A00 Irregular Openings (1.e3 d5)

[Event "Chessmaster 8000 Rated Game"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.01.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Jessica"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "29"] [EventDate "1.??.??"] 1. e3 d5 {A00 Irregular Openings} 2. Qf3 Nf6 (2... e5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nh3 Nc6 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nh3 h5 7. Bb5 Qd6 8. Ng5 Bg4 9. Qg3 h4 10. Nge4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qe6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Qxg4 Qxg4 14. f3 Qxg2 15. Rf1 O-O-O 16. Rf2 Qg1+ 17. Rf1 { Benavides Maseda,S-Musalov,R (2387) Burgos 2003 0-1}) 3. Bb5+ c6 4. Bd3 $146 ( 4. Ba4 e5 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. d4 e4 7. Qf4 Nb6 8. Qe5+ Be6 9. Bb3 Bd6 10. Qg5 O-O 11. g4 h6 12. Qh4 Bxg4 13. f3 exf3 14. h3 Bh5 15. Bd2 g5 16. O-O-O gxh4 17. a4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 {Nalubega,P-Ruzigura,A (1802) Kampala 2017 0-1}) 4... g6 5. Qf4 Bg7 {-0.83/23} (5... e6 $142 {-1.30/24} 6. Nc3 Bd6) 6. Nf3 {-1.43/23} (6. Be2 $142 {-0.83/23}) 6... O-O {-0.82/25} (6... Nh5 $142 {-1.43/23} 7. Qh4 Bf6) 7. O-O {-2.01/24 [#]} (7. Be2 $17 {-0.82/25 keeps fighting.}) 7... Nbd7 { -1.05/26} ({Better is} 7... e5 $1 $19 {-2.01/24} 8. Qxe5 (8. Nxe5 Nh5) 8... Ne4 ) 8. Qh4 {-1.73/23} (8. Be2 $17 {-1.05/26 was called for.}) 8... Qc7 {-0.65/26} (8... h6 $19 {-1.73/23} 9. Be2 g5) 9. Nc3 {-1.50/24} (9. c4 $15 {-0.65/26}) 9... Ne5 {-0.19/27} (9... e5 $17 {-1.50/24} 10. Be2 h6) 10. Nxe5 $11 Qxe5 11. f4 Qh5 {0.04/24} (11... Qe6 $15 {-0.55/25}) 12. Qg3 {-0.78/22} (12. Qxh5 $11 { 0.04/24 keeps the balance.} Nxh5 13. Rb1) 12... Qg4 {-0.10/26} (12... e5 $17 { -0.78/22}) 13. Qf2 {-0.65/23} ({White should try} 13. Qe1 $11 {-0.10/26}) 13... Bd7 {-0.06/28} (13... Qd7 $15 {-0.65/23}) 14. Qe1 {-0.75/27} (14. e4 $11 { -0.06/28}) 14... Bf5 $2 {6.29/22 [#]} (14... c5 $17 {-0.75/27}) 15. Be2 { Accuracy: White = 7%, Black = 0%.} 1-0 [Event "Rated game, 2m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2008.06.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Winotou"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1547"] [BlackElo "1658"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2008.03.04"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] 1. e3 d5 {A00 Irregular Openings} 2. g3 c5 (2... g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. Ne2 Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Nb6 8. Bb2 Re8 9. Nd2 c6 10. Rc1 Bf5 11. c4 Rc8 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Nf3 Be4 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e5 16. Rfe1 Bh6 17. Rcd1 {Tsirekidze,B (1382)-Karaivanova,P (1534) Prague 2016 0-1 (81)}) 3. Bg2 (3. Qg4 Bxg4 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c4 Ne5 6. Bxd5 Nd3+ 7. Kf1 Nxc1 8. Bxb7 Rb8 9. Bc6+ Bd7 10. Bd5 e6 11. Nc3 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nd3 13. Nc7+ Qxc7 14. h4 Rxb2 15. Nf3 Qc6 {0-1 (15) Sharma,D (2394)-Bates,L (2178) ICC INT 2009}) 3... Nc6 4. Ne2 e5 $146 (4... Nf6 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nd2 Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. Nf3 Rad8 12. d4 Ne4 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Nd4 a6 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. N4f3 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 Nxg3 19. fxg3 {Heylen,J (1854)-Bosschem,T Gent 2008 0-1 (44)}) 5. O-O Nf6 6. c3 { -0.50/18} (6. d4 $11 {-0.01/18}) 6... Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4 {The position is equal.} e4 9. f3 exf3 10. Rxf3 O-O 11. Bg5 Bg4 12. Rf1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bf3 {-0.92/20} (14. Qc2 $11 {-0.08/18}) 14... Bh3 {-0.37/22} (14... Bxf3 $17 { -0.92/20} 15. Rxf3 Ng5) 15. Bg2 $15 Qe6 $2 {2.65/20} (15... Bxg2 $15 {-0.42/18 keeps the upper hand.} 16. Kxg2 g5) 16. Bxh3 $2 {-0.02/14} (16. Nf4 $18 { 2.65/20} Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qe3+ 18. Rf2 Bxg2 19. Nxg2) 16... Qxh3 $11 17. Nf4 Qd7 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Nd3 b6 21. Nde5 $36 {White has good play.} Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Qh3 23. Qf3 Rad8 24. Rae1 Qe6 25. Qf2 Ne4 {1.43/21} (25... h6 $11 { 0.17/20 remains equal.}) 26. Qxf7+ $16 Qxf7 27. Rxf7 $4 {-1.49/22} (27. Nxf7 $16 {1.35/17 is necessary to keep the advantage.} Rc8 28. Ne5) 27... Rxe5 $1 $17 28. Rxa7 Ree8 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Re1 Nd2 $2 {0.53/18} (30... Ra8 $19 {-1.62/21 } 31. Rxa8 Rxa8) 31. Rd1 $2 {-5.42/17} (31. Ree7 $14 {0.53/18} Rf1+ 32. Kg2) 31... Nf3+ $19 32. Kg2 Ng5 $2 {-1.30/22} (32... Rde8 $19 {-4.67/14 is more deadly.} 33. Kh3 Re4) 33. Rb7 {-1.71/21} (33. Re1 $17 {-1.30/22}) 33... Rd6 { -1.26/22} (33... Rde8 $19 {-1.71/21} 34. Rd2 Nf3) 34. Re1 $17 Rdf6 {[#] aiming for ...Rf2+.} 35. h4 $2 {-4.42/18} (35. Re2 $17 {-1.18/17 was the crucial defense.}) 35... Ne4 {-2.63/15} (35... Rf2+ $142 {-4.42/18} 36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Kh1 Rxb2) 36. c4 $2 {-5.13/16} (36. Kh3 {-2.63/15}) 36... Rf2+ $19 37. Kg1 Nxg3 38. cxd5 Rd2 39. d6 Rxd4 40. d7 {intending Re8.} Ne4 ({Avoid the trap} 40... Rxh4 $2 {[#]} 41. Rb8 $1 $18) 41. Kg2 Rf2+ $2 {-0.01/18} ({Better is} 41... Nc5 $19 {-3.31/20} 42. Rxb6 Nxd7) 42. Kg1 $11 {Strongly threatening Rxe4!} Rf8 { White must now prevent ...Nc5.} 43. Rc1 $2 {-3.38/21} (43. Kg2 $1 $11 {0.00/17 and White is okay.} Nc5 44. Rxb6) 43... Nf6 $19 44. Rc8 Rxd7 45. Rxf8+ Kxf8 46. Rxb6 {Endgame KRN-KR} Ke7 47. a4 Rd2 48. b4 Ra2 49. a5 {-3.00/22} (49. Ra6 $142 {-1.64/20}) 49... Nd5 50. Rb7+ {Black is clearly better.