A08 King's Indian Attack (1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Be7)

The game below was played in a team match called OCD BIG XMAS MATCH. It is played on 76 boards between Obsessive Chess Disorder!! and ♞KNIGHTS of the REALM♞. I played on board 15 for OCD and in addition to this loss, I won my other game against Ahmedegyptair. The current score in the match is 79 - 71 in favor of Obsessive Chess Disorder!! which means we have already secured the win in the match. Timeouts and cheating badges raised their ugly heads once more in this match, the latter only seen in our opponent's roster, only on two boards though, but timeouts were the nuisance for both teams.

From time to time I like to check how many games I still have in progress and at the moment the sum from four different sites seem to be 128. I have managed to decrease my game load quite nicely this year but my move speed has not increased in the way I would have liked. This is of course due to the positions I face in these games which are quite tough more often than not, at least to me that is. When I have decreased the amount of games I have in progress enough, I may start increasing it a bit again but only if I can get to face players around my rating or higher rated than me. I think one of the biggest reasons that have been in the way of my chess improvement is that I have been facing opponents that are mostly lower rated than me which has the downside that I do not need to play at all that accurately to win. Maybe that is generalizing a bit too much, it may not always be the case but most of the time it is. I have added two mate in one, one mate in two, one mate in three and one mate in five puzzle today. Until Monday, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "OCD BIG XMAS MATCH - Board 15"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.03.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Ahmedegyptair"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "1858"] [BlackElo "1941"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] {[%evp 11,127,-21,-18,-55,-36,-66,-61,-82,-75,-77,-48,-89,-80,-96,-88,-93,28, -86,0,0,0,-66,-65,-66,-60,-114,-95,-118,-92,-115,-92,-89,-70,-217,-92,-92,-73, -95,-77,-92,0,-218,-218,-215,-201,-237,-233,-303,-260,-265,-191,-192,-168,-181, -198,-203,-190,-237,-227,-220,-175,-169,-85,-80,-59,-146,-179,-179,-189,-189, -187,-283,-279,-322,-93,-80,-4,-105,0,0,0,-285,-282,-256,-238,-235,0,-120,0, -106,203,131,437,469,501,416,629,632,621,651,627,608,584,580,928,853,1435,765, 738,660,29979,29980,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 {A08 King's Indian Attack: Sicilian Variation} Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Be7 { A08 King's Indian Attack} 