B19 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 h6 5.h4 Bf5 6.Ng3 Bh7 7.Nf3 Nd7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Ngf6 10.Bd2 e6 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Rhe1 O-O-O 13.Qb3)

The game below was played in a team match called Rise Of The Daleks. It is played on 34 boards between Daleks of Skaro and TriBaL KnighT's. I am playing on board 9 for Daleks of Skaro. The current score in the match is 22.5 - 31.5 in favor of TriBaL KnighT's. While the winner of the match is still not been decided, TriBaL KnighT's is already too close to secure the match in their favor, from our point of view that is. It is still possible to turn things around and that is what we need to do in the remaining games and we can only handle two more points to be lost if we want to win the match.

The move 4...h6 is an interesting one and I probably did not reply to it in the best possible way. I just tried to get to a more familiar position and played 5.h4, but it probably is just a useless move because the bishop can retreat to h7 in one move after Ng3. I should have maybe played either 5.Nf3 or even 5.Ng3 with the idea of preventing the bishop from coming to f5. The position starts to look a bit like the Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Lobron System or the Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Seirawan Variation with the exception that both players have one pair of moves missing, White has not played h5 and Black has not played Bg6. Up to my 11th move, both players follow similar ideas as in those two opening variations I mentioned, but then letranknight goes for 11...Qc7, which is a decent alternative to moves like 11...Be7 or 11...Bd6. This game was played with only small inaccuracies until letranknight played 36...Kb7. I was quite confident about my chances at this point in the game, but I chose the wrong plan and had to face a position where my winning chances had gone down the drain and needed to accept the draw. I think this was a good game from both players and the only real chance I got in this game, I was not able to use properly.

[Event "Rise Of The Daleks - Board 9"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.01.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "letranknight"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B19"] [WhiteElo "1821"] [BlackElo "1808"] [Annotator "Stockfish 7 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 h6 {Caro-Kann Defense: Finnish Variation} (4... Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. f4 {Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Maroczy Attack} (6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 {Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Lobron System} (12... Bd6 { Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation, Seirawan Variation}))) 5. h4 Bf5 6. Ng3 Bh7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ngf6 10. Bd2 e6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Rhe1 O-O-O 13. Qb3 {B19 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 main line} Bd6 14. Ne2 (14. Qa4 Kb8 15. Ba5 Nb6 16. Bxb6 axb6 17. Ne4 b5 18. Qb3 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rd5 21. Rde1 Rhd8 22. c3 Bd6 23. Qc2 c5 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. a3 Qb6 26. R4e2 Qc7 27. g3 Be7 28. Rd2 Rxd2 {Zapata,A (2545)-Adianto, U (2495) Novi Sad 1990 1/2-1/2 (75)} ) (14. Nf1 Bf4 15. g3 Bxd2+ 16. N1xd2 Ng4 17. Re2 Kb8 18. Nc4 Rhe8 19. a4 c5 20. Qc3 Ndf6 21. b3 a6 22. Nce5 Rd5 23. Nxg4 Nxg4 24. dxc5 Qxc5 25. Qxc5 Rxc5 26. Rd7 Rc7 27. Rd4 f5 28. Ne5 Nxe5 {Kuba,J (2211)-Simecek,A (2140) Czechia 2012 1-0 (44)}) 14... c5 {N} (14... Ng4 15. Rf1 Qb6 (15... Ndf6 16. Qa4 Kb8 17. c4 Qe7 18. Nc3 Qc7 19. g3 Qc8 20. b4 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. Be3 Nxc4 23. Bxa7+ Kc7 24. Rd4 b5 25. Nxb5+ cxb5 26. Qxb5 Na3 27. Qa5+ Kb7+ 28. Bc5 Bxc5 29. bxc5 Rxd4 30. Nxd4 {Lasker,E-Lee,F London 1899 1-0 (39)}) 16. Qa4 Qb5 17. Qxb5 cxb5 18. Nc3 a6 19. Ne4 Bc7 20. Kb1 (20. Rde1 Ngf6 21. Nxf6 Nxf6 22. Ne5 Rxd4 23. Nxf7 Rf8 24. Ne5 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxh4 26. Rxe6 Re4 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Re8 29. Kd1 Kd7 30. Be3 Nd5 31. Bd4 Rxe1+ 32. Kxe1 g6 33. Kd2 Ke6 34. c3 h5 {Cohn, E-Lee,F Ostend 1907 1/2-1/2 (34)}) 20... Ngf6 21. Rfe1 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. Re2 Nd5 24. g3 Kb8 25. c3 Rc8 26. Ne1 Bd6 27. Nd3 Rc7 28. Rde1 Rhc8 29. Ne5 { Shoosmith,H-Lee,F Ostend 1907 1/2-1/2 (41)}) 15. g3 {Secures f4} Kb8 16. Bf4 Bxf4+ 17. Nxf4 Rc8 (17... Ng4 18. Qc3 {=}) 18. d5 {+/=} c4 19. Qe3 (19. Qc3 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Rxd5 Nf6 {+/=}) 19... Nxd5 (19... Ng4 $5 20. Qa3 e5 {=/+ }) 20. Nxd5 {=} exd5 21. Rxd5 Nf6 {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xd5} 22. Rd4 Rhe8 23. Qc3 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 c3 25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 Rxc3 27. Ne5 a6 28. Kb2 {White threatens to win material: Kb2xc3} Rc7 29. f3 {Consolidates e4+g4} Kc8 (29... Re7 30. Nd3 {=}) 30. g4 (30. Nc4 $5 {+/=}) 30... Re7 {=} 31. Nc4 Kc7 32. Kc3 b5 {Black threatens to win material: b5xc4} 33. Nd2 Rd7 34. Rxd7+ Kxd7 {A knight endgame occured} 35. Kb4 Kc6 36. Ka5 {White threatens to win material: Ka5xa6} Kb7 (36... Nd5 37. Nb3 g6 38. h5 gxh5 39. gxh5 {=}) 37. Nb3 ( 37. c4 $5 {+/-}) 37... Nd7 {=} 38. a4 bxa4 39. Kxa4 Kb6 1/2-1/2