B58 Classical Sicilian 6.Be2 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bd7)

The game below was played in the seventh round of the 2nd Eurasian League Tournament. The match I am playing in is between East Slavs and Finno-Ugric Chess Players. I am playing on board 4 for the Finno-Ugric Chess Players. This is played on 26 boards and the only game left in this match is apparently my other game against vikkol. This match was quite evenly matched as the current score is 26,5 - 24,5 in favor of East Slavs. I just calculated the total amount of correspondence games I have played so far and the current amount is 794. 22 games of those are chess960 games. Out of the total amount I have won 560, played 49 draws and lost 185 times. I can't really complain about those stats as I have roughly won 7 games out of 10. There is always room to improve and I have messed up a bit too many games on beginner like blunders which should not happen with these time controls. Because I have had quite a lot of games in progress at the same time, mistakes can be partly explained by it. I have added one mate in one, two mate in twos, one mate in five and one mate in six.

[Event "2nd Eurasian League Tournament, Round 7"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.02.06"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "vikkol"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B58"] [WhiteElo "1880"] [BlackElo "1806"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 (2... Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 {1-0 (35) Malec,S (2041)-Janczarski,M (2202) Warsaw 2009}) 5. Nc3 {1-0 (46) Gesing,F (1670)-Kruempelmann,U (1783) Germany 2003}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 {B58 Sicilian Defense: Classical Variation} Bd7 {0.87/21 B58 Classical Sicilian: 6.Be2} (6... e5 $11 {-0.18/21} 7. Nxc6 bxc6) 7. O-O {0.28/23} ({ White should try} 7. Bg5 $16 {0.87/21}) 7... e6 {0.82/21} (7... g6 $11 {0.28/23 }) 8. Ndb5 {0.26/22} ({Better is} 8. Nb3 $16 {0.82/21}) 8... Qb8 $1 $11 9. Bf4 {0.29/22} (9. a4 $16 {0.71/21}) (9. Bg5 a6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd4 Be7 12. Qd2 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Bc6 14. a4 Rg8 15. Rfe1 Qc7 16. Bf1 O-O-O 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 Be8 19. Qa7 Rg5 20. g3 Re5 21. f4 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bf8 23. Bh3+ Bd7 {Elgabry,M (2280)-El Gindy,E (2485) Cairo 1998 1-0 (41)}) 9... e5 $2 {2.14/20 [#]} (9... Ne5 $11 {0.29/22}) 10. Bg5 $18 a6 11. Bxf6 $146 (11. Na3 Be7 (11... b5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd5 Bg7 14. Bg4 Be6 15. c3 Ne7 16. Qf3 Bxd5 17. exd5 h5 18. Bh3 Qb7 19. Rfd1 Rh6 20. Nc2 f5 21. Bxf5 Rf6 22. Ne3 Bh6 23. Bd7+ Kxd7 24. Qxf6 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Rg8 26. Qxf7 {Malec,S (2041)-Janczarski,M (2202) Warsaw 2009 1-0 (35)} ) 12. Nc4 b5 13. Ne3 O-O 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ncd5 Bg5 16. Bg4 Be6 17. c3 Ne7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 exd5 20. Qxg5 Qb7 21. Rad1 Rf6 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Raf8 24. Qe3 Qf7 25. f3 Qg6 {Gesing,F (1670)-Kruempelmann,U (1783) Germany 2003 1-0 (46)}) 11... axb5 12. Bg5 $36 {White has strong initiative.} Nd4 {2.37/19} ( 12... Be7 $142 {1.83/25}) 13. Bd3 h6 14. Be3 b4 {2.98/21} (14... Ne6 $142 { 1.96/23} 15. Bxb5 (15. Nxb5 Be7 $16) 15... Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Be7) 15. Nd5 Bc6 16. Nxb4 Ne6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. b3 Be7 19. a4 Nc7 20. Bc4 Qb7 21. Qg4 g6 22. f4 d5 23. exd5 cxd5 24. Be2 h5 25. Qg3 e4 26. Bd4 {2.89/24} (26. f5 $142 {4.82/20}) 26... Rh7 $2 {5.30/19 [#]} (26... Bf6 {2.89/24}) 27. Rfb1 $2 {1.24/24} (27. f5 $18 {5.30/19} h4 28. Qe3 (28. fxg6 hxg3 29. gxh7 O-O-O $16)) 27... Ne6 $16 28. Be5 Kf8 $2 {2.02/18} (28... h4 $1 $14 {0.41/22} 29. Qg4 Bc5+ 30. Kh1 Bd4) 29. c3 {0.90/24} (29. Kh1 $1 $18 {2.02/18 is more deadly.}) 29... Bc5+ $2 {2.55/19} (29... h4 $16 {0.90/24 might work better.} 30. Qg4 Ng7) 30. Kh1 {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 15%.} 1-0