Chess960 SP649

The game below was played in a team match called chess960 open challenge. It is played between Team Japan and Battle For Victory on 17 boards. I am playing on board 4 for Battle For Victory. This game was also important because it decided the match. Because I lost this game, our team also suffered a loss. I would have needed to win both of my games in order for our team to draw this match. I was unable to do so this time because my opponent played better chess960 than I was capable of. The current score in the match is 18 - 15 in favor of Team Japan. Only time will tell whether or not I can even the score a bit in my other game against Shinjin16792.

Monday I will get back to chess games again but for now, have a good weekend everybody! I have added three mate in ones, one mate in two and one mate in four puzzle today. I have also added two analysed chess960 games and they can be found in these two posts: Chess960 SP33 and Chess960 SP301.

Game number two. This is my second game against Shinjin16792 from the same team match as the first game in this post. With this win I tied the score with my opponent and made the final score a little bit nicer for our team, the final score being 18 - 16 in favor of Team Japan. This match started on March 31st 2015 and finished on August 29th 2015.

D53 Queen's Gambit Declined: 4.Bg5 Be7: Early deviations (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Ne4)

In order to be consistent in naming my posts, I renamed this post to D53 Queen's Gambit Declined: 4.Bg5 Be7: Early deviations (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Ne4), even though its previous name D53 Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense was something I could have kept, since both the old and new ways of naming these openings considered the point of which to name the opening the same, which was after 5...Ne4. For today I picked a game that was played over 13 years ago at the Finnish School Team Championships. Back in those days I seem to have forgotten to put in the notation what was the round the games were played and other info about the games is also missing, for example, not all the games I played in that tournament had all the moves included in the notation and therefore I have not put them in my database either. It is somewhat disappointing but then again, the games I played back then were not all that well played by me anyway, so maybe it does not matter all that much that the notations are a bit incomplete. There are now 843 analysed chess games in this blog. It is only a small fraction of the games I have played and have notation of but if the amount of games I share keeps up with recent days, then at least I am publishing more games than I finish in the current rate. And that means I might some day catch up... It will not happen anytime soon, I am certain of that.

[Event "KJSM"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.04.27"] [Round "3"] [White "Pesonen, Tuomo"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "1625"] [BlackElo "1288"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "135"] [EventDate "2002.04.27"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Ne4 {0.89/18 D53 Queen's Gambit Declined: 4.Bg5 Be7: Early deviations D53 Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense} (5... O-O $11 {-0.15/21}) (5... O-O 6. Nf3 b6 (6... h6 7. Bh4 b6 (7... Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Qd6 {Queen's Gambit Declined: Lasker Defense, Bernstein Variation}) 8. cxd5 exd5 {Queen's Gambit Declined: Tartakower Variation, Exchange Variation}) 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne5 {Queen's Gambit Declined: Pillsbury Attack}) 6. Nxe4 (6. Bxe7 {is more complex.} Qxe7 7. Rc1 O-O 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Bd3) 6... dxe4 (6... Bxg5 7. Nxg5 Qxg5 8. Nf3 Qf6 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 Qe7 13. Rf3 f6 14. Rh3 f5 15. a3 Nf6 16. g4 Nxg4 17. Qxg4 g6 18. Qh4 Qg7 19. Kh1 c5 20. Qh6 Qxh6 21. Rxh6 {Bykov,O (2186)-Dmitrienko,V Moscow 2015 1-0}) 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. g3 $2 {-0.90/21} (8. Ne2 $14 {0.64/21} O-O 9. Nc3 f5 10. Be2 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. g3 Nd7 13. O-O-O a6 14. Kb1 Nf6 15. a3 Rfd8 16. h3 g5 17. h4 g4 18. Rd2 Rd7 19. Rhd1 Rad8 20. Bf1 Kf8 21. Ne2 Nh5 22. Kc1 c6 23. Kb1 {Ganin,M (2335)-Zosimenko,V Alushta 1998 1-0 (52)}) 8... O-O $146 {0.22/21} (8... e5 $1 $17 {-0.90/21}) (8... f5 9. a3 a5 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Bg2 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Nf4 Rd8 14. Qb3 Ra7 15. Rad1 e5 16. Nd5 Qf7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxb6 Re8 19. Nxc8 Rxc8 20. Rd5 Qe6 21. c5 Nc6 22. Qd1 Raa8 23. f3 {Scalisi,C-Volkhausen,D Hiddenhausen 1997 1-0}) 9. Qc2 { -0.73/18} (9. Ne2 $11 {0.22/21}) 9... f5 {0.09/23} (9... e5 $1 $17 {-0.73/18} 10. d5 Qb4+ 11. Qd2 Na6) 10. Nh3 {-0.52/19} (10. Ne2 $11 {0.09/23}) 10... e5 11. d5 $2 {-1.72/19} (11. O-O-O $11 {-0.19/22}) 11... c6 {-0.75/23} (11... Nd7 $19 {-1.72/19} 12. O-O-O Nc5) 12. O-O-O {-1.71/21} (12. Rd1 $17 {-0.75/23 is a better defense.}) 12... Rd8 {-1.02/22} (12... cxd5 $19 {-1.71/21} 13. cxd5 Qd6) 13. Qb3 {-1.58/19} (13. Kb1 $142 {-1.02/22}) 13... Kh8 {-1.08/23} (13... cxd5 $142 {-1.58/19} 14. cxd5 Rd6) 14. Kb1 {-1.69/21} (14. Be2 $17 {-1.08/23}) 14... Na6 $19 15. Bg2 {-1.85/24} (15. Qc3 $17 {-1.43/22}) 15... Qb4 $4 {2.40/21} ( 15... Nc5 $19 {-1.85/24 avoids the disaster.} 16. Qc3 cxd5) 16. Qxb4 $2 { 0.25/22} ({Only move:} 16. dxc6 $18 {2.40/21} Re8 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. cxb7 Bxb7 19. a3) 16... Nxb4 $11 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Rxd8+ Nxd8 19. Rd1 {-0.21/25} (19. f3 $14 {0.61/21}) 19... Be6 $1 20. b3 Nc6 {1.04/22} (20... Nf7 $15 {-0.37/24}) 21. Rd6 {0.00/25} (21. Ng5 $16 {1.04/22} Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Nxd8 23. g4) 21... Bg8 { 0.99/23} (21... Re8 $11 {0.00/25 remains equal.}) 22. Ng1 {0.30/25} ({Better is } 22. g4 $16 {0.99/23}) 22... Nb4 {1.44/19} (22... g6 $11 {0.30/25}) 23. Bf1 { 0.75/24} (23. f3 $142 {1.44/19}) 23... a5 {1.23/22} (23... Nc6 $142 {0.75/24}) 24. f3 {0.55/24} (24. Kb2 $16 {1.23/22}) 24... exf3 {1.12/20} ({Black should play} 24... f4 $1 $14 {0.55/24}) 25. Nxf3 $16 e4 {2.29/19} (25... Rf8 $16 { 1.07/26}) 26. Nd4 $18 g6 27. Nc2 $2 {0.86/26} (27. Rb6 $18 {2.86/22 and White stays clearly on top.}) 27... Nc6 {1.30/24} (27... Na6 $142 {0.86/26}) 28. Be2 Ne5 {1.83/23} (28... Rd8 $16 {0.93/25} 29. Rxd8 Nxd8) 29. Nd4 {1.19/25} (29. Rb6 $1 $18 {1.83/23}) 29... Kg7 $2 {2.76/21} (29... Rb8 $16 {1.19/25}) 30. Kb2 $2 {0.95/26} (30. Rb6 $18 {2.76/21}) 30... Kh6 $2 {3.83/22} (30... Rb8 $16 { 0.95/26}) 31. Nxf5+ Kg5 32. Nd4 {[#] Intending h4+ and mate.} Ng4 $2 {7.91/19} (32... Kh6 {3.43/26} 33. Rb6 Rf8) 33. Bxg4 $2 {2.72/23} (33. h4+ {7.91/19} Kh5 34. Rb6) 33... Kxg4 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 34. Rd7 Rb8 35. Rg7 {0.95/25} (35. Re7 $18 {2.14/25}) 35... Kh3 $16 36. Kc3 {0.00/26} (36. Re7 $16 {1.50/24}) 36... Kxh2 $11 37. Ne2 Kg2 38. Kd4 Kf3 39. Nc3 Rd8+ 40. Nd5 Rb8 {0.91/23} (40... b5 $1 $11 {0.00/27 keeps the balance.}) 41. Nf6 Be6 {2.10/22} (41... Rd8+ $16 { 0.82/23 was worth a try.} 42. Kc5 Be6) 42. Nxh7 $2 {0.29/25} ({White should try } 42. Rxh7 $18 {2.10/22} Bf5 43. g4 Bxg4 44. Nxg4 Kxg4 45. Kxe4) 42... Bf5 $2 { 2.01/24} (42... Rd8+ $11 {0.29/25 and Black stays safe.} 43. Ke5 Bf5) 43. Ng5+ Kxg3 $2 {3.25/21} (43... Kg4 $16 {1.29/26} 44. Nf7 b6) 44. Nxe4+ $18 Kf3 45. Nc5 $2 {0.39/25} (45. Nd6 $18 {2.93/20}) 45... Rd8+ $14 46. Kc3 {0.00/30} (46. Ke5 $16 {0.73/22}) 46... b6 $11 47. Na4 Rd3+ 48. Kb2 Rd2+ 49. Ka3 Kxe3 50. Re7+ Kf4 51. Rf7 {-0.96/23} (51. Nxb6 $14 {0.36/27} Be4 52. Rf7+ Kg3 53. Re7) 51... g5 {0.00/26} (51... Rd6 $1 $17 {-0.96/23 next ...g5 is good for Black.} 52. Rb7 Be4 53. Rf7+ (53. Rxb6 $2 Rxb6 54. Nxb6 g5 $19) 53... Ke5) 52. Nxb6 {And now c5 would win.} g4 {aiming for ...g3.} 53. Nd5+ Kg5 54. Ne3 {-0.67/27} (54. Rf8 $11 {0.00/28}) 54... Rf2 $2 {1.33/24} (54... Bb1 $15 {-0.67/27 stays ahead.} 55. Ka4 Bg6) 55. Nxf5 {0.00/31} (55. c5 $16 {1.33/24 Threatens to win with c6.} g3 56. c6 (56. Nxf5 Rxf5 57. Rg7+ Kf4 $11)) 55... Rxf5 56. Rxf5+ $4 {-#18/31 [#]} (56. Rg7+ $11 {0.00/31} Kf4 57. b4 axb4+ 58. Kxb4) 56... Kxf5 $16 {K3P-KPP } 57. c5 g3 58. c6 g2 $4 {3.61/31} (58... Ke6 {-#17/36 mates} 59. Ka4 g2 60. c7 Kd7 61. b4 g1=Q 62. Kb5 Kxc7 63. bxa5 Qd4 64. a6 Kd6 65. a7 Qc5+ 66. Ka4 Qc4+ 67. Ka3 Qc3+ 68. Ka4 Kc5 69. a3 Qb2 70. a8=Q Qb5#) 59. c7 $18 g1=Q {( -> ... Qc5+)} 60. c8=Q+ {KQ-KQ} Kf4 61. Qc7+ Kf3 62. Qf7+ {2.27/27} (62. Qxa5 $142 { 4.49/22 Hoping for Qf5+.} Qc1+ 63. Ka4) 62... Ke2 63. Qc4+ Kd2 64. Qd5+ Ke2 $2 {4.33/28} (64... Kc1 {1.90/27 keeps fighting.} 65. Qxa5 Qe3 66. Qc7+ Kb1 67. Qh7+ Kc1 68. Qh1+ Kd2) 65. Qxa5 Qc1+ 66. Ka4 Qc6+ $2 {#15/20} (66... Qh1 $18 { 3.99/22} 67. Qe5+ Kd3) 67. Qb5+ Qxb5+ 68. Kxb5 {Accuracy: White = 16%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

C79 Spanish Game: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.d4 b5 7.dxe5)

It is time once more to look at a game I played at the FIDE Online Arena. This is from the fourth round of the rapid chess tournament I played there. This fourth round was also the final round of the tournament and I ended up scoring two wins, one draw and one loss in those games. I may not be completely happy with that result because all my opponents were lower rated than me. I should start playing at FOA again so that I would maybe get that better title I was aiming for before but had to settle for what I have now. I may even have time for that on the weekends at least from now on. I may even have time to play there Monday to Friday when more of my correspondence games end. I still have 140, so I have been able to free some of the time used for those in the past few months. At the moment I do not know what will be the post about tomorrow but there will be something posted tomorrow unless something prevents me from doing it. I have added two mate in ones and three mate in threes today. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "Tournament 28376646"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.03.28"] [Round "4"] [White "queroquero"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C79"] [WhiteElo "1794"] [BlackElo "1837"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 {C79 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense, Steinitz Deferred} 6. d4 (6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Re1 f5 9. dxe5 d5 10. Nc3 {Spanish Game: Steinitz Defense Deferred, Boleslavsky Variation}) 6... b5 7. dxe5 {C79 Spanish Game: Steinitz-type lines with 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6} Nxe4 $2 {3.05/19} (7... dxe5 $11 {-0.21/25 and Black has nothing to worry.} 8. Qxd8+ Nxd8) (7... Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Bb3 Ke8 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nd7 15. Be3 a5 16. Rad1 f6 17. Rd2 Rc8 18. Red1 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Nxc7+ Rxc7 21. Rd8+ Ke7 22. Rxh8 {Simon,L (2210) -Kovacs,I (2280) Gyor 1991 1-0 (35)}) 8. Bb3 $1 $18 (8. Qd5 Nc5 $16 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Bb3 Nxb3 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Qxd6 Bxd6 13. axb3 O-O 14. Be3 Rfe8 15. Nc3 Bb4 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Kf8 18. Be3 h6 19. Rec1 Bd6 20. Ne2 Be5 21. Nd4 Bd5 22. b4 Rec8 23. c3 Kg8 {Panko,A (2100)-Novikov,V (2024) Kaluga 2013 1-0 (35)}) 8... Be6 $146 {4.52/19} (8... Nc5 {2.91/24 was necessary.} 9. Bd5 Bd7) (8... Be7 9. Qd5 {1-0 (9) Maettig,S (2025)-Klueber,W (1760) Roethenbach 1996}) 9. Re1 $2 {0.53/21} ({Only move:} 9. Bd5 $18 {4.52/19} Nxe5 10. Bxe4) 9... Nc5 { 1.01/19} (9... d5 $14 {0.53/21}) 10. exd6 {0.12/22} (10. Bd5 $16 {1.01/19} Qd7 11. Bxc6 Qxc6 12. Nd4) 10... Nxb3 {0.82/21} (10... Qxd6 $11 {0.12/22} 11. Qe2 Nxb3 12. cxb3 O-O-O) 11. axb3 $16 Bxd6 12. Bg5 {0.10/24} (12. Ng5 $1 $16 { 0.97/19}) 12... Qd7 $11 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Ne4 Bb4 15. Qxd7 Bxd7 16. c3 $36 { White has good play.} Ba5 {0.65/24} (16... f5 $1 $11 {0.08/25} 17. cxb4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 Bf5) 17. Nc5 $14 Bf5 $2 {2.37/23} (17... Bc8 $14 {0.35/26}) 18. b4 $2 {0.77/24} (18. Ne5 $1 $18 {2.37/23} Nxe5 19. Rxe5 (19. Rxa5 Rfe8 $14)) 18... Bb6 $16 19. Be3 {0.01/26} (19. Nxa6 $16 {0.99/23} f6 20. Be3) 19... Bxc5 { 0.50/24} (19... a5 $11 {0.01/26}) 20. Bxc5 $14 {[#] Hoping for Ne5.} Rfd8 21. h3 h6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Be6 24. Ra5 Rd6 25. Rea1 Bc4 {0.50/24} (25... Bd5 $11 {0.09/27}) 26. b3 {0.00/25} ({White should play} 26. Re1 $14 {0.50/24}) 26... Bd3 27. Be5 Rc6 28. Bd4 f6 29. Bc5 Kf7 30. Rc1 Re8 31. Rca1 Ree6 32. R5a2 Ke8 $2 {1.69/25} (32... h5 $11 {0.00/25}) 33. Rd1 $18 Bg6 34. Rad2 {0.25/25} ( 34. g4 $18 {1.70/23}) 34... Kf7 $1 $11 35. Rd7+ (35. f4 {keeps more tension.} Re8 36. g4 Kg8 37. f5 Bf7 38. Rb1) 35... Kg8 36. Rd8+ (36. R7d2 {is interesting.} Re8 37. Ra2 Bf7 38. Ra3 h5 39. Rda1) 36... Re8 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8 { Endgame KRB-KRB} 38. Rd8 Kf7 39. f3 Re6 40. Kf2 Rc6 41. f4 {[#] Threatens to win with f5.} g6 42. g3 f5 {0.56/24} (42... a5 $11 {0.14/24}) 43. h4 h5 { 0.72/28} (43... a5 $11 {0.30/28 was preferrable.}) 44. Rd5 {0.00/33} ({Better is} 44. Ke2 $16 {0.72/28}) 44... Kf6 45. Re5 Bf7 $2 {1.93/28} (45... Re6 $11 { 0.00/34}) 46. Bd4 $18 Kg7 $2 {11.41/32} (46... Re6 {1.70/28}) 47. Rxf5+ $2 { 0.79/30} (47. Rc5+ $18 {11.41/32 and White stays clearly on top.} Rf6 48. Rxc7) 47... Kg8 48. Rg5 $1 Bxb3 {1.61/20} (48... Kf8 $16 {1.11/30} 49. f5 gxf5) 49. Rc5 $2 {0.00/43} (49. f5 $1 $18 {1.61/20}) 49... Rxc5 $11 50. Bxc5 Kf7 51. Ke3 Ke6 52. Bd4 Kf5 53. Be5 c6 54. Kf2 {-0.43/35 Accuracy: White = 21%, Black = 34%.} (54. Kd4 $11 {0.00/48 deserves consideration.}) 1/2-1/2

E69 King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Qb6 10.d5 Nc5 11.Re1)

The game I am sharing with you now was played in a team match called Romeo and Juliet Want to Play king's indian defense fianchetto variation !! at Chess.com. The match was played between Romeo and Juliet and ♙ Thematic Matches & Tournaments on 72 boards. I represented ♙ Thematic Matches & Tournaments in this match and I played on board 17. I won both of my games against chegarra. The final score in the match is 68.5 - 75.5 in favor of ♙ Thematic Matches & Tournaments.

