B43 Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5.Nc3 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 b5 6.a3)

Once more a game from the first round of the 2014 October Glacial Super Casual Banded I 1650+ tournament, this is the fourth game in a row from Red Hot Pawn that was played in the same tournament. I am currently in seventh place with 24 points. RedHotMayor, my opponent in the game below, is currently in fifth place in group 1 with 27 points. A player called takinitez007 (1930) is still on first place with 50 points and if he gets two more points, I am finally out of the battle for the win of the group and the possibility of advancing to the second round. While there are five players who still have theoretical chances to win group 1, in group 2 there are only three players still in the fight for the win.

I have decreased my game load to some extent and I only have 92 games in progress anymore, so despite some team matches have started recently, I am still on the path of getting rid of as many games as possible. I should have more time to play more games at the FIDE Online Arena now and maybe get to play the remaining 18 games left from the next title requirement. It is still too many games left though that I could mess things up this time around aswell. The last game I played at FOA was partly a waste of time, well the last 50 moves played in it that is. I offered my opponent a draw two times in those last 50 moves because I knew it was a draw, but my opponent did not accept the offer but instead wanted to play the endgame and try to win on time. It is true that I had less time than my opponent, but still enough time so that I did not lose my rook in the rook and king versus rook and king ending. I would have maybe understood the need to play that through if there were only seconds left in my clock, but at the time that ending appeared on the board, I had over two minutes left on my clock. I would always accept the draw offer in those endings, unless there is a easy way to win the rook on the position that the draw is offered.

[Event "Glacial Super Casual Banded"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.11.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "RedHotMayor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B43"] [WhiteElo "1788"] [BlackElo "1529"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a3 {B43 Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5.Nc3. LiveBook: 108 Games} Bc5 {0.62/24} (6... Bb7 $11 {0.14/26 is more appropriate.}) (6... d6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. O-O Rc8 10. Re1 Ngf6 11. h3 Qc7 12. g4 Nb6 13. g5 Nfd7 14. h4 g6 15. Bh3 e5 16. Nb3 Na4 17. Re3 h6 18. Qg4 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Qd8 21. Na5 {Kolar,S (2175)-Kovac,B (2304) Zalakaros 1999 0-1 (33)}) 7. Be3 $14 {Threatens to win with Nxe6!} Nc6 $146 { 4.45/23 [#]} (7... Be7 $14 {0.52/26}) (7... Ba7 8. Qd2 (8. Qf3 Bb7 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Qe3 Nbc6 13. O-O-O d6 14. f4 Qc7 15. Rhf1 Raa8 16. g4 Rad8 17. h4 Rfe8 18. Qf2 Nc8 19. h5 b4 20. Nb1 a5 21. a4 e5 22. f5 N6a7 {Driesner,R (1305) -Grawe,H (1427) Dortmund 2003 1-0 (42)}) 8... Ne7 9. f3 O-O 10. Be2 Bb7 11. g4 Nbc6 12. O-O-O Re8 13. h4 b4 14. Nb1 Qb6 15. Nxc6 Qxe3 16. Nxa7 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 bxa3 18. Nxa3 d5 19. N7b5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Reb8 21. exd5 Bxd5 22. Be2 {Sanchez Urpi,X-Regincos Oliva,L (1337) Figueres 2010 0-1 (42)}) (7... d6 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf3 e5 11. Nf5 Bxe3 12. Nxe3 Nc6 13. Ncd5 Nd4 14. c3 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Be6 17. Rfd1 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Rc8 19. Rad1 Rc6 20. Qd3 Qc8 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 {Zavadilova,K (1405)-Dunglova,N (1250) Sec u Chrudimi 2007 1-0 (37)}) 8. Be2 $2 {0.23/27} (8. Nxc6 $18 {4.45/23} Qb6 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Qg4) 8... Nxd4 {1.08/27} (8... Qb6 $1 $11 {0.23/27 keeps the balance.} 9. Nxc6 dxc6) 9. Bxd4 $16 Be7 $2 {2.83/26} (9... Bf8 $16 {0.96/25 was called for.}) 10. Bxg7 $18 Bf6 11. Bxh8 Bxh8 12. Qd3 Qc7 13. Nd1 Bb7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Bf3 Rc8 16. Ne3 Qc6 $2 {5.45/25} (16... d6 {3.04/27 was worth a try.} 17. a4 Nd7 18. axb5 Ne5) 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxh7 Bxe5 20. Rfe1 d6 21. Bh5 Rc7 22. f4 {12.56/28} (22. Qg8+ $142 {#4/27} Ke7 23. Qxf7+ Kd8 24. Qf8+ Kd7 25. Bg4#) 22... d4 23. Re2 {11.42/26} (23. Qg8+ $142 {#4/26} Ke7 24. Qxf7+ Kd8 25. Qf8+ Kd7 26. Bg4#) 23... Bc8 24. fxe5 {54.27/27} (24. Qg8+ $142 {#4/29} Ke7 25. Qxf7+ Kd8 26. Qf8+ Kd7 27. Bg4#) 24... d5 25. Rf1 {56.14/27} (25. Qg8+ $142 { #4/29} Kd7 26. Qxf7+ Kd8 27. Qf8+ Kd7 28. Qe8#) 25... Be6 26. Rf6 {51.18/26} ( 26. Qg8+ $142 {#13/30} Kd7 27. Bxf7 Rb7 28. Rf6 Rb6 29. Rg6 Kc7 30. Bxe6 Rb7 31. Qc8+ Kb6 32. Bxd5) 26... d3 27. Qxd3 {26.19/27} (27. Qg8+ $142 {#11/26} Kd7 28. Bxf7 Ra7 29. Bxe6+ Kc7 30. cxd3 Qc1+ 31. Kf2 Qc5+ 32. Kg3) 27... Rd7 28. Qh7 {[#] Threatening mate with Qg8+.} d4 29. Bxf7+ {White mates.} Bxf7 30. Rxc6 d3 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qf6+ Ke8 33. Rc8+ {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 4%.} 1-0