22 Feb 2018

E01 Catalan: Early deviations (1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 d5 5.O-O e6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.c4 O-O 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Ne5)

E01 Catalan: Early deviations (1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 d5 5.O-O e6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.c4 O-O 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Ne5)

The first move by my opponent, 1...f5 (17832 games, score 55%), was the 5th most common reply to 1.Nf3. More common moves were 1...Nf6 (239780 games, score 55.7%), 1...d5 (143901 games, score 55.6%), 1...c5 (59809 games, score 53.6%) and 1...g6 (28633 games, score 53.2%). Then I played 2.g3 (5810 games, score 58.1%), which was the most popular move played in the position. Kojjootti's next move 2...Nf6 (5146 games, score 58.3%) was also the most often tried move. The game continued with another most often played move 3.Bg2 (4784 games, score 58.8%). The next move was the rather rarely seen 3...c6 (26 games, score 67.3%), it was the 6th most played move in the position. The moves 3...g6 (2857 games, score 57.5%), 3...e6 (1079 games, score 63.3%), 3...d6 (847 games, score 57.2%), 3...d5 (57 games, score 61.4%) and 3...Nc6 (47 games, 60.6%) were more often played than 3...c6. My 4th move, d4 (2 games, score 100%), was the rarest move that has been played in the position. 4.O-O (25 games, score 68%), 4.c4 (4 games, score 62.5%) and 4.d3 (4 games, score 75%) are the other moves seen in the position.

The next move that appeared on the board was 4...d5 (9 games, score 75%), which is the 4th most common move in the position. More common are the moves 4...d6 (45 games, score 68.9%), 4...g6 (37 games, score 55.4%) and 4...e6 (20 games, score 72.5%). With the move 5.O-O (47 games, score 62.8%) the game followed the most often played line once again. The reply 5...e6 (45 games, score 64.4.%) continued to be most popular move in the position. I then played 6.Nbd2 (51 games, score 56.9%), which was the 3rd most often played move. More popular moves were 6.c4 (366 games, score 62.2%) and 6.b3 (188 games, score 64.4%). The next move, 6...Bd6 (48 games, score 58.3%), is the most played move in the position, according to my reference database. Same was true with my 7th move, c4 (34 games, score 48.5%). The next move 7...O-O (498 games, score 57.9%) also followed the most often played line. Players such as Yi Wei (2734), Michal Krasenkow (2661), Pavel V Tregubov (2642) and Vladimir Burmakin (2627), for instance, have played the move 7...O-O in their games. The following move, 8.b3 (227 games, score 52.4%), is the most often occurred move and strong players like Alexander G Beliavsky (2649), Evgeny Postny (2642), Yuri Vovk (2628) and Alexander Graf (2613) have played the move.

8...Nbd7 (79 games, score 57%) is the most popular move as a reply to 8.b3. My next move 9.Bb2 (156 games, score 52.6%) is the most natural move in the position and therefore it is no surprise that it was the most often played move. It has been played by strong players such as Ruslan Ponomariov (2756), Alexander G Beliavsky (2649), Yuri Vovk (2628) and Zdenko Kozul (2619). The reply 9...Ne4 (130 games, score 53.1%) was the most popular move in the position. The same goes for the move 10.Ne5 (117 games, score 54.3%). And for the reply 10...Nxe5 (47 games, score 51.1%). Not a huge surprise that taking back the knight with 11.dxe5 (47 games, score 51.1%) is the only move played in the position. The next move, 11...Be7 (4 games, score 75%), is the second most played move, only behind the more active 11...Bc5 (35 games, score 50%). Once again it says in the notation prematurely that the move 12.Qc2 is a novelty, when it is not a novelty as it had been played once before this game. That game found in the reference database was a short draw in which Black's 12th move was b6. Therefore the real novelty was the move 12...g5 played by my opponent.

