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