C45 Scotch Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.Nd2)

Like the game I shared yesterday, this one was also played at the 2016 November Octet I 1870+ tournament that was held at Red Hot Pawn. My opponent in this game, 7copeland, was 2nd in the final standings with 34 points. 7copeland was 8 points behind the winner of the tournament mihai52 (2393). I lost both my games against 7copeland, whose rating at the moment of me typing this is 2302. My current rating at Red Hot Pawn is 1783.

[Event "Octet"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2016.11.21"] [Round "1"] [White "7copeland"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2256"] [BlackElo "1892"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 {C45 Scotch Game} d6 {0.21/23 LiveBook: 6 Games} (8... g6 $15 {-0.54/22}) 9. Nf3 (9. Nc4 Nb6 10. Na5 Qxe5 11. Nxc6 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Kd7 14. Ne5+ dxe5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bf3 f5 17. O-O Bd6 18. Rd1 Na4 19. Be2 Nxb2 20. Rd5 Rb7 21. Ra5 Rhb8 22. Bd2 g6 23. Re1 e4 {Strikovic,A (2559)-Johannessen,L (2507) Porto 2012 0-1 (38)}) (9. exd6 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 cxd6 11. O-O Be7 12. Bf3 Be6 13. c4 Nb4 14. a3 Nc2 15. Bxc6+ Kd8 16. Bxa8 Nxa1 17. Be4 Kd7 18. b4 Bf6 19. Bd3 Rc8 20. Rd1 Ke7 21. h3 h6 22. Ne4 Be5 23. c5 Nb3 {Maurizzi,M (2018) -Thorfinnsson,B (2400) chess.com INT 2018 0-1 (42)}) 9... Bg4 10. c4 Nb6 $146 { The position is equal.} (10... Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nb6 12. f4 Nd7 13. Bg2 Nb8 14. O-O f5 15. Qc2 Qf7 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. Bxc6 Rd8 18. Re1 dxe5 19. Rxe5+ Be7 20. Qb5 Qg6+ 21. Kh1 Rf8 22. Bd2 Rf6 23. Bb4 {1-0 (23) Mateus,M (2128)-Rua,N (1952) Porto Boyaca 2012}) 11. exd6 cxd6 12. Be3 Qe4 {0.43/24} (12... g6 $1 $11 {0.00/25}) 13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxe2+ 15. Bxe2 Be7 16. O-O-O {0.07/30} (16. O-O $14 { 0.49/25}) 16... Rd8 17. Rhe1 O-O {0.92/23} (17... d5 $11 {0.08/25}) 18. Bf1 $36 {White is really pushing.} Rfe8 {1.38/28} (18... Nc8 $142 {0.82/28}) 19. Bxd6 $1 Bxd6 (19... Rxd6 20. Rxd6) 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Rxd6 {Endgame KRB-KRN} c5 22. Kd2 {0.86/32} (22. b4 $1 $18 {1.61/26}) 22... Kf8 23. Rc6 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 { KB-KN} 25. Kc3 Ke7 {1.55/26} (25... a5 $142 {1.10/36} 26. a3 Ke7) 26. Bh3 Nd6 27. b4 cxb4+ 28. Kxb4 Kd8 29. c5 Ne8 30. Kb5 Kc7 31. Bf1 Kb7 32. Bd3 Nc7+ 33. Kc4 Kc6 {2.92/29} (33... g6 $142 {1.82/41} 34. Be4+ Kc8) 34. Bxh7 $18 Na6 35. Be4+ Kc7 $2 {4.70/34 [#]} (35... Kd7 {2.92/36} 36. f4 Kc7) 36. Bd5 f6 37. f4 Nb8 $2 {13.23/28} (37... Kd7 {2.92/37} 38. Be4 Kd8) 38. f5 Nd7 39. f4 a6 40. a4 Nb8 41. a5 {White mates.} Kd7 42. h4 Kc7 43. Ba8 Nd7 44. Kd5 Nf8 45. c6 { Precision: White = 68%, Black = 38%.} 1-0

