26 Jan 2018

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 8.c3 O-O-O)

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 8.c3 O-O-O)

The first big mistake of this game was seen when I chose to play 14.Ne1. It was another passive move that could have cost me one of my games. Not sure what I thought would happen in case I move my knight to g5, maybe I thought it would be lost, but once again, I would have been wrong. There would not have been any way for my opponent to take advantage of the knight on g5, the knight would have threatened a fork on f7 and because Gluecifer7 would have needed to protect f7, I would have had time to protect my knight. Retreating with the knight to e1 hampered the coordination of my pieces, my rooks were not connected anymore.

The only good move is 14.Ng5, according to Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT at depth 34.

In order to take advantage of my blunder, Gluecifer7 should have replied with 14...Nxe5 and the continuation 15.dxe5 Qe4 does not look good for me as all of my pieces would be badly placed. Luckily for me, Gluecifer7 played 14...Rh6 for some reason that I do not fully understand, maybe it was only made so that the knight on f6 could move freely again. It did not take long for me to blunder again, with my 16th move Qe3, my position went down the drain again.

16.Bxf6 is the move that the engine recommends at depth 40.

It did not matter, however, because Gluecifer7 was not able to find a strong move in reply. Both 16...h3 and 16...Nxe5 would have meant huge problems for me, but Gluecifer7 played 16...Rdh8, which let me off the hook as it only defends the rook on h6 instead of going for the attack. I continued the game with 17.c4, which basically forced the queen to retreat, since 17...Qe4 is answered with 18.Qxe4 Nxe4 19.Bxh8. My opponent went all the way back to d8 with the queen, which was one square too far as it made the reply 18.Nb5 look a bit more annoying. Gluecifer7 thought it best to protect the c7 pawn with 18...Bd6 and had I taken on d6 with my bishop, I could remained on the clearly favorable side of the board, since I would have been the one with the initiative. The problem with Nxd6 was that after cxd6 I could not play Qf4 and thus increased pressure towards d6. In the game I had to move my bishop and I chose to move it to f4, which was better than taking on f6. My final mistake saw the light of day when I played 26.Qd2.

My best try was 26.Qe4, according to Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT at depth 34.

The queen moved out of the defence and in an awkward square that the reply 26...Nd4 would have taken advantage of. In some situations the knight would have threatened to go to f3 and fork the queen and king, though it probably does not quite work immediately. In the game Gluecifer7 chose to play 26...h3, to which I replied by moving my g-pawn one square forward. It left the square f3 unprotected so naturally my opponent continued with 27...Nd4. The game did not last long after that as I resigned after 29...Qe4.

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1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Qxe2 Qxd5 6.Nf3 e6 7.0-0 Nc6 8.c3 0-0-0 B01 Scandinavian Defence 8...Bd6 9.b4 Qh5 10.Re1 0-0 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 Bak,A (2048)-Mulleady,P (1912) England 2015 1/2-1/2 (37) 9.Bg5 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 Re7 Laznicka,V (2480)-Krivoshey,S (2493) playchess.com INT 2005 1-0 (45) 9...h6 10.Bh4N 10.Bxf6 gxf6 11.Nbd2 h5 12.b4 h4 13.h3 Bh6 14.Ne4 f5 15.Nc5 Rdg8 16.Nd3 Rh7 17.Nde1 Bf4 18.a4 Ne7 19.c4 Qe4 20.Qxe4 fxe4 21.Ne5 e3 22.N1d3 exf2+ 23.Kxf2 Bg3+ 1/2-1/2 (23) Stergar,L (1738)-Schaefer,H (2042) Goch 1997 10.Bxf6!? gxf6 11.Nbd2= 10...g5 Black threatens to win material: g5xh4 11.Bg3 h5 12.Be5 White threatens to win material: Be5xf6 Be7 13.Na3 g4 Black threatens to win material: g4xf3 14.Ne1? 14.Ng5 Rhg8 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Nxf7 Rd7= 14...Rh6?? Black loses the upper hand 14...Nxe5 Black clearly has the better chances 15.dxe5 Qe4-+ 15.Nd3 15.Nc4 Rg8= 15...h4 15...Bxa3 16.bxa3 Qc4 16.Qe3? 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.Qxg4 Bxa3 18.bxa3= 16...Rdh8?? not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game 16...Nxe5 Black would have gained the upper hand 17.Qxe5 Bxa3 18.bxa3 h3-+ 17.c4 Qd8 17...Qd7!? is worth consideration 18.Nb5± Bd6 19.Nxd6+ 19.Bxd6!? cxd6 20.Qf4± 19...cxd6= 20.Bf4 White threatens to win material: Bf4xh6 Rg6 20...Rh5 21.Rfd1= 21.b4 21.Rac1 a5 21...Ne7 21...Kb8 22.Bg5?? letting the wind out of his own sails 22.d5 would allow White to play on Kb8 23.dxe6± 22...Nf5 23.Qf4 Rh5 23...g3 24.h3 Rhg8 25.Bxf6 Qxf6 26.Rad1 gxf2+ 27.Rxf2 24.Bxf6 Qxf6 25.d5 e5 26.Qd2?? leads to further unpleasantness 26.Qe4 Nd4 27.Rad1 26...h3 26...Nd4!? keeps an even firmer grip 27.Qe3 h3 28.g3-+ 27.g3 Nd4 28.Qd1?? simply worsens the situation 28.f4 gxf3 29.Kh1-+ 28...Qf5-+ 29.Rb1 29.Kh1 what else? Nc2‼ Deflection: f3 30.Rc1-+ 29...Qe4 29...Qe4 30.f3 Nxf3+ 31.Rxf3 Rf5-+ 0–1
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Vierjoki,T1843Gluecifer719350–1

The top five rated games that I was able to find in my reference database can be seen below.

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1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4 4.Be2 Bxe2 5.Qxe2 Qxd5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.0-0 0-0-0 8.c3 e6 9.Bf4 h6 10.Nbd2 Qf5 11.Bg3 Bd6 12.Rfe1 Bxg3 13.hxg3 Ng4 14.Nc4 g5 15.Nfe5 Ngxe5 16.Nxe5 Nxe5 17.Qxe5 Qxe5 18.Rxe5 Rd6 19.Rae1 Kd7 20.g4 f6 21.R5e3 b6 22.b4 h5 23.Rh3 h4 24.g3 c5 25.bxc5 bxc5 26.gxh4 gxh4 27.dxc5 Rd5 28.Kg2 Rxc5 29.Reh1 Kd6 30.Rxh4 Rxh4 31.Rxh4 Rxc3 32.Rh3 Rc4 33.Rd3+ Ke5 34.Kg3 f5 35.Re3+ Kd5 36.gxf5 exf5 37.Ra3 Rc7 38.Kf4 Kc4 39.f3 Kb4 40.Re3 Rc5 41.Re5 Rxe5 42.Kxe5 Ka3 43.Kxf5 Kxa2 ½–½
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Jovanovic,S2355Filipovic,B2425½–½
Kozel,R2361Vlassov,N24540–1
Laznicka,V2480Krivoshey,S24931–0
Yandemirov,V2435Iljin,T23980–1
Antonio,R2478Bersamina,P23611–0

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