B07 Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems (1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nbd7 4.Nf3)

There are some moves in this game that even though they were bad, I didn't make any markings on them, since those moves didn't really change the outcome of the game anymore. There might be in worse case scenario four days when I'm not able to post anything here due to the fact that I'm heading off to a Blitz tournament and I start making my way there tomorrow and come back Monday. There might be also other changes to this blog starting next week, mostly affecting the way I do the analysis. I might also get some training positions in addition to the daily puzzle that already is here in courtesy of GameKnot. Analysis updated February 1st 2015.

[Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2014.04.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Race11"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "1470"] [BlackElo "1315"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] {[%evp 9,72,8,61,10,148,23,104,89,260,116,237,154,383,388,447,420,667,667,651, 627,970,465,471,426,439,175,178,159,289,109,120,52,72,30,110,7,442,312,546,398, 505,318,356,224,558,558,835,567,725,242,252,40,83,0,10,-54,8,-501,-495,-493, -274,-282,-272,-485,-307]} 1. e4 d6 {B07 Pirc Defense} 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 {B07 Pirc Defence: Miscellaneous Systems} c6 5. Bc4 b5 6. Bd3 a5 $146 { 1.48/23} (6... e5 $11 {0.10/26}) (6... a6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. a3 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Ne2 Bb7 13. Ng3 g6 14. h3 Rfe8 15. c4 Rad8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. b4 Bh6 20. Rc2 Nb6 21. Bc1 {Behlert,S (2128) -Hack,K Nuremberg 2002 1/2-1/2 (35)}) (6... b4 7. Ne2 e5 8. O-O (8. Bc4 Be7 9. Ng3 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. h3 exd4 13. Nxd4 c5 14. Nb5 Qc6 15. a4 a6 16. Bd5 Nbxd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Re1 Bf6 19. Ne4 Be5 20. c4 bxc3 21. Nbxc3 Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Bb7 {Lukash,N (2085)-Podobed,V (2054) Konakovo 2014 1-0 (34)}) 8... Be7 9. Ng3 O-O 10. Nf5 Re8 11. c3 d5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Re6 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bg3 f5 19. h4 f4 20. Bh2 bxc3 21. bxc3 {Falout,L (2197)-Krejcik,J (2141) Czechia 2004 0-1 (53)}) (6... Bb7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Bf4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg3 Be7 11. Nd4 g6 12. Qd2 Qb6 13. Nde2 Nh5 14. Rad1 Nxg3 15. Nxg3 Nc5 16. Kh1 Ne6 17. a4 a6 18. b3 Bb4 19. Nd5 Bxd2 20. Nxb6 Ba5 21. Nxa8 {Dankovics,A-Botos,J (2042) Aggtelek 2005 1-0 (46)}) 7. a3 {0.23/25} ( 7. e5 $16 {1.48/23}) 7... Nb6 {1.04/25} (7... e5 $11 {0.23/25}) 8. O-O $16 { White is better.