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[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 69th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2015.09.06"] [Round "18"] [White "Mozharov, Mikhail"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2573"] [BlackElo "2711"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2015.09.06"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "19"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 42"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.09.11"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 g6 9. Nf3 Bg7 10. c4 Nb6 11. b3 a5 12. Qe3 a4 13. Rb1 axb3 14. axb3 O-O 15. Be2 c5 16. O-O Bb7 17. Bb2 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Qe4 Reb8 21. Qg4 Bc8 22. Qg3 Bf5 23. Ra1 Rxa1 24. Bxa1 Nb4 25. Bc4 Nc2 26. Rc1 h6 27. Bc3 Rd8 28. h3 Nd4 29. Re1 Be6 30. Qf4 Nxb3 31. Bxe6 Qxe6 32. Re4 Rd3 33. Be1 Nd4 34. Nxd4 cxd4 35. Qc1 Qd5 36. Re2 c5 37. e6 fxe6 38. Qf4 c4 39. Bb4 Rb3 40. Be7 d3 0-1 [Event "CHN-IND Summit 2nd"] [Site "Liaocheng"] [Date "2017.03.06"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Wei, Yi"] [Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2725"] [BlackElo "2644"] [PlyCount "118"] [EventDate "2017.03.05"] [EventType "team-schev"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 21"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.17"] [WhiteTeam "China"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. b3 Bg7 12. Bg5 Qa3 13. Bc1 Qe7 14. Bg5 Qa3 15. Qd2 d6 16. Bf6 Bxf6 17. exf6 O-O-O 18. Be2 Rhe8 19. O-O d5 20. Ng5 dxc4 21. Qf4 Nd5 22. Qg4+ Rd7 23. Bxc4 Nxf6 24. Qf3 Bxc4 25. Qxc6 Bd5 26. Qxf6 h6 27. Nf3 Qd6 28. Qc3 Qc6 29. Qxc6 Bxc6 30. Rfd1 Bxf3 31. gxf3 Re2 32. Rxd7 Kxd7 33. Rd1+ Kc6 34. Rc1+ Kb6 35. a3 a5 36. Rc3 Ra2 37. a4 Rd2 38. Rc4 c5 39. Re4 Rd3 40. Re8 Rxf3 41. Rb8+ Kc6 42. Rb5 Kd5 43. Kg2 Rc3 44. h4 Kd4 45. f3 Ke3 46. Rxa5 Kf4 47. Ra6 f5 48. Rxg6 Rxb3 49. Rxh6 Rb2+ 50. Kh3 Kxf3 51. Rc6 Rb1 52. Kh2 Rb2+ 53. Kh3 Rb1 54. Kh2 Kg4 55. Rxc5 f4 56. Rc3 Rb2+ 57. Kg1 Rb1+ 58. Kg2 Rb2+ 59. Kg1 Rb1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Gashimov Memorial"] [Site "Shamkir"] [Date "2017.04.21"] [Round "1"] [White "So, Wesley"] [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2822"] [BlackElo "2772"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2017.04.21"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "AZE"] [EventCategory "21"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 28"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.05.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 a5 9. c4 Nb6 10. b3 a4 11. Bb2 axb3 12. axb3 Rxa1+ 13. Bxa1 Qa3 14. Qd1 Bb4 15. Bd3 Qa5 16. Ke2 d6 17. Qc2 dxe5 18. Bb2 Qc5 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Bxh7 Nd7 21. Bf5 Bxf3+ 22. Kxf3 g6 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Qe4 Re8 25. Ke2 Kc8 26. Rd1 f5 27. Qh4 Qe7 28. Qg3 g5 29. Bc3 Bc5 30. Bd2 f4 31. Qh3+ Kb7 32. b4 Bd4 33. Qd3 Rd8 34. b5 Qe6 35. bxc6+ Kxc6 36. f3 Rb8 37. Be1 g4 38. Rd2 gxf3+ 39. Qxf3+ e4 0-1 [Event "GRE CupT final"] [Site "Rio Achaia"] [Date "2017.07.02"] [Round "5"] [White "Kotronias, Vasilios"] [Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2500"] [BlackElo "2615"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2017.07.01"] [EventType "team-k.o."] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "GRE"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 37"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.06"] [WhiteTeam "Thomas Georgiou SO"] [BlackTeam "Florinas LP"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GRE"] [BlackTeamCountry "GRE"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. Nf3 Rb8 11. a3 Bg7 12. Bg5 f6 13. exf6 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Nxf6 15. Bd3 O-O 16. O-O-O Ng4 17. Rd2 Rb3 18. Bc2 Bxb2+ 19. Kd1 Rxa3 20. Bb1 Bc3 21. Ra2 Rxa2 22. Bxa2 Nxf2+ 23. Kc2 Nxh1 24. Kxc3 Kg7 25. Be3 d6 26. Bd4+ Kg8 27. c5+ d5 28. Ne5 Bb5 29. Ng4 h5 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. Bb1 Ke7 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "15"] [White "Howell, David"] [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2711"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [SourceTitle "Mega2018 Update 11"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. Nd2 g6 9. c4 Nb6 10. Ne4 Bg7 11. Bg5 Qb4+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bxe5 14. Nf6+ Bxf6 15. Re1+ Kf8 16. Bxf6 Rg8 17. Bd8 d5 18. c5 Nc4+ 19. Kc3 Be6 20. Bxc7 Rc8 21. Bf4 Kg7 22. b3 Na3 23. Ba6 Nb5+ 24. Kb2 g5 25. Bg3 Rcd8 26. a4 Bc8 27. Bxc8 1-0