Today my not losing streak at Chess.com ended after lasting 26 games! Those 26 games contained 20 wins and 6 draws. Admittedly, I could have lost the game that ended the streak much sooner or continued it a couple of moves longer but the final position was completely lost and I saw no reason to continue the struggle anymore. I have added one mate in one, one mate in three, one mate in six, one mate in eight and one mate in nine puzzle today.

[Event "Romeo and Juliet Want to Play king's in"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.04.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "chegarra"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E69"] [WhiteElo "1955"] [BlackElo "1811"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 (26) Dzindzichashvili,R (2535) -Sigurjonsson,G (2520) Geneve 1977}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 g6 (2... d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 {1-0 (43) Tibensky,R (2330)-Bielczyk,J (2375) Trnava 1984}) 3. Nc3 (3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 (5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 {1-0 (31) Sherwin,J (2325)-Dell'Agosti,A (2210) Zürich 1997}) 5... d6 {0-1 (16) Cofre Archibold,N (2256)-Hernandez Guerrero,G (2499) Leon 2017}) 3... Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4 (8. h3 c6 {1-0 (31) Sherwin,J (2325) -Dell'Agosti,A (2210) Zürich 1997}) 8... c6 9. h3 {E69 King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main Line} (9. Re1 Qb6 10. d5 Nc5 {0-1 (16) Cofre Archibold,N (2256)-Hernandez Guerrero,G (2499) Leon 2017}) 9... Qb6 10. d5 Nc5 11. Re1 {E69 King's Indian: Fianchetto: 6...Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3} Bd7 (11... a5 12. Rb1 {1-0 (43) Tibensky,R (2330)-Bielczyk,J (2375) Trnava 1984 }) 12. Rb1 {-0.10/22} (12. dxc6 $16 {0.94/19} Bxc6 13. Qc2) 12... a5 {0.82/20} (12... cxd5 $11 {-0.10/22} 13. cxd5 a5) 13. Be3 {0.15/21} ({White should try} 13. dxc6 $16 {0.82/20} Qxc6 (13... Bxc6 14. Be3 Rfd8 15. Nd2 a4 16. Kh2 { 0-1 (16) Cofre Archibold,N (2256)-Hernandez Guerrero,G (2499) Leon 2017}) 14. Bg5) 13... cxd5 $11 {The position is equal.} 14. exd5 $146 (14. cxd5 Rfc8 ( 14... Qc7 15. Rc1 (15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Bf1 Nh5 17. g4 Nf4 18. Rc1 h5 19. Ne2 Qb4 20. Nxf4 exf4 21. gxh5 gxh5 22. Ng5 f6 23. Ne6 Rf7 24. Qxh5 Qxb2 25. e5 fxe5 26. Bd3 Bxe6 27. dxe6 Re7 28. Rc2 Qd4 29. Bh7+ Kf8 {Sherwin,J (2325) -Dell'Agosti,A (2210) Zürich 1997 1-0 (31)}) 15... Rfc8 16. Bf1 Qb8 17. Nd2 b5 18. Qf3 Qb7 19. Ncb1 a4 20. a3 Ne8 21. Kh2 Rc7 22. Nc3 b4 23. Ncb1 Rac8 24. Rc4 Na6 25. Rec1 Rxc4 26. Nxc4 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 (26) Dzindzichashvili,R (2535) -Sigurjonsson,G (2520) Geneve 1977}) 15. Nd2 Qd8 16. Qe2 Ne8 17. Rec1 f5 18. f3 f4 19. gxf4 exf4 20. Bf2 Rab8 21. Nb5 Na4 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Nd4 Bxh3 24. Bxh3 Qxh3 25. Ne6 Rc8 26. Nb3 Be5 27. Rc1 Rxc1+ 28. Nxc1 Ng7 {Tibensky,R (2330) -Bielczyk,J (2375) Trnava 1984 1-0 (43)}) 14... Qc7 15. b3 {-0.46/24} (15. Ng5 $14 {0.37/21}) 15... Rab8 {0.58/21} (15... Nfe4 $15 {-0.46/24} 16. Nxe4 Nxe4) 16. Ng5 {-0.48/22} ({White should play} 16. a3 $14 {0.58/21}) 16... b5 {0.87/22 } (16... h6 $1 $15 {-0.48/22 stays ahead.} 17. Nf3 Nfe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4) 17. cxb5 {0.33/24} (17. Nxb5 $16 {0.87/22} Bxb5 18. cxb5) 17... Bxb5 {1.73/20} (17... Bf5 $14 {0.33/24}) 18. Nxb5 {0.61/22} (18. Rc1 $1 $18 {1.73/20}) 18... Rxb5 $14 19. Rc1 h6 {1.34/18} (19... Re8 $14 {0.39/21}) 20. Ne4 $1 {0.50/22} Nfxe4 ( 20... Ncxe4 21. Rxc7) 21. Bxe4 Rc8 22. Bg2 Qd8 23. Qe2 Qd7 {1.12/22} (23... Rb4 $14 {0.47/21}) 24. Kh2 {0.20/24} (24. Rc4 $16 {1.12/22}) 24... Rbb8 {1.12/20} ( 24... a4 $11 {0.20/24}) 25. Qd2 {0.51/24} ({Better is} 25. Rc4 $16 {1.12/20}) 25... Kh7 {1.55/20} (25... Rb4 $14 {0.51/24}) 26. Qxa5 $16 Ra8 27. Qd2 h5 $2 { 3.56/19 [#]} (27... Ra3 {1.89/23 keeps fighting.} 28. Rc2 h5) 28. h4 {1.44/24} (28. b4 $18 {3.56/19 has better winning chances.}) 28... Rc7 $2 {3.94/19} ( 28... Ra3 $16 {1.44/24 might work better.} 29. Rc2 Rca8) 29. b4 $18 Nb7 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Rc1 Qd7 32. Bf1 Rc8 $2 {6.94/21 [#]} (32... f5 {3.71/24} 33. Kg1 Rg8) 33. Ba6 {White is clearly winning.} Rxc1 {6.85/22} (33... Ra8 $142 { 4.57/24} 34. Qe2 Bh6) 34. Qxc1 f5 35. Qc6 {Accuracy: White = 16%, Black = 12%.} 1-0

C63 Spanish Game: Schliemann/Jaenisch Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.d3 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.O-O d6)

Maybe a bit unfortunately one more short game that features an opening that I have not covered before. There will be more games in this line in the distant future that most likely are going to be longer than the game I will share today, but until then this will have to do. The game below was played in a team match called We are alive. It is played between psychedelic lollipop and GOTHIC. The match is played on ten boards and the score is at the moment 8 - 10 in favor of GOTHIC. I played on this match on board 1 for psychedelic lollipop and ended up winning both my games against Erikson15 on time because his account was closed by Chess.com due to cheating apparently. I have never understood why people would want to cheat in chess. If winning is that important to you, I would suggest either doing something else where the winning might be easier or improve your skills enough that you would win more chess games on your own. For example, the amount of work I have done to improve my chess in the last year has been fruitful as I have steadily improved my rating on sites I actively play. I have even been able to get to 98.8 percentile at Chess.com due to my Online Chess rating of 1960! My goal is to be on the 99 percentile and above at some point. I still have not been able to break my Online Chess rating record that I have had since January 15th 2009. I am only 14 points away though which means that if couple of games end favorably for me before the losses start again that peak rating will be set to new heights in the near future. I have also added two mate in twos, one mate in four and two mate in six puzzles today.

[Event "We are alive - Board 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.06.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Erikson15"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C63"] [WhiteElo "1946"] [BlackElo "1559"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "19"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 {C63 Spanish Game: Schliemann Defense} 4. d3 (4. Nc3 Nf6 {0-1 (54) Szoen,D-Poniatowski,P (2110) Rowy 1998}) 4... Nf6 (4... d6 5. O-O {0-1 (63) Grekh,A (2331)-Kravtsiv,M (2295) Ordzhonikidze 2004} Be7 6. Nc3 { 1/2-1/2 (62) Tocklin,T (1792)-Lund,G (1921) Oslo 2016}) 5. Nc3 (5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 {0-1 (48) Dobrowolski,P (2376)-Szulc,M (2124) Koszalin 1999}) 5... Be7 ( 5... d6) 6. O-O d6 {C63 Spanish Game: Schliemann/Jaenisch Defence} 7. Re1 { -0.18/21} (7. d4 $142 {0.30/20}) 7... fxe4 {0.34/21} (7... O-O $11 {-0.18/21} 8. Bc4+ Kh8 9. Ng5 Qe8 10. Ne6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 fxe4 12. dxe4 Nd4 13. Bc4 Qg6 14. Be3 Ng4 15. Be2 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Ne6 17. Bg4 c6 18. Bf5 Qh6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qe2 b5 21. a3 a5 22. Rf1 Bg5 {Tocklin,T (1792)-Lund,G (1921) Oslo 2016 1/2-1/2 (62) }) 8. dxe4 {-0.09/20} (8. Nxe4 $14 {0.34/21 was preferrable.} Nxe4 9. dxe4) 8... O-O $11 (8... Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd4 12. Nd5 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Nxd5 14. exd5 Qd7 15. c4 Bf6 16. Qe4 O-O 17. Be3 b6 18. b4 Qe7 19. c5 Bg5 20. cxd6 cxd6 21. Rac1 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Qd7 23. Rec3 {Grekh,A (2331)-Kravtsiv,M (2295) Ordzhonikidze 2004 0-1 (63)}) 9. Nd5 $146 {-0.25/23} (9. Bc4+ $14 { 0.46/18} Kh8 10. h3 (10. Ng5 Qe8 11. Nd5 Bd8 12. h3 (12. Nxf6 Bxf6 13. c3 h6 14. Nf3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bh4 17. Be3 Qh5 18. Be2 Rf4 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Bf1 Rf8 21. Bg2 Rf6 22. Qe2 Rg6 23. Kh1 Qc5 24. Rf1 Ne5 25. Rad1 c6 26. Qd2 Nc4 {Szoen,D-Poniatowski,P (2110) Rowy 1998 0-1 (54)}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Qg6 15. dxc6 Qxg5 16. Bd5 b6 17. Re3 Bf5 18. c3 Rf6 19. Qe2 Raf8 20. Rg3 Qh4 21. Re1 Bg6 22. Rf3 Rxf3 23. Bxf3 Bf7 24. b3 Be6 {Dobrowolski,P (2376) -Szulc,M (2124) Koszalin 1999 0-1 (48)})) (9. Qd3 Kh8 10. a3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd3 c6 14. Bc4 Nh5 15. Ne2 Bh4 16. Be3 d5 17. Ba2 Qf6 18. Rf1 dxe4 19. Qd1 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 exf3 21. Ng3 Nxg3 22. fxg3 Bxg3 23. Bf2 Qh4 { Przybylski,W-Poniatowski,P (2160) Poznan 1998 1-0 (41)}) 9... Nxd5 {0.66/21} ( 9... Bg4 $11 {-0.25/23}) 10. Qxd5+ {0.00/22 Loss on time!?} (10. exd5 $14 { 0.66/21} Nb8 11. h3) 1-0

C46 3.Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nd5)

The game below was played in the first round of the 2014 October Long Haul Split I tournament that is held at Red Hot Pawn. I am currently on sixth place in group 2 after I have finished half of my games in this round. So far things have gone as well as they can go, because I have won all my 11 games. Because there are 11 more games still to finish, this tournament can still become a disaster for me. Beatlemania leads the group, who has gathered 48 points so far. Blackpoolmad is on second place and has gathered 43 points. Third place holder is blither, who has gathered 40 points. I have really good chances to win the group and advance to the next round because I have six points higher maximum possible score than beatlemania, who currently has the second highest maximum possible score. I have added two mate in ones, one mate in two, one mate in three and one mate in six puzzle today.

[Event "Long Haul Split"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.10.24"] [Round "1"] [White "hvincent"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C46"] [WhiteElo "1269"] [BlackElo "1906"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 {C46 Three Knights Opening 2} 4. Nd5 {C46 3.Nc3: Unusual Black 3rd moves} Bc5 5. d3 (5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bb6 7. Bc4 h6 8. Nxb6 axb6 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Nxd8 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. Be3 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. Kf2 Re8 15. Rhd1 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 b5 17. Na3 c6 18. Bd4 Nh7 19. c4 bxc4 {Perunovic,M (2655) -Marinovic,B (2381) Belgrade 2016 1-0 (34)}) 5... h6 {1.04/18} (5... Nge7 $11 { 0.03/24} 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 d6 8. c3 Bg4 9. b4 g5 10. Nf6+ {1-0 (10) Launert,M (1879)-Bastian,B (1675) Heusenstamm 2017}) 6. c3 $146 {0.27/22} (6. Nxe5 $16 { 1.04/18 Qh5 is the strong threat.} Nxe5 7. d4) (6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 d6 8. d4 Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Bb5 Nge7 12. Nh4 Bxe4 13. Nxe7 Bxh1 14. d5 Qxe7 15. Nf5 Qd7 16. Nxg7+ Kf8 17. Nh5 Qe7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. Ng3 Qh4 { Mavropoulos,G-Driva,I Greece 2003 0-1 (33)}) 6... Nf6 $11 7. b4 Bd6 {1.04/18} ( {Black should try} 7... Bb6 $14 {0.37/21}) 8. b5 {-0.12/20} (8. Ne3 $16 { 1.04/18}) 8... Nb8 {0.95/19} (8... Nxd5 $11 {-0.12/20} 9. exd5 Ne7) 9. c4 { -0.30/23} ({Better is} 9. Nxf6+ $16 {0.95/19} Qxf6 10. Be3) 9... c6 {0.54/16} ( 9... Bc5 $11 {-0.30/23}) 10. bxc6 {-0.23/24} (10. Nxf6+ $14 {0.54/16} Qxf6 11. Be3) 10... dxc6 11. Nxf6+ (11. Ne3 {keeps more tension.} Na6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nc5 14. Bb2) 11... Qxf6 12. d4 {-1.67/17} (12. Be2 $11 {-0.28/23 and White stays safe.}) 12... exd4 $19 13. Bb2 {-2.84/18} (13. e5 $17 {-1.59/24} Bxe5 14. Qe2) 13... c5 14. Be2 O-O 15. Bxd4 $2 {-6.63/17 [#]} (15. Nd2 {-3.05/23}) 15... cxd4 16. Nxd4 Be5 17. Qd2 Bxd4 18. O-O Bxa1 19. Bd3 Nc6 20. Bc2 Be6 21. Qd3 Rad8 22. Qe2 Bd4 23. Kh1 Bb6 24. f4 Nd4 25. Qf2 Nxc2 26. Qxc2 Rd4 27. e5 Qf5 { -23.97/21} (27... Rxf4 $142 $1 {-#11/25} 28. Rxf4 Qxf4 29. Qd1 Rd8 30. Qxd8+ Bxd8 31. h3 Qg3 32. Kg1 Bh4 33. Kh1 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Bg3#) 28. Qf2 Rxc4 {Black mates.} 29. Qg3 Rc2 30. Qf3 Rd8 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qe4 33. Qf1 Bd5 34. Qf3 Rc1+ 35. Qf1 Rxf1# {Accuracy: White = 4%, Black = 26%.} 0-1

B20 Sicilian Defense: Myers Attack #2 (1.e4 c5 2.a4)

This game is a real blast from the past for me as this was played over 13 years ago in Finnish School Team Championships. My first official tournament was in the same Championships a year earlier than this one. If in my earliest chess playing days I lost most of the games I played, it certainly is not the case anymore, I have avoided losing a game for 22 games in a row now at Chess.com. That undefeated streak has enabled me to get quite close to my peak rating in Online Chess once again, I am now 24 points from the peak rating that I got January 15th 2009. I may get farther away from it quite soon as I noticed that I blundered a piece for maybe only a minimal compensation. There are of course other games there as well that do not look all that good for me. It does not necessarily mean that I would resign those games just yet as I do not think those games are that easy to win. Only when I feel a game is completely hopelessly lost, I will resign. I have added one mate in one, three mate in threes and one mate in four.