} Bb7 $2 {2.60/24 [#]} (8... g6 $16 {0.89/25}) 9. Bg5 {1.16/27} (9. e5 $18 {2.60/24 and the rest is easy.}) 9... Qc7 {2.37/21} (9... b4 $16 { 1.16/27}) 10. Re1 Nbd7 $2 {3.83/22} (10... e6 $16 {1.54/27} 11. d5 Be7 12. dxc6 Bxc6) 11. e5 $18 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 {6.67/24} (12... e6 $142 {4.20/27} 13. exf6 Nxf6) 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. e6 Nf6 15. exf7+ {4.65/23} (15. Bxb5+ $142 {9.70/21} Kd8 16. Qd4) 15... Kxf7 16. Ne5+ (16. Qe2 Qd6 $18) 16... Kg8 17. Bxf6 $2 { 1.75/25} (17. Bxb5 {4.39/23} a4 18. Qf3) 17... exf6 18. Nf3 Bc6 {2.89/24} ( 18... Bd6 $16 {1.59/28 was called for.} 19. Bxb5 g6) {[%tqu "En","","","", "d3b5","",10]} 19. Bf5 $2 {1.09/25} (19. Bxb5 $1 $18 {2.89/24 [%mdl 512] has better winning chances. aiming for c4.} Rb8 (19... Bxb5 20. Qxd5+) 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. b3) 19... g6 $16 20. Be6+ {0.52/26} (20. Bh3 $16 {1.20/25}) 20... Kg7 $14 21. Qd4 {0.30/28} (21. Nd4 $16 {0.72/22} Bc5 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxd5 (23. Bxd5 Bxf2+ 24. Kh1 Qc5 $11) 23... Qxd5 24. Bxd5) 21... Rd8 {1.10/24} (21... Bd6 $11 {0.30/28 remains equal.}) 22. Ng5 {0.07/26} (22. h4 $16 {1.10/24}) 22... Qd6 $2 {4.42/28 [%mdl 8192]} (22... Bd6 $11 {0.07/26 and Black stays safe.} 23. Nf7 Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Bd6) 23. Nf7 Qc7 $2 {5.46/27} (23... Qc5 {3.12/29} 24. Qd2 Re8) 24. Qh4 {[#] Threatening mate with Qh6+.} h5 25. Nxd8 Qxd8 26. Rad1 { Threatens to win with Qd4.} Be7 $2 {5.58/25} (26... Bc5 {2.24/29 is more resistant.} 27. Qg3 Re8) 27. Qd4 $18 Qa8 28. Re3 Rd8 {[%tqu "En","","","", "e6c8","",10]} 29. Rg3 $2 {2.42/28} (29. Bc8 $1 {7.25/26 [%mdl 512]} Kf7 (29... Qxc8 30. Rxe7+) 30. Rde1) 29... Bd6 30. Rh3 $2 {0.40/30} (30. f4 $18 {2.52/26}) 30... Be5 $14 31. Qd3 {0.00/31} ({White should try} 31. Qd2 $16 {0.83/27}) 31... d4 32. f3 {-0.54/26} (32. g4 $11 {0.10/29} Be4 33. Qxb5 Bxc2 34. Rf1) 32... Re8 {0.08/32} (32... Qb8 $15 {-0.54/26}) 33. Rxh5 $2 {-5.01/23 [%mdl 8192]} (33. Bf5 $11 {0.08/32} gxf5 34. Qxf5 (34. Rxh5 Rh8 $15)) 33... gxh5 $19 34. Bf5 Kf8 {-2.74/28} (34... Qb8 $142 {-4.93/25} 35. Kh1 Bxh2 36. Qxd4 Qe5 37. Qxe5 Bxe5) 35. Bg6 Re7 36. Bxh5 $2 {-4.85/26} (36. Qf5 {-2.72/24} Kg7 37. Bxh5) 36... Rg7 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 11%.} 0-1

