B92 Sicilian Najdorf: 6.Be2 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.O-O Be7 9.Be3 O-O 10.f4)

It is always nice to play against stronger players and see how well I do against them. I faced more 2000+ players in the past year than I faced in the 13 years that I played chess before that. Obviously the fact that I have increased my rating on different sites has helped me to play against opponents that are increasingly tougher. This does not apply to all my games as I do still have games against much lower rated players but the average rating of the opponents has increased at the same time my rating has gone up. This game was played in a team match called CHRISTMAS CRACKER. It is played between Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy and ♔GM Tiger Genov's chess school♔. I played on board one in this match for Hitchhiker's Guide to The Galaxy and in addition to this loss I got a draw against arjunshenoyk. Actually my opponent offered a draw after his second move. Because the match was already decided by that point, I accepted the draw offer. The score in the match is 30,5 - 66,5 in favor of ♔GM Tiger Genov's chess school♔. If we had any chances to draw or win the match played on 49 boards at the point in time when my opponent offered the draw, I would not have accepted it. In fact, I would not have accepted it even if my game would have been against Magnus Carlsen. I have added one mate in one, one mate in two, one mate in three, one mate in four and one mate in five exercise.

[Event "CHRISTMAS CRACKER - Board 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.12.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "arjunshenoyk"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "1922"] [BlackElo "2312"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 (7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (73) Spaan,N (2119)-Verlinde,T (2294) Belgium 2015}) 8. O-O Be7 {B92 Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. Opocensky Variation Modern Line} 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 {-0.31/20 B92 Sicilian Najdorf: 6.Be2} (10. Qd3 $14 {0.66/21}) 10... b5 {0.60/20} (10... exf4 $1 $15 {-0.31/20} 11. Rxf4 Nc6) 11. Bf3 {-0.45/19} (11. f5 $14 {0.60/20} Bd7 (11... Bc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nd2 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. g4 Bf8 16. g5 Nfd7 17. Nd5 Qc6 18. Rf3 f6 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Rg3+ Kf7 22. Qh5+ Ke7 23. Qxh7+ Kd8 24. Qf7 Nd7 25. Rg8 Kc7 26. Qxc4 {Spaan,N (2119)-Verlinde,T (2294) Belgium 2015 1/2-1/2 (73)}) 12. a4) (11. a3 Nbd7 12. f5 Bc4 13. Nd2 Nb6 14. Kh1 Rc8 15. Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Qf3 h6 18. Rae1 Qa8 19. Bc1 Rfc8 20. g4 Nh7 21. Nd5 Qb7 22. c3 Bg5 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Ng5 25. Qg2 Nxe4 {Gorshechnikov,A (1919)-Kutyanina,M (1902) Tambov 2017 0-1 (74)}) 11... Nbd7 $15 12. f5 {-0.62/21} (12. a3 $11 {-0.09/22}) 12... Bc4 {Black is slightly better.} 13. Be2 $146 {-1.41/20} ({White should try} 13. Re1 $15 {-0.36/23}) (13. Rf2 Nb6 14. Na5 Rc8 15. Rd2 Qc7 16. b3 b4 17. Ne2 Bb5 18. a4 Nxa4 19. bxa4 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qxa5 21. g4 d5 22. exd5 e4 23. d6 exf3 24. Qxf3 Bxd6 25. Rxd6 Qe5 26. Rd2 Qxa1+ 27. Rd1 Qe5 {Eichling,H-Garski,R Worms 1992 0-1}) 13... Qc7 {-0.59/26} (13... b4 $17 {-1.41/20} 14. Bxc4 bxc3) 14. Nd2 {-1.65/19} (14. a3 $15 {-0.59/26}) 14... Bxe2 $19 15. Qxe2 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qxc2 {-0.87/25} (17... Nf6 $1 $19 {-1.79/20 is more deadly.} 18. Qd3 Rac8) 18. b3 Qc7 {-0.74/23} (18... Rfc8 $142 {-1.26/21} 19. Qf3 Qc7) 19. Ne4 {-1.16/20} ({White should play} 19. Rac1 {-0.74/23} Qa5 20. Ne4) 19... Nf6 {-0.40/25} (19... Qb7 $17 {-1.16/20} 20. Qd3 Rfc8) 20. Nxf6+ {-1.55/23} (20. Rac1 $15 {-0.40/25} Qd7 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Rc6) 20... Bxf6 $17 21. Rac1 Qa5 22. Qd2 Rfc8 23. Rc6 Rxc6 24. dxc6 d5 25. Rc1 {[#] aiming for c7.} d4 $1 26. Bf2 Rc8 27. Rc4 $2 {-3.04/19} (27. Qe2 $17 {-1.22/24 only move.}) 27... Be7 { -1.45/22} (27... h6 $19 {-3.04/19} 28. h4 Qb5) 28. Be1 $2 {-3.81/20} (28. Qe2 $17 {-1.45/22}) 28... Qb5 29. Qc2 Qd5 30. c7 d3 31. Qf2 a5 32. Bd2 Bd6 33. Qg3 $2 {-7.04/22} (33. Qb6 {-2.48/24} Kf8 34. Qc6 Qxc6 35. Rxc6 Bxc7 36. Kf2) 33... Rxc7 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 34. Bh6 {[#]} g6 {White must now prevent . ..d2.} 35. Qg5 Bc5+ 36. Kf1 f6 $1 37. Qxf6 d2 {Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 44%.} 0-1