B01 Scandinavian Defence (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Qxe2 Qxd5 6.Nf3 e6 7.O-O Nc6)

It is time once again for the last post of the week. This time it has a game that was played in a team match called You like jengkol, too? The match consists of 93 boards and it is played between LullabyVisca and I like beer and Chess. I played on board 32 for LullabyVisca in this match and lost both of my games to ovoll. The match has not yet been decided, but it is quite close to that point. The current score in the match is 77 - 90 in favor of I like beer and Chess.

When I saw that ovoll played 2...Nf6 instead of just taking the pawn with the queen, I thought here we go again with this annoying line of the Scandinavian Defense had I continued with 3.c4 that is. I think then my opponent would have played 3...e6 and I have so bad experiences from that line that I thought it best to just play 3.d4 and give that pawn back without trying to keep it. Ovoll did not take that pawn back to my surprise and played 3...Bg4 instead and we reached the B01 Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Variation. I have no recollection of playing this variation before, but then again I have lot of games to go through that might have this line somewhere, but I doubt it. I played 4.Be2 in order to maybe cath up in development, because I did not want to be left too far behind. I was quite okay with the way I played up to move 11.Nbd2, but there might have been some better moves before that position arised. Ovoll replied with 11...h6, which I saw as a mistake, because I can just take on h6 with the bishop. My opponent then decided to take on d2 with the knight. At that moment I experienced one of those brain malfunctions that I sometimes get and took the knight with my queen... I am not sure how much time had passed between me taking the pawn on h6 and the time I decided to make my 13th move in this game. No matter how long it had been, I had forgotten my bishop on h6 and that I could take on d2 with the bishop. That was the key moment in the game, I did try my best after this blunder, but I could not get enough counterplay for the material lost. Stay tuned for other silly losses, I have one in particular coming up sometime in the future that I finished 5 days ago that shows one other brain malfunction from me that resulted in a loss after a good game. Until Monday, my fellow chess and chess960 enthusiasts!

