E04 Open Catalan 5.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 c6 5.Nf3 dxc4 6.Ne5 Bb4+)

This is my latest game from GameKnot. The result might a bit weird if you look into the position where the game ended as White is clearly better there but it was my opponent who offered the draw. In my younger days I might have tried to play on even though I would see that I am on the worse side of things. Maybe as I have gotten older, I have also become a bit wiser and would not try to win if there is no real possibility for it anymore. This was played at GameKnot in a tournament called tedjj's mini-tournament XLIII. I have currently two of these mini-tournaments in progress and one is going well and the other one is going quite badly. The mini-tournament that goes badly is where this game was played. I am currently in ninth place in this 11 player tournament and unless I can win my remaining games, I might very well end up residing far, far away from the top positions. I have also added three puzzles to mate in twos and two puzzles to mate in threes. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

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1.d4 Nf6 1...d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 1-0 (51) Oganov,M-Kaisin,Y (1833) Kirov 2014 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 E01 Catalan Opening: Closed Variation 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.Bg2 1/2-1/2 (39) Michalik,P (2549)-Harikrishna,P (2738) Czech Republic 2018 5.Ne5 c6 1-0 (51) Oganov,M-Kaisin,Y (1833) Kirov 2014 4...c6 5.Nf3 dxc4 6.Ne5 Bb4+ E04 Open Catalan: 5.Nf3 7.Bd2 7.Nc3 7...Bxd2+ 7...Qxd4= remains equal. 8.Bxb4 Qxe5 7...Be7 8.e3 b5 9.Nxc6 Nxc6 10.Bxc6+ Bd7 11.Bxa8 Qxa8 12.f3 e5 13.0-0 exd4 14.exd4 0-0 15.Re1 Nd5 16.Nc3 Bf6 17.Nxd5 Qxd5 18.Bb4 Rc8 19.Re5 Bxe5 20.dxe5 Qb7 21.Qd6 Be6 22.Rd1 Michalik,P (2549)-Harikrishna,P (2738) Czech Republic 2018 1/2-1/2 (39) 8.Qxd2 Better is 8.Nxd2± Qxd4 9.Ndxc4 Qxd1+ 10.Rxd1 8...0-0 8...Nbd7 9.Nxc4± White is better. Na6N Black should play 9...Qe7 10.0-0 Rd8 11.e4 Na6 12.Nc3 b5 13.Nd6 b4 14.Na4 e5 15.dxe5 Qxe5 16.Nxf7 Rxd2 17.Nxe5 Bb7 18.Rac1 Rc8 19.Nc4 Rd4 20.e5 Ne8 21.Na5 Ba8 22.Nxc6 Bxc6 23.Rxc6 Rxc6 24.Bxc6 Nec7 Oganov, M-Kaisin,Y (1833) Kirov 2014 1-0 (51) 9...Nbd7 10.0-0 Qc7 11.Qf4 Qxf4 12.gxf4 Nd5 13.e3 b6 14.Rd1 Ba6 15.Nba3 Rad8 16.Bf1 Bb7 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.fxe5 f6 19.Nc4 fxe5 20.Nxe5 Rf5 21.Bg2 Rg5 22.h4 Rh5 23.Nf3 Rf8 24.Rac1 Xiao,Y (2331)-Liu,X (2212) Tianjin 2018 1-0 (36) 10.Nc3 White should try 10.0-0± 10...Nd5 10...Rb8 11.0-0 11.e4+- and White stays clearly on top. 11...Nac7 11...Nb6 12.b3 Qe7 12.e4 12.Rad1 12...Nf6 12...Nb6± 13.Rfe1 b6 14.Rad1 14.Rac1+- 14...Bb7 14...Ba6± 15.e5 Nfd5 16.Nd6 Ba6 17.Rc1 Ne8 17...Rb8± 18.a3 Ne7 18.Nce4+- Nxd6 19.Nxd6 Qd7 20.f4 Rab8 21.Be4 Bb7 21...Rbd8 22.Bxd5 exd5 22.a3 Ba8 22...Ne7 might work better. 23.Rc3 Rfd8 23.Qc2 23.f5 23...g6 23...Kh8 was necessary. 24.b4 24.Bxh7 g6= 24...Ne7 24.Bg2 Accuracy: White = 8%, Black = 13%. 24.Bxd5 exd5 25.b4 ½–½

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

bourne007	1758	Vierjoki,T	1741	½–½
Vierjoki,T	1831	jazzvanna2	1724	0–1

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