E12 Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4.a3, 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 and 4.Nc3 Bb7 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 Be7 4.e3 b6 5.c4 Bb7 6.Nc3 O-O 7.Bd3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Bxe7 Qxe7 10.O-O Nd7 11.Nxd5 Bxd5)

My peak rating of 2197 did not stay for long as I had to draw one game at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club. Now I am at 2195, so the decrease was quite minimal. Today I hit my highest rating yet at Red Hot Pawn also and the new peak is at 1863. It is interesting how much the ratings differ from each other. They are maybe slowly getting closer but I doubt that I would be able to hit even 2000 anytime soon at RHP. At Queen Alice Internet Chess Club I get higher rated people to play against constantly than I do at RHP which does have a clear relation to the rating situation of course. Winning percentage is quite close on both sites, at RHP it is 76% and at QAICC it is around 74%. This tells me that it does not matter what the rating of my opponents are, I roughly get the same overall result. The game below that I am sharing with you now was played a bit over four years ago at Red Hot Pawn. When I went through this game, I noticed that the way I play has not really changed all that much since those days. I have added one more puzzle to the following pages, mate in two, three, four, seven and I also added a new page called Mate in 12.

[Event "Corr game 5.12.2010-6.1.2011"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2010.12.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Dizzie"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "1429"] [BlackElo "1831"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s)"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 (2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. Bg5 e6 5. e3 Be7 {1/2-1/2 (21) Barve, S (2034)-Simonian,H (2520) Abu Dhabi 2009}) 2... e6 (2... b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 ( 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 {1-0 (21) Maguire,T-Korenevski,O (1868) Brisbane 2013}) 4... Bb7 5. Bg5 Be7 {0-1 (29) Gneuss,W-Gehrmann,R Dresden 2006}) 3. Bg5 {A46 Torre Attack: Classical Defense} (3. c4) 3... Be7 4. e3 b6 5. c4 Bb7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O (10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. O-O {0-1 (29) Gneuss,W-Gehrmann,R Dresden 2006}) 10... Nd7 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 {E12 Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4.a3, 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 and 4.Nc3 Bb7} 12. a3 {-0.49/19} (12. Qc2 $11 {0.00/24} Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qg5+ (13... Nf6 14. Rac1 Nd5 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 f5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qxc7 Qxc7 19. Rxc7 Rad8 20. f4 a5 21. Kh1 Rde8 { 1-0 (21) Maguire,T-Korenevski,O (1868) Brisbane 2013}) 14. Kh1 Qh5 15. Be4 Rac8 16. Bb7 c5 