E82 King's Indian: Sämisch: 6...b6 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 b6 7.Bd3 c5)

The game I am sharing today was played on the third round of the 2014 October Long Haul Split I tournament at Red Hot Pawn. The tournament started on October 24th, 2014. On August 10th, 2016 the tournament finished and it was decided that my opponent, caissad4, won the tournament. This tournament could have ended on the second round if we had not tied in points. If me and caissad4 would have kept getting one win each, we would have continued to play this tournament until one of us would have had at least one win and a draw. I am, in a way, glad that it stopped the way it did, I would have liked to be the winner, of course, but unfortunately I was not able to do that this time. Caissad4 certainly deserved to win as I was compeletely destroyed in this game. I should have probably played the opening I played on the second round as it was the game where I was victorious, but I wanted to change things for this round. Obviously that was a bad idea.

It was rather sad that already on my 7th move I played a move so horrible that it sealed my destiny. I can't believe I played 7...c5 without properly judging the consequences of the move. If the game was not lost after my 7th move, it certainly was after I moved my queen to c7 on move 9. I should have just moved the knight, but I thought that I will prevent losing a whole rook this way. In the game continuation I was only able to get a pawn for the knight, which is clearly not enough. I did try to fight back for awhile, but on my 20th move I decided that resistance was futile and resigned. I should, of course, be able to offer a better play in a correspondence game, but lately I have not been as interested in using as much time to think my moves as I used in the past. Maybe I need some time off from correspondence chess and maybe come back later with more enthusiasm. These days I am much more interested in playing games in one sitting. I have added mate in one puzzles 511 & 512, mate in two puzzle 728, mate in three puzzle 650 and mate in four puzzle 519 today. Until Monday, my fellow chess and chess960 enthusiasts and other people who do not fit in that category!

[Event "Long Haul Split"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2016.07.03"] [Round "3"] [White "caissad4"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E82"] [WhiteElo "2110"] [BlackElo "1941"] [Annotator "Stockfish 7 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 {King's Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation, Double Fianchetto} (6... c6 7. Bd3 a6 {King's Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation, Byrne Defense}) (6... e5 7. d5 c6 (7... Nh5 8. Qd2 Qh4+ 9. g3 Nxg3 10. Qf2 Nxf1 11. Qxh4 Nxe3 12. Ke2 {King's Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation, Bronstein Defense}) 8. Nge2 cxd5 {King's Indian Defense: Saemisch Variation, Closed Variation, Main Line}) 7. Bd3 c5 {E82 King's Indian: Sämisch: 6...b6} 8. e5 dxe5 (8... Ne8 9. Be4 Nc7 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. f4 Bf5 12. Bxa8 Nxa8 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Rd1 Qb8 16. O-O dxe5 17. Bxc5 exf4 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 e5 21. Bxb6 axb6 22. Qf2 g5 23. g3 {Kraidman,Y (2440)-Nemet,I (2460) Skara 1980 1-0 (41)}) (8... Nc6 9. exf6 Bxf6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Be2 a6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. O-O Nf6 15. Kh1 Bd7 16. a4 Rb8 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Rae1 Rfe8 19. Bd3 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qb7 23. Rd1 {Miedema,D (2390)-Soubirou,O (2060) Lille 2014 1/2-1/2 (44)}) 9. dxe5 Qc7 {? N} (9... Ne8 10. Be4 Nc7 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nb5 (12. Bxa8 Nxa8 13. f4 Bb7 14. Nf3 Nc7 15. Ke2 Bxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Kf8 17. Rhd1 Ke8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Rd1+ Ke8 20. a4 Nc6 21. Nb5 Nxb5 22. axb5 Na5 23. Ra1 f6 24. e6 Kd8 25. Bxc5 Nxc4 26. Rd1+ Ke8 {Littke,H-Grellmann,T (1892) Mecklenburg VP 2004 1-0 (32)}) 12... Nba6 13. Nxc7 Nxc7 14. Bxa8 Nxa8 15. f4 f6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Ke2 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxg2 19. Rhd1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Bxe5 21. fxe5 Bc6 22. e6 Kg7 23. Bg5 h6 24. Bxe7 { Knaak,R-Redlich,B Warsaw 1970 1-0}) (9... Nfd7 10. Be4 Nxe5 11. Bxa8 Nd3+ 12. Kf1 Nxb2 {+/-}) 10. exf6 {+-} Bxf6 11. Be4 (11. Nd5 {seems even better} Qe5 12. Ne2 Bb7 {+-}) 11... Bb7 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Nd5 Qe5 14. O-O-O Bg7 15. Bf4 Qh5 { ?? an oversight. But Black was lost anyway.} (15... Qe6 16. Ne2 Qc8 {+-}) 16. g4 Qh4 17. Qd2 f6 (17... h6 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} 18. Bg3 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Bxb7 {+-}) 18. Bg3 (18. Nxe7+ {!? keeps an even firmer grip} Nxe7 19. Bxb7 Rae8 {+-}) 18... Qh6 19. Qxh6 (19. f4 {makes it even easier for White} Kh8 20. h4 Nd4 21. Nxf6 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 b5 {+-}) 19... Bxh6+ 20. Kb1 (20. Kb1 Rad8 21. Ne2 {+-}) 1-0