B06 Modern Defence (1.e4 g6 2.d4 c6 3.Nf3 d5 4.e5 Bg7 5.c4)

This is one of those games where the engine didn't really like the Black's opening choice and considered this clearly better for White from the start. Since I started analysing my games for this blog, I have started to see positions where the engine gives maybe a bit false results. In the old versions of Fritz I faced this more often and started to disengage myself from computer analysis and started to think better moves myself and not be so reliant on the computer.

The biggest increase in my chess skills was probably when I started playing correspondence chess in 2004, then I used to spend several hours thinking about the next moves in my games. I used to write down on my notebook the variations that I came up with so I could remember them after it was my time to move again. I can't even think of doing that again, just not enough time anymore for that sort of thing. So many other things taking up my time these days but back then my day schedule was like, wake up, get breakfast, turn on computer and see what my opponents have done, start analysing the positions on my chess board. It was that glorious time when I spent most of my waking time studying chess.

[Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2014.05.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "dtimm1"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1573"] [BlackElo "1424"] [Annotator "Stockfish 5 64 SSE4.2 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [TimeControl "300"] 1. e4 g6 {Modern Defense: King Pawn Fianchetto.} 2. d4 c6 (2... Bg7 3. Bd2 { Modern Defense: Westermann Gambit.} (3. Bd3 {Modern Defense: Wind Gambit.}) (3. c4 c5 4. d5 Qa5+ {Pterodactyl Defense: Central. Benoni Pterodactyl} (4... d6 5. Nc3 Qa5 {Pterodactyl Defense: Central. Benoni Quetzalcoatlus} (5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 {Pterodactyl Defense: Central. Benoni Beefeater Pterodactyl}))) (3. Bc4 b5 {Modern Defense: Bishop Attack. Bücker Gambit})) 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 Bg7 5. c4 f6 6. Nc3 (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bb5 Bg4 9. O-O fxe5 10. dxe5 e6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Rc8 13. Qg4 Qd7 14. Rd1 Nge7 15. Ne4 O-O 16. Nc5 Qe8 17. Nxe6 Rf5 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Qh4 a6 20. Bd3 Rxe5 {Ehlvest,J (2585)-Ivanov,I (2505) Saint John 1988 1-0 (55)}) 6... fxe5 7. dxe5 Nh6 {N} (7... e6 8. h4 Nd7 9. Bf4 Nh6 10. h5 Nf7 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. e6 Qe7 16. Qe2 Kf8 17. exf7 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bc3+ 19. Kd1 Qxe2+ 20. Bxe2 Kxf7 21. Rc1 Ba5 22. Ng5+ {Djuraev,S (2339)-Khamrakulov,I (2580) Dresden 2008 0-1 (37)}) (7... e6 {!? +/= is noteworthy}) 8. cxd5 {+/-} O-O 9. Be2 Bg4 $2 (9... Nf7 10. O-O { +/-}) 10. O-O (10. Ng5 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 cxd5 {+-}) 10... Bxf3 (10... cxd5 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 {+/-} (12. gxf3 e6 {+/-})) 11. Bxf3 Nf5 (11... Nf7 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. e6 {+-}) 12. dxc6 {+-} Nxc6 $2 (12... bxc6 13. Qb3+ Kh8 {+-}) 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Qxb7 Nxe5 15. Qe4 (15. Qxa8 {and White takes home the point} Qxa8 16. Bxa8 Rxa8 17. Rd1 {+-}) 15... Nxf3+ (15... Nd6 $5 {should be considered} 16. Qe3 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Qd7 {=/+}) 16. Qxf3 {+/=} Qb6 17. Nd5 {White threatens to win material: Nd5xb6} Qd6 (17... Qb7 {=}) 18. Bf4 $4 {White lets it slip away} (18. Qe4 Rad8 19. Nc3 Qb6 {+/=}) 18... Qd7 $4 {throwing away the advantage} (18... e5 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bd2 {+/-}) 19. Rab1 $4 {hands over the advantage to the opponent} (19. Qe4 {+/-}) 19... Nd4 {-+} 20. Qe4 Rae8 $4 {ignoring the path to victory} (20... Qf5 {and Black is on the road to success} 21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 (22... Nxf5 23. Ne3 {+/-}) 23. Rxe7 Rfxd5 {-+}) 21. Be5 {+/-} Nf5 ( 21... Ne2+ 22. Qxe2 Qxd5 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rfd1 {+/-}) 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 (22... Nxg7 23. Rbd1 {+-}) 23. Nf4 (23. Rbd1 $5 Qb7 {+-}) 23... e5 {+/-} 24. Nh3 (24. Nd3 Nd6 25. Qd5 Qe6 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 {+/-}) 24... Nd6 (24... Re7 25. Rbd1 Qb7 26. Qxb7 Rxb7 27. Rd2 {+/-}) 25. Qd5 Qe6 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Rbd1 e4 28. Rfe1 (28. g3 Rfe8 {+/-}) 28... Rfe8 (28... h6 {!? +/-}) 29. Nf4 Re5 $4 {the pressure is too much, Black crumbles} (29... Rf6 {+-}) 30. Rxd6 {Black resigns} 1-0