C41 Philidor Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 h6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4)

When this game was played I really did not like to play chess, so I ended some of the games like this. This game was previously under just C41 Philidor Defense: General but when I today added a game there I noticed a problem that would have bothered me if I had left this game there. The problem that I had was that there are sometimes opening variations where the ECO code and the name of the variation is the same but the moves given in theory differ from each other in some way. This was one of those cases, so if I come across something like this again I will also put the line in the name of the post in order to separate them from each other. This was unscheduled post so if I can find a game where I come across an opening I have not featured here, I will also post that today as this was basically a repost of older one, sort of. If I can't find a game with a suitable opening, there are always my Chess960 games that I can turn to. The name was updated and corrected once again in October 11th 2015.

[Event "Corr game 1.1.2009-20.5.2009"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2009.01.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "mouse60"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "1831"] [BlackElo "1449"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 {C41 Philidor Defense #3} (3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 { 1-0 (40) Suchsland,H (1730)-Juergens,H (1597) Bad Wildungen 2004} (4. Nxd4 h6 { 1-0 (44) Lima,E (2092)-Chagas,G Boa Vista 2017})) 3... h6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 { C41 Philidor Defence} Nf6 6. Nc3 {0.13/20} (6. Nd2 $14 {0.60/17}) 6... c5 { 1.12/19} (6... Be7 $11 {0.13/20 remains equal.} 7. O-O Bg4 8. f3 Bd7 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc8 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be6 13. Nd5 Qd7 14. Bb3 c6 15. Ne3 Bxb3 16. axb3 c5 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Nf5 d5 20. Qf2 d4 21. Bd2 Nh7 {Lima,E (2092)-Chagas,G Boa Vista 2017 1-0 (44)}) (6... Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 Nh7 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. Bxf7+ Qxf7 11. Qxc6+ Qd7 12. Qxa8 dxe5 13. Qd5 Bd6 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Qb3 a6 16. O-O-O Qe6 17. Nd5 O-O 18. h3 Kh8 19. g4 Nd7 20. f4 exf4 21. Nxf4 { Cardenas Carbajal,N (2107)-Salinas Barrera,J (1467) Managua 2017 1-0}) 7. Nde2 $146 (7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. h3 O-O 10. Qd2 a6 11. a4 Be6 12. Be2 c4 13. O-O Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8 15. Nd4 d5 16. e5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nc6 18. f5 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Bd7 20. Qe3 Bc6 21. Be5 Qd7 {Suchsland,H (1730)-Juergens,H (1597) Bad Wildungen 2004 1-0 (40)}) 7... Nc6 8. a3 {0.50/22} (8. b3 $16 {1.25/18}) 8... Be7 9. O-O O-O {1.12/19} (9... a6 $14 {0.50/21}) 10. Nf4 {0.69/21} ({White should try} 10. Ng3 $16 {1.12/19}) 10... Bg4 {1.12/19} (10... Ne5 $14 {0.69/21} 11. Be2 Bd7) 11. f3 Bh5 {2.28/18} (11... Ne5 $16 {0.98/20}) 12. g4 Bg6 $2 {6.56/19 [#]} ( 12... Ne5 {1.61/20}) 13. Nxg6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} Re8 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Be3 Rf8 19. Qd5 Qc7 20. Qd2 Rad8 21. Qg2 b6 22. Qh3 {[#] Hoping for Bxh6!} Rd6 23. g5 Rg6 24. Kh1 Bxg5 25. Rg1 Qe7 26. Rg2 Qf6 {Accuracy: White = 13%, Black = 7%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

D60 Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Unusual White 7th moves (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Nbd7 9.O-O Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Qd2)

Today did not go at all that well for our team in the over the board team match. We lost the last match of the season 1-3 and that meant two things, we came second in our group and this was also the first match in which we had suffered a loss in any of our boards. I had a good game, managed to get a pawn for free but eventually my technique was quite bad and got in to a losing position and had to resign in a position where nothing could save me from a loss anymore. Two other players in the team I represented also lost after first having good games but somehow the opponents just turned the games around. Chess is sometimes very hard... I have also added four mate in four and one mate in five puzzle today. In the game below I did play quite well if only I could play all the games well... Alas I blunder too often even these days.