6. Na3 Nf6 {LiveBook: 18 Games} (6... Bf6 7. e4 d4 8. c3 Nge7 9. cxd4 cxd4 10. Bd2 Ng6 11. h4 Nf8 12. h5 Bg4 13. h6 Qd7 14. Rc1 Ng6 15. Rc5 O-O 16. Qa4 Kh8 17. Rfc1 gxh6 18. Rd5 Qe6 19. Nb5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bg5 21. Qd1 {Podzielny,K (2435)-Dokhoian,Y (2505) Germany 1992 1/2-1/2 (61)}) (6... Be6 7. e4 d4 8. Nc4 f6 9. a4 Qd7 10. Ne1 g5 11. f4 gxf4 12. gxf4 O-O-O 13. f5 Bxc4 14. dxc4 h5 15. Nd3 Nh6 16. Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Bf3 Qe8 18. Kh1 Qf7 19. b3 Rg8 20. Rg1 Rhh8 21. Qe2 {Wynn Zaw Htung (2407) -Ismail,A (2059) Nay Pyi Taw 2013 1-0 (61)}) 7. Bg5 $146 (7. e4 dxe4 (7... O-O 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 f6 10. c3 Nc7 11. Be3 Be6 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 e4 14. Nd2 f5 15. Nc2 Rc8 16. Nb3 Nb4 17. Nxb4 Bxb4 18. Bd2 Qd6 19. Bf4 Qb6 20. Re2 Rfd8 21. Rc1 Nd5 22. Be5 {Szilardfy,G (2123)-Borda,L (2132) Budapest 2005 1/2-1/2 (35)}) 8. dxe4 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 O-O 10. c3 Ne8 11. Nc4 f6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Nd5 Bd6 14. Bf1 Rd8 15. Be3 b6 16. Rd2 Ne7 17. Bc4 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Nc7 20. Rd2 Be7 21. Rad1 Rxd2 {Arwanitakis, M (2254)-Poeltl,T (2159) Austria 2006 1/2-1/2 (51)}) (7. c4 d4 8. Nc2 Bf5 9. a3 Nd7 10. Bd2 a5 11. b3 Qc8 12. Rb1 O-O 13. Bg5 Qd8 14. Bd2 Re8 15. b4 Bf6 16. bxa5 Qc7 17. Qc1 e4 18. Nfe1 exd3 19. exd3 Nde5 20. Bf4 Qc8 21. Qb2 Nxd3 { Pierrugues,L (1880)-Ferrero,P (2018) Vitrolles 2005 1/2-1/2 (38)}) 7... O-O 8. Bxf6 {Black is slightly better.} Bxf6 9. c3 Be6 10. Nc2 Qd6 11. Qd2 {-0.89/23} (11. Nd2 $15 {-0.48/25}) 11... Rad8 $17 12. Rfd1 Rfe8 13. e4 {[%tqu "En","","", "","d5d4","",10]} Bg4 {0.28/27} (13... d4 $1 $17 {-0.93/25} 14. cxd4 exd4) 14. Nce1 {-0.86/24} (14. exd5 $11 {0.28/27 remains equal.} Qxd5 15. Ne3) 14... Rd7 {0.00/26} (14... d4 $17 {-0.86/24}) 15. exd5 $11 Qxd5 16. Qc2 {-0.66/25} (16. h3 $11 {0.00/26} Be6 17. Nd4) 16... Qe6 $15 17. Rd2 Red8 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black fights for an advantage.} 18. Bf1 {-1.14/22} (18. Re2 $15 {-0.60/26}) 18... Qf5 19. Be2 Qg6 {[#] Threatens to win with ...e4!} 20. Rad1 Bf5 21. Qa4 a6 22. Nh4 {-2.17/26} (22. Ng2 $15 {-0.70/27} Be6 23. Ne3) {[%tqu "En","","", "","b7b5","",10]} 22... Bxh4 {-0.92/28} (22... b5 $1 $19 {-2.17/26} 23. Nxg6 bxa4) 23. Qxh4 $17 b5 24. Bf1 e4 25. Bg2 exd3 {0.00/27} (25... h6 $17 {-0.92/27 } 26. h3 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5) {[%tqu "En","","","","e1d3","", 10]} 26. b3 $2 { -2.18/26 [#]} (26. Nxd3 $1 $11 {0.00/27 [%mdl 512] and White is okay.