C62 Spanish Game: Steinitz Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Qf6)

Today was a really busy day with all the updates to the blog, but I was able to post all the games that I wanted to post today. I did some of the work yesterday after the post I published because I knew I could not do all the updates today. The game below is the 30th game in the 100 game match I have against a friend of mine. This draw meant that I remained in the lead of the match. The score in the match after this game was 15.5 - 14.5 in my favor. I have played two, maybe three 100 game matches against Tomi before, but those were with time controls where we both had 5 minutes on the clock. This match we play with time controls where both players have 15 minutes at the start of the game. Those matches started quite evenly at first, but at some point I was able to get a clear lead in the match that I was able to hold until the end. All these matches have been played online and I think I have positive score against him in online games, but I am not so sure about the over the board games, I think he has an upper hand in those games. I do not have the exact statistics of either of the online or the games I have played over the board against him, but I think that I am correct in my assumption.

[Event "Challenge 32284354"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.08.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Tocklin, Tomi"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C62"] [WhiteElo "1763"] [BlackElo "1745"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "163"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Qf6 { 0.87/22 C62 Spanish Game: Steinitz Defence. LiveBook: 7 Games} (7... Nf6 $11 { 0.25/27}) 8. Be3 {0.32/26} (8. Qd3 $16 {0.87/22}) 8... Be7 {0.75/24} (8... Qxd4 $14 {0.32/26} 9. Nxd4 Be7) 9. O-O-O {0.26/27} (9. Nd5 $16 {0.75/24} Bxd5 10. Qxd5 (10. exd5 Qxd4 11. Bxd4 Bf6 $11)) 9... Qxd4 $1 $11 10. Bxd4 {White is slightly better.} (10. Nxd4 {feels hotter.} Bf6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nb1 Ne7 13. Nd2) 10... Nf6 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. e5 $146 {-0.34/26} (12. Nd5 $14 {0.33/28} Bxd5 13. exd5 Rfe8 14. c4 c5 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bf4 Nxf2 17. Re2 Ng4 18. Rde1 Kf8 19. h3 Nh6 20. Rxe7 Rxe7 21. Bxd6 Nf5 22. Bxc5 Rc8 23. Bxe7+ Nxe7 24. Kd2 Rxc4 25. d6 Nc6 26. d7 {1-0 (26) Granditsch,M (1893)-Soellradl,F Leonding 2006}) 12... dxe5 {0.16/30} ({Black should try} 12... Nh5 $15 {-0.34/26}) 13. Bxe5 Rac8 { 0.33/28} (13... Bxf3 $11 {-0.08/28} 14. gxf3 c6) 14. Kb1 {-0.12/26} (14. Nd4 $14 {0.33/28}) 14... Rfe8 15. h3 Nd7 16. Bg3 Nc5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Ne6 19. Red1 Red8 20. c4 c6 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {Endgame KBN-KBN} 23. Kc2 Bf6 24. b3 Kf8 25. Bd6+ Ke8 26. Ne5 Be7 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 {KN-KN} 28. g3 {-0.42/31} ( 28. Nd3 $11 {0.00/36}) 28... Ng5 $1 $15 29. h4 Ne4 30. Nd3 b6 {0.00/38} (30... Kd6 $15 {-0.44/30}) 31. g4 $11 c5 32. f3 Nf6 33. Nf4 Kd6 34. Kd3 Ke5 35. Ke3 h6 36. Nd3+ Ke6 37. Kf4 Nd7 38. Ke4 Nf6+ 39. Kf4 Nd7 40. g5 h5 41. Ke4 f5+ 42. gxf6 Nxf6+ 43. Kf4 Nh7 $1 44. Nf2 Kf6 45. Ne4+ Ke7 $2 {2.33/33 [#]} (45... Ke6 $14 {0.52/36}) 46. Kf5 $1 $18 Nf8 47. Kg5 g6 48. Kf4 $2 {0.00/40} ({White has to play} 48. f4 $1 $18 {1.79/30}) 48... Ke6 49. Ng5+ Kf6 50. Ke4 Nd7 51. f4 Nb8 52. Nf3 Nc6 53. Ng5 (53. Ne5 $5 Ne7 54. Nd7+ Kf7 55. Ne5+ Kf6 56. Nf3 $11) 53... Nb4 54. a3 {-0.71/32} (54. a4 $1 $11 {-0.25/38}) 54... Nc2 $17 55. Kd5 $2 {-5.08/29} (55. Nh7+ $17 {-0.71/35} Kg7 56. Ng5) 55... Nxa3 $19 56. Kc6 { -9.26/32} (56. Ke4 $142 {-5.02/35} Nc2 57. Nh7+ Kg7 58. Ng5) 56... Nc2 57. Kb7 Na1 58. Kxa7 Nxb3 59. Kxb6 Kf5 60. Kb5 Kxf4 61. Ne6+ Kg4 62. Nxc5 Nd2 $2 { 0.00/35} (62... Nd4+ $1 $19 {-8.10/27} 63. Kb4 Kxh4) 63. Nd7 $11 {The position is equal.} Nxc4 (63... Kxh4 $5 64. c5 $8 Nb3 $11) 64. Kxc4 Kxh4 {[#] ...Kg3 is the strong threat. KN-KPP} 65. Kd4 g5 66. Ke3 Kg3 67. Nf6 h4 {White must now prevent ...h3.} 68. Ne4+ Kg4 69. Kf2 Kf4 70. Nd2 g4 71. Kg1 Kg3 72. Nf1+ Kh3 73. Nh2 g3 74. Nf1 Kg4 75. Ne3+ Kf3 76. Nf1 h3 77. Nd2+ Ke2 78. Ne4 g2 79. Ng5 h2+ 80. Kxh2 Kf1 81. Nh3 g1=Q+ 82. Nxg1 {Precision: White = 52%, Black = 60%.} 1/2-1/2