2 Mar 2018

A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 (1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 a6 6.a4 Nf6 7.e4 O-O 8.Nge2 Ne8 9.O-O)

A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 (1.c4 c5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.Nc3 Nc6 5.d3 a6 6.a4 Nf6 7.e4 O-O 8.Nge2 Ne8 9.O-O)

With the game I shared yesterday, there did not seem to be that much difference in my move accuracy between my blitz and correspondence games, but then again correspondence games have been for some time blitz games for me that take weeks, months or sometimes years for me to complete... This is an over the board game that I played nearly a decade ago and it has been in the blog before under a different post. The move 1.c4 (128079 games, result 56%, Elo-average 2440) is the 4th most common first move in the LiveBook. More often seen moves are the usual 1.e4 (809460 games, result 54%, Elo-average 2422), 1.d4 (663001 games, result 55%, Elo-average 2438) and 1.Nf3 (192202 games, result 55%, Elo-average 2438). My reply 1...c5 (15744 games, result 56%, Elo-average 2426) was the 4th most often occurred move. More played moves were 1...Nf6 (36108 games, result 57%, Elo-average 2415), 1...e5 (27486 games, result 53%, Elo-average 2432) and 1...e6 (19078 games, result 56%, Elo-average 2429).

Then my opponent played 2.g3 (3598 games, result 54%, Elo-average 2424), which is the third most played move in the LiveBook. More popular moves have been 2.Nf3 (22365 games, result 56%, Elo-average 2454) and 2.Nc3 (4534 games, result 52%, Elo-average 2410). My reply 2...g6 (1686 games, result 53%, Elo-average 2434) was the first move in this game that was the most popular alternative. The next move by my opponent, 3.Bg2 (1768 games, result 53%, Elo-average 2436), was the natural continuation to 2.g3. I continued to copy my opponent's moves as I made my move 3...Bg7 (2693 games, result 51%, Elo-average 2434) and it was, not surprisingly, the most often occurred move in the position. The game then continued with the most played moves 4.Nc3 (4074 games, result 50%, Elo-average 2422) and 4...Nc6 (6679 games, result 51%, Elo-average 2427). My opponent then chose the move 5.d3 (768 games, result 53%, Elo-average 2415), which is the 5th most popular move. More popular moves have been 5.Nf3 (5193 games, result 49%, Elo-average 2409), 5.a3 (1589 games, result 53%, Elo-average 2435), 5.e3 (1355 games, result 49%, Elo-average 2411) and 5.e4 (862 games, result 44%, Elo-average 2354). I then went for the rather rarely seen move 5...a6 (31 games, result 53%, Elo-average 2416), which is the 5th most played move. 5...d6 (290 games, result 55%, Elo-average 2407), 5...e6 (274 games, result 52%, Elo-average 2424), 5...Nf6 (125 games, result 54%, Elo-average 2427) and 5...e5 (74 games, result 53%, Elo-average 2374) are more often played moves than what I played in the game.

Next my opponent decided to play 6.a4 (2 games, result 75%, Elo-average 2467) with the idea of preventing me from playing b5. Slightly less rare moves were 6.e4 (15 games, result 40%, Elo-average 2350), 6.Nf3 (14 games, result 32%, Elo-average 2377) and 6.h4 (5 games, result 90%, Elo-average 2460). In both of those games Black replied with 6...Nf6 and I chose to play it in this game as well. Then in both games White played 7.e4, the same move that was also played in my game. With the move 7.e4, the amount of reference games went up to 4. In two games Black played 7...O-O (result 75%, Elo-average 2420), like in this game. In the other two games the moves 7...Rb8 (result 0%, Elo-average 2420) and 7...d6 (result 0%, Elo-average 2489) were played. The game continued with the natural developing move 8.Nge2 (11 games, result 55%, Elo-average 2432), which also prepared 9.O-O. I then played the move 8...Ne8 (3 games, result 50%, Elo-average 2541) with idea of relocating the knight to c7 so that the knight can support the advance b5. It was the second most played move, only behind the move 8...d6 (8 games, result 44%, Elo-average 2476). The last move that is included in this opening line according to Fritz 16's Classify Opening feature, 9.O-O, was played in 3 games in the LiveBook. I continued the game with 9...Nc7 (3 games, result 0%, Elo-average 2370), which was the rarest move that had been played in the position. The other two moves that had been seen in the position were 9...d6 (10 games, result 60%, Elo-average 2408) and 9...Rb8 (4 games, result 25%, Elo-average 2455). With the move 10.Nd5 we went out of played lines, at least according to the LiveBook. The moves that had been played in that position are 10.Be3 (2 games, result 0%, Elo-average 2328) and 10.d4 (1 game, result 50%, Elo-average 2247). This game was only example of the times where I have accepted a draw in a winning position because I have not seen the win during the game...