} Kf6 51. Rb5 Nc3 52. Rb6+ Ke5 53. Rb7 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 29%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m + 0s"] [Site "Beginners"] [Date "2008.07.15"] [Round "?"] [White "trallala"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [BlackElo "1677"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2008.07.08"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] 1. e3 d5 {A00 Irregular Openings} 2. Ke2 (2. g3 e5 3. Bh3 Bxh3 4. Nxh3 Nc6 5. Qe2 Qd7 6. Na3 Qxh3 7. Qf3 Bxa3 8. bxa3 Nf6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qg4 11. Qg2 b5 12. c3 Qc4 13. Kb1 Qd3+ 14. Kc1 Na5 15. f4 Ne4 16. fxe5 Nc5 {Costa,E-Silva,S (2105) Averio 1998 0-1}) 2... c5 $146 (2... e5 3. Qe1 Nc6 4. Kd1 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Be6 7. Ne2 Qd7 8. g3 O-O-O 9. Bg2 Bf5 10. a3 Rhe8 11. Qf1 Bc5 12. b4 Bb6 13. Bb2 Kb8 14. h3 h5 15. Nb3 Qe6 16. Nd2 Ng8 17. Nc1 {Katukina,Z-Pleasants,A (2039) St Clement Bay 2013 0-1 (42)}) 3. Qe1 e5 4. Kd1 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. d4 e4 { -2.50/25} (6... exd4 $142 {-4.29/25} 7. exd4+ Be7) 7. f3 exf3 8. Nxf3 {-3.31/22 } (8. gxf3 $142 {-2.05/24} Bd6 9. Na3) 8... Bg4 9. Be2 {-3.20/24} (9. h3 $142 { -2.05/25} Bh5 10. Nbd2) 9... Be7 10. Qf2 {-3.52/24} (10. Nbd2 $142 {-2.33/26}) 10... O-O 11. h3 {-4.06/23} (11. Nbd2 $142 {-2.58/24}) 11... Ne4 $19 12. Qe1 { -5.75/22} (12. Qf1 $142 {-3.67/27} Bd7 13. Rg1) 12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bh4 14. Qg1 Nf2+ 15. Kc2 Nxh1 16. Qxh1 cxd4 17. exd4 {-7.87/28} (17. cxd4 $142 {-5.10/26} Qg5 18. a3) 17... Qf6 18. Qg2 Rfe8 19. Nd2 {[#]} Re6 {-4.60/28} (19... Nxd4+ $142 $1 {-14.80/27} 20. cxd4 Rac8+ 21. Kd1 Qxd4) 20. Bd3 {-7.89/26 [#]} (20. Nb3 $142 {-4.60/28} Rc8 21. Kd1) 20... Rae8 {-3.28/27} (20... Nxd4+ $142 $1 { -7.89/26} 21. Kb1 (21. cxd4 Rc8+) 21... Re1) 21. Nb3 b6 22. Bd2 Be1 $4 {1.82/29 } (22... Rc8 $19 {-2.52/27 and life is good for Black. And now ...Nb4+ would win.} 23. Kb1 Ne7) 23. Rd1 $4 {-4.23/25} (23. Bg5 $18 {1.82/29 is the narrow road to win.} Nb4+ 24. cxb4 Rc8+ 25. Kb1) 23... Bxd2 24. Nxd2 Na5 25. Rg1 g6 26. b3 $2 {-6.73/26} (26. Qg5 {-2.80/28} Qxg5 27. Rxg5) 26... Nc6 27. Qg4 Rc8 { aiming for ...Nb4+.} 28. h4 Nxd4+ 29. Kb2 Ne2 30. Bxe2 Qxc3+ {Black mates.} 31. Ka3 Rxe2 32. h5 Rxd2 33. hxg6 Qa5+ 34. Qa4 Qxa4+ 35. bxa4 fxg6 36. f4 Rc3+ 37. Kb4 Rc4+ 38. Kb3 Rd3+ 39. Kb2 Rxa4 40. Re1 Kf7 41. f5 gxf5 42. Rh1 Kg6 43. Rg1+ Rg4 {Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 30%.} 0-1 [Event "Friendly Game, 2m + 0s"] [Site "Beginners"] [Date "2008.07.16"] [Round "?"] [White "trallala"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [BlackElo "1677"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2008.07.08"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] 1. e3 d5 {A00 Irregular Openings} 2. g3 c5 (2... g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. Ne2 Nbd7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 Nb6 8. Bb2 Re8 9. Nd2 c6 10. Rc1 Bf5 11. c4 Rc8 12. c5 Nbd7 13. Nf3 Be4 14. Nc3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 e5 16. Rfe1 Bh6 17. Rcd1 {Tsirekidze,B (1382)-Karaivanova,P (1534) Prague 2016 0-1 (81)}) 3. Qf3 $146 (3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. b3 e6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nd2 Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. Nf3 ( 11. f4 