A85 Dutch Defence: 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 (1.c4 f5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 c6 5.g3)

Between July 15th, 2016 and August 2nd, 2016 I played 106 5 minute blitz games against a friend of mine in preparation for the Finnish Team Blitz Championships that was played at Helsinki between August 6th and August 7th, 2016. This was the 21st game and after this game the score was in my favor 13 - 8.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Kojjootti"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A85"] [WhiteElo "1784"] [BlackElo "1719"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. c4 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 c6 5. g3 {A85 Dutch Defence: 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 } e6 $146 (5... Qc7 6. Bf4 (6. d5 g6 (6... e5 7. dxe6 Bxe6 8. Bh3 Bxc4 9. Bxf5 Nbd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Qd4 b5 12. a4 c5 13. Qh4 Qb7 14. axb5 Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Qxf3 16. Qa4 Re8 17. Nf4 Qb7 18. Qxa7 Be7 19. Bd2 Bd8 20. Rfe1 Qxa7 21. Rxa7 { Peterson, A-Zhuravlev,N Riga 1965 1-0}) 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nd4 (8. Bf4 Na6 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Nd4 O-O 11. O-O Rac8 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Nc5 14. f3 a5 15. Be3 Qa6 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 c5 18. Ra1 Ra8 19. Ra2 Rfb8 20. Rda1 Qb6 21. Qc2 Qd8 22. Bd2 b6 {Burman,A (1880)-Winge,S (2290) Jönköping 1988 0-1 (56)}) 8... c5 9. Nc2 Nbd7 10. O-O h5 11. e4 h4 12. Bf4 Ng4 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Nb5 Qb6 15. Re1 Nde5 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. a4 a6 18. a5 Qd8 19. Nc3 Qc7 20. h3 Nh6 {Ufimtsev,A-Antoshin,V (2470) Yerevan 1981 0-1 (44)}) (6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 g6 8. Bg2 Bg7 9. O-O Nf8 10. d5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. e4 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Qa4 Qd7 16. Rfe1 Rh7 17. Rad1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 c5 19. Qa3 Re7 20. Ne5 Qc7 {Gerber,V-Kostiuchenko,A Kiev 1963 1-0}) 6... h6 7. h4 g6 8. Qd3 Nbd7 9. c5 e5 10. cxd6 Bxd6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 Qe7 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Bg2 O-O-O 17. e4 fxe4 18. Qe3 Kb8 19. Rhe1 Bf5 20. Rxd8+ {Geider,H-Krasner,M Toulouse 1955 0-1}) 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3 {White is slightly better.} O-O 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nd2 Ndf6 12. f3 Ng5 (12... Nxd2 {is more complex.} 13. Qxd2 dxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15. Rad1 exd4 16. Qxd4 Be7) 13. e4 {-1.29/24} (13. e3 $11 {0.13/25}) 13... fxe4 {0.00/28} (13... dxe4 $17 {-1.29/24} 14. fxe4 Bxg3 $1 15. hxg3 Qxd4+ 16. Kh1 Ng4) 14. fxe4 $11 {Black must now prevent e5.} dxe4 {0.85/30} (14... e5 $1 $11 {0.00/28 keeps the balance.}) 15. Ndxe4 $16 Nfxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 {[#] And now Qh5 would win.} Qe7 {1.43/24} (17... Qf6 $142 {0.80/29}) 18. Qh5 { 0.76/30} (18. Qc2 $142 {1.43/24}) 18... g6 19. Qh6 Qg7 {1.81/23} (19... Bb4 $16 {0.71/29}) 20. Qg5 $2 {0.24/27} ({Better is} 20. Qxg7+ $18 {1.81/23} Kxg7 21. d5+ Kg8 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Rad1 (23. Bxc6 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Rb8 $18)) 20... Be7 { 0.73/27} (20... e5 $11 {0.24/27 should be considered.}) 21. Qd2 Bf6 22. Rab1 Rd8 23. d5 {0.00/34} (23. Red1 $16 {0.71/26}) 23... exd5 $11 24. cxd5 cxd5 { 0.44/28} (24... Be6 $11 {0.00/32}) 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Bxd5+ Kg7 {1.00/29} (26... Kh8 $11 {0.08/33 remains equal.}) 27. Rbc1 $16 Bh3 {White should prevent ... Rd7.} 28. Rc7+ Kh8 $2 {5.46/31} (28... Rd7 $16 {0.90/30 is a better chance.} 29. Rxd7+ (29. Bxb7 $2 Rad8 $19) 29... Bxd7) 29. Qh6 $4 {-7.64/27} (29. Rf7 $18 {5.46/31} Qxf7 30. Re8+ $1 Rxe8 31. Bxf7) 29... Qd4+ 30. Qe3 Qxd5 31. Qc3+ Qd4+ 32. Qxd4+ Rxd4 33. Ree7 Rd1+ 34. Kf2 Rf8+ 35. Ke2 Rff1 $4 {#2/29 [#]} (35... Bg4+ $19 {-4.24/32} 36. Ke3 Re1+ 37. Kd4 Rd8+ 38. Kc4 Rc1+ 39. Kb5 Rd5+ 40. Kb4 Rd4+ 41. Ka3 Rxc7 42. Rxc7 Rd7) 36. Rxh7+ $2 {0.83/29} (36. Re8+ {#2/29 mates} Rf8 37. Rxf8#) 36... Kg8 {aiming for ...Bg4+.} 37. Rxh3 {Endgame KRR-KRR} Rfe1+ $2 {2.74/27} (37... Rde1+ $16 {0.91/28} 38. Kd3 Rd1+ 39. Ke4 Rde1+ 40. Kd4 Rd1+ 41. Ke3 Rde1+ 42. Kd4 Rd1+ 43. Ke5 Rde1+ 44. Kd5 Rd1+ 45. Ke6 Rde1+ 46. Kd5 Rd1+ 47. Ke5 Rde1+ 48. Kd4) 38. Kf3 $18 Rf1+ 39. Kg4 Rd4+ 40. Kg5 Rd6 41. Rhh7 Rfd1 {6.97/30} (41... Rf5+ $142 {4.02/32} 42. Kg4 Rd4+ 43. Kh3 Rb4 44. Rxb7 Rh5+ 45. Rxh5 Rxb7) 42. Rhe7 R1d5+ 43. Kg4 Rd4+ 44. Kh3 g5 45. Re8# {Precision: White = 29%, Black = 32%.} 1-0