} Bxd3 ( 26... Rxd3 27. Bxc6) 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 {[%tqu "En","","", "","d2d3","",10]} 28. Rxd3 $1 {[%mdl 512]}) 26... Ne5 $19 27. Qf4 f6 28. Qe3 c4 29. f4 Ng4 30. Qc5 Be6 31. bxc4 bxc4 32. h3 Nh6 33. g4 f5 34. g5 {-2.37/26} (34. Nf3 {-1.90/28 was called for.} Nf7 35. gxf5 Qxf5 36. Qxf5 Bxf5 37. Rb1) 34... Nf7 35. Bf3 Rd6 36. Ng2 Nh8 {-0.85/28} (36... Rc8 $19 {-1.69/25} 37. Qa5 Bd7) 37. h4 $17 Qf7 38. h5 {-1.46/25} ({White should try} 38. Rb2 $15 {-0.59/25}) {[%tqu "En","", "","","e6d5","", 10]} 38... Bd5 $1 39. Bxd5 Qxd5 ({And not} 39... Rxd5 40. Qxc4 R5d7 41. Qb3 $16 (41. Qxa6 Qxh5 42. Rxd3 Qxd1+ 43. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 44. Kf2 R1d2+ 45. Kf3 R2d3+ 46. Ne3 Rxc3 $11)) 40. Qxd5+ Rxd5 41. Rb1 {-2.83/26} (41. Rb2 $142 { -1.87/30}) 41... Rb5 $19 42. Re1 Kf7 $2 {-0.93/29} (42... Nf7 $19 {-3.22/23 has better winning chances.} 43. Ne3 Nd6) 43. Ne3 $17 Rc5 {-0.04/29} (43... Re8 $17 {-0.80/25} 44. Kf2 Re4) 44. Kf2 {-1.05/25} (44. Rb2 $11 {-0.04/29 keeps the balance.}) 44... g6 {0.00/31} ({Black should play} 44... Kf8 $17 {-1.05/25} 45. Nc2 Rdc8) 45. h6 $11 Kf8 {aiming for ...Nf7.} 46. Nc2 $2 {-2.85/30 [%mdl 8192]} (46. Rb1 $11 {0.00/29}) 46... Nf7 $19 47. Nd4 {[%tqu "En","","","", "d8d4", "",10]} Rxd4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 48. cxd4 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRN [%tqu "En","","","","c5c8","",10]} Rd5 $2 {0.00/32} (48... Rc8 $1 $19 {-2.35/ 29 Strongly threatening ...Nd6.} 49. Rc1 Nd6) {[%tqu "En","","","", "d2b2","", 10]} 49. Ke3 {-1.20/28} (49. Rb2 $1 $11 {0.00/32} Rd8 50. Rb7) 49... Nd6 { 0.00/32} ({Better is} 49... Rd8 $17 {-1.20/28 White must now prevent ...Re8+.} 50. Rdd1 Nd6) {[%tqu "En","","","","d2b2","", 10]} 50. Rc1 {-1.06/30} (50. Rb2 $1 $11 {0.00/32} Ne4 51. Rb8+ Ke7 52. Rd1) {[%tqu "En","","","","d5b5","",10]} 50... Ke7 $2 {2.03/29 [%mdl 8192]} (50... Rb5 $1 $17 {-1.06/30 keeps the pressure on.}) {[%tqu "En", "","","","a2a4","",10]} 51. a4 $1 $18 Kd7 $2 { 4.37/27 [%mdl 8192]} (51... Ke6 $16 {1.31/31 is a better chance.}) 52. Rb2 Kc7 53. Rc3 Ra5 {6.29/33} (53... a5 $142 {4.16/31} 54. Rc1 Kc6) 54. Rb4 Rd5 55. Rbxc4+ Nxc4+ 56. Rxc4+ {KR-KR} Kd7 57. Kxd3 Rd6 58. Rc5 Re6 59. Ra5 Kc7 60. Re5 Kd6 61. Kc4 {White mates.} Re7 62. Rxe7 Kxe7 63. Kd5 Kd7 64. a5 {Accuracy: White = 42%, Black = 24%.} 1-0 [Event "Rated game, 6m + 3s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2006.01.28"] [Round "?"] [White "Doc Snyder"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "1581"] [BlackElo "1615"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2006.01.28"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 {A08 King's Indian Attack: French Variation} 4. d3 e5 5. O-O Be7 {-0.05/26 A08 King's Indian Attack} (5... Nf6 $17 {-0.79/23}) 6. c3 {-0.66/22} (6. Na3 $11 {-0.05/26}) 