C61 Spanish Game: Bird's Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4)

It seem I have found yet another new opening variation. My Red Hot Pawn games have been providing more of the new stuff than Chess.com games lately. I am closing in on the most recent game on both sites but almost every day one or more game ends, so it might take a few days still to catch up to the latest game. The amount of games I can analyse per day is also a limiting factor on the pace that I will post the games. Tomorrow I will likely go through my Chess.com games a bit again but nothing new has caught my eye as of yet. The game below was played in the first round of the 2014 October Split II tournament. With two games for me to finish still in round one, of the 22 games that started with this tournament, I am leading group 1 with a two point difference to the next two players in the standings. I have added one mate in one, two mate in twos and two mate in three puzzles. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "Split"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.10.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "hvincent"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C61"] [WhiteElo "1927"] [BlackElo "1316"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 {C61 Spanish Game: Bird's Defence C61 Spanish Game: Bird Variation} 4. Bc4 Qf6 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. O-O (6. d3 Bc5 7. a3 a5 8. Nd2 d6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Bd2 Ne7 11. h3 Be6 12. Bg5 Qg6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. O-O f6 15. Bd2 O-O 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 Bb6 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Nc6 { Nattaky,I (1372)-Chanthaphavong,D Vientiane 2018 1-0 (56)}) 6... c5 $146 { 2.37/18 [#]} (6... Bc5 $16 {0.74/20} 7. d3 (7. e5 Qg6 8. d3 Ne7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Ne4 Bb6 11. Ng3 d5 12. exd6 Qxd6 13. Qf3 Ng6 14. Qh5 Qc5 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. Re1 h6 17. Bd2 Kh7 18. b4 Bb6 19. f4 f5 20. a4 a5 21. bxa5 Bxa5 {Rohl Montes,J (2330)-Ginzburg,M (2490) San Felipe 1998 1/2-1/2 (39)}) 7... Ne7 8. f4 (8. Nd2 d6 9. f4 Be6 10. Qf3 Nc6 11. Kh1 O-O-O 12. a3 Rhe8 13. b4 Bxc4 14. Nxc4 Bb6 15. Bd2 Ne7 16. a4 c6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Qxf3 19. Rxf3 Rf8 20. Nd6+ Kb8 21. Raf1 Ng6 22. Nc4 Rd7 {Trotto,P (1885)-Melling,J (1545) Ivrea 2007 1-0 (32)}) 8... d6 9. f5 Bd7 10. Nd2 b5 11. Nf3 h6 12. Bb3 O-O-O 13. g4 g5 14. c4 Nc6 15. cxb5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Bc4 Rh7 18. a3 Rdh8 19. b4 Bf8 20. Bd2 h5 21. Rf2 hxg4 { Nebel,U-Blasczyk,M Ruhrgebiet 1999 0-1}) 7. f4 Qc6 {2.92/19} (7... Ne7 $16 { 1.52/21}) 8. Bd5 {1.29/21} ({Less strong is} 8. Qh5 Qg6 $16) (8. a4 $18 { 2.92/19 and White stays clearly on top.}) 8... Qd6 $2 {2.94/18} (8... Qc7 $16 { 1.29/21 was necessary.}) 9. a4 {1.72/22} (9. Na3 $142 {2.94/18}) 9... Be7 { 2.72/20} (9... Ne7 $142 {1.72/22}) 10. Qg4 g6 {2.54/22} (10... Qg6 {1.89/22 was called for.} 11. Qf3 Nf6) 11. Na3 $2 {0.86/21} (11. Qe2 $18 {2.54/22}) 11... h5 $2 {3.48/20} (11... Nf6 $16 {0.86/21} 12. Qf3 Nxd5 13. exd5 Qf6) 12. Qg3 $18 h4 13. Qb3 Rh7 {4.78/21} (13... Qb6 {3.18/22 keeps fighting.} 14. Bxf7+ Kf8) 14. f5 {2.35/24} (14. e5 $142 {4.78/21} Qb6 15. Nb5) 14... g5 $2 {5.70/18} (14... gxf5 {2.35/24 is more resistant.} 15. d3 (15. Bxb7 Rb8 $14) (15. Rxf5 Qg6 $16) 15... Qb6 16. Qxb6 (16. Rxf5 Qxb3 17. Bxb3 d6 $14) 16... axb6) 15. d3 h3 {[#] And now ...hxg2 would win.} 16. g3 g4 $2 {8.16/21} (16... Nf6 {2.60/24} 17. Bxb7 Bxb7) 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nc7+ Qxc7 20. Bxc7 Bg5 21. Bf4 Be7 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Qxb7 Rd8 24. Bc7 d6 25. Bxd8 Bxd8 26. Qxa6 Be7 27. Qc8+ Bd8 28. a5 {White mates.} Ne7 29. Qb8 Nc6 30. Qxd6 Ne7 31. a6 Nc8 32. Qc6+ Kf8 33. Qxc8 Ke8 34. a7 f6 35. a8=Q Rd7 36. Qac6 Ke7 37. Q6xd7+ Kf8 38. Qcxd8# { Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 8%.} 1-0