64 square madness that some of us call chess...: A16 English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5 (1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.e4 g6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O)

A16 English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5 (1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.e4 g6 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg7 7.Nc3 O-O)

This is one of the thousands of 5 minute games that I have played since I started playing chess. This being a blitz game, it may be more acceptable that there were some really silly mistakes from both sides. First of them was the move 6.Nf3, but as it was replied with Bg7, the mistake was not punished by me. I would like to say that I do not leave pieces hanging in my longer games, but it is something that I did last Wednesday at a club tournament, so maybe the time control alone does not remove the horrible moves. In that over the board game I lost a bishop for free on move six and a pawn on move nine, but due to very passive moves from my opponent, I was able to win that game eventually... Anyway, back to this game.

In case White wants to place a knight on f3, it should be prepared with moves like Nc3 or d3, so that the pawn on e4 would be protected.

The second time that I had the opportunity to take the pawn on e4 for free, I did not hesitate to grab it. The move 10.Nd5 was the starting point for my opponent's downfall and the game was quickly completely lost for my opponent. I was not only up a pawn, but I also had a lead in development.

Both the moves 10.d3 and 10.h3 seem to like much better alternatives to 10.Nd5.

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1.c4 c5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.e4 4.e3 e6 5.Ne2 Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.d4 d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nbc3 Bg4 11.h3 Bh5 12.Qb3 Bxe2 13.Nxe2 Qb6 14.Qxb6 axb6 15.Bd2 Ne4 16.Bc3 Rfd8 17.Rfd1 b5 18.a3 Nxc3 Cardoso Garcia,S (2137)-Bouzo Alvarez,J (2286) Malaga 2003 1/2-1/2 (99) 4.a3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Nc3 Nc7 7.d3 e5 8.Nf3 Rb8 9.0-0 Be7 10.Nd2 Bd7 11.Nc4 f6 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Bh3 14.Bg2 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 b5 16.Ne3 Nd4 17.Bd2 0-0 18.b4 f5 De Lima,A (2007)-Hiramine,R (2080) Natal 2016 0-1 (45) 4...g6N 4...e5 5.Ne2 d6 6.Nbc3 Be6 7.d3 a6 8.a3 Be7 9.f4 Bg4 10.f5 Nd4 11.h3 Bf3 12.Kf2 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 g6 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.cxd5 gxf5 17.exf5 Bg5 18.g4 h5 19.Bxg5 Hill,M-Hayes,P Detroit 1994 0-1 5.f4 5.d3 d6= 5...d6 6.Nf3 6.d3 Bg7= 6...Bg7 6...Nxe4!? 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.dxc3 Bg7 7.Nc3 0-0 A16 English Opening: 1...Nf6 with ...d5 7...a6 8.d3= 8.0-0 8.d3 a6= 8...Bg4 8...Rb8= 9.Qb3 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 Rb8= 9...b6 9...Na5 10.Qd1 Nxc4 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Rxf3 10.Nd5?? White lets it slip away 10.h3 is a viable option Bc8 11.d3= 10...Nxe4 11.d3 11.Ne3 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Nd4 11...Nf6 12.Ng5?? White falls apart 12.Ne3 12...Nxd5-+ 13.Bxd5 Nd4 14.Qa4 Rb8 15.h3 15.Bf3 what else? b5 16.cxb5 Nxf3+ 17.Nxf3-+ 15...Bd7 16.Qd1 h6 17.Ne4 17.Nxf7 is not