[Event "You like jengkol, too? - Board 32"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.02.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "ovoll"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1829"] [BlackElo "1904"] [Annotator "Stockfish 7 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "100"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 {Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Variation} 4. Be2 (4. f3 Bf5 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 {Scandinavian Defense: Portuguese Variation, Portuguese Gambit}) 4... Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Nc6 {B01 Scandinavian Defence} 8. c3 Bd6 (8... O-O-O 9. Be3 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Qh5 11. h3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Rfe1 Nd3 14. Reb1 Rhe8 15. Nc4 Nf4 16. Nxd6+ Rxd6 17. Qc4 Nxh3+ 18. Kf1 Re4 19. Qc5 Nf4 20. Qxh5 N4xh5 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nd7 23. Ng5 {Laznicka,V (2480)-Krivoshey,S (2493) playchess.com INT 2005 1-0 (45)}) 9. Bg5 {N} (9. Nbd2 Qh5 (9... O-O-O 10. b4 Qh5 11. Rd1 Bf4 12. Nc4 g5 13. g3 Rhg8 14. b5 Ne7 15. Nfe5 Qh3 16. Nxf7 Ng4 17. f3 Bxg3 18. fxg4 Rg6 19. Rf1 Bf4 20. Nce5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Rg7 22. Rf3 Qh4 23. Qf2 Qh6 24. Nf7 {Schubert,W (1788) -Niedenthal,R (1828) Frankfurt 2014 1-0}) 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 h6 13. Bf4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Rd5 15. Re3 Rhd8 16. Rae1 g5 17. Qf6 Rf5 18. Qg7 g4 19. Ne5 Rg5 20. Qf6 Rf5 21. Qg7 Rg5 {1/2-1/2 (21) Wimmer,H (2295)-Kraft,V (2275) Kirchseeon 1989}) (9. b4 Qh5 10. Re1 O-O 11. b5 Ne7 12. c4 Nf5 13. Bb2 c5 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne5 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. g4 Rd1+ 20. Kg2 Bxa3 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Rd2 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Bb2 {Bak,A (2048) -Mulleady,P (1912) England 2015 1/2-1/2 (37)}) 9... Ne4 {Black threatens to win material: Ne4xg5} 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nbd2 h6 (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 a5 13. a4 {= }) 12. Bxh6 {+/=} Nxd2 (12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qh5 {+/=}) 13. Qxd2 $4 {there were better ways to keep up the pressure} (13. Bxd2 e5 14. Ng5 {+/-}) 13... gxh6 { +/-} 14. Qxh6 Qf5 15. Rfe1 Qh7 (15... Ne7 16. h3 {+/-}) 16. Qg5+ Qg7 17. Qh4 Ne7 18. Re4 (18. g3 Nf5 19. Qh5 Qh7 20. Qxh7+ Kxh7 {+/-}) 18... Ng6 {-+} 19. Qg5 c6 (19... f6 20. Qb5 Nf4 21. g3 {-+}) 20. Rae1 Nf4 $1 {staying in the lead} 21. Qxg7+ (21. Rxf4 Qxg5 {Combination}) 21... Kxg7 22. g3 Nd5 23. h4 Nf6 24. R4e2 Nd7 25. Ng5 Rad8 26. Kg2 b5 27. f4 Nf6 28. Kf3 c5 29. dxc5 (29. Rd1 c4 { +/-}) 29... Bxc5 {-+} 30. Rh1 $2 (30. Kg2 {-+}) 30... Rd3+ 31. Kg2 Rfd8 32. Nf3 (32. h5 Nd5 33. h6+ Kg6 {-+}) 32... Ng4 33. Ng5 (33. Rhe1 {praying for a miracle} Ne3+ 34. Kh2 {-+}) 33... Rd2 34. Rhe1 Ne3+ (34... Bf2 {and Black wins} 35. Nxe6+ fxe6 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. Rxe6 Kf7 {-+}) 35. Kh3 Nf5 (35... R2d3 { and Black can already relax} 36. Ne4 Bb6 37. Nf2 {-+}) 36. Ne4 (36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. Ne4 Rd5 {-+}) 36... Rxe2 37. Rxe2 Bb6 38. Ng5 (38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Nxd2 Ne3 { -+}) 38... Rd3 39. Rg2 (39. Ne4 {-+}) 39... Re3 40. Kh2 Bc7 (40... f6 {makes it even easier for Black} 41. Nh3 Rd3 42. Nf2 Bxf2 43. Rxf2 Rxg3 44. Re2 {-+}) 41. Nh3 (41. Rd2 Bd6 {-+} (41... Rxg3 $6 42. Rd7 Rxg5 43. hxg5 Bxf4+ 44. Kh3 { -+})) 41... Re1 (41... e5 {-+ seems even better}) 42. Rd2 (42. Rg1 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} Re2+ 43. Rg2 {-+}) 42... Ne3 43. Rd7 (43. Rd3 {a fruitless try to alter the course of the game} Re2+ 44. Kg1 {-+}) 43... Bb6 (43... Re2+ {ends the debate} 44. Kh1 Bb6 {-+}) 44. Ng5 Ng4+ 45. Kh3 (45. Kg2 Rg1+ 46. Kf3 Nh2+ 47. Ke2 {-+}) 45... Nh6 46. Rd2 Rg1 47. Kh2 $2 (47. Nf3 Rh1+ 48. Kg2 {-+}) 47... Ng4+ {+/-} 48. Kh3 f5 49. Nxe6+ (49. Rd7+ {the only chance to get some counterplay} Kg8 50. Nf3 {-+}) 49... Kf6 50. Rd6 (50. Re2 {does not win a prize} Bf2 51. Rxf2 Nxf2+ 52. Kh2 Rb1 {-+}) 50... Ke7 (50... Ke7 51. Rxb6 axb6 {-+}) 0-1