C48 Four Knights: 4.Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Bc5 5.Nc3 O-O 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4)

This was played at Chess.com in a team match called 2. The match was played between Team Bulgaria United and Magnus Carlsen Group on 17 boards. I played on board 3 and considering the rating difference between me and my opponent, I was not able to get a good result from the two games because I lost my other game against crisdim. Team Bulgaria United was the clear winner of this match because the match ended 27 - 7 in their favor. We lost fourteen of those games due to timeouts... It is always sad when most of the games are lost due to timeouts because the match is basically forfeited by those players. Players who actually want to fight for the win like me do not have any real importance in the match like this because our wins or possible wins can't change the outcome of the match. This match finished on August 3rd 2015, the same day that the game below ended. I have added two mate in four, two mate in five and one mate in seven puzzle today. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts and feel free to share my posts!

[Event "2 - Board 3"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.03.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "crisdim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C48"] [WhiteElo "1945"] [BlackElo "1741"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] {[%evp 12,99,5,0,65,62,88,84,70,89,65,68,329,170,255,118,122,125,131,60,131, 122,113,111,122,106,118,67,92,88,125,116,137,121,160,154,222,208,209,162,224, 214,276,70,257,262,337,331,339,333,324,339,412,416,407,392,411,287,491,526,511, 497,450,438,492,472,800,800,795,732,729,795,794,790,793,776,1001,965,29973, 29974,29974,29975,29984,29983,29984,29985,29988,29989,29989,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 {C65 Spanish Game: Berlin Defense, Beverwijk Variation} 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 {C48 Four Knights: 4.Bb5, replies other than 4...Bb4. LiveBook: 86 Games} Bxd4 {0.65/28} ({Don't blunder} 7... Nfg4 $2 8. dxc5 d6 9. f3 $18) (7... Bd6 $11 {0.00/28}) 8. Qxd4 $14 d6 9. Bg5 h6 {White is better.} 10. Bh4 c6 (10... a6 11. Be2 c5 (11... g5 12. Bg3 Nc6 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. h4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Qxg5+ Qg6 18. Qd2 Bf5 19. c3 Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qe3 Rae8 22. f3 Qg3 23. Qf2 Qg5 24. Bc4 Kg7 25. Rfe1 Qf4 26. Bd5 {Musovic,S (2021)-Zivanovic,B (1940) Paracin 2015 0-1 (32)}) 12. Qd1 Ng6 13. Bg3 Re8 14. f3 Qb6 15. Rb1 Rd8 16. Qd2 Nh5 17. Nd5 Qc6 18. Bf2 b5 19. Rbd1 Ra7 20. f4 Nf6 21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. f5 Ne5 23. Qxh6 Qxe4 24. Bd3 Nxd3 25. Rxd3 {Kulashko,A (2396)-Franks,C Gold Coast 1999 1-0}) 11. Be2 Be6 $146 { 3.29/25 [%mdl 8192] [#]} ({Black should try} 11... c5 $14 {0.68/27} 12. Qd1 b6) (11... Ng6 12. Bg3 d5 13. Rad1 Be6 14. f4 Ne7 15. f5 Bd7 16. Bh4 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. g4 Kh7 19. Bf3 g5 20. Bf2 Nc8 21. a3 c5 22. e5 Ne8 23. Nxd5 Bc6 24. c4 Ra4 25. Rc1 Nc7 26. Rfd1 {Cooksey, P (2120)-Millward,D London 1995 1-0 (41)}) 12. Rad1 {1.70/28} (12. f4 $142 {3.29/25}) 12... Ned7 {2.55/24} (12... c5 { 1.70/28 might work better.} 13. Qxd6 Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Nc6) 13. Bxf6 {1.18/31} ({ Don't take} 13. Qxd6 Qb6 $18) (13. f4 $18 {2.55/24}) 13... Nxf6 $16 14. Qxd6 Qb6 {[%tqu "En","","","","c3a4","",10]} 15. Qa3 {0.60/27} (15. Na4 $1 $16 { 1.31/25} Qa5 16. Nc5) 15... Bg4 {1.31/25} (15... a5 $14 {0.60/27}) 16. Bxg4 Nxg4 17. h3 Ne5 {[%mdl 32]} 18. b3 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White has strong initiative.} Rad8 19. Qb2 {0.67/30} (19. Rd6 $16 {1.18/26}) 19... Ng6 20. Ne2 c5 21. Ng3 Nf4 22. Qe5 Ne6 23. Nf5 Rfe8 {2.22/26} (23... Qc7 $16 {1.54/29} 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Ne7+ Kh7) 24. Qg3 Kh7 25. c3 g6 {2.24/26} (25... Qa6 $142 { 1.62/27} 26. Nd6 Nd4 27. cxd4 Rxd6) 26. Ne3 $18 {Hoping for Nd5.} Ng5 27. Nc4 $2 {0.70/29 [#]} (27. Nd5 $18 {2.76/24} Qc6 28. f3) 27... Qe6 $2 {2.57/25} ( 27... Nxe4 $14 {0.70/29} 28. Nxb6 Nxg3 29. fxg3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 axb6) 28. f3 b5 29. Nd6 Re7 30. Nxb5 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 c4 32. Rd6 Qc8 33. b4 Qb8 34. Nd4 Rd7 $2 { 4.91/26} (34... Rxe4 {2.87/29} 35. Kh2 (35. fxe4 Nxe4 36. Qe5 Nxd6 $16) 35... Re3) 35. e5 Qe8 36. Rxd7 Qxd7 37. Qf2 a6 38. Qe2 Qc7 {8.00/25} (38... Qd5 $142 {4.72/29} 39. a4 Ne6 40. Nxe6 Qxe6) 39. f4 Ne6 40. Nxe6 fxe6 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQ-KQ} 41. a4 {[%mdl 32]} Kg7 42. Qe3 Qd7 43. a5 Qd1+ 44. Kh2 Qd3 45. Qa7+ {White mates.} Kf8 46. Qxa6 Qd5 47. Qb6 g5 48. Qd6+ Ke8 49. Qxd5 exd5 50. a6 {Accuracy: White = 57%, Black = 25%.} 1-0