C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 Qxc6)

This was played in a team match called REMATCH and it was played between France-Deutschland Group and LullabyVisca on 103 boards. I played on board 34 for LullabyVisca and managed to win both of my games against boubalex. The match ended with a score of 63 - 143 in favor of LullabyVisca. The first position in the game that I want to take a closer look at is the one after my 19th move Qg6. Boubalex played 20.Qh4, possibly trying to avoid a queen trade, but it allowed me to play 20...Be4, which threatened both the pawn on d5 and mate on g2. There really was no way that my opponent could have defended against both threats, but boubalex's next move made things even worse for him or her. Boubalex blocked the queen's path to g2 with the dark-squared bishop by moving it to g5.

Moving the bishop to g3 was a much better way of blockading the path of the queen, because I would not have had a way to immediately threaten the bishop on the g-file with a pawn. Had I indeed played 21...f6, the rest of the game would have been much easier for me, but I probably thought that boubalex could just counterattack my bishop on e4 and I did not like the way it looked to me. In the game I just chose to win a pawn and played 21...Bxd5. It was answered with 22.Rad1, a move that would have allowed me to play 22...f6 once again with a winning advantage. The reason for that was that the bishop on g5 still could not move due to the mate on g2 and if 23.Rxd5 would be played then I would take on g5 with my f-pawn, threatening the queen on h4 with the pawn and at the same time Bxf2+. The combined threats would have meant an easy win for me. Alas, I played 22...Bb3 and missed the easy win. Even then, I should have been on the better side of the board after that. The next diagram shows the position after 27...Qf7. In the game boubalex played 28.f4, which was the final nail in the coffin.

After 28.f4 the game was completely lost for my opponent, to which I was able to find the strongest move 28...Bc4, but I was not able to continue the game in the most accurate way possible. For instance, to 29.Qg3 I replied with 29...Bxd3+, when 29...Re3 was obviously a better move. Boubalex finally resigned in a position where I would have won a second pawn and likely a third one as well.

Game number two. This game was played in the first round of the 2014 October Glacial Super Casual Banded I 1650+ tournament at Red Hot Pawn. As it so happens, the two other games I added today were played in the same tournament as the game below and the things I typed about this tournament are still unchanged, so I will not type all that much about it here. I played this game quite decently apart from two moves, 29.Qe1?? and 31.Qa5??, both of these moves could have ended up in my loss but the first one I survived because my opponent did not take advantage of my mistake. The second one was the final mistake of the game and I could not bounce back from it. My opponent did play well in this game and he has also played very well in this tournament because he has not lost a single game and leads the tournament and has the best chances to win the group aswell because his maximum possible score is higher than any other player's maximum possible score.

Even though my games have gone quite badly at Red Hot Pawn lately, my latest game from there did bring back some of my confidence back because I won a game against a player who was rated 2061. That win brought me back over 1800 once again. The fact that I managed to decrease my rating from 1900+ to less than 1800 in fifteen games, I started to be quite worried about my playing skills. I started to think that maybe I have not improved in chess at all that much in years. During the same time period I played two over the board blitz tournaments at the club and won both of them without losing a game. I have never been able to win two of those blitz tournaments in a row before, so that would either suggest that I have indeed improved my chess skills or the people who usually have played there have become worse over time. I would like to think that the first scenario is more likely.

Game number three. The game below was played in the first round of the 2014 October Long Haul Split I tournament. The tournament takes place at Red Hot Pawn, the place where I played my first correspondence games in 2004. With this win I overtook beatlemania (1740) in the standings and now I am leading the tournament by a difference of one point.

