B38 Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...O-O (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bg7 5.c4 Nc6 6.Be3 d6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.f3 O-O 9.Qd2)

Before I embark on making my moves again at my various games, I share this game with you. This is also the 80th different opening featured here in this blog!! Albeit it is a game I have lost, it does not matter because it was long time ago and it does not bother me all that much. The tournament in which this was played does a bit bother me though. It was the time when I was losing interest in chess rapidly and some of the games I just lost on time I think or resigned despite the good positions I had. I wish I had played them properly but can't change it anymore obviously.

[Event "Chessvideos.tv exclusive - Round 2"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2009.10.03"] [Round "?"] [White "mschosting"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "1893"] [BlackElo "1697"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. e4 (1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 {1-0 (24) Gonzalez Rodriguez,J (2376)-Serra Pages,J (2188) Martinenc 2001}) (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 {1-0 (19) Garkauskas,O (2266)-Ng,P (1911) Sao Paulo 2015}) 1... c5 2. Nf3 g6 (2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 Nc6 (5... g6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 Nc6 {1-0 (29) Magem Badals,J (2560)-Vila Dupla,A (2290) Spain 1995}) 6. c4 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2 O-O {1-0 (22) Varga,Z (2564)-Berkes,F (2613) Zalaegerszeg 2004}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Be3 {B38 Sicilian Defense: Accelerated Dragon. Maroczy Bind} d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. f3 O-O 9. Qd2 { 0.18/23 B38 Sicilian: Maroczy Bind with 5...Bg7 and 7...0-0} (9. Be2 $16 { 0.75/19}) 9... Nd7 {0.90/21} (9... Be6 $11 {0.18/23 keeps the balance.}) 10. O-O-O {0.40/21} (10. Rd1 $16 {0.90/21}) (10. Be2 a6 11. O-O Rb8 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. Rad1 Bd7 17. e5 dxe5 18. c5 Ba4 19. Rd2 {1-0 (19) Garkauskas,O (2266)-Ng,P (1911) Sao Paulo 2015}) 10... a6 $146 { 1.26/17} (10... Qa5 $1 $14 {0.40/21}) (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Re8 ( 12... Qa5 13. Nd5 Re8 {1-0 (29) Magem Badals,J (2560)-Vila Dupla,A (2290) Spain 1995}) 13. Kb1 Qa5 14. Nd5 Nf8 (14... Rb8 15. h4 Qc5 16. Qd2 Nf8 17. h5 Bd7 18. hxg6 fxg6 19. Qg5 Kf7 20. Bd3 Qd4 21. e5 Qxe5 22. Rxh7+ Nxh7 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Rh1 b5 25. Rxh7 Be6 26. Nc7 Bxc4 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Bxc4+ bxc4 29. Qg6+ { Magem Badals,J (2560)-Vila Dupla,A (2290) Spain 1995 1-0}) 15. h4 Ne6 16. Qe3 Qc5 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. h5 g5 19. h6 f6 20. g3 Nc7 21. Nxc7 Qxc7 22. Qd5+ Kf8 23. c5 Bc6 24. Qf5 {1-0 (24) Gonzalez Rodriguez,J (2376)-Serra Pages,J (2188) Martinenc 2001}) (10... Nde5 11. Be2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. f4 Bh6 14. b3 Qa5 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bxg4 Bxg4 17. Rdf1 Be6 18. f5 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Bd7 20. Nd5 Kg7 21. f6+ exf6 22. Qd4 {1-0 (22) Varga,Z (2564)-Berkes,F (2613) Zalaegerszeg 2004}) 11. Nb3 {0.16/22} ({Better is} 11. Be2 $16 {1.26/17}) 11... b6 {1.48/19} (11... Nde5 $11 {0.16/22}) 12. h4 $16 Bb7 {2.50/18} (12... h5 $16 {1.10/20}) 13. g4 $2 {0.29/23 [#]} (13. h5 $18 {2.50/18}) 13... Rc8 {1.58/19} (13... Nde5 $11 { 0.29/23}) 14. h5 {0.69/21} ({White should play} 14. Bh6 $16 {1.58/19}) 14... Nce5 $14 15. Be2 {0.33/21} (15. Nd4 $1 $16 {1.16/19}) 15... Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bh6 $1 Bxh6 $2 {1.66/21} (17... Bxc3 $1 $11 {-0.29/22 and Black stays safe. } 18. bxc3 Re8) 18. Qxh6 $18 {[#] And now hxg6 would win.} Qc8 $2 {6.50/21} ( 18... g5 $1 {1.71/22}) 19. Kb1 {aiming for g5.} Rd8 $2 {#11/22} (19... Nf6 $18 {3.93/24} 20. hxg6 fxg6) 20. hxg6 {White mates.} Nf8 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Qg7+ $1 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 4%.} 1-0

