30 Jun 2015

C95 Closed Spanish Game: Breyer Variation with 10.d4 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 O-O 7.c3 b5 8.Bb3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.a4 c5)

C95 Closed Spanish Game: Breyer Variation with 10.d4 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 O-O 7.c3 b5 8.Bb3 d6 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.a4 c5)

I thought I could not make it, but again I am wrong. The daily posting cycle did not break today and I am quite happy about it, even if it means that I was wrong yesterday. The game below was played in the first round of the Smaller Tournament. I am currently on third place and I have gathered 4,5 points in six games. Two games left and if I win both of them, I will win my group and advance to the next round. My opponent in this game, nemoz, is currently on second place and will not advance to the second round as only the winner will advance. This is because nemoz has no more games to play. Both of my remaining games are against the current leader of the group, Jessemw915, who has won all his other six games in this tournament. The game below was quite evenly fought and I think it was my opponent, who offered the draw and I accepted because I was uncertain of how to continue and also because draw against a higher rated player is something I can be somewhat happy about. And maybe even more importantly, it decreased my game load. Not by much, but every little bit helps. I have added one mate in one, three mate in twos and one mate in six today. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "Smaller Tournament - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.05.06"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "nemoz"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C95"] [WhiteElo "1925"] [BlackElo "2026"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 (5... b5 6. Bb3 Be7 { 0-1 (44) Przerwa,W (1799)-Mike,P (1877) Koszalin 2016}) 6. Re1 O-O (6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 {1/2-1/2 (14) Busquets Prat,R (2248)-Mundet Riera,J (2090) Barcelona 2018}) 7. c3 b5 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 {C95 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Breyer Defense Zaitsev Hybrid} 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a4 c5 {C95 Closed Spanish Game: Breyer Variation with 10.d4} 13. axb5 {-0.12/24} (13. d5 $16 {0.92/20}) 13... axb5 $11 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Bc2 $146 (15. Qe2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5 17. Bc2 Qb6 18. b3 Re8 19. Bb2 Bf8 20. Bd3 b4 21. dxe5 dxe5 22. Nc4 Qc7 23. Rc1 Qb8 24. Nfd2 Nc5 25. Bc2 Nfd7 26. Ne3 Ne6 27. Qg4 Nf6 28. Qh4 Nf4 29. Rd1 Qc7 {Samhouri,A (2336)-Sasikiran,K (2675) Doha 2006 0-1 (31)}) (15. d5 Qa1 ( 15... c4 16. Bc2 Nc5 17. Nf1 Re8 18. Ng3 Bc8 19. Nh2 h6 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bf8 22. Nf3 Qa7 23. Kh1 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 (23) Aghayev,M (2299)-Arnaudov,P (2487) Erice 2013}) 16. Nf1 c4 17. Bc2 Rb8 18. g4 Nc5 19. Ng3 g6 20. g5 Nfd7 21. h4 Na4 22. Bxa4 Qxa4 23. Qe2 Nc5 24. h5 Nd3 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rf1 Kg7 27. Nf5+ gxf5 28. exf5 Nxc1 29. Rxc1 f6 {Przerwa,W (1799)-Mike,P (1877) Koszalin 2016 0-1 (44)}) 15... g6 {0.45/20} (15... Rc8 $11 {-0.18/23}) 16. Qe2 {0.00/24} (16. dxe5 $14 {0.45/20} dxe5 17. b3) 16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. Bd3 {0.00/24} (18. Bb1 $14 {0.41/21}) 18... Qa1 1/2-1/2

29 Jun 2015

D66 Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Main Line (7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3) (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Rc1 Nbd7 8.Bd3 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 Bb7)

D66 Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Main Line (7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3) (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 c6 7.Rc1 Nbd7 8.Bd3 b6 9.cxd5 exd5 10.O-O h6 11.Bh4 Bb7)

This game was played in a team match called 100+ PLAYERS FUNNY JUNGLEMATCH. The match is played between JUNGLE TEAM and Space Angels - National Almond Butter Crunch Day In Andromeda's Cluster Of Infinite Bright Stars. The latter team changes its name from time to time. This is played on 139 boards and I am playing on board 15 for Space Angels - National Almond Butter Crunch Day In Andromeda's Cluster Of Infinite Bright Stars. This game promised more for me than a draw and also it promised a loss near the end, so maybe I am okay with the result because it could have been worse. The score in the match at the moment I type this is 117 - 133 in favor of Space Angels - National Almond Butter Crunch Day In Andromeda's Cluster Of Infinite Bright Stars. We have a nice lead in the match but the win is still far from secured. I have added two mate in twos, one mate in three, one mate in four and one mate in six moves puzzle. I am today finally all caught up with my RHP games, so I might start going through my over the board games alongside my Chess.com games. And when more games end at GameKnot, Red Hot Pawn or Queen Alice Internet Chess Club, I will go through them again. Tomorrow I might be too busy to make a post, so I might take a day off, after doing this daily for several months in a row.

[Event "100+ PLAYERS FUNNY JUNGLEMATCH - Board"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.03.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Mestermoeller"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D66"] [WhiteElo "1866"] [BlackElo "1920"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3) 3... d5 4. Bg5 Be7 (4... Nbd7 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Be7 {1-0 (34) Garcia Ruiz,A (1964)-Cervello Tost,R (1972) Barcelona 2018}) 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 {0-1 (34) Pesorda,I (2270)-Izsak, G (2427) Austria 2008}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O (5... Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Rc1 {0-1 (38) Polgar,Z (2495)-Granda Zuniga,J (2555) New York 1987}) 6. e3 c6 7. Rc1 Nbd7 {D63 Queen's Gambit Declined: Orthodox Defense. Main Line} 8. Bd3 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O h6 (10... Ne4 11. Bf4 f5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd6 14. f4 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Bb7 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. b4 Qe8 18. Qb3 Qf7 19. a4 Rac8 20. Rcd1 Rfd8 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. e6 Qg6 23. Rd7 Kh8 24. Rxb7 Rd2 25. Rf2 {Polgar,Z (2495)-Granda Zuniga,J (2555) New York 1987 0-1 (38)}) (10... Re8 11. Bb1 Nf8 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qa4 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Nxc3 15. Rxc3 Qxe7 16. Nxc6 Qd7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. Qc2 Ng6 19. b4 Ba6 20. a4 Bc4 21. b5 a6 22. Ne5 Nxe5 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Bf5 Qc7 25. Bxc8 {Garcia Ruiz,A (1964)-Cervello Tost,R (1972) Barcelona 2018 1-0 (34)}) 11. Bh4 Bb7 {0.94/21 D66 Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Main Line (7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3)} (11... Ne4 $11 {0.00/21} 12. Bxe7 (12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 12... Qxe7) 12. Qb3 $146 {-0.02/20} (12. Ne5 $16 { 0.94/21}) (12. Qa4 Re8 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Ba6 Ndc5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qg4 Bxa6 18. Nd4 Qf6 19. Rc2 Bb7 20. b4 Ne6 21. Nf5 Rad8 22. h4 h5 23. Qf3 g6 24. Nd4 Qxh4 25. b5 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Qe7 {Pesorda,I (2270)-Izsak,G (2427) Austria 2008 0-1 (34)}) 12... Rc8 {0.75/20} (12... Ne4 $11 {-0.02/20}) 13. Rfe1 {0.06/22} (13. Qc2 $16 {0.75/20}) 13... c5 {0.62/20} (13... Ne4 $11 {0.06/22} 14. Bg3 (14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 $11) 14... Ndf6) 14. Bb1 {0.01/25} (14. Bf5 $14 {0.62/20}) 14... Re8 15. Qc2 {-0.44/20} (15. Bg3 $14 {0.34/23}) 15... Ne4 $15 16. Bg3 {-0.57/19} ({Better is} 16. Bxe7 $11 {0.11/20} Qxe7 17. Qa4) 16... Ndf6 {-0.02/21} ({Black should play} 16... g6 $15 {-0.57/19}) 17. Be5 { -0.83/20} (17. dxc5 $11 {-0.02/21 keeps the balance.} Bxc5 18. Qa4) 17... Bd6 { 0.28/23} (17... Nxc3 $17 {-0.83/20} 18. Bxf6 Nxb1 19. Bxe7 Qxe7) 18. Nb5 $2 { -1.96/21 [#]} (18. Bxd6 $11 {0.28/23} Qxd6 19. h3) 18... cxd4 $19 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 {-1.16/24} (19... Nxf6 $19 {-2.28/21} 20. Qd2 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 dxe3 22. Rxe3 Bc5 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8) 20. Qd3 $2 {-4.87/25} (20. Nxd6 $1 $17 {-1.16/24} Qxd6 (20... Nxd6 21. Qh7+) 21. Qe2) 20... dxe3 21. fxe3 a6 $2 {-1.24/25 [#]} (21... Rxc1 $19 {-4.45/21} 22. Rxc1 Qxb2) 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Nd4 {-1.54/21} (23. Rcd1 $142 { -1.11/25}) 23... Qf6 {-1.12/26} (23... Rc5 $142 {-1.54/21} 24. Qe2 Nf6) 24. Qe2 Nc5 {-0.70/26} (24... Rxc1 $17 {-1.41/21} 25. Rxc1 Nd6) 25. Nf5 {-1.50/21} (25. Qf3 $15 {-0.70/26}) 25... Re6 {-0.81/25} (25... a5 $142 {-1.50/21} 26. Qf2 Ba6) 26. Rf1 $17 Qe5 27. Rf3 {-1.64/18} (27. Qf2 $17 {-0.71/25 might work better.} Rc7 28. b4) 27... Ne4 {-1.13/26} (27... a5 $19 {-1.64/18} 28. Qd2 Ba6) 28. Rcf1 Rc7 {-0.86/23} (28... Rec6 $142 {-1.36/21} 29. Bxe4 dxe4) 29. Bxe4 {-1.49/22} ( {White should try} 29. Nd4 {-0.86/23}) 29... Qxe4 {-1.07/25} (29... dxe4 $142 { -1.49/22} 30. Rg3 Rg6) 30. Rg3 Rg6 31. Rxg6 fxg6 32. Nd6 Qa4 33. Qf3 Kh7 34. Qf8 {-1.76/26} (34. Nxb7 $17 {-0.78/22} Rd7 35. Rc1) 34... g5 $4 {4.49/26} ( 34... d4 $1 $19 {-1.76/26 and life is good for Black.} 35. Nxb7 Rxb7 36. exd4 Rd7) 35. Nxb7 $2 {0.00/27} (35. Ne8 $18 {4.49/26} Qc6 36. Nxc7 Qxc7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qe6+ Kh7 39. h3) 35... Rxb7 $11 {The position is equal.} 36. Qf5+ g6 37. Qxd5 Qd7 38. Qe4 {Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 17%.} 1/2-1/2

28 Jun 2015

D16 Slav Defence: 5.a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4)

D16 Slav Defence: 5.a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.a4)

This was played in a team match called Open Challenge ✮HIGH POWER✮. It was a match played on 12 boards between ✮HIGH POWER✮ and DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS. I played on board 3 in this match for DORU-66 6 HIS BEST FRIENDS and I ended up winning both of my games on time. The match ended 6,5 - 17,5 in favor of DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS. Even if my opponent had not lost on time, I think I could have won this regardless. There were positions in this game that were quite difficult for me to play and I thought that one mistake could cost me the win. I had to be very careful not to let that happen. This was certainly more hard fought game than my other game with honnyqueen because there she lost on time during the opening phase of the game. I have added one mate in two, three mate in threes and one tactic puzzle. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

This post was previously named D16 Slav Defense: Alapin Variation and it was changed to its current name on August 16th, 2019.

[Event "Open Challenge ✮HIGH POWER✮ - Board"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.01.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "honnyqueen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D16"] [WhiteElo "1928"] [BlackElo "1815"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 {1/2-1/2 (44) Winkelsett,C (1600)-Hartmann,V (1652) Germany 2018}) 1... d5 2. c4 Nf6 (2... c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 {1-0 (43) Van den Berg,D (2028)-Braggaar,P (1987) Leiden 2013}) (2... dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 { 1-0 (26) Le Roch,D (1948)-Brochet,P (2388) Cannes 2005}) 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 {D16 Slav Defence: 5.a4: Lines with 5...Bg4 and 5...Na6 D16 Slav Defense: Alapin Variation} h6 {0.98/18} (5... Bf5 $11 {0.08/23 keeps the balance.}) 6. e4 $16 (6. e3 Be6 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. h3 b5 10. axb5 cxb5 11. e4 Nb6 12. d5 Bd7 13. e5 Nh7 14. Be3 Qb8 15. Bc5 e6 16. Qd4 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 Qc8 20. Rfd1 Qc6 {Winkelsett,C (1600)-Hartmann,V (1652) Germany 2018 1/2-1/2 (44)}) 6... e6 $146 {1.40/18} (6... Bg4 $142 {0.91/22} 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Qb3 (8. Be3 Qa5 9. O-O Be7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. e5 Nh7 13. Qg4 Kh8 14. Ne4 Qd8 15. Rad1 Nd7 16. Bd3 Rg8 17. Qh5 Qe8 18. Qg4 Ndf8 19. f4 f5 20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Nxf6 Bxf6 22. Rf3 Rd8 {Kebe,M (1792)-Ulaga,K (1775) Okroglo 2004 1/2-1/2}) 8... Qb6 9. Ne5 Qxb3 10. Bxb3 Bh5 11. f3 Nfd7 12. Nd3 Be7 13. Nf4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Bxe6 Na6 16. Bf4 Nf6 17. h3 Nb4 18. O-O g5 19. Bh2 Nh5 20. Rad1 Nf4 21. Bc4 Rd8 {Van den Berg,D (2028)-Braggaar,P (1987) Leiden 2013 1-0 (43)}) (6... Be6 7. Be2 Na6 8. O-O Qa5 9. Bf4 Rd8 10. Qd2 g5 11. Be5 Bg7 12. Rfd1 g4 13. Nh4 Nc5 14. Qc2 Ncd7 15. Bf4 Nb6 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 O-O 18. Be5 h5 19. Qd2 Nbd7 20. Qf4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 {Le Roch,D (1948)-Brochet,P (2388) Cannes 2005 1-0}) 7. Bxc4 Bb4 {1.85/18} (7... Na6 $16 {1.31/21}) 8. Qe2 {1.20/22} (8. O-O $18 {1.85/18}) 8... Qa5 {1.85/16} (8... c5 $16 {1.20/22}) 9. Bd2 {1.22/22} ({Better is} 9. O-O $18 {1.85/16}) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O O-O {2.06/18} (10... e5 $16 {1.25/24 keeps fighting.}) 11. Rfd1 $2 {0.06/20 [#]} (11. e5 $18 {2.06/18}) 11... Nb6 $2 {2.78/18} (11... e5 $1 $11 {0.06/20}) 12. Bb3 Bd7 {3.08/18} (12... Qa6 {2.16/21 was called for.} 13. a5 Qxe2 14. Nxe2 Bxd2) 13. Qd3 {1.73/23} (13. Ne5 $142 {3.08/18}) 13... Qh5 $2 {4.09/19} (13... Be8 {1.73/23} 14. e5 Nfd5) 14. Bc2 $18 Rfd8 15. e5 Ng4 16. h3 f5 17. hxg4 Qxg4 18. Ne2 Nd5 19. Bb3 Be7 { 7.24/20} (19... Qe4 $142 {4.28/23} 20. Qxe4 fxe4 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Bxb4 exf3 23. gxf3 Rdc8) 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rdc1 Rac8 {5.58/22} (21... Qe4 $142 {3.79/23} 22. Ne1 Rdc8) 22. b3 h5 $2 {7.12/21} (22... Qg6 {3.62/24} 23. Ba5 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8) 23. Qe3 h4 24. Qf4 Qh5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rc1 Bc6 27. b4 a6 28. b5 axb5 29. axb5 Bd7 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Qe3 Qe8 32. Qb3 b6 33. Bg5 Bxg5 34. Nxg5 Qh5 35. Nf3 h3 36. Nf4 Qh6 37. Nxh3 Bd7 38. Nhg5 Qg6 39. Qa4 Qe8 40. Qa6 Qb8 41. Nd2 Kf8 42. Nb1 Qc7 43. Qa8+ Ke7 44. Qa3+ Ke8 45. Nc3 Qc4 46. Nf3 g5 47. Nxg5 Qxd4 48. Nh7 {15.50/28} (48. Qa8+ $142 {#17/27} Ke7 49. Nh7 Bc8 50. Qxc8 Qxe5 51. Qf8+ Kd7 52. Nf6+ Qxf6 53. Qxf6) 48... Kd8 49. Qa8+ Bc8 50. Qc6 {[#] White threatens Qd6+ and mate.} Qxe5 51. Qxb6+ Ke8 {15.96/22} (51... Qc7 $142 {4.75/24} 52. Na4 Qxb6 53. Nxb6 Bb7) 52. Qc5 Qg7 53. Qxc8+ {Accuracy: White = 53%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

27 Jun 2015

A46 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Nbd2 O-O)

A46 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Nbd2 O-O)

This one is a short timeout win, but it could have been a humiliating loss to a much lower rated opponent. My total lack of awareness to tactical possibilities is my major weakness when playing chess and it can often cause me to lose against a much lower rated opponent if they just can solve tactics better than me. Luckily I do not play all that many games against much lower rated players anymore. The game below was played in the first round of the 2014 October Long Haul Split I tournament at Red Hot Pawn. I am playing on group 2 and I am currently on shared sixth place. I have gathered 27 points so far and I have won all my games. It does not mean that my games would have been that good, but somehow I managed as a winner, at least that has been the case so far. The current leader of the group is beatlemania (1677), who has gathered 42 points in this tournament and has a maximum possible score of 60. Beatlemania is currently the second highest rated player in the group. Second place is taken by Blackpoolmad (1589) with 40 points and a maximum possible score of 58. On third place is Marko Krale (1489) with 38 points and a maximum possible score of 41. The numbers on the parentheses are the ratings of the players that they currently have.

