It is time for me to retire from typing a blog about chess and its variants

When I started doing this blog on July 15th, 2014, my goal was to go analyze all my games with an engine and name the posts according to the opening played in the games that appear in the post. This meant that I needed to update older posts whenever I discovered other games in a certain opening that I had already covered in the blog. It was also a way for me to force myself to go through my games, which I would not have normally done. Later I started to also add Chess960 games to the blog when I found a publishing tool that was able to that. While I have been able to reach my goal partly, I have in the past made quite a few mistakes in the posts that you may or may not have noticed. When I have noticed a mistake, I have corrected it the best I way can. For quite a long time now I have been doing changes to the blog, but it does seem like a never ending task and I have not been able to get back to posting consistently new games both from chess and Chess960. It would likely take several more months for me to complete the changes and I do not really think that it would the best use of my time.

Well, I should go now for the actual reason why I named the post the way I did. Lately I have started to think of ways how to best use my time and what I want to do in the future. Typing this blog has been something I have done somewhat regularly for nearly four years and especially recently it has become more of an annoyance to me than anything else. Therefore I think it is time to start using the time I spent doing this blog to other things. I have not been all that passionate about chess or Chess960 for quite some time now and I think I can't type about them in all that interesting way. Continuing to make posts for this blog is something I do not think would be beneficial to me or to other people anymore. I have also turned off the ads, as you may have noticed. It is probably a permanent change. At this point I would like to thank all of the people who have visited my blog or viewed my videos at YouTube or made comments in any of my posts or subscribed, it is much appreciated. I probably won't delete the blog, it will be here in case I ever decide to come back, but at the moment it is very unlikely thing to happen.

B22 Sicilian: 2.c3 (1.e4 g6 2.d4 c5 3.c3)

This game was played at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club and it was played between August 14th, 2014 and September 20th, 2014. With this win my rating at the site increased from 2118 to 2122. I am currently at my peak rating there, which is 2214. I have not played there for over a year now, my last game there ended on March 14th, 2017. While I have not played there for a quite a long time, I might at one point return there.

[Event "OS INCLIVEIS"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/game"] [Date "2014.08.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "adelio"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2118"] [BlackElo "1864"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 c5 3. c3 {B22 Sicilian: 2.c3} Nc6 (3... Qa5 4. Nd2 cxd4 5. Nc4 Qc7 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. h4 h6 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Bd2 d6 12. Rc1 Bg4 13. Nxd6+ exd6 14. Qxd5 O-O 15. h5 dxe5 16. hxg6 exd4 17. gxf7+ Rxf7 18. Bd3 {Fiorito,F (2435)-Quinteros,M (2505) Mar del Plata 1995 1/2-1/2 (38)}) 4. Nf3 $146 d6 5. Be3 a6 6. dxc5 Bg4 {1.35/24} ({Black should try} 6... Nf6 { 0.83/27}) 7. Be2 {0.70/25} ({White should play} 7. cxd6 $16 {1.35/24 aiming for Qb3.} Bh6 8. Bxh6 Nxh6 9. Bc4) 7... Bxf3 {1.14/27} (7... dxc5 $14 {0.70/25} 8. Nbd2 (8. Bxc5 Nf6 $14) 8... Bh6) 8. Bxf3 {White is better.} Bg7 {1.81/24} ( 8... dxc5 $16 {1.04/27} 9. O-O (9. Bxc5 Qxd1+ 10. Bxd1 e6 $16) 9... Nf6) 9. cxd6 $1 $18 Qxd6 10. Qxd6 exd6 11. Nd2 Ne5 {2.45/26} (11... Bh6 $142 {1.68/28} 12. Bxh6 Nxh6) 12. Be2 Nf6 13. f3 b5 14. Rc1 Nc4 $2 {3.09/26 [#]} (14... O-O $16 {1.53/27} 15. O-O Rfe8) 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 O-O 17. Rd1 Ne8 18. O-O Kh8 19. Bd4 f6 20. Bd5 Rb8 21. c4 Rxb2 $2 {10.93/24 [#]} (21... f5 {3.47/28} 22. b3 fxe4 23. Bxe4 Rf7) 22. Bxb2 a5 23. Bc6 h5 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxd6 Kh7 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Rxf6 {White mates.} Rc8 28. Rc1 Rc5 29. Rd6 h4 30. Rd5 Rxd5 31. cxd5 { Endgame KR-K3P} Kg7 32. d6 Kf7 33. Rd1 Ke8 34. d7+ Kd8 35. a4 g5 36. h3 g4 37. fxg4 Ke7 38. d8=Q+ Ke6 39. Rd5 Kf7 40. Rd6 Kg7 41. Qe7+ Kh8 42. Rd8# { Precision: White = 53%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

Below you can see the latest and highest rated reference games from my reference database.

