C44 Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.g3 Nf6 4.d3)

Second day in a row that I post a game from Red Hot Pawn. This is because I did not have a game from Chess.com that had a different opening than the ones I have already covered. At least in analysed form that is. I have added games from both sites today because of that. The game below was played in the 2014 September Grand Seven Fourteen III tournament. I am currently in fifth place in this tournament and I still have theoretical chances to win the tournament, even though that is very unlikely thing to happen. There are also four other players still in the fight for the win out of the 21 players that are in taking part in this tournament. I have added one mate in one, one mate in two, one mate in three and two mate in four puzzles today.

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "IBeatScurvey"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "929"] [BlackElo "1927"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 (1... Nf6 2. d3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 {0-1 (21) Alberola Reig,F-Janev,E (2413) Alicante 2000}) 2. Nf3 Nc6 (2... Nf6) 3. g3 {C44 King's Knight Opening: Konstantinopolsky Opening} Nf6 4. d3 {C44 Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 (5... Qxd5 6. Bg2 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 (7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 Qe6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Rad8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd5 14. Bd2 f5 15. Rb1 b6 16. Re1 Qf6 17. Qf3 h6 18. Kh2 Kh8 19. Re2 Qg6 20. Rb5 e4 21. dxe4 Ne5 22. Qxf5 { Laurent Paoli,P (2305)-Sezdbekov,A (1861) Khanty Mansiysk 2016 1/2-1/2 (60)}) 8. O-O O-O-O 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Re1 Bd6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Nd4 13. a4 a5 14. Bd2 c6 15. Ne2 Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 Bc7 17. Qe1 b6 18. Bc3 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxe5 { Bauer,C (2631)-Clery,N (2387) Cappelle la Grande 2016 1-0 (37)}) 6. Bd2 $146 { -0.99/22} (6. Bg2 $1 $14 {0.40/21}) (6. c4 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. O-O Bxd3 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qb3 e4 12. Ng5 Nd4 13. Qxb4 Nc2 14. Qxb7 Nxe1 15. Ncxe4 Nxg2 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Kxg2 Rfe8 18. Bd2 h6 19. Qb5 hxg5 20. Bxg5 Be4+ { Alberola Reig,F-Janev,E (2413) Alicante 2000 0-1}) (6. Qe2 Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. c3 Rfe8 11. Re1 Rad8 12. Qf1 h6 13. h3 Bf5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Qe2 Bxh3 16. Qf1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Re3 Qd5 20. Kh2 Ne7 { Carrion Rodriguez,J-Crecente Penalba,J (2140) Cullera 2007 0-1 (35)}) (6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Bg4 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Bxb4 Nxb4 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Qg5 Bxf3 12. Rg1 O-O 13. Qe3 Rfe8 14. Kd2 e4 15. Re1 Re6 16. Kc1 Rae8 17. Bh3 Re5 18. g4 exd3 19. Qd2 Qxa2 20. Qxd3 Rxe1+ {Kogan,T (2245)-Zaitseva,E Russia 2004 0-1}) 6... Bg4 { -0.15/22} (6... f6 $17 {-0.99/22}) 7. Bg2 $11 Bc5 {0.32/22} (7... f6 $17 { -0.73/21}) 8. O-O {-0.78/20} (8. h3 $14 {0.32/22 stays ahead.} Bh5 9. Nc3) 8... O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nc3 {-0.54/21} (11. Qe2 $11 {-0.03/22}) 11... Nb6 {0.63/20} (11... Nxc3 $15 {-0.54/21} 12. Bxc3 f6) 12. Be3 {-0.27/20} (12. Re1 $14 {0.63/20}) 12... Bxe3 (12... Bb4 {keeps more tension.} 13. Bd2 f5 14. Re1 Bd6 15. Bg5 Be7) 13. fxe3 h6 {0.65/21} (13... e4 $1 $11 {-0.24/21} 14. Nxe4 ( 14. dxe4 Qe7 $11) 14... Bxe4 15. dxe4 Qe7) 14. e4 {-0.56/20} (14. Nd2 $14 { 0.65/21}) 14... Re8 {0.06/23} (14... Qd7 $15 {-0.56/20}) 15. a3 {-0.62/21} ({ White should try} 15. Qd2 $11 {0.06/23}) 15... Nd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4+ {0.21/22} ( 16... exd4 $17 {-0.72/22} 17. Ne2 f6) 17. Rf2 {-0.54/20} (17. Kh2 $11 {0.21/22} ) 17... Re6 {0.24/22} ({Better is} 17... Qd8 $15 {-0.54/20}) 18. Rb1 {-0.36/20} (18. h4 $11 {0.24/22}) 18... Rf6 19. Qe2 {-0.41/21} (19. Bf3 $11 {0.00/23}) 19... a6 {0.22/22} (19... c6 $15 {-0.41/21}) 20. Rbf1 Rd8 21. Kh2 Rxf2 22. Rxf2 {-0.53/22} (22. Qxf2 $11 {0.11/24} c5 23. Qg3) 22... Nd7 {0.00/23} (22... c5 $15 {-0.53/22}) 23. Bf1 {-1.04/20} (23. h4 $11 {0.00/23 remains equal.}) 23... Nc5 {-0.61/24} (23... Qb6 $17 {-1.04/20} 24. b4 c6) 24. Rf3 {-1.15/22} (24. h4 $15 {-0.61/24}) 24... Ne6 25. Bg2 $2 {-2.96/17 [#]} (25. Qf2 $17 {-0.91/24}) 25... Nf4 $2 {-1.15/23} (25... Qb6 $1 $19 {-2.96/17 is more deadly. Hoping for ...Nd4.} 26. Qd2 Qxb2) 26. Qf1 {-1.86/21} (26. Qe1 $17 {-1.15/23}) 26... Qb6 { -1.26/24} ({Black should play} 26... c5 $19 {-1.86/21} 27. Qf2 f6) 27. Nd5 $2 { -2.86/21} (27. Qc1 $17 {-1.26/24}) 27... Nxd5 $19 28. exd5 Qxb2 29. Rf2 Qxa3 30. h4 Qd6 31. Be4 a5 32. h5 Bxe4 33. dxe4 {Endgame KQR-KQR} f6 34. c4 Ra8 35. Rc2 b6 36. Qe2 a4 37. Qd3 Qb4 38. Qf3 {-10.32/24} (38. Ra2 $142 {-4.68/27}) 38... a3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...a2.} 39. Kh3 a2 {Black mates.} 40. Rxa2 Rxa2 41. Kh4 Qxc4 42. g5 hxg5+ 43. Kg4 Qe2 {Accuracy: White = 8%, Black = 22%. } 0-1