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1.e41,166,62354%2421
1.d4947,29855%2434
1.Nf3281,60256%2441
1.c4182,10256%2442
1.g319,70256%2427
1.b314,26554%2427
1.f45,89748%2377
1.Nc33,80151%2384
1.b41,75648%2380
1.a31,20654%2404
1.e31,06848%2408
1.d395450%2378
1.g466446%2360
1.h444653%2374
1.c343351%2426
1.h328056%2418
1.a411060%2466
1.f39246%2436
1.Nh38966%2508
1.Na34262%2482
1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.d4 d5 5.0-0 e6 6.Nbd2 Bd6 7.c4 0-0 8.b3 Nbd7 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Ne5 E01 Catalan: Early deviations Nxe5 11.dxe5 Be7 11...Bc5 12.Nxe4 12.e3 b6 13.Nf3 Be7 14.Qe2 c5 15.Rfd1 Bb7 16.h4 Qe8 17.Nh2 g5 18.hxg5 Bxg5 19.Nf1 Bh6 20.f3 Ng5 21.Nd2 Qh5 22.Kf2 Qg6 23.Rh1 Rad8 24.Rh4 Bg7 25.f4 Ne4+ 26.Nxe4 fxe4 Otalora,C (2175)-Pachon,A (2006) Medellin 2017 1-0 (36) 12...dxe4 13.Qxd8 Rxd8 14.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 15.Rxd1 Be7 16.f3 exf3 17.exf3 a5 18.a4 Kf7 19.f4 Ra7 20.Kf2 c5 21.Ke3 b6 22.Bc6 Rc7 23.Bb5 Bb7 24.Rd6 Bxd6 25.exd6 Rc6 26.Be5 Ricardi,P (2500)-Lorenzini,M (2466) La Plata 2012 1-0 (72) 12.Qc2N 12.cxd5 Nxd2 12...exd5 13.Qc2 Be6 14.e3 h5 15.f3 Nxd2 16.Qxd2 h4 17.b4 Qb6 18.a3 c5 19.bxc5 Bxc5 20.Bd4 Bxd4 21.Qxd4 Qxd4 22.exd4 hxg3 23.hxg3 Rac8 24.Rfc1 Rxc1+ 25.Rxc1 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 27.Kf2 Mertens,M-Lange,C Kassel 1996 1/2-1/2 (36) 13.Qxd2 cxd5 14.Rac1 Bd7 15.Bd4 a5 16.Bc5 Bc6 17.e3 Qc7 18.Qd4 Bxc5 19.Rxc5 b6 20.Rc3 Qb7 21.Rfc1 Rac8 22.Bf1 Bd7 23.b4 Rxc3 24.Rxc3 axb4 25.Qxb4 Rc8 26.Rxc8+ Bxc8 Telitsyn,A-Savchenko,A (2263) Odessa 2008 1-0 (46) 12.e3 a5 13.cxd5 exd5 14.a4 Be6 15.Nf3 Qc7 16.Qc2 Bb4 17.Rfd1 Qe7 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Ne2 Rac8 20.Nf4 Nc5 21.Nd3 Nxd3 22.Qxd3 Be6 23.Bc3 Rfd8 24.Bxb4 Qxb4 1/2-1/2 (24) Kastner,O (2137)-Starek,S (1995) Litomysl 2011 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.Qc2= 12...g5 12...Nxd2 13.Qxd2 dxc4 14.Bd4= 13.Nxe4 Inferior is 13.Bxe4 fxe4 14.Rad1 Bd7= 13...fxe4 Black has new doubled pawns: e4+e6 14.Qd2 14.f3 Bd7= 14...g4 14...Bd7 15.Bd4 15.f4 15.Rad1!?± 15...gxf3= 16.exf3 exf3 16...dxc4 17.Qf2 exf3 18.Bxf3 cxb3 19.axb3= 17.Rxf3 Rxf3 18.Bxf3 Bg5 18...dxc4 19.Qxd8+ Bxd8 20.bxc4 19.Qd3 19.Qd4 Qb6 20.c5 19...Qf8? 19...Qa5 and Black can hope to survive 20.Rf1+- Qg7? 20...Qh6 21.Kg2 Bd7+- 21.cxd5 cxd5 22.Rf2?? instead of simply winning the game 22.Bxd5 and White has prevailed Bd7 23.Bxb7+- 22...Bd7 22...Qg6 23.Qd4 Bd7 24.Kg2 23.Rc2 23.Bxd5!? Rd8 24.Be4± 23...Bc6 23...Be8 24.Rf2 Bg6 25.Qe2= 24.b4 24.Bd4 Rf8= 24...a6 25.Qd4 25.Bg4 Be3+ 26.Qxe3 Qxg4= 25...Rf8 Black threatens to win material: Rf8xf3 26.Bg2? 26.Kg2 would bring relief 26...Qh6 27.Re2 27.Rc3 Qg6 28.Rf3 Rxf3 29.Bxf3 Qb1+ 30.Kf2 Bb5-+ 27...Bb5 28.Re1 Bd2 29.Qg4+ Kh8 30.Rd1?? a blunder in a bad position 30.Ra1 Rf2 31.Kh1-+ 30...Qe3++- 31.Kh1 Be2 32.Qxe6 Bxd1 33.h4 33.Qb6 doesn't change anything anymore Qxb6 34.e6+ Kg8 35.e7 Kf7 36.exf8Q+ Kxf8 37.h4 Qf2 38.Bg7+ Kxg7 39.h5 Bf3 40.Bxf3 Be3 41.h6+ Kxh6 42.a3 Qg1# 33...Qxg3 34.Qxd5 34.Bd4 cannot change what is in store for White Bf3 35.Bxf3 Qxf3+ 36.Kh2 Qe2+ 37.Kh3 Rf3+ 38.Kg4 Rd3+ 39.Kf5 Qf3# 34...Rf1+! Deflection: f3 35.Bxf1 35.Bxf1 Bf3+ Mate attack Deflection 35...Bf3+ 36.Bg2 36.Qxf3 does not solve anything Qxf3+ 37.Kh2 Bf4+ 38.Kg1 Qg3+ 39.Bg2 Be3+ 40.Kh1 Qxh4+ 41.Bh3 Qxh3# 36...Bxd5 36...Qxg2# 37.Bxd5 37.e6+ is no salvation Kg8 38.Bxd5 Qh3+ 39.Kg1 Be3# 37...Bc3 37...Qh3+ 38.Kg1 Be3# 38.Bxc3-+ Qxc3 39.e6 Qxb4 39...Qe1+ 40.Kg2 Qd2+ 41.Kg3 Qxd5 42.e7 Qe5+ 43.Kg4 Qxe7 44.Kf4 Qxh4+ 45.Ke5 Qxb4 46.Kd5 h5 47.a3 Qe7 48.a4 h4 49.a5 h3 50.Kc4 h2 51.Kb3 h1Q 52.Kc3 Qc1+ 53.Kd4 Qee3+ 54.Kd5 Qc6# 40.Kg2 40.Bf3 does not improve anything Qxh4+ 41.Kg2 Qc4 42.Kg3 Qxe6 43.a4 Qe5+ 44.Kf2 Qd4+ 45.Ke1 Qxa4 46.Bd1 Qd4 47.Bc2 a5 48.Ke2 a4 49.Bxa4 Qxa4 50.Kf3 Qd4 51.Ke2 h5 52.Kf3 h4 53.Ke2 Qc3 54.Kd1 h3 55.Ke2 h2 56.Kd1 h1Q+ 57.Ke2 Qhe1# 0–1
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Vierjoki,T1762Kojjootti17300–1

