30 Sept 2014

A10 English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense. Löhn Gambit (1.c4 d5 2.cxd5 e6)

A10 English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense. Löhn Gambit (1.c4 d5 2.cxd5 e6)

I almost was not able to post on time to make a new update for today. I might be able to get back into normal posting schedule in a couple of days when I am not feeling sick anymore. Tomorrow I might be posting maybe a bit earlier than today but not guaranteed. I updated my post on C84 Spanish Game: Closed Variations today as well and it was another loss, so two losses of mine that you can enjoy in today's updates.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.06.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "jetholt"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A10"] [WhiteElo "1773"] [BlackElo "1807"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 {A10 English Opening: Unusual Replies for Black} e6 {A10 English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense. Löhn Gambit} 3. dxe6 Bxe6 4. Nc3 (4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 {0-1 (19) Zellner,A (441)-Chiddy,L (918) Canberra 2009}) 4... Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 {1.96/22} (5... g5 $16 {1.32/25 was worth a try.}) 6. d4 { 1.40/28} (6. h3 $18 {1.96/22}) 6... Bb4 $16 7. e3 O-O {2.00/23} (7... Bf5 $16 { 1.54/25} 8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O) 8. Bd3 $18 {White is clearly better.} Nd5 $146 {2.47/22} (8... Re8 $16 {1.48/25}) (8... Qd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. f3 Nxe5 12. Bd2 Nxd3+ 13. Ke2 Bc4 14. b3 Nb2+ 15. bxc4 Nxd1 16. Rhxd1 Qe6 17. Nb5 Qxc4+ 18. Ke1 Qxb5 19. Bxb4 Qxb4+ {0-1 (19) Zellner,A (441)-Chiddy,L (918) Canberra 2009}) 9. Bd2 Nxc3 {2.95/20} (9... Nb6 {1.70/26 was called for.} 10. a3 Bd6) 10. Bxc3 {1.64/26} (10. bxc3 $142 {2.95/20} Bd6 11. e4) 10... Bxc3+ { 2.29/24} (10... f5 $142 {1.64/26} 11. Bxb4 Nxb4) 11. bxc3 f5 {2.42/22} (11... h6 $142 {1.88/26} 12. O-O Qd6) 12. O-O Qe7 13. a3 Bd5 14. c4 Be4 {2.48/24} ( 14... Bxf3 {1.99/29 is a better defense.} 15. Qxf3 g6) 15. c5 Kh8 {2.72/24} ( 15... Bd5 {1.89/25 keeps fighting.} 16. Rb1 Kh8) 16. Rb1 {1.44/25} (16. Bxe4 $18 {2.72/24} Qxe4 17. Qb1) 16... b6 {2.41/22} (16... Bd5 $16 {1.44/25 might work better.} 17. Qe2 Rae8) 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nd2 Rxa3 20. Qc2 { 1.50/32} (20. Qg4 $18 {1.97/25}) 20... Rd3 $16 21. Nb3 {1.10/29} (21. Rb5 $18 { 2.12/23}) 21... Qe6 {1.89/25} (21... Nb4 $16 {1.10/29} 22. Qc4 Na2) 22. Nc1 { 1.35/28} (22. Nd2 $18 {1.89/25}) 22... Ra3 23. Rb3 {0.72/29} (23. Rb5 $18 { 1.65/25}) 23... Rxb3 24. Nxb3 {0.54/29} ({White should play} 24. Qxb3 $16 { 0.95/29} Qxb3 25. Nxb3) 24... Nb4 $14 25. Qc3 Nd5 26. Qc4 c6 {1.20/26} (26... Ra8 $14 {0.54/30}) 27. Rc1 {0.30/32} (27. Nd2 $16 {1.20/26}) 27... Qf5 28. Qe2 Qg6 {0.60/27} ({Black should try} 28... Rf6 $11 {0.09/31}) 29. Nd2 b5 {1.01/26 [#]} (29... Nb4 $1 $11 {0.23/29 remains equal.}) 30. Nb3 {0.51/28} (30. h3 $1 $16 {1.01/26}) 30... b4 31. Na5 {0.00/33} (31. Qc4 $14 {0.63/24}) 31... Nc3 $40 {Black attacks.} 32. Qc4 $2 {-7.75/26} (32. Qb2 $11 {0.00/33}) 32... Qf5 $1 $19 33. Nxc6 Qxf2+ 34. Kh1 Ne2 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 31%.} 0-1

29 Sept 2014

D04 Colle System (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3)