[Event "KJSM"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.04.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Saukkonen, Severi"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B20"] [BlackElo "1288"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2002.04.27"] 1. e4 c5 {B31 Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3.Bb5 g6} 2. a4 {B20 Sicilian Defense: Myers Attack 2} Nc6 (2... g6 3. Nc3 {1-0 (76) Cato the Younger-Pandini playchess.com INT 2007}) 3. Nc3 (3. Bb5 g6 4. d3 (4. Ne2 Bg7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Nbc3 d5 9. f3 d4 10. Nb1 e5 11. Na3 Be6 12. b3 Nd7 13. f4 f5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Ng3 Rf8 16. Nc4 Qh4 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Bg4 {Buecker,S (2287) -Troidl,T (1976) Bad Wiessee 2015 1-0 (34)}) 4... Bg7 5. Ne2 e5 6. Be3 Nd4 7. Bc4 Ne7 8. Nec3 d6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 O-O 11. h4 h6 12. c3 Nc6 13. h5 g5 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Qb3 Qd7 16. f3 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Ne7 {Buecker,S (2342)-Negi,P (2638) Baden-Baden 2013 0-1 (32)}) 3... g6 4. h4 $146 (4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. O-O Nxe4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Nxe4 b6 9. a5 Ba6 10. d3 Rf8 11. h4 Kg8 12. h5 d5 13. Neg5 Qd6 14. Nh4 Qf6 15. Ra4 Nb4 16. axb6 axb6 17. c3 b5 18. Ra3 Nc6 {Cato the Younger-Pandini playchess.com INT 2007 1-0 (76)}) 4... Bg7 5. Bb5 e6 {0.47/20} (5... Nf6 $17 {-0.87/17}) 6. Nf3 {-0.34/20} (6. Bxc6 $1 $14 {0.47/20} bxc6 7. h5) 6... Nge7 $15 7. g3 $2 {-1.69/21 [#]} (7. h5 $11 {-0.08/22}) 7... O-O { -0.61/22} ({Black should try} 7... h5 $19 {-1.69/21} 8. d3 d5) 8. h5 $1 { Black is slightly better.} d5 9. exd5 $2 {-2.57/16} ({White should play} 9. Bf1 $15 {-0.63/22}) 9... Nxd5 $2 {-0.16/22} (9... exd5 $19 {-2.57/16 Threatens to win with ...Bg4.} 10. Be2 Bg4 11. hxg6 fxg6) 10. hxg6 {-0.72/20} (10. Ne4 $11 { -0.16/22 keeps the balance.}) 10... fxg6 $17 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Nxc3. } 11. d3 $2 {-7.27/19} (11. Ne4 $15 {-0.47/21}) 11... Nxc3 $19 12. bxc3 Qd5 13. a5 Qxf3 14. Qxf3 Rxf3 15. a6 {-8.26/17} (15. Ra3 $142 {-4.66/23}) 15... Ne5 16. Be3 b6 17. Bf4 {Now Bxe5 and White clings on.} Ng4 18. Rf1 {-7.35/20} (18. O-O $142 {-4.59/24} Bxc3 19. Ra3) 18... e5 19. Be3 {-7.34/20} (19. Bd2 $142 { -4.91/23} Rf8 20. f3) 19... Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rxe3+ 21. Kd2 Rxg3 22. Bc4+ Kh8 23. Rf7 Bf5 24. Re7 Bh6+ 25. Ke2 Re3+ 26. Kf2 e4 27. dxe4 Rxe4 28. Rh1 Rxe7 29. Rxh6 Bxc2 30. Bd5 Rf8+ 31. Kg3 Re3+ 32. Kg4 Kg7 33. Rh3 Rxh3 {-71.20/28} (33... h5+ $142 {-#6/46} 34. Rxh5 Bd1+ 35. Bf3 Rfxf3 36. Rh7+ Kxh7 37. Kh4 Re4+ 38. Kg5 Rf5#) 34. Kxh3 Rh8 {Accuracy: White = 8%, Black = 26%.} 0-1

C44 Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nf3 d6)

The game below was played in the fifth round of a rapid chess tournament at the FIDE Online Arena. This was one of the rare occasions where I finished the tournament without losing a single game. I won three games and drew two games. My fourth round game I won on time and I will not share it here because the game did not feature any moves. It was a somewhat of a disappointment that I could not win this game but then again after the poor start I had to this game, I could have also lost this, so maybe draw was an okay result.

After a few months, I do not even know how long it has been, I have only 148 games in progress again. The last time I had this amount of games was sometime last year. I remember when I got to 300 games in progress January 12th 2015 that I had played 270+ games for several months at that point. It may very well be that it has been over a year since my game load was as low as it is now. It still is not low enough and I do not start anymore challenges or team matches for quite some time. I might even see the rest of the year without any new additions like that. I know that the games I have in progress might get back over 150 before it starts to descent more again. This is because at least one tournament I can remember might get to the next round before I reduce enough games for it not to go over that limit. I have added three mate in twos and two mate in threes today.

[Event "Tournament 28239678"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.03.24"] [Round "5"] [White "lafitsal"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "1817"] [BlackElo "1829"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 {0-1 (13) Guerrero Sanmarti,R (2224)-Mestre Bellido,H (2379) Barcelona 2011}) 2... exd4 3. Bc4 {C21 Center Game: Von der Lasa Gambit} (3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 {0-1 (62) Glaser,H-Denda,R Bad Liebenzell 1996}) 3... Nc6 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nf3 d6 {0.28/21 C44 Ponziani Opening and Scotch Gambit} (5... cxb2 $15 {-0.50/18} 6. Bxb2 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nf6) 6. O-O { -0.44/21} (6. bxc3 Nf6 $17) (6. Nxc3 $11 {0.28/21} Nf6 7. Qb3) 6... Be6 { 0.43/23} (6... Nf6 $1 $15 {-0.44/21}) 7. Bxe6 $14 fxe6 8. Qb3 {-0.86/21} (8. Nxc3 $11 {0.28/21} Be7 9. Qb3) 8... Qc8 $2 {0.70/18 [#]} (8... cxb2 $1 $17 { -0.86/21} 9. Bxb2 Qd7 10. Ng5 Nd8 11. f4 h6 12. Qh3 e5 13. f5 {0-1 (13) Guerrero Sanmarti,R (2224)-Mestre Bellido,H (2379) Barcelona 2011}) 9. Ng5 { -0.17/22} (9. Nxc3 $14 {0.70/18} h6 10. Bd2) 9... Nd8 {0.28/19} (9... c2 $142 $1 {-0.17/22} 10. Nc3 (10. Qxc2 h6) 10... Nd4 11. Qa4+ Nc6) 10. Nxc3 $146 (10. Qxc3 Nf6 11. Re1 h6 12. Nf3 e5 13. Nh4 g5 14. Ng6 Rg8 15. Nxf8 Rxf8 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Nf1 Ne6 18. Qa5 b6 19. Qc3 a5 20. Bd2 Kf7 21. f3 Kg6 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Ne3 b5 24. a3 c5 {Glaser,H-Denda,R Bad Liebenzell 1996 0-1 (62)}) 10... Nf6 { 0.83/20} (10... Ne7 $11 {0.00/23}) 11. f4 {0.34/21} (11. Rd1 $16 {0.83/20}) 11... Be7 $1 12. e5 {0.11/21} (12. h3 $14 {0.69/19}) 12... Ng8 $2 {1.91/18} ( 12... Ng4 $11 {0.11/21}) 13. Qc2 {0.62/23} (13. f5 $18 {1.91/18}) 13... Bxg5 $2 {2.50/20} (13... d5 $14 {0.62/23}) 14. fxg5 $18 {Hoping for Nb5.} Ne7 15. Qf2 $2 {-0.25/24} (15. Nb5 $1 $18 {2.15/18} dxe5 16. Qxc7 (16. Nxc7+ $2 Kd7 $19)) 15... Nf5 {1.01/18} (15... d5 $11 {-0.25/24}) 16. g4 {-0.37/22} (16. g6 $1 $16 {1.01/18}) 16... Ne7 $15 17. Be3 {-0.80/19} (17. h4 $11 {0.00/22}) 17... Ng6 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Rac1 {-1.22/22} (19. Qe2 $11 {-0.12/23 keeps the balance.}) 19... Qd7 {-0.52/22} (19... Qc4 $1 $17 {-1.22/22} 20. Qg2 Qd3) 20. Bxa7 $2 { -2.07/22} (20. Qe2 $15 {-0.52/22}) 20... Rf8 21. Qe3 Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Nc6 $2 { -0.93/24} (22... e5 $19 {-2.55/20 has better winning chances.} 23. Bb6 Ne6) 23. Bb6 $17 Nce5 {-0.57/24} (23... Nce7 $1 $17 {-1.08/21}) 24. Bd4 $15 Nxg4 { 0.00/25} ({Better is} 24... Qc6 $17 {-0.87/21} 25. Qh3 O-O-O) 25. Qf3 {-0.91/23 } (25. Qh3 $11 {0.00/25 remains equal.} N4e5 26. a4 (26. Qxh7 O-O-O $11)) 25... N4e5 $36 {Black fights for an advantage.} 26. Bxe5 $2 {-1.78/21} (26. Qh3 $11 { -0.16/21}) 26... dxe5 $19 27. Rd1 {-1.96/17} (27. Qh3 $17 {-1.37/24} O-O-O 28. Qxh7 Qd4+ 29. Kh1) 27... Qc6 {-0.60/23} (27... Qc7 $19 {-1.96/17} 28. Qe2 Nf4 29. Qb5+ Ke7) 28. Ne4 $2 {-2.23/20} (28. Qxc6+ $15 {-0.60/23} bxc6 29. Kf2) 28... Ke7 29. a3 Ra4 30. b4 Ra8 31. Qe3 {-2.25/21} (31. a4 $17 {-1.58/25}) 31... Rd8 {-1.08/23} (31... Nf4 $19 {-2.25/21 is more deadly.} 32. Qc5+ Qxc5+ 33. Nxc5 b6 34. Rd7+ Kf8) 32. Rc1 {-1.87/20} (32. Rxd8 $17 {-1.08/23 might work better.} Kxd8 33. Nc5) 32... Qd5 {-1.00/22} ({Much less strong is} 32... Rd3 33. Qc5+ Qxc5+ 34. Nxc5 $15) ({Black should try} 32... Qd7 $1 $19 {-1.87/20 } 33. Qc5+ Ke8) 33. Rc7+ $17 Rd7 34. Rxd7+ {-1.97/20} (34. Qc5+ $17 {-1.16/23 was called for.} Qxc5+ 35. Rxc5) 34... Qxd7 $2 {0.00/29} ({Black should play} 34... Kxd7 $19 {-1.97/20} 35. Kf2 Nh4 36. Nc5+ Kd6) 35. Qc5+ $11 {The position is equal.} Kd8 36. Qb6+ Ke7 {[#] aiming for ...Qd1+.} 37. Qc5+ Kd8 38. Qb6+ Ke7 {White must now prevent ...Qd1+.} 39. Nc5 Qd4+ 40. Kf1 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qd2+ 42. Kf1 Qd1+ {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 33%.} 1/2-1/2

A61 Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nf3 g6 7.Bg5 Bg7 8.e3 O-O)

As there are some correspondence games that have finished recently, I will go through them before going to my FIDE Online Arena and over the board games. The game below was played in a small team match called Open Challenge Let's Play Benoni. I call it small because it was played on only three boards between Let's Play Benoni and Himgouree's club. I played on board 3 for Himgouree's club and won both my games against opticRED. The score at the end was 1 - 5 in favor of the away team Himgouree's club.

Some of the openings that I have seen listed in the book openings at Chess.com have a # sign at the end and if I put those in the notation, ChessBase 12 considers them as evaluation marks and puts the #3, for instance, in front of the name of the opening and I can't remove the #3 from that place of the notation anymore... Or at least I do not know how to do it. That is a bit annoying but I could of course just work around the problem by leaving the # out of the notation, which I never of course remember to do when I type the name of the variation in the notation... Well maybe next time I remember to do that and make my life a bit easier as a result. I have added one mate in two, three mate in threes and one mate in six today.

[Event "Open Challenge Let's Play Benoni - Boar"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.01.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "opticRED"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A61"] [WhiteElo "1927"] [BlackElo "1763"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 (2. Nf3 c5 (2... e6) 3. d5 e6 4. c4 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 {1/2-1/2 (34) Di Camillo,A-Saidy,A Oklahoma city 1956} (5... g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 {0-1 (89) Ostermeyer,P (2440)-Steinbacher,M (2265) Germany 1983})) 2... c5 ( 2... e6 3. Nf3 c5 {0-1 (89) Ostermeyer,P (2440)-Steinbacher,M (2265) Germany 1983}) 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Bg5 {A61 Benoni Defense: Uhlmann Variation} Bg7 8. e3 O-O {0.92/20 A61 Modern Benoni: Nf3 without early e4} (8... h6 $11 {-0.17/23} 9. Bh4 a6) 9. Qb3 $146 {-0.61/22 [#]} (9. Nd2 $16 { 0.92/20}) (9. Be2 Na6 (9... Bg4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nbd7 12. O-O Re8 13. a4 h6 14. Bh4 a6 15. a5 Qc7 16. Ra3 Ne5 17. e4 c4 18. Ra4 Rac8 19. Bg3 Nfd7 20. f4 b5 21. axb6 Qxb6+ 22. Kh1 Qxb2 23. fxe5 Qxc3 24. Nxc4 {Ostermeyer,P (2440) -Steinbacher,M (2265) Germany 1983 0-1 (89)}) (9... a6 10. a4 b6 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nd7 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Bc8 18. Nc4 Ne5 19. Na5 Qc7 20. Nc4 Re8 21. Rfe1 Kh7 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. f4 Bg7 24. Bf3 { Laska,K-Grabec,M Zlin 1958 0-1 (41)}) 10. O-O Nc7 (10... h6 11. Bh4 Nc7 { 1-0 (39) Demirkhanian,A-Etruk,R Moscow 1963}) 11. a4 h6 12. Bh4 g5 (12... a6 13. Nd2 b6 14. e4 Rb8 15. f4 Qd7 16. Nc4 Nfe8 17. a5 bxa5 18. Qa4 Nb5 19. Qxa5 Nec7 20. f5 Re8 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Bd3 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 g5 24. Bg3 Bg7 25. Nb6 Qe7 26. Rae1 Bg4 27. Nc4 {Demirkhanian,A-Etruk,R Moscow 1963 1-0 (39)}) 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Qd3 Nxg3 15. hxg3 Na6 16. Rad1 Nb4 17. Qb1 a6 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nc4 b6 20. Rd2 Rb8 21. Qd1 Qe7 22. Re1 Bd7 23. g4 fxg4 {Di Camillo,A-Saidy,A Oklahoma city 1956 1/2-1/2 (34)}) (9. Bd3 a6 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. O-O b5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Ne4 Qd8 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. b3 Bg4 16. Nd2 Qg5 17. Ne4 Qe7 18. Qb2 Nd7 19. Nd2 Qg5 20. Ne4 Qxd5 21. f3 Qxd3 22. Rad1 Qxe3+ 23. Kh1 Bf5 {Von Koenen,H-Schumacher,H Schleswig Holstein 1991 0-1 (35)}) 9... Nbd7 {0.82/19} (9... h6 $15 {-0.61/22} 10. Bh4 Nbd7) 10. Bd3 {-0.26/23} ({White should try} 10. Nd2 $16 {0.82/19}) 10... a6 {0.33/21} (10... b5 $11 {-0.26/23} 11. Nxb5 (11. Bxb5 Rb8 $11) 11... Qa5+ 12. Qc3 Qb6) 11. a4 $1 $14 {White is slightly better.} h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 { 0.53/24} (12... Qb6 $11 {0.00/24} 13. Qxb6 Nxb6) 13. O-O {-0.31/25} (13. Nd2 $1 $14 {0.53/24}) 13... Ne5 {0.76/20} (13... g5 $1 $15 {-0.31/25} 14. Bg3 Nh5) 14. Nxe5 $16 Qxe5 15. Bg3 {0.10/20} ({White should play} 15. Rae1 $16 {0.89/19}) 15... Qe7 $11 16. h3 Bf5 {1.83/20} (16... Nd7 $14 {0.38/21}) 17. Bxf5 {1.05/22} (17. e4 $1 $18 {1.83/20} Bc8 (17... Bxe4 18. Rfe1) 18. Qb6) 17... gxf5 $16 18. a5 Ne4 19. Bf4 {0.00/25} (19. Nxe4 $16 {1.17/18} fxe4 20. Qb6) 19... Nxc3 $2 { 1.73/21 [#]} (19... Nd2 $11 {0.00/25 and Black is okay.} 20. Qb6 Nc4) 20. bxc3 $18 Rac8 {2.21/20} (20... c4 $142 {1.64/25} 21. Qxc4 Rfc8) 21. Ra4 Qf6 {3.07/20 } (21... Rc7 $142 {2.18/25} 22. Rb1 Qf6) 22. Rc1 {1.47/22} (22. Qxb7 $18 { 3.07/20 has better winning chances.} Ra8 23. Rb1) 22... Qe7 {2.39/22} (22... Rc7 $16 {1.47/22 might work better.} 23. Rb1 Re8) 23. Qb6 Rfd8 {2.34/25} (23... Rfe8 $142 {1.75/26} 24. Bxd6 Qd7) 24. Bg3 {1.05/24} (24. Qb1 $18 {2.34/25}) 24... Qc7 {2.25/22} (24... Qd7 $16 {1.05/24} 25. Rf4 Be5) 25. Qb1 Qd7 26. Rf4 Be5 $2 {4.07/20} (26... c4 {2.13/25 was called for.} 27. Rxf5 (27. Qxf5 Qxf5 28. Rxf5 Rc5 $11) 27... Rc5) 27. Rf3 Bxg3 28. Rxg3+ Kh8 29. Rf3 Rg8 30. Qxf5 ({ Not} 30. Rxf5 Rg5 $18) 30... Qxf5 31. Rxf5 {Endgame KRR-KRR} Rc7 32. Rf6 Rg6 33. Rf4 Kg7 34. Rb1 Rg5 35. e4 Rd7 36. Rb6 f6 37. c4 Kf7 38. Rf3 Ke7 $2 { 6.08/22} (38... Re5 {3.43/27} 39. Re3 h5) 39. Rfb3 {White is clearly winning.} Re5 40. f3 Kd8 41. Rxb7 Rxb7 42. Rxb7 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 14%.} 1-0

