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