D04 Colle System (1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.c4 e6 5.Qb3)

I am still feeling a bit feverish so it was lucky that I got something to post about on the first game I looked at. I am also getting a bit into time trouble of sorts in my correspondence games due to this because I just do not have enough energy to move in any games that I am not losing on time. I guess it is also me trying not to make too stupid moves. I have done those this year enough to last me a lifetime, I will make really bad moves in the future as well albeit I may not get away from those unless I somehow figure out how to properly play chess.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.05.18"] [Round "?"] [White "CommonElk"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "1868"] [BlackElo "1797"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. Nf3 d5 {1-0 (39) Caro,H-Schallopp,E Berlin 1889}) 1... d5 (1... Nf6 2. Nf3 {1-0 (22) Kvassay,P (1996)-Lukac,J (1560) Slovakia 2018}) 2. Nf3 Nf6 ( 2... Bg4 3. c4 e6 4. e3 {1-0 (39) Caro,H-Schallopp,E Berlin 1889}) 3. e3 { D04 Queen Pawn Game: Colle System} Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 {D04 Colle System} b6 { 1.09/19} (5... Nc6 $11 {0.02/22}) 6. Ne5 $16 Bd6 {1.60/19} (6... c6 $14 { 0.47/18}) 7. Qa4+ $2 {0.00/19} (7. cxd5 $1 $16 {1.60/19} exd5 8. Bb5+ (8. Nxg4 Nxg4 9. Nc3 c6 $14) 8... Kf8 (8... Bd7 9. Nxd7 Nbxd7 (9... Nfxd7 10. Qxd5 c6 11. Qxd6 cxb5 12. Nc3 a6 13. Nd5 Ra7 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Qe5+ Kd7 16. Bb4 Nxd5 17. Qxd5+ Kc8 18. Rc1+ Rc7 19. Rxc7+ Qxc7 20. O-O Qd7 21. Rc1+ Kd8 22. Qa8 { 1-0 (22) Kvassay,P (1996)-Lukac,J (1560) Slovakia 2018}) 10. Bc6 Rb8 11. Nc3 O-O 12. h3 a6 13. O-O b5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxd5 Nb6 16. Qf3 Nc4 17. b3 Na5 18. Bd5 Qf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bb2 c6 21. Be4 Kg7 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Bf5 {Neubauer,B (2233)-Schwarz,M Guben 2003 1-0}) 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. h3) 7... Nbd7 $146 {3.23/20} (7... c6 $1 $11 {0.00/19 and Black is okay.} 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nxc6 Nxc6 10. Qxc6 e5 11. c5 bxc5 12. dxc5 Bc7 13. Qa4 d4 14. Nb5 Bd7 15. Qc2 Ba5+ 16. Bd2 dxe3 17. fxe3 Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2 Ne4 19. Qb4 Bc6 20. Nd6 Rb8 21. Qa3 Qh4+ 22. g3 Nxg3 { Sliwa,B-Ziembinski,M Krakow 1953 0-1}) (7... Kf8 8. c5 bxc5 9. Nxg4 Nxg4 10. dxc5 Nxf2 11. Kxf2 Bxc5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Rf1 h5 14. Kg1 Rb8 15. a3 Nf6 16. Nc3 Qd6 17. Qf4 e5 18. Qf5 Qe7 19. b4 Bd6 20. Nb5 c6 21. Nxd6 Qxd6 22. Bb2 { Caro,H-Schallopp,E Berlin 1889 1-0 (39)}) (7... Nfd7 8. Nxg4 O-O 9. h3 f5 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Qd4 Rd8 14. Qxd5 Rxd5 15. Nc3 Rd8 16. Bd2 Nbc6 17. O-O-O Nb4 18. Be1 a6 19. a3 Nbd3+ 20. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 21. Kc2 Ne5 22. b3 {Schlueter,H (1561)-Burmeister,M Troisdorf 2002 1-0 (40)}) 8. Nxg4 $2 { 1.05/18} (8. Nc6 $18 {3.23/20 and White stays clearly on top.} Qc8 9. c5) 8... Nxg4 9. cxd5 exd5 10. h3 $2 {-1.37/20} (10. Bb5 $16 {1.56/21 stays on course.}) 10... Ngf6 $2 {0.83/19} ({But not} 10... Nxf2 $2 11. Kxf2 O-O 12. Kg1 $18) ( 10... Qh4 $1 $17 {-1.37/20} 11. Bb5 Qxf2+ 12. Kd1 Ngf6) 11. Nd2 {-0.48/21} (11. Ba6 $16 {0.83/19}) 11... O-O {0.00/22} (11... c5 $15 {-0.48/21 should be considered.