[Event "EU-ch 14th"] [Site "Legnica"] [Date "2013.05.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Laznicka, Viktor"] [Black "Dubov, Daniil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2679"] [BlackElo "2622"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2013.05.05"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "CBM 155"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. Bf4 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nf5 9. Nf3 e6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Bg5 Qb6 13. g4 Ne7 14. O-O-O h6 15. Bh4 Qc7 16. Kb1 Qd7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Rhe1 Kf8 19. Bf6 Bxf6 20. exf6 Ng8 21. Ne5 Qd8 22. Nb5 Nxf6 23. Nxa7 Ra8 24. Naxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Ra7 26. f3 Kg7 27. Rec1 Qb8 28. Qc2 Qb5 29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. Qxc7 Rf8 31. a3 Qe2 32. Qa7 Nh7 33. Rc7 Ng5 34. h4 Qe1+ 35. Ka2 Qxh4 36. f4 1-0 [Event "Beijing Sportaccord blizt (Women)"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2013.12.16"] [Round "24"] [White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Black "Hou, Yifan"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2527"] [BlackElo "2629"] [PlyCount "148"] [EventDate "2013.12.14"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "12"] [SourceTitle "Mega2014 Update 01"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2014.01.06"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d5 Nb8 7. Be3 d6 8. f4 Nf6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Nc5 12. Bxc5 dxc5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Ne4 Nc7 15. d6 exd6 16. Nxd6 b6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nd2 Nd5 20. Qg4 Qe7 21. Rae1 Rad8 22. N2e4 Rf5 23. g3 Rff8 24. Ng5 Nc7 25. Qh3 h6 26. Nge4 Nd5 27. Qg4 Kh7 28. h4 Rf5 29. Qe2 Rff8 30. a3 a5 31. Qb5 Qd7 32. Qe2 Qe7 33. Qg4 Rf5 34. Nd2 Rff8 35. Nf3 Rg8 36. Rf2 Bh8 37. Rh2 Nc7 38. Kf2 Rxd6 39. exd6 Qxd6 40. Re2 Bd4+ 41. Kg2 Qd5 42. h5 gxh5 43. Qxh5 Qxh5 44. Rxh5 Nd5 45. Kh3 Nf6 46. Rh4 Kg6 47. Rxe6 Kf5 48. Rxb6 Bf2 49. Rxf6+ Kxf6 50. Rxh6+ Kf5 51. Rh5+ Ke4 52. Ng5+ Kd3 53. Rh6 Kc2 54. Rb6 c4 55. Rb5 Bd4 56. a4 Bxb2 57. Rxa5 c3 58. Rc5 Kb1 59. Ne4 c2 60. Nd2+ Kc1 61. Nb3+ Kd1 62. Rd5+ Ke1 63. Rc5 Rh8+ 64. Kg2 Kd1 65. Rd5+ Ke1 66. Rc5 Kd1 67. Rd5+ Ke1 68. Rc5 Kd1 69. a5 Rb8 70. Rd5+ Ke1 71. Rc5 Kd1 72. Rd5+ Ke1 73. Rc5 Kd1 74. Rd5+ Ke1 1/2-1/2 [Event "EU-ch blitz"] [Site "Wroclaw"] [Date "2014.12.19"] [Round "7"] [White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"] [Black "Kulaots, Kaido"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2533"] [BlackElo "2563"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2014.12.19"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "POL"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 06"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.01.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nbd7 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d6 exd6 9. Qe2+ Qe7 10. Bf4 Qxe2+ 11. Ngxe2 O-O 12. Bxd6 Re8 13. O-O a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 Bb7 16. a4 Ne4 17. Bf4 b4 18. Nd5 Nd2 19. Bxd2 Rxe2 20. Bxb4 Rxb2 21. Rab1 Bxd4 22. Rxb2 Bxb2 23. Rd1 Nf8 24. Nc7 Rc8 25. Bd6 Bf6 26. Re1 a5 27. h3 Rd8 28. Be7 Bxe7 29. Rxe7 Rd7 30. Bxf7+ Kg7 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Bc4 Kf6 33. f4 Nb6 34. Bb5 Be4 35. Na6 Ke7 36. Nc5 Bd5 37. Kf2 Kd6 38. Nd3 Bb3 39. Nb2 Kc5 40. Ke3 Kb4 41. Kd4 Ka3 42. Kc5 Nxa4+ 43. Nxa4 Bxa4 44. Bxa4 Kxa4 45. Kc4 Ka3 46. Kc3 Ka4 47. Kc4 Ka3 48. g4 a4 49. Kc3 Ka2 50. f5 a3 51. Kc2 1-0 [Event "Sharjah op rapid"] [Site "Sharjah"] [Date "2016.06.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"] [Black "Guseinov, Gadir"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2506"] [BlackElo "2623"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2016.06.12"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "Mega2016 Update 39"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2016.07.01"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bb5 Nh6 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Qd2 Nf5 10. Nf3 f6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 fxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5 c5 15. Nf3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 e6 18. O-O Qb6 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. Rfe1 Rf5 21. Rad1 Raf8 22. Re2 Bc8 23. Qd4 Qc7 24. Rdd2 Rf4 25. Qe3 Qc4 26. b3 Qb4 27. Na4 R8f7 28. Qc5 Qb8 29. Rc2 Bd7 30. Nb2 R4f6 31. Nd3 Bb5 32. Ne5 Bxe2 33. Nxf7 Rxf7 34. Rxe2 Rc7 35. Qe3 Rc6 36. g3 Qb7 37. h4 a6 38. Kh2 Qf7 39. Kg2 h5 40. Qe5 Qf5 41. Qb8+ Qf8 42. Qe5 Qf5 43. Qb8+ Qf8 44. Qb7 Rc3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Budapest Spring op"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "2017.03.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Nabaty, Tamir"] [Black "Popovic, Dusan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2649"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2017.03.18"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 23"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.31"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Nc3 Nh6 7. Bb5 Bg7 8. Bf4 f6 9. exf6 exf6 10. h4 O-O 11. Qd2 Nf5 12. Nge2 Re8 13. O-O-O Nd6 14. h5 g5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. h6 Bf8 17. f4 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. Bb3 Be6 20. fxg5 b4 21. Na4 Bf5 22. gxf6 Rac8 23. f7+ Kxf7 24. Rdf1 Kg8 25. Nb6 Nxd4+ 26. Nxc8 Rxc8+ 27. Kd1 Nxb3 28. axb3 Bc2+ 29. Ke1 Bg6 30. Rh3 Be7 31. Qd4 Bf8 32. Rf6 1-0 [Event "BL2-West 1718"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2017.12.10"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Berelowitsch, Alexander"] [Black "Cicak, Slavko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "2522"] [BlackElo "2512"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2017.10.08"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Mega2018 Update 26"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.04.20"] [WhiteTeam "Duesseldorf"] [BlackTeam "Schott Mainz"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. e4 c5 2. c3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. cxd4 d5 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bg7 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Nbd2 a5 10. h3 Bf5 11. O-O a4 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Nb1 Bd7 14. Nc3 Qa7 15. Bf4 e6 16. Qd2 c5 17. dxc5 Qxc5 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. Red1 Ne7 20. Ne4 O-O 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Qxa5 Rxa5 23. exf6 Nc6 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Ra7 26. Rc5 Rc8 27. Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. Rc1 Bd7 29. f3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Ke8 31. Ke3 Kd8 32. Rc5 Ra6 33. Rc7 Rc6 34. Ra7 Rc2 35. g4 h6 36. h4 Ke8 37. h5 gxh5 38. gxh5 Kd8 39. Ra8+ Rc8 40. Rxc8+ Bxc8 41. Bf4 Ba6 42. b3 axb3 43. axb3 Bf1 44. Bxh6 e5 45. Bf8 Bh3 46. Bd6 Be6 47. b4 d4+ 48. Kd2 Bf5 49. Bxe5 d3 50. Bf4 Kd7 51. b5 Kc8 52. Kc3 Kb7 53. Kb4 1-0

B27 Sicilian: 2.Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves (1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 c6 4.c4 d5 5.cxd5 cxd5 6.e5)

This one was played in the second round of the WORLD OPEN RAPID tournament that was held at the FIDE Online Arena on March 17th 2015. After two rounds I had won one and lost one. My opponent did not make as many mistakes as I did, so forgeforever did deserve to win this game. I mean I did not even take the free pawn that was offered to me in the opening, I can't believe I missed 12.Nxd5. Hmmm, maybe I was afraid of 12...e6 and I am actually not sure how to reply to that move even now. I checked the position after typing the previous sentence and it seems if 12...e6, then 13.Bc7 saves White's pieces and the pawn has been won without any problems.