B20 Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d3 g6 4.e4 Bg7)

Ah, back again after a two day break from posting. I actually used those two days more or less by doing some maintanance to this blog. I mostly corrected some minor mistakes that I have made in the past. As I went through all the posts, I noticed a mistake in the ECO code of one post and corrected it. Even though I usually am careful and check the ECO codes these days better than I did when I started doing this blog, there can occasionally be an inccorrect code in the post. I am quite confident though that I will not make a similar mistake in the future because I think I can learn from my past mistakes. I also now know for certain that there are 808 analysed chess games in this blog. Also for the first time since I started doind this blog, I can now check all the stats easier from the .ods file I made. As long as I remember to update that file, I should now all the essential statistics from the openings I have played. The game below is my latest game from Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. I have lost three games in a row there now, which is not a good sign. Even worse, I have only won one game out of the last seven games, played one draw and lost five games. Maybe I am a bit too hard on myself though because my opponents have been quite good, three of those losses have come against a player rated over 2400 and two of the losses against a player who is currently over 2200 but his true rating might be even higher because he still has a provisional rating and he his rating has gone steadily upward. This game was played in the second round of the AUTO-MASTER-2135 tournament that is still in progress. Only three players are left in this second and final round. I am currently in last place in the group and because I face tough opponents, I may not get much higher than that. This was my first game to end, so I have zero points, my opponent in this game, Franzel, is on first place with four points. On second place is a player called Evandrobit, who I have faced before and I have bad score against him. Evandrobit has two points that came from his draws against Franzel. That means of course that they share the win of the tournament if they both win me twice. I have added one mate in one, one mate in two, one mate in three and two mate in five puzzles today.

Game number two. This game, played at Chess.com in a team match called Natalia Pogonina! vs Space Angels Celebrate was my second game against hlornik. The match was played between We love Natalia Pogonina! and Space Angels Chocolate Dunk Monster Strawberries In Andromeda's Cluster Of Infinite Bright Stars on 33 boards. I played on board 7 for Space Angels Chocolate Dunk Monster Strawberries In Andromeda's Cluster Of Infinite Bright Stars and managed to win both of my games against hlornik. The final score in the match was 11.5 - 54.5 in favor of Space Angels Chocolate Dunk Monster Strawberries In Andromeda's Cluster Of Infinite Bright Stars.

The game below followed a similar path as can be seen in the first game in this post until hlornik played 5.Bd2. The move order was a bit different though. The first sign of trouble for my opponent was when hlornik played in the position below 10.exd5. It might be argued that my opponent's play can be improved earlier on, but hlornik should have been able to hold a draw with accurate play, had hlornik played 10.Re1, for example.

The game continued to go downhill for my opponent and hlornik's position became lost only a few moves later when he played 15.Qb3.

[Event "AUTO-MASTER-2135"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2015.05.14"] [Round "2"] [White "Franzel"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "2422"] [BlackElo "2199"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 {English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. Two Knights Variation} 3. d3 (3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 (5. e4 {English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. Botvinnik System}) (5. Nf3 e5 {English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. Botvinnik System Reversed}) 5... e5 {English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. Botvinnik System Reversed}) 3... g6 4. e4 Bg7 {B20 Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} 5. Be2 e6 (5... d6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 {1-0 (7) Weller,A (1573)-Klinke,R (1042) Eschborn 2014}) 6. Nf3 (6. Be3 Nd4 7. h4 h6 8. Nf3 Ne7 9. Qd2 d5 10. Bxd4 cxd4 11. Nb5 dxe4 12. dxe4 e5 13. c5 O-O 14. Rc1 Be6 15. b3 f5 16. Bd3 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bd5 18. Nd6 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. h5 g5 { Fancsy,I (2409)-Lubashov,A (2411) Dos Hermanas 2004 1-0 (49)}) 6... Nge7 7. Bf4 $146 (7. Bg5 d6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. h4 h5 10. Nh2 f5 11. exf5 exf5 12. O-O Be6 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Bh6 d5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. Bf3 Qd6 19. Qg5 Kh7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Nf3 Qd6 {Moiseev,I (2280)-Brukhovich,O Kiev 2005 1-0 (37)}) (7. Bd2 O-O 8. Qc1 d5 9. O-O d4 10. Nb5 a6 11. Na3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Bh6 e5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nc2 Ng6 17. g3 Bd7 18. Nd2 e4 19. Ne1 Rae8 20. Bh5 Re7 21. a3 Kh8 {Lahucky,P (2165) -Vrablik,M (2057) Slovakia 2002 0-1 (34)}) 7... a6 {Prevents intrusion on b5} 8. Bd6 {White threatens to win material: Bd6xc5} O-O (8... b6 9. Rb1 $11) 9. Qd2 b6 {Controls c5} 10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 Re8 12. O-O-O Nc8 $2 (12... e5 $142 {and Black can hope to survive} 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 $14) 13. Bf4 $18 d6 (13... Nd4 14. Bh6 Nxf3 15. Bxf3 $18 (15. gxf3 $6 Bf6 $16)) 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Rh3 Ra7 (15... Ne5 16. hxg6 Nxg6 17. Rdh1 $18) 16. Rdh1 Ba8 (16... Nd4 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 17. Ng5 Bc6 18. Nxh7 $18) 17. Ng5 Nd4 18. Nxh7 $1 {the end} Nxe2+ (18... Kxh7 19. hxg6+ fxg6 (19... Kxg6 20. Rg3+ {Mate attack Clearance}) (19... Kg8 20. gxf7+ { Passed pawn}) 20. Bg5+ {Mate attack Clearance Pinning}) 19. Nxe2 f5 (19... g5 { is the last straw} 20. Nxg5 Be5 $18) 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. hxg6 (21. hxg6 Qxh7 22. gxh7+ Kf8 23. Nf4 $18) 1-0 [Event "Natalia Pogonina! vs Space Angels Celeb"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.03.20"] [Round "?"] [White "hlornik"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "1450"] [BlackElo "1829"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 {English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Two Knights Variation} 3. e4 (3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 (5. e4 {English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System}) (5. Nf3 e5 {English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed}) 5... e5 {English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Botvinnik System Reversed}) 3... g6 4. d3 Bg7 {B20 Sicilian: Unusual White 2nd moves} 5. Bd2 e6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O d5 ( 8... b6 9. a4 Bb7 10. b3 d5 11. Qc2 Nb4 12. Qb2 dxe4 13. dxe4 Bxe4 14. Rad1 Nf5 15. Bh6 Qf6 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. Rd2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Rad8 19. Ne4 Qxb2 20. Rxb2 Nd4 21. Be2 f5 22. Ng5 e5 23. Rd1 {Liodakis,F (1297)-Kotronias,V (2533) Chania 2014 0-1}) 9. cxd5 $146 (9. Qc1 Re8 10. a3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Na2 b6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Bf3 Bf5 15. Nb4 Rc8 16. Bh6 Bh8 17. Rd1 dxc4 18. dxc4 Be6 19. b3 a5 20. Nd3 Nf5 21. Bf4 Qe7 22. g3 a4 23. Qb2 axb3 {Nemastil,L (1750)-Cervinka, P (1821) Czechia 2006 0-1 (47)}) 9... exd5 10. exd5 (10. Re1 b6 $11) 10... Nxd5 $15 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Ne1 $2 (12. Bc3 $5 $17) 12... Nd4 (12... Bxb2 13. Bf3 Qd6 14. Rb1 $19) 13. Bc3 $17 Bf5 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 (14... cxd4 $6 15. Bg4 $15) 15. Qb3 $2 (15. Rb1 $142 $5 $17) 15... b6 $19 16. Nf3 (16. Nc2 Qxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxb2 $19) 16... Qxb2 17. Qxb2 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bg7 19. h3 (19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Kf1 Rad8 $19) 19... Rad8 (19... Rae8 {might be the shorter path} 20. Rbe1 Bc3 21. Rc1 Rxe2 22. Rxc3 Rxa2 23. g4 $19) 20. Rbd1 (20. Rfd1 Rd7 $19) 20... Rd7 (20... Rfe8 { seems even better} 21. Rd2 c4 22. Rfd1 $19) 21. Nh4 (21. d4 cxd4 22. Bb5 Rd6 $19) 21... Be6 22. a3 Rfd8 23. Nf3 Bf5 24. Ne1 (24. d4 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 (25... cxd4 $6 26. Bd3 $19) 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 $19 (26... cxd4 $6 27. Rd1 $19)) 24... Bc3 (24... c4 $142 $5 {and Black can already relax} 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 cxd3 27. g5 $19) 25. g4 Be6 26. a4 ( 26. Rc1 {doesn't improve anything} Bf6 $19) 26... Bb3 27. Rc1 Bxe1 28. Rfxe1 Bxa4 29. Rc3 Bb5 30. Rd1 (30. Ra1 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} a6 $19) 30... Rd4 {[%cal Yc5c4] Black plans c4} 31. Ra3 a6 32. Kf1 c4 (32... a5 $142 $19 {makes it even easier for Black}) 33. Ke1 (33. dxc4 {the last chance for counterplay} Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Bxc4+ 35. Ke1 $19) 33... cxd3 34. Bf3 d2+ (34... d2+ 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. h4 Rb2 37. Bd1 Rb1 38. f3 Rbxd1+ 39. Kf2 R8d3 40. Ra2 Rf1+ 41. Kxf1 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 Rxa2 43. f4 a5 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 Bd3 46. h5 Re2+ 47. Kd1 a4 48. f6 a3 49. h6 a2 50. Kc1 a1=Q#) 0-1

B27 Sicilian: 2.Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 h6)

This post was previously named B27 Sicilian Defense: Bücker Variation and it could have stayed that way since Fritz 16's opening classification did not add any moves to the line, but because I started to use its naming policy, well with some modifications, I think it is more consistent to use the Fritz 16 classification. The only times I have not used it, is when the line named does not contain as many moves as some other source. This paragraph was added on July 22nd, 2019.

It has been quite a chess960 filled content here lately but now it is time to go back to chess. This game was played in the first round of a rapid chess tournament at the FIDE Online Arena. I think I will shift between my FOA games and my over the board games for now, adding the occasional correspondence games from Chess.com, Red Hot Pawn, GameKnot and Queen Alice Internet Chess Club into the mix from time to time as games finish from those sites. I have also been thinking of doing other changes to my posting as well, mainly I have considered doing this blog only five days a week instead of every day. I will post games and puzzles from Monday to Friday from now on, in order to divert my time a bit to other projects that I want to test out. My correspondence games do not end as fast as I would like, so the time that frees from those is not enough at the moment. I have 156 in progress at the moment and when I get to 50 games or so, I might finally be a relaxed correspondence chess player. I will probably reach that amount in a few months if I do not advance to next rounds in tournaments all that much or have to start anymore team matches. I need to be more adamant about not joining more team matches as it is sometimes hard to decline when the team that I am in is outrated by the opponent. I have added three mate in twos and two mate in threes today. Until Monday, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "Tournament 28239678"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.03.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "victorius54"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "1829"] [BlackElo "1527"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 h6 {B27 Sicilian: 2.Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves B27 Sicilian Defense: Bücker Variation} 3. d4 e6 (3... cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nf5 ( 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. Qxd5 Nc6 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 a6 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Rd1 Rc8 13. a3 Be7 14. Be2 b5 15. O-O Qd8 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 O-O 20. c3 Qb6+ {Sanchez,C (1753)-Perez,C (1648) Manizales 2017 0-1 (80)}) 6... d6 7. Ne3 Be6 8. Bc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ned5 Nbd7 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Qe2 Nxe3 13. Nxe3 Nb6 14. Rad1 Bg5 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qd7 18. Nb5 { Kristensen,J (2345)-Jaksland,T (2245) Denmark 1992 1-0 (52)}) 4. d5 Nf6 $146 ( 4... d6 5. c4 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 Bg4 9. Bb5+ Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne7 12. Bf4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Qg3 O-O-O 15. O-O g5 16. Bd2 f5 17. Rfb1 f4 18. Qd3 Ng6 19. a4 {Springett,M (108)-Minshull,G (115) London 2015 0-1}) 5. Nc3 a6 {1.69/21} (5... d6 $16 {0.99/22}) 6. e5 {0.63/21} (6. d6 $18 {1.69/21}) 6... Nxd5 $14 7. Nxd5 Nc6 $2 {3.80/20 [#]} (7... exd5 $14 {0.66/21} 8. Qxd5 Nc6 ) 8. Nc3 $18 {White is winning.} Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Be3 d6 14. c4 Qc7 15. Rc1 b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. a3 Ba6 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 {2.37/21} (19. Qd2 $142 {5.31/19}) 19... c4 20. Qc3 {1.77/21} (20. Qc2 $142 {3.26/19}) 20... Ne5 $2 {5.93/22} (20... d5 {1.77/21 is a better chance.}) 21. Nxe5 dxe5 22. Bg4 Bc8 23. Red1 Bd7 24. Rd2 Kh8 25. Rcd1 Bc6 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Ng3 Bd7 28. Qc2 Qc6 29. Bf3 Qc7 30. Qg6 {[#] White threatens Nh5 and mate.} Be8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Qxe6 Bf6 33. h3 Bd7 34. Qd6 e4 35. Bxe4 Bxb2 36. Bc6 Bxa3 37. Qxd7 Qf6 38. Bd4 {White mates.} Qg6 39. Bxb5 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Bf8 41. Bxc4 Qb4 42. Qf7 {Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

Chess960 SP803

There are some days when nothing seems to go your way and today was like that for me. I planned on going through more of my chess games today but that did not happen because I could not use my computer for several hours due to electricity going out and there been thunder and lightning in the air. Well, at least I was able to analyse this chess960 game today. Depending on how things work out tomorrow, I might not be able to post anything tomorrow or only games from openings I have already covered in the past. I might have one more new chess960 starting position but it would require me to correct the pgn-file for it as I remember there being something wrong with it. It is also something that I can't guarantee that I am able to fix but I can see what I can do. If nature will not unleash its fury upon me, I might be able to post something unseen in this blog, we shall see. The game below is so far the fourth and last chess960 game I have played against trallala. I won this game on time, according to Stockfish 6 64 BMI2, the position at the end is close to a draw. I have added one mate in two, two mate in three, one mate in four and one mate in five puzzle today.

