D94 Grünfeld: 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 (1.Nf3 Nf6 2.b3 g6 3.Bb2 Bg7 4.d4 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Bg4 8.Be2 Nbd7 9.O-O)

This might not be the most exciting game because there were no clear mistakes done by either player. This was due to the fact that there really were not that difficult choices at any point during the 22 moves that this game lasted. Actually I was happy to get the draw and the way I played this game was with the intention of getting a draw. This game was played in a mini-tournament called dim_weasel's XIV. I am currently on second place with 2.5 points and I have two games left to finish. Ichthus also has 2.5 points, but he has already played all of his six games. He is currently on 4th place, but if dim_weasel (1823) gets at least 1.5 points out of his two remaining games, then dim_weasel will overtake ichthus on the standings, leaving ichthus on 5th place. The winner of this mini-tournament has been clear quite some time now and it will be officially jug_head (2049) as soon as all games have finished. Jug_head was able to win all of his games in this dim_weasel's XIV mini-torunament.

[Event "dim_weasel's XIV"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2016.04.25"] [Round "?"] [White "ichthus"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "1871"] [BlackElo "1781"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 {Zukertort Opening: Nimzo-Larsen Variation} g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. d4 (4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O {Zukertort Opening: Double Fianchetto Attack}) 4... d5 5. e3 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Bg4 (7... Ne4 8. Bd3 Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 12. dxe5 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bxe5 14. e4 Nd7 15. Rd1 Bxc3+ 16. Qxc3 Qe7 17. O-O Nc5 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 {0-1 (19) Suarez Fernandez,E (1850)-Rizouk,A (2511) Seville 2016}) 8. Be2 Nbd7 $146 (8... Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 f5 12. f3 c5 13. O-O-O cxd4 14. exd4 Bxd4 15. Nxe4 e5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Nc5 Re8 18. Qd2 Nc6 19. Rhe1 Qd6 20. Nxb7 Qxh2 21. f4 Qh4 22. Nd6 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 {Mainka,G (2327)-Schmidt,B (2338) Germany 2006 0-1}) 9. O-O { D94 Grünfeld: 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3} Re8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nd2 Bxe2 {Black forks: d1+f1} 12. Qxe2 Rc8 13. Rac1 Rc6 14. Qf3 (14. Qb5 Rb6 15. Qa5 Ra6 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 $11) 14... Nb6 (14... Qa5 15. a3 e6 16. b4 $11) 15. Ne2 $11 Qd7 16. Rxc6 Qxc6 17. Rc1 {White threatens to win material: Rc1xc6} Qd7 18. Nf4 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Qd1 Nfd7 21. Nd3 Qc7 22. Qc1 Qxc1+ 1/2-1/2