A03 Bird's Opening with 1...d5 (1.f4 d5 2.b3 c5 3.Bb2 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Be7 6.Ne5)

[Event ""] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.02.17"] [White "PP"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "1984"] [BlackElo "1674"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "47"] 1. f4 d5 {A03 Bird Opening: Dutch Variation} 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Ne5 {-0.31/24 A03 Bird's Opening with 1...d5} (6. c4 $11 {0.10/26}) 6... O-O $15 7. d3 {-0.78/25} (7. Bd3 $11 {0.00/27} Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. g4 Qb6 10. g5 Ne4 11. Nc3 f5 12. gxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxf6 exd3 15. Bc3 dxc2 16. Qxc2 Ba6 17. Rg1 Rf7 18. Qe4 Re8 19. Qe5 g6 20. Qh8# {1-0 (20) Vocaturo,D (2383)-Brunello,S (2455) playchess.com INT 2007}) (7. Be2 Nc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qe1 Qb6 11. Kh1 c4 12. Rf3 cxb3 13. axb3 c5 14. d3 Ne8 15. e4 dxe4 16. dxe4 Bc6 17. Bd3 f5 18. Rg3 fxe4 19. Ra6 Qd8 20. Rxc6 exd3 21. Rxd3 Qb8 { Pruesse,H (2073)-Betke,A (1650) Pfarrkirchen 2017 1-0}) 7... Nc6 $146 {-0.12/30 } (7... d4 $17 {-0.78/25} 8. e4 Bd6) (7... Nbd7 8. Nd2 (8. Nxd7 Nxd7 9. Be2 Bf6 10. d4 b6 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. c3 Bb7 13. Nd2 Rac8 14. O-O cxd4 15. exd4 g6 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. a4 a5 18. Nb1 Nf6 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Rac1 Qd8 21. g3 Rc7 22. Kf2 Nd7 { Grishin,P (2135)-Baiburin,I (2010) Sterlitamak 2010 1/2-1/2 (45)}) 8... Nxe5 9. fxe5 Nd7 10. Nf3 f6 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. d4 b6 13. Bd3 a5 14. a4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. O-O Qc7 17. Qe2 Raa8 18. c4 Rac8 19. Rac1 Qb7 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Qd3 e5 22. Qf5 {Freienstein,F-Bilinski,V (2030) Silvaplana 1993 0-1 (47)}) 8. Nxc6 $11 bxc6 {Black is slightly better.} 9. Nd2 {-0.82/24} (9. Be2 $11 {-0.07/26}) 9... Qb6 10. Qf3 a5 {0.00/29} (10... Qa5 $15 {-0.45/24}) 11. a4 Ba6 {0.73/23} (11... c4 $11 {-0.08/28 remains equal.}) 12. g4 {0.19/26} (12. Be2 $16 {0.73/23}) 12... Nd7 {0.68/22} (12... Ne8 $11 {0.19/26 deserves consideration.}) 13. h4 { 0.17/27} (13. g5 $14 {0.68/22}) 13... Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. g5 Nd7 16. e4 f5 17. e5 $1 Qb4 18. Kd1 {-0.75/23} (18. h5 $14 {0.40/27 keeps the upper hand.}) 18... Rab8 {0.00/26} (18... Rfd8 $1 $17 {-0.75/23}) 19. Rc1 {-1.30/23} (19. Rh3 $1 $11 {0.00/26}) 19... Qc3 {0.00/31} (19... Rfd8 $17 {-1.30/23} 20. h5 c4 $1) 20. Qf2 Rb4 21. Rh2 Rfb8 22. Be2 $2 {-1.78/27 [#]} (22. h5 $11 {0.00/36}) 22... Qd4 $2 {0.80/28} ({Black should try} 22... Rd4 $1 $19 {-1.78/27 aiming for ... Rbb4.} 23. g6 h6) 23. c4 $2 {-0.73/25} (23. c3 $16 {0.80/28 keeps the pressure on.} Qxf2 24. Rxf2) 23... Qxf2 {0.50/23} (23... Qb2 $17 {-0.73/25}) 24. Rxf2 { Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 21%.} 1/2-1/2