17. Bxc8 Qxf3+ 18. Kg1 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Qf3+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+ 21. Kh1 Qf3+ { 1/2-1/2 (21) Barve,S (2034)-Simonian,H (2520) Abu Dhabi 2009}) 12... Rad8 $146 (12... c5 13. Qe2 Qf6 14. e4 Bb7 15. e5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qg5+ 17. Kh1 cxd4 18. Qe4 Qh5 19. f4 Nc5 20. Qe2 Qh4 21. Rad1 Qxf4 22. Rg1 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rfd8 24. Rg4 Qc1+ 25. Rg1 Qc6+ 26. Rg2 Rac8 27. Rdg3 {Gneuss,W-Gehrmann,R Dresden 2006 0-1}) 13. Qc2 Nf6 $2 {1.77/20 [#]} (13... Bxf3 $1 $15 {-0.42/21 stays ahead.} 14. gxf3 (14. Bxh7+ $2 Kh8 $19) 14... Qg5+ 15. Kh1 Qh5) 14. Ne5 $2 {0.00/22} (14. e4 $1 $18 {1.77/20}) 14... Qd6 {0.97/20} (14... c5 $11 {0.00/22}) 15. Rac1 { -0.09/22} (15. b4 $1 $16 {0.97/20}) 15... c5 $1 $11 16. Nc4 {-1.15/19} (16. Qc3 $11 {0.00/27 keeps the balance.}) 16... Qc6 {-0.03/24} (16... Bxc4 $1 $17 { -1.15/19} 17. Bxc4 cxd4 18. exd4 Qxd4) 17. Ne5 Qb7 {0.52/24} (17... Qd6 $15 { -0.44/22}) 18. f3 {-0.26/22} (18. dxc5 $14 {0.52/24} bxc5 19. f3) 18... Qb8 19. e4 {-1.46/22} (19. Qf2 $11 {-0.05/21}) 19... Bb7 {-1.01/24} ({Weaker is} 19... cxd4 20. Qc7 $11) ({Better is} 19... Ba8 {-1.46/22} 20. f4 Rxd4) 20. Nc4 $17 Rxd4 21. Rfe1 $2 {-2.22/19} (21. e5 $15 {-0.60/20} Nd5 22. Rfe1) 21... e5 { -0.75/25} (21... Rfd8 $19 {-2.22/19 is more deadly.} 22. Rcd1 Nd7) 22. Ne3 Rfd8 {-0.60/22} (22... Bc8 $17 {-1.25/18} 23. Bc4 Bd7) 23. Rcd1 {-1.50/20} (23. Bc4 $15 {-0.60/22}) 23... Nh5 {-0.49/23} (23... Bc8 $17 {-1.50/20} 24. Bc4 Qd6) 24. g3 {-1.29/21} (24. Nf5 $15 {-0.49/23}) 24... g6 25. Bc4 {-1.53/18} (25. Qc3 $142 {-1.07/24}) 25... Qd6 26. Bb3 {-2.41/20} (26. Rxd4 $17 {-1.31/23 keeps fighting.} cxd4 27. Ng4) 26... Ng7 {-1.21/23} ({Black should try} 26... b5 $19 {-2.41/20} 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Nxd5 Nf6) 27. Nc4 {-2.62/19} (27. Rxd4 $17 { -1.21/23} exd4 28. Ng4) 27... Qf6 $19 28. Qe2 Ne6 29. Ne3 Ng5 30. Rf1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 {-2.78/19} (31. Nxd1 $17 {-1.53/22} Ne6 32. Bxe6 Qxe6 33. Ne3) 31... Rd4 { -1.61/21} (31... Ne6 $142 {-2.78/19} 32. Bb3 Nd4) 32. Ng4 $2 {-4.38/23} (32. h4 {-1.61/21} Ne6 33. Bb3) 32... Qd6 33. Ne3 $2 {-7.31/19} (33. Nf2 {-3.89/23}) 33... a6 34. Nc4 Qc7 35. Ne3 {-3.82/21} (35. h4 $142 {-2.48/23} Ne6 36. Ne3) 35... b5 36. Nc2 Rd7 {White must now prevent ...Qd8.} 37. Ne3 $2 {-4.51/20} ( 37. h4 {-2.75/25} Ne6 38. Ne3) 37... Ne6 {-2.68/21} (37... Qd8 $142 {-4.51/20 aiming for ...Rd2.} 38. Qe1 Rd2) 38. Ng4 $2 {-4.30/18} (38. Qe1 {-2.68/21}) 38... Kg7 {-2.10/23} (38... Qd8 $142 {-4.30/18 Hoping for ...Rd2.} 39. Qe1 Rd3) 39. Qe3 {[#] Threatening mate with Qh6+.} g5 40. h4 $2 {-4.14/19} (40. Qe1 { -2.08/22 is a better defense.}) 40... h6 {-1.98/24} (40... h5 $142 {-4.14/19} 41. Nf2 gxh4) 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Qc3 {-2.44/21} (42. Be2 $142 {-1.96/24}) 42... Nd4 43. Qd2 $2 {-13.98/19} (43. Qe3 {-1.61/25} Ne6 44. Be2) 43... Nxf3+ $1 { Accuracy: White = 8%, Black = 17%.} 0-1

