B28 Sicilian: 2.Nf3 a6 (O'Kelly Variation) (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5)

All of the games I added today were played at the FIDE Online Arena. The game you can view below was played in the first round of a rapid chess tournament. Unlike the last couple of tournaments before this I actually managed to win the first round game. The rest of the tournament on the other hand went down the drain, also unlikely thing to happen, I usually improve my results the longer the tournament lasts but this this time that did not happen. Well, truth to be told two of three losses in the remaining three rounds were against higher rated players, especially the third round loss was pretty much expected due to rating difference. On the fourth round I lost a game against a much lower rated opponent and that really made the whole tournament experience a bit depressing this time at least. I am quite happy about the way I played this game though as there were no serious mistakes made by me.

[Event "Tournament 28807979"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.04.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "verromon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B28"] [WhiteElo "1833"] [BlackElo "1450"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {B28 Sicilian: 2.Nf3 a6 (O'Kelly Variation)} 5. Nb3 d6 (5... Qc7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Kh1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 d5 13. f4 Nbd7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 exf4 16. Bf3 N7f6 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Rxf4 Rad8 20. Qf3 {Hiebler,L (1921) -Horvath,M (2033) Austria 2014 1-0 (46)}) 6. Nc3 $146 (6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. N1d2 Be7 9. O-O d5 10. f4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe7 Qb6+ 13. Kh1 Nf2+ 14. Rxf2 Qxf2 15. Ba3 h5 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. fxe5 Ng4 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Qd2 Rh6 20. Qg5 Re6 {Lazaridis,F (1825) -Kampitsis,V (1705) Athens 2001 1-0 (36)}) (6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Rc1 h6 13. Re1 Nh7 14. b3 Qa5 15. Nf1 b5 16. Bd2 b4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rxc1 19. Qxc1 Nc5 20. Qc4 Rb8 {Collazo Hidalgo Gato,N (2204)-Pina Vega,S (2291) Havana 2003 0-1 (40)}) (6. a4 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. c4 Be6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Bd3 Nh5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15. Qd2 Re8 16. O-O Qb6+ 17. Be3 Qd8 18. Na5 Qc7 19. b4 Bd8 20. Rfc1 b6 {Cappai,D (2132)-Occhipinti,M (2089) Rome 2004 1-0 (37)} ) 6... h6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O {LiveBook: 3 Games} O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 Be6 13. Bf3 Bxb3 14. axb3 Rc8 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Rad1 Ne5 17. Be2 Qc7 18. Qe3 Neg4 $2 {1.87/26} (18... b5 $11 {0.18/26 and Black is okay.}) 19. Qg3 {1.12/28} (19. Bxg4 $1 $18 {1.87/26} Nxg4 20. Qg3) 19... h5 $16 20. h3 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} Ne5 21. Bg5 {[#] aiming for Bxf6.} Nh7 { 2.03/23} (21... Qd8 $16 {0.92/28}) 22. Bxe7 {0.96/29} (22. Nd5 $18 {2.03/23 is more deadly.} Qd8 23. Nxe7+ (23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $18) 23... Rxe7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. c3 (25. Bxh5 Nf6 $16)) 22... Qxe7 23. Bxh5 Nf6 24. Be2 Qe6 { 1.67/24} (24... Ned7 $16 {0.94/27}) 25. Rf4 $1 $18 Ng6 26. Bg4 $1 Qe5 27. Bxc8 {Black must now prevent Rf3.} Nxf4 28. Bxb7 N6h5 29. Qg4 Qe7 $2 {4.75/27 [#]} ( 29... Re6 {1.84/28} 30. Bd5 (30. Bxa6 $2 Rg6 $19) 30... Nf6) 30. Bxa6 g6 31. Bc4 Rf8 {5.09/25} (31... Qe5 {3.47/28 was necessary.} 32. Qf3 Kg7) 32. g3 Ne6 33. Bxe6 Qxe6 34. Qxe6 fxe6 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 35. Kg2 Rd8 36. Nb5 d5 37. exd5 exd5 38. Nc3 d4 39. Nb5 {White is clearly winning.} Nf6 40. Rxd4 Re8 41. Rd2 Ne4 42. Re2 Re5 43. Nc3 {Precision: White = 47%, Black = 18%.} 1-0