A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5 (1.Nf3 d5 2.h3)

This game was played in round one of Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52). In the first round I won my group with a score of 7/8 and advanced to the second round as did the player who finished second in the group and actually the player who also advanced was Kisscool, the opponent I faced in this game. He was second with a score of 6/8 and clear second as the third player in the group only got 4 points. The games still in progress on round one is still ten, so no update there from yesterday. I have added two mate in ones, two mate in twos and one mate in five puzzle today.

Game number two. The game below is my latest correspondence chess game from Chess.com. It was played in a team match called Open Challenge CHOCOLATE II and it is played between CHOCOLATE II and Spartanii. The match is played on 20 boards and I play on board 2 for CHOCOLATE II. This match has been quite even if you look at the score at the moment 18,5 - 20,5 in favor of Spartanii, which means they will win this match after the last game ends, it is once again my game of course that finishes the last one in the match. Our team suffered eight timeout losses in this match but our opponent suffered twelve timeout losses and still they managed to win the match. One of the timeout wins our team received in this match is the game below. The position at the end should be roughly even.

[Event "Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52)"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Kisscool"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "1705"] [BlackElo "1896"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] {[%evp 9,56,-80,-68,-86,-89,-94,-93,-225,-154,-190,-176,-375,-266,-323,-302, -422,-435,-430,-441,-653,-634,-965,-394,-638,-518,-592,-568,-546,-493,-470, -377,-369,-375,-379,-364,-418,-368,-393,-318,-469,-382,-675,-666,-677,-427, -738,-605,-1048,-805]} 1. Nf3 d5 {A06 Réti Opening} 2. h3 {A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5} c5 3. b3 (3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. c4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 g6 10. d4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Rc8 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bb5 {Delebarre,X (2307)-Lautier,J (2670) France 2003 0-1 (57)}) (3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O b6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. c4 Qb8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Ng3 Rfd8 {Kuderinov,K (2489)-Khusnutdinov, R (2487) Almaty 2016 1-0}) 3... Nc6 4. Bb2 Nf6 $146 (4... d4 5. g3 e5 6. d3 f5 7. Nbd2 Nf6 8. Bg2 e4 9. Nh2 e3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. Ndf1 Qc7 12. exd4 Bxg3+ 13. Kd2 cxd4 14. Nxg3 Qf4+ 15. Ke1 Qxg3+ 16. Kf1 Qf4+ 17. Ke1 O-O 18. Bc1 Qh4+ 19. Kf1 {Gruz,J (1753)-Szurkos,A (1787) Budapest 2015 0-1 (39)}) 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Be7 7. Na3 O-O 8. Qc2 {-2.25/24} (8. e3 $17 {-0.93/24 is a better defense.