Chess960 SP910

One year ago this blog started with the intention of bringing unique content that you can't find anywhere else. I think I have succeeded in that at least because no one else is likely to share my games publicly... Also I have not really seen blogs done in this way anywhere else. I know that I still have a lot to learn about how to do things more efficiently and in an interesting way. Some part of the learning process involves learning more about HTML, CSS and Javascript and how to use them to improve the quality of the site and make it as good as it can be. I will now take a look back at what has happened in the year that this blog has been active. I have at the moment 803 analysed chess games posted that feature 350 different opening variations. I posted yesterday that the game count was 801 but it turned out today when I went through all of the openings and my results in them that the actual amount is 803. I am not 100 percent sure which one is right but I would bet that 803 is more likely to be correct. I still need to verify that tomorrow, I could have done it today but there were other things I also had to do today and time just simply run out again. From the statistics I took from openings I have covered and my results in them page, I also calculated the amount of wins, draws and losses that were listed there. I have won 519 games, played 62 draws and lost 222 games out those 803 games. My Chess960 results are more easier to count and there are now 30 of those analysed in this blog. The starting position you see in the game below is the 13th different one to appear in this blog. I won 21 of those 30 chess960 games, played 5 draws and lost 4 games. I have also published 1470 chess puzzles during this one year period. During this year I have gone from zero followers at Google+ to 35 and I would like to thank all of them at this point in time. Like all the followers, I also appreciate all of the comments and +1's people have given for the posts. The game below was played at the Free Internet Chess Server with 3 minute time controls on April 6th 2011. I won the game below on time as one might imagine because Black is better in the final position. I have added four mate in twos and one mate in three puzzle today.

Chess960 SP773

This is a game that was played at the Free Internet Chess Server on April 5th 2011. This was played with 3 minute time controls. Some years ago when I was more active at FICS, I used to play best two out three mini matches against mister trallala. I have no accurate statistics on how many of those mini matches I won and how many he won but there are statistics on my fics games against him at FICS games database. We have played 178 blitz games there and my score in them is 129 but even with the winning percentage of 72.5, it might be a bit misleading. I mean the difference in our playing strength is not that high and I probably have won most of those games on time. If I happen to live long enough to analyse all of those games, I will be able to get a better understanding of the playing strength difference between me and him. The post I am doing tomorrow might be longer than usual because tomorrow this blog has been around one year! Well, I did have a chess blog that was called the same and it had the same address years ago but the rebirth of this blog has been around one year tomorrow. I have added one more analysed chess960 game to my post Chess960 SP50. I have also added one more analysed chess game to these two posts: B32 Sicilian Defense: Open #3 and C97 Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Chigorin Defense. Both of those chess games were played at FIDE Online Arena. There was no post called B32 Sicilian Defense: Open #3 before today, by the way, I had to change the name of the post after I looked what opening was played in the game I was adding from Chess.com's database of openings. When I originally added that post, I used a different source or I should say only one source to identify the openings. I have also added one mate in one, two mate in twos and two mate in threes today.

Chess960 SP920

This game is my first ever chess960 game and it was played at the Free Internet Chess Server on April 5th 2011. My first four games in this chess variant were against this same opponent. Those four games are also the only chess960 games I have played against him. I am not sure how many chess games I have played against him but I would reckon it has to be several hundreds at this point. It is always nice to play against him, not only because I mostly win but also because the games are rarely boring in my opinion. We do not play the same openings all the time, so there is some variance in that aswell. Well, it is likely that he will change the openings if I would like to play the same stuff more than once in a row. Even though I have good results against him, he is still very dangerous opponent to me face especially in longer time controls. He probably calculates variations better than me but part of the reason for that is that he most of the time uses too much of his time searching for the crushing move and I end up winning on time. This is true in blitz at least. I actually do not remember all that many games that I would have won because my position was better or that I ended up checkmating his king. I have added two mate in twos and three mate in threes today. In addition I have added one more analysed chess game to my post C53 Italian Game: Bird's Attack, I have also added more chess960 content today, one game to the post Chess960 SP33, two games to the post Chess960 SP50 and one game to the post Chess960 SP563. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

C40 Latvian and Elephant Gambits (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Bd6)

This is my latest game from GameKnot, after this game I have played 71 games there and out of those games, this was my 47th win. GameKnot is the only site where I play actively that I have not even reached a rating of 1800... I used to think that my poor results there were due to my opening choices but even after I changed the openings I play there to ones that are more familiar to me, the results remained quite bad. Or maybe enough games have not ended after the change to see the affect clearly. It is more likely that I just do not have the same will to win as I do on other sites. I know that this might sound nuts but I may feel that other games on other sites are more important to me. The games become more important, the higher my rating rises. It might be then that my rating will remain only 1700+ on GameKnot and does not change all that drastically one way or the other in the future either. Well, rating is not the only thing that makes some of the games I play more important than others. Team matches that I play at Chess.com, for example, are more important to me than just a single challenge against a random player, or even a tournament game. The game below was played in tedjj's mini-tournament XLIII. This tournament has not gone all that well for me and I am currently in eight place in this eleven player tournament. In the 13 games that have finished, I have gathered only six points... I have seven more games left to finish and if I would somehow win them all, I would end up in third or fourth place quite likely. I have added one mate in two, three mate in threes and one mate in four puzzle today.

[Event "tedjj's mini-tournament XLIII"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2015.07.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "jivko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C40"] [WhiteElo "1750"] [BlackElo "1639"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Bd6 {C40 Latvian and Elephant Gambits C40 Elephant Gambit: Maroczy Gambit} 4. d3 (4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O {0-1 (46) Kelly,P (1857) -Turner,J (1894) Cardiff 2016}) 4... Nf6 (4... Bf5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. g3 a6 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nd2 h6 11. Be3 Nf8 12. a3 b5 13. Re1 Ng6 14. Nce4 Ng4 {1/2-1/2 (14) Krueger,T-Peter,S (2194) Bergneustadt 2001}) 5. c4 O-O 6. Nc3 {0.42/22} (6. Be3 $16 {0.87/17}) 6... c6 $146 (6... h6 7. Be2 Re8 8. Qc2 Qe7 9. Nd2 a6 10. a4 a5 11. Nde4 Nh7 12. Nxd6 cxd6 13. b3 f5 14. f3 Na6 15. Ba3 b6 16. Nb5 Nc5 17. Bxc5 bxc5 18. O-O-O Ba6 19. g3 Bxb5 20. axb5 Nf6 21. Kb2 {Kelly,P (1857)-Turner,J (1894) Cardiff 2016 0-1 (46)}) 7. dxc6 {0.37/22} (7. Be2 $16 { 0.87/18}) 7... Nxc6 {0.81/20} (7... b6 $14 {0.37/22}) 8. Be2 {0.35/20} (8. Be3 $16 {0.81/20}) 8... Bg4 {1.18/20} (8... Bf5 $14 {0.35/20}) 9. O-O Re8 10. Bg5 { 0.49/23} (10. Be3 $16 {1.18/19}) 10... h6 {[#] And now ...Bxf3 would win.} 11. Bh4 {0.37/22} (11. Be3 $16 {0.86/16}) 11... a6 {1.33/20} ({Black should try} 11... Bf5 $14 {0.37/22}) 12. Nd5 $2 {-0.29/22} (12. a3 $16 {1.33/20}) 12... g5 $11 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bg3 Bxf3 $2 {1.30/23} (14... Bf5 $15 {-0.41/24 stays ahead.}) 15. Bxf3 $16 Rab8 {1.51/21} (15... Kg7 $142 {0.92/23}) 16. Qa4 { 0.84/22} (16. a3 $142 {1.51/21}) 16... Nd4 {1.32/20} (16... b5 $142 {0.84/22} 17. Qxa6 Nb4) 17. Bd5 {0.54/23} (17. Bxb7 $1 $16 {1.32/20} Qe7 (17... Rxb7 18. Qxe8+) 18. Bd5 (18. Bxa6 Ra8 $11)) 17... b5 18. Qxa6 bxc4 19. dxc4 {0.62/23} ( 19. Rab1 $1 $16 {1.09/20}) 19... Rxb2 $14 20. c5 $1 Be7 (20... Bxc5 21. Qxf6) 21. Qxf6 {0.63/25} (21. c6 $1 $16 {1.41/19}) 21... Bxf6 22. Rab1 {-0.07/21} ( 22. a4 $16 {0.87/24}) 22... Ne2+ $11 23. Kh1 $132 {White is not holding back} Nxg3+ $2 {1.86/20} (23... Rxb1 $1 $11 {-0.08/24 and Black is okay.} 24. Rxb1 Nc3) 24. fxg3 {0.48/22} (24. hxg3 $18 {1.86/20} Reb8 25. Rbd1) 24... Reb8 { 1.82/23} ({Black should play} 24... Rxb1 $14 {0.48/22} 25. Rxb1 e4) 25. Bb3 { 0.64/25} (25. Rbc1 $18 {1.82/23} Rd2 26. Bb3 (26. Rxf6 Rxd5 27. c6 Rc8 $16)) 25... Rxb1 $14 26. Rxb1 {[#] Endgame aiming for Bxf7+! KRB-KRB} Be7 $2 {5.81/21 } (26... Rc8 $14 {0.69/26}) 27. Rc1 $2 {1.03/26} (27. Bxf7+ $1 $18 {5.81/21 is the precise move to win.} Kxf7 28. Rxb8 Bxc5 29. Rh8) 27... Kg7 28. Kg1 Rc8 { 1.21/24} ({Better is} 28... Rb5 {0.76/28}) 29. c6 $16 Bd6 30. Kf2 f5 {2.28/21} (30... Bc7 $16 {1.04/25 was worth a try.}) 31. Be6 $18 Rc7 32. Bxf5 Kf6 33. Bd7 Ke7 34. Kf3 h5 35. Ke4 h4 36. gxh4 gxh4 37. Rc3 {1.95/24} (37. a4 $142 {3.39/26 }) 37... Ra7 38. Rc2 Kd8 {3.06/25} (38... Bc7 $142 {1.96/26} 39. g4 hxg3) 39. g3 hxg3 40. hxg3 Kc7 41. Rg2 $2 {0.83/23} (41. Rb2 $18 {2.69/22 and White stays clearly on top.}) 41... Ra4+ $16 42. Kf5 e4 43. g4 {0.25/25} (43. Kg4 $16 {0.87/25}) 43... e3 $11 {Strongly threatening ...Rf4+.} 44. Re2 Rf4+ 45. Kg6 Rf2 $2 {5.01/27} (45... Bc5 $11 {0.09/25 and Black stays safe.} 46. g5 Rf2 47. Rxf2 exf2) 46. Rxe3 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Rxa2 47. Rf3 Rg2 48. g5 Be7 49. Rf5 Bd8 50. Kh6 Rh2+ 51. Kg7 Rg2 {9.46/19} (51... Bxg5 $142 {4.39/32} 52. Rxg5 Rh1) 52. g6 Kd6 53. Kf7 {Accuracy: White = 27%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

Chess960 SP185

The game below was a challenge issued by my opponent. We have played two chess960 games now and both have ended in peaceful draws quite quickly even though the positions might have been not drawn. The first game I might have lost if we had played on and in this second game I might have been slightly better, so in my opinion quite a good result for me, even though I dropped some rating points because of these draws. I could have lost a lot more, so I can't complain all that much. I am again not sure what to post tomorrow but it might be some more chess960 and it might be time to look at my first chess960 game I have ever played. I might also post my latest games from GameKnot and Chess.com. I have added one mate in one, two mate in twos, one mate in three and one mate in eight puzzle today. I have also added one more analysed chess game to my post B92 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. Opocensky Variation and that is my latest game from Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. I have also added two analysed chess960 games to my post Chess960 SP33 and one analysed chess960 game to my post Chess960 SP50.

Chess960 SP650

It is time for some chess960 once again. It is quite likely that the post I will do tomorrow will also feature chess960 in some way or another. I will also take a look on my latest game from Queen Alice Internet Chess Club tomorrow but more about it then. The game below was played in a team match called 960? The question mark is part of the name in case someone wondered. The match is played between Stargate Command and Xindi on 13 boards. I played on board one for Stargate Command and won both of my games on time. The other game ended in the starting position. The score in the match is currently 18 - 6 in favor of Stargate Command. If my memory serves me right, this was my first match for Stargate Command and luckily it was success right away as we were able to win the match, or should I say that we will win as it is not official until all games have finished. The amount of games I have in progress has increased a bit again... I now have 155 games in progress. I just need to decline all games from now on, otherwise I end up facing 200+ games again soon and that is not what I want at all. I have added two mate in ones, two mate in threes and one mate in four. I have also added one analysed chess960 game to my post Chess960 SP33.

A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5 (1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 c5)

This was played in a team match called Welcome Match. The match was played on 6 boards between Lutheran Chess Players and Life Is Chess. I played on board 4 for Life Is Chess. The only six games that were lost on time were on our side which meant that all who did not lose on time, should have won all their games. This of course did not happen and I was the only one in our team that was able to win a game, actually I won both my games against VincentUSA. The match ended 9.5 - 2.5 in favor of Lutheran Chess Players. I have added one mate in one, three mate in twos and one mate in four puzzle today. I have added one more chess960 game to my post Chess960 SP50.