[Event "Long Haul Split"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.10.24"] [Round "1"] [White "12thMass"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "869"] [BlackElo "1889"] [Annotator "Stockfish 6 64 BMI2 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "20"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 {Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense.} 3. Nf3 (3. e4 { Trompowsky Attack: Classical Defense. Big Center Variation}) 3... Be7 4. Nbd2 O-O {A46 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems} 5. e4 d6 6. e5 { N White threatens to win material: e5xf6} (6. Bd3 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O a6 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. cxd4 h6 11. Bh4 Nb4 12. Bb1 Bd7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qe3 Kg7 15. a3 Nc6 16. Qf4 e5 17. Qg3+ Kh7 18. d5 Rg8 19. Qh4 Na7 20. h3 f5 21. Qh5 {Gerasimenyk,M (2188)-Meskovs,N (2431) Warsaw 2013 0-1 (34)}) (6... Nc6 7. c3 a6 8. Qe2 b5 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rfe1 Nd7 11. Bxe7 {1/2-1/2 (11) Simic,D (2306) -Znidersic,T (1524) Bled 2002}) 7. O-O e5 8. c3 Re8 (8... c5 9. Re1 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Nc4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Rc1 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Ne3 Re8 16. Bb5 Rf8 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. dxc5 Bxh4 19. c6 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2 Nc5 21. Rc4 Nc7 22. Rd4 Qf6 23. Rd6 {Saifulin,K-Beliajeva,O (2076) Lithuania 2003 0-1 (40)}) 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Nh5 11. Bg3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bf8 13. Nc4 Qe7 14. Ne3 Nf6 15. Rae1 c6 16. Nd2 Nh5 17. a4 g6 18. b4 Be6 19. d5 Bd7 20. a5 Rec8 {Rakic, T-Chalhasuren,G Leningrad 1960 1-0 (45)}) (6. c4 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. d5 Nc5 9. Bc2 a5 10. a3 Bg4 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Qxa1 Bxf3 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nxf3 Na6 16. Qa3 Qd7 17. O-O c6 18. Ba4 Ra8 19. Ra1 Nc7 20. Qb2 h6 {Bogdan,A (1119)-Carasca,B (1573) Calimanesti 2014 0-1 (51)}) 6... Nd5 7. Bxe7 Nxe7 {Black has a cramped position } 8. Bd3 Nbc6 $2 (8... h6 {=}) 9. Ne4 $4 {with this move White loses his initiative} (9. Bxh7+ {White would have gained the upper hand} Kh8 10. Ng5 {+-} ) 9... dxe5 {=/+} 10. dxe5 Ng6 0-1

26 Jun 2015

E51 Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...O-O 5.Nf3 d5 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 e5)

E51 Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...O-O 5.Nf3 d5 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.e3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.e4 e5)

The game below was played in the first round of a tournament called 1800+ 7 Days. There are 64 players in this tournament, divided into eight player groups and three best players of each group will advance to the next round. I am currently on sixth place and me ending up in the top three is very unlikely at this time. I have finished six games so far, with a score of 3,5 out of 6 and I have eight games left. PaulPorsche (2362) is leading group #5 at the moment, the group I am in. He has gathered 9,5 points in ten games, so he is a clear favorite to win the group at the moment. The next two players in the standings are BigGStikman (2045) and skw123 (2129) and both have gathered 5,5 points in seven games. The ratings shown in the parentheses are their Online Chess ratings at the time I type this. Even though they have not secured their places on the next round, I think those three players are the most likely ones to continue to the second round from group #5. I have added one mate in one, one mate in two, one mate in three, one mate in four and one mate in five today.

This paragraph and the ones that follow it have been added November 8th, 2016, unless otherwise stated. In my opinion the first move that started the downhill for CabassoG was 5...dxc4. The move is a mistake because I could take back on c4 with my bishop that still originated at f1. If the player who controls the black pieces wants to take on c4, then that player should take there only after the light-squared has moved. Due to the move played in the game, I got one extra move to develop my pieces. Even after that move the game might be salvageable for my opponent with accurate play. The position went more down the drain for CabassoG with my opponent's 6th move, Bd6 that he played in the diagram below.

I did miss the strongest reply, 7.e4, this time and played 7.O-O instead allowing my opponent to breathe a sigh of relief. I may have missed my chance to get a clear advantage on move on move 7, but at least I remained on the better side of the board. It was with my 9th move that the advantage tipped in favor of my opponent. In the position below I played 9.Be3.

CabassoG was able to play the most accurate reply, 9...exd4. I replied with 10.Nxd4 and opponent answered by playing 10...Nxd4. Unfortunately for CabassoG, my opponent's 10th move was a mistake that enabled me to get back into the game. When we reached the position below after my 14th move Qc2, CabassoG made the biggest mistake of the game up to that point. CabassoG played 14...Bb7, which could have been already the losing move.

I played a good enough move in response, but I missed the strongest move 15.e5. In the game I played 15.Rad1. Again my opponent took a wrong path though and after 15...Qc8 I should have been in a winning position. Once more I missed my chance, this time, however, I was not able to maintain an advantage, the move 16.Nd5 brought the position to equality. The game was rather evenly fought until CabassoG played 32...Qc5 in the position below.

While for a couple of moves I was able maintain the advantage, with my 35th move Rd8 all my gathered advantage disappeared. In order to maintain the best possible chance to win the game, I should have played 35.Re7 instead. CabassoG continued with the right idea at first, but then my opponent played 37...g5 in the position below.

It was the fatal mistake as it allowed a forced mate.

[Event "1800+ 7 Days - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "CabassoG"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E51"] [WhiteElo "1908"] [BlackElo "1690"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 {Queen's Gambit Refused: Chigorin Defense} 3. Nf3 (3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4 8. Ne2 {Queen's Gambit Refused: Chigorin Defense. Exchange Variation Costa's Line}) 3... e6 (3... Bg4 4. Qa4 {Queen's Gambit Refused: Chigorin Defense. Main Line Alekhine Variation} ) (3... e5 {Queen's Gambit Refused: Chigorin Defense. Lazard Gambit}) 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 dxc4 6. Bxc4 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 e5 {E51 Nimzo-Indian: Rubinstein: 4...O-O 5.Nf3 d5} 9. Be3 (9. d5 Ne7 10. Re1 (10. h3 a6 11. Be3 Ng6 12. Be2 Re8 13. Nd2 Nf4 14. Nc4 b5 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Bf3 h6 17. b4 Bd7 18. Ne2 g5 19. Re1 Rc8 20. Nxf4 gxf4 21. Bd2 Kh7 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Qxc1 Rg8 24. Kf1 Qb6 {Webb,S (2445)-Lawton,G Ayr 1978 1/2-1/2 (49)}) 10... Ng6 11. Bf1 Qe7 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nd2 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Ba7 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Ne8 19. Nd2 Nd6 20. Nc4 Nf4 21. Kh2 Rad8 22. b3 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 {Najdorf,M (2510)-Brond,V (2310) Buenos Aires 1975 1-0 (40)}) 9... exd4 $146 (9... Bg4 10. d5 Ne7 11. Be2 Ng6 12. h3 Bd7 13. Rc1 h6 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Bxa7 Ra8 16. Be3 Nh7 17. Bd3 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 20. Ne4 Nh4 21. Nh2 Nf6 22. Ng3 Rf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Ne2 {De Saint Amant,P-Stanley,C New York 1852 1-0 (36)}) 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 (10... Ng4 $142 $5 11. Nf3 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Qe7 $17) 11. Bxd4 $11 Be7 (11... c5 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. f4 Qd4+ 14. Qxd4 cxd4 15. Nb5 $11) 12. Re1 {White has an active position} (12. e5 Nd7 13. Qh5 c5 $14) 12... c5 {Black threatens to win material: c5xd4} (12... Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qa4 $14) 13. Be3 (13. Be5 Be6 14. Qb3 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Qb6 $14) 13... b6 (13... Be6 14. Qb3 Qb6 15. f3 $14) 14. Qc2 {White has a very active position} (14. e5 $142 Ng4 15. Bf4 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 $16) 14... Bb7 $4 (14... Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qe2 $14) 15. Rad1 $4 {White threatens to win material: Rd1xd8. allows the opponent back into the game} (15. e5 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Ne8 16. Rad1 $18) 15... Qc8 (15... Qc7 $16) 16. Nd5 (16. Qe2 $142 Kh8 17. Bf4 $18) 16... Nxd5 $11 17. Bxd5 Re8 18. Qb3 Bxd5 {Black forks: b3+e4} 19. Rxd5 c4 {Black threatens to win material: c4xb3} 20. Qc2 Bf6 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 b5 23. Red1 Qc5 24. Rd5 {White threatens to win material: Rd5xc5. An ideal square for the white rook.} Qc6 25. f3 a5 26. R1d4 Qh6 (26... Rac8 27. Rd6 Qc5 28. Kf1 $11) 27. Qd2 (27. a4 bxa4 28. Rxc4 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Rad8 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 $11) 27... Qb6 $11 28. Kf1 g6 (28... Rac8 29. Rd6 Qc7 30. Qg5 $11) 29. Rd7 (29. h3 Re6 $14) 29... Rac8 30. Qf4 {White has a mate threat} (30. R4d6 Qc5 $14) 30... Rf8 $11 31. R4d6 {White threatens to win material: Rd6xb6} Rc6 32. e5 Qc5 (32... Rxd6 $142 $5 {and Black has air to breath} 33. exd6 c3 34. bxc3 b4 $11) 33. Qf6 $16 Rxd6 34. exd6 Qd5 (34... Qf5 $142 35. Qxf5 gxf5 $16) 35. Rd8 $4 {with this move White loses his initiative} (35. Rc7 Qd2 36. d7 $18) 35... Qd1+ $11 36. Kf2 Qd2+ 37. Kg3 {White has a mate threat} g5 $4 {throws away a nice position} (37... Rxd8 $142 {was much better} 38. Qxd8+ Kg7 $11) 38. Rxf8+ (38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Qh8#) 1-0

25 Jun 2015

A16 English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5 (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.e4 d6 8.a3)

A16 English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5 (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 g6 5.Nf3 Bg7 6.O-O O-O 7.e4 d6 8.a3)

The game below was played in the 2014 September Grand Seven Fourteen III tournament. I have gathered 85 points so far and I can get to 103 points if I win my last six games. I am currently on fourth place but I can end up anywhere from second place to sixth place depending on what happens on the remaining games. In three days, I have gone from 169 games in progress to 159 games in progress which is a very good sign. Games might end in a decent pace in the nearish future aswell, so maybe I could get under 100 in July. I have added one more analysed game to the following posts today: A00 Mieses Opening: Reversed Rat, C62 Spanish Game: Steinitz Defense and D45 Semi-Slav Defense: Main Lines. I have also added two mate in twos, two mate in fours and one mate in six. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

The first sign of trouble for my opponent came when adalia bipunctata played 9.b4 in the position below. It was a better idea to play 9.h3. One of the problems with the move 9.b4 is that it loses a pawn in the game continuation 9...cxb4 10.axb4 Nxb4 11.Qb3 a5. My 9th move was not the best, 9...Nxe4 was a much stronger move and the game might have been quickly over had I played it.

Even with the move I played in the game I was clearly better for a few moves. When I played the move 12...Qc7 in the position below, my advantage decreased into a small one. 12...Rc8 and 12...Nd7 were better options.

Adalia bipunctata then made the game losing blunder 13.d5. It gave me another opportunity to play 13...Nxe4! Given enough time, even I can find a good move and I did play the move 13...Nxe4 in the game. My opponent never recovered and ended up resigning the game after my 37th move d4+.

