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