[Event "REMATCH - Board 34"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.04.20"] [Round "?"] [White "boubalex"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1657"] [BlackElo "1837"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s)"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 Qxc6 {C45 Scotch Game} 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bb5 Qe6 9. O-O O-O {Black castles and improves king safety} (9... c6 10. Ba4 O-O 11. Bb3 Qe7 12. Bg5 Bd4 13. Rad1 Be5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Bf4 Bxc3 16. Bd6 Qxe4 17. Qxc3 b6 18. Rfe1 {1/2-1/2 (18) Novikov,M (2503) -Agamaliev,G (2473) Tula 2010}) 10. a3 $146 {Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} (10. Bg5 Ng4 (10... Bd4 11. Qd3 Bxc3 12. Qxc3 Qg4 13. Qe3 Qe6 14. e5 Ne8 15. Qe4 Qg6 16. Qh4 {1-0 (16) Diaz Munoz,S (2172) -Pereira Garcia,J (1870) Girona 2014}) 11. Nd5 Ne5 12. Qg3 Bb6 13. Be7 c6 14. Nf6+ Kh8 15. Bxf8 Qxf6 16. Rad1 d5 17. Be2 Be6 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bb4 Ng6 20. Bc3 Qf5 21. Bd3 Qh5 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Bd4 Bd8 24. Be3 Bf6 {Fingerov,D (2349) -Kryakvin,D (2482) chessassistantclub.com INT 2004 0-1 (42)}) (10. Re1 Ng4 11. Re2 c6 12. Ba4 d6 13. Bb3 Qg6 14. Bf4 Ne5 15. Qg3 Bg4 16. Rd2 Rad8 17. h3 Be6 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rd1 Rd4 23. a3 a5 24. Kf1 b5 {Novitzkij,D (2317)-Nevioselaya,M (1996) Minsk 2016 1-0 (51)}) (10. b3 c6 11. Bc4 Qg4 12. Qd3 b5 13. h3 bxc4 14. Qxc4 Qh5 15. e5 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxe5 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. b4 Qb6 19. Bg5 d5 20. Qh4 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Qxe4 Be6 23. Be3 Qb7 24. Rd2 Rfe8 {Garcia Iglesias,J-Gonzalez Diaz,E (1571) La Laguna 2007 0-1 (62)}) (10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Qg6 $11) 10... a6 {Black threatens to win material: a6xb5} 11. Bd3 d6 12. h3 {Covers g4} Qe5 {White has an active position} 13. Bf4 {White threatens to win material: Bf4xe5} Qe6 14. Rfe1 Bd4 15. Nd5 (15. Bf1 Bd7 16. Rad1 Be5 $14) 15... Nxd5 $11 16. exd5 Qf6 {Black has a cramped position} 17. c3 {White threatens to win material: c3xd4} Bb6 18. Qg3 Bf5 19. Be2 Qg6 20. Qh4 (20. a4 $142 $5 $11 {might be a viable alternative}) 20... Be4 $17 21. Bg5 $4 {cause more grief} (21. Bf1 Bxd5 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Rxe3 Rae8 $17) 21... Bxd5 (21... f6 $142 $5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 22. Bf1 fxg5 23. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 24. Kh2 Bxe1 25. Qxg6 hxg6 26. Rxe1 $19) 22. Rad1 $4 {another bit of territory lost} (22. Bh5 $142 Qf5 23. Qf4 Qxf4 24. Bxf4 $17) 22... Bb3 { Black threatens to win material: Bb3xd1} (22... f6 $142 {ends the debate} 23. Rxd5 fxg5 24. Rxg5 Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Qxg5 $19) 23. Bd3 (23. Bh5 Qf5 24. Rd2 Rfe8 $17) 23... f5 $17 24. Rd2 Rae8 25. Rxe8 (25. Be7 Rf7 $17) 25... Rxe8 (25... Qxe8 $6 26. Re2 Qg6 27. g4 $11) 26. Kf1 Be6 (26... Bd5 27. Qg3 Re6 $17) 27. g4 $2 (27. Re2 h6 28. Bd2 Bc8 $15) 27... Qf7 (27... h6 $142 28. Bf4 Qf7 $19) 28. f4 $4 {causes further problems for White} (28. Re2 $142 g6 29. Bf6 $17) 28... Bc4 $19 29. Qg3 Bxd3+ (29... Re3 $142 {and Black wins} 30. Bh4 Qd5 31. Bxc4 Qxc4+ 32. Kg2 Rxg3+ 33. Bxg3 Be3 $19) 30. Qxd3 fxg4 31. hxg4 (31. Re2 {does not win a prize} Rxe2 32. Kxe2 $19) 31... Re3 (31... h6 $142 {and the result of the game is clear: Black will win} 32. Bxh6 gxh6 $19) 32. Qd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 h6 34. Bh4 Rf3+ (34... Rf3+ 35. Kg2 Rxf4 $19) 0-1 [Event "Glacial Super Casual Banded"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.11.03"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "takinitez007"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1782"] [BlackElo "1930"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 Qxc6 {C45 Scotch Game. LiveBook: 13 Games} 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 {White is slightly better.} d6 10. h3 a6 11. Bg5 $146 (11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Qb6 13. c3 a5 14. Re1 Bd7 15. Re7 Rae8 16. Rxd7 Re1+ 17. Kh2 Bxf2 18. b3 Bg1+ 19. Kg3 h5 20. Rb1 h4+ 21. Kxh4 Bf2+ 22. g3 f6 23. Bf4 Rxb1 24. Bxb1 g5+ 25. Kh5 Qb5 {Pajak,J (1893) -Malicka,M (1901) Warsaw 2016 1-0}) 11... Bd4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bd8 14. Rfe1 Be6 15. c3 Qd7 16. Nf4 c6 17. c4 Bf6 18. Re2 b5 19. Rc1 Rfe8 {0.30/26} ({ Black should try} 19... Be5 {-0.20/26}) 20. b3 Be5 21. Rd2 Qe7 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Rdc2 Rf8 $36 {White is under pressure.} 24. Qe2 Bd4 25. Rf1 Qh4 26. Kh2 Rf6 27. g3 Qh6 28. Kg2 {0.09/28} (28. cxb5 $14 {0.50/25 is more appropriate.} cxb5 29. a4) 28... Raf8 {[#] aiming for ...Rxf2+.} 29. Qe1 $2 {-2.52/26} (29. f3 $14 {0.34/27 keeps the upper hand.}) 29... Qg5 $2 {0.00/29} ({Weaker is} 29... Qh5 30. f4 $11) (29... Rf3 $1 $19 {-2.52/26} 30. cxb5 Rxd3) 30. cxb5 $11 cxb5 { Threatens to win with ...Rf3.} (30... Rf3 $5 31. Bc4 $8 d5 32. exd5 exd5 33. Qe6+ Kh8 $11) 31. Qa5 $2 {-4.15/29} (31. h4 $11 {0.27/30 and White stays safe.} Qg4 32. f4) 31... Rf3 $19 {( -> ...Bxf2)} 32. Rd2 $2 {-#10/25 [#]} (32. Qd2 $19 {-3.96/30} Rxf2+ 33. Rxf2 Rxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Bxf2 35. Rxf2) 32... Bxf2 $1 { Accuracy: White = 25%, Black = 33%.} 0-1 [Event "Long Haul Split"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.10.24"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "jose sureda"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1846"] [BlackElo "1534"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 Qxc6 {0.73/23 C45 Scotch Game. LiveBook: 13 Games} (6... dxc6 $11 {0.00/28} 7. Nc3 Be6) 7. Bd3 {0.19/26} (7. Nc3 $16 {0.73/23}) 7... Qf6 {0.67/22} (7... Ne7 $11 {0.19/26} 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Bb4 10. Bd2 d6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Rae8 14. Rhd1 Kh8 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Kb1 Ne5 17. f4 Bg4 18. Qh4 Nxd3 19. Nf6 gxf6 20. Qxf6+ {1/2-1/2 (20) Klarenbeek,M (2365) -Timmerman,G (2350) Netherlands 1992}) 8. Qe2 {0.16/27} (8. Nc3 $14 {0.67/22}) (8. Qxf6 Nxf6 9. O-O d6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Be6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 O-O-O 16. b3 g6 17. Rad1 f5 18. Bd3 e4 19. Be2 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. h3 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 h5 {Tan Tush, M-Gahfer,K (1787) Tripoli 2018 1-0 (80)}) 8... Qe6 $146 {1.02/21} (8... Ne7 $11 {0.16/27 remains equal.