C93 Closed Spanish Game: Smyslov Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 h6 10.d4)

Today I will share two games from GameKnot, both of which I lost. The game below is the latest game that has finished from my games there. This was played in the tedjj's mini-tournament XLIII. The mini-tournament has 11 players and I am currently in eight place. I have finished 12 games of the 20 games that I need to play in this tournament, I have won only four games and played two draws, so this is one of the worst correspondence chess tournament performances I have ever had. My opponent in this game, blokhin2, leads the tournament currently and the more I look at the standings has already secured his win also. I have added one mate in one, one mate in two, one mate in four, one mate in five and one mate in eight puzzle.

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 4...Be7 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Nf6 0-1 (26) Casusol,C (2020)-Bancayan Maco,J (2172) Cajamarca 2012 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0-0 7...d6 8.c3 1/2-1/2 (10) Damjanovic,M (2325)-Temanlis,Y (2255) Tel Aviv 1991 8.c3 8.h3 d6 1-0 (31) Mizzau,P (1878)-Hernandez,H (1758) Parana 2017 8...d6 9.h3 h6 C93 Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Smyslov Defense 10.d4 C93 Closed Spanish Game: Smyslov Variation Kh8 10...Re8 10...exd4 11.cxd4 Na5 12.Bc2 Nh7 13.Nc3 Ng5 14.Nd5 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Nc6 16.Qd3 f5 17.Qc3 Bd7 18.exf5 Bf6 19.Be3 Ne7 20.Bb3 Kh8 21.Nxf6 Rxf6 22.g4 Nxf5 23.gxf5 Rxf5 24.Bd1 h5 25.Be2 Mizzau,P (1878)-Hernandez,H (1758) Parana 2017 1-0 (31) 11.Nbd2 11.Bc2± 11...Ne8N 11...Kg8 11...Rb8 12.Nf1 Nh7 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.Qh5 Nf6 16.Qxe5 Bd6 17.Qd4 c5 18.Qe3 c4 19.Bc2 Bb7 20.e5 Bxe5 21.Qc5 Nd7 22.Qa3 Qf6 23.Ne3 Rfe8 24.Ng4 Qc6 25.Be4 Bd6 26.Bf4 Casusol,C (2020)-Bancayan Maco,J (2172) Cajamarca 2012 0-1 12.Nf1 12.a4+- 12...exd4 12...Bd7± 13.cxd4+- Don't play 13.Nxd4?! Nxd4 14.cxd4 14.Qxd4 c5 14...Be6± 13...f5? 13...Nf6 keeps fighting. 14.Ng3 Bb7 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Ng3 Bh7 15...d5 16.Nxf5 Rxf5 16.Bd2 16.Bd5 16...a5? 16...Bf6 17.Bd5 Ra6 18.Bxc6 18.a4 Bd3 19.Bxa5! Rxa5 20.Bxc6 20.Qxd3 Nb4+- 18...Rxc6 19.Bxa5? 19.d5!+- Ra6 20.Nd4 19...Bh4 19...Ra6 20.Nxh4 20.d5 Rc5 21.Ne4 21.Nxh4 Qxh4 22.Bc3 b4± 20...Qxh4± 21.Re3 21.Bc3± 21...Rc2 22.Re2 Rc4 22...Rxe2 23.Qxe2 Qxd4 23.Rd2 23.Rc1 23...Nf6± 24.Rc1 24.b3± Rc6 25.d5 24...Rxc1 24...Nd5= 25.Qxc1 Nd5 26.Qc6 Bg8 27.Qxb5 Ra8 With the idea ...c6! 28.a3? 28.b4± 28...c6! Black has strong compensation. 29.Qa4 29.Qxc6 Rxa5 30.Qxd6 29...Qg5

Hoping for ...Qxd2! 30.Rd1 30.Qxc6 Rxa5 31.Re2 30...Nf4-+ aiming for ...Qd5. 31.b4? 31.Qxc6 Rxa5 32.Re1 31...Bd5 31...Qd5 32.Qxc6 Qxc6 32.Qc2 intending Qf5. Bxg2 33.Qf5 Bxh3 Better is 33...Qh4! 34.Re1 Bd5 34.Qxg5= hxg5 35.Ne4 Bg4 36.Rb1? 36.Re1= and White has nothing to worry. 36...Bf5!-+ 37.f3 37.Re1 was worth a try. Re8 38.f3 37...d5 38.Nd2? 38.Re1 dxe4 39.fxe4 38...Bxb1 39.Nxb1 Endgame KRN-KBN Ne2+ 40.Kf2 Nxd4 41.Bb6 Nc2 42.Ba5 c5! 43.Ke2 43.bxc5 Rxa5 43...cxb4 44.axb4 Nxb4! 45.Bxb4 Rb8 46.Nc3 Rxb4 47.Nxd5 KR-KN Rd4 48.Ne3 g6 49.Kf2 Kg7 50.Kg3 Kf6 51.Ng4+ Ke6 52.Kh3? -

52.Nh6-+ 52...Kf5 Black mates. 53.Nh6+ Kf4 54.Nf7 Rd7 Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 41%. 0–1

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

Vierjoki,T

1750

blokhin2

1920

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