I only found this old game when I searched reference games where both players were rated over 2500 and reached the position after 5.g3.

[Event "CSR-ch"] [Site "Trencianske Teplice"] [Date "1979.??.??"] [Round "8"] [White "Smejkal, Jan"] [Black "Kholmov, Ratmir D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A88"] [WhiteElo "2560"] [BlackElo "2550"] [PlyCount "218"] [EventDate "1979.11.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [EventCategory "9"] [SourceTitle "MCD"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] 1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 c6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d5 e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ng5 Rad8 13. Qc2 Bc8 14. Rad1 Ng4 15. Nf3 f4 16. Na4 Bf5 17. Qd2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 g5 19. b4 fxg3 20. hxg3 Be4 21. Rd4 Bxf3 22. exf3 Ne5 23. b5 Nb8 24. Qe2 a6 25. bxa6 Nxa6 26. Re4 Qg7 27. c5 Ng6 28. cxd6 Rxd6 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 b5 31. Qc1 Qf6 32. Nc5 Nxc5 33. Qxc5 Ra8 34. Re2 Rd8 35. Re1 Kg7 36. Bh3 Rd5 37. Qa7+ Kh6 38. Bg4 Qc3 39. Rf1 Re5 40. Kg2 Re1 41. Rxe1 Qxe1 42. Qc5 Qe8 43. Qd6 Qe2 44. a3 Qe7 45. Qxc6 Qxa3 46. Qxb5 Qc3 47. Bf5 Qe5 48. Qb1 Kg7 49. Be4 Qe6 50. Qb5 Qe5 51. Qd7+ Qe7 52. Qc8 Ne5 53. Qf5 Ng6 54. Kh3 Kh6 55. Qc8 Kg7 56. Kg2 Qf6 57. Qe8 Ne5 58. Bd5 Ng6 59. Qg8+ Kh6 60. Be4 Nf8 61. Kh3 Ng6 62. Kh2 Qd4 63. Kg2 Qf6 64. Qc8 Kg7 65. Qd7+ Kh6 66. Qc7 Qe7 67. Qc6 Kg7 68. Qc2 Qe5 69. Qd2 Qe7 70. Qd3 Qe5 71. Qe3 Qf6 72. Qa7+ Qe7 73. Qd4+ Qe5 74. Qd7+ Qe7 75. Qc6 Qe5 76. Qa8 Qe7 77. Bd5 Qf8 78. Qb7+ Qe7 79. Qc8 Qf8 80. Qe6 Ne7 81. Be4 Ng6 82. Bxg6 hxg6 83. Qe5+ Kh6 84. f4 Qa8+ 85. f3 gxf4 86. Qxf4+ Kg7 87. Qd4+ Kf7 88. Qd7+ Kf6 89. Qd6+ Kf7 90. g4 Qa1 91. Qf4+ Kg7 92. Qe3 Qb2+ 93. Kg3 Qb8+ 94. f4 Qb7 95. Qe5+ Kh7 96. Qf6 Qb3+ 97. Kh4 Qb7 98. Qd4 Qh1+ 99. Kg3 Qe1+ 100. Qf2 Qc3+ 101. Qf3 Qe1+ 102. Kh3 Qe7 103. Qd3 Qb7 104. Kg3 Qe7 105. Qc3 Qd6 106. Qa5 Qd7 107. Qb6 Qe7 108. Kh3 Qa3+ 109. Kg2 Qe7 1/2-1/2