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "adalia bipunctata"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "1340"] [BlackElo "1893"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 {English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. Full Symmetry Line} 6. O-O O-O 7. e4 (7. b3 {English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. Double Fianchetto}) (7. d3 {English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. Duchamp Variation}) (7. d4 {English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. Mecking Variation}) 7... d6 8. a3 {A16 English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5} (8. h3 Ne8 9. d3 Nc7 10. Rb1 a6 11. Be3 Ne6 12. Nd5 Ned4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bg5 Re8 15. f4 f6 16. Bh4 e6 17. Ne3 g5 18. fxg5 fxg5 19. Qh5 gxh4 20. e5 Nf5 21. Be4 hxg3 22. Nxf5 exf5 {Pesantes Carbajal,C (2335)-Horvath, J (2480) Manila 1992 0-1}) 8... Bg4 (8... a6 9. d3 Bg4 10. Be3 Ne5 11. h3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxh3 13. Re1 Bc8 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Nd5 Nd7 16. b4 e6 17. Nf4 b6 18. Ng2 Qc7 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Be2 Bb7 21. Rb3 Bc6 22. bxc5 bxc5 23. Reb1 {Milla Mercado, J (1268)-Martorell Prats,A (1593) Santa Margalida 2016 0-1 (31)}) 9. b4 $2 $146 (9. h3 Bd7 10. Rb1 Ne8 11. d3 Nc7 12. Bd2 Ne6 13. b4 Rb8 14. Nd5 Ncd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Kh2 b5 17. f4 Nc7 18. Ne3 e6 19. Qe2 Bg7 20. bxc5 dxc5 21. e5 bxc4 22. dxc4 Ba4 23. Ba5 Qd7 {Daskevics,V (2169)-Naxakis, T Kallithea 2003 1/2-1/2 (32) }) (9. h3 $142 {would keep White in the game} Bxf3 10. Qxf3 $11) 9... cxb4 10. axb4 Nxb4 {Black has a new passed pawn: a7} (10... Nxe4 $5 11. Ra3 Ng5 $17) 11. Qb3 a5 12. d4 Qc7 (12... Rc8 $142 $17) 13. d5 $4 {White gets more space} (13. e5 $142 {and White is still in the game} dxe5 14. Nxe5 $15) 13... Nxe4 $1 $19 { Deflection: c3} 14. Bb2 $4 {terrible, but what else could White do to save the game?} (14. Nxe4 Bxa1 {Clearance Deflection Pinning}) 14... Nxc3 (14... Bxf3 $142 {and Black has triumphed} 15. Bxf3 Nd2 $19) 15. Bxc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rfc8 17. Ng5 (17. Rfc1 Nxd5 $1 {Deflection: c4} 18. Qd2 $19) 17... Qxc4 18. Qxc4 ( 18. Qe3 {cannot change destiny} h6 19. Ne4 Kg7 $19) 18... Rxc4 19. f3 (19. Bf3 {is not much help} Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Nxd5 $19) 19... Bd7 (19... Bf5 {makes it even easier for Black} 20. Rfd1 a4 21. Bf1 $19) 20. Rae1 Re8 21. Re4 (21. Rb1 { cannot undo what has already been done} b5 $19) 21... Rxe4 22. fxe4 f6 23. Ne6 Bxe6 (23... a4 $142 {might be the shorter path} 24. Rb1 a3 25. Nd4 $19) 24. dxe6 Rc8 25. e5 (25. Rb1 {does not save the day} b6 $19) 25... dxe5 26. Bxb7 Rc7 27. Be4 f5 28. Bg2 e4 29. h4 (29. Ra1 {doesn't improve anything} Rc5 $19) 29... Rc6 (29... Nd3 30. g4 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Nxc1 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Bf1 Nd3 34. Bh3 a4 35. Bxf5 a3 36. Bxe4 Nf4 37. Bb1 Ne2+ 38. Kf1 Nc3 39. Bf5 a2 40. Kf2 a1=Q 41. Ke3 Nd5+ 42. Kd2 Qc3+ 43. Ke2 Qe5+ 44. Kd3 Qxf5+ 45. Kd4 Qf3 46. h5 Qd1+ 47. Kc4 h6 48. Kc5 Qd3 49. Kc6 Qc4+ 50. Kd7 Qc7+ 51. Ke8 Nf6#) 30. Rd1 Rxe6 ( 30... Kg7 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} 31. Ra1 $19) 31. Rd8+ (31. Bf1 { doesn't change anything anymore} Kg7 32. Be2 Rc6 $19) 31... Kf7 32. Bf1 Rd6 33. Rxd6 (33. Rc8 {hoping against hope} a4 34. Rc4 $19) 33... exd6 34. Kf2 (34. Bb5 {doesn't do any good} Ke6 35. Be8 d5 36. h5 gxh5 37. Kf2 d4 38. Ba4 Ke5 39. Kf1 e3 40. Ke2 Ke4 41. Bd1 d3+ 42. Kf1 a4 43. Bxa4 e2+ 44. Kf2 Nc2 45. Kg2 e1=Q 46. Bc6+ Ke5 47. Bf3 Ne3+ 48. Kh3 Qf1+ 49. Kh4 Qxf3 50. Kg5 Qg4+ 51. Kh6 Qg6#) 34... Ke6 35. Bc4+ d5 36. Bb3 (36. Bb5 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} d4 37. h5 gxh5 38. Bc4+ Ke5 39. Bb3 d3 40. Ke3 h4 41. g4 f4+ 42. Kd2 e3+ 43. Kc3 e2 44. Ba4 e1=Q+ 45. Kc4 Qc1+ 46. Bc2 dxc2 47. g5 Qd1 48. Kb5 c1=Q 49. g6 Qd7+ 50. Kb6 Qcc7#) 36... Ke5 37. Ke3 (37. Bd1 {cannot change what is in store for White} d4 38. h5 gxh5 39. Ke1 e3 40. Ke2 Ke4 41. Kf1 d3 42. Bxh5 a4 43. Bd1 a3 44. Bh5 a2 45. Kg2 a1=Q 46. Bf3+ Ke5 47. g4 e2 48. g5 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf2+ 50. Bg2 e1=Q 51. g6 Qg3#) 37... d4+ (37... d4+ 38. Kf2 d3 39. Bd1 Nc2 40. h5 f4 41. gxf4+ Kxf4 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Be2 e3+ 44. Kf1 dxe2+ 45. Kxe2 Ke4 46. Kd1 Kd3 47. Kc1 e2 48. Kb1 e1=Q+ 49. Ka2 Qa1+ 50. Kb3 a4#) 0-1

24 Jun 2015

C68 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation, sidelines (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.d4)

C68 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation, sidelines (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.Nc3 Bd6 6.d4)

This game is from the first round of the Ruy Lopez tournament that is in progress at Chess.com. I have finished now 12 of the 22 games that I need to play on round one and I won them all. The twelve points I have gathered put me in fifth place at the moment. I am currently the only player in the group without any point losses, so things are looking good for me. The 96 players who have taken part in this tournament were divided in 12 player groups. From each group 3 players will advance to the next round. This will be one of my longest tournaments because the thinking times are 14 days per move and also because only half of the games will start with each round. So there will be only one game against a certain opponent at a time. I played quite badly in the earlier part of the game and only got back in the game and in a winning position after my opponent blundered with 21.Rxe6?? and I managed turn the game around. I did not see the best way to win but instead something that was adequate. I have added four mate in twos and one mate in three today.

[Event "Ruy Lopez - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.10"] [Round "?"] [White "bzalasky"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "1585"] [BlackElo "1905"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 {C68 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation. Keres Variation} Bd6 6. d4 {-0.29/21 C68 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation, sidelines} (6. h3 {0.15/21 should be considered.}) 6... Qe7 $2 { 1.37/21} (6... exd4 $1 $11 {-0.29/21} 7. Qxd4 f6) 7. dxe5 {0.92/22} (7. Nxe5 $142 {1.37/21} Bxe5 8. dxe5) 7... Bxe5 $16 8. O-O $146 {-0.32/24} (8. Nxe5 $16 {1.36/17 Threatens to win with Bf4.} Qxe5 9. Qf3 (9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bd4 (10. f3 Bd7 11. Qd2 O-O-O 12. Bd4 Qe7 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Qf2 b6 15. Qh4 Rhe8 16. g4 c5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. h4 b5 21. a3 Bc4 22. Rh2 Rg8 23. Nd1 Kd7 24. Ne3 Be6 {Janev,E (2503)-Ibryamov,I (2115) Plovdiv 2012 1-0 (48)}) ( 10. f4 Qd6 11. Qxd6 cxd6 12. O-O-O Ng4 13. Bb6 O-O 14. h3 Nf6 15. Rxd6 Be6 16. f5 Bc4 17. b3 Bb5 18. a4 Be2 19. Nxe2 Nxe4 20. Rd7 Rfe8 21. Nf4 h6 22. Kb2 Rab8 23. g4 Kf8 24. Rhd1 c5 {Jamroz,V (1587)-Postans,H (1405) Llandudno 2017 1-0 (46)}) (10. Qd4 Qe7 11. O-O-O h6 12. Qc5 Qxc5 13. Bxc5 Be6 14. f3 Nd7 15. Bf2 O-O-O 16. Rd2 b5 17. Rhd1 Ne5 18. b3 f6 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Ne2 Rxd1+ 21. Kxd1 a5 22. Bc5 Nd7 23. Be7 c5 24. Kd2 c6 {Loewy,L-Strobl,O Vienna 1909 1-0 (55)}) 10... Qg5 11. Qf3 Nh5 12. Be3 Qg6 13. h3 Nf6 14. Bd4 Nd7 15. O-O-O O-O 16. g4 f6 17. Qg3 Qg5+ 18. Be3 Qa5 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. g5 Nc4 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Rd8+ Kf7 23. Bg5 Qb4 {Spichkin,A (2161)-Basencyan,M (1823) Moscow 2008 1-0})) 8... Bxc3 {0.12/22} (8... Bg4 $1 $15 {-0.32/24}) 9. bxc3 $11 Qc5 $2 {1.83/18} (9... h6 $11 {0.11/23}) 10. Qd3 {0.64/22} ({White should try} 10. Bf4 $18 {1.83/18}) 10... Nf6 {1.25/20} (10... Be6 $14 {0.64/22}) 11. c4 {0.00/19} ({White should play} 11. a4 $16 {1.25/20}) 11... O-O $2 {4.22/21} (11... Be6 $11 {0.00/19 and Black has nothing to worry.}) 12. e5 $18 Nd7 13. Ng5 {[#]} g6 14. e6 Ne5 $2 { 5.48/22} (14... fxe6 {2.71/23 was necessary.} 15. Nxe6 Qf5) 15. exf7+ Nxf7 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Bh6 $2 {0.00/25} (17. Bb2 $18 {4.57/23 Strongly threatening Qc3.} Qf8 18. Rfe1) 17... Bf5 {0.73/22} (17... Be6 $11 {0.00/25}) 18. Qc3 {0.00/24} ( 18. Qb3 $16 {0.73/22}) 18... Rd8 {1.16/18} (18... Be6 $11 {0.00/24 remains equal.}) 19. Rad1 $16 Rd6 $2 {7.74/18} (19... Bd7 $16 {1.11/26}) 20. Rfe1 $2 { 1.18/25} (20. Be3 $18 {7.74/18 and the rest is easy.} Rxd1 21. Bxc5 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1) 20... Be6 21. Rxe6 $2 {-#3/80 [#]} (21. Qg3 $16 {1.49/23} Bd7 22. Rb1) 21... Rxd1+ 22. Re1 Qxf2+ {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 11%.} 0-1

23 Jun 2015

E12 Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4.a3, 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 and 4.Nc3 Bb7 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e3 Bb7 5.c4 Be7 6.Nc3 d6)

E12 Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4.a3, 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 and 4.Nc3 Bb7 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.Bg5 e6 4.e3 Bb7 5.c4 Be7 6.Nc3 d6)

When I searched for an opening that was played in this game, I found three different names for it. This was also called A47 Indian Game: Pseudo-Queen's Indian and A47 Queen's Indian Defense. So the one thing that was agreed upon was the ECO code for the opening. I chose to call it this because I like it more than the other two. Besides, Capablanca is one of my favorite players of all time. The game below was played in the 2014 September Grand Seven Fourteen III tournament. The tournament is still in progress and whether or not kopsov, my opponent in this game, will be the single winner of the tournament has not been decided yet. He only needs to get one draw from his remaining two games to win on his own. After this game I was really disgusted about the way I was able to mess up a very good game. I thought about the move 41...Rf1 but I am not sure why I ended up playing what I did in the game. I guess I was already a bit annoyed how well my opponent seemed to have counterplay for the material he or she had lost. Quite simply I just misunderstood the correct time when I was truly lost. And maybe I thought I would need my rook on the defense of the sixth rank. I guess I have forgotten some of the lessons I had learned from watching Attack with LarryC videos in the past. I should start watching them again at some point, to keep my mind set on the attack and not so much in the defense. I have added three mate in twos and two mate in threes today.

The name of the post was changed from A47 Indian Game: Capablanca Variation to its current name on August 16th, 2019.

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "kopsov"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "1922"] [BlackElo "1887"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 (2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 b6 4. Bg5 (4. Nc3 Bb7 {1-0 (30) Aloma Vidal,R (2440)-Frick,R (2062) Klaksvik 2018}) 4... Bb7 {0-1 (54) Alfonso Nogue,A (2251)-Arkell,K (2431) Barcelona 2001}) 3... b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nf3 Be7 { 1/2-1/2 (41) Radziewicz,K (1959)-Wieclawek,D (1657) Lublin 2007}) 2... b6 { A47 Indian Game: Capablanca Variation} 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Bb7 5. c4 Be7 6. Nc3 d6 {0.70/19 E12 Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4.a3, 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 and 4. Nc3 Bb7} (6... h6 $11 {-0.27/22} 7. Bh4 c5) 7. Be2 {-0.21/23} (7. Bd3 $14 { 0.70/19}) 7... Nbd7 {0.35/19} (7... h6 $11 {-0.21/23} 8. Bxf6 Bxf6) 8. O-O { -0.15/24} (8. Qd3 $14 {0.35/19}) 8... O-O {0.55/19} (8... Ne4 $11 {-0.15/24} 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7) 9. Qc2 {-0.09/21} (9. Nd2 $14 {0.55/19}) 9... h6 { 0.45/18} (9... c5 $11 {-0.09/21}) (9... Rc8 10. Rad1 c5 11. d5 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. e4 Ng4 14. Bf4 f6 15. Nb5 Nge5 16. Nxa7 Ra8 17. Nb5 Rxa2 18. Na3 f5 19. Bxe5 fxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bf6 22. Qb1 Rxe5 23. Bb5 Rxa3 24. bxa3 { Aloma Vidal,R (2440)-Frick,R (2062) Klaksvik 2018 1-0}) 10. Bf4 $146 {0.00/26} (10. Bh4 $14 {0.45/18 feels stronger.} c5 (10... Re8 11. Rad1 g5 12. Bg3 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. e4 Nh5 15. e5 Nhf4 16. Kh2 Bf8 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. g3 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 Bg7 20. Nd2 f5 21. f4 dxe5 22. dxe5 gxf4 23. gxf4 Qh4 24. Qe3 Rad8 25. Nb5 {Lund,S-Monsoy,A (1961) Tromsoe 2010 0-1 (34)}) 11. Rfd1 (11. Rad1 a6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Nd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Rfe8 15. Bg3 Bc6 16. Nce4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Qb7 18. f3 d5 19. Nd6 Bxd6 20. Bxd6 dxc4 21. Bxc4 Bd5 22. Qb3 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Nf6 24. Be5 Nd5 25. Qe2 Rec8 {Alfonso Nogue,A (2251)-Arkell,K (2431) Barcelona 2001 0-1 (54)}) 11... Rc8 12. b3 d5 13. dxc5 Rxc5 14. Qb2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Qe8 16. Be2 Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. b4 Rc7 20. Qd4 Nf6 21. Ne5 Rc2 22. Bd3 Rc7 23. f3 Rd8 24. Ba6 Rb8 25. e4 {Radziewicz,K (1959)-Wieclawek,D (1657) Lublin 2007 1/ 2-1/2 (41)}) 10... Re8 {1.16/19} (10... c5 $11 {0.00/26}) 11. Bg3 {-0.06/22} ( 11. e4 $1 $16 {1.16/19}) 11... Bf8 {0.60/19} (11... Nh5 $11 {-0.06/22}) 12. Nd2 a6 {0.75/21} (12... c5 $11 {0.28/22}) 13. e4 e5 14. d5 g6 {1.21/21} (14... c6 $14 {0.54/22}) 15. f4 {0.43/20} (15. Rfd1 $16 {1.21/21}) 15... exf4 $14 16. Rxf4 Bg7 {0.80/20} (16... b5 $14 {0.34/21}) 17. Raf1 {0.32/20} (17. a4 $16 { 0.80/20}) 17... Rf8 18. R4f2 {0.21/21} (18. a4 $14 {0.67/20 is more appropriate.}) 18... Qe7 {1.00/17} (18... Nh7 $11 {0.21/21}) 19. Bf4 {-0.19/21} (19. Bh4 $16 {1.00/17}) 19... Ne5 20. h3 Nfd7 {1.12/20} (20... Rae8 $11 { 0.00/20 keeps the balance.}) 21. Nf3 {0.00/24} ({White should play} 21. Be3 $16 {1.12/20}) 21... Nxf3+ $11 22. Rxf3 Rae8 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Bd3 {-0.48/21} (24. b4 $11 {0.00/21}) 24... Ne5 $15 25. Bxe5 Bxe5 26. Bc2 Bc8 27. b4 Bd7 28. Ne2 { -0.77/19} (28. Qf2 $11 {-0.10/23 remains equal.}) 28... b5 {0.26/25} ({Better is} 28... Kg7 $17 {-0.77/19}) 29. Nd4 {-0.44/20} (29. cxb5 $11 {0.26/25} axb5 30. Nd4) 29... bxc4 30. Qc3 c5 {0.00/20} (30... Bb5 $15 {-0.61/23}) 31. Qa3 $2 {-8.81/20 [#]} (31. dxc6 $11 {0.00/20} Be6 32. Qe3) 31... Bxd4+ 32. Kh1 Bb5 33. Re1 f5 $1 34. bxc5 (34. exf5 Qxe1+) 34... Bxc5 35. Qc1 fxe4 36. Rxe4 Qb7 $2 { -1.91/22} (36... Qg7 {-8.22/22} 37. Rg4 Rxf3 38. Bxg6+ Qxg6 39. Rxg6 Rfe3) 37. Rh4 $2 {-8.27/20} (37. Rg4 {-1.91/22} Qg7 38. Bxg6+ Qxg6 39. Rxg6 Kxg6 40. Rxf8 Rxf8 41. Qc2+ Kf6 42. a4) 37... Qg7 $19 38. Rg3 Rf6 39. Rhg4 Qf8 {And now ... Rf1+ would win.} 40. Bxg6+ Kh8 {( -> ...Rf1+)} 41. Kh2 Rd8 $4 {#17/22 [#]} ( 41... Rf1 $19 {-9.68/23} 42. Qc3+ Re5) 42. Rh4 {Accuracy: White = 7%, Black = 17%.} 1-0

