64 square madness that some of us call chess...: C42 Petroff Defence: 3.Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Qe7 4.Nf3 Qxe4+ 5.Qe2)

C42 Petroff Defence: 3.Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Qe7 4.Nf3 Qxe4+ 5.Qe2)

This was finally the game that secured me the title of Arena International Master! The fact that I won, makes it an even better occasion. Also the fact that I was able to bring my rating back over 1800 and keep it there for the last few games made me grin a bit. The next goal would be to get my rating over 2000 and keep it there for 50 rapid games or 100 blitz games or 150 bullet games, so that I would get the Arena Grand Master title. If I were interested in getting that title that is and currently I have no desire to even try to get it.

The first mistake of the game seems to be 16...Nd6, before that both players have made some inaccuracies, but nothing too serious. The game does fizzle out a bit in the following moves towards equality, but on move 24 Metod Simicak makes a huge blunder that could have given me a winning advantage, but for some reason I did not play 25.g4. I may have thought about it, but maybe rejected it due to some inaccurate thoughts that I had at the time. For instance, I may have thought that after g4, my opponent plays Ne3 threatening my rook and somehow manages to save both of his pieces while I have weakened my kingside pawns. Even though my move is not the best, it is enough to give me some advantage that I am able to convert into a full point later on.

By the way, I have deleted three of my older posts as I have noticed that with the way I am naming the openings these days, certain posts had to be combined as one.

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Move	N	Result	Elo

1.e4	1,166,623	54%	2421
1.d4	947,298	55%	2434
1.Nf3	281,602	56%	2441
1.c4	182,102	56%	2442
1.g3	19,702	56%	2427
1.b3	14,265	54%	2427
1.f4	5,897	48%	2377
1.Nc3	3,801	51%	2384
1.b4	1,756	48%	2380
1.a3	1,206	54%	2404
1.e3	1,068	48%	2408
1.d3	954	50%	2378
1.g4	664	46%	2360
1.h4	446	53%	2374
1.c3	433	51%	2426
1.h3	280	56%	2418
1.a4	110	60%	2466
1.f3	92	46%	2436
1.Nh3	89	66%	2508
1.Na3	42	62%	2482

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Qe7 4.Nf3 Qxe4+ 5.Qe2 C42 Petroff Defence: 3. Nxe5 and unusual White 3rd moves Bb4N 5...d5 6.Nc3 Qxe2+ 7.Bxe2 c6 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Re1 0-0 10.d4 Bf5 11.Bd3 Bxd3 12.cxd3 Nbd7 13.Bg5 Rfe8 14.Kf1 1/2-1/2 (14) Byvshev,V-Tolush,A Leningrad 1956 5...Qxe2+ 6.Bxe2 Nc6 7.d4 1/2-1/2 (7) Seres,L (2445)-Ianov,V (2360) Szeged 1998 7.c3 d5 8.d4 h6 9.Be3 Ne4 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.0-0 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 0-0-0 1/2-1/2 (12) Spassov, L-Bahchevanski,H Varna 1965 5...Bc5 6.d4 Qxe2+ 7.Bxe2 Bb6 8.Bg5 Ne4 9.Be3 d6 10.Nbd2 Bf5 11.0-0-0 c5 12.Rhe1 Nc6 13.Bb5 0-0 14.Nh4 Nxd2 15.Nxf5 Ne4 16.f3 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 cxd4 18.Rxe4 g6 19.Nxd6 Rad8 20.Nc4 Gutierrez Barrientos,P-Lanza Fernandez,D Langres Sama de 2000 1-0 (53) 5...Be7 6.Qxe4 Nxe4 7.Bc4 0-0 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Nc3 c6 10.Re1 Bb4 11.d4 d5 12.Bd3 Bg4 13.Ne5 Be6 14.a3 Ba5 15.h3 Nbd7 16.f4 Bb6 17.Be3 g6 18.b4 Nxe5 19.fxe5 Nh5 20.Na4 Fakhroo,I-Masango,M Dubai 1986 1/2-1/2 6.Qxe4+ Nxe4 7.c3 Ba5 8.Bd3 White is slightly better. d5 9.0-0 0-0 10.Bc2 Bb6 11.d4 Bg4 12.Ne5 Bh5 13.Re1 c5 14.Be3 cxd4 15.Bxd4 Bxd4 16.cxd4 Nd6 17.Bb3 17.Nc3 keeps more tension. Nc6 18.Nxd5 Nxd4 19.Bd1 Bg6 20.Ne7+ 17...Nc6 18.Nxc6 18.g4± 18...bxc6= 19.Nc3 a5 20.Ba4 Ra6 21.Re7 Nf5 22.Rc7 Nxd4 23.f3 White is more active. f6 23...Rb8= 24.Rd1 Nf5 Better is 24...Ne6 25.Rxc6 Rxc6 26.Bxc6 d4 25.Rxc6 25.g4+- and White stays clearly on top. d4 26.Bb3+ 26.gxf5 dxc3 27.Rdd7 Kh8± 26...Kh8 27.Ne4 27.gxh5 dxc3 28.bxc3 a4± 25...Rxc6± 26.Bxc6 d4 27.Nb5 Rd8 28.g4 Ne3 Black should try 28...Ne7 29.Rxd4 Rxd4 30.Nxd4 Endgame KBN-KBN Bf7 31.b3 Nd1 31...Nd5± 32.a3 g6 32.Kf1 Nc3 33.a3 Nb1 34.b4 Nxa3?

34...Nd2+ 35.Ke1 Nc4 36.bxa5 Nxa5 35.bxa5+- Bc4+ 36.Kf2 Kf7 36...Ba6 37.Bd5+ Kf8 38.Ne6+ Ke7 39.Nxg7 Nc4 40.Nf5+ Kd7 37.Bb7 Be6 38.a6 Nc4 39.a7 Nb6 40.a8Q Nxa8 41.Bxa8 Bd7 42.Ke3 g6 43.Bd5+ Kg7 44.Kf4 h5 45.gxh5 White mates. g5+ 46.Kg3 Be8 47.Kg4 Bd7+ 48.Be6 Ba4 49.Nf5+ Kh7 50.Bf7 Bd1 51.Bg6+ Kg8 52.h6 Kh8 53.Nd6 f5+ 54.Bxf5 Be2 55.Bg6 Bd1 56.Nf7+ Kg8 57.Nxg5 Bxf3+ 58.Kxf3 Kh8 59.Kf4 Accuracy: White = 60%, Black = 22%. 1–0

White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

Vierjoki,T

1801

simicak,m

1713

1–0

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