B33 Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Qb6 5.Nb3 Nf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Be3)

This is the game that put me back over 2200 at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. It is true that the only way I managed to climb my way back from 2180, the lowest rating I had since peaking at 2201, was due to two consecutive timeout wins. The first one was against a player who was rated 2314, in that game I would have probably resigned if my opponent had made one more move and this second one was quite balanced game up all the way through. If I recall correctly, my opponent actually run out of time once before but after I had sent a move reminder, he made a move in the 24 hour time period I usually give me my opponents before I claim the win on timeout, so the game continued. This second time, there was no move made, so I had to claim the win, because I am not going to delay the tournament any longer than necessary. The game below was played in the fourth round of the szybkielanie tournament that is an invite only tournament. I am currently leading the tournament, having gathered 7 out of 8 possible points. This tournament might become one of those unfinished ones unfortunately though because there is one person yet again who is not claiming a timeout win.

[Event "szybkielanie"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/game"] [Date "2015.06.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "pioki"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2196"] [BlackElo "2037"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 { B33 Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} Qd8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 8. Be2 {0.00/28} (8. f3 $14 {0.48/24}) 8... a6 {0.47/25} (8... Bb4 $11 {0.00/28}) 9. O-O Be7 {White has an edge.} 10. f4 d6 11. a3 O-O 12. Qe1 $146 (12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Qe1 Rfe8 15. Qg3 b5 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Bc8 18. Qf2 Rd7 19. h3 Kh8 20. Bf3 Bb7 21. Bb6 Qc8 22. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (22) Stockter,J (1496)-Leimbach,T (1492) Willingen 2015}) (12. Bf3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Qd2 Qc7 15. Rad1 Bd7 16. Qf2 Bc6 17. Bb6 Qc8 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19. Bd4 b5 20. Qg3 e5 21. fxe5 dxe5 22. Be3 Re8 23. Bg4 Qb7 24. Bxd7 Bxd7 25. Nd5 Rad8 26. Kh1 Kh8 {Farago,S (2365) -Tcebekov,K (2315) Budapest 1996 1/2-1/2 (89)}) (12. Kh1 Re8 13. Qe1 e5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. Qd2 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nexg4 18. Bg1 Bf8 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. Re2 Rd7 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Rde7 23. Rde1 Qc4 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Na5 Qc7 {Guennigmann,M (1949)-Gerlach,F Bendorf 2006 1/2-1/2 (39)}) 12... Bd7 { 0.66/22} (12... b5 $11 {0.09/25}) 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Qg3 {0.57/23} ({Better is} 14. Qf2 $16 {0.98/21}) 14... Rfd8 {1.26/22} (14... b5 $14 {0.57/23}) 15. f5 { 0.32/25} ({White should try} 15. Qf2 $1 $16 {1.26/22}) 15... Kh8 $14 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Rf4 {Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 28%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0