Here are some of the latest and highest rated games from my reference database that reached the position after 10.Ne5.

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1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 d5 5.0-0 Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.b3 0-0 9.Bb2 Ne4 10.Ne5 Nxe5 11.dxe5 Bc5 12.Nxe4 fxe4 13.e3 b6 14.Rc1 Bd7 15.Rc2 Qe7 16.Bd4 Bb4 17.Qe2 Rad8 18.a4 Be8 19.Rfc1 c5 20.Bb2 Bg6 21.Rd1 Qg5 22.h4 Qe7 23.Rcc1 h6 24.cxd5 exd5 25.Bh3 Bf5 26.Bxf5 Rxf5 27.Qg4 Qe6 28.Rc4 h5 29.Qe2 Rdf8 30.Rc2 Rf3 31.Kg2 Kh8 32.Rf1 Qg4 33.Qd1 d4 34.e6 d3 35.e7 Re8 36.Rc4 Rxe7 37.Rxe4 Rxg3+ 38.fxg3 Qxe4+ 39.Kh2 Qd5 40.Rf8+ Kh7 41.Qf1 d2 42.Bxg7 Rxg7 43.Qb1+ Rg6 44.Qb2 Rg8 45.Qc2+ Kg7 46.Rf1 Re8 47.Qb2+ Qe5 48.Qc2 Qxe3 49.Qf5 Qe2+ 50.Kg1 Qxf1+ 51.Kxf1 d1Q+ 0–1
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Jedlicka,A2282Totsky,L24840–1
Maia,L2279Rodi,L23630–1
Ricardi,P2500Lorenzini,M24661–0
Anurag,M2390Kovalenko,I26800–1
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