}) (8... d6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Be6 12. O-O Nh6 13. h3 O-O 14. f4 Qe7 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Qg3 f5 17. Re2 Qf7 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxe5 Bc4 20. Rfe1 Bxd3 21. Qxd3 Rxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. Qd6 {Cierny,L (2005) -Soldan,J (1906) Prievidza 1998 1-0 (58)}) 9. O-O {0.29/27} (9. Nc3 $16 { 1.02/21}) 9... Ne7 10. Nc3 a6 {1.03/24} (10... d6 $11 {0.28/26}) 11. Bc4 { 0.41/27} (11. Kh1 $16 {1.03/24}) 11... Qc6 {1.90/23} (11... Qe5 $14 {0.41/27}) 12. Bf4 $2 {0.36/28 [#]} (12. Nd5 $1 $18 {1.90/23}) 12... O-O 13. Rad1 d6 14. Bb3 {-0.06/27} ({White should try} 14. Bd5 $14 {0.45/22} Nxd5 15. exd5) 14... Be6 $11 15. Nd5 {-0.17/23} (15. Rfe1 $142 {0.27/23}) 15... Qd7 16. h3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Qf3 {-0.47/26} (18. Qd2 $11 {0.00/36 feels stronger.}) 18... Rfe8 19. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21. Qd1 {-0.55/26} (21. Re2 $11 {-0.12/30}) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Kf8 {-0.08/30} (22... h5 $15 {-0.54/25}) 23. Qe2 {-0.59/26} (23. Bd2 $11 {-0.08/30}) 23... b5 {0.00/30} (23... Qd8 $15 {-0.59/26}) 24. c3 { -0.47/26} (24. g4 $11 {0.00/30 deserves consideration.} Bg6 25. Kg2) 24... a5 { 0.00/33} (24... Qe7 $15 {-0.47/26 was preferrable.} 25. Bd1 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe4) 25. Bc2 Bxc2 26. Qxc2 Qe7 27. Kf1 Qf6 (27... Qh4 {is more complex.} 28. Qd2 Qf6 29. Kg1 Qf5 30. Kh2 h6) 28. Qd2 {-0.62/29} (28. g3 $11 {0.00/30}) 28... Bb6 { 0.00/32} (28... h5 $15 {-0.62/29}) 29. Bg3 {-0.99/26} (29. g4 $11 {0.00/32}) 29... Qf5 {-0.36/29} (29... Qg6 $17 {-0.99/26} 30. a3 Qb1+ 31. Ke2 a4) 30. Qd1 {-1.07/30} (30. Kg1 $1 $15 {-0.36/29}) 30... h5 {-0.34/30} (30... Qg6 $17 { -1.07/30}) 31. h4 {-1.01/33} (31. f3 $1 $15 {-0.34/30}) 31... g6 {-0.42/30} ( 31... Qe4 $17 {-1.01/33} 32. Kg1 g6) 32. b3 {-1.03/33} ({Better is} 32. f3 $15 {-0.42/30}) 32... Be3 {-0.08/33} (32... Bc5 $17 {-1.03/33}) 33. Kg1 {-1.11/31} (33. f3 $11 {-0.08/33 keeps the balance.}) 33... Bb6 34. Qd2 {-1.22/26} (34. Kf1 $142 {-0.79/32}) 34... Kg7 {-0.36/36} (34... Qb1+ $17 {-1.22/26} 35. Kh2 Qf1) 35. Kh2 $15 Qe4 {0.00/47} ({Black should play} 35... a4 $15 {-0.67/33}) 36. Bf4 $11 Qb1 37. Qe2 {-0.30/35} (37. Bh6+ $142 {0.23/34} Kg8 38. Kg3) 37... Qf5 38. Qd2 Qe4 39. Bg3 Bc5 40. Bf4 Qf5 41. Bh6+ Kh7 42. Bf4 b4 {[#] And now .. .bxc3 would win.} 43. c4 Qe4 44. Bg3 f6 45. Bf4 Qd4 46. Qxd4 (46. Qe3 {with more complications.} Qxe3 47. fxe3 Kg7 48. Kg3 Kf7 49. Kf2) 46... Bxd4 {KB-KB} 47. Kg3 Be5 48. Kf3 {aiming for Bxe5.} Kg7 $2 {2.02/33} (48... Bd4 $1 $11 { 0.00/36 and Black has nothing to worry.}) 49. Be3 f5 $2 {3.07/36} (49... Kf7 $16 {1.54/33 keeps fighting.}) 50. Ba7 $2 {0.00/48} (50. Bg5 $18 {3.07/36}) 50... Bf6 51. g3 Bg5 $2 {#21/34 Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 17%.} (51... Kf8 $11 {0.00/56}) 1-0

