C50 Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Be7 5.c3 d6 6.cxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3)

This was played in a team match called TMCL 2016 Sub-Div. WL1 R3. It was played between Battle For Victory and TribaL KnighTs on 100 boards. I played on board 52 for Battle For Victory and won both my games on time. We were able to win the match with a score of 142 - 58. The only critical position in this game came after my 9th move Re8. In that position Zalan10 played 10.e5, which started the downhill from which my opponent could not recover from.

The most accurate move in reply would have been 10...Bxf3, according to the engine at depth 30. Both the game continuation and the move suggested wins a pawn, but the game continuation resulted in more exchanges than the move 10...Bxf3 would have. Zalan10's 16th move Rc1 was the final nail in the coffin and the game ended quickly after that.

[Event "TMCL 2016 Sub-Div. WL1 R3 - Board 52"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.04.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Zalan10"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1482"] [BlackElo "1816"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s)"] [PlyCount "36"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Be7 5. c3 d6 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 {C50 Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} O-O 8. h4 $146 (8. h3 Nxe4 (8... h6 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Nxe4 11. Qb3 Nxc3 12. Bxf7+ Kf8 13. Bxe8 Ne2+ 14. Kh1 Qxe8 15. Be3 Qh5 16. Rfe1 Bxh3 17. Nh2 Nexd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Qxb7 Re8 20. gxh3 Nc2 21. Qxc7 Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Qxh3 23. Qxa7 {Nouri,A (1506)-Darsalia,N Batumi 2016 1/2-1/2 }) 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bb4+ 12. Kf1 Qd6 13. Bd2 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 Bd7 15. Rd1 Rfe8 16. Qd3 h6 17. g3 Nb4 18. Qb1 Bc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Kg2 Rad8 21. a3 Nd5 22. Rhe1 a5 {Parniani-Boysan,M Varna 1962 1/2-1/2 (49)}) (8. d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. O-O h6 11. h3 Nd7 12. Qh5 Bd6 13. Be3 a6 14. Rac1 Qe7 15. Ne2 Nf6 16. Qf3 Nh7 17. Ng3 Qh4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Rad8 20. Bd3 Nf6 21. Rc3 Rfe8 22. Rfc1 g6 {Horvath,G (2310)-Knezevic,M (2455) Keszthely 1981 1/2-1/2}) (8. Bb3 Bg4 9. O-O Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. Bg5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 h6 16. Be3 a6 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Bxd1 Kf8 21. f4 Nd7 22. Nd5 Nb4 {Zajic,J-Novacek,J Prague 1968 1/2-1/2}) (8. Bd3 Bg4 9. Be3 Nb4 $14) 8... Bg4 {White has a very active position} (8... Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 $15) 9. Be3 (9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 $11) 9... Re8 (9... Nxe4 $142 10. Nxe4 d5 $15) 10. e5 $4 {throwing away the advantage} (10. Qb3 Bh5 11. Bd3 $14 (11. Qxb7 $143 Na5 12. Qa6 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Nxe4 $15)) 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nxe5 14. Be2 a6 (14... Rad8 15. h5 $17) 15. Rg1 ( 15. h5 Ned7 $17) 15... Rad8 16. Rc1 (16. Rxd8 $5 Bxd8 17. f4 $17) 16... Nd3+ $19 17. Bxd3 Rxd3 18. Ke2 Red8 0-1