E70 King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4.e4, including 5.Nge2 and 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2 (1.d4 e5 2.d5 d6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 g6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nge2)

In the game below I tried something different against 1.d4 and even though things did not really work out well for me, it was not due to the opening phase of the game. This might mean that I am willing to do more testing of this opening in the future. There are some improvements that I would need to remember. For instance, on move 4 of this game, I should play Bf5 in order to prevent White from playing e4. In the game, the bishop on c8 became a problem piece to some degree, my opponent took all the good squares away from it. While the pawn storm that Kojjootti generated created him more space, it also took some time off from development and therefore I had better development, but also less space to work with. The game was played reasonably well by both players until I played 14...Qb6. Up to that point only small inaccuracies were seen. 14...Qb6 was the first move to tip the advantage clearly in favor of my friend. With two inaccurate moves in a row from Kojjootti, 15.Ng3 and 16.Nce2, would have allowed me to get a slightly favorable position with 16...b3, but I missed my chance and the position was roughly even once again. Kojjootti kept making mistakes and his 18th move gave me a chance to obtain a winning advantage. Because this was a 5 minute game, my moves were not that well thought out either and the move I chose was only good enough for clear advantage. I did get another chance for the winning advantage immediately as Kojjootti blundered with 19.g5.

I was clearly in the driver's seat after that until I had to blunder with 27...Nf8. Due to that move the game became even again for a few moves. Then on his 31st move, Kojjootti played 31.Nf5, after which he should have been completely lost. However, I suffered some sort of brain malfunction at this point and did not take the knight with my pawn. I honestly can't remember what was I thinking. I either did not see that my pawn can take the knight or I thought that I saw some dangerous line if I take the knight. Whatever the reason, I made a really horrible move as a reply to Nf5. I played 31...Qa6 and I was on the losing side of the board. I was not going to give up the fight though because it was a blitz game and things can change quite dramatically in time trouble. My fight was rewarded first with an even game when my opponent played 42.Kb1. One might think that it is easy to hold the draw here, but when players try to find ways to win the game, there might be problems. The first move to take the wrong direction after 42.Kb1 was 45.Bc8. It was replied with 45...Rb6, a move that I must have regretted almost immediately after moving the rook. The rook is very badly placed at b6 and I can't understand why I moved my rook there. Then my friend played 46.Be6, after which I remain on the better side of the board to the end of the game. The only thing that saved my opponent was my time running out.