}) 12. Bd3 {-0.71/19} (12. Ba6 $11 {0.00/22}) 12... Re8 {0.37/21} ( 12... c5 $1 $17 {-0.71/19}) 13. O-O {-0.46/21} (13. Qc6 $14 {0.37/21}) 13... Ne4 $2 {2.07/18} (13... c5 $15 {-0.46/21 stays ahead.}) 14. Nf3 $2 {-0.23/22} ( 14. Nxe4 $18 {2.07/18} dxe4 15. Bb5) 14... Nf8 $2 {1.47/19} (14... Re6 $11 { -0.23/22}) 15. Qc2 {0.00/24} (15. Bb5 $1 $16 {1.47/19}) 15... Ng6 {1.11/19} ( 15... Qd7 $11 {0.00/24}) 16. b3 {0.00/22} (16. Bb5 $1 $16 {1.11/19}) 16... Nh4 {0.68/23} (16... Re6 $11 {0.00/22}) 17. Nxh4 $14 Qxh4 18. f4 {-0.65/22} (18. Bb5 $14 {0.58/22}) 18... Re6 $2 {0.95/20} (18... Rac8 $15 {-0.65/22}) 19. Bd2 $2 {-1.16/18} (19. Qc6 $16 {0.95/20 is forced if you want to stay better.} Rae8 20. Qxd5) 19... Rae8 {-0.09/23} (19... c5 $1 $17 {-1.16/18} 20. Rad1 cxd4 21. exd4 Rd8) 20. Be1 {-0.82/19} (20. Rf3 $11 {-0.09/23}) 20... Qh6 {-0.22/21} ( 20... Qe7 $17 {-0.82/19}) 21. Rf3 $11 c5 {0.55/22} (21... f5 $17 {-0.83/18}) 22. g4 $2 {-2.73/21} (22. dxc5 $14 {0.55/22} Bxc5 23. b4) 22... cxd4 $19 23. exd4 $2 {-4.27/19} (23. Bb5 {-2.09/24} dxe3 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rd1) 23... Bxf4 { [#] aiming for ...Ng5.} 24. Bb4 {-12.90/19} (24. Bxe4 $142 {-4.25/24} dxe4 25. Rf1) 24... Be3+ {-5.07/25} (24... Ng5 $142 {-12.90/19} 25. Qg2 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Re3) 25. Kg2 Bxd4 26. Raf1 Rf6 $2 {-0.65/27} (26... a5 $19 {-3.25/20} 27. Be1 R6e7) 27. Be7 $2 {-8.25/23} (27. Bxe4 $15 {-0.65/27} dxe4 28. Rxf6 Bxf6 29. Qc6 ) 27... Rxf3 28. Rxf3 Qe6 29. Bh4 g6 30. Ba6 Nc5 31. Bb5 Rc8 32. Qd2 Bg7 33. Re3 Ne4 34. Qd3 {-5.25/20} (34. Qd1 $142 {-3.67/22}) 34... Rc3 35. Qe2 Rxe3 36. Qxe3 Qe5 37. Be1 Qb2+ 38. Qe2 {White hopes to continue with Qxb2.} Qxe2+ { -1.97/26} (38... Qa1 $142 {-3.60/22} 39. a4 Bc3 40. Bxc3 Qxc3) 39. Bxe2 { Endgame KBB-KBN} d4 {-0.98/28} (39... Bc3 $19 {-2.22/21 has better winning chances.} 40. Bg3 f6) 40. Bd3 $17 Nc5 41. Bc4 Be5 42. Kf3 Kg7 43. Bb4 {-1.46/25 } (43. b4 $142 {-1.02/26} Nb7 44. Ke4) 43... Ne6 44. Ke4 Kf6 45. h4 {-1.97/20} (45. Bd2 $17 {-1.22/24 is a better defense.}) 45... h6 {-0.60/27} (45... Bg3 $1 $19 {-1.97/20} 46. h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 Kg5) 46. Bd2 $15 g5 {0.00/36} (46... Bg3 $17 {-0.84/22} 47. h5 Kg7) 47. hxg5+ {-0.42/28} (47. Bxe6 $11 {0.00/36 feels stronger.} fxe6 48. hxg5+ hxg5 49. Be1) 47... hxg5 48. Kd5 Bf4 49. Be1 Be3 50. Bg3 Bf4 51. Bf2 Be5 52. Kc6 {-0.93/28} (52. a4 $15 {-0.31/29}) 52... Nc5 53. Kd5 Ne6 54. Kc6 {-1.12/25} ({White should try} 54. a4 $15 {-0.35/28}) 54... Ke7 55. a4 {-1.62/23} (55. Kd5 $17 {-0.75/26} f6 56. a4) 55... f6 {-0.47/26} (55... f5 $1 $19 {-1.62/23} 56. gxf5 Nc5) 56. Kb7 Nc5+ {0.21/28} (56... Nf4 $15 { -0.33/25}) 57. Kxa7 $11 Nd7 58. Kb7 Kd6 59. b4 Ke7 {1.26/24} (59... f5 $1 $11 { 0.00/27 remains equal.}) 60. a5 {0.37/23} ({White should play} 60. Kc6 $16 { 1.26/24}) 60... bxa5 $14 61. bxa5 {[#] a6 is the strong threat.} Kd6 $1 62. a6 {Black must now prevent a7.} Nc5+ $1 63. Kc8 {And now a7 would win.} Nxa6 $1 64. Bxa6 {Threatens to win with Bd3.} Kc5 $2 {4.58/28} (64... f5 $1 $14 { 0.36/30}) 65. Kd7 $18 Kd5 {intending ...Ke4.} 66. Bd3 Kc5 $2 {57.06/26} (66... Bh2 {2.37/30} 67. Be1 Ke5) 67. Ke6 {White is clearly winning.} Kb4 68. Kd5 Kc3 69. Ke4 {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 16%.} 1-0