[Event "Tournament 28004503"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.03.17"] [Round "2"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "forgeforever"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "1847"] [BlackElo "1653"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "124"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e5 {B27 Sicilian: 2.Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves. LiveBook: 589 Games} f6 7. Bf4 (7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. O-O Nh6 9. exf6 exf6 10. Re1+ Kf7 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Ba4 Nfe7 13. Be3 Rf8 14. a3 Kg8 15. b4 a6 16. Bb3 b5 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Nc5 Bf7 19. Qd2 a5 20. Bf4 axb4 21. axb4 Rxa1 {Hegarty,S (2095)-Horton,J (2110) England 2016 1/2-1/2}) 7... Bg4 $146 (7... fxe5 8. dxe5 e6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qe3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Be3 Ncxe5 16. Nd4 Nc5 17. b4 Na4 18. Ncb5 Nc6 19. Rac1 Bd7 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Nd4 c5 22. Nb5 {Gallissot,A-Plantet,S France 1997 0-1}) (7... Nc6 8. Qb3 (8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e6 11. O-O fxe5 12. dxe5 a6 13. Re1 Nh6 14. Na4 O-O 15. Qd2 Nf7 16. Nc5 Qe7 17. Rac1 Ncxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Bd1 Rac8 20. Nb3 Rxc1 21. Nxc1 Qf6 22. Bb3 Bh6 {D'Angelo,G (1647)-Monaco,A (1605) Mazara del vallo 2009 1-0 (48)}) 8... g5 9. exf6 exf6 10. Be3 Nge7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. O-O-O Kh8 13. Be2 b6 14. Ne1 Na5 15. Qb4 Bb7 16. h4 Nf5 17. hxg5 fxg5 18. Bd3 h6 19. Ne2 Rc8+ 20. Nc2 Nc4 21. Kb1 Nfxe3 22. fxe3 {Lee,E (721)-Braguine,V (1882) Canberra 2016 0-1 (40)}) 8. Be2 Nd7 {0.94/24} (8... Nc6 $11 {0.00/25 remains equal.}) 9. exf6 Ngxf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Ne4 12. Be3 {0.14/25} (12. Nxd5 $16 {0.74/22 aiming for Ng5.} Nb6 13. Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Be3) 12... Ndf6 { 0.55/22} (12... Nxc3 $11 {0.14/25} 13. bxc3 Nb6) 13. Ne5 {0.00/30} ({White should play} 13. Qb3 $14 {0.55/22}) 13... Nxc3 $11 14. bxc3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Ne4 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. c4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxc4 19. Qa3 {-0.79/24} (19. Qxc4 $11 {0.14/31 } dxc4 20. Rfc1) 19... d4 $17 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Rac1 $2 {-2.28/23} (21. Rae1 $15 {-0.67/28} Qc5 22. Qb3) 21... Qe6 $2 {-0.19/29} (21... Nc3 $19 {-2.28/23 Threatens to win with ...Ne2+.} 22. Kh1 a5) 22. f4 {-1.08/26} (22. Qb2 $11 { -0.19/29} Nc3 23. Qxb7) 22... Nc3 $36 {Keeping White busy.} 23. Rc2 {-1.69/25} (23. Rfe1 $17 {-1.21/29}) 23... Qf5 {-0.79/28} (23... Qd5 $19 {-1.69/25 has better winning chances.} 24. Qb3 e6 25. Qxd5 Nxd5) 24. Qb3 b5 25. Bg5 {-2.08/24 } (25. h3 $15 {-0.62/28}) 25... a5 $19 26. Rd2 {-2.43/27} (26. e6 $142 { -1.99/26} Rff8 27. Bxe7) 26... Rc8 27. e6 Rff8 $1 28. Bxe7 Rfe8 29. Bg5 { If only White now had time for e7+....} Qxe6 30. Qxe6+ Rxe6 31. g3 Kg7 32. Kg2 h6 33. Bh4 Re2+ 34. Rf2 $2 {-5.35/27} (34. Rxe2 {-2.70/28} Nxe2 35. Kf3) 34... Rxf2+ 35. Rxf2 {Endgame KRB-KRN} Rc5 36. Be7 $2 {-6.97/26} (36. Bd8 {-3.97/31} b4 37. Rd2) 36... Rd5 37. Rd2 d3 38. Kf3 Nxa2 39. Ke3 Nc1 40. Ba3 Nb3 41. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 42. Kxd3 {KB-KN} b4 43. Bb2+ Kf7 44. Kc4 Nd2+ 45. Kb5 Ke6 46. Kxa5 $2 { -#34/43 [#]} (46. h3 $19 {-3.36/36} Kd5 47. Ka4) 46... Nc4+ 47. Kxb4 Nxb2 { KN-K3P} 48. Kc3 Na4+ 49. Kd4 Nb6 50. g4 Nd7 51. h4 Nf6 52. g5 hxg5 53. hxg5 { KN-KPP} Nh5 54. Ke4 Ng3+ 55. Kf3 Nf1 $2 {-0.08/33} (55... Nf5 {-#21/30 mates} 56. Kg4 Nd4 57. f5+ Nxf5 58. Kf3 Ke5 59. Kf2 Nd6 60. Ke3 Kf5 61. Ke2 Kxg5 62. Ke3 Kf5 63. Kf2 Kf4 64. Ke2 Ne4 65. Kd3 g5 66. Ke2 g4 67. Kf1 Kf3 68. Ke1 g3 69. Kd1 g2 70. Kc2 g1=Q 71. Kb3 Qc5 72. Ka2 Qc3 73. Kb1 Nd2+ 74. Ka2 Qb3+ 75. Ka1 Qb1#) 56. Kf2 $2 {-#22/29 [#]} (56. Ke2 $11 {-0.08/33}) 56... Nd2 {Black mates.} 57. Ke3 Nc4+ 58. Kf3 Kf5 59. Kg3 Nd2 60. Kf2 Kxf4 61. Ke2 Ne4 62. Kf1 Nxg5 {Precision: White = 24%, Black = 59%.} 0-1

In the publishing tool below you can view how strong players have handled the position after 6.e5.