[Event "Corr game 15.5.2014-19.6.2014"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.05.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Rex Beanfly"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "1556"] [BlackElo "1863"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 {1/2-1/2 (42) Meyer,E (2475)-Adelman,C (2240) Las Vegas 1995}) 1... d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 (3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 c6 8. O-O dxc4 {1-0 (33) Ignacz,M (2095)-Kalmar,K (2100) Budapest 2003}) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 {D43 Semi-Slav Defense} (4... Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 {1-0 (36) Ziga,S (1884)-Lipp,M (1871) Bayern 2014}) 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O (6... Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. O-O {1/2-1/2 (42) Meyer,E (2475)-Adelman,C (2240) Las Vegas 1995}) 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Qd2 {0.09/23 D60 Queen's Gambit Declined: Classical: Unusual White 7th moves} (11. Re1 $16 {0.82/19}) 11... N5b6 {0.75/21} (11... b6 $11 { 0.09/23 keeps the balance.}) (11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 e5 13. Qc2 e4 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. f3 b5 16. Bb3 exf3 17. Rxf3 Bg4 18. Rg3 Bh5 19. a4 Bg6 20. Qa2 b4 21. Qb2 Rab8 22. c4 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Qxe4 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. c5 a5 26. d5 {Meyer,E (2475)-Adelman, C (2240) Las Vegas 1995 1/2-1/2 (42)}) 12. Bd3 {0.28/21} (12. Bb3 $16 {0.75/21} ) 12... e5 $11 13. Rfe1 {0.23/21} (13. Rad1 $16 {0.85/20} exd4 14. exd4 Nf6 15. Rfe1 Qd8 16. h3 Be6 17. Ne5 Bd5 18. Qg5 g6 19. Qh6 Nh5 20. g4 Ng7 21. Re3 Ne6 22. h4 Qf6 23. Nxd5 cxd5 24. Rf3 Qg7 25. Qe3 f6 26. Nxg6 Rfe8 27. h5 Ng5 28. Qf4 {Ziga,S (1884)-Lipp,M (1871) Bayern 2014 1-0 (36)}) 13... Nd5 $146 {1.28/19 } (13... f5 $11 {0.23/21 remains equal.} 14. e4 exd4 15. Nxd4 f4) (13... h6 14. Rad1 f5 15. e4 f4 16. Bf1 exd4 17. Qxd4 Nf6 18. Qd2 Nh7 19. h3 Be6 20. Nd4 Rad8 21. Qc1 g5 22. Be2 Nf6 23. e5 Nfd5 24. Nxe6 Qxe6 25. Bg4 Qg6 26. Bf3 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 Rfe8 28. Qb3+ {Ignacz,M (2095)-Kalmar,K (2100) Budapest 2003 1-0 (33)}) 14. Bc4 $2 {-0.50/20} ({White should try} 14. Nxd5 $16 {1.28/19} cxd5 15. e4) 14... e4 $15 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Nxc3.} 15. Nxe4 $2 {-2.87/20} (15. Ne5 $1 $15 {-0.32/25}) 15... Qxe4 $19 16. Bd3 Qg4 17. h3 Qh5 18. e4 N5f6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ng5 g6 21. Be2 {-3.12/19} (21. e6 $142 {-1.98/23} fxe6 22. Nxe6) 21... Qh6 22. Bg4 N7b6 23. e6 {-4.94/21} (23. Rac1 $142 {-3.34/23}) 23... fxe6 24. Bxe6+ $2 {-6.52/22} (24. b3 {-3.37/23}) 24... Bxe6 {Black is clearly winning.} 25. Rxe6 Rf5 26. Rae1 {-9.39/20} (26. Nf3 $142 {-4.56/22} Nf4 27. Rae1) 26... Qxg5 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kf7 29. Qe1 Nf4 {[#]} 30. Re7+ Qxe7 {Accuracy: White = 3%, Black = 46%.} 0-1