B19 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.Nf3 e6 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 Nf6 11.Bd2 Be7 12.O-O-O Nbd7)

This is one of those games where the move order in the opening is different than the theoretical one. The moves played in the game below follow theory up to my move 7.Nf3, after that the move order in theory is 7...Nd7 8.h5 Bh7 9.Bd3 Bxd3 10.Qxd3 e6 11.Bd2 Ngf6 12.O-O-O Be7. This was played in a team match called Battle in the Wolves' Den. It was played between The 13th Legion and TROY on 18 boards. I played on board 1 for TROY in this match, but I think the name of our team changed during this match. I am not sure, but I think I have never before had such a great success while playing on board 1, I think I have not been able to win both of my games when I have played on this board. This match was surprisingly close despite the fact that we had a lot of timeout losses. We ended up losing the match with a score of 20 - 16, so if we had not lost ten games on time, the result could have been quite different. Our opponent only lost three games on time. This match started on March 30th 2015 and finished on October 20th 2015. Until Monday, my fellow chess enthusiasts!

[Event "Battle in the Wolves' Den - Board 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.08.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "zoslen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "1879"] [BlackElo "1787"] [Annotator "Stockfish 6 64 BMI2 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 e6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nf6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Nbd7 {B19 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} 13. Rh4 (13. Rhe1 a5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Kb1 Qb6 16. Ne5 a4 17. c4 a3 18. b3 Qxd4 19. Bb4 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe7 Rfe8 22. Bb4 Ned7 23. Ne4 b6 24. Nd6 Reb8 25. f3 b5 26. Bc3 bxc4 27. Nxc4 Nd5 {Huebner,R (2600)-Larsen,B (2585) Tilburg 1980 0-1 (81)} 28. Bd2 Nc5 29. Ne5 Ra6 30. Rc1 Rb5 31. Rc4 Nf6 32. g4 Nfd7 33. Bc3 Nb6 34. Rd4 Nd5 35. Bd2 f6 36. Ng6 e5 37. Rc4 Nd3 38. Ree4 c5 39. Ra4 Rbb6 40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41. Rc4 Ra7 42. Nh4 Nb6 { Huebner,R (2600)-Larsen,B (2585) Tilburg 1980 0-1 (81)}) 13... c5 {N} (13... O-O 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd3 16. cxd3 Nd7 17. Re4 Rfd8 18. d4 Nb6 19. Ba5 Rd5 20. Bxb6 axb6 21. a3 b5 22. Nf1 b4 23. axb4 Rb5 24. Kc2 Rxb4 25. Re3 Rd8 26. Red3 f6 27. f3 Rd5 28. Re1 {Waschk,A-Fette,M (2390) Germany 1992 0-1 (33)} Kf7 29. Rde3 Rdxd4 30. exf6 Bxf6 31. Rxe6 Rdc4+ 32. Kd3 Rc5 33. R6e4 {0-1 (33) Waschk,A-Fette,M (2390) Germany 1992}) 14. Be3 {Black has a cramped position} Qb6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 {Black king safety improved} 17. Rg4 (17. Rhh1 {= }) 17... Nxe3 (17... O-O-O {and Black can hope to survive} 18. Qb3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rxd1+ 20. Kxd1 Rd8+ 21. Ke2 Qc6 {=/+}) 18. Qxe3 {+/-} ({Inferior is} 18. fxe3 O-O 19. Ne4 Rad8 {=/+}) 18... Rg8 (18... Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. Ne4 {+/-}) 19. Ne4 Rd8 $2 (19... Kf8 {+/-}) 20. Rxd8+ {+-} Kxd8 (20... Qxd8 21. Nf6+ $1 { Deflection: g7} Bxf6 22. exf6 Qd5 23. Rxg7 Rf8 24. Qxh6 Qe5 {+-}) 21. Qg3 (21. Nf6 $1 {and White has it in the bag} Bxf6 22. exf6 {+-}) 21... Qa6 {+/=} 22. Qd3+ (22. Rxg7 $4 {A poison bait which should not be taken} Rxg7 23. Qxg7 Qe2 24. Qg8+ Kc7 {-+}) 22... Qxd3 23. cxd3 {White has a new backward pawn: d3} Kc7 (23... g5 24. hxg6 Rxg6 25. Rxg6 fxg6 26. Kd2 {=}) 24. Kc2 (24. Nf6 Bxf6 25. exf6 g5 26. hxg6 fxg6 {+/=}) 24... Kc6 (24... g5 25. hxg6 Rxg6 26. Rxg6 fxg6 27. Nf6 {=}) 25. f4 (25. Nf6 $1 Bxf6 26. exf6 {+/-}) 25... f5 $4 {throws away the game} (25... g5 {= is just about the only chance}) 26. exf6 {+-} (26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Nxf6 {+-}) 1-0