B83 Sicilian Scheveningen: 6.Be2, lines without ...a6 (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.O-O O-O)

This was played in a team match called Chess mates 97th match. The match is played between ♕♖ChEsS MaTeS♕♖ and Unikat - Automat Team on 20 boards. I play on board 4 for ♕♖ChEsS MaTeS♕♖ in this match where, unfortunately for us, the winner has already been decided. The score is 11.5 - 22.5 in favor of Unikat - Automat Team at the moment I type this. I won the game below on time, but the position on the board was also quite hopeless for my opponent and I am fairly confident that had the game continued, I would have won the game anyway.

My correspondence games are finishing in a fairly reasonable pace again and at the moment I only have 74 of them in progress. Having been accustomed to 270+ games for several months, this amount of games is quite relaxing for me. I am still not able to get into a position where I would not be in move in any of my games, which is something I would like to change in the near future. As the amount of games in progress drops, this obviously becomes easier and easier to achieve.

[Event "Chess mates 97th match - Board 4"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.07.17"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "akl19591959"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B83"] [WhiteElo "1870"] [BlackElo "1919"] [Annotator "Stockfish 6 64 BMI2 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 {Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation} Be7 (6... a6 7. O-O Nbd7 { Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Scheveningen Variation} (7... Qc7 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 (9. Kh1 Be7 10. a4 {Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation, Paulsen Variation (#3)}) 9... Be7 10. Qe1 O-O {Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen, Classical Main Line})) 7. O-O O-O {B83 Sicilian Scheveningen: 6.Be2, lines without ...a6} 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Qd2 {Black has a cramped position} Nc6 {N} (9... a6 10. a4 (10. Rad1 Nc6 11. f3 Qc7 12. Kh1 b5 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bf4 Rfd8 15. a3 Rd7 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. Qf2 e5 18. Be3 Rb8 19. Qg3 Re8 20. Bg5 Nh5 21. Qh4 Bxg5 22. Qxg5 Nf4 23. g3 Nxd3 24. Rxd3 Re6 { Osena,A-Tran Ngoc Minh,T (1625) Chiangmai 2013 1/2-1/2 (58)}) 10... Nc6 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Bf3 Ne8 14. Qf2 f6 15. Bb6 Qd7 16. a5 Bd8 17. Rad1 Bxb6 18. Qxb6 Rc8 19. Rd2 Nc7 20. Rfd1 Ne8 21. Ne2 f5 22. Qe3 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 {Liebzeit,M (1353)-Gannon,K (1580) Winnipeg 2004 1-0 (36)}) 10. Ndb5 { White threatens to win material: Nb5xd6} Qb8 11. Rad1 Ne8 {Black has a cramped position} (11... Rd8 12. Bf4 {=}) 12. Bf4 {The pressure on d6 grows. White threatens to win material: Bf4xd6} e5 {Black threatens to win material: e5xf4} 13. Bg5 (13. Be3 {+/=}) 13... f6 $2 (13... Bxg5 $5 {and Black is still in the game} 14. Qxg5 a6 {=}) 14. Be3 {+/-} a6 15. Na3 b5 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. c3 (17. c4 $5 b4 18. Nc2 a5 {+/-}) 17... Be6 18. Nc2 Rd8 (18... Bd8 19. h3 {+/-}) 19. f4 ( 19. a4 Rb8 {+/-}) 19... Nc7 20. b3 (20. Ncb4 Nxd5 21. exd5 Nxb4 22. dxe6 {+/-} (22. cxb4 $6 Bd7 {=})) 20... Bxd5 (20... exf4 $5 {is worth looking at} 21. Rxf4 Bf7 {+/=}) 21. exd5 {+/-} Nb8 22. Bf3 Nd7 23. Nb4 Rc8 (23... exf4 $5 24. Bxf4 Rf7 {+/-}) 24. Nc6 {+-} Rce8 25. Qf2 exf4 26. Bxf4 Ne5 27. Bxe5 (27. Be4 $5 Nxc6 28. dxc6 Qc8 {+-}) 27... fxe5 {+/-} 28. Qg3 (28. Qe3 Bd8 29. c4 {+/-}) 28... Bf6 $2 (28... Qb6+ {and Black can hope to survive} 29. Kh1 Qe3 {+/=}) 29. Be4 {+-} Kh8 $4 {Black falls apart} (29... Na8 30. c4 bxc4 31. bxc4 Bd8 {+-}) 30. Qh3 g6 31. Bxg6 Na8 32. Bxe8 Rxe8 (32... Qg7 33. Rd3 Rxe8 {+-}) 33. Rxf6 Qg7 34. Rdf1 (34. Rdf1 Nc7 35. Rf7 Nxd5 36. Rxg7 Kxg7 37. Qg3+ Kh8 38. Nxe5 dxe5 39. Rf7 Rg8 40. Qxe5+ Nf6 41. Qxf6+ Rg7 42. Qxg7#) 1-0