22 Jun 2015

C10 French with 3.Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Bd3 Ngf6 7.O-O Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6 9.Bd3 O-O)

C10 French with 3.Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Be7 5.Nf3 Nd7 6.Bd3 Ngf6 7.O-O Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6 9.Bd3 O-O)

This game was played in a team match called Un-Orthodox CHESS vs Night's Watch (at Castle Black). It was played between The Un-Orthodox and The Night's Watch at Castle Black. It was played on eight boards and I played on board 1 for The Night's Watch at Castle Black. The match ended 9 - 7 in favor of The Un-Orthodox. I have been able to decrease the amount of games I play quite nicely in the past few days and I have now 169 games in progress. In slightly over five months, the amount of my simultaneous games has decreased from 300 to 169. This might mean that it would take the rest of the year to finish all my games, some might even be in progress at the start of next year. However, I will not try to get rid of all of them but instead get my game load to much more reasonable amount. Even now it does feel that I have freed up a lot of time but I do need to free up quite a bit more to feel comfortable. I have added one mate in two, one mate in three, two mate in fours and one mate in five.

[Event "Un-Orthodox CHESS vs Night's Watch (at"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.03.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "IMperf_X_ion00"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C10"] [WhiteElo "1910"] [BlackElo "1975"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 (3. Nd2 dxe4 {1/2-1/2 (44) Manak,J (2009)-Ujhelyi,M (1926) Slovakia 2008}) 3... dxe4 {C10 French Defense: Rubinstein Variation} 4. Nxe4 Be7 (4... Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ (6. Bd3) 6... Nxf6 7. Bd3 Be7 {1/2-1/2 (44) Manak,J (2009)-Ujhelyi,M (1926) Slovakia 2008}) 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. O-O Nxe4 8. Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O {C10 French with 3.Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves and 3...dxe4} 10. Bf4 {0.49/23} ({White should play} 10. Qe2 $16 {1.01/19 }) 10... b6 {1.00/20} (10... Bd6 $14 {0.49/23} 11. Ne5 Nd5) 11. c3 {0.51/24} ( 11. Qe2 $16 {1.00/20}) 11... Bb7 12. Ne5 {-0.38/23} (12. Qe2 $16 {0.84/19}) ( 12. Re1 a6 (12... Rc8 13. Bc2 c5 14. Qe2 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qd5 16. f3 Bc5 17. Be3 Qh5 18. Bb3 Nd5 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. Rad1 Bxd4+ 21. cxd4 Nf6 22. Be3 Bd5 23. Qb5 Bxf3 24. Qxh5 Bxh5 25. Rd2 Ne4 26. Rc2 Rxc2 27. Bxc2 {Nguyen,L (1983) -Zhuravlev,A (1879) Rotterdam 2017 0-1 (69)}) 13. Be5 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Be4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Rb8 18. Qc2 Qb6 19. Re2 Rb7 20. Rd1 Qa5 21. a3 Rfb8 22. Qc1 Rb3 23. Nd2 R3b7 24. Nc4 Qa4 25. b4 cxb4 26. cxb4 Rc7 {Rerabkova,L (1976)-Vojta,P (2136) Ricany 2006 0-1 (45)}) 12... c5 {0.20/23} (12... Qd5 $15 {-0.38/23} 13. Qf3 c5) 13. dxc5 $1 $11 Bxc5 14. Bc2 Qd5 $146 (14... Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Rad8 16. Bg5 Bd6 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. Ne3 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. hxg3 Kg7 22. f3 h5 23. Kf2 Rh8 24. c4 h4 25. gxh4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rxh4 27. Rd8 Rf4 28. Rb8 Be4 29. Bxe4 {Manak,J (2009)-Ujhelyi,M (1926) Slovakia 2008 1/2-1/2 (44)}) 15. Qxd5 Bxd5 16. b3 {-0.58/21} (16. Rfe1 $11 {0.20/22}) 16... Bd6 {0.00/25} ({ Better is} 16... Rfd8 $15 {-0.58/21}) 17. Rad1 $2 {-2.62/21 [#]} (17. Nd3 $11 { 0.00/25} Bxf4 18. Nxf4) 17... Nh5 $1 $19 18. g3 g5 $1 19. c4 (19. Bxg5 Bxe5) 19... gxf4 $40 {Black has strong attack.} 20. gxf4 $2 {-5.06/22} (20. cxd5 { -2.53/23 is a better defense.} Bxe5 21. dxe6) 20... Nxf4 {[#]} 21. cxd5 Bxe5 22. dxe6 Nxe6 23. Rfe1 Nd4 24. Be4 Rad8 25. Kh1 Rfe8 26. Rg1+ Bg7 {Black is clearly winning.} 27. Bd3 Nf3 28. Rgf1 Rd4 29. Kg2 Nh4+ 30. Kg3 Red8 31. Bc2 Nf5+ $1 32. Kf3 (32. Bxf5 Rxd1) 32... Be5 33. Rde1 Nh4+ {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 61%.} 0-1

20 Jun 2015

D46 Semi-Slav: 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3, Black avoids the Meran (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3)

D46 Semi-Slav: 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3, Black avoids the Meran (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 c6 4.e3 Nbd7 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.a3)

This is one of the two games to which my opponent in this game, Jerzy, challenged me into. This was played at the Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. It is a site for correspondence chess only. I have been enjoying my games there quite a bit because I seem to do really well there usually as my current rating of 2199 would suggest when comparing it to my other similar ratings. However, in the last few months I have been really annoyed by one thing there and it is the fact that there are no automatic timeouts in tournament games. So if one player decides not to win a tournament game on time and that opponent is never going to be online again, then that will freeze the tournament forever. One of my tournaments has been stuck because of that for several months now. Of course the players involved do not have any chances of advancing to the next round, so they do not really care if those games are never finished... Because if they can't have the win, no one can... I do not understand people like that at all. I have even send messages to these two players who are prolonging the tournament unnecessarily and asked if they could claim their wins, one of them even replied to me and said that he would do that but nothing happened. Some time passed and I asked him why are those games still going and he replied it must be because he made the claims on his phone and for some reason they had not been registered, so he would do that again. Still nothing happened. To my latest request and suggestion that he would do that on a computer, I got no reply anymore. I guess it is useless to try and reason with some people. The other player did not even reply to my message, so that is hopeless thing at the moment. I also made a forum topic there that there should be automatic timeouts in tournaments but that had no effect either. I guess person or persons who have been taking care of the site in the past, have not done anything for it recently and have maybe disappeared all together.

On a more positive note, I got my standard rating at FICS up from 2127 to 2160 couple of days ago! It is definitely my highest rating at FICS and it starts to get close to my highest rating ever on any site, currently my highest rating resides in Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. Oh yes, almost forgot to mention that despite my loss, I did not lose any rating points due to the game below because my opponent has a provisional rating still. I have added one mate in two, three mate in threes and one mate in seven today.

[Event "Challenge"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2015.04.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Jerzy"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D46"] [WhiteElo "2169"] [BlackElo "2199"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 {1/2-1/2 (35) Althoff,F (2149)-Schmeing,W (2059) Germany 2008}) (1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 (33) Ekstroem,R (2440) -Markotic,G (2345) Mendrisio 1988} (3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 {1-0 (41) Juergens,V (2115)-Bratimirova,D (2085) Sofia 1987})) 1... Nf6 (1... d5 2. c4 {1-0 (41) Juergens,V (2115)-Bratimirova,D (2085) Sofia 1987}) 2. Nf3 (2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 c6 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 (49) Wittkugel,F (1941)-Muuss,K (2064) Buesum 2017}) 2... d5 3. c4 c6 (3... e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 { 1/2-1/2 (35) Althoff,F (2149)-Schmeing,W (2059) Germany 2008} O-O 7. O-O { 1-0 (41) Juergens,V (2115)-Bratimirova,D (2085) Sofia 1987}) 4. e3 (4. Nc3) 4... Nbd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bd3 (6. a3 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O {1/2-1/2 (33) Ekstroem,R (2440)-Markotic,G (2345) Mendrisio 1988}) 6... Be7 {D46 Semi-Slav Defense: Bogoljubov Variation} 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 {0.01/22 D46 Semi-Slav: 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Bd3, Black avoids the Meran} ({Better is} 8. b3 $16 {0.81/19}) 8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 $146 {1.11/20} (9... b5 $11 {0.02/23} 10. Be2 Bb7) (9... c5 10. e4 (10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Nce4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bb2 a5 15. Bd3 Nf6 16. b5 Nd7 17. Bc2 a4 18. Ne5 Nc5 19. Nc4 Bd7 20. Nb6 Bxb5 21. Nxa8 Rxa8 22. Bc3 Nb3 23. Bxb3 axb3 24. Bb2 Bf6 {Ekstroem,R (2440)-Markotic,G (2345) Mendrisio 1988 1/ 2-1/2 (33)}) (10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. exd4 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Re1 Re8 16. Bg5 Rc8 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bb5 Qf5 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Rac1 Kf8 22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. dxe5 b6 24. Kf1 a5 {Juergens,V (2115) -Bratimirova,D (2085) Sofia 1987 1-0 (41)}) 10... cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Be2 Bd7 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Qb3 e5 15. Nf3 Be6 16. Qb5 Nfd7 17. Rfd1 f6 18. Nd5 Bc5 19. Rac1 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Qb8 22. a4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. a5 {Althoff, F (2149)-Schmeing,W (2059) Germany 2008 1/2-1/2 (35)}) (9... Re8 10. e4 Nf8 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Re1 b5 15. Ba2 Qc7 16. Nc5 Nd5 17. Ng5 Bf6 18. Nge4 Nd7 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Nxc5 21. dxc5 Qe7 22. Ne4 Bd7 23. Nd6 Rf8 24. Bxd5 {Wittkugel,F (1941)-Muuss,K (2064) Buesum 2017 1/2-1/2 (49)}) 10. e4 Bb7 {1.32/20} (10... Re8 $142 {0.88/23}) 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Bf4 {0.60/23} (14. Re1 $16 {1.33/20}) 14... Nf8 {1.22/19} (14... g6 $14 { 0.60/23}) 15. Rc1 {0.33/25} (15. Be3 $1 $16 {1.22/19}) 15... Ne6 $14 16. Be3 f6 {1.73/20} (16... Rc8 $14 {0.43/21}) 17. Re1 {0.92/20} (17. h4 $18 {1.73/20}) 17... fxe5 $2 {4.23/18} (17... g6 $16 {0.92/20 is tougher.}) 18. Nxe5 $18 { [#] Qh5 is the strong threat.} Qd6 {8.51/21} (18... Bf6 $142 {4.19/25} 19. Qh5 g6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Bg7) 19. Qh5 {White is clearly winning.} Nf8 20. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 21. Qf7+ Kh8 22. Ng6+ {Accuracy: White = 47%, Black = 16%.} 1-0

19 Jun 2015

B54 Sicilian: 2...d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4, Unusual Lines (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6)

B54 Sicilian: 2...d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4, Unusual Lines (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6)

Only one game to share today and probably tomorrow as well but after that there might be more games per day again. This game was played in the first round of the 2014 October Glacial Super Casual Banded I 1650+ tournament. There are 23 players in this tournament and they were divided into two groups, one group consisting of 12 players and the other 11 players. I am playing in the larger group and I am still one of the six players who are fighting for the win of group 1. This tournament is called Super Casual because the thinking times are the longest you can get at Red Hot Pawn. At least I have not seen any longer time controls than those that are used in this tournament. It has timeout of 21 days and there are 21 days in timebank. The tournament description also says: "No need to hurry, take a 3 week break." Well, my playing speed has been really slow but as more and more of my games will end, I will be able to play faster. When I am finally going to finish this and similar long tournaments, I will only going to play shorter tournaments in order to force a faster playing speed from me. Quite recently I even got into a point where I had only one game left where it was my turn to move in the games I play at RHP. It was a thing that had not happened in several months, so I am happy about the way things are going in that regard. I have added one mate in two, two mate in three, one mate in four and one mate in six puzzle today.

The name of this post was changed from B34 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon to its current name on August 8th, 2019. The former name also had an incorrect ECO code there, which is also now corrected. It should have been B54 in the original title as well, I am sorry about the mistake I made.

[Event "Glacial Super Casual Banded"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.11.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "adehaan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B54"] [WhiteElo "1887"] [BlackElo "1476"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "27"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 (2. d4 d6 {1-0 (20) Salomon,H (1621)-Sievers,H (1043) Ellwangen 2003}) 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 {B54 Sicilian: 2...d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4, Unusual Lines B54 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon} 5. Bc4 e6 { 1.31/19} (5... Bg7 $11 {0.00/23 remains equal.} 6. c3 Nf6 7. f3 e6 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 h6 10. Qd2 Kh7 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Be2 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qa5 16. Nd2 Rb8 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Rab1 Ba6 19. Kh1 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 d5 { Meza Galvan,V (1703)-Molina,L (1649) Bogota 2017 1/2-1/2 (38)}) (5... a6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Nxe5 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Qd2 Nd7 13. O-O-O Rd8 14. Be3 Qa5 15. Nd4 Nc5 16. Kb1 Nf6 17. f3 O-O 18. h4 e5 19. Nde2 b5 20. Nd5 {Mitkovski,Z (2185)-Topalov,N Skopje 2012 1-0}) 6. O-O {0.85/23} (6. Nc3 $142 {1.31/19}) 6... Bg7 $2 {2.62/16 [#]} (6... a6 $16 {0.85/23 was called for.}) 7. c3 $146 {0.02/22} ({White must play} 7. Nb5 $1 $18 {2.62/16}) (7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Be2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bh6 Bb7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Bf3 Rab8 15. b3 a6 16. Rfe1 e5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Re3 Qa5 19. Rd3 d5 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 {Castro,C-Garcia,D Rio de Janeiro 2001 1-0 (44)}) (7. Be3 Bf6 8. c3 a6 9. a4 Ne7 10. Bh6 Rg8 11. Nd2 Bg7 12. Bxg7 Rxg7 13. b4 Nbc6 14. Re1 Ne5 15. f4 Nxc4 16. Nxc4 f5 17. e5 d5 18. Nd6+ Kf8 19. Nxb7 Bxb7 20. Nxe6+ {1-0 (20) Salomon,H (1621)-Sievers,H (1043) Ellwangen 2003}) 7... Nc6 $2 {2.02/17} (7... a6 $11 {0.02/22}) 8. Be3 $2 {-0.04/21} ({White has to play} 8. Nb5 $1 $18 {2.02/17}) 8... Be5 $2 {1.64/21} (8... Nf6 $11 {-0.04/21}) 9. f4 { 0.66/21} (9. Na3 $18 {1.64/21}) 9... Bg7 $2 {2.31/20} ({Better is} 9... Bxd4 $1 $14 {0.66/21} 10. Bxd4 (10. cxd4 d5 $14) 10... Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6) 10. Nb5 $18 d5 $2 {3.53/20 [#]} (10... Bf8 {1.85/21} 11. f5 exf5) 11. exd5 Na5 $2 {6.25/22} (11... exd5 {3.35/24} 12. Qxd5 Be6) 12. Be2 $2 {0.50/20} ({White should try} 12. dxe6 $18 {6.25/22} Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2) 12... exd5 $2 {2.99/21} ( 12... a6 $1 $14 {0.50/20}) 13. Qxd5 $1 Bd7 $2 {23.10/21} (13... Qxd5 {2.48/21} 14. Nc7+ Kf8 15. Nxd5 b6) 14. Nd6+ {Accuracy: White = 7%, Black = 0%.} 1-0

18 Jun 2015

C65 Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Fishing Pole Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Ng4)

C65 Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Fishing Pole Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Ng4)

The game below was played in the second round of the Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52). In every round two players will advance to the next round and I got my place on the second round by winning group 14 with a score of 7 out of 8. Now on the second round I am in group 1 and in this four player group I have gathered 3 wins in 4 games that have finished and I have two games left to complete. It is quite likely at this point that I will advance to the third round and still have a chance to get a Mini Cooper trophy. I have added one mate in one, one mate in two, one mate in three and two mate in four puzzles today.

