22 Oct 2015

B45 Sicilian Four Knights (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Bb6 7.Be2)

B45 Sicilian Four Knights (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Bb6 7.Be2)

The game below was played in the first round of a tournament that was held at Vammala in 2002. Back then, the most common result for me in over the board games was a loss and this tournament was no exception, I lost four of the five games I played. Well, to be fair to my old self, most of the opponents I faced in this tournament were clearly higher rated than me at the time. Only one opponent was quite close to my rating and that game I was able to win.

Tomorrow I will post some of my correspondence games again, both chess and chess960 games will be featured. I previously thought that I would post those chess960 games today, but then I experienced the lack of productivity and inspiration, so it will be something I do tomorrow instead. Speaking of correspondence games, I only have 72 in progress at the moment, so things are definitely looking brighter on that area. I should have increasingly more time to play the remaining games for the title at the FIDE Online Arena and maybe even have time to read some books I have bought but not read yet. I have around 20 books that are in my reading schedule that I have not even opened yet. Then at some point I should start doing tactics training again and do that regularly, I would also like to go through my chess books that have been collecting dust for years. But I think that I will start going through those chess books only after I have read those books unrelated to chess first.

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MoveNResultElo
1.e41,166,62354%2421
1.d4947,29855%2434
1.Nf3281,60256%2441
1.c4182,10256%2442
1.g319,70256%2427
1.b314,26554%2427
1.f45,89748%2377
1.Nc33,80151%2384
1.b41,75648%2380
1.a31,20654%2404
1.e31,06848%2408
1.d395450%2378
1.g466446%2360
1.h444653%2374
1.c343351%2426
1.h328056%2418
1.a411060%2466
1.f39246%2436
1.Nh38966%2508
1.Na34262%2482
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e6 5.Nc3 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen Variation, Normal Variation Bc5 5...a6 6.Be2 Nge7 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen Variation, Taimanov Variation 5...Nf6 6.Ndb5 Bb4 7.Nd6+ Sicilian Defense: Paulsen Variation, American Attack 5...Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Sicilian Defense: Paulsen Variation, Bastrikov Variation 6.Nb3 Bb6 7.Be2 B45 Sicilian Four Knights Qf6 Black has a mate threat 7...Nf6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 g5 10.Bg3 d5 11.exd5 exd5 12.0-0 Be6 13.Re1 Qd7 14.Bb5 0-0-0 15.a4 a6 16.Be5 Ng4 17.Bxc6 Qxc6 18.Bd4 Qd6 19.g3 h5 20.Bxb6 Qxb6 21.Qd4 Qc7 22.Nc5 Sanchez Quintero, R (2120)-Rodriguez Mellado,A (1741) Gran Canaria 2012 1-0 8.Bf3 N 8.f4 Qh4+ 9.g3 