64 square madness that some of us call chess...: A38 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5)

A38 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5)

There may have been too many posts about Symmetrical English lately, but this may be the last one for awhile. This is also a return for the games that have not been previously shared, for the time being that is. This is a blitz game I played at Chess.com on July 19th, 2016. The move statistics do not go beyond the move 9...Qxd5 because my opponent's 10th move, Ne1, was a novelty according to the LiveBook. I also searched that position in my reference database and the move 10.Ne1 had been played 3 times with the score of 0%, which means that in all of those 3 games the player controlling the black pieces won the game. We kept following one of those three games and part of that game can be seen in the notation.

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1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.0-0 0-0 7.d3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 A38 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6. LiveBook: 420 Games 10.Ne1 10.Be3= 10...Qh5 10...Qd6 11.Bf3N 11.Bxc6= bxc6 12.Ng2 11.Nf3 Bh3 12.a3 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Qd5 14.Kg1 Rfd8 15.Qc2 Rac8 16.Be3 b6 17.Rfc1 Na5 18.Nd2 Qf5 19.Rab1 Qg4 20.Nf3 c4 21.d4 Qd7 22.Rd1 Qb5 23.Kf1 Qd5 24.Qa4 h6 25.Qb4 Nc6 Revesz,I (1811) -Kiss,G (1996) Hungary 2016 0-1 (51) 11...Qh3 11...Bg4 12.Bg2 12.Bxc6= bxc6 13.Be3 12...Qh5 12...Qe6 13.Nc2 13.Bf3= Bg4 14.Be3 13...Bh3 14.Ne3 Bxg2 15.Kxg2 Nd4 16.f3 b6 17.Rb1 Bh6 17...Qe5 is more appropriate. 18.b4 cxb4 19.Rxb4 Rfd8 Black has the initiative. 20.Re1 20.Nc2= keeps the balance. Bxc1 21.Nxd4 20...Qc5 20...Rac8 Hoping for ...Qa5. 21.Rf1 Qa5 21.Rc4= Qd6 22.Ng4 22.Nc2!= Bg7 23.Nxd4 Bxd4 24.Qa4 22...Bg7! 23.Nh6+ 23.e3 Nf5 24.Nf2 23...Kf8! 24.Ng4 24.Bf4 keeps fighting. Qd5 25.a4 24...Qe6? 24...b5-+ 25.Bf4 e5 26.Rxd4 Qxd4 25.Bf4? 25.e3 is a better defense. Nf5 26.e4 25...Rac8 Black should try 25...b5-+ 26.Rc1 Qxa2 26.Rxc8 26.e3 Rxc4 27.dxc4 26...Rxc8-+ 27.a4 Nf5 27...Rc2-+ 28.h3 Rxe2+ 29.Rxe2 Nxe2 28.e4 28.e3 28...Nd4 29.Be3 29.Nf2 29...Qa2+ 30.Nf2? 30.Bf2 30...Rc2 31.f4 Qxa4 32.e5

Black must now prevent Bxd4. 32...Nf5 33.Bd2 Qc6+ 34.Ne4 34.Kf1 34...Nd4 35.Kg1 Ra2 35...f5 36.exf6 exf6 36.Be3 Ne6? 36...Qd5-+ and Black stays clearly on top. And now ... f5 would win. 37.Bd2 Qd7 37.d4? 37.Bf2 37...Qxe4

38.d5 Qg2# Precision: White = 19%, Black = 28%. 0–1

White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

Kojjootti

1726

Vierjoki,T

1771

0–1

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