B33 Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nbd5 a6 7.Nd6+ Bxd6 8.Qxd6)

This was played in the tedjj's mini-tournament XLIII tournament at GameKnot. 11 players started this tournament on October 20th 2014 and only four of them still have unfinished games. Due to the fact that only four games per player can be going on at the same time in these mini-tournaments, these can take a very long time to finish. I have two games left to finish but no matter what happens in those games, I will end up in sixth place. The winner of the tournament was decided a long time ago and the player who will win it is called blokhin2 (1780), blokhin2 gathered 17 out of 20 possible points. The second place will either go to leonandonly (1697) or mgmgrand (1834), depending on what happens in the two games that mgmgrand has left to finish. One of those two games is against me, so I can play some part in the battle for the second place even though I am not fighting for that place myself.

[Event "tedjj's mini-tournament XLIII"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2015.09.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "sale982"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "1736"] [BlackElo "1521"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 a6 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. Qxd6 {B33 Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations. LiveBook: 12 Games} Qa5 {1.55/26} ({Better is} 8... Qe7 {0.83/28} 9. Qxe7+ Nxe7) 9. Bd2 $16 {[#] Strongly threatening Nb5.} Qb4 10. Qxb4 Nxb4 {White is clearly better.} 11. O-O-O $1 O-O {2.13/25} (11... b5 $16 {1.59/28} 12. Kb1 Nc6) (11... Ng4 12. Be1 Nf6 13. f3 b5 14. Bh4 O-O 15. g3 Nc6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Nd5 Nd4 18. c3 Nxf3 19. Bg2 Ng5 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Nxd7 Bxd7 22. Rxd7 Rfd8 23. Rhd1 Rxd7 24. Rxd7 Rc8 25. Kd2 Rc6 26. h4 {Llano Buritica,E (1617)-Martinez,R (2075) Medellin 2013 1-0 (44)}) 12. Be2 $146 (12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. f3 d5 15. a3 d4 16. axb4 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Rfe8 18. g4 h6 19. h4 Nh7 20. Rd7 Bc6 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Ra7 Ra8 24. Rxa8+ Bxa8 25. Bxe5 Nf8 26. Rd1 Ne6 {Clavell Hernandez,G (1608) -Martinez Navaro,J Santa Eulalia de Roncana 2011 1-0}) 12... a5 {2.14/25} ( 12... Nc6 $16 {1.43/29 is a better defense.} 13. Be3 Ne8) 13. g4 {0.64/27} (13. Bg5 $18 {2.14/25}) 13... h6 $2 {2.54/25 [#]} (13... d5 $14 {0.64/27}) 14. g5 $18 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Nh7 16. Bh4 f6 17. Rhg1 Kh8 18. a3 Na6 {3.31/25} (18... Nc6 $142 {2.13/27} 19. Nb5 Nd8) 19. Nd5 g5 20. Bg3 Nc5 21. f3 Ne6 22. Nb6 Ra7 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Rxd7 Nc5 25. Rd5 Ne6 26. Rgd1 Nhf8 27. Bb5 b6 28. Bf2 Rac7 29. R1d2 ({Weaker is} 29. Bxb6 Rxc2+ 30. Kb1 Rxh2 $16) 29... Nc5 {intending ... Nb3+.} 30. Kb1 Kg7 31. Rd6 Rb8 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 Nce6 34. Rxb6 Rxb6 $2 { 4.20/29} (34... Rcb7 {2.54/29 keeps fighting.}) 35. Bxb6 Rb7 36. Rd6 Nd4 37. Ba6 Rd7 38. Rxd7+ Nxd7 39. Bxd4 exd4 {Endgame KB-KN} 40. Kb2 Ne5 41. Be2 Kf7 42. Kb3 Ke7 43. Ka4 Kd6 44. Kb5 Kc7 45. Kc5 Nd7+ 46. Kxd4 Kc6 47. c4 Kd6 48. c5+ {White mates.} Kc6 49. b5+ Kc7 50. Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 61%, Black = 21%. } 1-0