C50 Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.O-O d6 5.h3 Nf6 6.d3 h6 7.Nc3 O-O 8.a3 a5)

Today's game was played in a clan challenge at Red Hot Pawn. The challenge was played between Wycombe Wanderers and The White Hats on 3 boards. I played on board 1 and like I mentioned in my previous post when I shared my other game against Smiffy from this same challenge, the clan challenge was won by Wycombe Wanderers with a score of 5 - 0. The game below was the only game that did not end in our loss.

[Event "Clan challenge"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2016.12.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Smiffy"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "1864"] [BlackElo "1883"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. h3 Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. a3 a5 {C50 Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo} 9. Qe1 $146 (9. Be3 Bb6 (9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qe1 Qe8 13. Nb5 Rc8 14. Qh4 Ne7 15. c4 Qd7 16. g4 c6 17. Nc3 Ng6 18. Qg3 Ne8 19. h4 Qe7 20. h5 Nh8 21. c5 dxc5 22. Qxe5 Nf7 23. Qg3 Qd6 24. Qxd6 {Reiche, A-Groth,D Berlin 1996 1-0 (61)}) 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Ba2 Qe7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Bxb6 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Be3 Qh4 17. f4 Nd7 18. Qf3 Rae8 19. c3 Ndf6 20. Rad1 Qg3 21. Qe2 Nxc3 22. bxc3 Qxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rxe3 {Butler-Rynd,J Dublin 1865 0-1}) (9. Bd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. Qf3 c6 13. Ba4 b5 14. Bb3 Re8 15. a4 b4 16. Nd1 Bxb3 17. cxb3 Rc8 18. Qg3 g5 19. Rb1 Kf8 20. Ne3 Bxe3 21. Bxe3 c5 22. Rfe1 Ke7 23. h4 gxh4 {Schmitt, A (2350)-Schneider,J Wolfstein 1994 1/2-1/2 (39)}) (9. Ne2 d5 (9... Ba7 10. Ng3 Rb8 11. b4 axb4 12. axb4 b5 13. Bd5 Bd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15. c3 Ne6 16. Be3 c5 17. Bxe6 Bxe6 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Bxc5 Re8 20. Qc2 Rc8 21. Bb4 Qd7 22. Qe2 Rb8 23. Rfd1 Bb3 24. Rd2 {Jusciak,U-Schmidberger,S Jedesheim 1991 1-0 (48)}) 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ng3 Nde7 12. Ne4 Bb6 13. Bd2 Nf5 14. Qc1 Ncd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qd1 Qh4 17. Kh2 Ne6 18. Qf3 Nd4 19. Qd1 Kh8 20. f4 Qe7 21. fxe5 Qxe5+ 22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Qh5 Kh7 {Espunes Gonzalez,J-Gil Matilla,C Valladolid 1973 0-1 (61)}) 9... Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 c6 {...d5 is the strong threat.} 13. Kh1 $2 {-2.10/25 [#]} (13. f4 $11 {0.15/27 and White stays safe.}) 13... Be6 $2 {0.00/26} (13... d5 $1 $19 {-2.10/25} 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxe5 Nb6) 14. f4 {-1.47/27} (14. Bxe6 $11 {0.00/26 remains equal.} fxe6 15. f4) 14... exf4 {-0.31/29} (14... d5 $1 $17 {-1.47/27 Strongly threatening ...exf4.} 15. fxe5 Nh7 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5) 15. Qxf4 d5 (15... Nh5 {with more complications.} 16. Qf3 Qh4 17. Kh2 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Rae8) 16. exd5 {The position is equal.} Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Rae1 Rfe8 20. Re3 Rxe3 21. Qxe3 b5 22. Qe7 a4 23. Re1 {Precision: White = 44%, Black = 34%.} 1/2-1/2

Here is the highest rated reference game that I could find in my database and that did not end in a quick draw.

[Event "Rio de Janeiro Caiafa Memorial"] [Site "Rio de Janeiro"] [Date "2008.06.05"] [Round "11"] [White "Goncalves, Reboreto Maximiano"] [Black "Cunha, Eduardo Arruda"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C50"] [WhiteElo "2227"] [BlackElo "2227"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2008.05.31"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BRA"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.30"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O a5 7. d3 h6 8. h3 d6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Ne7 11. Ba2 b5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Bxf7+ Kxf7 15. Rxa8 Ng6 16. Be3 Qd7 17. c3 Bc5 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Bb6 20. Qb3+ Ke7 21. Nh2 Qc6 22. Raa1 Qxe4 23. Rae1 Be6 24. d5 Nh4 25. f3 Qg6 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. Bxb6+ Kd8 28. Bxc7+ Kxc7 29. hxg4 Qf6 30. Qxb5 Ng6 31. Rc1+ Kd8 32. Qb8+ 1-0