[Event "Moscow-ch blitz 69th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2015.09.06"] [Round "19"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2660"] [PlyCount "105"] [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 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Nc3 a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. O-O e6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Ne7 15. Rfc1 Nf5 16. Nd1 Rc8 17. Ne3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Qe7 19. h4 Kd7 20. Rc3 Bb5 21. Rac1 Rxc3 22. Rxc3 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Kxc8 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Nxg5 Bh6 26. Bf4 Bxg5 27. Bxg5 Qd7 28. Kh2 b6 29. Bf6 Kb7 30. g4 a5 31. Kg3 a4 32. Qa3 Bc4 33. Kh4 Qe8 34. f3 Be2 35. Kg3 Bc4 36. b3 axb3 37. axb3 Be2 38. Qd6 Qb5 39. Qe7+ Ka6 40. Qxf7 Qd3 41. Bd8 Qxd4 42. Qxe6 Qg1+ 43. Kf4 Qd4+ 44. Kg5 Bxf3 45. Qf5 Qe3+ 46. Qf4 Qxb3 47. e6 d4 48. e7 Bc6 49. Qxd4 Qg8+ 50. Kh6 Qe6+ 51. Kg7 Be8 52. Qxb6+ Qxb6 53. Bxb6 1-0 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Berlin"] [Date "2015.10.12"] [Round "13"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Savchenko, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "2705"] [BlackElo "2567"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2015.10.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 47"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.16"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Rc8 10. O-O e6 11. Qa3 Qb6 12. Nc3 Qxd4 13. Be3 Qxe5 14. Bc5 a6 15. Rfe1 Qg5 16. Bxc6+ Rxc6 17. Rad1 Ne7 18. Qb4 a5 19. Qxb7 Rxc5 20. Ne4 Qh4 21. g3 Qxh3 22. Nxc5 Nf5 23. Qd7+ 1-0 [Event "China Elite Mind blitz (Women)"] [Site "Huaian"] [Date "2016.02.28"] [Round "8"] [White "Ju, Wenjun"] [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2511"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2016.02.28"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "30"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "Mega2016 Update 22"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.03"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. h3 Nh6 8. Nc3 f6 9. exf6 exf6 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Qxd5+ Qxd5 12. Nxd5 Bd7 13. Bc4 Kh8 14. O-O Be6 15. Ne3 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Rad8 17. Be3 Nf5 18. Rad1 b5 19. Na3 a6 20. Nc2 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Rfe8 22. Kf2 Bh6 23. Rfe1 f5 24. Rd3 Ne7 25. Ne5 Kg8 26. Nb4 a5 27. Nbc6 Nxc6 28. Nxc6 Rd6 29. Nxa5 Ra6 30. b4 Rc8 31. d5 Bf8 32. a3 Rc2+ 33. Re2 Rc1 34. Red2 Bd6 35. Nb7 Kf7 36. Rd1 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Re1 Ra2 39. e4 R6xa3 40. exf5+ Kd7 41. Rxa3 Rxa3+ 42. Re3 Rxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Bxb4 44. fxg6 hxg6 45. Kd4 Bd6 46. Nc5+ Ke7 47. Ne4 Kd7 48. h4 Be7 49. g3 Bd6 50. Nf6+ Ke7 51. Ne4 Kd7 52. g4 Be7 53. h5 gxh5 54. gxh5 Bf8 55. Nc5+ Kd6 56. Ne4+ Kd7 57. Ng3 b4 58. Nf5 Ke8 59. h6 Kf7 60. h7 b3 61. h8=Q b2 62. Qh7+ 1-0 [Event "RUS-ch blitz"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2016.10.04"] [Round "11.2"] [White "Andreikin, Dmitry"] [Black "Savchenko, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "2736"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2016.10.04"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "22"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "Mega2016 Update 54"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.14"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. O-O e6 9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 a6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. h4 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Re1 Nc6 16. Bg5 Qe7 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Re3 Qb4 19. Bxf6 Qxd2 20. Nxd2 Rxf6 21. Nb3 Kf7 22. g3 Ke7 23. Rae1 Kd6 24. Bf1 h6 25. a3 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Bh3 Nd8 28. Bg2 g4 29. Nc1 Nc6 30. Nb3 Ref8 31. R1e2 Nb6 32. Rc3 Nc4 33. Nd2 Nxd4 34. Nxc4+ dxc4 35. Rd2 Kc5 36. b4+ Kb6 37. Rxd4 1-0 [Event "RUS-chT blitz"] [Site "Sochi"] [Date "2016.10.07"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"] [Black "Savchenko, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "2516"] [BlackElo "2613"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2016.10.07"] [EventType "team-swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "Mega2016 Update 55"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2016.10.22"] [WhiteTeam "Chelyabinsk Spassky"] [BlackTeam "Dasmar Krasnoyarsk Region"] [WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Bg4 7. Bb5+ Nd7 8. O-O a6 9. Bd3 e6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne7 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Be3 Ndxe5 14. dxe5 d4 15. Rad1 dxe3 16. Bxg6 Qc7 17. Be4 exf2+ 18. Rxf2 Nxe5 19. Qg3 O-O 20. Kh1 Rad8 21. Rdf1 f5 22. Bc2 Kh8 23. Bb3 Qc6 24. Ne2 Rd3 25. Qh4 Ng6 26. Qh5 Be5 27. Ng1 Bc7 28. Nf3 Qd6 29. Rc2 Kg7 30. Re1 Rf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "Huaian IMSA rapid 2nd"] [Site "Huaian"] [Date "2017.12.11"] [Round "7"] [White "Grischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Mamedov, Rauf"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "2772"] [BlackElo "2709"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2017.12.10"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 60"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.12.15"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Nc6 7. Bb5 Nh6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 f6 10. exf6 exf6 11. Nc3 Nf7 12. Re1 Qd6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rc1 Rac8 15. Bf1 Rfd8 16. a3 Be4 17. Nd2 f5 18. f3 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nxd4 20. fxe4 dxe4 21. Kh1 Qf4 22. Ndxe4 fxe4 23. Rxe4 Qf2 24. Nd5 Rxc1 25. Ne7+ Kf8 26. Qxc1 Nf3 27. gxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Bg2 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Rxc1 31. Re2 Rc5 32. b4 Rc3 33. a4 Rc4 34. Nd5 Rd4 35. Nf6 Ng5 36. Re5 h6 37. Rb5 b6 38. a5 Rd2+ 39. Kg3 Rd3+ 40. Kg4 Kf7 41. Nd5 Ne6 42. axb6 axb6 43. Nxb6 h5+ 44. Kh4 Kg7 45. Re5 Nd4 46. Rd5 Kh6 0-1 [Event "Wch Blitz"] [Site "Riadh"] [Date "2017.12.30"] [Round "17"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Savchenko, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "2729"] [BlackElo "2566"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2017.12.29"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "21"] [EventCountry "SAU"] [SourceTitle "Mega2018 Update 11"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.01.05"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 a6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Nh6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e6 12. Ne2 Nf5 13. Bg4 Nfe7 14. Bf4 h5 15. Bf3 Nf5 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. g4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Ne7 20. Kg2 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. b3 Nac6 23. Rad1 g5 24. Be3 Ng6 25. Kg1 Kd7 26. Ng3 Raf8 27. Nh5 Be7 28. Bg2 Nf4 29. Bxf4 gxf4 30. Bf3 Bd8 31. Rd3 Kd6 32. Rfd1 Nb4 33. R3d2 Ba5 34. a3 Nc6 35. b4 Bd8 36. Rd3 Bg5 37. R3d2 Rfg8 38. Kf1 Rf8 39. Re2 Re8 40. Ng7 Re7 41. Nh5 Ree8 42. Ng7 Re7 1/2-1/2