[Event "Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52)"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.03.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Iskandar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "1894"] [BlackElo "1605"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O {C65 Spanish Game: Berlin Defence (3... Nf6), unusual lines and 4.0-0 Bc5} Ng4 {C65 Spanish Game: Berlin Defense. Fishing Pole Variation} 5. c3 (5. h3 h5 6. c3 d5 7. d4 dxe4 8. Nxe5 Ngxe5 9. dxe5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bd7 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. Nd2 e3 13. Nf3 exf2+ 14. Kxf2 Bc5+ 15. Kg3 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Kh2 Be6 18. b4 Bf2 19. a3 a6 {Kleiman,B (2297) -Pushkin,S (2128) Lesnoj Gorodok 2009 1/2-1/2 (55)}) (5. d4 Qf6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. h3 h5 8. Nd5 Qg6 9. Re1 Kf8 10. c3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nxf2 12. Kxf2 Bg3+ 13. Kf1 Bxe1 14. Qxe1 a6 15. Bd3 d6 16. Nxc7 Rb8 17. Bf4 Bd7 18. d5 Ne7 19. Qb4 Nc8 { Pleasants,A (2139)-Turner,J (1889) Bridgend 2018 1-0}) 5... d5 {2.41/20} (5... d6 $16 {1.15/23}) 6. Re1 $146 {0.39/20} ({White should play} 6. exd5 $1 $18 { 2.41/20} Qxd5 7. c4) (6. Qe2 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Bd7 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Qe7 10. Re1 f5 11. Qe2 Nxe5 12. Qxe5 Qxe5 13. Rxe5+ Kf7 14. d4 Bd6 15. Re1 Rhe8 16. Bd2 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. b4 Bd6 19. Na3 a5 20. Nc4 Rxe1+ {Nikitinyh,B (2226)-Pushkin, S (2128) Lesnoj Gorodok 2009 1/2-1/2 (39)}) 6... Bc5 {1.77/21} (6... dxe4 $14 { 0.39/20} 7. Rxe4 Bd6) 7. d4 $18 {[#] Threatens to win with exd5.} exd4 $2 { 7.29/19} (7... dxe4 $16 {1.05/22} 8. Rxe4 (8. dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 exf3 $11) 8... O-O) 8. exd5+ {White is clearly winning.} Kf8 9. dxc6 Be6 10. cxb7 Rb8 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. Bc6 Bxh2+ 13. Nxh2 Nxh2 14. Bf4 Ng4 15. Nc3 g5 16. Bg3 h5 17. d5 Bf5 18. Qd4 {[#]} Rh6 19. Qxa7 Nf6 20. Rad1 Rh8 21. Nb5 Kg7 22. Bxc7 Qf8 23. Bxb8 Qxb8 24. Qxb8 Rxb8 25. Nc7 Rd8 26. Na6 1-0

17 Jun 2015

B32 Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Bd3)

B32 Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Bd3)

For a duration of 14 games I have been able to maintain a rating of 1900 or above in Online Chess at Chess.com. I am currently rated 1921 and 53 points away from the peak rating I got there January 15th 2009, so it would be about time to break that record. If all goes well, it might be broken this year at some point. I am also climbing towards my peak again at Red Hot Pawn where the game below was played. This game is taken from the 2014 September Grand Seven Fourteen III tournament and it is starting to be at a point where the winner of the tournament will be decided. At the moment there are only two players left who can win the tournament, but one of them can only get a shared win. So the current leader of the tournament, kopsov, has already secured at least the shared win but only needs one more point from his or her remaining two games to get the unshared win. From the games that I have added today, one may peak more interest than others and it is my first finished game against caissad4, who has been my main rival in a couple of tournaments. I have added three mate in threes, one mate in four and one mate in five.

Game number two. This one is from the first round of the 2014 September Glacial Super Casual I tournament and it is still ongoing at Red Hot Pawn. I am playing on group 7 and I am leading the group at the moment. I have gathered 24 points so far and my maximum possible score is 39, it could have been 42 had I not lost one game due to a huge blunder. Dooser2004 is currently second with 19 points and third place is shared with ettemarc and golfnaturl with 12 points. I got myself into a bad position with some really bad moves starting with the move 13.Nxe7+?? and continued the same path for awhile until I was able to turn the game around due to some inaccuracies done by my opponent.

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "adalia bipunctata"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "1887"] [BlackElo "1331"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 (1. Nf3 c5 {0-1 (25) Hosp,A-Klinger,J (2510) Oberwart 1991}) 1... c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {B32 Sicilian Defense: Löwenthal Variation} 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 {-0.57/19 B32 Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} ( 6. Bg5 $11 {0.20/25}) 6... Bd6 $146 {0.40/21} (6... d5 $15 {-0.57/19} 7. exd5 Nxd5 (7... Qxd5 8. O-O Be7 9. Nc3 Qd8 10. f4 (10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Nb4 13. Nc1 a6 14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 b5 16. N1e2 Qc7 17. Ng3 Rd8 18. Qc1 Nd4 19. Nce2 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Be6 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Ng3 Nd5 23. Re1 Rac8 24. Qb2 Be7 { Nuenchert,E-Scholz,J Potsdam 1974 1-0 (54)}) 10... Ng4 11. Qf3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 13. Kh1 Bc5 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qe2 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. fxe5 h5 20. Bb3 Qxe5 21. Qxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf4 {Couso,C-Garcia,M Saladillo 1992 1-0 (31)}) 8. O-O Be7 9. Be4 (9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Nxf4 11. Rxf4 Be6 12. Nc3 Qc7 13. Rf1 O-O 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Be4 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Ng4 18. g3 Qb6+ 19. Kg2 Ne3+ 20. Kh1 Nxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Qf2 23. Bg2 Rd8 { Donohue,T-Kinlay,J Glasgow 1973 0-1}) 9... Be6 10. Bxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Bc4 12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Rd1 Rxd1+ 14. Nxd1 O-O 15. Be3 b6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. c4 f5 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 g5 20. Be3 f4 21. Bf2 Rd8 {Baxter,R-Fuller,R Whitby 1962 1/2-1/2 (57)}) (6... Bb4+ 7. c3 Be7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qc2 d6 10. N1d2 Be6 11. f3 Rc8 12. Qb1 a5 13. Be3 a4 14. Nc1 Nh5 15. Ne2 Bg5 16. Nf1 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Qg5 18. Qc1 Nf4 19. Qd2 Nxg2+ 20. Nxg2 Qxg2 21. Rg1 {Hosp,A-Klinger,J (2510) Oberwart 1991 0-1} ) 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 {0.00/25} (8. c4 $14 {0.49/22}) 8... Nd4 $2 {1.75/19 [#]} ( 8... Be7 $11 {0.00/25 and Black has nothing to worry.}) 9. Bg5 {0.33/23} ({ Better is} 9. Nxd4 $1 $18 {1.75/19} exd4 10. Nb5) 9... Nxb3 {1.25/22} (9... Ne6 $14 {0.33/23} 10. Bc4 Nxg5 11. Qxd6 Ngxe4 12. Nxe4 (12. Qxe5 d6 $11) 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe5 Nf6) 10. axb3 h6 {1.63/21} (10... Be7 $16 {1.11/24}) 11. Bh4 {0.85/25} (11. Be2 $18 {1.63/21}) 11... g5 12. Bg3 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} h5 $2 {3.24/21} (12... Bc7 $16 {0.97/23 might work better.}) 13. h3 {1.81/24} ( 13. Be2 $142 {3.24/21} Bc7 14. Qd2 (14. Bxh5 d6 $18)) 13... g4 $2 {4.83/21} ( 13... h4 {1.81/24}) 14. hxg4 Nxg4 15. Be2 {White is clearly winning.} f5 { 8.75/21} (15... Qf6 $142 {4.95/22} 16. Nd5 Qg5) 16. Qxd6 {[#] Black must now prevent Qg6+.} h4 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 d6 19. Bc4+ Kh7 20. Qf4 a6 21. Rad1 fxe4 22. Qxe4+ Bf5 23. Qe2 Qg5 24. Rxd6 h3 25. g3 Rae8 26. Qd2 Qxd2 27. Rxd2 Rf6 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Rh6 30. Kh2 b5 31. b4 Ra8 32. g4 Rg8 33. Rg1 Rh4 34. Rxh3 Rxh3+ 35. Kxh3 {Accuracy: White = 5%, Black = 6%.} 1-0 [Event "Glacial Super Casual"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.13"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "ettemarc"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "1889"] [BlackElo "1510"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {B32 Sicilian Defense: Löwenthal Variation} 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 {-0.45/19 B32 Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} (6. Bg5 $11 {0.11/25}) 6... Be7 {0.41/24} (6... d5 $15 {-0.45/19}) 7. O-O {-0.36/23} (7. c4 $1 $14 {0.41/24}) (7. Nc3 d6 (7... O-O 8. Be3 d6 {0-1 (28) Shust,A-Stanetskyy,T (2048) Kiev 2009}) 8. O-O O-O {0-1 (17) Kolodziej,K (1657)-Puczylowski,M (1991) Krakow 2012}) 7... O-O {0.36/23} (7... d5 $15 {-0.36/23}) 8. Be3 {-0.96/20} (8. c4 $14 {0.36/23 keeps the upper hand.} ) (8. a3 d6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. h3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bg5 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rf3 Be6 14. Nc3 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Qxb3 16. Raf1 Qb6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Rf5 f6 19. g4 Ne7 20. Bc4 Kh8 21. Qf2 Nxf5 22. exf5 Rc8 {Rybakov,A-Domnin,V (2198) Zhukovsky 2007 0-1}) (8. Nc3 b6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. a3 Qc7 11. Bg5 Rad8 12. Qd2 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Nb5 Qb8 15. Bf1 d6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Rb8 19. Nxe8 Rxe8 20. c3 a6 21. Rd7 Rb8 22. Bc4 Nd8 {Boghossian,W (1748)-Franke,D (1298) Assen 2018 1-0 (31)}) 8... d6 {0.30/22} (8... d5 $17 {-0.96/20} 9. exd5 Nxd5) 9. Nc3 {-0.33/22} (9. c4 $11 {0.30/22}) 9... Bg4 $146 {0.36/19} (9... Be6 $15 {-0.33/22} 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Rad1 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Bg5 13. Qe2 a5 14. Bc4 b6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qc4 Qd7 17. Nb5 Be7 {0-1 (17) Kolodziej,K (1657)-Puczylowski,M (1991) Krakow 2012}) (9... Kh8 10. h4 Ng4 11. Nd5 Bxh4 12. g3 Bg5 13. f4 Nxe3 14. Nxe3 exf4 15. gxf4 Bh6 16. Qh5 Qb6 17. Rf3 Bxf4 18. Re1 Bxe3+ 19. Rexe3 Ne5 20. Rg3 Bg4 21. Qh1 f5 22. exf5 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Rae8 24. d4 {Shust,A-Stanetskyy,T (2048) Kiev 2009 0-1}) 10. f3 Bh5 {0.99/20} (10... Be6 $11 {-0.01/20}) 11. Bc4 {0.44/22} (11. a3 $16 { 0.99/20}) 11... Rc8 {1.02/20} ({Black should try} 11... Qc7 $14 {0.44/22}) 12. Nd5 {-0.02/25} (12. Be2 $16 {1.02/20}) 12... Nxe4 $2 {2.21/21 [#]} (12... Nb4 $11 {-0.02/25} 13. Nxb4 (13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. c3 Rxc4 $11) 13... Rxc4) 13. Nxe7+ $2 {-1.25/23} (13. g4 $18 {2.21/21}) 13... Qxe7 $4 {1.86/21} (13... Nxe7 $17 { -1.25/23} 14. Bd3 Nf6) 14. Qd3 $2 {-1.49/20} (14. g4 $18 {1.86/21}) 14... Nf6 $17 15. a3 {-1.89/21} (15. c3 $17 {-1.27/22}) 15... Bg6 16. Qd2 {-2.85/19} (16. Qe2 $142 {-1.70/21}) 16... Rcd8 {-1.25/20} (16... Nd4 $19 {-2.85/19 and Black stays clearly on top.} 17. Bxd4 Rxc4) 17. Bb5 {-1.85/19} (17. c3 $17 {-1.25/20} ) 17... a6 {-1.01/20} (17... Rfe8 $19 {-1.85/19} 18. Rfe1 Qc7) 18. Bd3 { -2.01/19} (18. Bxc6 $17 {-1.01/20 might work better.} bxc6 19. Bf2) 18... e4 { -1.04/23} (18... Bxd3 $19 {-2.01/19} 19. Qxd3 Rfe8) 19. fxe4 Bxe4 $2 {0.22/24} (19... Nxe4 $17 {-1.40/19} 20. Bxe4 Qxe4) 20. Bg5 $11 Bxd3 {0.66/23} (20... d5 $11 {0.09/24}) 21. Qxd3 $14 {[#] aiming for Rae1.} Qe5 {1.50/24} (21... Rde8 $11 {0.20/24 remains equal.}) 22. Bxf6 {0.09/23} (22. Rf5 $1 $16 {1.50/24} Qe6 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Raf1 (24. Rh5 f5 $16)) 22... gxf6 $11 23. c3 b5 $2 {1.77/22} (23... Rfe8 $11 {0.00/27 and Black is okay.}) 24. Rf3 $2 {0.11/24} ({White should play} 24. Rae1 $1 $18 {1.77/22} Qg5 25. Rf5) 24... Ne7 $2 {2.00/22} ( 24... Rfe8 $11 {0.11/24 and Black has nothing to worry.}) 25. Raf1 Ng6 {2.44/21 } (25... f5 $142 {1.66/25} 26. Nd4 d5 27. Nxf5 Nxf5) 26. Rxf6 Rd7 {2.56/21} ( 26... Rde8 {1.98/26 keeps fighting.} 27. Nd4 (27. Rxd6 Re6 $16) (27. Qxd6 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Re2 $16) 27... Ne7) 27. Nd4 Re8 28. Qf3 $2 {0.91/22} (28. R6f2 $18 { 2.42/22 has better winning chances.}) 28... Qe3+ $16 29. Qxe3 Rxe3 30. Nf5 { 0.46/26} (30. R6f2 $16 {1.08/22}) 30... d5 $2 {9.57/21} (30... Re6 $14 {0.46/26 } 31. Nh6+ Kg7 32. Rxf7+ Rxf7 33. Nxf7 Re2) 31. Nxe3 $18 {White is clearly winning.} d4 32. cxd4 h5 33. d5 Ne5 34. Rxa6 Nc4 35. Nxc4 bxc4 36. d6 Kg7 37. Rf4 Kg6 38. Rxc4 {Accuracy: White = 7%, Black = 4%.} 1-0

