D13 Slav Defence: Exchange Variation without ...Bf5 (1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Bf4 Bd6 7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.e3 O-O 9.Bd3 Bd7 10.O-O Nc6 11.Rc1)

This game is the 400th Online Chess game I have played at Chess.com. Considering that I became a member there in 2008, it is not that many games. Most of those games have actually been played in the last year. The game below was played in a team match called Battle in the Wolves' Den. The match is played on 18 boards between The 13th Legion and TROY. I am playing on board 1 for TROY in this match. The winner of the match is known at this point and it will be The 13th Legion because they lead the match 20 - 14 at the moment. Before this match started, there was a rating restriction that allowed only players that were rated under 1900 to join. I have of course broken that limit some time ago but after the match had already started. This match started on March 30th 2015 and because there is only one simultaneous game at a time, this match basically lasts a lot longer than it would have lasted if both of the games would have been played at the same time. My current Online Chess rating of 1957 puts me in the 98.8 percentile and if I remember correctly, I have not been in the 99 percentile yet but it is quite close by now. Also I would like to get a new peak rating at Online Chess because the old peak came in 2009 and it is way too long of a time period ago. Getting a new peak is much easier said than done though, I have been losing games annoyingly often or drawing against lower rated people that I may remain close to that peak but never actually break it. I have added two mate in one, two mate in four and one mate in eight puzzle today.

[Event "Battle in the Wolves' Den - Board 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.03.30"] [Round "?"] [White "zoslen"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D13"] [WhiteElo "1807"] [BlackElo "1957"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] {[%evp 20,94,31,23,32,35,37,21,30,6,37,29,83,59,126,127,117,47,83,7,104,104,95, 95,114,120,126,110,138,125,147,147,147,72,79,0,168,162,165,163,191,162,191,192, 179,0,182,171,224,8,285,162,247,193,229,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,85,127,72,166, 156,161,66,66,66,161,53,177,-29961,-29963]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 {D13 Slav Defense: Exchange Variation} 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Rc1 {D13 Slav Defence: Exchange variation without ...Bf5. LiveBook: 94 Games} Qb4 $146 (11... Rfd8 12. Bb5 (12. Bb1 Rac8 13. Qe2 a6 14. Rfd1 b5 15. b3 Rc7 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 f5 19. Qe3 Rdc8 20. d5 exd5 21. Qb6 Qf4 22. Rc3 Ne5 23. Rxc7 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Rxc7 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. fxe3 Be6 {Kiprov, A-Toshev,Y Sofia 1945 0-1 (40)}) (12. a3 Rac8 13. Qe2 Be8 14. Rfd1 Nd7 15. Na4 f6 16. Nc5 Rc7 17. b4 Ncb8 18. e4 b6 19. exd5 bxc5 20. dxe6 cxb4 21. Rxc7 Qxc7 22. exd7 Qxd7 23. axb4 Bh5 24. b5 Kf8 25. Bc4 Qd6 26. Qe4 Bg6 {Kasparian, G-Randviir,J Parnu 1947 1-0 (52)}) 12... Rac8 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne5 Nd7 15. Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Qd3 Rc4 17. b3 Rc7 18. Ne2 Rdc8 19. f3 Qb4 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Rd1 Bb5 22. Qd2 Qxd2 23. Rxd2 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 Kf8 25. Kf2 Ke7 26. Ke1 {Mueller, H-Przepiorka,D Gyor 1924 1/2-1/2}) (11... e5 12. dxe5 (12. Nb5 Qe7 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nbd4 Bg4 15. Be2 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rfc8 18. Qh3 Qd8 {1/2-1/2 (18) Antoshin,V (2440)-Gufeld,E (2530) Sochi 1979}) 12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Be2 {1/2-1/2 (14) Polugaevsky,L (2640)-Gufeld,E (2520) Skopje 1971}) 12. Qe2 a6 13. Ne5 Rad8 {The position is equal.} 14. Bb1 Qd6 15. f4 b5 {0.83/24} (15... Ne8 $11 {0.29/25}) 16. Nd1 Na5 { 1.26/27} (16... Ne4 $14 {0.59/29}) 17. Nf2 $16 Nc4 18. Nxd7 {0.47/29} (18. b3 $16 {1.17/24}) 18... Rxd7 19. Nd3 {0.07/27} (19. g4 $16 {0.83/25}) 19... Ne4 { 1.04/29} (19... Rc7 $11 {0.07/27 remains equal.}) 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qb4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qc2 Rfd8 24. a3 ({Resist} 24. Qxe4 $6 Qxb2 25. Qc6 Qa3 $14) 24... Qe7 25. Qxe4 Rc7 26. Qb1 {0.72/31} (26. b4 $142 {1.47/29}) 26... Rdc8 27. b4 { 0.00/34} (27. Rxc7 $16 {0.79/29} Qxc7 28. Qe4) 27... g6 $2 {1.68/28 [#]} (27... Qg5 $11 {0.00/34} 28. Kf2 Qh4+ 29. Kg1 Qg5) {[%tqu "En","","","","c1c5","",10]} 28. Rc5 $1 $18 Ra8 29. Rfc1 Rd7 30. Qc2 Kg7 31. Qe4 Raa7 32. Qc2 $2 {0.00/30} ( 32. Qf4 $18 {1.79/25}) {[%tqu "En","","","","a7a8","",10]} 32... Qg5 $2 { 1.82/26} (32... Ra8 $1 $11 {0.00/30 and Black is okay.}) 33. Qf2 Rdb7 {2.24/28} (33... Qe7 $142 {1.71/27} 34. h3 Qg5) 34. Qf4 $2 {0.08/28} (34. e4 $18 {2.24/28 }) 34... Qe7 $2 {2.85/26 [%mdl 8192]} (34... Qxf4 $11 {0.08/28} 35. exf4 a5) 35. g4 {1.62/29} (35. e4 $142 {2.85/26}) 35... h6 {2.47/26} (35... g5 {1.62/29 keeps fighting.} 36. Qf3 a5) 36. Kg2 a5 37. bxa5 {0.85/32} (37. Rc8 $18 { 2.29/26 is the precise move to win. White threatens Rh8! and mate.} g5 38. Qf3 axb4 39. axb4) 37... Rxa5 $16 {[%tqu "En","","","","c1c3","",10]} 38. R1c3 $1 Rba7 39. Kg3 Rxa3 40. Rxa3 Rxa3 41. Rxb5 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} Ra2 { 1.27/33} (41... Ra1 $142 {0.85/37}) {[%tqu "En","","","", "f4f3","",10]} 42. h4 {0.72/35} ({White should play} 42. Qf3 $1 {1.27/33}) 42... Qc7 {1.66/32} (42... g5 $16 {0.72/35 is a better defense.} 43. hxg5 Qxg5) 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Rc5 { 0.66/33} ({White should try} 44. h5 $18 {1.61/29 Hoping for Rb8!} gxh5 45. Rb1 (45. gxh5 Ra1 $16)) 44... Qb7 $14 {( -> ...Qg2+)} 45. Qf3 {[%tqu "En","","","", "b7f3","",10]} Qd7 {1.61/29} (45... Qxf3+ $1 $14 {0.66/32} 46. Kxf3 Rh2) 46. Qc6 {0.53/31} (46. h5 $18 {1.61/29}) {[%tqu "En","","","","d7c6","", 10]} 46... Qe7 {1.77/33} (46... Qxc6 $1 $14 {0.53/31} 47. Rxc6 Kg7) 47. Qd6 $4 {-#39/28 [%mdl 8192] [#]} (47. Rb5 $18 {1.77/33} Ra7 48. Rb1) 47... Qb7 {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 13%.} 0-1