64 square madness that some of us call chess...: D00 1.d4 d5: Unusual lines (1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.f4)

D00 1.d4 d5: Unusual lines (1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.f4)

This one was played on the first round of the 2014 October Glacial Super Casual Banded I 1650+ tournament. The tournament started on November 3rd 2014 and it was held at Red Hot Pawn. All the 22 games that I needed to play in group 1 started on that day. I was not able to get that many points in group 1 and I was on 4th place in the final standings. Veca was 6th in the final standings of the group.

Despite the rating difference and the material advantage I was able to get in the game, this game was far from easy for me and at times it seemed that my sometimes sloppy play would throw away my winning chances. I started to be worried a bit after my opponent played 34.Qg2, which threatened to invade my position with the queen. My winning chances seemed to evaporate especially after 39.Bf7 because I started to lose some pawns. I think that the losing move was 43.Nf7 because after my reply 43...Qb7 I can finally relax and push my a-pawn, after the trade of queens that is.

Game number two. This game was played on the seventh round of the Easter tournament that was played at Helsinki in 2008. By winning this game, my gathered points increased to 3. That result was a slightly positive one and my selo rating increased by 5 points. I was 27th in the final standings in a group that had 40 players.

Already on move 2, my opponent makes a questionable decision by playing f4. It is at least a minor inaccuracy if not a clear mistake. 2.c4 or 2.Nf3 are clearly better alternatives. My opponent keeps playing with only pawns and after 4.g3, I should have a small advantage on my side. The odd moves continue from my opponent and only some inaccuracies by me make the game even a bit. After 9.Qb6 position should be roughly equal. My opponent decided to reply with 10.Bxc6+, which I was happy about because now the better one of White's bishops is traded to my knight. Also the fact that I now have the bishop pair, should give me a small advantage. My opponent went further down the drain with the move 12.Qb3, but because I was not able to find a good reply and instead played 12.c4, I was only slightly better. After 14...O-O-O the game is balanced once again. However, my opponent blundered with his next move and played 15.h4. That move could have been the losing move, but again I was not able to take full advantage of my opponent's mistakes. My move 15...h6 was good enough for a clear advantage though. A few moves later I played a sloppy move 19...Bxh4, after which some of my advantage disappears. On his 25th move, my opponent goes from slight disadvantage to a clear disadvantage and any hope for a draw was gone.

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Move	N	Result	Elo

1.e4	1,168,430	54%	2421
1.d4	948,593	55%	2434
1.Nf3	282,135	56%	2441
1.c4	182,404	56%	2442
1.g3	19,724	56%	2427
1.b3	14,321	54%	2427
1.f4	5,913	48%	2377
1.Nc3	3,814	51%	2384
1.b4	1,759	48%	2379
1.a3	1,221	54%	2405
1.e3	1,073	49%	2409
1.d3	954	50%	2378
1.g4	666	46%	2361
1.h4	449	53%	2374
1.c3	435	51%	2426
1.h3	283	56%	2419
1.a4	112	59%	2465
1.f3	93	46%	2435
1.Nh3	89	66%	2508
1.Na3	42	62%	2482