16 Jun 2015

B18 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bf4)

B18 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.Bf4)

Today I have added three rapid games that were played at Chess.com against the same opponent. I was challenged to these games by bfoleyfire and in the first two games the thinking times for both players was 15 minutes. The third one had the same basic time but it also had an increment of 10 seconds. I won the first two but lost the last game. My opponent played better for quite some time and even had a chance to win the game but I think the main factor that turned the tables was that he started to go into time trouble and because of that he made some mistakes that enabled me to get back into the game. I won this game on time but at the end I had already also climbed from the deep pit that I had dug myself into and had a winning position. I have added one mate in one, one mate in two, one mate in five, one mate in six and one mate in seven puzzle today. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

Game number two. This is from the third round of the WORLD OPEN RAPID tournament that was played at the FIDE Online Arena on March 30th 2015. Third round and third consecutive win, could not get a better start for the tournament than this. So far all my opponents had been lower rated than me, so winning the first three games was not that much against the odds.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.05.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "bfoleyfire"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "1777"] [BlackElo "1560"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 {B18 Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation} 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bf4 {0.31/22 B18 Classical Caro-Kann: 4... Bf5 sidelines} (7. Bd3 $16 {0.97/19}) 7... e6 {0.90/19} (7... Qa5+ $14 {0.31/22 } 8. c3 Ngf6) 8. Qd2 {-0.39/22} (8. Bd3 $16 {0.90/19}) (8. Bc4 Ngf6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. a4 h6 12. b4 Bxb4 13. Re2 Nb6 14. Bb3 Nbd5 15. Bd2 Nc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Rb1 Bh7 18. Re3 Ba5 19. c4 Bxb1 20. Qxb1 Qc7 21. Qd3 Rfd8 22. Bc2 Qf4 {Nemova,J-Aseeva,A (2002) Togliatti 2012 0-1 (34)}) (8. a3 Ngf6 9. Bc4 Nd5 10. Bxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 O-O 14. Ne2 Rc8 15. c3 Qb6 16. b4 Bd6 17. f4 Be7 18. f5 Bxf5 19. Qe1 Bd6 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 a5 22. Ng3 axb4 { Alikhanyan,Z-Korobchenko,Y (1517) Sochi 2017 0-1 (34)}) 8... Ngf6 {0.48/22} ( 8... Qb6 $15 {-0.39/22} 9. O-O-O Ngf6) 9. O-O-O $2 {-1.17/18 [#]} (9. Bd3 $14 { 0.48/22 keeps the upper hand.}) 9... Nd5 $146 {Black is better.} (9... Be7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. h4 h6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd5 14. h5 Bh7 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa5 17. a3 f6 18. Rde1 fxe5 19. Rxe5 Bg5+ 20. Rxg5 hxg5 21. h6 g6 22. Qxg6+ { 1-0 (22) Spieleder,A (1389)-Frohnhaeuser,R (1772) Frankenthal 2015}) 10. Bg5 Qc7 {0.00/22} (10... f6 $17 {-1.22/17} 11. Be3 Bb4) 11. Qe1 $2 {-2.26/18} (11. Bd3 $1 $11 {0.00/22 and White stays safe.}) 11... Bb4 {-1.21/22} ({Black should try} 11... h6 $19 {-2.26/18} 12. Bd2 c5 13. dxc5 Rc8) 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ { -0.59/21} (12... c5 $19 {-1.87/18} 13. Kb1 Rc8) 13. Qxd2 {-1.02/19} (13. Rxd2 $15 {-0.59/21} O-O-O 14. h4) 13... O-O-O {0.00/21} (13... b5 $17 {-1.02/19}) 14. Nh4 {-0.91/20} (14. h4 $11 {0.00/21}) 14... c5 {-0.45/25} (14... Kb8 $17 { -0.91/20}) 15. Nxg6 $15 hxg6 16. Be2 {-1.38/21} ({White should play} 16. Ne4 $15 {-0.53/21}) 16... Rh4 {-0.31/23} (16... N7b6 $17 {-1.38/21} 17. dxc5 Qxc5) 17. dxc5 Qxc5 {-0.32/23} (17... Nxc5 $17 {-1.06/19} 18. Bf3 Kb8) 18. Bf3 N7f6 $36 {White is under pressure.} 19. Qe2 {-0.70/19} (19. c3 $1 $11 {-0.07/21}) 19... Rc4 {0.00/22} (19... Rd6 $15 {-0.70/19} 20. Bxd5 Rxd5) 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Kb8 {0.56/24} (21... Rd6 $11 {0.00/25} 22. Bxd5 Rxd5) 22. Qf3 {-0.83/21} ( 22. Bxd5 $14 {0.56/24 stays ahead.} Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Qxd5 24. Rd1 Qg5+ 25. Rd2) 22... Rc8 23. Rd2 $2 {-4.90/20} (23. Kb1 $15 {-0.44/23}) 23... f5 $1 $19 24. Bxd5 {-8.06/21} (24. Qg3+ $142 {-4.91/24} Ka8 25. Bd3) 24... exd5 $2 {0.87/19} (24... Rxc2+ $19 {-8.06/21} 25. Kd1 exd5 26. Qf4+ Ka8) 25. Qe2 {0.19/23} (25. Qd3 $16 {0.87/19}) 25... b5 {1.16/20} (25... a6 $11 {0.19/23 remains equal.}) 26. Kb1 a5 {1.45/20} (26... Re4 $142 {0.81/23} 27. Qd3 Kb7) 27. Rc1 {0.97/23} ( {Better is} 27. Qe5+ {1.45/20} Ka8 28. c3 (28. Qxd5+ Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxc2 $14)) 27... b4 {1.91/18} (27... Re4 $16 {0.97/23} 28. Qd3 Rd8) 28. Qd3 {1.12/25} (28. Qe5+ $18 {1.91/18} Qc7 29. Qxd5) 28... a4 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxd5 $16 {Endgame KRR-KRR} b3 $2 {2.75/23} (30... Re8 $16 {1.14/25 keeps fighting.}) 31. axb3 axb3 32. Rb5+ Ka7 33. Rxb3 Ra4 34. Ra3 Rxa3 35. bxa3 $18 {KR-KR} Rb8+ 36. Ka2 Rb5 $2 {3.69/26} (36... Re8 {2.05/28} 37. Kb3 Re2) 37. c4 Ra5 {4.15/24} (37... Re5 $142 {2.69/25} 38. Kb3 g5) 38. Kb3 Kb6 {4.51/23} (38... f4 {3.09/27 might work better.} 39. Rd1 Rh5 40. Rd7+ Kb6 41. Rxg7 Rxh2 42. Rxg6+ Kc5 43. Rg5+ Kd6 ) 39. Kb4 {[#] aiming for c5+.} Ra8 {4.59/25} (39... Re5 {3.18/24 was necessary.} 40. Rc3 Re2) 40. c5+ {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 17%.} 1-0 [Event "Tournament 28440088"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.03.30"] [Round "3"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "YevgenListopadov"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "1699"] [BlackElo "1631"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 {B18 Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation} 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bf4 {0.19/21 B18 Classical Caro-Kann: 4... Bf5 sidelines} (7. Bd3 $16 {0.86/20}) 7... h6 {0.84/20} (7... Ngf6 $11 {0.19/21 } 8. Bd3 Nd5 9. Bg5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qc7 11. Bxg6 hxg6 12. Ng5 e6 13. c4 N5b6 14. Qf3 Nf6 15. Ba5 Qd7 16. c5 Nbd5 17. Bc3 b6 18. N3e4 Rh4 19. O-O Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f5 21. Ng5 Be7 22. Nh3 g5 {Cornford,L (2220)-Garbett,P (2310) New Zeeland 1985 0-1 (34)}) (7... Qb6 8. b3 Rd8 9. Be2 Ngf6 10. O-O e6 11. c3 Ba3 12. Qd2 O-O 13. b4 a5 14. Bd6 Rfe8 15. Nh4 Nb8 16. Bc5 Qc7 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qc2 b6 19. Qb3 bxc5 20. Qxa3 axb4 21. cxb4 cxd4 22. Rac1 {Albertovic,L-Szczechowicz,B (2125) Morava 1996 0-1 (32)}) 8. Bc4 {0.07/23} (8. Bd3 $16 {0.84/20}) 8... e6 $146 ( 8... Ngf6 9. Nh4 Bh7 10. Bd2 e6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Re1 Nd5 13. Nhf5 Bxg3 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Nxe6+ fxe6 16. Bxh6+ Ke7 17. Bg5+ N7f6 18. fxg3 Kd7 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Rad1 Rag8 21. Bh4 Bf5 22. Qf3 Bg4 23. Qb3 {Goesswald,J-Werner,A Bellheim 1994 1-0 (37)}) 9. O-O Ngf6 {0.75/21} (9... Be7 $11 {0.15/22 keeps the balance.}) 10. Ne5 {-0.23/22} (10. Bd3 $16 {0.75/21}) 10... Nxe5 11. dxe5 {-0.62/19} (11. Bxe5 $11 {0.27/24} Nd7 12. Qe2) 11... Qxd1 {-0.18/28} (11... Nd5 $15 {-0.62/19} 12. Bxd5 cxd5) 12. Raxd1 {-0.59/21} (12. Rfxd1 $11 {-0.18/28 is superior.} Nd5 13. Bxd5 cxd5 14. c3) 12... Nd5 (12... Nd7 {looks sharper.} 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Rxd3 g5 15. Bd2 Nxe5 16. Rb3 O-O-O) 13. Bxd5 $1 cxd5 14. c3 Bc5 {0.00/22} ( 14... a5 $15 {-0.48/22 should be considered.}) 15. Rfe1 {-0.55/21} (15. h4 $11 {0.00/22}) 15... O-O-O {0.04/23} (15... h5 $15 {-0.55/21}) 16. Be3 Bxe3 { 0.50/18} (16... b6 $1 $11 {-0.29/23}) 17. Rxe3 $14 Bc2 18. Rd2 Ba4 {0.89/22} ( 18... Bb1 $14 {0.46/24}) 19. Rf3 Rhf8 20. Nh5 g6 21. Nf6 Bc6 {1.91/24} (21... Rh8 $16 {0.87/25}) 22. Rh3 {0.82/24} (22. Nh7 $1 $18 {1.91/24 has better winning chances.}) 22... h5 {1.35/21} ({Black should try} 22... Rh8 {0.82/24}) 23. Rh4 {0.87/29} (23. Nh7 $142 $1 {1.35/21}) 23... Rh8 $16 24. Kf1 Bb5+ 25. Ke1 Kb8 {0.92/24} (25... Bc4 $14 {0.50/26}) 26. h3 {0.50/25} (26. Rhd4 $16 { 0.92/24}) 26... Bc6 27. Rdd4 a5 28. Ke2 Bb5+ 29. Kf3 a4 {1.50/20} (29... Bc4 $142 {0.82/27}) 30. Rb4 Bc6 31. Rhd4 {1.04/29} (31. Kf4 $142 $1 {1.50/24}) 31... Kc7 32. Kf4 b5 {1.91/26} (32... Ra8 $16 {0.98/26}) 33. Kg5 {1.14/28} ({ White should play} 33. a3 $18 {1.91/26}) 33... Kb6 {2.53/23} (33... a3 $16 { 1.14/28 was necessary.}) 34. a3 $1 $18 Rc8 35. h4 Be8 36. Nxe8 Rhxe8 {2.67/22 Endgame KRR-KRR} (36... Rcxe8 {1.99/25 was called for.} 37. b3 axb3) 37. Rf4 $1 Rc7 38. Rf6 $2 {0.76/27 [#]} (38. Kh6 $1 $18 {3.53/21 is the precise move to win.}) 38... Ree7 $2 {3.39/25} (38... Rh8 $16 {0.76/27}) 39. Rbf4 Rcd7 {4.65/21 } (39... Red7 {3.19/26 keeps fighting.} 40. Kh6 Kc5) 40. Kh6 Kc5 {and the idea ...d4 leaves Black hopeful.} 41. Kg7 d4 42. cxd4+ Rxd4 43. Rxf7 {1.76/25} (43. Rxd4 $142 {4.25/21} Kxd4 44. Rxf7) 43... Rxf4 44. Rxe7 {KR-KR} Kd5 45. Kxg6 $2 {0.00/30 [#]} (45. Rb7 $1 $18 {1.80/23}) 45... Rxf2 $11 46. Kxh5 Rxb2 {1.06/23} (46... Rxg2 $11 {0.00/27} 47. Rb7 Rxb2) 47. g4 $16 Kxe5 $2 {7.40/22} (47... Rb3 $16 {0.76/30}) 48. g5 $18 Kd6 49. Rf7 b4 50. axb4 Rxb4 51. g6 Rb8 52. Ra7 e5 53. Rxa4 Kd5 54. Kg5 e4 55. g7 e3 56. Ra1 Ke4 57. Kg6 {27.04/20} (57. h5 $142 { 60.86/21} Rg8 58. h6) 57... Rb6+ 58. Kh7 Rb7 59. h5 Kf5 60. Kh8 {White mates.} e2 61. g8=Q Re7 62. Qf8+ Ke6 63. Re1 Kd7 64. Qxe7+ $3 {Accuracy: White = 48%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

15 Jun 2015

A45 Trompowsky Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7 4.Nd2)

A45 Trompowsky Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7 4.Nd2)

When I think that I must have covered all the different openings I have played, I stumble on to a new one. This has happened to me quite often while I have typed this blog and undoubtedly it will keep doing that for some time still. It may be more surprising to me that I have been able to post a new variation or a chess960 game every day since October 21st 2014. The fact that something new has come along in relatively short gaps, has made this daily posting schedule possible. It may be only a matter of time that something happens that will break the daily pace like it did in October last year and in August also. I would also like to get this blog as up to date as possible and feature all the games I have ever played that have some sort of notation. It may take me a very long time to accomplish if I am able to accomplish it at all because there are so many of them and new ones come along steadily. As I have at the moment 182 games in progress, there will be a lot more games to cover in the future aswell.

The game below was played in the first round of the 2014 October Split II tournament that is still ongoing at Red Hot Pawn. This game I won time but my position at the end of this game should also be winning for me, so the result is right this time. I have two games lef to play on round one and I am the current leader of group 1. Despite the fact I am on the lead, I may not be there after the group has been decided as three other players can also win the group.