Rac8 12. Nf3 Rfd8 13. Qd2 c4 14. a3 cxd3 15. cxd3 h6 16. b4 Qb8 17. Ned4 a6 18. Nb3 Qa8 19. Rac1 Rc7 20. Ne5 Rdc8 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Nd4 R6c7 23. Nf3 Nd7 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ {Tran Mai Truong,A-Amier,H Huy 2009 1/2-1/2 (46)}) 11... Rad8 12. d4 Ne4 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Nd4 a6 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. N4f3 Nxf3+ {Heylen,J (1854)-Bosschem,T Gent 2008 0-1 (44)}) (3. Qg4 Bxg4 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c4 Ne5 6. Bxd5 Nd3+ 7. Kf1 Nxc1 8. Bxb7 Rb8 9. Bc6+ Bd7 10. Bd5 e6 11. Nc3 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nd3 13. Nc7+ Qxc7 14. h4 Rxb2 15. Nf3 Qc6 {0-1 (15) Sharma,D (2394)-Bates,L (2178) ICC INT 2009}) (3. d3 Nc6 4. Ne2 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. Nd2 O-O 8. h3 Qc7 9. e4 Rd8 10. f4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 b6 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. Nb5 Qd7 15. f5 e5 16. Bh6 f6 17. Be3 Nd4 {Panzer,J (1482)-Schmalhorst, S (1830) Frankfurt 2009 1/2-1/2}) 3... Nc6 4. Qg2 Nf6 5. Bb5 Qb6 {-1.15/28} ( 5... e5 $19 {-1.75/21} 6. Nc3 Be7) 6. Bxc6+ $17 Qxc6 7. Ke2 $2 {-4.39/23} (7. Nf3 $17 {-1.26/23 is a better chance.}) 7... e5 8. Qf1 {-5.12/22} (8. d3 $142 { -3.26/25}) 8... d4 9. f3 Be7 10. Kf2 dxe3+ 11. dxe3 Be6 {-1.53/25} (11... e4 $19 {-2.96/24} 12. f4 b6) 12. Ne2 $2 {-3.29/24} (12. e4 $17 {-1.53/25}) 12... O-O 13. Nbc3 $2 {-3.86/24} (13. Nec3 {-2.19/27 keeps fighting.}) 13... Nd5 { -2.16/26} (13... b5 $142 {-3.86/24} 14. e4 c4) 14. Bd2 $2 {-3.84/23} (14. Nxd5 {-2.16/26 was necessary.} Bxd5 15. Kg2) 14... Nb4 15. a3 Nxc2 16. Rc1 Nxe3 $2 { 0.97/26} (16... Bb3 $19 {-3.77/22 Hoping for ...Rfd8.} 17. Qd1 Qg6) 17. Bxe3 $16 Rad8 18. Rd1 b6 {1.38/26} (18... b5 $142 {0.83/28}) 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Qc1 Bf6 {2.11/26} ({But not} 20... Rd3 21. Qc2 $14) (20... Rf8 $16 {1.45/31} 21. Kg2 h6) 21. Rd1 Rf8 {2.55/28} (21... Rxd1 $142 {1.79/30} 22. Qxd1 h6) 22. Qd2 b5 $2 {4.01/28} (22... Kh8 {2.13/30} 23. Qd3 h6) 23. Qd6 $18 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 b4 25. axb4 cxb4 26. Ne4 Bc4 27. Nxf6+ gxf6 28. Rxf6 Kg7 29. Rc6 {[#] aiming for Bh6+.} Be6 30. Bc5 Rb8 31. f4 Rb7 32. fxe5 Bc4 33. Nf4 {Nh5+ would kill now.} Bb5 34. Bd4 $4 {-3.31/26} (34. Nh5+ {#3/31 mates} Kh8 35. Rc8+ Be8 36. Rxe8#) 34... Bxc6 $19 {Endgame KRB-KBN} 35. e6+ Kf8 36. exf7 Kxf7 37. Bc5 a5 38. Nd3 Rd7 $2 {-0.12/32} ({Black should try} 38... Bb5 $19 {-5.15/28} 39. Ke3 Rc7) 39. Ke2 $2 {-11.36/26} (39. Ne5+ $11 {-0.12/32} Ke6 40. Nxd7 Bxd7 41. Bb6) 39... Ke6 {-4.77/31} (39... Bb5 $142 {-11.36/26} 40. Kd2 Rxd3+ 41. Ke1 Kg6) 40. b3 { -#25/31 [#]} (40. Nf4+ $19 {-4.77/31} Kf5 41. Ke3) 40... Bb5 {Black mates.} 41. Ke1 Rxd3 42. Bb6 Rxb3 43. Bxa5 Rb2 44. Bxb4 Rxb4 45. Kd2 Rb2+ 46. Kc3 Rxh2 47. Kd4 Bc6 48. Kc5 Rh3 49. Kxc6 Rxg3 {KR-K} 50. Kc5 Rd3 51. Kb4 Kd5 52. Kb5 Rb3+ 53. Ka6 Kc5 54. Ka5 Ra3# {Accuracy: White = 38%, Black = 18%.} 0-1