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