A00 Irregular Openings (1.h3 e5)

[Event "Chessmaster 8000 Rated Game"] [Site "?"] [Date "2002.06.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Petra"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2002.??.??"] 1. h3 e5 {A00 Irregular Openings} 2. c3 d5 3. Qa4+ $146 (3. d4 e4 (3... f6 4. dxe5 fxe5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nd2 Be7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Ngf3 d4 10. cxd4 exd4 11. Bg5 Be6 12. O-O Kh8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bc4 Bd7 15. Bd5 Nb4 16. Nxd4 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Nxd5 18. exd5 {Prohaszka,P (2331)-Pilgaard,K (2415) Budapest 2005 0-1 (50) }) (3... exd4 4. cxd4 Bd6 5. Nf3 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 (7... Bg6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nh4 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 g6 12. Bd2 Qe7 13. g3 O-O 14. Ng2 b5 15. Nf4 Nb6 16. O-O b4 17. Nce2 Ne4 18. b3 a5 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Be1 a4 21. Qd1 Nd7 22. Rc2 {Rozumek,K (1934)-Dzierzak,R (2144) Poznan 2015 0-1 (63)}) 8. Qxd3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Qc2 Ndf6 14. Ne5 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Ne4 16. Qd3 f6 17. Nf3 Qd7 18. Rad1 {Rozumek,K (1936)-Duda,L (2153) Gera Jastrzebia 2015 0-1 (33)}) 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 O-O 8. Ne2 Na6 9. Nd2 Nc7 10. Bc2 Ne6 11. Bh2 c5 12. O-O b6 13. Nf4 Ba6 14. Re1 cxd4 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. exd4 Nd7 17. f3 Bh4 {Punin,A (2273)-Osmak,I (2343) Lvov 2016 0-1 (97)}) 3... Bd7 4. Qa5 Nf6 5. Kd1 Be7 {[#] And now ...b6 would win.} 6. Ke1 { -7.55/24} (6. b4 $142 {-4.91/27} Nc6 7. Qa3) 6... O-O {-3.70/27} (6... b6 $142 {-7.55/24} 7. Qa3 Bxa3 8. Nxa3 O-O) 7. c4 {-5.59/25} (7. b4 $142 {-3.70/27}) 7... dxc4 8. h4 {Black is clearly winning.} b6 9. Qa3 {-9.06/22} (9. Qc3 $142 { -4.63/25} Nc6 10. Nf3) 9... Bxa3 $19 10. Rh3 Bc5 {Strongly threatening ... Bxf2+!} 11. h5 h6 12. Rc3 Bb5 13. e3 Ne4 14. g4 Nxc3 15. dxc3 Qd7 16. Nf3 Qxg4 17. b4 Bd6 18. a4 Bc6 19. Bh3 Qxf3 20. Bf1 e4 21. Bb2 {[#]} Be7 {-28.16/31} ( 21... Bg3 $142 $1 {-#7/28} 22. fxg3 Rd8 23. Be2 Qxg3+ 24. Kf1 Bd7 25. Bg4 Bxg4 26. Nd2 Rxd2 27. Re1 Bh3#) 22. Nd2 Qg4 23. Rb1 Qxh5 24. Rd1 Nd7 {White must now prevent ...Ne5.} 25. Nf3 Ne5 {Black mates.} 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27. Be2 Rfd8 28. Rd6 Bxd6 29. b5 Qh2 30. Bg4 Bd7 31. Bh3 Bxh3 32. Bc1 Qg1+ 33. Ke2 Qf1+ 34. Kd2 Bf4+ 35. Kc2 Bg5 36. Kb1 Qxf2 37. Ka1 Bxe3 38. Bb2 Rd1+ 39. Ka2 Rd2 40. Ka1 Rxb2 41. a5 Ra2+ 42. Kb1 Qb2# 0-1 [Event "Daily Rapid Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/S6tM9nnM"] [Date "2020.02.