}) 8... Bf5 9. Nh4 Be6 10. O-O-O $2 {-3.75/23 [#]} (10. e3 {-1.76/25}) 10... a6 11. e3 d4 12. e4 dxc3 13. Bxc3 b5 14. Bb2 {-6.53/23} (14. Nf3 $142 {-4.41/26} b4 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 bxa3 17. Be2) 14... Nb4 $19 15. Qb1 {[%tqu "En","","","", "f6e4","",10]} Qc7 {-3.94/25} (15... Nxe4 $142 $1 {-9.65/24 [%mdl 512]} 16. Bxe5 (16. dxe4 Bg5+) 16... Nxf2) 16. Bc3 $2 {-6.38/23} (16. Nf3 {-3.94/25} Qa5 17. Rh2) 16... Rac8 17. Kd2 Nc6 18. Nc2 Rfd8 {[#] Hoping for ...Nxe4+.} 19. Ke1 {[%tqu "En","","","","f6e4","",10]} Nxe4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 20. dxe4 Bxh4 21. Be2 Nd4 22. g3 Bf6 23. Ne3 g6 24. a4 {-4.69/22} (24. Kf1 {-3.18/25 was necessary.}) 24... Qb7 25. Bxd4 $2 {-6.75/23} (25. Bg4 {-3.82/26}) 25... exd4 {Black is clearly winning.} 26. Ng2 Bd7 27. f4 {-7.38/25} (27. axb5 $142 {-4.27/26} axb5 28. Kf1) 27... Bg7 28. Bg4 bxa4 {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 70%.} 0-1 [Event "Open Challenge CHOCOLATE II - Board 2"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.02.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Yigor"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "1604"] [BlackElo "1911"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] {[%evp 9,64,8,15,9,26,29,17,20,39,8,60,60,64,71,133,91,211,146,158,70,74,11,78, 63,127,29,91,104,177,147,242,143,147,112,93,97,168,147,195,199,272,135,135,120, 122,136,203,94,89,57,61,0,0,-19,-16,-77,0]} 1. h3 {A00 Clemenz Opening} d5 2. Nf3 {A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5} c5 3. e3 (3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O b6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. c4 Qb8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Ng3 Rfd8 {Kuderinov,K (2489) -Khusnutdinov,R (2487) Almaty 2016 1-0}) 3... Nc6 (3... Nf6 4. Bb5+ Nbd7 5. c4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 g6 10. d4 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. e4 Rc8 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Rac1 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 Bb5 18. Rfe1 {Delebarre,X (2307) -Lautier,J (2670) France 2003 0-1 (57)}) 4. Bb5 Qb6 $146 (4... Bd7 5. O-O f5 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Ne5 Nf6 8. b3 e6 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. d3 O-O 11. Nd2 Qc7 12. f4 Bxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 14. c4 Rf7 15. g4 g6 16. Kh1 Qd8 17. Nf3 Qe7 18. Rg1 Be8 19. Qe1 {Mueller,K (2092)-Kalmann,M (1521) Gladenbach 2011 0-1 (65)}) (4... Qc7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Bd7 7. a3 Nf6 8. Nbd2 e4 9. dxe4 dxe4 10. Nh2 Ne5 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. O-O Rd8 13. Qc2 Nd3 14. Rd1 h5 15. c4 Bd6 16. Ndf1 O-O 17. Bd2 Nh7 18. Bc3 f5 19. Rab1 {Gal,I-Dragomirescu,A (2317) Miercurea Ciuc 2003 0-1}) 5. c4 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8. cxd5 {The position is equal.