A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.e4 e6)

Going back once again to my blitz games, this is the 32nd game in a series of 106 games that I played in 2016 against Kojjootti. After this game the score was 21.5 - 10.5 in my favor, so I had a comfortable lead in the match already at this point.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Kojjootti"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "1696"] [BlackElo "1822"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e4 e6 {A36 Symmetrical English vs .. .g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7. LiveBook: 330 Games} 6. f4 Nge7 (6... d6 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Rb1 Nec6 {1/2-1/2 (10) Pangrazzi,M (2260)-Popov,L (2430) Rome 1990}) 7. Nf3 O-O (7... d6 8. Qe2 e5 9. d3 Bd7 10. Be3 Qb6 11. Rb1 Nd4 12. Qf2 a5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 O-O-O 15. O-O Bf5 16. fxe5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxe5 18. b4 axb4 19. Rfd1 Rhg8 20. g4 Bd7 21. d4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 {Mendivil Madruga,D (1254) -Oudeh Mishmesh,L (1143) Tenerife 2017 1-0}) 8. Rb1 $146 {-0.88/25} (8. O-O $11 {-0.16/26 remains equal.} d5 (8... b6 9. d3 Bb7 10. Be3 d6 11. a3 Qd7 12. Rb1 Rfd8 13. Qc2 f5 14. b4 fxe4 15. dxe4 Rab8 16. Bh3 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Ne2 Nc6 19. Rfd1 Re8 20. Nexd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 b5 23. Rbd1 {Meric, G-Gatineau,Y France 2012 0-1 (58)}) (8... a6 9. d3 Rb8 10. e5 f5 11. Be3 b6 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bb7 15. Rfd1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rb7 17. Qd2 g5 18. Ne2 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Ng6 20. Nd4 Rc7 21. Nxe6 Qa8+ 22. Qd5 dxe6 {0-1 (22) Niemers, J-Wiesgickl,G Würzburg 1996}) 9. d3 Rb8 10. Bd2 a6 11. a4 dxc4 12. dxc4 Nd4 13. Be3 Nec6 14. e5 Qb6 15. Rf2 Rd8 16. Rd2 Bf8 17. Rb1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Nd4 19. Bg2 Bd7 20. Ne4 Bc6 21. Kh1 Nf5 22. Bf2 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 {Maszota,N-Worek,J (2062) Zamosc 1999 0-1 (41)}) 8... d5 $17 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 {-1.77/22} (10. d3 $17 { -0.80/24 was the only defense.}) 10... Qa5 {-1.07/25} ({Black should play} 10... Bf5 $19 {-1.77/22 And now ...d4 would win.} 11. Ra1 Nb4) 11. a3 Bf5 12. Ra1 b5 {-0.62/26} (12... d4 $17 {-1.60/21} 13. Na4 Qb5) 13. Nh4 {-2.01/23} (13. d4 $1 $15 {-0.62/26}) 13... Be6 {-0.80/25} (13... Bd3 $1 $19 {-2.01/23 and Black stays clearly on top. Strongly threatening ...Nd4.} 14. Bf1 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 f6) 14. g4 $2 {-2.73/22} (14. O-O $17 {-0.80/25}) 14... b4 $19 15. Ne2 Bxg4 { [#] Hoping for ...Nd4.} 16. h3 Be6 {-1.82/24} (16... Bxe2 $142 {-3.31/22} 17. Qxe2 Nd4) 17. O-O Qb6 18. Kh2 {-2.47/21} (18. axb4 $142 {-1.95/22} Qxb4 19. b3) 18... a5 19. d3 c4 20. dxc4 dxc4 21. axb4 axb4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nf3 Rd8 24. Qe1 Nf5 25. Ng3 Nxg3 26. Kxg3 Rd3 27. Kh2 Bd5 28. Qe2 Nd4 29. Ng5 $2 {-#12/25 [#]} (29. Nxd4 $19 {-3.23/28} Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Qxd4 31. Rf3) 29... Nxe2 {Black mates.} 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. e6 fxe6 {Precision: White = 31%, Black = 41%.} 0-1

Here are some of the latest and highest rated games that I was able to find in my reference database.

[Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2684"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 47"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O d6 8. d3 O-O 9. Rb1 b6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 Nec6 12. Bh6 Bd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. f4 Rb8 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. b4 f5 17. Ne2 Qf6 18. a3 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Qd4+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.14"] [Round "18"] [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"] [Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2732"] [BlackElo "2641"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2015.10.13"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 47"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. O-O O-O 9. Rb1 b6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Bh6 Nec6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. f4 Qd7 16. Ne2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Rae8 18. Rbe1 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. e5 f6 21. e6 Qa4 22. f5 Qd4+ 23. Rf2 gxf5 24. Bh3 f4 25. Qh5 fxg3 26. hxg3 Re7 27. Bf5 Kg8 28. Kf1 Ba6 29. Rd1 Rc8 30. Rh2 Rcc7 31. Rdd2 Bb5 32. Qf3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Teplice op 11th"] [Site "Teplice"] [Date "2016.06.16"] [Round "6"] [White "Bachmann, Axel"] [Black "Vorobiov, Evgeny E"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2572"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2016.06.11"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "Mega2016 Update 38"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2016.06.23"] 1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e4 e6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nge2 d6 8. a3 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Nd4 11. e5 Rb8 12. exd6 Nef5 13. Bf4 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Bb7 15. Rac1 h6 16. b4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 g5 18. Be3 cxb4 19. axb4 Qxd6 20. b5 Rfd8 21. Rfd1 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Qe5 23. Ra3 Rd7 24. Qf3 Rbd8 25. Bc1 Nd4 26. Qh5 Nc2 27. f4 Qf5 28. Ra2 Rxd3 29. Rf1 Qe4+ 30. Kh3 Rd2 31. Bxd2 Rxd2 32. Qf3 Qg6 33. c5 Ne1 34. Rxe1 Rxa2 35. cxb6 axb6 36. g4 Qc2 37. Qg3 gxf4 38. Qxf4 Qg2+ 0-1 [Event "EU-Cup 32nd"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "2016.11.10"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Timofeev, Artyom"] [Black "Predke, Alexandr"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2598"] [BlackElo "2579"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2016.11.06"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "Mega2016 Update 59"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2016.11.18"] [WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"] [BlackTeam "Zhiguli"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 Nge7 7. h4 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. exd5 Nd4 10. Nh3 O-O 11. h5 Bxh3 12. Rxh3 Qd7 13. Kf1 b5 14. Bg5 Rac8 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Ne4 Nf5 18. Qd2 Qe5 19. Re1 c4 20. g4 Nd6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Re6 Qf4 23. Qxf4 Rxf4 24. Re4 Rxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxb2 26. dxc4 bxc4 27. d6 Rd8 28. Bd5+ Kg7 29. Bxc4 Rxd6 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Bxd3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "16"] [White "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Black "Ibrahimov, Rasul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2711"] [BlackElo "2518"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [SourceTitle "Mega2018 Update 11"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e4 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1 d6 9. a3 b6 10. b4 Bb7 11. d3 Qd7 12. Be3 Nd4 13. Qd2 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 Rad8 15. Bh6 e5 16. b5 f5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 Ng8 19. a4 Rde8 20. Nc3 Nf6 21. Rbe1 exf4 22. Rxf4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Qe7 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. a5 Rf7 26. axb6 axb6 27. Na4 g5 28. Rf5 Qd4+ 29. Qxd4 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Nxe4 32. Rxf7+ Kxf7 33. Nxb6 Kf6 34. Nd5+ Kf5 35. g4+ Kg6 36. b6 Nc5 37. Nc7 Rd8 38. Nb5 Nb7 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Ke3 Ke6 41. Rd5 h6 42. Nd4+ Kd7 43. Nf5 Kc6 44. Kf3 Rf8 45. Kg3 Rf6 46. Rb5 Re6 47. Nd4+ 1-0