C42 Petroff Defence: 3.Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nxe4 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4)

This game is from the first round of the WORLD OPEN RAPID tournament that was played at the FIDE Online Arena on March 30th 2015. When I won this first round game, I had no idea how well the rest of the tournament would go. The rest of the tournament went as well as it could have gone because I ended up winning this tournament for the second time! I do not remember much from the first win but I do remember this second one because in this, I won all my five games and had a performance rating of 2413!! I have not been able to reproduce similar results after this but who knows, maybe one day I can and even get a higher performance rating. I did offer a draw in my last round game but as my opponent did not accept the first offer, I thought I just had to show my opponent that it was the wrong decision... Which I managed to do this time. I have added one mate in one, two mate in two and two mate in three puzzles. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "Tournament 28440088"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.03.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "eliagirgis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "1841"] [BlackElo "1446"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] {[%evp 9,74,26,60,25,117,106,304,295,299,180,227,94,195,195,256,249,254,220, 349,319,422,370,365,363,651,647,788,709,3295,2541,2289,2193,2170,2046,29990, 29991,29992,29984,29984,29985,29985,29986,29986,29987,29989,29990,29991,29990, 29992,29992,29992,29992,29993,29992,29995,29996,29996,29997,29997,29997,29998, 29999,29999,29996,29998,29999,29999]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 { C42 Russian Game: Damiano Variation} 4. d4 d6 5. Nf3 Bg4 {C42 Petroff Defence: 3.Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves. LiveBook: 29 Games} 6. Be2 {[%mdl 32]} (6. h3 {seems wilder.} Bf5 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1) 6... Bxf3 {1.17/24} (6... d5 $11 {0.25/25}) 7. Bxf3 $16 ({Much worse is} 7. gxf3 $6 Nf6 $11) 7... Qe7 $2 {3.04/24 [#]} (7... d5 $16 {1.06/26}) {[%tqu "En","","","", "e1g1","",10]} 8. O-O $1 $18 {White has a decisive advantage.} d5 9. Re1 f5 $146 {2.27/23} (9... Qd7 $142 {1.80/27} 10. c4 (10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Rxe4+ Be7 $16) 10... Bb4) (9... Qe6 10. Nd2 Bb4 11. c3 Bd6 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4 O-O 14. Rxe6 fxe6 15. Ne4 Nc6 16. Nxd6 cxd6 17. d5 exd5 18. Qxd5+ Rf7 19. Bf4 Re8 20. Kf1 Ne5 21. Re1 h6 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 {Smara, L-Cheype,M Romans 1999 1-0}) {[%tqu "En","","","","c2c4","",10]} 10. g3 {0.94/27} (10. c4 $1 $18 {2.27/23 [%mdl 512] is the precise move to win.} Nd7 (10... dxc4 11. Nc3) 11. Nc3 (11. cxd5 O-O-O $18)) 10... Nd7 {1.95/24} (10... Qf7 $16 {0.94/27}) 11. Bg2 Ndf6 {2.56/25 } (11... O-O-O $142 {1.95/26} 12. f3 g6) 12. f3 O-O-O 13. fxe4 fxe4 {3.49/24} ( 13... dxe4 $142 {2.20/26} 14. c3 h5) 14. Bf4 h6 15. Nd2 g5 16. Be5 g4 $2 { 6.51/24 [#]} (16... Bg7 {3.63/25} 17. c4 Nd7 18. cxd5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qc5+ 20. Kh1 Qxd5 21. Qg4+ (21. Rxe4 Qxd2 22. Qb3 Qd3 $18) 21... Kb8 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Nxe4 c6) 17. c4 c6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Rc1+ Kd7 20. Rc7+ Ke8 21. Qa4+ Rd7 22. Bxf6 {White mates.} Qe6 23. Bxh8 Kd8 24. Rxd7+ Qxd7 25. Bf6+ Be7 26. Bxe7+ Qxe7 27. Qxa7 Qb4 28. Rd1 Qxb2 29. Qa5+ Ke8 30. Nb3 Qc2 31. Rc1 Qd3 32. Rc8+ Ke7 33. Qc7+ Kf6 34. Qe5+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kg6 36. Qg7+ Kf5 37. Rf7+ Ke6 38. Qf6# { Accuracy: White = 56%, Black = 17%.} 1-0