D02 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3.g3 and 2...Nf6 3.Bf4 (1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 h6)

Albeit my game load sometimes feels a bit excessive sometimes, I have wanted to start more correspondence chess tournaments again... I guess it becomes a bit of a problem for me, then again there are people who play over 900 games at the same time, so I am still in the little league with close to a 200 games maybe slightly less. Two of my opponents have at Red Hot Pawn over one million moves made!! I have maybe 5900 moves there, so long, long way to go there. Well, I may not get my rating over 2700 ever in my life but I might get over one million moves at RHP, it would mean a lot of games and always playing to checkmate or until my opponent resigns. Well, okay it also means that I would have to move as soon as possible too to get that move limit asap. Am I willing to play like that for a long periods of time, maybe not.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2009.01.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "suwalkomprang"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1917"] [BlackElo "1711"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "33"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. Nf3 (1. d4 d5 {1-0 (38) Gutman,G (2477)-Kocourkova,Z (1775) Pardubice 2013}) 1... d5 2. d4 {D02 Queen Pawn Game: Zukertort Variation} h6 {D02 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3.g3 and 2...Nf6 3.Bf4} 3. c4 dxc4 (3... Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. O-O Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Qd3 Nh7 12. Bf4 b6 13. Rad1 a5 14. Qc4 Nb8 15. Qxc7 Qxc7 16. Bxc7 Bd8 17. Bg3 Bb7 18. Rfe1 {Gutman,G (2477)-Kocourkova,Z (1775) Pardubice 2013 1-0 (38)}) ( 3... e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Re1 Rb8 11. e4 Bb4 12. e5 Ne4 13. Re3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Ne1 Ng5 17. Nd3 b4 18. Bb2 {Makarevich,J (1934)-Lyubokhiner,L (1709) St Petersburg 2014 1-0 (43)}) 4. Qa4+ Bd7 $146 (4... Nd7 5. Qxc4 c6 6. e4 g5 7. h3 Ngf6 8. Nc3 g4 9. hxg4 Nxg4 10. Rh4 Ngf6 11. Ng5 hxg5 12. Rxh8 g4 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Rh7 Be6 17. Qc3 Bf5 18. Rh8 O-O-O 19. Be3 {Menato,N (1532)-Piatti,F Siracusa 2006 1-0}) 5. Qxc4 a6 {1.20/17} (5... Nf6 $14 {0.41/22 }) 6. Bf4 {0.28/21} (6. e4 $16 {1.20/17}) 6... c6 {1.62/17} (6... Bc6 $11 { 0.28/21}) 7. e4 {1.19/20} (7. Nbd2 $18 {1.62/17}) 7... e6 {1.72/20} (7... Nf6 $16 {1.19/20 keeps fighting.}) 8. Bd3 {1.26/19} (8. Qc2 $18 {1.72/20}) 8... Nf6 {1.81/18} (8... c5 $16 {1.26/19}) 9. h3 $2 {-0.47/21} ({White should play} 9. a4 $18 {1.81/18}) 9... b5 $2 {2.17/20} (9... c5 $1 $15 {-0.47/21 keeps the upper hand.}) 10. Qc3 {1.25/21} (10. Qc2 $18 {2.17/20}) 10... a5 $16 {[#] aiming for ...Bb4.} 11. O-O $36 {1.30/20 Keeping Black busy.} (11. a3 $18 { 1.79/19}) 11... Bb4 {2.34/18} (11... Na6 $16 {1.30/20}) 12. Qc2 a4 13. Nc3 { 1.66/17} (13. a3 $142 {2.86/18}) 13... Ba5 $2 {3.35/18} (13... a3 {1.66/17} 14. Rfb1 O-O) 14. Rad1 Na6 15. Qe2 {1.64/19} (15. a3 $142 {3.05/17}) 15... O-O $2 { 4.54/18 [#]} (15... a3 {1.64/19} 16. d5 O-O) 16. Bb1 {2.59/21} (16. e5 $142 { 4.54/18}) 16... c5 $2 {4.77/20} (16... Nh5 {2.59/21 was necessary.}) 17. dxc5 { Accuracy: White = 16%, Black = 7%.} 1-0