[Event "Split"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.10.24"] [Round "1"] [White "12thMass"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "924"] [BlackElo "1887"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. Nd2 {A45 Trompowsky Attack} O-O 5. Ngf3 c5 { 0.54/23} (5... h6 $11 {0.12/27 was preferrable.} 6. Bh4 d5) (5... d6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. O-O b6 8. c3 Bb7 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Qe2 a5 11. Rad1 h6 12. Bh4 Nh7 13. Bg3 Re8 14. e5 Ndf8 15. Ne4 Ra8 16. Bb5 d5 17. Ned2 c6 18. Bd3 Qc8 19. Rc1 c5 20. c4 {Grischuk,A (2720) -Niekrens,S Mainz 2005 1-0 (44)}) (5... d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 b6 8. O-O Bb7 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. c3 h6 11. Bh4 Rc8 12. Qe2 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Rxc5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Nd4 Re8 17. Bb5 Rd8 18. Bd3 Nd5 19. Bg3 Qc8 20. Nb3 {Goncalves,M (1460) -De Bem,L (1532) Caioba 2016 0-1 (76)}) 6. Bd3 { -0.04/29} (6. dxc5 $14 {0.54/23} Nc6 7. Bd3) 6... cxd4 $11 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. N2f3 $146 {-0.45/25} (8. Nxc6 $11 {0.00/27} bxc6 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. c3 a5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bh4 a4 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfe1 Qf6 17. Re3 Nc5 18. Rae1 Bd7 19. Ne5 Qd6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Re7 Qd6 22. R7e3 Rab8 23. Bf5 g6 24. Rg3 {Kelecic,D (1747)-Miemietz,C (1788) Germany 2007 1-0}) 8... Qb6 {0.09/28} (8... Nxd4 $15 {-0.45/25} 9. Nxd4 Qb6) 9. Nb3 {-0.45/24} (9. Nxc6 $11 {0.09/28} bxc6 10. e5) 9... d6 (9... d5 {feels hotter.} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Ncxe7 12. O-O Nf4) 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. h3 b6 13. c3 Bb7 14. Nfd2 {-0.65/23} (14. Qe2 $11 {-0.08/26}) 14... Ne5 15. Qc2 {-1.22/26} (15. Bc2 $15 {-0.34/25}) 15... Nxd3 $17 16. Qxd3 Rfd8 {-0.59/26} ({Black should play} 16... d5 $17 {-1.18/25} 17. exd5 Rfd8) 17. Bf4 {-1.27/28} (17. Rfe1 $1 $15 {-0.59/26}) 17... a5 18. a4 Ba6 $36 {Black is in control.} 19. c4 Qc6 {-0.23/26} (19... e5 $1 $17 {-1.13/24 } 20. Bg3 d5 $1 21. exd5 Nxd5 $1) 20. Nd4 $11 Qb7 {[#] aiming for ...e5.} 21. Rfe1 $2 {-2.26/24} (21. Nb5 $11 {-0.11/27 and White has nothing to worry.}) 21... e5 {Precision: White = 30%, Black = 24%.} 0-1

14 Jun 2015

B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence (1.e4 a6 2.d4 h6)

B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence (1.e4 a6 2.d4 h6)

There are some players who have been able to play lines that I have not previously covered here more than once and my opponent in this game, SpottedCow, is one of those players. Or rather will be maybe tomorrow or some time later in the near future when I post the game I played with the black pieces against him. The game below was played in the 2014 August Grand Seven Fourteen II tournament at Red Hot Pawn. It is the tournament in which I am the closest of winning of all the tournaments that I have played or am playing. If I win my only remaining game, I will also win the tournament. If I do not win that game, I will need some assistance from other players. My main rival, caissad4, will need to either lose or play two draws, so that I would be a guaranteed winner. Actually, in case that I would lose my game against him and in the other two games he has left, he would draw both of them, then we would share the win of the tournament in points. I have added two mate in twos, one mate in five and two mate in six puzzles today. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts! And thank you all who have spend their precious time by visiting this blog, it is much appreciated!!

Game number two. This was also played against SpottedCow, who for some reason likes to play this way based on the two games with White that I have played against him. The game below was played in the 2014 August Grand Seven Fourteen III tournament at Red Hot Pawn. It is a tournament where I have secured fourth place very tightly and I have two games left to finish. I have still some influence on who wins the tournament though, as the remaining two games I have are against caissad4, who has chances of winning the tournament as long as he does not lose a game against me. The game you see below was quite one-sided as you might guess from the huge difference in rating. Rating difference, no matter how huge, is not always a guarantee for victory as I have shown by losing some games against much lower rated players in the past.

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "SpottedCow"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "1887"] [BlackElo "1160"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 a6 {B00 St. George Defense: General} 2. d4 h6 {B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Nf3 Nf6 {1.53/18} (5... Ne7 $142 {0.78/20}) 6. Bd3 {1.02/22} (6. Be2 $142 {1.53/18}) 6... Be7 $146 (6... Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. Nh4 g5 10. Nf5 Nxf5 11. exf5 Bg7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. g4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qf6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Qd2 Bf8 17. h4 Be7 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Kg2 Bd7 20. Rh1 Kg7 21. Rh5 {Funderburg,J (2114)-Oca Homer,N Reno 2008 1-0}) 7. O-O { 1.00/21} ({White should play} 7. h3 {1.41/18}) 7... Nc6 {1.47/18} (7... c5 $142 {1.00/21}) 8. Bf4 {0.44/21} (8. Re1 $16 {1.47/18}) 8... Nh5 {1.65/19} (8... Nxd4 $1 $14 {0.44/21} 9. Nxd4 e5) 9. Be3 {1.19/21} (9. Bd2 $18 {1.65/19}) 9... Nf6 $16 10. a3 {1.24/21} (10. e5 $18 {1.85/17}) 10... Ng4 {1.81/19} (10... Nd7 $16 {1.24/21 was worth a try.}) 11. Bf4 {0.55/20} (11. Bc1 $18 {1.81/19}) 11... e5 $14 12. dxe5 $1 dxe5 {1.22/20} (12... Ngxe5 $14 {0.44/21} 13. Nxe5 dxe5) 13. Bg3 {0.33/20} (13. Bc1 $1 $16 {1.22/20}) 13... Bc5 $2 {2.85/20 [#]} (13... h5 $1 $14 {0.33/20} 14. h4 f6) 14. h3 Nf6 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 O-O 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 ({Don't take} 18. cxd5 Qg5 $16) 18... Bd6 {2.29/21} (18... Bxh3 $142 { 1.63/23} 19. Qf3 (19. gxh3 Qg5+ 20. Qg4 Qxe5 $11) 19... Bd7) 19. Bc3 Re8 { 2.53/22} (19... Qg5 $16 {1.56/23}) 20. Bc2 $18 Qg5 {With the idea ...Bxh3.} 21. Qd3 g6 $2 {4.13/24} (21... f5 {2.29/22 keeps fighting.} 22. b4 b6) 22. Rfe1 ({ Worse is} 22. Qd4 Be5 $14) 22... Bf5 23. Qd4 {[#]} f6 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Qxf6 $40 {White wants a kill.} Qxf6 26. Bxf6 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 {Endgame KRB-KRB} Kf7 28. Bc3 Re8 29. Kf1 g5 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 {KB-KB} 31. Bg7 Kf7 32. Bd4 b6 {4.87/20} ( 32... c5 $142 {3.44/25} 33. Bc3 b5) 33. Ke2 a5 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. Ke4 h5 36. Be5 Bxe5 37. Kxe5 {KP-KP} a4 38. Ke6 {White mates.} g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40. Kd7 Kf6 41. Kxc7 Ke7 42. d6+ {Accuracy: White = 46%, Black = 22%.} 1-0 [Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "SpottedCow"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "1887"] [BlackElo "1160"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 (1. d4 h6 2. e4 {1-0 (25) Bernstein,J (1443)-Sivertsen,S (1584) Oslo 2016 }) 1... a6 {B00 St. George Defense: General} 2. d4 h6 {B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} 3. Bc4 (3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 {1-0 (25) Bernstein,J (1443)-Sivertsen,S (1584) Oslo 2016}) 3... e6 4. Nf3 d6 5. O-O Nc6 {1.51/19} ({ Black should try} 5... Nf6 $14 {0.61/21}) 6. d5 $146 {0.71/23} (6. Re1 $142 { 1.51/19}) (6. Nc3 Bd7 7. d5 Nce7 8. dxe6 fxe6 9. Nd4 e5 10. Qf3 Nf6 11. Ne6 Qc8 12. Nxf8 Rxf8 13. Qg3 g5 14. b3 Nh5 15. Qd3 c6 16. Qxd6 b5 17. Be2 Nf4 18. Qxe5 Bg4 19. Ba3 Ra7 20. f3 Nxe2+ {Bernstein,J (1443)-Sivertsen,S (1584) Oslo 2016 1-0}) 6... Ne5 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. dxe6 {White is better.} Bxe6 9. Bxe6 $40 { [#] Qh5 is the strong threat. White attacks with force.} fxe6 $2 {2.49/19} ( 9... Qxd1 $16 {0.85/23} 10. Bxf7+ (10. Rxd1 fxe6 11. Be3 Ne7 $14) 10... Kxf7 11. Rxd1 Nf6) 10. Qh5+ $18 Ke7 11. Qxe5 {2.04/22} (11. Rd1 $142 {3.42/20} Qe8 12. Qxe5) 11... Nf6 12. b3 Qd6 $2 {10.00/18} (12... Kf7 {1.75/21}) 13. Ba3 Rd8 14. Bxd6+ Rxd6 15. Nc3 Kd8 16. Rad1 Kc8 17. Rxd6 Bxd6 18. Qxe6+ Kb8 19. e5 Re8 20. Qf7 Bxe5 21. Nd5 Rd8 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. g3 b6 24. Re1 Kb7 25. Re4 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Rd2 27. Qc4 Rd6 28. Rh4 b5 29. Qe4+ Kb8 30. Rg4 {[#] Intending Rg8+ and mate.} Rd8 31. Rg7 Rf8 32. Rh7 Rd8 33. Rxh6 Rf8 34. Qc6 Bd6 35. Qxa6 b4 36. Rh5 f5 37. g4 $1 {White mates.} Bc5 (37... fxg4 38. Rb5#) 38. Rxf5 Rxf5 39. gxf5 Bd6 40. f6 Bf8 41. Qb5+ Ka7 42. f7 1-0

13 Jun 2015

A28 English Opening: Four Knights Variation (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be2)

A28 English Opening: Four Knights Variation (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 Bc5 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.Be2)

The game below was a rated game but because of the result, neither player lost or gained any rating points because of this game. This game started to go downhill for my opponent when he played 8.d4? which loses both of the important center pawns and after that there is no hope left in White's position. This game was played in rather fast pace for a correspondence game, at least in my standards because this game started April 27th 2015 and it ended May 30th 2015 and these days my average correspondence chess game lasts several months. I have added one mate in one, two mate in two, one mate in three and one mate in four puzzle today.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.04.27"] [Round "?"] [White "knuutson273"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "926"] [BlackElo "1892"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. c4 (1. e4 e5 (1... Nc6 2. c4 e5 {1-0 (28) Antonelli,F (2011)-Galas,F (1735) Arco 2012}) 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Bc5 {1-0 (61) Garcia Munoz,J (2285)-Rodriguez,O Asturias 1998}) 1... e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 {A22 English Opening: King's English Variation. Two Knights' Variation General} (2... Nc6 3. e4 Nf6 (3... Bc5 4. Nf3 {1-0 (28) Antonelli,F (2011)-Galas,F (1735) Arco 2012}) 4. Nf3 {0-1 (48) Rodriguez le Halper,J-Alonso Centeno,J Valladolid 1978}) 3. e4 Bc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Be2 {A28 English Opening: Four Knights Variation} a6 $2 {1.39/20 [#]} (5... d6 $15 {-0.44/23 keeps the upper hand.}) (5... O-O 6. a3 a5 7. O-O d6 8. b3 h6 9. Bb2 Be6 10. Na4 Nxe4 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 f6 15. Qc3 d5 16. Rad1 b6 17. Bf3 c6 18. Bc1 Re8 19. Rd4 a4 20. Bh5 {Garcia Munoz,J (2285)-Rodriguez,O Asturias 1998 1-0 (61)}) 6. O-O $2 {-0.17/21} (6. Nxe5 $1 $16 {1.39/20} Nxe5 7. d4) 6... d6 (6... Nd4 7. Nxe5 Nxe2+ 8. Qxe2 d6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d3 Qd7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 h6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 f5 17. Qe3 Rae8 18. Rac1 b6 19. Rc6 Qf7 20. Rfc1 Re7 21. Qd4 {Antonelli,F (2011)-Galas,F (1735) Arco 2012 1-0}) 7. h3 $146 (7. a3 O-O 8. b4 Ba7 9. Bb2 Ng4 10. Nd5 Nb8 11. d4 c6 12. Ne3 f6 13. Nh4 Nh6 14. Nhf5 Bxf5 15. exf5 Qc8 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. c5 dxc5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Bxe5 cxb4 20. Ng4 Nxf5 21. axb4 Qd7 { Rodriguez le Halper,J-Alonso Centeno,J Valladolid 1978 0-1 (48)}) 7... O-O 8. d4 $2 {-2.24/21} (8. a3 $11 {0.10/23 and White stays safe.}) 8... exd4 $19 9. Na4 {-2.61/18} (9. Nd5 $142 {-1.89/23}) 9... Ba7 10. Bd2 $2 {-3.62/19} (10. Bd3 {-1.97/23}) 10... Nxe4 11. Qe1 {-5.13/20} (11. b4 {-3.51/22 might work better.} ) 11... Nxd2 12. Nxd2 $2 {-5.72/19} (12. Qxd2 {-2.82/20} Qf6 13. Rae1) 12... Re8 {[#] ...d3! is the strong threat.Black is clearly winning.} 13. b3 { -10.54/21} (13. Qd1 $142 {-5.06/21} Bf5 14. Bf3) 13... d3 $1 14. Bxd3 Rxe1 15. Raxe1 Be6 16. Be4 d5 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. a3 Qxd2 0-1

12 Jun 2015

D30 Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3)

D30 Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Bd3)

This time I share a game that was played almost ten years ago at Red Hot Pawn. I did not originally like to share this because it was won by timeout but now that I have shared some shorter timeout wins as well, I thought why not share this one as well. It turned out that it also featured an opening I had not covered in this blog before, so that was also a factor which contributed in sharing this game. While I got all my other pgn-files from Red Hot Pawn, I noticed something interesting, I played one of my current opponents also over ten years ago. During that ten year gap, not a single game but now I got a few games against him. There is also one other player there that I played against the very first time in 2004 and my second game ten years later in 2014. I could have been completely lost in the game below but as games can be decided on time as well, I got the win. The ratings are taken yesterday, so they are not even close to the ones that they were back in 2005. I have added one more tactics puzzle, one mate in four, one mate in five and two mate in seven puzzles today.

