C77 Spanish Game: 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.d3)

This game was played in the first round of the Smaller Tournament that is held at Chess.com. I was in some real trouble during this game but some inaccuracies by my opponent brought me back to the game and the only reason I won is because Jessemw915 lost on time. This lucky win or unlucky in some ways meant that I advanced to the second round from group #4. In round one I won six games and drew one and lost one. Second place finisher was the opponent I had in this game, Jessemw915, and he managed to get six points, so he was leading the group before the game below ended. Nemoz finished third in the group and he or she ended up getting 5,5 points, so the first three were quite close in points but the last two were far behind the first three as fourth place holder only got two points and the last one in the group lost all his or her games in this tournament. Out of the 200 games that started with this tournament, five games remain to be finished so that round two can begin. I have added two mate in one, one mate in two, one mate in three and one mate in five puzzle today.

[Event "Smaller Tournament - Round 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.07.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Jessemw915"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "1533"] [BlackElo "1966"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "32"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] {[%evp 13,32,13,12,10,54,29,29,5,26,32,24,-8,55,-25,78,81,159,152,157,-43,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {[%mdl 32]} a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 {C77 Spanish Game: 3...a6 4.Ba4 Nf6, unusual lines} h6 {LiveBook: 37 Games} 8. Be3 Qe7 {0.54/24} (8... Bxe3 $11 {0.10/27 feels stronger.} 9. fxe3 d6) (8... Bb6 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qe7 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. d4 d6 15. Qd2 a5 16. c3 O-O 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. g3 Qd7 20. Qe3 bxc3 21. Rxc3 Nb4 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Rec1 {El Taher,F (2497)-Breckenridge,S (2320) Sharjah 2014 1/2-1/2 (49)}) (8... d6 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O Nd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 c5 16. c3 dxc3 17. bxc3 Qb6 18. Ng3 Be6 19. Rb1 Bd7 20. d4 Rfe8 21. Re1 Qc7 22. Qf3 Be6 23. Nf5 {Bierenbroodspot,P (2093) -Markgraf,S (2121) Germany 2017 1/2-1/2 (41)}) 9. a3 $146 (9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Bxe3 (10... Bb7 11. Bxc5 Qxc5 12. Nxe5 O-O-O 13. O-O Nxe5 14. Bxb7+ Kxb7 15. d4 Qe7 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd5+ Qxd5 18. exd5 Rhe8 19. Rfe1 d6 20. h3 Re5 21. Rad1 Kb6 22. Rxe5 dxe5 23. Rd3 f6 24. b4 Rd7 25. a4 {Julian Solera,L (1781)-Serra Vilaro,A (2013) Barcelona 2014 0-1 (33)}) 11. fxe3 Rb8 12. O-O Nd8 13. Qe1 c6 14. Bb3 d6 15. Qg3 g6 16. d4 h5 17. h4 exd4 18. exd4 Bg4 19. e5 O-O 20. exd6 Qd7 21. Ng5 Ne6 22. Ne4 Qa7 23. c3 Rbd8 {Milano,M-Parra,D Paracotos 2005 1-0 (37)}) 9... O-O {White has an edge.} 10. Qd2 Bxe3 11. fxe3 d6 12. O-O-O Bd7 { 0.55/24} ({Black should try} 12... Rb8 $11 {-0.08/26}) 13. Rhf1 {-0.25/25} (13. Rhg1 $14 {0.55/24}) 13... Rfb8 {0.78/26} (13... Na5 $11 {-0.25/25 keeps the balance.}) 14. Nh4 $16 a5 {1.59/26} (14... Ra7 $142 {0.81/27}) 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 $2 {-0.43/24 [#]} ({Only move:} 16. Bxd5 $16 {1.57/27} Qxh4 17. Rxf7) 16... Nd8 {0.00/29 [%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 25%. . Loss on time!?} (16... Qxh4 $15 {-0.43/24} 17. dxc6 Be6) 0-1