A45 Trompowsky Attack (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bxe7 Qxe7 6.c4)

The game below was played at GameKnot in paweljaniak's mini-tournament I. After this game my opponent, muek54, withdrew from the tournament and our other game was never played. It was the only game that muek54 did not play in this mini-tournament. I was on second place in the final standings with 8.5 points. Muek54 was able to get 4 points and finished 5th in the tournament. The winner of the mini-tournament will be paweljaniak (2149), who won all but one game. That one game he lost to muek54 interestingly enough. This win also enabled me to get to my peak rating at the time at GameKnot, which was 1794. My current rating is 1832 there. This game was also my 100th game there.

The first mistake of the game was played by my opponent on move 20, before that there were some inaccuracies, but nothing that shifted the advantage in favor of either player in a major way. 20.exf6 was a much better alternative. Muek54 played the final mistake of the game on move 30, after which the game was completely lost for him.

[Event "paweljaniak's mini-tournament I"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2016.03.30"] [Round "?"] [White "muek54"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1822"] [BlackElo "1751"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. c4 {A45 Trompowsky Attack. LiveBook: 3 Games} Qb4+ 7. Nd2 Ne7 $1 (7... Nb6 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Ngf3 d6 10. Bd3 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bd7 12. O-O O-O-O 13. a3 Qe7 14. b4 Be8 15. b5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. c5 Nd7 19. Rfc1 Nxc5 20. Bxh7 Rd5 21. Be4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 {Shpagin,V (2299)-Sadovsky,A (2125) Moscow 2013 0-1 (61)}) (7... Nf4 8. Qc2 c5 9. dxc5 Qxc5 10. Ngf3 Nc6 11. Qc3 Qb4 12. Qe3 Ng6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 d6 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Bd3 f5 17. c5 Qf4 18. Nc4 Qxe3 19. fxe3 e5 20. Nd6 h6 21. e4 f4 22. Bc4+ {Dalgar,H (2027)-Eremkere,M (1752) Antalya 2017 1-0}) 8. Qc2 Nbc6 {The position is equal.} 9. Ngf3 Nf5 10. Qc3 $146 (10. d5 {feels hotter.} Ncd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qd3 Nf5 (12... c5 13. Rb1 exd5 14. cxd5 d6 15. Qg3 Bf5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 dxe5 18. O-O O-O 19. a3 Qb5 20. Qxb5 Nxb5 21. f4 exf4 22. Ne4 b6 23. Rxf4 Rad8 24. Rd1 Nd4 25. Nc3 Rfe8 26. Kf1 Re5 27. Rf2 {Stuhler, J-Winterkamp,S Bayern 2000 1-0 (42)}) 13. O-O-O) 10... O-O 11. Bd3 Qxc3 12. bxc3 Nfe7 13. O-O b6 14. Ne4 Ba6 15. Rad1 Na5 16. c5 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 Nd5 18. Nfd2 b5 19. f4 f6 20. f5 {-1.01/28} (20. exf6 $11 {0.00/29 keeps the balance.} gxf6 21. f5) 20... fxe5 $17 21. dxe5 Nc6 22. fxe6 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 dxe6 24. Nf3 { White wants to play Neg5.} Rf8 25. Kg1 h6 26. a4 a6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Rd1 Rf4 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Nf2 $2 {-3.18/27 [#]} (30. Re2 $17 {-1.04/32}) 30... Nxc3 $19 31. Ra1 Ra4 {Precision: White = 32%, Black = 78%.} 0-1

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[Event "SUI-chT"] [Site "Switzerland"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Gabriel, Christian"] [Black "Sedina, Elena"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2564"] [BlackElo "2419"] [PlyCount "165"] [EventDate "2000.02.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "SUI"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. c4 Nf4 7. h4 Qb4+ 8. Nc3 Qxb2 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. g3 Ng6 11. Nf3 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. h5 Nge7 15. d5 Nb4 16. Be4 Nxa2 17. Nxa2 Qxa2 18. Rc2 Qa5 19. Ng5 exd5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Qd4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd5 23. Qe2 Nc6 24. Rd1 Qxe5 25. Qa6+ Kb8 26. Nxf7 Qxh5 27. Ra1 Qxf7 28. Rxc6 dxc6 29. Qxa7+ Kc8 30. Qa8+ Kd7 31. Rd1+ Ke7 32. Re1+ Kf6 33. Qxc6+ Rd6 34. Qf3+ Kg6 35. Qg4+ Kh6 36. Re5 g6 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Re7 Rf8 39. Qe4 Kg8 40. Rxf7 Rxf7 41. Qe8+ Rf8 42. Qe7 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 Rd2 44. Qe6+ Rf7 45. Qe8+ Kg7 46. Qe5+ Kg8 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Kf8 49. Qh8+ Ke7 50. Qe5+ Kd7 51. Qb5+ c6 52. Qxb6 Rdxf2+ 53. Kh3 R2f5 54. Qb7+ Kd6 55. Qb8+ Kc5 56. Qb3 Rf3 57. Qc2+ Kd5 58. Qd2+ Ke6 59. Qe2+ Kd7 60. Qd2+ Ke8 61. Qd6 R7f6 62. Qb8+ Kf7 63. Qc7+ Kg8 64. Qc8+ Kg7 65. Qd7+ Kh6 66. Qd2+ g5 67. Kg4 R3f5 68. Qd8 c5 69. Qe7 Kg6 70. Qe8+ Rf7 71. Qe6+ R7f6 72. Qe8+ Kg7 73. Qd7+ Rf7 74. Qd6 R7f6 75. Qd7+ Kh6 76. Qb7 c4 77. Qc7 Kg6 78. Qxc4 h5+ 79. Kh3 Rf7 80. Qe6+ Kg7 81. Qe2 Rf3 82. Qe5+ Kh6 83. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Olomouc Proclient Cup"] [Site "Olomouc"] [Date "2000.08.09"] [Round "10"] [White "Szymanski, Marcin"] [Black "Simacek, Pavel"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2325"] [BlackElo "2341"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2000.08.02"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [EventCategory "4"] [SourceTitle "CBM 077 ext"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.09.14"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. c4 Qb4+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8. Kxd2 Ne7 9. Nc3 b6 10. Nf3 Bb7 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Be4 Bxe4 14. Nxe4 Kf7 15. Nc3 Rg8 16. g3 Nf5 17. Rad1 c5 18. Kc1 Ke7 19. Rhe1 Nc6 20. d5 Ncd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. dxe6 dxe6 23. Re3 Rad8 24. Nd5+ Kf7 25. Nf4 Rge8 26. b3 Rd6 27. Ne2 e5 28. Nc3 f5 29. f3 Rh6 30. Rd2 Rh3 31. Nd5 f4 32. gxf4 exf4 33. Rxe8 Kxe8 34. Nxf4 Rxf3 35. Nd5 h5 36. Nc7+ Ke7 37. Rg2 h4 38. Nb5 Nxb5 39. cxb5 Kf6 40. Kb2 h3 41. Rd2 Kg5 42. Ka3 Rf7 43. Rd8 Rf2 44. Rg8+ Kf4 45. Rf8+ Ke3 46. Ra8 Rxh2 47. Rxa7 Rf2 48. Rh7 h2 49. b4 c4 0-1 [Event "Geller Memorial op-A 1st"] [Site "Odessa"] [Date "2005.09.23"] [Round "9"] [White "Korobkov, Piotr"] [Black "Matjushin, Gennady"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2400"] [BlackElo "2443"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2005.09.15"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 108 ext"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxe7 Qxe7 6. c4 Nb6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Qc2 dxe5 10. dxe5 O-O 11. Qe4 f5 12. exf6 gxf6 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Qe3 Nc5 15. g4 Bd7 16. g5 f5 17. Rg1 Be8 18. Ne5 f4 19. Qe2 f3 20. Qe3 Bg6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bd3 Nxd3+ 23. Rxd3 Qg7 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Re1 Nb4 27. Rd4 Raf8 28. a3 Nc6 29. Rde4 Rf5 30. h4 Rf4 31. Nd5 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Rf5 33. Kd2 Kf7 34. Nxc7 Na5 35. b4 Nc6 36. Nd5 b5 37. Ne3 1-0