6... Nf6 {0.00/28} (6... Be6 $15 { -0.66/22}) 7. Nbd2 {-0.69/22} (7. e4 $11 {0.00/28}) (7. a3 O-O 8. b4 a6 9. bxc5 Bxc5 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nc3 Qd8 15. e3 Be6 16. Nd2 Qa5 17. Ndb1 Rac8 18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Ne7 20. Ra2 b5 21. Nac3 Rc7 { Kuba,S (2173)-Andreev,E (2458) Prague 2015 0-1 (42)}) 7... Bg4 {0.09/27} (7... O-O $15 {-0.69/22}) 8. Qc2 $146 {-1.22/23} (8. h3 $11 {0.09/27} Be6 9. Ng5) (8. a3 a5 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. h3 Bh5 11. c4 d4 12. Re1 Nd7 13. e3 O-O 14. exd4 exd4 15. Ne4 Bg6 16. Bf4 Re8 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Qf6 19. Bf4 Nce5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Bxb7 Rce8 {Le Hong,Q (1492)-Thomas,T (1309) Magdeburg 2010 1-0 (42)}) 8... O-O {-0.40/27} (8... Nd7 $17 {-1.22/23}) 9. e4 {-1.12/24} (9. a3 $15 {-0.40/27}) 9... d4 $17 10. h3 {-1.12/24} (10. a4 $15 {-0.66/26}) 10... Be6 11. Ng5 {-1.32/25} (11. Nh4 $142 {-0.76/25}) 11... Qd7 $2 {0.29/24} (11... Bd7 $17 {-1.32/25} 12. Ngf3 Qc7) 12. Nxe6 $11 Qxe6 13. f4 {-0.75/23} (13. a4 $11 { 0.27/26}) 13... exf4 {-0.10/27} (13... Rad8 $17 {-0.75/23}) 14. gxf4 Qd7 { 0.09/25} (14... Nh5 $15 {-0.64/23}) 15. Nf3 {-0.73/25} (15. e5 $11 {0.09/25 remains equal.} Nh5 16. Ne4) 15... Rfd8 {0.00/26} (15... Rad8 $17 {-0.73/25}) 16. c4 {-0.50/26} (16. cxd4 $11 {0.00/26} Nxd4 17. Qf2) 16... Nb4 $2 {1.11/24} (16... g6 $15 {-0.50/26}) 17. Qe2 {0.38/27} (17. Qd1 $16 {1.11/24}) 17... Rab8 {1.23/24} (17... Nc6 $1 $14 {0.38/27}) 18. a3 {0.41/25} ({Better is} 18. Ne5 $16 {1.23/24} Qe8 19. Bd2) 18... Nc6 $14 {[#]} 19. Bd2 {0.14/28} (19. b4 $1 $16 {0.90/23}) 19... Nh5 {aiming for ...Ng3.} 20. Be1 $2 {-2.48/23} (20. Rfb1 $14 { 0.52/26}) 20... Rf8 $2 {0.62/26} (20... Nxf4 $19 {-2.48/23} 21. Qd2 Qc7) 21. Qd2 $2 {-0.99/24 [#]} (21. Nh4 $14 {0.62/26 keeps the upper hand.} g6 22. Nf5 $1) 21... Bd6 {0.16/28} (21... Qc7 $1 $17 {-0.99/24} 22. Nh4 g6) 22. e5 $11 Be7 23. Nh4 {-0.12/26} (23. Rb1 $14 {0.39/25}) 23... g6 24. Qe2 Ng7 {0.58/27} ( 24... Kh8 $11 {-0.06/26}) 25. Bd5 $2 {-1.17/25} (25. Qg4 $1 $14 {0.58/27 stays ahead.} Qxg4 26. hxg4) 25... Qxh3 {-0.32/27} (25... Bxh4 $1 $17 {-1.17/25} 26. Bxh4 Qxh3) 26. e6 $2 {-4.33/24} ({White should try} 26. Qf3 $15 {-0.32/27} Qxf3 27. Nxf3) 26... Bxh4 27. exf7+ Kh8 {-1.37/27} (27... Rxf7 $19 {-2.69/26 Strongly threatening ...Re8!} 28. Bg2 Re7 29. Bxh3 Rxe2 30. Bxh4 Re3) 28. Bxh4 $4 {-7.01/23} (28. Bg2 $17 {-1.37/27} Qe3+ 29. Qxe3 dxe3 30. Bxh4) 28... Qxh4 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 29. Rf2 Qg3+ 30. Rg2 Qxf4 31. Rf1 Qe3+ 32. Qxe3 dxe3 33. Rf3 Ne7 34. Rh3 Nxd5 35. cxd5 Rxf7 36. Rgh2 h5 37. Rxe3 Rd8 38. Re6 Kh7 39. Rg2 Nxe6 {Accuracy: White = 11%, Black = 21%.} 0-1