B16 Caro-Kann: Bronstein-Larsen Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ gxf6 6.Bc4 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Bf4)

The 33rd game in the 100 game match between me and my friend was played on August 10th 2015. This is by far the longest lasting match I have ever played because this started in 2013 if I recall correctly. For reasons I can't remember all that well anymore, after 20 games had been played, this match paused for two years. And the way things are progressing at the moment, this match will continue to next year, unless we activate the match again. We have not played for a month or so now. We have still 49 games to play, so it has taken about three years to play 51 games... We do not even use that long time controls, both players have 15 minutes on their clocks. After the game below ended my lead in the match continued to grow and the score was then 18 - 15 in my favor.

The next couple of days I will post some of my correspondence chess games again for a change. I was able to find new things to post for this week a lot easier than last week at least for the most part, I still do not know what I will post Friday. Chances are that it will be a day when another major update will see the light of day. Until then, thank you all who have come here to view my blog! A big thank you also to all who have shared my posts and of course to all who have followed me on Google+, it is much appreciated!

[Event "Challenge 32387239"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.08.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Tocklin, Tomi"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B16"] [WhiteElo "1756"] [BlackElo "1740"] [Annotator "Stockfish 6 64 BMI2 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 (5... exf6 6. Bc4 { Caro-Kann Defense: Forgacs Variation}) 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bf4 {B16 Caro-Kann: Bronstein-Larsen Variation} Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. c3 (10. Qd2 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Be2 O-O-O 14. h3 Bf5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qd5 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Qe3 Qd6 19. c3 h5 20. Nd2 Nd5 21. Qf3 Qf4 22. Qxf4+ Nxf4 23. g3 Nd5 24. Ne4 f5 {Werner,M (2355)-Suess,S Hassloch 1999 0-1 (56)}) 10... Nd7 11. Qe2 (11. h3 Nb6 12. Bd3 Bg6 13. Qc2 Qd5 14. Rg1 O-O-O 15. b3 Qd6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. O-O-O Nd5 18. Kb2 Kb8 19. Nd2 f5 20. Nc4 Qc7 21. Rde1 Rh4 22. Ne5 Nf6 23. Re3 Rdh8 24. Rd1 Nd5 25. Ree1 Nf6 {Kaypak,O (1153)-Sicars,T (2092) Gelsenkirchen 2014 1/2-1/2 (43)}) 11... Nb6 {N} (11... O-O-O 12. Nh4 Bg6 (12... Rde8 13. Qh5 Bg6 14. Qa5 Kb8 15. O-O Reg8 16. b4 Qf4 17. Nxg6 Rxg6 18. g3 h5 19. Be2 h4 20. g4 Rxg4+ 21. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 22. Kh1 Qf3+ {0-1 (22) Ickert,B (1755) -Bitzer,A (1624) Frankfurt 2005}) 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. g3 Rh3 15. O-O-O f5 16. Qd2 Rdh8 17. f3 f6 18. Qe2 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qd2 R3h7 21. Rhe1 Qc5 22. Be6 Rd8 23. Re3 Qf8 24. Rd3 Qe8 25. Rd6 Re7 26. Bc4 {Hoogakker,P-Foster,P Guernsey 2001 1-0 (40)}) ( 11... Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Bb3 Nd5 16. g3 f5 17. Kb1 h5 18. Rhe1 Nf6 19. c4 Ne4 20. d5 Qc5 21. Re3 Rd6 22. dxc6 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 bxc6 24. Qe1 Rd8 25. Re2 Qd4 26. Kc1 {Lehmann, M-Fischer,T (2089) Germany 2008 0-1 (44)}) 12. Bb3 Nd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Qe3 Rg8 {Black threatens to win material: Rg8xg2} 15. Nh4 Bg6 16. O-O O-O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} 17. Rfe1 Bh5 18. Qe4 {White threatens to win material: Qe4xh7} (18. g3 Qg5 19. Ng2 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Bg6 {=}) 18... Rg4 (18... c5 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. dxc5 Rxc5 21. Kf1 {=}) 19. Qxd5 {=} Rxd5 ({Less advisable is} 19... exd5 20. Nf5 Re4 21. Rxe4 dxe4 22. Re1 {+/-}) 20. Nf3 Rf5 {Black threatens to win material: Rf5xf3} (20... Rg6 21. Nh4 Rg4 22. g3 {=}) 21. Nd2 {+/=} Rfg5 22. g3 Rg8 23. Ne4 {White threatens to win material: Ne4xf6} R4g7 $4 (23... R4g6 {+/= saving the game}) 24. Nxf6 {+-} Bg6 25. Nxg8 (25. Nxg8 Rxg8 26. f3 {+-}) 1-0