The top six games that reached the position after 6...Qxc6 and I was able to find from my reference database can be seen below.

[Event "NED-chT"] [Site "Netherlands"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Klarenbeek, Mark"] [Black "Timmerman, Gert Jan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2365"] [BlackElo "2350"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "1992.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1999"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1998.11.10"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 Bc5 6. Qf3 Qxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 Bb4 10. Bd2 d6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Nd5 Bxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Rae8 14. Rhd1 Kh8 15. Qh5 Ng6 16. Kb1 Ne5 17. f4 Bg4 18. Qh4 Nxd3 19. Nf6 gxf6 20. Qxf6+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "RUS Cup Qualifier 5"] [Site "chessassistantclub.com INT"] [Date "2004.12.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Fingerov, Dmitry"] [Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2349"] [BlackElo "2482"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2004.12.24"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "CBM 104 ext"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.03.01"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 Qxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bb5 Qe6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Ng4 11. Nd5 Ne5 12. Qg3 Bb6 13. Be7 c6 14. Nf6+ Kh8 15. Bxf8 Qxf6 16. Rad1 d5 17. Be2 Be6 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bb4 Ng6 20. Bc3 Qf5 21. Bd3 Qh5 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Bd4 Bd8 24. Be3 Bf6 25. b3 Kh7 26. c4 Be6 27. Bd4 Bh4 28. Qe5 Qh6 29. Rd3 Bf6 30. Qe3 Bf5 31. Rd2 Bg5 32. f4 Bd8 33. h3 Bc7 34. Be5 Bb6 35. Bd4 Bc7 36. Qf3 Re8 37. Kh1 Be4 38. Qg3 Qh5 39. Re2 Qf5 40. Rfe1 Re6 41. Qg4 Kg8 42. Qxf5 gxf5 0-1 [Event "Mitropa Cup 24th"] [Site "Steinbrunn"] [Date "2005.05.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Wirig, Anthony"] [Black "Brunello, Sabino"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2409"] [BlackElo "2327"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2005.05.21"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "CBM 106 ext"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.07.01"] [WhiteTeam "France"] [BlackTeam "Italy"] [WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"] [BlackTeamCountry "ITA"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 Qxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Bb5 Qb6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd3 Bd4 11. Nb5 Be5 12. Be3 Qc6 13. Qe2 a6 14. Nd4 Qd6 15. Nf3 Nc6 16. c3 Re8 17. Rad1 Bf4 18. Bxa6 Qh6 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Bc4 d6 21. Nd2 Ne5 22. f3 Ng6 23. Qf2 Qf6 24. f4 Bg4 25. Rde1 Bd7 26. a3 Bc6 27. Bd3 Nf8 28. Qg3 Nd7 29. Qh3 Qd8 30. Bc2 Nf8 31. Nf3 Bd7 32. Qg3 Qf6 33. Qg5 Qe6 34. Qd5 Qe7 35. Qd2 Bc6 36. Nd4 Bd7 37. Qd1 Qd8 38. Qh5 c5 39. Nf3 Qb6 40. Rb1 c4+ 41. Kh1 Ra5 42. Qh4 f5 43. exf5 Bxf5 44. Bxf5 Rxf5 45. Nd4 Rf7 46. f5 Re5 47. h3 h6 48. f6 Qd8 49. Nf3 Rxf6 50. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 51. Rxf1 Qxh4 52. Rxf8+ Kh7 53. Rh8+ 1-0 [Event "Budapest FS08 IM-A"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "2007.08.16"] [Round "11"] [White "Pitl, Gregory"] [Black "Torok, Sandor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2387"] [BlackElo "2306"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2007.08.06"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [EventCategory "2"] [SourceTitle "CBM 119 ext"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2007.09.04"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 Qxc6 7. Nc3 Ne7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. Bb5 Ne5 12. Qg3 Qe6 13. Rae1 d6 14. exf5 Qxf5 15. Be7 Be6 16. Rxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 dxe5 18. Bxc5 Rfd8 19. Bd3 b6 20. Be3 c6 21. Bg5 Re8 22. Be4 Rac8 23. Re1 b5 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5 b4 26. Na4 Bxa2 27. Nb6 Rc7 28. Ra1 b3 29. cxb3 Bxb3 30. a6 Ra7 31. Bxc6 Re6 32. Nc8 1-0 [Event "Tula"] [Site "Tula"] [Date "2010.08.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Novikov, Maxim"] [Black "Agamaliev, Gamil"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2503"] [BlackElo "2473"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2010.08.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "13"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "6"] [SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.10.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 Qxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bb5 Qe6 9. O-O c6 10. Ba4 O-O 11. Bb3 Qe7 12. Bg5 Bd4 13. Rad1 Be5 14. Qe3 Re8 15. Bf4 Bxc3 16. Bd6 Qxe4 17. Qxc3 b6 18. Rfe1 1/2-1/2 [Event "Donskoj"] [Site "Donskoj"] [Date "2010.09.07"] [Round "6"] [White "Stepanov, Alexander M"] [Black "Novikov, Maxim"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2381"] [BlackElo "2503"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2010.09.04"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "6"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2011"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.11.26"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 Qxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Bd4 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Qxc3 11. bxc3 d6 12. Bc4 Ng4 13. Bh4 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. h3 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. g4 Rf8 18. Bg3 a5 19. Rd3 b5 20. h4 Kd7 21. f5 exf5 22. exf5 h5 23. Rd4 Ne3 24. gxh5 Rxf5 25. Re1 Nc4 26. Rg4 Rf7 27. Rg6 Rh8 28. Rg5 c6 29. Rg1 Re8 30. Kd1 Ne3+ 31. Kc1 Nc4 32. Kd1 Re3 33. Be1 Ree7 34. Bd2 d5 35. R5g2 Nd6 36. h6 gxh6 37. Bxh6 Re4 38. Rg4 Rf1+ 39. Rxf1 Rxg4 40. Bg5 Ne4 41. Rf7+ Ke6 42. Re7+ Kf5 43. Kc1 Nxg5 44. hxg5 Rxg5 45. Kb2 a4 46. Ka3 Rg4 47. Rc7 Rc4 48. Kb2 Ke5 49. Rc8 Kd6 50. Rd8+ Kc5 51. a3 Rf4 52. Rd7 Kc4 53. Rd6 c5 54. Rd8 Rf3 55. Rc8 Rxc3 56. Rxc5+ Kxc5 57. Kxc3 b4+ 58. axb4+ Kb5 59. Kd4 Kxb4 60. Kxd5 Kc3 0-1