} Nxd5 9. e4 {[%tqu "En", "","","","d5b4","",10]} Nc7 {0.60/24} (9... Nb4 $1 $11 {0.08/27}) 10. Nc3 $14 e6 11. d4 Be7 {1.33/26} (11... Nb5 $142 {0.71/26}) 12. Be3 {0.91/27} (12. Ne5 $142 {1.33/26} Qd6 13. Nc4 Qxd4 14. Nb6) 12... b6 { 2.11/25} (12... Nb5 $16 {0.91/27}) 13. Ne5 Qb7 14. Qh5 {0.70/28} (14. dxc5 $16 {1.58/23} bxc5 15. Nd3) 14... O-O $1 15. Rab1 {0.11/29} (15. dxc5 $16 {0.74/23 Threatens to win with c6.} bxc5 16. Rac1) 15... g6 {0.78/24} (15... cxd4 $11 { 0.11/29} 16. Bxd4 Nb5 17. Nxb5 axb5) 16. Qf3 Ne8 {1.27/22} ({Better is} 16... f6 $14 {0.63/27} 17. Nc4 Bd7) 17. Bh6 {0.29/28} (17. dxc5 $16 {1.27/22} Bxc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Rfd1) 17... Ng7 {0.91/24} (17... cxd4 $11 {0.29/28 remains equal.} 18. Ne2 (18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. Ne2 Bg7 $11) 18... f6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8) 18. d5 $36 {[%mdl 2048] White is on the roll.} exd5 {1.77/25} (18... f6 $16 {1.04/28}) 19. Nxd5 {aiming for Nc6.} Bd8 {2.42/22} (19... Be6 $16 {1.47/25} 20. Rbd1 f6) 20. Qc3 {1.43/26} (20. Nc4 $18 {2.42/22}) 20... f6 21. Nf3 Be6 22. Rbd1 Rf7 { 1.68/26} (22... Qf7 $16 {0.97/24 was called for.}) 23. Rfe1 $18 Rc8 {1.95/26} ( 23... a5 $16 {1.47/29 might work better.} 24. Bxg7 Rxg7) 24. Bxg7 Bxd5 {2.72/27 } (24... Rxg7 $142 {1.99/28} 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Qe7 27. Qxe7 Rxe7) 25. Rxd5 {1.35/30} (25. exd5 $18 {2.72/27 is the precise move to win.} Kxg7 26. d6) 25... Rxg7 $16 26. Red1 Be7 27. e5 fxe5 {2.03/23} (27... Qc6 $16 {1.36/30} 28. Qc4 Kh8 29. Qxa6 b5 30. Qxc6 Rxc6) 28. Qxe5 {0.94/30} (28. Nxe5 $18 {2.03/23} h5 29. Qf3 (29. Rd7 Qe4 $16)) 28... Qc6 29. Rd7 Bf6 30. Rxg7+ {0.00/31} ({ White should play} 30. R7d6 $14 {0.61/31} Bxe5 31. Rxc6) 30... Kxg7 $11 31. Qe2 b5 32. Ne5 {-0.77/28} (32. Rd2 $11 {-0.16/29 keeps the balance.}) 32... Qe6 { 0.00/44 [%mdl 32768] Accuracy: White = 37%, Black = 31%. . Loss on time!?} ( 32... Re8 $17 {-0.77/28} 33. f4 Qe6) 0-1 [Event "Rated Bullet game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/O07b9rax"] [Date "2019.11.19"] [Round "?"] [White "TonyM322"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "1973"] [BlackElo "1924"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] 1. Nf3 (1. h3 d5 {1-0 (28) Kuderinov,K (2489)-Khusnutdinov,R (2487) Almaty 2016 }) 1... d5 {A06 Réti Opening} 2. h3 {A06 Réti Opening: 1.Nf3 d5} c5 3. d3 (3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 e6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O b6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. c4 Qb8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Nf6 17. Ng3 Rfd8 {Kuderinov,K (2489)-Khusnutdinov,R (2487) Almaty 2016 1-0}) 3... Nc6 4. Nbd2 e5 5. c3 $146 (5. e4 d4 6. Nc4 f6 7. a4 Be6 8. Be2 Nge7 9. Nh2 Qd7 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. Rb1 Kb8 12. Bg4 Nc8 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Qg4 Qf7 15. b3 h5 16. Qf3 Qe6 17. Qe2 Nd6 18. f4 Nxc4 19. bxc4 exf4 {Olde,H (2275)-Shishkov,A (2135) Estonia 1996 1-0 (40)}) 5... Nf6 {-0.69/23} (5... Nge7 $17 {-1.13/20}) 6. Qc2 { -1.26/19} (6. e4 $15 {-0.69/23}) 6... Bd6 {-0.57/20} (6... Be7 $17 {-1.26/19}) 7. e4 $15 O-O 8. Be2 {Black is slightly better.