[Event "Welcome Match - Board 4"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.04.10"] [Round "?"] [White "VincentUSA"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "1701"] [BlackElo "1872"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] {[%evp 9,120,-64,-58,-86,-80,-97,-87,-150,-127,-138,-103,-142,-141,-166,-108, -147,-130,-130,-103,-107,-114,-128,-113,-100,-102,-138,-130,-208,-100,-77,-86, -370,-380,-755,-647,-1138,-720,-898,-880,-3089,-1275,-2099,-1274,-1278,-1263, -1251,-1128,-1129,-833,-706,-341,-327,-348,-333,-340,-325,-306,-317,-317,-330, -268,-393,-340,-414,-418,-472,-455,-468,-464,-449,-320,-406,-361,-518,-531, -736,-707,-640,-501,-635,-627,-595,-568,-462,-365,-751,-702,-711,-463,-447, -445,-29981,-29982,-29986,-29987,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29991, -29991,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29995, -29996]} 1. Nf3 d5 {A06 Réti Opening} 2. e3 c5 {A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5} 3. Be2 (3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. a3 Nc6 6. Qc2 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Nf6 10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 Qc7 12. Ba2 Bd7 13. Nc3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Be8 16. Rd3 Rd7 17. d5 exd5 {Kozul,Z (2580)-Simic,D (2330) Maribor 1996 1-0}) 3... Nc6 4. O-O e5 (4... Nf6 5. Nc3 d4 6. exd4 cxd4 7. Na4 e5 8. b3 Bd6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. c3 d3 11. Bxd3 e4 12. Bc4 exf3 13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Nxc4 15. bxc4 Bd7 16. c5 Bc7 17. Qc4 b5 18. Qd4 bxa4 19. Rae1 {Al Durazi,Z-Ovod,E (2364) Riadh 2017 0-1}) 5. Ne1 $146 (5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 f6 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. c4 d4 10. Re1 d3 11. Bf1 b5 12. cxb5 c4 13. Nc3 Bb4 14. a3 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qa5 16. Bd2 Qxb5 17. Rb1 Qa6 18. Qc1 Bb7 19. Qb2 Bc6 {Sikora, K-Obara,D Swietokrzyskie 2010 0-1 (31)}) (5. Bb5 Bd6 6. d3 Bg4 7. e4 Nge7 8. c4 dxe4 9. dxe4 O-O 10. Bg5 Nd4 11. h3 Nxf3+ 12. gxf3 Bxh3 13. Re1 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. f4 Qh4 16. Qf3 exf4 17. Nc3 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Bg4 19. Qg2 f3 {Fontana Sotomayour,L-Miguel Lago,V (2285) Candás de Reis 1992 0-1}) (5. b3 Bd6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. c4 d4 10. Ne4 Be7 11. exd4 cxd4 12. Re1 f5 13. Ng3 Bb4 14. Nd2 Qa5 15. Ngf1 Nf4 16. a3 Bc3 17. b4 Qd8 18. Rb1 Qg5 19. g3 Nh3+ {Trsinski,S (1889)-Tica,S (2159) Hum na Sutli 2014 0-1}) 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nb1 O-O 8. Nf3 {-1.50/21} (8. b3 $142 { -0.87/26}) 8... Be6 9. Ne1 Qd6 10. Nf3 e4 11. Ne1 Ne5 {-1.08/27} (11... Rad8 $19 {-1.66/23} 12. d4 Qc7) 12. f3 exf3 13. Nxf3 Ng6 14. Nc3 a6 15. Qe1 b5 16. Nd1 Bd8 17. Nf2 Bc7 18. Qd1 {-2.08/22} (18. b3 $17 {-1.30/25}) 18... Ng4 { -1.00/27} (18... Ne4 $19 {-2.08/22 and Black stays clearly on top. And now ... Nh4! would win.} 19. Nh1 h5) 19. Nxg4 $17 Bxg4 $40 {[%mdl 128] Black wants a kill.} 20. h3 $2 {-3.70/23 [%mdl 8192]} (20. g3 $17 {-0.86/23}) 20... Bxf3 $19 21. Bxf3 $2 {-7.55/25} (21. Rxf3 {-3.80/26} Qh2+ 22. Kf2) 21... Rad8 22. a3 Qg3 23. d3 Nh4 24. Bd2 Rfe8 {-12.75/29} (24... Qh2+ $142 {-30.89/27} 25. Kf2 Bg3+ 26. Ke2 Nxg2) 25. Qc1 Re6 {[#] ( -> ...Rf6)} 26. Be1 Qh2+ 27. Kf2 Nxf3 28. Kxf3 Rf6+ 29. Ke2 Qxg2+ {-3.41/28} (29... Rxf1 $142 {-7.06/24} 30. Kxf1 Rd6) 30. Rf2 Rxf2+ ({Don't take} 30... Qxh3 31. Rxf6 gxf6 32. Bf2 $19) 31. Bxf2 Qxh3 32. Qh1 Qxh1 33. Rxh1 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Be5 34. b3 d4 35. e4 {-3.93/28} ( 35. b4 $142 {-2.68/27} cxb4 36. axb4) 35... g6 36. Kd1 h5 37. Bh4 Re8 38. Ke2 Kg7 39. Kf3 Bf6 40. Bxf6+ Kxf6 {KR-KR} 41. Rh4 {-5.18/25} (41. Rf1 {-3.61/29 was necessary.}) 41... Kg5 42. Rf4 f6 43. Kg3 Rh8 {...h4+ is the strong threat. } 44. Rh4 f5 45. exf5 Kxf5 46. Rf4+ Ke5 47. Kf3 $2 {-7.51/28} (47. Re4+ { -3.65/31} Kf5 48. Rf4+ Kg5 49. Re4) 47... g5 48. Re4+ Kd6 49. Kg2 Rh6 50. Kh1 { -#19/28 [#]} (50. Re8 $19 {-4.45/30} Re6 51. Rg8) 50... Re6 {Black mates.} 51. Rxe6+ Kxe6 {KP-KP} 52. Kh2 Kf5 53. Kh3 Kf4 54. Kh2 Kf3 55. Kh3 h4 56. Kh2 g4 57. Kh1 Kf2 58. Kh2 g3+ 59. Kh3 g2 60. Kxh4 g1=Q {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 55%.} 0-1 [Event "Chessmaster 8000 Rated Game"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.02.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Cole"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "152"] [EventDate "2.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 {A06 Réti Opening} 2. e3 c5 {A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5} 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bd3 (4. Qe2 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. d3 O-O 9. e4 d4 10. Nb1 e5 11. a4 Ne8 12. Na3 Nd6 13. Nd2 a6 14. Nac4 Nxc4 15. dxc4 f5 16. a5 Bh6 17. Ra3 Qe7 18. exf5 gxf5 {Hera,I (2544)-Rublevsky,S (2676) Khanty Mansiysk 2007 1/2-1/2 (50)}) 4... Nc6 5. Bb5 $146 (5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ng5 e5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne2 h6 10. Nf3 e4 11. Nfg1 O-O 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 a4 14. d3 Re8 15. Ng3 exd3 16. cxd3 a3 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nh5 Qc3+ 19. Kf1 Bg4 {Chethan, H-Thejkumar,M (2493) Bengaluru 2018 0-1}) 5... a6 {-0.13/26} (5... e5 $17 { -0.86/24} 6. Bxc6 bxc6) 6. Bxc6 $1 $11 Bxc6 7. Ng5 $2 {-1.90/24 [#]} (7. b3 $11 {-0.07/28}) 7... e5 $19 8. Qh5 $2 {-4.13/22} (8. Nh3 {-1.80/26}) 8... g6 9. Qf3 $2 {-6.60/23} (9. Qh4 {-3.93/30} e4 10. Qf4) 9... Qxg5 10. a4 Qf6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. Ra2 Nh6 13. b3 O-O 14. Rg1 Nf5 15. g3 Nd6 16. d4 exd4 17. Bb2 Qe6 18. exd4 Qxe2+ 19. Kxe2 c4 20. b4 Bf6 21. Kf1 Nf5 22. b5 axb5 23. Bc3 bxa4 24. Bb4 Rfe8 25. h3 Nxd4 26. Rh1 Bb5 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. Nb1 Nb5 29. g4 d4 30. Rg1 Nc3 31. Nxc3 dxc3 32. Ra3 Re6 33. Ra1 Rae8 34. Rg3 Be5 35. Re3 Bd4 36. Rxe6 Rxe6 37. Rd1 Bg7 38. Rd8+ Re8 39. Rxe8+ Bxe8 40. g5 Bc6 41. h4 f6 42. Ke1 fxg5 43. hxg5 Be5 { Black mates.} 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. f4 Bg7 47. Ke2 Kd5 48. Be7 Ke4 49. Bf6 Bxf6 50. gxf6 {Endgame KB-K3P} Bd5 51. f5 Kxf5 52. Ke3 Kxf6 {KB-KP} 53. Kd4 Bc6 54. Kxc4 g5 55. Kxc3 g4 56. Kd3 h5 57. Kd4 Kf5 58. c4 Kf4 59. Kd3 g3 60. Ke2 h4 61. Ke1 h3 62. Kd1 Kf3 63. Kc2 Kf2 64. Kd3 g2 65. Kd4 g1=Q 66. Kc5 Ke2+ 67. Kd6 Qg6+ 68. Ke7 h2 69. c5 h1=Q 70. Kd8 Qh8+ 71. Kc7 Qgg7+ 72. Kb6 Qd8+ 73. Ka7 Qdd4 74. Kb6 Qe7 75. Ka7 Qexc5+ 76. Kb8 Qd8# {Accuracy: White = 6%, Black = 47%.} 0-1 [Event "Chessmaster 8000 Rated Game"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.02.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Cole"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A06"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 {A06 Réti Opening} 2. e3 c5 {A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5} 3. a4 $146 (3. Ne5 a6 4. f4 (4. d4 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O c4 7. Be2 f6 8. Nf3 b5 9. c3 Qc7 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Qc2 Qc6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bf1 f5 14. Ng5 Ke7 15. f4 Ngf6 16. Ndf3 h6 17. Nh3 Ne4 18. Nf2 g5 {Albin,A-Marco,G Monte Carlo 1902 1-0 (35)}) 4... Nc6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O f5 9. c3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Ndf3 O-O 12. Ng5 Qc8 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Ngf3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 c4 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Nf3 b5 {Albin,A-Marco,G Karlstad 1901 0-1 (37)}) (3. c4 Nf6 (3... e6 4. Nc3 d4 5. exd4 cxd4 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. a3 e5 8. d3 f5 9. b4 a6 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Bf6 12. O-O Nh6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. c5 Be6 15. Qc2 g5 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. b5 axb5 18. Rxb5 { Fazekas,S-Alekhine,A Podebrady 1936 0-1 (36)}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. a3 Nc6 6. Qc2 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Nf6 10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 Qc7 12. Ba2 Bd7 13. Nc3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Be8 16. Rd3 Rd7 17. d5 exd5 {Kozul,Z (2580)-Simic,D (2330) Maribor 1996 1-0}) (3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Bxb5 5. cxb5 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. d4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. a4 a6 13. Bc3 Qb6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. Bd4 Qd8 17. bxa6 bxa6 {Aranovitch,G (2060)-Touboulic, J (1850) France 1998 1-0 (44)}) 3... Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd7 5. Bxc6 Bxc6 {0.16/29} ({ Better is} 5... bxc6 $15 {-0.39/26} 6. O-O Qc7) 6. Qe2 {-0.64/24} ({White should try} 6. Ne5 $11 {0.16/29}) 6... Nf6 {0.30/28} (6... e6 $15 {-0.64/24}) 7. Nc3 {-0.70/23} (7. Ne5 $11 {0.30/28}) 7... e6 {-0.10/29} (7... d4 $15 { -0.70/23} 8. exd4 cxd4) 8. Ng5 $2 {-2.54/22 [#]} (8. O-O $11 {-0.10/29 and White is okay.}) 8... Be7 $2 {-0.94/29} (8... d4 $1 $19 {-2.54/22 has better winning chances.} 9. exd4 cxd4) 9. Nxf7 $2 {-4.31/25} (9. d4 $17 {-0.94/29 is tougher.}) 9... Kxf7 $19 10. d3 d4 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Bxe4 13. Qh5+ Bg6 14. Qf3+ Ke8 15. exd4 cxd4 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Qb3 Qd5 18. Qxd5 exd5 19. h3 Rf8 20. O-O Bf6 21. Bf4 Rc8 22. Kh1 Kd7 23. Rac1 Rfe8 24. b3 d3 25. Rcd1 dxc2 26. Rxd5+ Ke7 27. Re1+ Kf8 28. Bd6+ Kg8 29. Rc1 Red8 30. Kh2 Be7 31. b4 Rxd6 {-16.88/33} ( 31... Bxd6+ $142 {-#14/31} 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. g4 Rd1 34. Rxc2 Bxc2 35. Kg3 Bxa4 36. f3 Rd4 37. b5 Rc3 38. g5 Bd1 39. b6 axb6 40. Kf2 Rd2+ 41. Ke1 Rcc2 42. g6 hxg6 43. f4 Bf3 44. h4 Rd1#) 32. Re5 Bf6 33. Ree1 Rd1 34. Rexd1 cxd1=Q 35. Rxc8+ Kf7 {Black mates.} 36. Rc7+ Be7 37. Rxb7 Qd6+ 38. Kg1 Kg8 39. f4 Bf8 40. Rxa7 Qxf4 41. Ra8 Qxb4 42. Kh2 Qb7 43. Rxf8+ Kxf8 44. h4 Qb4 45. h5 Qf4+ 46. Kg1 Be4 47. h6 Qg4 48. hxg7+ Kxg7 49. Kf2 Qxg2+ 50. Ke3 Qf3+ 51. Kd4 Bc2 52. a5 Ba4 53. a6 Qc6 54. Ke5 Kf7 55. a7 Ke7 56. a8=Q Qxa8 57. Kd4 Qa5 58. Ke4 Ke6 59. Kd3 {Accuracy: White = 6%, Black = 36%. An unexpected result.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Chessmaster 8000 Rated Game"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.02.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Cole"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 {A06 Réti Opening} 2. e3 c5 {A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5} 3. a4 $146 (3. Ne5 a6 4. f4 (4. d4 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O c4 7. Be2 f6 8. Nf3 b5 9. c3 Qc7 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Qc2 Qc6 12. Re1 Nd7 13. Bf1 f5 14. Ng5 Ke7 15. f4 Ngf6 16. Ndf3 h6 17. Nh3 Ne4 18. Nf2 g5 {Albin,A-Marco,G Monte Carlo 1902 1-0 (35)}) 4... Nc6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O f5 9. c3 Nf6 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Ndf3 O-O 12. Ng5 Qc8 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Ngf3 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 c4 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Nf3 b5 {Albin,A-Marco,G Karlstad 1901 0-1 (37)}) (3. c4 Nf6 (3... e6 4. Nc3 d4 5. exd4 cxd4 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. a3 e5 8. d3 f5 9. b4 a6 10. g3 Be7 11. Bg2 Bf6 12. O-O Nh6 13. Nd2 O-O 14. c5 Be6 15. Qc2 g5 16. Rb1 Rc8 17. b5 axb5 18. Rxb5 { Fazekas,S-Alekhine,A Podebrady 1936 0-1 (36)}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. a3 Nc6 6. Qc2 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Nf6 10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 Qc7 12. Ba2 Bd7 13. Nc3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Be8 16. Rd3 Rd7 17. d5 exd5 {Kozul,Z (2580)-Simic,D (2330) Maribor 1996 1-0}) (3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Bxb5 5. cxb5 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2 Nbd7 9. d4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. a4 a6 13. Bc3 Qb6 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. Bd4 Qd8 17. bxa6 bxa6 {Aranovitch,G (2060)-Touboulic, J (1850) France 1998 1-0 (44)}) 3... Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 {0.15/27} (5... Bf5 $142 {-0.26/24}) 6. Nc3 {-0.37/25} (6. d4 $11 {0.15/27}) 6... Nc6 7. g4 { -0.59/21} ({Better is} 7. O-O $11 {0.00/30}) 7... Bg6 $15 8. Nb5 {-2.03/22} (8. Nh4 $15 {-0.70/28}) 8... e5 9. g5 {-2.01/23} (9. d3 $17 {-1.30/28}) 9... Nd7 { aiming for ...a6.} 10. d3 e4 {-1.01/29} (10... Be7 $19 {-1.72/24} 11. Nc3 d4) 11. dxe4 {-1.57/25} ({White should play} 11. Nh4 {-1.01/29}) 11... Bxe4 { -1.00/27} ({Black should try} 11... dxe4 {-1.57/25} 12. Nh4 a6 13. Nxg6 hxg6) 12. c4 dxc4 13. a5 $2 {-2.97/24 [#]} (13. O-O $17 {-1.00/26}) 13... Be7 $2 { -0.91/25} (13... Nxa5 $19 {-2.97/24 and Black stays clearly on top.} 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nb3) 14. a6 {-1.87/25} (14. Nc3 $17 {-0.91/25} Bxf3 15. Bxf3) 14... bxa6 {-1.13/26} (14... Nde5 $19 {-1.87/25} 15. Nxe5 Bxh1 16. axb7 Qxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Rb8 18. Nxc4 O-O) 15. Rxa6 $2 {-3.36/22} (15. Nc3 $17 {-1.13/26 was called for.} Bg6 16. Bxc4) 15... Nb4 $19 16. Rd6 Bxd6 $4 {3.50/24} (16... Qa5 $19 {-3.54/27 avoids the disaster.} 17. Bxc4 Nb6) 17. Nxd6+ $18 Kf8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nd3+.} 18. Nxe4 Nb6 19. Nxc5 Qxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Na2 { 5.07/24} (20... Rc8 $142 {3.58/29}) 21. Bd2 {White is clearly winning.} Na4 { 10.75/22} (21... Nd5 $142 {5.02/29} 22. Ne5 Ke7) 22. Bxa4 Rb8 23. Nd7+ Ke8 24. Nxb8+ Ke7 25. Nc6+ Ke6 26. Nfd4+ {Accuracy: White = 16%, Black = 13%.} 1-0 [Event "Chessmaster 8000 Rated Game"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.03.28"] [Round "?"] [White "Cole"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A06"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "3.??.??"] 1. Nf3 d5 {A06 Réti Opening} 2. e3 c5 {A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5} 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bd3 (4. Qe2 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8. d3 O-O 9. e4 d4 10. Nb1 e5 11. a4 Ne8 12. Na3 Nd6 13. Nd2 a6 14. Nac4 Nxc4 15. dxc4 f5 16. a5 Bh6 17. Ra3 Qe7 18. exf5 gxf5 {Hera,I (2544)-Rublevsky,S (2676) Khanty Mansiysk 2007 1/2-1/2 (50)}) 4... Nf6 $146 (4... Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ng5 e5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne2 h6 10. Nf3 e4 11. Nfg1 O-O 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 a4 14. d3 Re8 15. Ng3 exd3 16. cxd3 a3 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Nh5 Qc3+ 19. Kf1 {Chethan, H-Thejkumar,M (2493) Bengaluru 2018 0-1}) 5. Ne5 Nc6 {-0.45/29} (5... Qc7 $17 { -0.90/23} 6. f4 Nc6) 6. Nxf7 $2 {-4.33/24} (6. Nxd7 $15 {-0.45/29} Qxd7 7. b3) 6... Kxf7 $19 7. Bb5 a6 8. Bd3 {Black is winning.} c4 9. Be2 g6 10. h3 Bg7 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Nxd5 {-6.15/23} (12. O-O $142 {-4.06/27}) 12... Nxd5 13. Bxc4 e6 14. d4 b5 15. Bd3 Kg8 16. Bd2 Rc8 17. Be4 Ncb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. O-O Bc6 20. Qg4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 e5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 $2 {-3.03/29} (22... Rc4 {-8.16/25} 23. Qb7 Nxc2) 23. Qxb4 Rxc2 24. Qg4 $2 {-4.84/25} (24. Qb3+ {-2.88/28 was called for.} Rc4 25. a4) 24... Rec5 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Rad1 Qc8 $4 {5.60/26} (26... Qf6 $19 { -4.15/30 and all is fine.} 27. Qxf6 Bxf6) 27. Qe7 $18 {[#] White wants to mate with Rd8+.} Bxb2 28. Rd8+ Qxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. Rd1 {[#] Threatening mate with Rd7.} Rc8 33. Rd7 R2c7 34. Qf7# {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 15%.} 1-0 [Event "Yahoo"] [Site "?"] [Date "2008.01.12"] [Round "?"] [White "luckswell2000s"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "50"] 1. Nf3 d5 {A06 Réti Opening} 2. e3 c5 {A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5} 3. Bd3 (3. c4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. a3 Nc6 6. Qc2 e6 7. Bc4 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Nf6 10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 Qc7 12. Ba2 Bd7 13. Nc3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Bg5 Be8 16. Rd3 Rd7 17. d5 exd5 {Kozul,Z (2580)-Simic,D (2330) Maribor 1996 1-0}) 3... Nc6 $146 ( 3... Nf6 4. O-O Nc6 5. c3 e5 6. c4 e4 7. Bc2 exf3 8. Qxf3 dxc4 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Qg3 Bd6 11. Qh4 O-O 12. f3 Be6 13. Ne4 h6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. d4 cxd3 16. Bb3 c4 17. Ba4 Qb4 18. Bxc6 {Munevar Castillo,P-Acosta,J (1638) Gachantiva 2016 0-1}) 4. Ng5 e5 5. Nxf7 Kxf7 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Bxg6+ hxg6 8. Qxh8 {Black is clearly winning.} Bg7 9. Qh7 Nf6 10. Qh4 d4 {-2.22/26} (10... Bf5 $142 {-4.48/23} 11. Na3 Qe7) 11. O-O $19 dxe3 $2 {-0.28/26 [#]} ({Black should try} 11... Be6 $19 { -2.67/24 Hoping for ...c4.} 12. d3 Qh8 13. Qxh8 Rxh8) 12. dxe3 {-1.47/25} (12. fxe3 $11 {-0.28/26} Kg8 13. Nc3) 12... Be6 13. Nd2 {-1.79/24} (13. Nc3 $17 { -1.20/28 was called for.}) 13... Qd7 {-1.19/27} (13... Qd6 $19 {-1.79/24} 14. h3 Rh8) 14. Nf3 Rh8 {Black has strong compensation.} 15. Ng5+ {[#]} Ke7 { -0.80/28} (15... Ke8 $142 $1 {-1.56/24} 16. Qa4 Bf5) 16. Qg3 $17 Nh5 {-0.09/28} ({Black should play} 16... Bf5 $17 {-1.07/23} 17. f3 Bxc2) 17. Qf3 $11 Rf8 { 0.44/27} (17... Bc4 $15 {-0.41/27} 18. Rd1 Qf5 19. Qxf5 gxf5) 18. Qe2 $14 a6 $2 {1.86/24} (18... Rd8 $11 {0.00/28 and Black has nothing to worry.}) 19. Nxe6 $2 {-0.43/27} (19. b3 $18 {1.86/24}) 19... Qxe6 $15 20. b3 {-0.41/26} (20. f3 $11 {0.00/28 is superior.}) 20... e4 $36 {Black is pushing.} 21. Rb1 {-0.84/25} ( 21. Ba3 $11 {0.00/26 remains equal.}) 21... Ne5 {0.53/28} (21... Be5 $17 { -0.84/25}) 22. f3 $2 {-1.19/24} (22. Ba3 $1 $14 {0.53/28 keeps the upper hand.} ) 22... exf3 $17 23. gxf3 Qh3 {0.10/25} (23... Kd7 $17 {-0.98/24}) 24. Rf2 $2 { -9.47/27} (24. f4 $11 {0.10/25} Rh8 25. Qg2 (25. fxe5 Ng3 $15) 25... Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2) 24... Nxf3+ 25. Kh1 Ng3# {Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 22%.} 0-1

