E51 Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...O-O 5.Nf3 d5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Bd2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 c5 7.cxd5)

In the game below I faced yet again one of the most active players at Red Hot Pawn, Marko Krale. He has currently made 1 065 753 moves which is second highest among all Red Hot Pawn players. ZorroTheFox ha currently most moves played there 1 097 114. ZorroTheFox has over 30 000 moves more than Marko Krale but interestingly Marko Krale has played a lot more games. The amount of games played by both players is insane, ZorroTheFox 29 352 games and Marko Krale has played 32 057 games. If these were just bullet or blitz games, it would not be that much but as these are correspondence chess games, I have not honestly seen that many games played by anyone. I am also quite sure that there is no way that I could ever reach those numbers with the way I have played these games. If there ever comes a time when I would stop caring about my rating and just moved as many times as I could per day, then maybe I could reach that sometime but even still that would be a lot of work. I currently have 255 games played and I have only made 9847 moves at Red Hot Pawn. This game was played in a tournament called 2014 August Grand Seven Fourteen II. This is one of the rare tournaments that I have a chance of winning and there is only one player who can take the win out of my grasp, caissad4. Well, I have other games left to play than against him but I think the result of those two games will most likely decide the winner of the tournament. Today I have added four mate in twos and one mate in three puzzle.

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Marko Krale"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E51"] [WhiteElo "1719"] [BlackElo "1895"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 (1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 (23) Gumberidze,N (1664)-Tedoshvili,A (1469) Tbilisi 2011}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {E20 Nimzo-Indian Defense: General} (3... d5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O {1-0 (21) Milutin, L (1937)-Kasyanov,V (2106) Konakovo 2013}) 4. Bd2 d5 (4... c5 5. e3 d5 6. Nf3 { 1/2-1/2 (21) Bach,O (1599)-Schwarz,M (1767) Heusenstamm 2017}) 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 {-0.46/22 E51 Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...0-0 5.Nf3 d5} (7. a3 $14 {0.61/21} Bxc3 8. Bxc3) 7... Nxd5 {0.99/19} (7... exd5 $15 {-0.46/22 stays ahead.} 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 c4) 8. Nxd5 {0.38/23} (8. a3 $16 {0.99/19} Bxc3 9. bxc3) 8... Bxd2+ $14 9. Qxd2 {[#] And now Nc3 would win.} Qxd5 {White is slightly better.} 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Be2 $146 {-0.09/24} (11. Rc1 $14 {0.54/20} Qb6 (11... Qe7 12. Bb5 (12. Bd3 e5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Qxc8 Rxc8 15. Rxc8+ Qf8 16. Bh7+ Kxh7 17. Rxf8 g6 18. Nxe5 Kg7 19. Rxf7+ Kg8 20. Rxb7 Na6 21. Ke2 {1-0 (21) Milutin,L (1937)-Kasyanov,V (2106) Konakovo 2013}) (12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. a3 Nd5 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Bc4 Bc6 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rc7 Rac8 20. Rdc1 Bc6 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 {1/2-1/2 (23) Gumberidze,N (1664)-Tedoshvili,A (1469) Tbilisi 2011}) 12... Rd8 13. Qc3 Na6 14. O-O b6 15. Bc6 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. b4 Rac8 18. Qb3 Nc7 19. h3 h6 20. Nd4 Nd5 21. b5 { 1/2-1/2 (21) Bach,O (1599)-Schwarz,M (1767) Heusenstamm 2017}) 12. Be2) 11... Nc6 $11 12. O-O e5 13. Rfc1 Qe7 14. Bb5 Bd7 {0.49/21} (14... Bg4 $11 {0.00/23}) 15. Bxc6 {-0.40/23} (15. Qd5 $14 {0.49/21}) 15... Bxc6 $15 16. Qe2 Rad8 17. Rd1 g6 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. h3 {-0.94/22} (19. Rd1 $11 {-0.25/22 remains equal.}) 19... Qc5 {-0.32/25} (19... Qd6 $17 {-0.94/22}) 20. Rd1 Re8 {0.00/25} ({ Black should play} 20... Rd5 $15 {-0.52/25}) 21. b3 Kg7 22. Nd2 $2 {-2.05/22 [#]} (22. Ne1 $11 {0.00/22 and White stays safe.}) 22... e4 $2 {0.79/20} (22... Qc2 $19 {-2.05/22 Hoping for ...Rd8.} 23. Re1 Qxa2) 23. Qc4 {-0.15/25} (23. Nc4 $16 {0.79/20}) 23... Qg5 {0.52/21} (23... Re5 $11 {-0.15/25}) 24. Nf1 {0.00/25} ({White should try} 24. Nb1 $14 {0.52/21}) 24... h5 25. Qd4+ Kh7 {1.21/20} ( 25... Re5 $1 $11 {0.16/25 keeps the balance.}) 26. a4 {0.28/24} (26. Qxa7 $16 { 1.21/20} Rd8 27. Rd4) 26... a6 27. b4 $2 {-1.08/22} (27. Ng3 $14 {0.66/26}) 27... Bxa4 $17 28. Ra1 {-1.48/25} (28. Qc4 $142 {-0.91/25} Qe7 29. Rc1) 28... Bb5 {-1.04/23} ({Better is} 28... Rd8 {-1.48/25} 29. Qb2 Bb5) 29. Ng3 {-2.32/22 } (29. Nd2 $17 {-1.04/23 might work better.} Bc6 30. Nb3) 29... Qe5 $19 30. Qxe5 {-2.50/22} (30. Rd1 $142 {-1.97/27}) 30... Rxe5 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 31. Rd1 {-3.15/21} (31. Ra2 {-2.18/26 is a better defense.}) 31... Re7 32. Rd4 Bc6 33. Ne2 Kg7 34. Nc3 f5 35. Rd6 {-1.99/27} (35. Kf1 $17 {-1.46/27}) 35... Rd7 36. Rxd7+ Bxd7 {KB-KN} 37. Kf1 {-2.37/23} (37. h4 $142 {-1.76/29}) 37... Kf7 38. Ke1 Ke6 39. Kd2 Kd6 40. Nd1 $2 {-3.89/23} (40. h4 $17 {-1.39/30}) 40... Bb5 41. g3 {-4.00/26} (41. h4 $142 {-2.62/28}) 41... Bf1 42. h4 b6 43. Nc3 $2 {-5.71/25 } (43. Kc2 {-2.07/33}) 43... a5 {Black is clearly winning.} 44. bxa5 bxa5 45. Ke1 {-13.72/24} (45. Nb1 $142 {-4.88/34} Bd3 46. Na3) 45... Bc4 46. Kd2 Kc5 47. Kc2 Kb4 48. Kb2 a4 49. Nb1 Bd3 {-6.84/27 Accuracy: White = 18%, Black = 22%.} ( 49... Bb5 $142 {-15.99/28} 50. Nd2 Bd3) 0-1