} h6 9. g4 {-1.30/19} (9. a4 $15 {-0.68/22}) 9... d4 {-0.23/20} (9... Be7 $17 {-1.30/19}) 10. Nf1 {-1.05/19} ( 10. Nc4 $11 {-0.23/20}) 10... Nh7 {-0.44/19} (10... Re8 $17 {-1.05/19}) 11. Ng3 Be6 {-0.47/23} (11... a5 $17 {-1.00/19}) 12. a3 {-1.34/18} (12. Kf1 $15 { -0.47/23}) 12... Be7 {-0.62/19} (12... b5 $17 {-1.34/18} 13. Nf5 Na5) 13. Bd2 { -1.34/19} (13. O-O $15 {-0.62/19}) 13... Ng5 $17 14. Ng1 Qc7 {-0.61/23} (14... Re8 $17 {-1.31/19}) 15. h4 {-1.25/20} (15. Nf5 $15 {-0.61/23}) 15... Nh7 { -0.81/22} ({Better is} 15... dxc3 {-1.25/20} 16. Qxc3 Nh7) 16. g5 hxg5 { -0.72/23} (16... dxc3 $142 {-1.23/21} 17. bxc3 hxg5 18. hxg5 Nxg5) 17. hxg5 Nxg5 18. Nf5 {-1.05/23} (18. c4 $11 {-0.26/22 keeps the balance.}) 18... Bxf5 19. exf5 Qd6 $2 {0.78/21 [#]} (19... Qd7 $1 $17 {-1.36/24 stays on course.} 20. Nf3 Nh7) 20. c4 {0.00/25} (20. Rh5 $1 $16 {0.78/21}) 20... Bf6 $2 {1.79/20} ( 20... Qf6 $11 {0.00/25 and Black stays safe.}) 21. O-O-O {0.84/24} (21. Nf3 $18 {1.79/20 is more deadly.}) 21... Rfe8 {1.29/21} (21... Rfd8 $142 {0.84/24}) 22. Nh3 {0.63/24} (22. Nf3 $16 {1.29/21} Nxf3 23. Bxf3) 22... Nxh3 $1 $14 23. Rxh3 Kf8 24. Bf3 {0.63/23} (24. Rdh1 $16 {1.13/22}) 24... Ke7 25. Bd5 {0.31/22} (25. Rdh1 $16 {0.90/22}) 25... Rh8 26. Rg3 {-0.59/21} (26. Rdh1 $14 {0.68/21} Rxh3 27. Rxh3) 26... Rh2 {0.00/24} ({Black should try} 26... a6 $15 {-0.59/21}) 27. Qa4 {-0.46/23} (27. Rh1 $11 {0.00/24} Rxh1+ 28. Bxh1) 27... Rah8 {0.00/23} ( 27... Rxf2 $15 {-0.46/23} 28. Rh1 Rc8) 28. b4 {-0.84/22} (28. Rg2 $1 $11 { 0.00/23}) 28... cxb4 {-0.11/21} (28... a6 $17 {-0.84/22} 29. b5 axb5 30. Qxb5 Rb8) 29. axb4 $11 {[#] Black must now prevent b5.} a6 ({And not} 29... Rxf2 30. b5 $14) 30. b5 axb5 31. cxb5 $2 {-5.01/21} (31. Qxb5 $11 {0.00/23 and White has nothing to worry.} Qa3+ 32. Kb1) 31... Qxd5 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 32. bxc6 Qxc6+ 33. Qxc6 bxc6 34. Bb4+ Kd7 35. f4 {-9.18/22} (35. Be1 $142 { -4.99/25}) 35... exf4 36. Rf3 R8h4 37. Be1 {-7.62/20} (37. Bd2 $142 {-4.93/23}) 37... Rg4 38. Kb1 Be5 39. Rc1 f6 {Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 37%.} 0-1

D08 Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 dxe3 7.fxe3)

This game was played in the first round of the Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52). Trophies that are awarded to the top three players of the tournament are custom made pictures of Mini Coopers. I did advance to the second round so I still have a chance on one of those Mini Coopers. Ten games remain to be played on round one still so I need to wait for those to end before round two can begin. I am in no rush to increase my game load so I do hope that those games keep going until I have cut my game load by a lot of games. I may have given some chances to my opponent in this game but luckily he was not able to take advantage of his opportunities. I managed to get to my highest rating yet at Red Hot Pawn, my new peak rating is now 1879 there. I have added one more puzzle today to mate in one, three, four, five and seven pages.

