A34 Symmetrical English: 2.Nc3, lines with ...d5 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 cxd4 7.Qxd4 Nxc3 8.Qxc3 Nc6)

The game below is probably the only good game I have played against NN Cheap. This game was actually won on time but I am better in the final position, so the win might have been possible even if the game had continued. This is also the best win at Red Hot Pawn that I have had, based on the rating of my opponent. I do not think I have won against a player higher rated than NN Cheap at Red Hot Pawn. This was played in the first round of the 2014 October Split II tournament. I am one of four players currently on the group I am in that have chances of winning the group and advancing to the second and final round. One of the players who still have chances to win the group is also the opponent I faced in this game. His maximum possible score at the moment is 58 and mine is 60 so I have little bit better chances to win but anything can still happen. I have added one mate in one, one mate in two, two mate in three and one mate in four puzzle today.

[Event "Split"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.10.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "NN Cheap"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "1914"] [BlackElo "2112"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxc3 7. Qxc3 Nc6 8. e4 {1-0 (21) Bakre,T (2438)-Langer,M (2190) Calgary 2015}) 1... d5 (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 {1/2-1/2 (38) Adler,J (2317)-Siegel,G (2389) Switzerland 2005}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 (5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxd5 {1-0 (37) Izoria,Z (2602)-Maze,S (2470) Warsaw 2005}) 6. e4 {D41 Queen's Gambit Declined: Semi-Tarrasch Defense. Exchange Variation} cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nxc3 8. Qxc3 Nc6 {[#] A34 Symmetrical English: 2.Nc3, lines with ...d5. Aiming for ...Bb4.} 9. a3 {0.43/23} (9. Bd2 $16 {0.91/20}) 9... Bd7 $14 10. Be2 Qa5 $146 {1.93/20} (10... Rc8 $1 $14 {0.39/21} 11. O-O Na5 12. Qd3 Ba4 (12... Bc6 13. Qe3 Ba4 14. b4 Nb3 15. Bd1 Nc5 16. Bb2 Bb5 17. bxc5 Bxc5 18. Qc3 Bxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Rxc3 20. Bxc3 O-O 21. Bb4 Re8 22. Rc1 a5 23. Bc3 Qe7 24. a4 Bc6 25. Ne5 Qg5 26. Bb2 Bxe4 27. Nxf7 {Izoria,Z (2602)-Maze,S (2470) Warsaw 2005 1-0 (37)}) (12... Be7 13. Be3 b6 14. Rfd1 Nc4 15. Qxd7+ Qxd7 16. Rxd7 Kxd7 17. Bxc4 Bd6 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Nd4 Rc7 20. Nc6+ Kf6 21. Rd1 {1-0 (21) Bakre,T (2438) -Langer,M (2190) Calgary 2015}) 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Be3 Nb3 15. Rad1 Bc5 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Ke7 18. Bxc5+ Nxc5 19. Rc1 Nxe4 20. Rc7+ Kf6 21. Rxb7 Rc8 22. h3 Rc1+ 23. Kh2 Nxf2 24. Rxa7 Bc6 25. Rc7 g5 {Adler,J (2317)-Siegel,G (2389) Switzerland 2005 1/2-1/2 (38)}) (10... Qf6 11. e5 Qg6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. b4 O-O 15. b5 Nb8 16. Be3 a6 17. a4 Rc8 18. Qa5 axb5 19. axb5 Qc2 20. Bd3 Qc3 21. Qb6 f5 22. Qxb7 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Bf1 Be8 25. Ng5 { Yudovich,M-Busa,T Soviet Union 1968 1-0}) 11. Bd2 $2 {0.09/22} (11. b4 $18 { 1.93/20} Qa4 12. O-O) 11... Qxc3 $11 12. Bxc3 f6 {0.84/17} (12... Be7 $11 { 0.12/22}) 13. O-O {-0.06/21} ({White should try} 13. e5 $1 $16 {0.84/17}) 13... e5 14. Bc4 {-0.25/20} (14. Rac1 $142 {0.20/24}) 14... O-O-O {0.71/18} (14... Bd6 $11 {-0.25/20 remains equal.}) 15. Rfc1 {-0.02/22} (15. h3 $16 {0.71/18}) 15... Kb8 16. b4 Bd6 17. b5 Ne7 18. a4 Bc5 $2 {1.19/18 [#]} (18... Ng6 $15 { -0.32/22}) 19. a5 $2 {-0.43/23} (19. Nxe5 $1 $16 {1.19/18 Strongly threatening Nf7.} fxe5 20. Bxe5+ Ka8 21. Bxg7) 19... b6 $2 {1.23/20} (19... Rc8 $15 { -0.43/23 stays ahead.}) 20. Nd2 {0.74/25} (20. Ne1 $142 {1.23/20}) 20... Bc8 21. Nb3 $36 {White is on the roll.} Bb7 $2 {3.08/21} (21... Bd6 $16 {0.77/21}) 22. Re1 $2 {0.45/26} (22. Nxc5 $18 {3.08/21} bxc5 23. f3) 22... Rd6 $2 {2.75/23 } ({Better is} 22... Bd6 $14 {0.45/26}) 23. Kf1 Rc8 {3.10/20} (23... Ng6 $142 { 2.00/26} 24. Nxc5 bxc5) 24. Nxc5 $18 bxc5 25. f3 a6 26. Reb1 {Accuracy: White = 3%, Black = 24%.} 1-0