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Khatir"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1689"] [BlackElo "2069"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), lichess.org"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "600"] 1. h3 {A00 Clemenz Opening} e5 {A00 Irregular Openings} 2. g3 (2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. g4 h5 6. g5 Nge7 7. Bg2 Nd4 8. Bd2 Nef5 9. Nf3 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 Nh4 11. Be4 d6 12. Qb3 c6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Rhg1 Qc7 15. Kb1 Be6 16. Rc1 Qd7 { Basman,M (2370)-Barua,D (2515) Eastbourne 1991 0-1 (39)}) 2... d5 3. e3 $146 ( 3. d3 Nc6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Bc5 6. a3 O-O 7. Bb2 d4 8. e4 Be6 9. Bg2 b5 10. Nd2 a5 11. Ne2 a4 12. b4 Bd6 13. O-O Qd7 14. Kh2 h6 15. Ng1 Nh7 16. Rc1 f5 17. Ndf3 fxe4 {Jakesevic,I-Ternes,S (903) Bad Homburg 2012 0-1 (47)}) (3. Bg2 Nf6 (3... Nc6 4. a3 Be6 5. d3 Qd7 6. b4 Bd6 7. Nd2 f5 8. Bb2 Nf6 9. c4 O-O 10. c5 Be7 11. Ngf3 e4 12. Ng5 Nd8 13. O-O Qe8 14. Nxe6 Nxe6 15. Qb3 Qg6 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. c6 bxc6 18. Rac1 {Perramond,H (2200)-Bellardi,M Toulouse 1999 1-0 (40)}) 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. Nf3 Be6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. g4 Nh7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Ng3 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Bxg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Qc1 Qe7 17. O-O Rfd8 {Polyatinskiy,V-Dambaev,T (1780) Ulan Ude 2012 1/2-1/2 (45)}) 3... Nf6 4. Bg2 c5 5. Ne2 Nc6 {0.00/23} (5... Be7 $15 {-0.50/19}) 6. d3 {-0.85/18} (6. O-O $11 {0.00/23 keeps the balance.}) 6... Be6 {-0.44/21} (6... Bd6 $17 {-0.85/18}) 7. c3 {-1.61/18} (7. f4 $15 {-0.44/21}) 7... Be7 {-0.72/21} (7... Qd7 $19 { -1.61/18} 8. g4 d4) 8. b3 {-1.76/18} (8. Nd2 $17 {-0.72/21}) 8... O-O {-0.90/23 } (8... Qd7 $19 {-1.76/18} 9. Nd2 O-O) 9. Bb2 {-1.94/15} (9. d4 $17 {-0.90/23}) 9... d4 {-0.71/24} (9... Qd7 $19 {-1.94/15 and Black stays clearly on top.} 10. Nd2 Rfd8) 10. c4 {-1.84/20} (10. cxd4 $17 {-0.71/24} cxd4 11. exd4) 10... dxe3 11. fxe3 Qd7 {-1.17/25} ({Black should play} 11... Nb4 $1 $19 {-2.14/19} 12. d4 cxd4 13. exd4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Bxc6 bxc6) 12. Nd2 $2 {-3.17/20 [#]} (12. Nbc3 $17 {-1.17/25 was necessary.}) 12... Qxd3 $19 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe5 $2 { -6.33/22} (14. Nf1 {-3.53/25} Qe4 15. Rh2) 14... Qxe3 15. Bf4 Qd3 16. O-O $2 { -5.75/19} (16. Qb1 {-3.33/23 was worth a try.} Qxb1+ 17. Nxb1) 16... Bxh3 17. Rf3 Qd7 18. Rf2 {-7.17/21} (18. Nf1 $142 {-4.15/22} Qf5 19. Ne3) 18... Rad8 { Black is clearly winning.} 19. Rh2 Bg4 20. Rb1 Ne4 $1 21. Rb2 (21. Nxe4 Qxd1+) 21... Qd3 {[#] ...Nc3 is the strong threat.} 22. Qe1 Bf6 23. Rc2 Qxc2 { Accuracy: White = 9%, Black = 22%.} 0-1