C24 Bishop's Opening 2...Nf6 (1.e4 e5 2.Qf3 Nf6 3.Bc4)

This is one of those openings that I would not recommend for anyone to play. I put other silly opening variations in the notation. I have to admit it is a surprise to me see that this has been played by rather good players in 2008 as you can see in the notation. The whole game is not shown in the notation only the first 19 moves. The opening variation called King Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack. Mellon Gambit that you can see in the notation made me immediately think The Lord of the Rings and the part where they had to say the Sindarin word for friend "mellon" in order to enter the Doors of Durin. It did made me grin a bit when I saw the name of this variation. I think I will continue posting my Red Hot Pawn games for some time more at least. I did get a nice birthday present today from one of my opponents when he resigned in our game at Queen Alice Internet Chess Club which increased my rating to a new peak rating of 2197!! Well, he probably was unaware of this course and only due to his blunder on previous move did he need to resign. It does seem that if I would post more of my Chess960 games, I will not be able to share them here... I may need to switch that part to my other blog. There does not seem to be a free replayer that I could be able to implement in this blog that would be easy to use. Making one myself would be too much work and I doubt I would have good enough skill to do that. I have updated both the mate in two and four puzzle pages today.

[Event "Corr game 29.11.2010-3.1.2011"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2010.11.29"] [Round "?"] [White "aksot"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C24"] [WhiteElo "1303"] [BlackElo "1831"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Qf3 {C20 King Pawn Game: Napoleon Attack} (2. Bc4 Nf6 {1-0 (33) Gerks,J-Stamer,W Altenholz 2009}) 2... Nf6 3. Bc4 {C24 Bishop's Opening: 2... Nf6} d6 4. h3 (4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Qg3 Nbd7 6. f3 Bh5 7. d3 Be7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qh6 Rxg2 10. Bg5 c6 11. Bb3 Qb6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Bd2 Bg6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qh3 Rxg1 16. Rhxg1 b5 17. Qg3 a5 18. a4 b4 {Contreras Duarte,J-Blanco,B Caracas 2014 0-1 (67)}) 4... Nc6 (4... c6 5. d3 Be6 6. Bb3 Nbd7 7. c3 g6 8. Ne2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bc2 d5 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Ng3 a5 14. Ndf1 a4 15. Ne3 Nc5 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Qe7 18. g5 Red8 19. Be3 {Dimitrov,P (2404)-Mazi,L (2374) Zadar 2008 1-0 (46)}) 5. c3 $146 (5. Ne2 Na5 6. d3 Nxc4 7. dxc4 Be6 8. b3 Qd7 9. Nbc3 h6 10. Nd5 Be7 11. O-O c6 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. Nc3 Rd8 14. Rd1 a6 15. a4 O-O 16. Rd3 Rfe8 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Rad1 d5 19. exd5 cxd5 {Gerks,J-Stamer,W Altenholz 2009 1-0 (33)}) (5. d3 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 d5 10. Ne2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Bd6 13. Bg5 Be7 14. O-O Be6 15. Ra6 Qc8 16. Ra1 Bxb3 17. Nd2 h6 18. Be3 Bc4 19. Rfd1 Bxe2 {Rybarsky,M (1350)-Grisa,J (1350) Liptovsky Mikulas 2005 0-1 (41)}) (5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Ne2 Qe7 7. b3 a6 8. Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nec3 O-O-O 10. d3 d5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Qg4+ Be6 14. Qe2 Qd6 15. Bb2 f6 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Rg1 Re8 18. O-O-O Qd7 19. Rde1 Bc5 {Duong, T-Ha Nguyen Thuy,L Dong Thap 2000 1-0 (35)}) 5... Be6 {0.37/22} ({Better is} 5... Be7 $15 {-0.61/20}) 6. Bxe6 $1 $14 fxe6 7. d3 {-0.18/22} ({White should play} 7. Qe2 $14 {0.33/20}) 7... Be7 {0.61/23} (7... d5 $11 {-0.18/22}) 8. Na3 $2 {-1.20/19 [#]} (8. Qe2 $14 {0.61/23 keeps the upper hand.}) 8... O-O { -0.09/25} (8... d5 $1 $17 {-1.20/19} 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Qd6) 9. Qg3 $2 {-2.24/18} (9. Qe2 $1 $11 {-0.09/25}) 9... d5 $19 10. f3 $2 {-8.96/20} ( 10. exd5 {-2.37/24} Nxd5 11. h4) 10... Nxe4 $1 11. Qg4 (11. dxe4 Bh4) 11... Bh4+ 12. g3 Nxg3 13. Rh2 Qf6 14. Be3 d4 15. Bf2 Nf5 {-4.37/22} (15... h5 $142 { -10.39/21} 16. Qxg3 Bxg3 17. Bxg3 Qg6) 16. Bxh4 Nxh4 ({Not} 16... Qxh4+ 17. Qxh4 Nxh4 18. Rf2 $19) 17. Rf2 Rf7 18. Qe4 Raf8 19. Kd2 {-8.37/18} (19. O-O-O $142 {-4.31/19}) 19... Qg5+ 20. Kc2 Qg3 21. Raf1 Nf5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Ne3+.} 22. cxd4 Nfxd4+ 23. Kc3 $2 {-6.44/22} (23. Kb1 {-3.83/20}) 23... Rf4 24. Qe3 R8f5 25. Nc4 Ne7 26. Nd2 Nd5+ 27. Kc4 Nxe3+ 28. Kc3 Nxf1 { -28.96/19} (28... Nd5+ $142 {-#5/23} 29. Kc4 b5+ 30. Kc5 Qg5 31. Ne4 Qe7+ 32. Nd6 cxd6#) 29. Nxf1 Qxf2 {Black mates.} 30. Nd2 Qxg1 31. a4 Qc1+ 32. Kb4 Qxb2+ 33. Kc4 Nc6+ 34. Ne4 Qb4# {Accuracy: White = 29%, Black = 41%.} 0-1