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