the saving move Rxf7 18.Bxf7+ Kxf7-+ 17...Bxh3 17...e6 makes it even easier for Black 18.Kh2 exd5 19.cxd5-+ 18.Rf2 18.Nc3 is still a small chance h5 19.Be4-+ 18...e6 19.Rh2 19.Nf6+ does not improve anything Qxf6 20.Bg2 Qf5-+ 19...Bf5 19...exd5!? seems even better 20.cxd5 Bf5 21.Be3-+ 20.g4 20.Bc6 doesn't change anything anymore Nxc6 21.g4 Bxe4 22.dxe4 Nd4-+ 20...exd5 21.cxd5 21.gxf5 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game dxe4 22.dxe4 Qe7-+ 21...Bd7 21...Bxe4!? and Black can already relax 22.dxe4 Qe7 23.e5 dxe5 24.f5-+ 22.f5 gxf5 23.gxf5 Bxf5 24.Bxh6 24.Bd2 does not win a prize Qe7 25.Rg2 Bg6-+ 24...Bxe4 24...Bxh6 might be the shorter path 25.Rxh6 Kg7-+ 25.Bxg7 25.dxe4 cannot change destiny Bxh6 26.Qh5 Qf6 27.Qxh6 Qxh6 28.Rxh6 f5 29.exf5 Rxf5-+ 25...Kxg7 25...Qg5+ 26.Kf1 Qf5+ 27.Rf2 Qh3+ 28.Ke1 Nf3+ 29.Qxf3 Bxf3 30.Kd2 Kxg7 31.Raf1 Bxd5 32.Rg1+ Kh7 33.Kc2 Rg8 34.Rd1 c4 35.Rfd2 Rg2 36.Kc3 cxd3 37.b3 Rc8+ 38.Kb2 Rc2+ 39.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 40.Ka3 Qc8 41.Rh1+ Bxh1 42.b4 Qa6+ 43.Kb3 Qxa2# 26.dxe4 Rg8 27.Kh1 27.Rg2+ cannot change what is in store for White Kf6 28.Qh5 Rxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Qg8+ 30.Kf2 Qg5 31.Qxg5+ Kxg5-+ 27...Kf8 28.Qd2 Qg5 28...Qf6 keeps an even firmer grip 29.Qh6+ Ke7 30.Qxf6+ Kxf6-+ 29.Qf2 29.Qxg5 praying for a miracle Rxg5 30.Rh8+ Rg8 31.Rh7-+ 29...Re8 30.Rf1 Qg6 31.Qf4 Qxe4+ 31...Rxe4 32.Qh6+ Qxh6 33.Rxh6 Reg4 34.Kh2 f5 35.Rh3 f4 36.Re3 f3 37.Rexf3+ Nxf3+ 38.Rxf3+ Ke7 39.Re3+ Kf6 40.Rd3 Rh8+ 41.Rh3 Rxh3+ 42.Kxh3 Kf5 43.Kh2 Rg5 44.a3 Kf4 45.Kh3 Kf3 46.Kh2 Rg3 47.b3 Kf2 48.a4 Rxb3 49.a5 bxa5 50.Kh1 Rh3# 32.Qxe4 Rxe4 33.Rhf2 33.Rh5 does not save the day Reg4 34.Rf6 Ke7 35.Rf1 Rg3 36.Rh6 Nf3 37.Rxf3 Rxf3 38.a3 Rfg3 39.Kh2 R3g7 40.b3 f5 41.a4 f4 42.Re6+ Kd7 43.Rh6 Rg2+ 44.Kh1 f3 45.Rh7+ Ke8 46.b4 Rg1+ 47.Kh2 R8g2+ 48.Kh3 Rh1# 33...Rh4+ 33...Nf3! 34.Rh2 Reg4 35.a3 Rg1+ 36.Rxg1 Rxg1# 34.Rh2-+ Rxh2+ 35.Kxh2 Rg5 35...f5 36.Kh3 Ke7 37.b4 c4 38.Rd1 Nf3 39.Rf1 f4 40.Rxf3 Rg3+ 41.Rxg3 fxg3 42.Kxg3 c3 43.Kf3 c2 44.Ke2 c1Q 45.Kd3 Kf6 46.Kd4 Qf4+ 47.Kc3 Ke5 48.a3 Kxd5 49.a4 Qe3+ 50.Kb2 Kc4 51.a5 Qf2+ 52.Ka1 Kc3 53.b5 Qb2# 36.Rd1 Rxd5 37.Kg3 37.Kg2 doesn't change the outcome of the game a5-+ 37...Ke7 37...Nf5+ 38.Kf2 Rxd1 39.Ke2 Rb1 40.b3 Rb2+ 41.Kf3 Nd4+ 42.Kg4 Rxa2 43.b4 cxb4 44.Kf4 Ke7 45.Ke3 b3 46.Kf4 b2 47.Ke3 b1Q 48.Kf4 Qf1+ 49.Ke3 Qf3+ 50.Kxd4 Ra4# 38.Kf4 38.Kf2-+ otherwise it's curtains at once 38...Ne6+ 39.Ke3 39.Ke4 doesn't do any good Rxd1 40.Ke3 Nd4 41.a3 Rb1 42.b3 Rxb3+ 43.Kf2 Rb2+ 44.Ke1 f5 45.a4 c4 46.a5 c3 47.a6 Re2+ 48.Kd1 f4 49.Kc1 Re1# 39...Rxd1 39...Rxd1 40.Ke2 Rb1 41.b3 Rb2+ 42.Kd3 Rxa2 43.b4 cxb4 44.Ke3 b3 45.Kd3 Rc2 46.Ke4 b2 47.Kf5 b1Q 48.Kg4 Qg1+ 49.Kf3 Qg2+ 50.Ke3 Qe2# 0–1

White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

Kojjootti

1714

Vierjoki,T

1800

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Another set of reference games from players that are stronger than me. While in the game notation it says that the move 4...g6 was a novelty, the first time that the game actually went away from previously played lines, was after 8...Bg4, when my opponent played 9.Qb3. Previously there have been two moves that have been tried in that position, 9.h3 (9 times in my database) and 9.d3 (2 times). The highest rated game where 9.h3 was played is included in the publishing tool below.