B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defense (1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 d6)

An example of an opening that I don't face all that often in my games. Even though this is not all that great opening for Black, it may still have quite descent results against low rated people. I mean even I can hang a queen at any given moment...;-) That actually has happened too many times lately, not sure why that might be. Sure there was a long time when I didn't play chess at all, but I have played quite a lot this year at least on the internet. Then again, what I consider to be a lot, might not be the same to everyone. I may have actually only played less than 100 games last year or maybe barely over that and this year I have already played probably hundreds of games.

[Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "arben"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "1587"] [BlackElo "1360"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 b6 {Owen Defense: General} 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 (3. Bd3 f5 4. exf5 Bxg2 5. Qh5+ g6 {Owen Defense: Matovinsky Gambit}) (3. Bg5 {Owen Defense: Naselwaus Gambit}) (3. f3 e5 {Owen Defense: Wind Gambit}) (3. Nf3 {Owen Defense: Smith Gambit}) 3... e6 4. Nf3 d6 {B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defense } 5. Bc4 Nd7 6. O-O (6. Qe2 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. h4 h6 10. Bf4 Bg7 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Kb1 d5 13. exd5 Nexd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Be5 O-O 16. h5 g5 17. Bd3 Nb4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Be4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd5 {Dominguez Pons,E (2325)-Palit,S (2435) Barcelona 2012 1/2-1/2}) 6... g6 7. Bg5 Ne7 8. Qd2 Bg7 $146 (8... h6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Rad1 a6 11. a4 Nf6 12. Bd3 d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Qg5 18. Qg3 Rd8 19. f4 Qxg3 20. hxg3 h5 21. Kf2 Ke7 22. a5 bxa5 23. Ra1 {Ambrus,E (2375)-Roy Chowdhury,S (2469) Canberra 2009 1/ 2-1/2 (50)}) 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 {Black has a cramped position} Nf8 $2 (10... Ng8 11. Qe3 $16) 11. Ng5 $4 {there were better ways to keep up the pressure} ( 11. d5 $142 {and White can look forward to a comfortable game} a6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Rad1 $18) 11... Ng8 $11 {Black threatens to win material: Ng8xh6} 12. f4 $4 {throws away the game} (12. Bb5+ $142 {was possible} c6 13. Qg7 $11) 12... Nxh6 $19 13. d5 Qd7 (13... exd5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. Nxd5 $19) 14. dxe6 Nxe6 15. Nh3 O-O-O 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. e5 Qg4 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 dxe5 20. fxe5 Nf5 21. c4 Rxd5 $1 {Decoy: d5} 22. cxd5 (22. cxd5 Ne3 {Decoy Double attack}) (22. Rxd5 Ne3 {Decoy Double attack}) (22. -- $140 Ne3 {Mate threat}) 22... Ne3 23. Rd2 Nxf1 24. Kxf1 Re8 25. d6 (25. Re2 {is no salvation} Nd3 26. Ng1 Rxe5 27. Nf3 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Qe4+ 29. Kd2 Nf4 30. Ne5 Qxe5 31. b4 Qe2+ 32. Kc3 Nxd5+ 33. Kb3 Qd3+ 34. Kb2 Qd2+ 35. Kb1 Nc3+ 36. Ka1 Qxa2#) 25... Rxe5 (25... Qc4+ 26. Kf2 Ne4+ 27. Ke1 Rxe5 28. d7+ Kd8 29. g4 Nxd2+ 30. Kf2 Qe2+ 31. Kg3 Nf1+ 32. Kh4 Qxh2 33. a3 Qg3#) 26. dxc7 (26. Ng1 {doesn't change anything anymore} Qc4+ 27. Ne2 Nd3 28. g3 Qe4 29. Kg1 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 Qxd2 31. d7+ Kxd7 32. Ng1 Ne1 33. Ne2 Qxe2 34. a3 Qg2#) 26... Qf5+ (26... Nd3 27. Rxd3 Qe2+ 28. Kg1 Qe1#) 27. Nf2 Kxc7 (27... Ne4 28. Re2 Ng3+ 29. hxg3 Qb1+ 30. Nd1 Qxd1+ 31. Kf2 Qxe2+ 32. Kg1 Qe3+ 33. Kf1 Rf5#) 28. g4 (28. Rd4 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Qc2 29. g3 Qe2+ 30. Kg2 Rf5 31. Rf4 Rxf4 32. gxf4 Ne4 33. a3 Qxf2+ 34. Kh3 Qf3+ 35. Kh4 Qh5#) 28... Qb1+ (28... Qf4 29. Rc2 Kb8 30. a3 Nd3 31. Kg2 Nxf2 32. b3 Nxg4 33. h3 Qh2+ 34. Kf3 Qxh3+ 35. Kf4 g5#) 29. Kg2 (29. Rd1 {is not the saving move} Qxb2 30. Kg2 Re2 31. Rf1 Nd3 32. Kf3 Qe5 33. g5 Qe3+ 34. Kg4 Nxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Rxf2 36. a3 Rf4#) 29... Ne4 (29... Qc1 30. Rd1 Qf4 31. Rf1 Re2 32. h4 Ne4 33. Rc1+ Qxc1 34. g5 Rxf2+ 35. Kh3 Qf1+ 36. Kg4 Rf4#) 30. Nxe4 (30. Re2 {does not solve anything} f6 31. a3 Nxf2 32. Kxf2 Qd3 33. Rxe5 fxe5 34. h4 e4 35. a4 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 e3 37. Kh2 e2 38. a5 bxa5 39. b3 e1=Q 40. b4 Qfh1#) 30... Qxe4+ 31. Kg3 Qe3+ 32. Kh4 (32. Kg2 {does not win a prize} Qxd2+ 33. Kf3 g5 34. a3 Re3#) 32... Qxd2 (32... g5+ 33. Kh5 Qh3#) 33. b3 (33. Kg3 {cannot undo what has already been done} g5 34. a3 Re3#) 33... Qxh2# 0-1