C78 Spanish Game: Archangelsk and Möller Defences (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Bc5 6.O-O Nf6 7.Re1 O-O 8.c3)

The game I am sharing today is from the first round of a rapid chess tournament that was played at the FIDE Online Arena on April 7th 2015. The first inaccuracy by my opponent came to be when blancojefferson played 9...exd4 which gave me for the first time in this game some real advantage. My opponent should have tried either 9...Bb6 or 9...Ba7 instead of the move played in the game. The final mistake of the game was the move 16...Qd7?? which of course loses immediately. In order to prolong the game and have some chances, my opponent should have tried 16...g6. On the second round I faced a player called safmoon once again and lost and on the last two rounds I won my games against lower rated players, so I gathered three wins in four games which is a decent result that I can be content with. Until Monday, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "Tournament 28708446"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.04.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "blancojefferson"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "1855"] [BlackElo "1344"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Bc5 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 {C78 Spanish Game: Archangelsk and Möller Defences} Bb7 9. d4 {LiveBook: 77 Games} exd4 {0.70/24} (9... Bb6 $11 {0.23/25}) 10. cxd4 $14 Be7 $146 {1.19/25} (10... Bb4 $14 {0.62/26} 11. Bd2 h6 12. Bxb4 Nxb4 13. Nc3 Re8 14. d5 a5 15. e5 a4 16. exf6 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 axb3 18. Qxb3 Na6 19. fxg7 Qg5 20. Nf3 Qxg7 21. Nxb5 Nc5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Re8 24. Re1 Ra8 25. Re3 d6 {Woest,I (1332)-Van Essen, M (821) Assen 2017 1-0 (58)}) (10... Bb6 11. Nc3 (11. e5 Ne8 12. Nc3 Na5 13. Bd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd5 c6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. Bb4 d6 18. exd6 Ncxd6 19. Ne5 Qb7 20. Rc1 a5 21. Bc5 f6 22. Nd3 Rd8 23. Nf4 Nc7 24. Qg4 Rf7 25. Qf3 Nc8 { Costa,C (1743)-Rosa,J (1568) Goiania 2014 1/2-1/2 (54)}) (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. e5 g5 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 Bxd4 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. exf6 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxb2 19. Nc3 Bxa1 20. Qe3 Kh7 21. Bc2+ {1-0 (21) Percin,B (1549)-Aslan,O Datca 2011}) 11... h6 12. e5 Ne8 13. d5 Ne7 14. Qd3 Ng6 15. Bc2 c5 16. h4 f5 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ne4 Rf8 19. Nxc5 Rf6 20. Nxb7 Qc7 21. h5 Nf8 22. Be3 Qxb7 23. Bxb6 Qxb6 24. Re2 Nd6 25. Rae1 {Wilson,A (2073)-Morris,C Epsom 2002 1-0 (36)}) 11. Nc3 {0.73/26} (11. e5 $142 {1.19/25} Ne8 12. Nc3) 11... b4 $16 12. Nd5 Na5 { 1.86/24} (12... Nxd5 $16 {0.75/25 was necessary.} 13. Bxd5 Na5) 13. Nxe7+ $18 Qxe7 14. e5 {Bg5 is the strong threat.} Nd5 15. Bc2 $1 d6 16. Qd3 Qd7 $2 { #1/25 [#]} (16... g6 $18 {1.77/24} 17. Bh6 Rfe8) 17. Qxh7# 1-0