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Kojjootti"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E70"] [WhiteElo "1702"] [BlackElo "1815"] [Annotator "Stockfish 7 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [TimeControl "5"] 1. d4 e5 2. d5 {Englund Gambit Complex: Declined} d6 (2... Bc5 3. e4 Qh4 { Englund Gambit Complex: Declined, Diemer Counterattack}) 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Nge2 {E70 King's Indian: Miscellaneous lines with 4.e4, including 5. Nge2 and 5.Bd3 O-O 6.Nge2} O-O {N} (6... a5 7. Ng3 Nbd7 8. Be2 Nc5 9. h4 h6 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. h5 g5 12. Nd1 Ng8 13. Ne3 Ne7 14. Bg4 Bxg4 15. Nxg4 Qd7 16. f3 f6 17. Be3 Na6 18. Bd2 b6 19. Ne3 O-O 20. Ngf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 {Ader Hausman, W-Gentil,L Mar del Plata 1952 1-0 (43)}) (6... c6 7. Ng3 (7. f3 cxd5 8. cxd5 Na6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. g4 h5 12. h3 Nh7 13. Ng3 h4 14. Nge2 Bf6 15. Nc1 Nc5 16. b4 Na4 17. Nxa4 Bxa4 18. Nb3 Bxb3 19. axb3 Bg5 20. Bc4 Qf6 21. O-O Bxe3+ {Alber,H (2340) -Kersten,U (2365) Doernigheim 1994 0-1 (46)}) (7. h3 cxd5 8. cxd5 a6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Bd3 Ne8 12. Rc1 Bf6 13. Qd2 Ng7 14. O-O Bh4 15. Nge2 f5 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Ne5 18. Be2 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. Qb4 Qe7 21. Ne6 Nxe6 {Naranja,R-Panno,O Lugano 1968 0-1 (36)}) 7... a6 (7... cxd5 8. cxd5 a6 9. a4 h5 10. Be2 a5 11. Nf1 Na6 12. Bg5 Bh6 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Bxh6+ Rxh6 15. Ne3 Nc5 16. Qc2 Ng4 17. Nc4 f5 18. f3 Nf6 19. O-O-O Kg7 20. b3 Rh8 21. Kb2 Rf8 22. Rdf1 {Bertok,M-Tatai,S Reggio Emilia 1967 1/2-1/2 (34)}) 8. Be2 h5 9. Bg5 cxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rc1 h4 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 f5 15. Nc3 h3 16. g4 b6 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. f4 e4 20. b4 Kf8 21. Rg1 {Miles,A (2560) -Johansen,D (2410) Edinburgh 1985 1-0 (39)}) 7. h3 {Secures g4} Na6 8. g4 {Black has a cramped position} Nc5 9. f3 (9. Ng3 a5 {+/=}) 9... c6 {Covers b5} 10. h4 (10. Be3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Ne8 {=}) 10... cxd5 {=} 11. cxd5 Qa5 (11... h5 12. g5 Ne8 13. Be3 {=}) 12. Qc2 (12. Ng3 b5 13. Bxb5 Rb8 {+/=}) 12... a6 ( 12... h5 13. Ng3 hxg4 14. h5 gxf3 15. h6 {=}) 13. h5 {White wins space} (13. a3 Ncxe4 14. fxe4 Nxg4 {+/=}) 13... b5 {=} 14. Bd2 Qb6 (14... b4 15. Nd1 Bxg4 16. fxg4 {=}) 15. Ng3 (15. b4 {!?} Na4 16. h6 {+/-}) 15... b4 {+/= Black threatens to win material: b4xc3} 16. Nce2 (16. Nd1 b3 17. Qc3 a5 {+/=}) 16... a5 (16... b3 17. Qc4 Bxg4 18. fxg4 {=/+}) 17. hxg6 (17. Nc1 {!? = should be considered}) 17... fxg6 {+/-} 18. Bh6 {?? cause more grief} (18. Be3 Nfd7 19. Ng1 b3 20. axb3 Qxb3 {+/-}) 18... Rf7 (18... Bxh6 {and Black can celebrate victory} 19. Rxh6 b3 20. axb3 Bxg4 21. fxg4 Nxg4 {-+}) 19. g5 {??