D32 Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Be7 7.e3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 O-O)

The game below was played in the second round of a tournament called 2014 August Banded Quartets I 1700-1800. My opponent in this game was for some reason quite tough to play against and I have lost both of my games against him. This was a tournament that started with 21 players on August 16th 2014 and they were divided into four groups of four and one group of five players. From each of those groups the winner advanced to second round and as all the groups were won by a single player, the group on the second round consisted of five players. In that second round I finished in fourth place, had I won either of the two games in this tournament against stardogon, I would have finished second in this tournament. Well, even that would not have mattered though as only the winners get some sort recognition at Red Hot Pawn. This is because all the tournament victories are listed in your public profile there in case you have any that is. I have not won a single tournament there yet but maybe some time in the future. I also hit my all time highest rating there, 1922, on May 12th 2015. It was actually only a brief visit there as on the same day one game ended that brought me farther away from my peak again. I am also currently only 13 moves away from hitting 10000 moves there! It is nothing compared to the most active players there but to me it is a nice start. I have added two mate in twos, one mate in three, one mate in four and one mate in five today.

[Event "Banded Quartets"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.12.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "stardogon"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D32"] [WhiteElo "1914"] [BlackElo "1729"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 (1... e6 2. c4 {1/2-1/2 (26) Rapport,R (2693)-Maier,C (2360) Achaia 2013}) 2. c4 Nf6 (2... e6 3. Nc3 {0-1 (40) Grkovic,V (2172)-Kajganovic,M (2269) Nisa 2003} c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 (26) Rapport,R (2693)-Maier,C (2360) Achaia 2013}) 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 {D40 Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense} 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O {0.75/20 D32 Tarrasch Defence: Sidelines and lines without g3} (8... Nc6 $11 {0.30/20}) 9. Bd3 { 0.20/20} (9. Bb5 $16 {0.75/20}) (9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. a3 Qd7 13. Qa4 h6 14. Bh4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qa4 Qxa4 17. Nxa4 Be7 18. Rcd1 Rc2 19. Bd3 Rc6 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22. Bg3 d4 23. exd4 Bc4 {Rapport,R (2693) -Maier,C (2360) Achaia 2013 1/2-1/2}) 9... h6 {0.73/19} (9... Nc6 $11 {0.20/20 keeps the balance.}) 10. Bxf6 $146 {-0.09/21} (10. Bh4 $16 {0.73/19} Nc6 11. O-O Nxd4 12. exd4 Be6 13. Rc1 Qb6 14. Qd2 Rfe8 15. Bg3 Rac8 16. Be5 Nd7 17. Kh1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qa5 19. Bb1 Red8 20. Qd3 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Rce1 Bg8 24. Qf5 Qb4 25. Ne2 {Grkovic,V (2172)-Kajganovic,M (2269) Nisa 2003 0-1 (40)}) 10... Bxf6 $11 11. Nde2 {The position is equal.} Nc6 12. O-O d4 13. exd4 Nxd4 14. Ng3 {-0.97/18} (14. Nxd4 $11 {-0.10/21 remains equal.} Bxd4 15. Bc4) 14... Qa5 {0.11/22} (14... g6 $17 {-0.97/18}) 15. Nge4 {-0.87/20} (15. Qe1 $1 $11 {0.11/22}) 15... Be5 $17 16. Kh1 {-1.31/18} (16. f4 $142 {-0.72/23} Bc7 17. Bc4) 16... Bf5 $2 {0.80/21 [#]} (16... g6 $17 {-1.31/18 stays on course.} 17. a3 Rd8) 17. f4 $16 Bxe4 {0.82/22} (17... Bc7 $11 {0.14/23}) 18. Bxe4 Bf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ {-0.38/21} ({Better is} 20. Qd3 $16 {0.89/20}) 20... Qxf6 $15 21. b3 Rad8 22. Qg4 {-0.79/20} (22. Qd3 $15 {-0.34/23 should be considered.}) 22... Rfe8 $36 {Black is more active.} 23. Bxb7 $2 {-3.07/20 [#]} (23. Rae1 $15 {-0.44/22}) 23... Nc2 $19 24. Rac1 Ne3 $1 25. Qg3 Nxf1 26. Rxf1 Qb6 27. Bf3 Rd2 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qd8 30. a3 Rd3 {Black is clearly winning.} 31. Qb1 Rc3 32. Be2 {-64.66/23} (32. h3 $142 {-4.44/25}) 32... Qd2 {Accuracy: White = 18%, Black = 62%.} 0-1