[Event "TSY"] [Site "?"] [Date "2008.04.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Raitanen, Pentti"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "1661"] [BlackElo "1677"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 Nf6 (6... e6 7. e4 Nge7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Rb1 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Ne2 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. c5 a5 14. O-O h6 15. Nf4 g5 16. Nh5 Qc7 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 18. b4 axb4 19. Rxb4 Qxc5 20. Ba3 Re8 21. Qa1 {Dumitrache,D (2443)-Leroy,D (2378) Avoine 2000 1/2-1/2 (45)}) 7. e4 O-O 8. Nge2 Ne8 9. O-O {A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7} (9. Be3 Nd4 10. O-O Nc7 11. Nd5 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Nxd5 13. exd5 d6 14. Qd2 Bf5 15. d4 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qa5 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Re3 b5 20. Bf1 bxa4 21. b3 Bd7 22. bxa4 Rac8 23. h4 Bf5 {Miezis,N (2515)-De Firmian,N (2605) Gausdal 1999 1-0 (31)}) 9... Nc7 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 10. Nd5 {-0.24/24} (10. Be3 $142 { 0.26/26}) 10... Ne6 {0.42/25} (10... Rb8 $11 {-0.24/24}) 11. Rb1 {-0.05/24} ( 11. a5 $14 {0.42/25}) 11... d6 $11 {The position is equal.} 12. b4 Ncd4 { 1.15/24} (12... cxb4 $11 {-0.07/27} 13. Nxb4 Nxb4 14. Rxb4 Bd7) 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 { 1.32/24} (13... Bxd4 $142 {0.84/27} 14. Be3 Rb8) 14. b5 {-0.12/25} (14. bxc5 $16 {1.32/24 aiming for Ba3.} dxc5 15. Ba3) 14... axb5 15. axb5 Ra2 16. Bd2 { -0.53/26} (16. Nc3 $11 {0.13/33} Rc2 17. Nd5) 16... Be6 17. Nc3 Ra8 (17... Ra3 {seems wilder.} 18. Kh1 Re8 19. f4 Qd7 20. Ra1 Bg4) 18. Ne2 {-0.50/28} (18. Bc1 $11 {0.08/31}) 18... Nxe2+ $15 19. Qxe2 Qd7 {0.00/31} ({Black should play} 19... Ra2 $15 {-0.55/24}) 20. Be3 Ra4 21. Rfd1 Rfa8 22. Rd2 Qc7 23. Rbd1 R8a5 24. h3 b6 25. Kh2 Qa7 26. Rc2 Ra2 27. Rdd2 {-0.46/29} (27. Rxa2 $11 {0.00/32} Rxa2 28. Rd2) 27... Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Ra4 {0.00/30} (28... Ra1 $15 {-0.42/24 feels stronger.}) 29. Bc1 Ra1 30. Bb2 {-0.43/27} (30. f4 $11 {-0.02/30 might be stronger.}) 30... Bxb2 31. Rxb2 Qa4 {0.00/26} (31... Qa3 $15 {-0.52/29}) 32. Rd2 Qb3 33. Rb2 {-0.57/29} (33. f4 $11 {-0.14/28}) 33... Qa3 {-0.09/32} (33... Qd1 $15 {-0.57/29 should be considered.} 34. Qxd1 Rxd1) 34. Rd2 {-1.17/28} (34. Qd2 $11 {-0.09/32}) 34... Qc1 $17 {[#]} 35. g4 h5 {-0.66/30} (35... g5 $17 { -1.31/30} 36. f3 f6) 36. Kg3 $2 {-3.94/29} (36. gxh5 $15 {-0.66/30} gxh5 37. h4 ) 36... hxg4 $2 {-1.24/29} (36... g5 $1 $19 {-3.94/29} 37. Qe3 h4+ 38. Kf3 f6) 37. hxg4 Qc3 {-0.35/31} ({Better is} 37... g5 $1 $17 {-1.49/24} 38. Qe3 f6) 38. f3 g5 {[#] Hoping for ...Qh8.} 39. Qe3 {-1.55/28} (39. Ra2 $15 {-0.58/32}) 39... f6 {And now ...Bxc4! would win.} 40. Qe2 $2 {-3.07/36 Precision: White = 11%, Black = 23%. . An unexpected result.} (40. f4 $17 {-1.53/31 was called for.}) 1/2-1/2

This time there is only one game that I was able to find where both players were reasonably high rated.

[Event "Liechtenstein op 27th"] [Site "Triesen"] [Date "2009.05.20"] [Round "6"] [White "Hug, Marcel"] [Black "Bogner, Sebastian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2300"] [BlackElo "2511"] [PlyCount "110"] [EventDate "2009.05.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "LIE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.07.02"] 1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. g3 a6 6. a4 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Nge2 Ne8 9. O-O Nc7 10. Be3 Ne6 11. f4 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Bd5 Ncd4 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. b4 d6 16. Bf2 Kh8 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Ne2 e6 19. Bg2 b6 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qe2 Qd7 22. b5 a5 23. Bc6 Qf7 24. Be1 Bb7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Bd2 e5 27. Qf3 Rc7 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Rbe1 Qe6 30. Re2 Re7 31. Rfe1 Rfe8 32. Rf1 Rf7 33. Rfe1 Qd7 34. Rf2 Kg8 35. Ref1 e4 36. dxe4 Rxe4 37. Qd3 Qe6 38. Rc1 Bf8 39. Rc2 Bd6 40. Bc1 Re1+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Rf3 Re7 43. Bg5 Re6 44. Rcf2 Ra1 45. Bd8 Bc5 46. h4 Rxa4 47. Kh3 Qxd3 48. Rxd3 Re3 49. Rd1 Raa3 50. Bc7 Rf3 51. Re2 Rae3 52. Rg2 a4 53. Kh2 a3 54. g4 f4 55. g5 d3 0-1

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