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