[Event "Sarah's Mini Cooper Tournament (No 52)"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Booze1974"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D08"] [WhiteElo "1885"] [BlackElo "1523"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 {D08 Queen's Gambit Refused: Albin Countergambit. Normal Line} Nc6 5. e3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 dxe3 7. fxe3 {D08 Albin Counter Gambit} Bxd2+ {0.26/20} (7... Nh6 $142 {-0.25/20}) 8. Qxd2 $11 Nge7 $146 {0.83/20} (8... Qxd2+ $11 {0.00/20 remains equal.} 9. Nbxd2 (9. Kxd2 Bg4 10. a3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nxe5 12. Be2 O-O-O+ 13. Kc2 Nf6 14. Nc3 Rhe8 15. e4 Nh5 16. Rhf1 Nf4 17. b3 Rd7 18. Rad1 Red8 19. Nd5 Nxe2 20. Rfe1 c6 21. Rxe2 cxd5 22. exd5 Nxf3 23. Rf2 Ng5 {Boerkey,L (1531)-Wenzel,C (1613) Bad Homburg 2015 0-1 (46)}) 9... Nge7) (8... Qe7 9. Qc3 (9. Nc3 Nxe5 10. O-O-O Nxf3 11. gxf3 Be6 12. f4 Nf6 13. Bg2 c6 14. Rhg1 Rd8 15. Qxd8+ Qxd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. b3 Kc7 18. e4 g6 19. Rf1 Bc8 20. h3 Re8 21. e5 Nh5 22. Ne4 Rf8 23. Ng5 h6 {Herrera Reyes, J (2002)-Perez Rodriguez,L (2430) El Sauzal 2004 0-1 (36)}) 9... Bg4 10. Be2 O-O-O 11. e6 fxe6 12. O-O h5 13. h4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qxh4 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxg7 Nh6 17. Nd2 Rdg8 18. Qf6 Qg4 19. Qf3 Qh4 20. Qxc6 Qh3 21. Rf8+ Rxf8 22. gxh3 Rhg8+ 23. Kh1 {Slim,R-Allonge,N (1502) France 2012 1-0 (49)}) (8... Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Qxd2+ 11. Nxd2 Nxe5 12. O-O O-O-O 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Be4 g6 15. b3 f5 16. Bf3 Rd3 17. Kf2 Rhd8 18. Ke2 g5 19. h3 N7g6 20. Bd5 f4 21. e4 c6 22. Be6+ Kc7 23. Nf3 {Golovko,V (1755)-Asaturyan,O Angarsk 2017 0-1 (63)}) 9. Nc3 { -0.46/18} (9. Qxd8+ $16 {0.83/20} Kxd8 10. Nc3) 9... O-O $2 {1.39/18 [#]} (9... Qxd2+ $15 {-0.46/18 keeps the upper hand.} 10. Nxd2 Be6) 10. Nd5 $2 {-0.59/22} (10. O-O-O $1 $16 {1.39/18}) 10... Ng6 {0.35/22} (10... Re8 $1 $15 {-0.59/22}) 11. Be2 {-0.53/18} ({Better is} 11. Qc3 $14 {0.35/22}) 11... Ncxe5 $15 12. O-O $2 {-3.20/21} (12. h4 $15 {-0.34/24}) 12... c6 $2 {-0.56/22} (12... Nxf3+ $1 $19 {-3.20/21} 13. Bxf3 c6) 13. Nxe5 cxd5 $2 {1.52/22} (13... Nxe5 $17 { -0.80/22} 14. Qd4 f6) 14. Nxg6 $16 fxg6 $2 {3.02/21} (14... hxg6 $16 {1.07/21} 15. cxd5 Bf5) 15. cxd5 ({Don't take} 15. Qxd5+ $6 Qxd5 16. cxd5 Re8 $16) 15... b6 $2 {4.30/19} (15... Bf5 {2.37/23} 16. d6 Qb6) 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Rf1 {[#]} Qc5 19. Kh1 $2 $40 {1.82/25 White wants a kill.} (19. b4 {5.40/21} Qd6 20. Qd4) 19... Bf5 $18 20. Bb3 h5 {2.08/21} (20... Re8 $16 {1.52/24} 21. Re1 Qd6) 21. Re1 {Hoping for e4.} Be4 {2.03/21} (21... Rf8 $16 {1.49/22 was worth a try.} 22. Qc3 Qe7) 22. Rd1 Rd8 {2.81/20} (22... Rf8 $16 {1.47/25 keeps fighting.} 23. Kg1 Qe7) 23. Qd4 Qxd4 $2 {4.60/20} (23... Qe7 {2.83/28} 24. d6 Qe8) 24. Rxd4 {Endgame KRB-KRB} ({Stronger than} 24. exd4 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 $11) 24... Bf5 25. e4 Bd7 {5.86/21} (25... Re8 {4.13/24 was necessary.} 26. Ba4 Rxe4 27. Rxe4 Bxe4) 26. Kg1 {White is clearly winning.} Kh7 27. Kf2 Rf8+ 28. Ke2 Bb5+ 29. Bc4 Bxc4+ 30. Rxc4 Re8 31. Ke3 b5 32. Rc7 a5 33. d6 Rd8 34. e5 { Accuracy: White = 36%, Black = 14%.} 1-0