Qe7 10.Nb5 a6 11.Nd6+ Kf8 12.f5 Bc7 13.Bf4 e5 14.Nxc8 Rxc8 15.Be3 d6 16.Qd2 Rd8 17.h4 h6 18.0-0-0 Nf6 19.Bf3 Rd7 20.g4 Ng8 21.Nc5 Rd8 22.Nxb7 Rd7 Arancibia Moreno,R (2408)-Cid Gutierrez,S Santiago de Chile 2009 1-0 (43) 8.0-0 Nge7 +/= 8...a6 Consolidates b5 9.Qd3 9.Qd6 Nge7 +/= 9...Nge7 10.Be3 White threatens to win material: Be3xb6 Ne5 Black threatens to win material: Ne5xd3. Black forks: d3+f3 11.Qe2 Bxe3 11...Bc7 12.h4 +/= 12.Qxe3 +/= 0-0 13.Be2 N7c6 13...d5 14.0-0-0 +/= 14.a3 14.0-0-0 b5 +/- 14...Rb8 14...b5 15.0-0-0 +/= 15.f4 Ng6 16.g3 Rd8 17.h4 17.0-0-0 !? +/- 17...d5 +/= Black has a cramped position 18.e5 White threatens to win material: e5xf6 Qe7 19.Nd4 19.0-0-0 !? +/= 19...Qc5 = Black threatens to win material: Qc5xd4 20.Rd1 Nge7 21.Qd3 21.Qf2 Nxd4 22.Qxd4 Qa5 = 21...Nxd4 21...Bd7 22.Nb3 Qa7 23.Qf3 =/+ 22.Qxd4 = Qxd4 23.Rxd4 Black has a cramped position Nc6 Black threatens to win material: Nc6xd4 24.Rd2 b5 25.b4 White has a new backward pawn: c2 Bb7 26.0-0 Rd7 26...Rbc8 27.Rf3 = 27.Ne4 Rbd8 27...Rc7 28.Nc5 +/= 28.Nd6 An ideal square for the white knight. 28.Nc5 Rc7 +/= 28...Ne7 28...Ba8 29.Rfd1 = 29.g4 White plans f5 29.a4 Bc6 +/= 29...Ba8 30.Bd3 White intends f5 30.a4 Bc6 +/= 30...Nc8 31.Nxc8 Rxc8 32.f5 White gains space Rc3 Black threatens to win material: Rc3xa3 33.Ra1 d4 33...Rd8 !? = might be a viable alternative 34.a4 +/- Bc6 35.axb5 axb5 36.Bxb5! Deflection: a8. Rd8?? solves nothing 36...Bxb5 37.Ra8+ Mate attack Deflection 37.Bxc6 +- Rxc6 38.Rad1?? not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game 38.Rxd4! seems even better Rdc8 39.c4 h5 +- 38...Kf8? 38...Rc4 +/- 39.Rxd4 +- Rxd4 40.Rxd4 Rxc2 40...exf5 41.c4 fxg4 42.Rxg4 Ke7 +- 41.fxe6?? throws away the game 41.f6 and the result of the game is clear: White will win gxf6 42.exf6 +- 41...fxe6 +/= 42.Rd6 White threatens to win material: Rd6xe6 42.Kf1 Ke7 +/= 42...Ke7 43.Rb6 Rc7? 43...Rc4 = would allow Black to play on 44.Kf2 +- h6 44...Rc4 45.Kg3 h6 46.Rb7+ Kf8 47.b5 Rc3+ 48.Kf4 Rc4+ 49.Kf3 Rc3+ 50.Ke2 +- 45.Ke3 g5 45...Rc4 46.Rb7+ Kf8 +- 46.hxg5 hxg5 47.Kd4 Kd7 48.Rb5 48.b5 might be the shorter path Rc2 49.Rb7+ Kc8 +- 48...Rc6?? Black falls apart 48...Rc2 49.Ra5 Rg2 +- 49.Rc5 Rxc5 50.Kxc5 Kc7 51.b5 Kb7 51...Kd7 hardly improves anything 52.b6 Kd8 53.Kd6 Kc8 54.Kc6 Kd8 55.b7 Ke8 56.Kd6 Kf8 57.b8Q+ Kg7 58.Kxe6 Kg6 59.Qb7 Kh6 60.Kf7 Kh7 61.Qh1# 52.b6 Kc8 52...Kb8 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 53.Kd6 Kb7 54.Kxe6 Kc6 55.Kf6 Kxb6 56.e6 Kb5 57.e7 Kc4 58.Ke5 Kd3 59.e8Q Kc4 60.Kd6 Kc3 61.Kd5 Kc2 62.Kc4 Kd2 63.Qe4 Kc1 64.Kc3 Kd1 65.Qe5 Kc1 66.Qe1# 53.Kd6 53.Kd6 Kb7 54.Kxe6 Kc6 55.Ke7 Kxb6 56.Kd6 Ka6 57.e6 Ka5 58.Kc5 Ka4 59.e7 Kb3 60.e8Q Kc2 61.Qe3 Kb1 62.Qf2 Ka1 63.Kb4 Kb1 64.Kb3 Ka1 65.Qe1# 53.Kc6 Kd8 54.b7 Ke8 55.b8Q+ Kf7 56.Qh8 Kg6 57.Kd6 Kf7 58.Qh7+ Kf8 59.Kxe6 Ke8 60.Qe7# 1–0
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