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.f4 D00 1.d4 d5: Unusual lines c5 4.c3 cxd4 5.cxd4N 5.exd4 Bf5 5...Bg4 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Qe1 Qe7 10.Ne5 a6 11.Nd2 g6 12.Ndf3 Bxf3 13.Rxf3 Nh5 14.Rh3 f5 15.Be2 Bxe5 16.fxe5 Ng7 17.Qg3 0-0 18.Bg5 Qf7 19.Qh4 Ne8 20.Be7 Hernandez Torres,A (1851)-Alvis,A (1757) Bogota 2015 1-0 5...Nc6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Bd3 e6 8.0-0 Be7 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 0-0 11.Nd2 Rc8 12.Qe2 Na5 13.Nf3 Nc4 14.Ne5 Nd6 15.Bd2 Nfe4 16.Rf3 f5 17.Raf1 Nxd2 18.Qxd2 Ne4 19.Qe3 Qe8 20.Bxe4 Agasiev,K-Nasibov,V Baku 2002 1-0 (47) 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 e6 8.Be3 Bd6 9.Nd2 Qc7 10.g3 Nc6 11.Ngf3 Rb8 12.0-0 0-0 13.Ne5 b5 14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.Kg2 Qe7 16.b4 Nd7 17.a4 bxa4 18.b5 Nd8 19.Rxa4 Nb6 Fulop,C (2161)-Nagy,G (2104) Hungary 2003 0-1 (40) 5...Nc6 6.Nf3 e6 7.a3 Be7 8.Nc3 The position is equal. 0-0 9.Bd3 b6 10.0-0 Bb7 11.Ne5 Rc8 12.h3 Na5 13.g4 13.f5= remains equal. 13...Ne4 14.Kg2 14.Ne2 14...Nxc3 14...f6 15.Nf3 Nxc3 16.bxc3 Rxc3 15.bxc3 Rxc3 16.Bd2 Rxa3 16...Nc4 Strongly threatening ...f6. 17.Bxh7+ Kxh7 18.Qb1+ Kg8 19.Bxc3 Nxe3+ 20.Kg3 Nxf1+ 21.Qxf1 Qc7 17.Rxa3 Bxa3 18.Qa4? 18.Bxa5!= bxa5 19.Bxh7+! Kxh7 20.Qd3+ Kg8 21.Qxa3 18...Bd6 18...Nc4!-+ 19.Nf3 Bd6 20.Qxa7 Qe7 19.Bxa5 bxa5 20.Ra1 Bb4 21.Ra2 Qd6 22.Rc2 f6 23.Nf3 23.Nc6 23...Kf7 Black should try 23...Bc8 24.Bb5 Qe7 24.g5 24.Bxh7 Ke7 25.Qb3 24...h6! 25.h4 hxg5 25...Ke7-+ 26.Bb5 Qb6 26.hxg5 Rc8 26...Ke7 27.Rc1 Rh8 27.gxf6? 27.Rxc8= and White stays safe. Bxc8 28.Bg6+! Kxg6 29.Qc2+ Kf7 30.Qxc8 27...gxf6-+ 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Qc2 Bd7 30.Bg6+? 30.Bh7 was called for. 30...Ke7 31.Bh5 f5? 31...a4-+ and Black stays clearly on top. 32.Qg6 Bb5 33.Qf7+ Kd8 34.Qxf6+ Kc7 32.Ne5 a4 Better is 32...Qb8! 33.Nc6+ Bxc6 34.Qxc6 Kf6 33.Kf3? 33.Kh2 Qb8 34.Nxd7 Kxd7 35.Qxa4+ Ke7 36.Kg2 33...Qb6? 33...Qa6!-+ 34.Kf2 Qb7 34.Qg2=

Threatening mate with Qg7+. 34...Bb5 Hoping for .. .a3. 35.Qg7+ Kd8 White must now prevent ...a3. 36.Qg8+ Kc7 37.Qf7+ Kc8 38.Qg8+ Kb7 39.Bf7 Bc4 40.Bxe6 Qc7! 41.Bxd5+ Bxd5+ 42.Qxd5+ Ka6 43.Nf7? -

43.Nd3 Be7 44.Qe6+ 44.Qxf5 Qc4 44...Bd6 45.Qxf5 43...Qb7 Black mates. 44.Qxb7+ Kxb7 Endgame KB-KN 45.Nh6 a3 46.Nxf5 a2 47.Ng3 a1Q 48.d5 Qd1+ 49.Ke4 a5 50.f5 Qg4+ 51.Ke5 Qxg3+ 52.Kd4 Kc7 53.e4 Qc3# Precision: White = 32%, Black = 42%. 0–1

White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

veca	1547	Vierjoki,T	1907	0–1
Lindholm,U	1347	Vierjoki,T	1672	0–1

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