C14 French: Classical System: 4.Bg5 Be7 main line (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Bd3 O-O)

The game below is from the 2014 September Grand Seven Fourteen III tournament that is still in progress at Red Hot Pawn. The winner of the tournament is already clear, even though all the games have not finished yet. The tournament was won by player called kopsov (1930), who has one more game still to finish, so the battle for the win was not even a close one. At the moment kopsov has gathered 111 points in the tournament and can even get to 114 if he or she can win the last game. A player called Luft (2007) is on second place at the moment and gathered 102 points in the 40 games he or she played. My opponent in this game, Reverb, can actually overtake Luft if he or she wins his or her remaining games because Reverb has a maximum possible score of 104. Reverb is currently on third place. I am currently in fourth place and the highest I can theoretically get to is third, but I can finish lower than fourth place as well. Some of the games I still have in progress in this tournament can still become the longest I have ever played and it does not even take that long to get there. The longest game I remember playing lasted almost a year. Some of my games can go over a year if these games are in progress from a bit over a month from now. I have added two mate in ones, two mate in twos and one mate in three puzzle today.

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Reverb"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C14"] [WhiteElo "1901"] [BlackElo "1697"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 (1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 {1-0 (48) Heinemann,K-Weck,U (1697) Busto 2015}) 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Bd3 { C14 French Defense: Classical Variation, Tarrasch Variation} O-O {0.49/23 C14 French: Classical System: 4.Bg5 Be7 main line} (7... Qb4 $11 {0.00/22 is superior.}) 8. Qh5 {-0.68/19} (8. Nf3 $14 {0.49/23}) 8... g6 $15 (8... f5 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qh4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qf7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qh5 14. Qxh5 Nxh5 15. g3 g6 16. Ne2 c5 17. c4 d4 18. Be4 Rb8 19. a4 b6 20. Nc1 Bb7 21. Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Ke2 Rbf7 23. Nd3 {De Vreugt,D (2398)-Meester,A Haarlem 1999 1-0 (38)}) 9. Qh6 c5 (9... f5 10. Nf3 Qg7 11. Qh4 h6 12. O-O-O c5 13. Bb5 a6 14. Bxd7 Nxd7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qd4 Qe7 17. h4 b5 18. Qf4 Qg7 19. Kb1 Bb7 20. Nd4 Rae8 21. f3 Nd7 22. Rde1 Rf7 23. g4 fxg4 24. Qg3 {Heinemann,K-Weck,U (1697) Busto 2015 1-0 (48) }) 10. dxc5 $146 {Black is slightly better.} (10. Nf3 cxd4 11. Nb5 Nc6 12. Ng5 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. O-O a6 15. Na3 e5 16. f3 Qg7 17. Qxg7+ Kxg7 18. Rae1 h6 19. Nh3 Bxh3 20. gxh3 Nh5 21. Nb1 Nf4 22. h4 Rae8 23. a3 Re6 24. Nd2 Ne7 { Duras,O-Spielmann,R San Sebastian 1911 0-1 (47)}) 10... Nxe5 11. Qe3 {-1.95/21} (11. Nf3 $1 $15 {-0.45/22} Nxf3+ 12. gxf3) 11... Nbc6 $19 12. Nf3 {-2.18/19} ( 12. Nge2 $17 {-1.30/20}) 12... d4 $2 {-0.29/23 [#]} (12... Nxf3+ $19 {-2.18/19} 13. Qxf3 f5) 13. Nxd4 $11 Qxc5 14. Nxc6 Qxe3+ 15. fxe3 Nxd3+ {0.86/24} (15... Nxc6 $11 {-0.22/23} 16. O-O Ne5) 16. cxd3 $16 {[#] Hoping for Ne5.} bxc6 17. O-O-O {0.12/24} (17. Kd2 $16 {0.95/22}) 17... Bb7 {0.65/21} (17... Rb8 $11 { 0.12/24}) 18. Rhf1 c5 19. g3 f5 20. d4 {-0.15/23} (20. b3 $16 {0.94/19}) 20... c4 {0.63/20} (20... cxd4 $11 {-0.15/23} 21. Rxd4 Rac8) 21. d5 {0.00/28} (21. Rfe1 $14 {0.63/20}) 21... exd5 $11 22. Nxd5 Rad8 {0.62/22} (22... Rae8 $11 { 0.00/28}) 23. Nf4 {-0.37/26} (23. Nc3 $14 {0.62/22}) 23... Rxd1+ {1.05/22} ( 23... Kf7 $15 {-0.37/26 keeps the upper hand.}) 24. Rxd1 $15 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Re8 25. Re1 $2 {-0.44/24} ({White must play} 25. Rd7 $16 {1.07/24} Bf3 26. Kd2) 25... g5 26. Nh3 $1 h6 27. Kc2 Bd5 28. Kc3 Kg7 29. a3 {-1.14/23} (29. Nf2 $11 { -0.13/30}) 29... Kf6 $17 30. Kd2 {-2.27/22} (30. Nf2 $17 {-1.09/24 is a better defense.}) 30... Ke5 31. Nf2 Kd6 {-0.92/25} (31... Rb8 $19 {-1.74/22} 32. Nd1 Rd8) 32. Nd1 a6 {-0.71/25} ({Black should play} 32... Rd8 {-1.25/26} 33. Kc1 Bf3) 33. Rf1 Be4 34. Nc3 Bd3 {-0.26/26} (34... Rd8 $17 {-0.81/25}) 35. Rf2 $11 Rb8 {0.00/27} (35... a5 $15 {-0.55/25}) 36. Kc1 {-0.68/25} (36. b4 $11 {0.00/27 }) 36... Re8 {-0.09/25} ({Black should try} 36... Ke5 $15 {-0.68/25}) 37. Nd1 { -0.66/24} (37. Kd2 $11 {-0.09/25}) 37... Re7 38. Kd2 Rb7 {0.00/26} (38... Be4 $1 $15 {-0.60/25}) 39. Kc3 Ke5 40. Kd2 {-0.71/26} (40. b4 $11 {0.00/28 keeps the balance.}) 40... Rb3 41. Kc1 Rb6 42. Rd2 Ke4 43. Rf2 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 26%.} 1/2-1/2