C01 French: Exchange Variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 Be7 4.Nc3 d5 5.exd5 exd5)

The game below was played in a match that was played between Fighting Warriors and * The WOLF *. The match is called open Challenge # 122. This was played on 34 boards and I played on board 3 for * The WOLF *. The match ended with a score 23 - 45 in favor of * The WOLF *! There was quite a lot of timeouts in this match and we won on boards 1, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 17, 20, 23 and 30 both games on timeouts. And on five boards we won one of the games on timeouts, so we won 25 games on timeouts... In a match of this size, it is a huge amount of games basically forfeited only because players did not make their moves on time. We only lost one game due to a timeout, so we had more fighting spirit and wanted to win more than our opponent.

[Event "open Challenge # 122 - Board 3"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Retsam100"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "1898"] [BlackElo "1915"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "158"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 exd5 {C01 French: Exchange Variation. LiveBook: 128 Games} 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nf3 {Black is slightly better.} (8. Nge2 h6 (8... Bg4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f3 Bh5 11. Nf4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. b3 Ne5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. c4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Qc7 19. f4 Rfe8 20. c5 Bf8 21. f5 g5 22. Ng3 Re7 23. Nh5 {Sciupokas,A (1937) -Mickus,B (1671) Kaunas 2016 1-0 (57)}) 9. Bh4 Re8 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Qd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Bb3 a5 16. a4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. b3 Nd5 19. Nf4 e3 20. fxe3 Qxe3+ 21. Qf2 Re4 22. Nxd5 Qxf2+ {Nguyen Huynh Minh,H (2482)-Bui,V (2448) Budapest 2008 0-1 (43)}) 8... Bg4 9. Qd2 $146 (9. h3 Bh5 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qb6 12. Rad1 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxb7 Qd6 16. Qe4 f5 17. Bxe7 fxe4 18. Bxd6 Rd8 19. Bxb8 exd3 20. Be5 dxc2 21. Rc1 Nf6 22. Rxc2 Rd7 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 {Liakos,C (1337)-Malataras,G (1585) Porto Rio 2015 1/2-1/2 (40)}) 9... Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Rdg1 {-0.87/23} (13. Ne5 $11 {-0.06/27 remains equal.} Nxe5 14. dxe5) 13... Qa5 {-0.20/28} ( 13... b4 $17 {-0.87/23} 14. Nd1 a5) 14. Ne5 {-0.90/25} (14. Bxf6 $11 {-0.20/28 keeps the balance.} Bxf6 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Kb1) 14... Nxe5 $1 $17 15. dxe5 d4 16. Nb1 Qxd2+ {0.30/26} ({Better is} 16... Bb4 $17 {-0.73/27} 17. Qd1 Nd5) 17. Nxd2 $11 Nd5 $1 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. f4 Bxd3 20. cxd3 Nd5 $36 {Black is more active.} 21. f5 {-0.69/25} ({White should play} 21. Rf1 $1 $11 {0.00/29}) 21... Nb4 $1 $15 22. Nf3 Nxd3+ 23. Kc2 Nb4+ 24. Kb3 $1 c5 $1 25. Nxd4 $1 a6 {-0.14/26 } (25... Rfb8 $1 $17 {-0.72/25 Threatens to win with ... a5.} 26. a3 Nd3) 26. Nc2 $2 {-1.65/25} (26. e6 $1 $11 {-0.14/26}) 26... Nd3 $19 27. f6 {-2.31/22} ( 27. Ne1 $142 {-1.73/27} Nxe5 28. Kc2) 27... Nxe5 28. fxg7 Kxg7 {-0.97/28} ( 28... Rfd8 $19 {-1.68/24} 29. Rd1 Nd3) 29. Ne3 $17 Rfd8 {[#] White must now prevent ...Rd3+.} 30. Nf5+ Kf8 31. a3 {-1.82/25} (31. Rd1 $17 {-1.25/28 keeps fighting.}) 31... Rd3+ 32. Ka2 Rad8 33. Re1 Nc4 $1 34. Re7 Rd2 35. Rb1 R8d7 36. Re4 $2 {-4.02/26} (36. Rxd7 {-1.68/28 was the only defense.} Rxd7 37. Rc1) 36... Nd6 $2 {-1.06/30} (36... R7d3 $19 {-4.02/26 has better winning chances.} 37. Ka1 Nxa3 $1) 37. Re5 Nxf5 38. gxf5 {-1.99/28 Endgame KRR-KRR} (38. Rxf5 $17 {-1.05/29} c4 39. Rf3) 38... c4 39. f6 R7d6 {-1.10/29} (39... Rf2 $142 { -1.54/25} 40. Rh5 Rd6) 40. Rf5 {-1.62/23} (40. Rf1 $17 {-1.10/29}) 40... Rh2 { -1.15/27} (40... Ke8 $19 {-1.62/23} 41. a4 Kd7 42. axb5 axb5) 41. Rbf1 { -2.06/23} (41. a4 $17 {-1.15/27}) 41... Rxh3 {-0.89/31} (41... Ke8 $19 { -2.06/23 and Black stays clearly on top. aiming for ...Rdd2.} 42. R1f2 Rh1 43. Re5+ Kd8) 42. Rc5 {[#] Intending Rc8+ and mate.} Re3 43. Rc8+ {-1.51/33} ({ White should try} 43. a4 $1 {-0.92/29}) 43... Re8 44. Rc7 h6 45. Rc5 {-1.88/25} (45. Rf2 $17 {-1.36/30}) 45... Kg8 $1 $19 46. Rcf5 {-2.90/27} (46. a4 $142 { -1.71/26}) 46... Ree6 47. R5f3 {-3.53/25} (47. a4 {-2.50/27 was necessary.}) 47... Kh7 48. R1f2 Rd3 49. Rf4 Rg3 50. a4 Kg6 51. axb5 {-5.11/24} (51. Rd4 $142 {-3.27/26}) 51... axb5 52. Rh2 Rxf6 53. Rfh4 Kg7 54. Rh5 Rg5 55. R5h3 Rg1 56. Ka3 Rfg6 57. Kb4 R1g5 58. Rh4 f6 59. Rd4 h5 60. Rd7+ Kh6 61. Re2 $2 {-6.53/26} (61. Rdd2 {-3.40/32}) 61... h4 62. Rd8 {Now Rh8+ and White clings on.} Kh5 63. Rh8+ Rh6 64. Rf8 h3 65. Rh2 Kg4 66. Re8 Kg3 67. Ree2 Rd5 68. b3 cxb3 69. Kxb3 f5 {Black mates.} 70. Rh1 h2 71. Kc3 f4 72. Re8 Rg5 73. Ra8 f3 74. Kd3 Kh3 75. Ke3 Rg1 76. Ra1 Rxh1 77. Rxh1 Kg2 78. Rb1 h1=Q 79. Rb2+ Kg3 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 65%.} 0-1