} (19. Be3 {=/+ was possible}) 19... Nfd7 (19... Bxh6 {makes it even easier for Black} 20. Rxh6 Nfd7 21. Ng1 Nd3+ 22. Qxd3 Qxg1 23. Ne2 Qxg5 24. Qd2 Qxd2+ 25. Kxd2 Rxf3 26. Rh3 {-+}) 20. Bg2 (20. Ng1 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} Bxh6 21. gxh6 {-+}) 20... Ba6 21. Nc1 Bf8 (21... Bxh6 {seems even better} 22. gxh6 Raf8 23. Qf2 {-+}) 22. Bxf8 (22. Qf2 {is not much help} Bxh6 23. Rxh6 Raf8 {-+}) 22... Raxf8 (22... Rfxf8 {?!} 23. Qf2 {-+}) (22... Nxf8 {?!} 23. Qf2 {-+}) ( 22... Kxf8 {?!} 23. Nf1 {-+}) 23. Qd2 (23. Qf2 {cannot change what is in store for White} Qd8 24. Qe3 Rf4 {-+}) 23... Rf4 (23... Rxf3 {and Black can already relax} 24. Bxf3 Rxf3 {-+}) 24. Nge2 (24. Qe3 {the only chance to get some counterplay} Qd8 25. Nge2 Qxg5 26. Rg1 {-+}) 24... Bxe2 (24... Nxe4 {and Black has it in the bag} 25. fxe4 Qf2+ 26. Kd1 Qxg2 27. Nxf4 Qf3+ 28. Nce2 Qxh1+ 29. Qe1 Qxe4 30. Ne6 Qxd5+ 31. N2d4 Rf1 32. Qxf1 Bxf1 33. Ke1 Ba6 34. Kf2 exd4 35. Nf4 Qf5 36. Kg3 Qxg5+ 37. Kh3 Qxf4 38. Rg1 Ne5 39. Rg3 Bf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf2+ 41. Kh1 Qxg3 42. a3 Qg2#) 25. Nxe2 (25. Qxe2 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} Nxe4 $1 {doomsday} 26. Rf1 {-+}) 25... R4f7 (25... Nxe4 {finishes off the opponent} 26. fxe4 Qf2+ 27. Kd1 Qxg2 {-+}) 26. O-O-O {?? leads to further unpleasantness} (26. Qe3 {+/-}) 26... Rc8 (26... Qb5 {!? makes it even easier for Black} 27. Ng3 Nb6 28. Qe2 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 {-+}) 27. Kb1 Nf8 {?? Black is ruining his position} (27... b3 {the advantage is on the side of Black} 28. a3 Nxe4 29. fxe4 Rc2 {-+}) 28. Qe3 {=} Qb5 29. Bh3 Rcc7 30. Ng3 a4 31. Nf5 {?} ( 31. Bf1 Qb8 32. Rc1 {=}) 31... Qa6 {?? instead of simply winning the game} ( 31... gxf5 {Black clearly has the better chances} 32. exf5 Qc4 {-+}) 32. Nh6+ { +-} Kg7 33. Nxf7 Rxf7 34. Bg4 Kg8 35. Qf2 {?? White lets it slip away} (35. Rc1 {+- keeps an even firmer grip}) 35... Nd3 {??} (35... Nxe4 {and Black is still in the game} 36. Qe3 Nc5 {+/=}) 36. Qh2 (36. Qe2 {might be the shorter path} Nc5 37. Qxa6 Nxa6 38. Be6 Nxe6 39. dxe6 {+-}) 36... Qc4 {?? Black crumbles in face of a dire situation} (36... Nc5 {+-}) 37. Qc2 (37. Qe2 {makes sure everything is clear} Nxb2 38. Qxb2 {+-}) 37... Qxc2+ {+/-} 38. Kxc2 Nf2 39. Rdg1 Nxh1 40. Rxh1 Nd7 {?? another bit of territory lost} (40... Rc7+ 41. Kd2 Kg7 {+/-}) 41. b3 {White threatens to win material: b3xa4} (41. Be6 Nc5 42. Bxf7+ Kg7 43. Be6 b3+ 44. axb3 Nxb3 45. Kc3 {+-}) 41... a3 {?? lets it slip away} (41... Nc5 42. bxa4 Ra7 43. Kb2 {=}) 42. Kb1 {Loses material} (42. Be6 { and White wins} Nf8 43. Bxf7+ Kxf7 44. Kd3 {+-}) 42... Nc5 {=} 43. Rc1 Kg7 44. Rc4 {White threatens to win material: Rc4xb4} Rb7 45. Bc8 (45. f4 h5 (45... exf4 46. e5 Rf7 47. exd6 {+/-}) 46. fxe5 hxg4 (46... dxe5 47. Bh3 (47. Rxc5 hxg4 48. Rc1 Rf7 {=/+}) 47... Rb5 48. d6 {+-}) 47. exd6 Nd7 {=}) 45... Rb6 ( 45... Rb8 46. Bg4 h5 47. gxh6+ Kxh6 48. Kc2 {+/-}) 46. Be6 (46. f4 {and White can hope to survive} exf4 47. e5 {=}) 46... h6 {+/-} 47. Kc2 hxg5 48. Kd2 {?} ( 48. Rxc5 dxc5 49. Kd3 g4 50. Bxg4 Rb8 {+/-}) 48... Kf6 (48... Rb8 49. Bg4 {-+}) 49. Ke2 {?} (49. Bg4 {+/-}) 49... Nxe6 (49... Rb7 {makes it even easier for Black} 50. Ke3 Rh7 51. Rc2 {-+}) 50. Kf2 {Kojjootti won on time} (50. Kf2 Nc5 51. Ke2 {-+}) 1-0