[Event "Challenge"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2005.09.28"] [Round "?"] [White "romang"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "1368"] [BlackElo "1887"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "26"] [EventDate "2005.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 {1-0 (55) Shabalov,A (2564)-Zhang,C (2273) Chicago 2018}) 1... d5 (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {1-0 (48) Dehesdin,W (2060)-Batteau,V (1840) France 2003}) 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 {D30 Queen's Gambit Declined: Traditional Variation} Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 {-0.20/21 D30 Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} (6. Nc3 $14 {0.50/19}) 6... dxc4 $11 (6... b6 7. Ne5 dxc4 {1-0 (48) Dehesdin,W (2060)-Batteau,V (1840) France 2003}) 7. Bxc4 b6 {0.39/20} (7... c5 $15 {-0.32/22}) 8. Ne5 {-0.11/21} (8. O-O $14 {0.39/20} Bb7 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Rd1 Ndf6 12. h3 Qc8 13. Bd3 c5 14. Na3 Qc6 15. Ne5 Qa4 16. Rac1 cxd4 17. Bb5 Qa5 18. Rc7 Bxa3 19. Rxb7 Bxb2 20. Qxb2 Nc3 21. Rb1 Nxb1 22. Qxb1 dxe3 23. fxe3 {Shabalov,A (2564)-Zhang,C (2273) Chicago 2018 1-0 (55)}) 8... Bb7 {The position is equal.} 9. O-O (9. Nc3 Nbd7 {1-0 (48) Dehesdin,W (2060)-Batteau,V (1840) France 2003}) 9... Nbd7 {0.17/22} (9... c5 $15 {-0.41/19}) 10. Nc3 c5 $146 (10... h6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. exd4 Rc8 14. Nxf7 Qc7 15. Bxe6 Rxf7 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Bg3 Qc6 18. d5 Qc5 19. Rac1 Qa5 20. Nb5 Bb4 21. Nc7 Ree7 22. d6 Rxe6 23. Nxe6 Bxe1 24. Rxe1 Qd5 25. f3 {Dehesdin,W (2060)-Batteau,V (1840) France 2003 1-0 (48)}) 11. Qb3 {-0.73/25} (11. Qe2 $11 {0.14/23}) 11... Rc8 $2 {1.61/22 [#]} (11... cxd4 $1 $17 {-0.73/25 and life is bright.} 12. exd4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7) 12. Rad1 {0.80/24} (12. Bxe6 $1 $18 { 1.61/22 and White stays clearly on top.} Nxe5 13. dxe5 (13. Bxc8 Qxc8 14. dxe5 Bxg2 $11) 13... fxe6 14. Qxe6+ (14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Qxe6+ Rf7 $16) 14... Rf7 15. Rad1 (15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 $16)) 12... Nxe5 {2.10/21} (12... Nd5 $16 { 0.80/24}) 13. dxe5 $18 Nd7 {2.71/24 Loss on time!?} (13... Nd5 $142 {1.96/24}) 0-1

11 Jun 2015

C93 Closed Spanish Game: Smyslov Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 h6 10.d4)

C93 Closed Spanish Game: Smyslov Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 h6 10.d4)

Today I will share two games from GameKnot, both of which I lost. The game below is the latest game that has finished from my games there. This was played in the tedjj's mini-tournament XLIII. The mini-tournament has 11 players and I am currently in eight place. I have finished 12 games of the 20 games that I need to play in this tournament, I have won only four games and played two draws, so this is one of the worst correspondence chess tournament performances I have ever had. My opponent in this game, blokhin2, leads the tournament currently and the more I look at the standings has already secured his win also. I have added one mate in one, one mate in two, one mate in four, one mate in five and one mate in eight puzzle.

[Event "tedjj's mini-tournament XLIII"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2015.06.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "blokhin2"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C93"] [WhiteElo "1750"] [BlackElo "1920"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 (4... Be7 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Nf6 { 0-1 (26) Casusol,C (2020)-Bancayan Maco,J (2172) Cajamarca 2012}) 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O (7... d6 8. c3 {1/2-1/2 (10) Damjanovic,M (2325)-Temanlis,Y (2255) Tel Aviv 1991}) 8. c3 (8. h3 d6 {1-0 (31) Mizzau,P (1878)-Hernandez,H (1758) Parana 2017}) 8... d6 9. h3 h6 {C93 Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Smyslov Defense} 10. d4 {C93 Closed Spanish Game: Smyslov Variation} Kh8 { 1.25/19} (10... Re8 $14 {0.34/23}) (10... exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nh7 13. Nc3 Ng5 14. Nd5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nc6 16. Qd3 f5 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. exf5 Bf6 19. Be3 Ne7 20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Nxf6 Rxf6 22. g4 Nxf5 23. gxf5 Rxf5 24. Bd1 h5 25. Be2 { Mizzau,P (1878)-Hernandez,H (1758) Parana 2017 1-0 (31)}) 11. Nbd2 {0.64/21} ( 11. Bc2 $16 {1.25/19}) 11... Ne8 $146 {1.63/18} (11... Kg8 $14 {0.64/21}) ( 11... Rb8 12. Nf1 Nh7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qh5 Nf6 16. Qxe5 Bd6 17. Qd4 c5 18. Qe3 c4 19. Bc2 Bb7 20. e5 Bxe5 21. Qc5 Nd7 22. Qa3 Qf6 23. Ne3 Rfe8 24. Ng4 Qc6 25. Be4 Bd6 26. Bf4 {Casusol,C (2020)-Bancayan Maco,J (2172) Cajamarca 2012 0-1}) 12. Nf1 {1.21/22} (12. a4 $18 {1.63/18}) 12... exd4 { 2.17/19} (12... Bd7 $16 {1.21/22}) 13. cxd4 $18 ({Don't play} 13. Nxd4 $6 Nxd4 14. cxd4 (14. Qxd4 c5 $14) 14... Be6 $16) 13... f5 $2 {3.45/20} (13... Nf6 { 1.76/20 keeps fighting.} 14. Ng3 Bb7) 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Ng3 Bh7 {4.88/19} ( 15... d5 $142 {3.30/22} 16. Nxf5 Rxf5) 16. Bd2 {1.97/21} (16. Bd5 $142 {4.88/19 }) 16... a5 $2 {4.23/21} (16... Bf6 {1.97/21}) 17. Bd5 Ra6 18. Bxc6 {2.08/23} ( 18. a4 $142 {3.73/21} Bd3 19. Bxa5 $1 Rxa5 20. Bxc6 (20. Qxd3 Nb4 $18)) 18... Rxc6 19. Bxa5 $2 {0.77/23} (19. d5 $1 $18 {2.37/20} Ra6 20. Nd4) 19... Bh4 { 1.34/20} (19... Ra6 $142 {0.77/23}) 20. Nxh4 {0.90/23} (20. d5 $142 {1.34/20} Rc5 21. Ne4 (21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. Bc3 b4 $16)) 20... Qxh4 $16 21. Re3 {0.55/22} ( 21. Bc3 $16 {1.26/22}) 21... Rc2 $14 22. Re2 Rc4 {1.30/22} (22... Rxe2 $14 { 0.42/22} 23. Qxe2 Qxd4) 23. Rd2 {0.84/26} (23. Rc1 $142 {1.30/22}) 23... Nf6 $16 24. Rc1 {0.00/28} (24. b3 $16 {1.11/18} Rc6 25. d5) 24... Rxc1 {0.70/21} ( 24... Nd5 $11 {0.00/28}) 25. Qxc1 $14 Nd5 26. Qc6 Bg8 27. Qxb5 Ra8 {With the idea ...c6!} 28. a3 $2 {-1.08/20} (28. b4 $16 {1.14/22}) 28... c6 $1 $17 { Black has strong compensation.} 29. Qa4 {-1.68/20} (29. Qxc6 $17 {-0.93/25} Rxa5 30. Qxd6) 29... Qg5 {[#] Hoping for ...Qxd2!} 30. Rd1 {-1.87/21} (30. Qxc6 $17 {-1.36/26} Rxa5 31. Re2) 30... Nf4 $19 {aiming for ...Qd5.} 31. b4 $2 { -18.95/21} (31. Qxc6 {-1.75/25} Rxa5 32. Re1) 31... Bd5 {-5.02/24} (31... Qd5 $142 {-18.95/21} 32. Qxc6 Qxc6) 32. Qc2 {intending Qf5.} Bxg2 33. Qf5 Bxh3 { 0.07/25} ({Better is} 33... Qh4 $1 $17 {-1.16/20} 34. Re1 Bd5) 34. Qxg5 $11 hxg5 35. Ne4 Bg4 36. Rb1 $2 {-3.02/21} (36. Re1 $11 {0.25/25 and White has nothing to worry.}) 36... Bf5 $1 $19 37. f3 {-3.65/20} (37. Re1 {-2.54/26 was worth a try.} Re8 38. f3) 37... d5 38. Nd2 $2 {-6.15/23} (38. Re1 {-3.58/23} dxe4 39. fxe4) 38... Bxb1 39. Nxb1 {Endgame KRN-KBN} Ne2+ 40. Kf2 Nxd4 41. Bb6 Nc2 42. Ba5 c5 $1 43. Ke2 (43. bxc5 Rxa5) 43... cxb4 44. axb4 Nxb4 $1 45. Bxb4 Rb8 46. Nc3 Rxb4 47. Nxd5 {KR-KN} Rd4 48. Ne3 g6 49. Kf2 Kg7 50. Kg3 Kf6 51. Ng4+ Ke6 52. Kh3 $2 {-#19/35 [#]} (52. Nh6 $19 {-3.59/46}) 52... Kf5 {Black mates.} 53. Nh6+ Kf4 54. Nf7 Rd7 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

10 Jun 2015

B01 Scandinavian Defence (1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4)

B01 Scandinavian Defence (1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nf3 Bg4)

The more usual move order for this variation is likely 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.d4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4. Today I accepted two chess960 challenges and in the first one I was pretty much lost after two moves... For some reason I do not look at the board properly when it comes to chess960. I guess I have played chess mostly recently and because of that I have forgotten that in some chess960 starting positions White will be able to threaten to take a pawn for free after his first move. Even if White were to take that pawn for free, it might not cost the game, but in the starting position I have in that game, my opponent was also able to take the exchange on his third move. So after three moves, he was up the exchange and a pawn, which is too much to give for almost no compensation. This might also mean that I need that break from chess more badly than I thought. Well, I should not make all that big decisions based on one game. I have mostly played on a decent level lately, maybe around 1900 level on average, at least on Chess.com and at Red Hot Pawn. Everywhere else the ratings that I have are farther away towards both directions, so I can't really compare them. I have been back over 1900 at Chess.com again for a few days now but around the time that happened, I dropped my rating at Red Hot Pawn below 1900, so that was a rather weird coincidence.

The game below was played in a team match called Happy New Year 2015 Romeo and Juliet vs Kasparov Chess Club !! The match is played on 62 boards and I played on board 11 for Romeo and Juliet. I won my both games on time. Neither of those games were actually winning for me in the position the game ended but instead close to equal. The score has not changed in the match during the time I posted yesterday and this post, so the score is still 89 - 33 in favor of Romeo and Juliet. I have added one mate in one, two mate in twos, one mate in five and one mate in seven puzzle.

[Event "Happy New Year 2015 Romeo and Juliet vs"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.01.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Jhopes"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1895"] [BlackElo "1685"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 Nc6 (1... d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 {1/2-1/2 (42) Plunge,G (2163)-Garnelis,J (2109) Vilnius 2007}) 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 {B00 Nimzowitsch Defense: Scandinavian Variation. Exchange Variation} 4. Nf3 Bg4 {B01 Scandinavian Defence} 5. Be3 e5 {0.37/22} (5... Bxf3 $11 {-0.18/22} 6. Qxf3 (6. gxf3 e5 $11) 6... Qxf3 7. gxf3 e6) 6. dxe5 {-0.51/20} (6. Nc3 $14 {0.37/22} Bb4 7. Be2 (7. dxe5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qxe5 9. Qd2 Rd8 10. Qe2 Nge7 11. Bd2 Qf5 12. Qc4 Nd5 13. O-O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 {0-1 (14) Chirila,R (2247)-Manciu,N (2102) Bucharest 2000}) ) 6... Qxd1+ $15 7. Kxd1 Nxe5 8. Be2 {-0.64/22} (8. Nbd2 $11 {-0.14/20}) 8... O-O-O+ $146 (8... Nxf3 9. gxf3 Be6 10. Nd2 Ne7 11. Bc4 Nd5 12. Ke2 Bd6 13. Rad1 O-O-O 14. Bb3 Be5 15. c3 Rhe8 16. Nc4 Bf4 17. h4 b5 18. Na5 Bxe3 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. fxe3 Re6 21. a3 c5 22. b4 c4 23. Rd4 {Plunge,G (2163)-Garnelis,J (2109) Vilnius 2007 1/2-1/2 (42)}) 9. Kc1 {-0.87/21} (9. Nbd2 $15 {-0.43/25 is more appropriate.} Nxf3 10. Bxf3) 9... Nxf3 10. gxf3 Bh5 11. Nc3 Nf6 {0.00/23} ( 11... a6 $17 {-0.86/19}) 12. Rd1 {-1.00/20} (12. Bxa7 $11 {0.00/23} Bb4 13. Rg1 ) 12... Bb4 (12... Be7 {is more complex.} 13. Rg1 a6 14. a4 Kb8 15. a5 Bg6) 13. Bd2 {-1.35/21} (13. Nb5 $142 {-0.74/24}) 13... Rhe8 {[#] aiming for ...Bxc3.} 14. Re1 {-2.12/21} (14. Be3 $17 {-0.97/20}) 14... Bc5 {-1.26/22} (14... Bg6 $19 {-2.12/21} 15. a4 Bc5) 15. Rf1 {-2.20/20} (15. Ne4 $17 {-1.26/22} Nxe4 16. fxe4 Bxe2 17. Rxe2) 15... Nd5 {...Nxc3 is the strong threat.} 16. Bd1 {-2.39/21} ( 16. Ne4 {-1.72/22 keeps fighting.}) 16... Nxc3 17. Bxc3 f6 18. b4 Bd4 19. Kb2 Bxc3+ 20. Kxc3 g5 $2 {-0.50/21} (20... Rd5 $19 {-2.02/20} 21. a3 c5) 21. a4 { -1.57/22} (21. f4 $1 $15 {-0.50/21} Bg6 22. fxg5) 21... Re6 {-1.13/25} ({ Better is} 21... Bf7 {-1.57/22} 22. b5 h5) 22. Kb2 {-2.49/22} (22. f4 $1 $17 { -1.13/25} Rc6+ (22... gxf4 23. Bxh5) 23. Kb2 Bxd1 24. Rfxd1) 22... Rd2 { -1.25/23} ({Black should try} 22... Rd4 $19 {-2.49/22} 23. c3 Rd2+ 24. Kc1 Red6 ) 23. Kc1 {-2.46/20} (23. f4 $1 $17 {-1.25/23} Rxd1 (23... gxf4 24. Bxh5) 24. Rfxd1 Bxd1 25. Rxd1) 23... Red6 $36 {Keeping White busy.} 24. Ra3 {-2.46/20} ( 24. b5 $142 {-1.75/23}) 24... Bg6 25. Re3 {-2.16/22} (25. f4 $17 {-1.48/24}) 25... R2d4 26. c3 Rd2 {-0.81/23} (26... Rh4 $19 {-1.89/22 and Black stays clearly on top.} 27. Rh1 b6) 27. Re2 {-1.77/20} (27. Bb3 $17 {-0.81/23}) 27... R2d3 $19 28. Rc2 {-2.50/21} (28. Re3 {-1.66/24 might work better.}) 28... Rc6 29. Kb2 Rcd6 30. Kc1 Bf7 $2 {0.00/33} (30... Rc6 $19 {-2.72/21} 31. Kb2 Rd8) 31. Be2 $11 Bg6 32. Bxd3 Bxd3 33. Re1 {[#] And now Rd2 would win.} Bxc2 34. Kxc2 {Endgame KR-KR} Kd7 35. Re4 {-1.06/21} (35. h4 $11 {-0.09/25 keeps the balance.}) 35... c6 {0.00/25} (35... Rd5 $17 {-1.06/21}) 36. h3 f5 37. Re5 Rf6 {0.00/27} (37... Rd5 $1 $15 {-0.49/24} 38. Re1 a5) 38. Kd3 Kd6 39. Re8 { -0.59/25} (39. Ra5 $11 {0.22/26}) 39... Rf7 {0.44/26} (39... Rh6 $15 {-0.59/25} ) 40. Rg8 {0.00/31} (40. Kd4 $14 {0.44/26}) 40... Ke5 41. Rxg5 Kf4 42. Rg3 h5 { White must now prevent ...h4.} 43. h4 Rd7+ 44. Ke2 Re7+ 45. Kd2 Re3 {0.68/21} ( 45... a5 $11 {0.00/29}) 46. Rg5 {0.00/29} ({White should play} 46. Rg7 $14 { 0.68/21} Rxf3 47. Rxb7) 46... Rxf3 47. Rxh5 Rxf2+ 48. Kd3 {Threatening Rh7.} Kg4 {0.60/22} (48... Rf3+ $11 {0.09/27} 49. Kc2 Ke4) 49. Rh7 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 22%.} 1-0