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