Chess960 SP382

I thought yesterday that I would have been able to continue posting some of my chess games today but it seems that time just flies too fast and other things took too long in order for me to do so. As chess960 has been a backup plan for me at times, I thought I would be at least able to post a game from a starting position I had not featured before which I luckily found before this day ended. Tomorrow should be more normal day for me but plans might change if something happens that disrupts the normal way of things. I might post a mix of chess and chess960 games tomorrow but I can't say it for certain at this time. The game below was a challenge from my opponent. This game showed once more that I should be more aware of the board from move one. I obviously was not even considering the fact that my opponent could threaten something after his first move. I guess I have played chess too much that when I play chess960, I try to play it too similarly and can't see threats that "normally" should not be possible. After two moves I was down a pawn and the exchange, so pretty much a resignable position but I thought to continue a few more moves. I did have some compensation for the material, my lead in development, but obviously it was not enough. Actually it was my opponent who offered the draw, mainly because he thought that the position is a bit stuck but I would have probably played on if I were him. I was happy to agree to a draw obviously in this friendly game against a good player whose rating at the moment might be lower than mine but that might change. I played an over the board blitz game against him today and lost. Well, I am not that good at blitz even though my national blitz rating is higher than my standard rating. I have added one mate in one, two mate in twos, one mate in three and one mate in six puzzle.

A43 Schmid Benoni (1.d4 c5 2.Nf3 cxd4 3.Nxd4 e5)

Today I had to do something that I do not normally do, due to time restraints. I skipped a few games in my database in order to reach this game in time, so I could get a post done today. I did check the opening on those skipped games and as they did not offer anything new, I had to leave them for now. I will go through them eventually, maybe even tomorrow but today I just did not have enough time. The game below was played in the first round of the Maximum ! tournament that is held at Chess.com. I am currently on eight place and I have gathered 10,5 points. I have still six games left to play in round one and if I win all of them, I will finish third and that would mean that I would advance to the second round. Even though I do not look forward on advancing to the second round in this tournament, I will not lose on purpose just to avoid that. I have added two mate in ones, one mate in two, one mate in three and one mate in five.

[Event "Maximum ! - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "jfl2011"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A43"] [WhiteElo "1909"] [BlackElo "1580"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 c5 {A43 Benoni Defense: General} 2. Nf3 cxd4 3. Nxd4 e5 {A43 Schmid Benoni} 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 {0.67/19} (5... Nc6 $11 {0.01/25} 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Qb3 Nxd4 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. cxd4 Nd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 f6 13. Bf4 d6 14. e3 Be6 15. Bb5+ Kf7 16. c4 g5 17. Bg3 h5 18. h4 d5 19. cxd5 Bb4+ 20. Ke2 Bxd5 {Ochirbat,L (1951)-Tuvsanaa,N (2210) Ulaanbaatar 2016 0-1 (43)}) 6. e3 { -0.25/19} ({Better is} 6. Bf4 $1 $14 {0.67/19}) (6. c4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 Nf6 9. e3 O-O 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Bc4 Qg5 13. Bf1 Bg4 14. Nde2 Bxe2 15. Bxe2 Nc6 16. O-O Ne5 17. h3 Nf3+ 18. Bxf3 exf3 19. g3 Qf5 20. Kh2 Rfd8 {Degue,S (1582)-Zito,A (1629) Salta Teresita 2016 0-1 (34)}) 6... Nf6 7. Be2 { -0.90/19} (7. c4 $1 $11 {0.10/20}) 7... Bb4+ $146 {0.01/21} (7... Bc5 $17 { -0.90/19}) (7... a6 8. O-O Bd6 9. h3 O-O 10. Bd2 Qe7 11. f4 exf3 12. Nxf3 Re8 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. Qc1 Nc6 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qc2 Nxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Qe5 18. Kf1 Qh2 19. Qc1 Qh1+ 20. Ke2 Qxg2+ {0-1 (20) Deakne Baranyai,A (2005)-Debreceni,M (1864) Hungary 2012}) 8. Bd2 $11 {The position is equal.} Bc5 9. Nb3 {-0.68/23} (9. c4 $11 {-0.10/23}) 9... O-O $2 {4.69/19 [#]} (9... Be7 $15 {-0.68/23 keeps the upper hand.}) 10. Nxc5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} a6 11. O-O Qd6 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Bc3 Bd7 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 b5 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Nb3 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Qxg4 {Accuracy: White = 28%, Black = 8%.} 1-0

B08 Pirc Defence: Classical System (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 7.Be3)

The game I will share with you today was played in a team match called ♔ Chess Without Limits ♔ vs "MONIKA". It is played between Limitless Chess and "MONIKA" on 35 boards. I played on board 3 for Limitless Chess. I lost my other game against asahmd, so I did okay on board 3 against a higher rated opponent. The match is not yet decided but it is a close one. The current score is 34,5 - 32,5 in favor of Limitless Chess, so we need one more point to win the match. I have added one mate in one, two mate in twos, one mate in three and one mate in four puzzle today.

[Event "♔ Chess Without Limits ♔ vs "M"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.03.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "asahmd"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "1919"] [BlackElo "1985"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 (1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 {0-1 (27) Simeonidis,I (2260) -Gelashvili,T (2360) Ikaros 1997}) (1. d4 d6 {1/2-1/2 (134) Kononenko,D (2574) -Andriasian,Z (2564) ICC INT 2009}) 1... d6 2. d4 Nf6 (2... g6) 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 (4. Nf3 Bg7 {1-0 (50) Perez Gormaz,M (2327)-Araujo,J (2205) Praia da Pipa 2014}) 4... Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 {B08 Pirc Defense: Classical Variation. Quiet System Parma Defense} 7. Be3 {0.42/23 B08 Pirc Defence: Classical System} (7. a4 $16 {0.99/22}) 7... Bxf3 8. Bxf3 {[#] Strongly threatening e5.} c6 { 1.22/19} (8... e5 $14 {0.52/22} 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Rfd1 Nbd7 (11... Nc6 12. Nb5 Ne8 13. Be2 a6 14. Nc3 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Rc1 Nd4 17. Bf1 Bf8 18. Nd5 Ne6 19. Rb1 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. f3 c6 22. Ne3 Rd2 23. b4 Ne6 24. Rc1 Nd6 25. a4 f6 26. Bd3 {Perez Gormaz,M (2327)-Araujo,J (2205) Praia da Pipa 2014 1-0 (50)}) 12. Rd2 Nb6 13. Rxd8+ Rxd8 14. Bxb6 axb6 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Bxd1 c6 17. f3 Bh6 18. Kf2 Bc1 19. b3 Bb2 20. Ne2 Nd7 21. Ke3 b5 22. c3 Ba3 23. b4 c5 {Kononenko,D (2574)-Andriasian,Z (2564) ICC INT 2009 1/2-1/2 (134)}) 9. Qd2 $146 {0.66/21} (9. a4 $16 {1.22/19} a5 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Bg2 Qc7 12. f4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. f5 Rfd8 15. Qe2 Qd6 16. b3 Bf8 17. g4 Qe7 18. Bf3 h6 19. Qg2 g5 20. h4 Nh7 21. Be2 Qf6 22. hxg5 Nxg5 23. Bc4 Bc5 24. Qg3 {Simeonidis,I (2260) -Gelashvili,T (2360) Ikaros 1997 0-1}) 9... Re8 {1.14/21} (9... Nbd7 $14 { 0.66/21}) 10. Rad1 e5 {2.27/21} (10... Nbd7 $16 {0.82/22}) 11. dxe5 $18 Rxe5 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Re6 {2.81/22} (13... Nbd7 $142 {1.74/24} 14. Rfd1 Nf8) 14. Rd8+ Re8 15. Rfd1 Na6 16. Rxe8+ Nxe8 17. Bd4 {1.30/25} (17. Rd7 $18 { 2.59/23}) 17... Bxd4 $16 18. Rxd4 Kf8 19. Kf1 Ke7 20. Bg4 {1.22/24} ({White should try} 20. Ke2 $18 {1.63/21}) 20... Nf6 {1.69/22} (20... Nc5 $16 {1.22/24} 21. f4 h5) 21. Bh3 $18 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 {Endgame KBN-KNN} 23. Ke2 Nh5 24. g3 f6 25. a3 Ke7 {2.53/21} (25... Nc7 {1.88/26 keeps fighting.} 26. f4 Ng7) 26. Bc8 Nb8 27. Bxb7 Kd8 28. Na4 Kc7 29. Nc5 a5 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Ng7 32. Kd3 Ne8 33. Ba6 Nxa6 34. Nxa6+ {KN-KN} Kb6 35. Nc5 Kb5 36. c3 h6 37. f4 Kb6 38. Ne6 Nd6 39. c4 {[#] And now c5+ would win.} Nf7 40. Kd4 g5 41. e5 gxf4 42. gxf4 fxe5+ 43. fxe5 Nh8 44. Nf8 {White wants to mate with e6.} Kc7 45. Kc5 Nf7 46. e6 Nd6 47. e7 Ne8 48. b5 {White mates.} cxb5 49. cxb5 h5 50. b6+ Kb7 51. Ne6 Kc8 52. Kc6 h4 53. Nd4 Nf6 54. Nf5 Kb8 55. Nd6 {Accuracy: White = 67%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

C18 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7.h4 and 7.Qg4 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Qxg7 Rg8 9.Qxh7 cxd4 10.Ne2 dxc3 11.f4 Bd7 12.Qd3 Nbc6 13.Rb1 Nf5 14.Qxc3 O-O-O)

This was played in the second round of the French 2014 thematic tournament at Chess.com. The second round is still in progress and I have two games left to finish. I have only gathered two points so far and I am on fourth place in this five player group. If I were to win my remaining games, I could have chances to get to third place and that would enable me to continue my way to the third round. However, it is something that I would like to avoid. I am still in the process of reducing my game load, though it does momentarily increase from time to time due to tournaments going to the next round and some important team matches. In the game below I started to get in trouble after my move 15...Nh4, which apparently was a novelty and not a good one at that. After that the position started to get more and more difficult for me to play and I tried to fight on but to no avail. The group #2 is the group I am playing in and it will be won by NM Ejarov but who will be finishing second, third or fourth is still unclear. Lasker64 is on second place with four points and one game left to finish, albatros1 is on third place with two points and four games left to finish. I have added one mate in one, two mate in threes and two mate in five puzzles.

[Event "French 2014 - Round 2"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.01.06"] [Round "?"] [White "Lasker64"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C18"] [WhiteElo "1983"] [BlackElo "1910"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 {Thematic Game - This is the starting position.} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 (4... Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 {1/2-1/2 (53) Ankerst,M (2270)-Bukal,V (2335) Bled 1995}) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 (6... Qc7 7. Qg4 {0-1 (30) Lovas,M (2042)-Csatlos,B (2169) Hungary 2015}) 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 {C18 French Defense: Winawer Variation. Poisoned Pawn Variation Main Line} dxc3 (10... Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 (11... Bd7 12. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 (53) Ankerst,M (2270) -Bukal,V (2335) Bled 1995}) 12. Qd3 {0-1 (30) Lovas,M (2042)-Csatlos,B (2169) Hungary 2015}) 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3 Nbc6 13. Rb1 (13. Qxc3 Nf5 {0-1 (30) Lovas,M (2042)-Csatlos,B (2169) Hungary 2015} (13... O-O-O 14. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 (53) Ankerst,M (2270)-Bukal,V (2335) Bled 1995})) 13... Nf5 14. Qxc3 O-O-O {1.34/23 C18 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7.h4 and 7.Qg4} (14... d4 $11 {0.22/23 keeps the balance.} 15. Qd3 Nce7) 15. h3 $16 (15. g3 d4 16. Qc5 b6 17. Qc4 Nce7 18. Qxc7+ Kxc7 19. Bg2 Ba4 20. Be4 Bc6 21. Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Kd2 Na5 23. Rb4 Rd5 24. Rg1 Nc6 25. Rb3 Rc5 26. Rd3 Rh8 27. h4 b5 28. c3 dxc3+ 29. Nxc3 Ncd4 {Ankerst, M (2270)-Bukal,V (2335) Bled 1995 1/2-1/2 (53)}) 15... Nh4 $146 {1.91/22} ( 15... d4 $16 {1.07/23 was worth a try.} 16. Qc4 (16. Qc5 Be8 17. g4 Rd5 18. Qc4 Nh4 19. Ng3 Qa5+ 20. Kf2 Rc5 21. Qb3 Nd8 22. Ne4 Ba4 23. Nxc5 Bxb3 24. Nxb3 Qd5 25. Rg1 Qf3+ 26. Ke1 Qe4+ 27. Kd1 Nf5 28. Bd3 Ne3+ 29. Ke2 Qxf4 30. Nxd4 Qh2+ { Lovas,M (2042)-Csatlos,B (2169) Hungary 2015 0-1}) (16. Qd3 Na5 17. g4 Ba4 ( 17... Bc6 18. Rh2 Nh4 19. Rf2 a6 20. Ng3 Bb5 21. Qd2 Nc4 22. Qb4 Ne3 23. Rb2 Bxf1 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. Rxf1 Rd2 26. Rh1 Nf3+ 27. Kf1 Rf2# {0-1 (27) Ginburg,V (2012)-Letov,P (2158) St Petersburg 2009}) 18. Rb2 Ne3 19. Bxe3 dxe3 20. Qc3 Bc6 21. Rh2 Qe7 22. g5 Qd7 23. Rb1 Nc4 24. Ng3 Nd2 25. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 26. Qxd2 exd2+ 27. Kd1 Rd4 28. Rb4 Rgd8 29. c3 Ba4+ 30. Rxa4 Rxa4 {Rubio Melo, H-Casallas Abril,D (1990) Bogota 2009 0-1 (31)}) 16... Na5 17. Qxc7+ Kxc7) 16. g3 $18 Nf5 17. Bg2 {1.15/25} (17. Kf2 $18 {2.12/20}) 17... Rg7 {1.82/20} (17... Kb8 $16 {1.15/25 keeps fighting.}) 18. Rg1 Rdg8 {2.00/21} (18... Na5 $16 { 1.58/24}) 19. g4 Nh4 {2.17/20} (19... Na5 $142 {1.62/24} 20. Qxc7+ Kxc7) 20. Bh1 Ng6 {2.75/20} (20... Na5 $142 {1.83/23} 21. Qxc7+ Kxc7) 21. Be3 Rh7 22. Bc5 Rgh8 {2.79/21} (22... Na5 $142 {1.90/23}) 23. Rg3 $1 b6 $2 {5.57/19 [#]} (23... Qa5 {2.47/22} 24. Bg2 Qxc3+ 25. Rxc3 b6) 24. Bd6 Qb7 25. a4 Kd8 26. a5 Qa6 { 5.72/19} (26... b5 $142 {3.98/23} 27. Bg2 a6) 27. Ra1 bxa5 28. Bg2 Nh4 {6.07/17 } (28... Qb6 $142 {4.15/22} 29. Qa3 Nb4) 29. Bf1 {White is clearly winning.} Qb6 30. Bc5 Qb7 31. Nd4 Ng6 32. Rf3 Nh4 33. Re3 Ng6 34. Rf3 Nh4 35. Rf2 Rh6 36. Nb5 Bc8 37. Nd6 Qd7 38. Bb5 Bb7 39. Rxa5 {Accuracy: White = 68%, Black = 7%.} 1-0