Below you can see all the reference games I was able to find in my database where both players were rated 2500+.

[Event "Moscow blitz"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Goldin, Alexander"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2555"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "1993.??.??"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 c6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Ng3 Re8 10. Qf3 Nf8 11. h3 Ne6 12. Be3 c5 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Bb5 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Nf5 Qc6 19. Rd3 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Bxc5 21. Rfd1 Re5 22. Nd4 Qe8 23. g3 Bb6 24. Kg2 h5 25. Nb3 Qe6 26. Nd4 Qe7 27. Na4 Bc7 28. Nc3 Bb6 29. Nce2 Re8 30. Nf4 Qc7 31. c3 Qc8 32. Nc2 Qc4 33. Nb4 d4 34. b3 Qb5 35. cxd4 Rf5 36. Nc2 g5 37. Ne3 gxf4 38. Nxf5 Qxf5 0-1 [Event "Tilburg"] [Site "Tilburg"] [Date "1993.??.??"] [Round "2"] [White "Milos, Gilberto"] [Black "Andersson, Ulf"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2565"] [BlackElo "2625"] [PlyCount "150"] [EventDate "1993.11.??"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "CBM 039"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.04.01"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Re8 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Ng3 Nf8 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Bxf5 g6 12. Bh3 Nh5 13. Be3 Bg5 14. Qf3 c6 15. Na4 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qe7 17. Rae1 Ng7 18. Nc5 Nfe6 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qf6 Qd7 22. Rf3 Re6 23. Qg5 Rae8 24. Ref1 R8e7 25. Rf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Re4 27. Rf3 Qe8 28. h3 Re6 29. c3 Kg7 30. Kf2 b6 31. Qh4 a5 32. Qg5 Qd7 33. Kg1 h6 34. Qf4 Qe7 35. Kf2 c5 36. dxc5 bxc5 37. Kg1 h5 38. Qg3 h4 39. Qf2 f5 40. Qd2 Re5 41. c4 dxc4 42. a4 g5 43. Qxa5 Rxe3 44. Rxe3 Qxe3+ 45. Kh1 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qxb2 47. Qxc5 Qb8+ 48. Kg1 Qb1+ 49. Kf2 Qc2+ 50. Kf1 Qd3+ 51. Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Kf1 Qf4+ 53. Kg1 Qe4 54. a5 g4 55. hxg4 fxg4 56. Qg5+ Kf7 57. Qh5+ Ke7 58. Qxh4+ Kd7 59. Qf6 Qc6 60. Qg7+ Kd8 61. Qd4+ Kc7 62. Kf2 Kb7 63. Ke1 Ka6 64. Qxg4 c3 65. Qe2+ Kxa5 66. Kd1 Qa4+ 67. Qc2 Qd4+ 68. Kc1 Qe3+ 69. Kb1 Kb4 70. Ka2 Kc4 71. Kb1 Qb6+ 72. Kc1 Qg1+ 73. Qd1 Qe3+ 74. Kb1 Qe4+ 75. Kc1 Qf4+ 0-1 [Event "Sarajevo Bosnia 30th"] [Site "Sarajevo"] [Date "2000.05.20"] [Round "4"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2683"] [BlackElo "2748"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2000.05.17"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BIH"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "CBM 077"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.07.27"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nb4 8. Ng3 Ne4 9. Bxe7 Nxc3 10. Bxd8 Nxd1 11. Rxd1 Kxd8 12. c3 Nxd3+ 13. Rxd3 a5 14. Re3 Ra6 15. Kd2 Rf6 16. f3 Rg6 17. Rg1 Rh6 18. h3 Re8 19. Rxe8+ Kxe8 20. Re1+ Kf8 21. Ne2 Rd6 22. h4 1/2-1/2 [Event "YUG-chT 52nd"] [Site "Novi Sad"] [Date "2000.08.26"] [Round "3"] [White "Markovic, Miroslav"] [Black "Zontakh, Andrey"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2558"] [BlackElo "2578"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2000.08.24"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] [WhiteTeam "Cacak"] [BlackTeam "Barajevo"] [WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"] [BlackTeamCountry "YUG"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nb4 8. Ng3 O-O 9. O-O Nxd3 10. Qxd3 h6 11. Bf4 c6 12. Rae1 Be6 13. h3 Qc8 14. Nd1 Re8 15. c3 Ne4 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. b3 Nxg3 18. Qxg3 Kh7 19. Re5 Bd6 20. Re2 Bf5 21. Be5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 c5 23. Rd2 Rad8 24. Ne3 d4 25. cxd4 cxd4 26. Rfd1 d3 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28. Rxd3 Rxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxd3 30. Rxd3 Rxe5 31. Rd7 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Re2 33. a4 Rxf2 34. Rxb7 a5 35. Ra7 Rf5 36. g4 Rf3 37. Rxa5 Rxb3 38. Rb5 Ra3 39. a5 g5 1/2-1/2 [Event "FRA-chT"] [Site "France"] [Date "2001.02.04"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Winants, Luc"] [Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2694"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2001.02.02"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 083"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.07.05"] [WhiteTeam "Cappelle la Grande"] [BlackTeam "Gonfreville"] [WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"] [BlackTeamCountry "FRA"] 1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Be6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. f3 Nb4 11. Bb5 c6 12. Ba4 Qd8 13. a3 Na6 14. Nd1 Bf5 15. O-O Nc7 16. c3 Ne6 17. Bg3 Nh5 18. Bf2 Bh7 19. g4 Nf6 20. Bg3 Qa5 21. Bc2 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 h5 23. h3 hxg4 24. hxg4 Qd8 25. Nf2 Bd6 26. Nd3 Bxg3 27. Nxg3 Qc7 28. Kg2 O-O-O 29. Rh1 Nd7 30. Qd2 g6 31. Ne2 Qd6 32. Nef4 Ng5 33. Rae1 f5 34. gxf5 gxf5 35. Qe3 Rdg8 36. Rxh8 Rxh8 37. Rh1 Rxh1 38. Kxh1 Qf8 39. Kg2 Qg8 40. Kf2 Qh8 41. Kg2 Qg8 42. Kf2 Qh8 43. Kg2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Cappelle op 28th"] [Site "Cappelle la Grande"] [Date "2012.03.10"] [Round "9"] [White "Degraeve, Jean Marc"] [Black "Riff, Jean Noel"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2569"] [BlackElo "2509"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2012.03.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 147 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2012.04.24"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 h6 8. Bh4 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Bf2 Nb4 12. a3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 c6 14. Nf4 Bd7 15. Rfe1 Bd6 16. Bg3 Qc7 17. Nfe2 Bxg3 18. Nxg3 Rae8 19. Qd2 Qd8 20. Na4 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Sigeman & Co 21st"] [Site "Malmö"] [Date "2013.05.28"] [Round "7"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Tikkanen, Hans"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2681"] [BlackElo "2537"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2013.05.22"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [EventCategory "15"] [SourceTitle "CBM 155"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.07.16"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qd2 a6 7. O-O-O Nc6 8. Nf3 b5 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Rhe1 b4 11. Na4 Bg4 12. Qf4 Qd6 13. Qg3 Qxg3 14. hxg3 Rfe8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rxe8+ Rxe8 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Be7 19. Kd2 Rb8 20. Rb1 Rxb1 21. Bxb1 Na5 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Nb2 Bc8 24. Nd1 c5 25. Ne3 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Bb7 27. Be2 Kf8 28. Ndf5 g6 29. Nxe7 Kxe7 30. g4 h6 31. Nc2 Kd6 32. Ke3 Nc6 33. Nd4 Ne5 34. Kf4 Bc8 35. g5 h5 36. g3 Nd7 37. Nb3 Ne5 38. Nc5 a5 39. Nb3 a4 40. Nd4 Nd7 41. a3 Nb6 42. Bd3 Bg4 43. Nc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Douglas PokerStars op"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2015.10.11"] [Round "9"] [White "Short, Nigel D"] [Black "Harikrishna, Penteala"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2678"] [BlackElo "2737"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2015.10.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "IOM"] [SourceTitle "Mega2015 Update 48"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2015.10.22"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Nc6 8. h4 Bf5 9. Qf4 Bg6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Rxd3 Nb4 14. Re3 Rxe3 15. fxe3 c6 16. g4 Qb8 17. Re1 Qxf4 18. exf4 Kf8 19. Kd2 Rd8 20. f5 Be7 21. Nd1 Bd6 22. c3 Bf4+ 23. Ne3 Na6 24. Kd3 f6 25. Ng2 Bg3 26. Re3 Re8 27. Ng1 Rxe3+ 28. Kxe3 Nc7 29. Kf3 Bd6 30. Ne2 Kf7 31. Ne3 b5 32. b3 Ke7 33. Nc1 c5 34. dxc5 Bxc5 35. Nc2 Kd6 36. Nd3 Bg1 37. Nd4 a5 38. Ne2 Bh2 39. Ne1 Be5 40. Nc2 Kc5 41. Ke3 Kd6 42. b4 axb4 43. cxb4 Bb2 44. Ned4 g6 45. fxg6 hxg6 46. Nf3 Ke7 47. Kd3 f5 48. gxf5 gxf5 49. Ne3 f4 50. Ng2 1/2-1/2 [Event "China Elite Mind rapid"] [Site "Huaian"] [Date "2016.02.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Harikrishna, Penteala"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C01"] [WhiteElo "2753"] [BlackElo "2717"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2016.02.26"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "Mega2016 Update 22"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2016.03.03"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nge2 Nb4 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Ng3 a5 13. a3 Na6 14. Nce2 g6 15. c3 Qd6 16. Bc2 Re8 17. Qd2 Bg7 18. Nf4 Nc7 19. Nd3 b6 20. Rfe1 Ba6 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxh6 Re8 25. h4 Ne6 26. Qe3 Qxe3 27. fxe3 Nc5 28. Kf2 Bd3 29. Bd1 a4 30. Be2 Bxe2 31. Kxe2 Nb7 32. Rf1 Nd6 33. Rf6 Re6 34. Rxe6 fxe6 35. e4 Nc4 36. Nf1 Nxb2 37. Ne3 dxe4 38. g4 Kf7 39. Kd2 Nd3 40. Nc4 b5 41. Nd6+ Ke7 42. Nxe4 Ne5 43. h5 Nxg4 44. hxg6 Ne5 45. g7 Kf7 46. Ng5+ Kxg7 47. Nxe6+ Kf6 48. Nd4 Ke7 49. Nc2 Nc4+ 50. Kd3 Kd6 51. Kd4 c5+ 52. Ke4 Ke6 53. Kf4 Kd5 54. Kf5 Nd6+ 55. Kf4 Kc4 56. Ke5 Kxc3 0-1