A00 Irregular Openings (1.h3 d5)

[Event "Chessmaster 8000 Rated Game"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.06.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Winston"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] 1. h3 d5 {A00 Irregular Openings} 2. h4 (2. a3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Qc2 Qd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Qf5 8. e4 Qa5 9. d4 cxd3 10. Bxd3 Bg7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Be3 c6 14. f4 Qd6 15. e5 Qd7 16. Rad1 Qc8 {Basman,M (2375)-Lau,R (2515) London 1994 0-1 (47)}) 2... e5 $146 (2... Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. Bd3 Ne4 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 h6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qe7 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O a6 14. Kb1 Rd7 15. Nxe4 Rhd8 16. Bxb4 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 { Red Alert !! (2400)-Cluster Wraith (2400) playchess.com INT 2006 1/2-1/2 (38)}) (2... Nf6 3. Na3 Nc6 4. b3 e5 5. Nf3 e4 6. Ng5 e3 7. fxe3 Bd6 8. b4 Bg3# { 0-1 (8) Rosa,V-Comp Shredder 7,A Vicente Lopez 2003}) 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Rb1 dxc3 6. Nf3 cxb2 7. Bd2 Ba3 8. Bf4 {Black is clearly winning.} Be6 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Rg1 d4 11. e3 Bxa2 12. Nxd4 Bxb1 13. g4 Nxd4 14. Bd3 Ba2 15. f3 b1=Q 16. e4 Qxd1+ 17. Kxd1 Nxf3 18. Bf4 Nxg1 19. Ke1 Bb4+ 20. Kf1 Nf3 21. Bb5+ c6 22. Bxc6+ bxc6 23. Kg2 Nd2 {-33.20/5} (23... Qd1 $142 {-#80/5} 24. Bg3 Qe2+ 25. Bf2 Nxe4 26. h5 Qxf2+ 27. Kh3 Qh2#) 24. Be5 Ndxe4 25. c3 Qd2+ 26. Kh3 Qf2 27. cxb4 Qg3+ {-33.58/18} (27... Qf1+ $142 {-#2/3} 28. Kh2 Nxg4#) 28. Bxg3 $19 Nxg3 29. g5 Nfe4 {[#] ( -> ...0-0-0)} 30. g6 hxg6 {Black mates.} 31. Kh2 Rxh4+ 32. Kg1 Rd8 33. b5 Rd1+ 34. Kg2 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 Bd5 36. bxc6 Bxc6 37. Ke3 Re2+ 38. Kd4 Nd6+ 39. Kc5 Rc4+ 40. Kxd6 Rd2+ 41. Kc7 Bf3+ 42. Kb8 Rb2+ 43. Kxa7 Ra4# 0-1 [Event "Chessmaster 8000 Rated Game"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.06.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Kia"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] 1. h3 d5 {A00 Irregular Openings} 2. Rh2 e6 3. c4 Bd6 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qxd7+ Nxd7 6. a4 Bxh2 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nf3 {Black is clearly winning.} exf3 9. g3 Nc5 10. b4 Nb3 {[#] White must now prevent ...Qd4.} 11. d3 Nxa1 12. Bb2 Nc2+ 13. Kd1 Nxb4 14. Bxg7 Ne7 15. c5 Rg8 16. c6 Nbxc6 {Black mates.} 17. Na3 Rxg7 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nxc7+ Qxc7 20. a5 Qxa5 21. h4 Qa1+ 22. Kc2 Nb4+ 23. Kd2 Qb2+ 24. Ke3 Nf5+ 25. Kxf3 h5 26. Kg2 Bxg3 27. Kh3 Bxf2 28. Be2 Bd4 29. Kh2 Qxe2+ 30. Kh3 Qg4+ 31. Kh2 Qg2# 0-1 [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 "108"] [EventDate "2008.07.08"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] 1. h3 d5 {A00 Irregular Openings} 2. g3 (2. a3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Qc2 Qd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 Qf5 8. e4 Qa5 9. d4 cxd3 10. Bxd3 Bg7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Be3 c6 14. f4 Qd6 15. e5 Qd7 16. Rad1 Qc8 {Basman,M (2375)-Lau,R (2515) London 1994 0-1 (47)}) 2... e5 (2... Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Kh2 c6 7. Ng1 e5 8. d3 Re8 9. Re1 e4 10. d4 Be6 11. Bg5 Qd7 12. Nc3 Na6 13. a3 Nc7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. e3 h5 16. Nce2 Kg7 17. Nf4 {Veselinovic,D-Arnaiz Yanes,M (1995) ICC INT 2009 0-1 (48)}) 3. f3 $146 (3. Bg2 Nf6 4. e3 (4. Nf3 Bd6 5. d3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Re1 h6 9. a3 Be6 10. b3 Qd7 11. e4 Bxh3 12. exd5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ne7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. dxe4 f5 16. Qd3 fxe4 17. Qxe4 Qf5 18. Qxf5 Rxf5 {Faye,Y-Khonji,A Dubai 1986 0-1 (37)}) 4... Bd6 5. Ne2 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. d4 e4 8. Nd2 Qd7 9. Re1 Bxh3 10. Bh1 O-O 11. c4 b6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxe4 Qf5 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. e4 Qf6 16. exd5 Nb8 17. Nf4 Nd7 {Oliveira,J-Mello,D Pouso Alegre 1998 1-0}) 3... c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 {-0.70/25} (5... f5 $17 { -1.51/24} 6. Ne2 Be6) 6. c3 {-2.16/26} (6. Bg2 $1 $15 {-0.70/25}) 6... d4 7. e4 {-2.47/21} (7. Ne2 $142 {-1.74/26}) 7... dxc3 {-1.04/25} (7... Nh5 $19 { -2.47/21 is more deadly.} 8. Kf2 f5 9. exf5 Bxf5) 8. Nxc3 $17 {Black is better. } Be7 {-0.59/25} ({Black should try} 8... Nh5 $17 {-1.39/21} 9. Kf2 Bd6) 9. Be3 {-1.43/22} (9. f4 $1 $15 {-0.59/25}) 9... Nd4 {-0.58/28} (9... g6 $17 {-1.43/22 } 10. Nge2 Nb4) 10. Qd2 {-1.92/22} (10. Bg2 $15 {-0.58/28}) 10... O-O {-1.10/25 } (10... Nh5 $19 {-1.92/22} 11. Kf2 O-O) 11. O-O-O $2 {-4.19/25} (11. Bg2 $17 { -1.10/25}) 11... a6 $2 {-0.73/27} (11... b5 $19 {-4.19/25} 12. Kb1 b4) 12. h4 $2 {-2.73/23} (12. f4 $17 {-0.73/27}) 12... b5 $19 13. h5 $2 {-4.41/28} (13. Bh3 {-2.60/28}) 13... b4 14. Nd5 {-7.15/23} (14. Nce2 $142 {-4.02/30} h6 15. Kb1) 14... Nxd5 15. exd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. h6 Be6 18. b3 Rac8+ 19. Kb1 { intending hxg7.} a5 {-3.16/27} (19... g5 $142 {-6.41/25} 20. Rh5 f6) 20. hxg7 Rfd8 21. Qh6 {-5.09/25} (21. Bh3 {-3.30/29 might work better.} Bxh3 22. Rxh3) 21... Bf5 22. g4 {-10.02/26} (22. Bh3 $142 {-4.95/27} Rc6 23. Qd2) 22... Bg6 23. f4 exf4 24. Rh5 Bxh5 25. gxh5 Bg5 {-20.06/27} (25... Qc5 $142 {-#9/28} 26. Be2 {[#]} a4 $1 27. Qxh7+ Kxh7 28. bxa4 Qc2+ 29. Ka1 b3 30. axb3 Bb4 31. g8=B+ Rxg8 32. Rb1 Bc3+ 33. Rb2 Qxb2#) 26. Qa6 Qc5 {[#] ( -> ...Qc2+)} 27. Qc4 Qxc4 { -4.68/26} (27... Qa7 $142 {-12.76/25} 28. Qc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 f3) 28. dxc4 d3 29. Nf3 Kxg7 $2 {0.00/31} (29... Rc5 $19 {-5.60/28 White must now prevent ... Be7.} 30. h6 Bxh6 31. Rxd3 Re8) 30. Nxg5 $11 Rd6 {0.90/25} (30... Rc5 $11 { 0.00/31} 31. h6+ Kg6) 31. Bh3 {-0.48/31} ({Better is} 31. Bxd3 $16 {0.90/25} h6 32. Nh3) 31... Rc5 $2 {6.25/26} (31... Re8 $15 {-0.48/31}) 32. Ne4 $1 $18 Rdc6 33. Nxc5 Rxc5 34. Rxd3 Rxh5 35. Bf5 $4 {-6.62/24} (35. Kc2 $18 {4.63/29}) 35... Rxf5 $19 {Endgame KR-KR} 36. Rf3 h5 37. Kc2 h4 38. Kd3 Kg6 39. Ke4 Kg5 40. Kd4 Kg4 41. Rf1 f3 42. c5 f2 43. c6 Kg3 $4 {1.87/27} (43... Rf3 $19 {-13.08/31 Strongly threatening ...Kg3.} 44. c7 Rc3 45. c8=Q+ Rxc8 46. Rxf2 h3 47. Rxf7 Rc3) 44. c7 $18 Kg2 $2 {14.10/28} (44... Rf4+ {1.87/31} 45. Kd5 Kg2) 45. Rxf2+ $2 {2.20/36} (45. c8=Q {14.10/28} Rf6 46. Qc1) 45... Rxf2 {3.13/28} (45... Kxf2 $142 {2.20/36} 46. c8=Q Rf3 47. Qc2+ Kg3) 46. c8=Q {KQ-KR} Rd2+ $2 {#27/27} ( 46... Rf4+ $18 {2.67/33} 47. Ke5 Kg3) 47. Ke3 Rxa2 48. Qg4+ Kh2 49. Kf3 Rb2 50. Qxh4+ Kg1 51. Qg3+ {60.14/31} (51. Qd4+ $142 {#3/105} Rf2+ 52. Qxf2+ Kh1 53. Qg2#) 51... Kf1 52. Qh3+ {6.00/45} (52. Ke4 $142 {12.56/31} Re2+ 53. Kd3) 52... Ke1 53. Qh1+ Kd2 54. Qg2+ Kc3 {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 27%.} 0-1