxc6 Rc8 26. Qa4 Red8 27. Bb4 {Accuracy: White = 16%, Black = 11%.} 1-0