A00 Irregular Openings (1.Nc3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nxe4 e5 4.Bc4 Bf5)

The game below is my 297th finished game from Red Hot Pawn. Once upon a time the site where I had played most of my correspondence chess games was RHP but in the last few months the number one spot has gone quite clearly to Chess.com. There I have played 405 correspondence chess games so far. Red Hot Pawn will always be a special place to me because it was the first site where I ever played correspondence chess and I will continue playing there regularly until who knows how long. This game was played in the third round of the 2014 August Banded Threesomes I 1700-1800 tournament. In round three there is only one group left and whoever wins this group, wins the tournament. This is the first and so far the only game to have finished for me in this round and even though I still have theoretical chances to win the group and the tournament, I think that it is very unlikely thing to happen. At least considering how the other games are going. I advanced from the first round with one other player as we tied on points. The second round was a bit easier for me and I advanced to the third round with relative ease, this time I was the sole winner of the group. During this third round I have even dropped my rating so much at Red Hot Pawn that I am now the weakest player in this round, based on the rating that is. Well, there might not have been that huge drop because I was probably only third highest anyway in this four people group before my rating started to drop.

[Event "Banded Threesomes"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2015.07.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Paullli"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1993"] [BlackElo "1866"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nxe4 e5 4. Bc4 Bf5 {A00 Irregular Openings} 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 (6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. N1e2 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 Nc6 12. f4 Qd7 13. f5 Bh7 14. Ne4 Qe7 15. N2g3 Na5 16. Bb3 Rfd8 17. Bc2 Nc4 18. Qf3 Nd6 19. Qg4 Kh8 20. Nxf6 Qxf6 {Kopecky,P (2285)-Skrivanek,J (2206) Pribram 2000 0-1 (48)}) 6... Bd6 $146 {1.09/22} (6... Nc6 $11 {0.19/27} 7. a3 (7. O-O Bd6 8. Re1 Nge7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxg3 13. Qxd8 Raxd8 14. hxg3 Nf5 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. g4 Nd6 17. Rad1 h6 18. Bh4 a6 19. Bb3 Kh7 20. c4 b6 21. Ba4 Rdd8 {Bierwisch,B (2100)-Abele,A (1950) Ellwangen 2000 1-0}) 7... e4 8. Nh4 Qxh4 9. b4 Nf6 10. Bb2 Bd6 11. d4 O-O 12. Nf1 Bh5 13. Qd2 Bf4 14. Qc3 e3 15. g3 exf2+ 16. Kxf2 Qg4 17. d5 Ne4+ 18. Kg2 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Qf3+ 20. Kg1 Be3+ 21. Nxe3 Qxe3+ {Szymanska,I-Starczewska,M (1879) Mazowsze 2010 0-1}) 7. d4 { -0.14/25} (7. O-O $16 {1.09/22}) 7... exd4 {0.69/23} (7... e4 $11 {-0.14/25} 8. Qe2 Qe7) 8. Nxd4 {0.05/26} (8. O-O $14 {0.69/23}) 8... Ne7 {0.50/24} (8... Qe7+ $11 {0.05/26} 9. Be2 Nc6) 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 {-0.03/30} (10. Bg5 $14 {0.46/24 feels stronger.}) 10... h6 $2 {3.80/23} (10... Bc5 $1 $11 {-0.03/30 and Black has nothing to worry.} 11. c3 Bxd4+ 12. Qxd4 (12. cxd4 Nf5 $11) 12... Qxd4+ 13. cxd4 Nf5) 11. f5 $18 Bh7 12. f6 Nec6 {11.63/23} (12... Be5 $142 {4.05/27}) 13. fxg7 {[#] Hoping for Qg4.} Kxg7 14. Qh5 Ne5 15. Bxh6+ Kg8 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 {[#]} 17. Bb3 {8.46/26} (17. Rxf7 $142 $3 {20.15/26} Nxf7 18. Rf1) 17... Bg6 18. Qg5 Kh7 19. Rae1 Nbd7 20. Ngf5 Bc5 21. Rf4 {White threatens Rxe5! and mate.} Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Qc5 23. Qh6+ {Accuracy: White = 39%, Black = 10%.} 1-0