C68 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation, sidelines (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bd6 6.d4 f6 7.dxe5 fxe5 8.Nxe5)

This game is taken from a team match called CHOCOLATE II vs LATINO. The match is played on 58 boards and I am playing on board 4 for CHOCOLATE II. The winner of the match is clear even though not all games have finished because the score in the match is 49 - 63 in favor of Latino. There were quite many timeouts in this match unfortunately on both sides. My game load is still a bit too much, I have at the moment 152 games in progress and it will actually increase by a few games in the near future at least momentarily. In one of my games I encountered something silly awhile back. I offered a draw in a position where I had a pawn and a king and my opponent had only his king left and my opponent refused the draw!! The reason why I offered the draw was because I knew the position was completely drawn and nothing I could do would change that. My only hope to win that game would be if my opponent ran out of time. More importantly though, he can't win that position... Even if my time would run out, it would still be a draw because he does not have enough material to mate me. I send another draw offer few moves later but it might be that he does not accept that either... Well, the game will be drawn by force in a few moves anyway, so it does not matter all that much. I have added one mate in one, one mate in two, one mate in three, one mate in seven and one mate in nine puzzle today.

Game number two. This is the 24th game in the 100 game match between me and Tomi. The match is played with 15 minute time controls and the first 20 games were played in 2013. I had a good winning streak at this point in the match and I took the lead in the match with a score of 12.5 - 11.5 after this game.

[Event "CHOCOLATE II vs LATINO - Board 4"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.02.20"] [Round "?"] [White "JMcito"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "1924"] [BlackElo "1923"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 {C68 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation. King's Bishop Variation} (5... f6 6. d4 {1/2-1/2 (40) Bednarski,J-Ziembinski,M Poznan 1971}) 6. d4 f6 7. dxe5 fxe5 8. Nxe5 $1 { C68 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation, sidelines} Nf6 {2.28/18} (8... Qh4 $142 { 1.65/20}) (8... Bxe5 9. Qh5+) 9. Nc4 {1.04/23} (9. Nd3 $18 {2.28/18 is more deadly.} Be7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Qe2 Qd6 13. f4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 c5 15. Nd5 c4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Ne5 b5 18. Rad1 g5 19. g3 Qg7 20. Kh1 Bh3 21. Rg1 Rad8 22. Rd2 c5 23. Rgd1 Rxd2 24. Qxd2 {Poling,S (1918)-Wonsever,J (1636) San Francisco 2016 0-1 (39)}) 9... Be7 {1.71/20} (9... O-O $16 {1.04/23}) (9... Bc5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne5 Kc8 13. Nd3 Ba7 14. Re1 Rf8 15. Be3 b6 16. f3 Kb7 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. b3 h6 19. Na4 g5 20. h3 c5 21. c4 Nh5 22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Nf2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 {Kolas,T (2181)-Ofstad,P (2196) Oslo 2002 1/2-1/2 (40)}) 10. Nc3 $146 {1.27/24} (10. Qxd8+ $18 {1.71/20} Bxd8 11. f3 b6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Ne5 c5 14. Nc6 Kd7 15. Nxd8 Raxd8 16. Nc3 b5 17. Rfd1+ Kc6 18. b3 a5 19. Bg5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Nd7 21. a4 bxa4 22. Nxa4 c4 23. bxc4 Bxc4 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Bd2 Nb6 26. Kf2 {Bednarski,J-Ziembinski,M Poznan 1971 1/2-1/2 (40)}) 10... O-O {White is better.} 11. Be3 {0.75/24} (11. Qxd8 $18 {1.63/19 and White stays clearly on top.} Bxd8 12. Ne5) 11... Qe8 {1.33/21} (11... Qxd1 $142 {0.75/24} 12. Raxd1 ( 12. Rfxd1 Be6 $14) 12... Ng4) 12. Qe2 {-0.16/21} (12. a3 $16 {1.33/21}) 12... Bb4 {1.25/18} (12... b5 $1 $11 {-0.16/21 keeps the balance.}) 13. f3 {0.74/23} (13. Nd2 $142 {1.25/18} Be6 14. f3) 13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Be6 $2 {2.38/20} (14... b6 $16 {0.80/23}) 15. Na5 $2 {0.63/23} (15. Bc5 $18 {2.38/20}) 15... b6 $14 16. Nb3 $36 {0.70/24 White has the initiative.} ({White should play} 16. Nc4 $16 { 1.19/19}) 16... c5 {1.19/20} (16... Qf7 $14 {0.70/24}) 17. Rfd1 {0.42/23} (17. Nc1 $16 {1.19/20}) 17... Nh5 {0.87/20} (17... Qe7 $14 {0.42/23}) 18. a4 Qf7 { 1.60/20} (18... a5 $1 $14 {0.51/23}) 19. a5 $1 $16 Rfb8 {2.17/21} (19... Bc4 $16 {1.60/22 might work better.} 20. Qe1 Nf4) 20. axb6 cxb6 {2.44/18} (20... Bc4 $142 {1.86/23} 21. Qd2 cxb6) 21. Rxa6 $18 Bxb3 22. cxb3 Qxb3 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rxa6.} 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Qd2 Nf6 {3.79/19} (24... Qc4 $142 { 2.67/25} 25. e5 Rf8 26. Qd5+ Qxd5 27. Rxd5 Nf4) 25. Bg5 Rf8 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 { Endgame KQR-KQR} 27. Qd8+ Rf8 28. Qd5+ Qxd5 29. Rxd5 $16 {KR-KR} Rb8 {1.88/22} (29... Ra8 $16 {1.43/26} 30. Kf2 Ra3) 30. Kf2 Rb7 {2.78/24} (30... Ra8 $142 { 1.77/26} 31. Rd6 Ra2+ 32. Kg3 Rb2) 31. Rf5 {1.40/27} (31. f4 $18 {2.78/24}) 31... g6 32. Rd5 Kf7 {2.43/25} (32... Ra7 $142 {1.78/27} 33. Rd8+ Kg7) 33. Ke3 Ke6 {3.14/26} (33... Ra7 $142 {2.05/26} 34. Kf4 Ke6) 34. f4 Ra7 35. Kd3 { 1.49/26} (35. g4 $18 {2.94/22}) 35... Ra2 {2.71/20} (35... h5 $16 {1.49/26} 36. Rg5 Kf6) 36. g4 $1 $18 Rxh2 37. Kc4 $2 {0.00/32} (37. f5+ $18 {1.91/22} Ke7 38. e5) 37... Rb2 $2 {2.61/22} (37... Rh4 $11 {0.00/32}) 38. f5+ $1 gxf5 {3.25/21} (38... Ke7 $142 {2.29/24} 39. Re5+ Kf7) 39. exf5+ $2 {0.16/27} (39. gxf5+ $18 { 3.25/21} Ke7 40. Re5+ Kf8 41. Re6) 39... Ke7 $2 {2.83/24} (39... Kf6 $1 $11 { 0.16/27}) 40. g5 $1 Rg2 41. f6+ $1 Ke6 {[#] And now ...Rg4+ would win.} 42. Rf5 $1 {f7! is the strong threat.} Kf7 (42... Kxf5 43. f7) 43. Kb5 {0.15/25} (43. Rd5 $16 {0.92/29}) 43... Rb2+ $2 {2.55/22} (43... Rg3 $1 $11 {0.15/25 and Black stays safe.}) 44. Kc6 Rb3 $2 {8.01/22} (44... b5 {2.33/27} 45. Kxc5 (45. Rxc5 b4 $18) 45... Rb3) 45. c4 Rb4 46. Rf4 $2 {1.04/26} (46. Re5 $18 {7.01/27}) 46... Rb3 $2 {10.24/26} (46... b5 $16 {1.04/26}) 47. Re4 Kg6 48. Re8 Rf3 49. Kxb6 $2 {0.39/25} (49. Rg8+ $18 {6.91/23} Kh5 50. Kxb6) 49... Rf5 $2 {4.66/26} ({Black should try} 49... Kxg5 $14 {0.39/25} 50. Rg8+ (50. Kxc5 Rxf6 51. Kd5 h5 $11) 50... Kh4) 50. Rg8+ Kf7 51. Rg7+ Kf8 52. Kc6 {Black must now prevent Kd6.} Ke8 $2 {#17/25} (52... h6 $18 {3.47/28} 53. Kd7 Rxg5) 53. Kd6 {White mates.} Kf8 54. Ke6 Rf4 55. Rxh7 {Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 11%.} 1-0 [Event "Challenge 31594751"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.07.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Tocklin, Tomi"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C68"] [WhiteElo "1806"] [BlackElo "1724"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 {C69 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation. Gligoric Variation} (5... Bd6 6. d4 {1-0 (17) Ricci,M (2147)-Lanzani,G (2074) Bratto 2004}) 6. d4 Bd6 7. dxe5 fxe5 8. Nxe5 $1 { C68 Spanish Game: Exchange Variation, sidelines} Nf6 {2.42/18} (8... Qh4 $16 { 1.34/22 was worth a try.}) (8... Bxe5 9. Qh5+) 9. Nf3 {1.36/22} (9. Nd3 $1 $18 {2.42/18}) 9... Bc5 {2.07/19} (9... Be7 $16 {1.36/22}) (9... Nxe4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Qc4+ Nd5 13. Qd3 Bf5 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. c4 Nb4 16. c5+ Nd5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Bf4 {1-0 (21) Burbach,B (1408)-Kulchayodom,P (1246) Vientiane 2018}) 10. Qxd8+ $18 Kxd8 {White is clearly better.} 11. Bg5 Be7 $146 {2.46/19} (11... h6 $16 {1.40/19 was called for.} 12. Bxf6+ (12. Rd1+ Ke8 13. Bh4 Rf8 14. Nc3 Be6 15. Bg3 Rc8 16. Be5 Rf7 17. Bd4 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Ke7 19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. f3 g5 21. Rd2 Nd7 22. Ne2 c5 23. Rad1 Ne5 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 {Kaya,O (1595)-Kavri,Y (1339) Konya 2017 1-0 (56)}) 12... gxf6 13. Nbd2 Ke7 (13... Be6 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Nbd4 Bg4 16. h3 Bh5 17. Rad1 Ke8 18. Nf5 Rg8 19. Kh2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Bc5 21. Rg1 Rxg1 22. Kxg1 Bf8 23. Kg2 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Kg3 Kd7 26. Kg4 Bc5 27. Kh5 Bxf2 28. Kxh6 {Holzmueller,K-Mohapatra,T Chicago 1994 1-0 (35)}) 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. Rfe1 Bf4 16. g3 Bg4 17. Nh4 Be5 {1-0 (17) Ricci,M (2147)-Lanzani,G (2074) Bratto 2004}) 12. e5 {1.15/22} (12. Nc3 $18 {2.46/19}) 12... Nd5 {1.66/19} ( 12... Ne4 $16 {1.15/22}) 13. Rd1 {0.55/23} (13. c4 $18 {1.66/19} Nb6 14. b3) 13... Ke8 {1.37/21} (13... Bxg5 $14 {0.55/23} 14. Nxg5 Ke7) 14. Bxe7 {0.58/20} (14. c4 $16 {1.37/21} Nb6 15. b3) 14... Kxe7 $14 15. Nc3 {0.00/24} (15. Nbd2 $16 {0.96/22}) 15... Nxc3 $11 16. bxc3 Bf5 {0.85/19} (16... Rf8 $11 {0.00/24 remains equal.}) 17. Rd2 {-0.53/23} (17. Nd4 $16 {0.85/19} Rhf8 18. Rab1) 17... h6 $2 {1.03/21 [#]} (17... Rad8 $1 $15 {-0.53/23 stays ahead.}) 18. Rad1 { 0.12/23} ({Better is} 18. Rb1 $16 {1.03/21}) 18... c5 $2 {1.87/22} (18... Be6 $11 {0.12/23 and Black has nothing to worry.}) 19. Rd5 $2 {-0.39/25} (19. Nh4 $1 $18 {1.87/22} Ke6 20. Nxf5 Kxf5 21. Rd7) 19... b6 $1 $15 20. a4 $2 {-2.38/22 } (20. R5d2 $11 {-0.10/25}) 20... Rad8 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 $19 { Endgame KB-KN} 23. Ne1 Ke7 24. f4 Ke6 {-0.95/25} (24... a5 $19 {-2.31/23 and Black stays clearly on top.} 25. c4 Bd7) 25. Kf2 Kd5 26. Ke3 {-1.71/26} (26. g3 $17 {-0.87/27 is a better defense.}) 26... Kc4 {-0.55/27} (26... a5 $19 { -1.71/26} 27. g3 Bd7) 27. Kd2 $15 Bd7 28. h3 {-1.41/24} (28. g3 $15 {-0.67/28}) 28... Bxa4 {-0.85/29} (28... Kd5 $142 {-1.41/24} 29. Nd3 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5) 29. g4 {-1.79/23} (29. f5 $17 {-0.85/29}) 29... Kd5 $1 $19 30. Nd3 {-2.47/21} (30. c4+ {-1.90/27 might work better.} Kxc4 31. Nd3) 30... Ke4 $2 {0.00/26 [#]} ( 30... Bb5 $19 {-2.47/21 White must now prevent ...Ke4.} 31. Nf2 a5) 31. f5 { -0.85/27} (31. c4 $1 $11 {0.00/26 keeps the balance.}) 31... c4 {0.00/26} ( 31... Bb5 $1 $17 {-0.85/27 ...Bxd3 is the strong threat.} 32. e6 a5) 32. f6 $1 $11 ({Of course not} 32. Nb2 Bc6 $17) 32... gxf6 33. exf6 Be8 34. Nf2+ $2 { -3.38/25} (34. Nb4 $1 $11 {0.00/26}) 34... Kf3 {-1.40/30} (34... Ke5 $19 { -3.38/25 has better winning chances.} 35. Nd1 Kxf6) 35. Nd1 $17 Kg3 {-1.12/28} ({Black should play} 35... Kf4 $19 {-1.66/25} 36. Ne3 Ke5) 36. Ke3 $2 {-5.67/23 } (36. Ne3 $17 {-1.12/28 nothing else works.} Kh4 37. Nxc4) 36... Kxh3 $19 { Black is clearly winning.} 37. Kf4 a5 38. Nb2 b5 39. Kf5 a4 {Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 25%.} 0-1