28 Sept 2014

D02 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3.g3 and 2...Nf6 3.Bf4 (1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c4)

D02 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3.g3 and 2...Nf6 3.Bf4 (1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.Nbd2 Nc6 7.c4)

I am still avoiding losing on time despite the fact that it is increasingly hard to find moves that I would like and be happy about playing. The fact that I have been sick for the last couple of days and therefore also more tired than usual does not help either. I don't have games analysed for my next posts which means that the blog might uploaded only later on Monday than usual or not at all. Latter option is more unlikely though and I do try my best to keep up with normal daily updates.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.06.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Logln"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1808"] [BlackElo "1643"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. Nf3 (1. d4 Nf6 {1-0 (49) Juranko,J (2075)-Milder,L (2041) Slovakia 2009} ( 1... d5 2. Nf3 {1-0 (55) Shafigullina,Z (2007)-Kaydanovich,M (1811) Moscow 2017 } (2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nbd2 {1-0 (28) Doan T Thao, N-Tran Khanh Huong,G Ho Chi Minh City 2005}) 2... Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 {1-0 (47) Cortijo Manso,L (1534)-Cabedo Marquez,R (1751) Madrid 2012})) 1... Nf6 2. d4 d5 (2... g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O Nc6 {0-1 (46) Mortensen,H (2075) -Laubsch,B (2311) Copenhagen 2001}) 3. g3 {D02 Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation. Pseudo-Catalan} g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c4 {D02 1. d4 d5 2.Nf3 sidelines, including 2...Nf6 3.g3 and 2...Nf6 3.Bf4} e6 {0.74/18} ( 7... Be6 $11 {0.01/21 remains equal.}) 8. b3 {0.11/22} (8. Qc2 $16 {0.74/18}) ( 8. Rb1 Ne4 9. e3 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 b6 11. b4 Bb7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Rc1 Ne7 14. c5 b5 15. Nb3 c6 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. g4 Rad8 18. f4 f6 19. h4 Bc8 20. Bh3 e5 21. Kg2 e4 22. Bc3 f5 {Shafigullina,Z (2007)-Kaydanovich,M (1811) Moscow 2017 1-0 (55)}) 8... a5 $146 {0.80/18} (8... b6 $1 $11 {0.11/22} 9. Bb2) (8... Ne4 9. Bb2 Nd6 ( 9... a5 10. a3 f5 11. e3 Bd7 12. Qc2 Be8 13. Rab1 g5 14. Rfd1 Bg6 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 c6 18. g4 Qe7 19. c5 Rf3 20. Bxf3 exf3 21. Qc3 Bf8 22. Rbc1 Qg7 23. Qe1 Qh6 24. Kh1 {Mortensen,H (2075)-Laubsch,B (2311) Copenhagen 2001 0-1 (46)}) 10. e3 Ne7 11. Qc2 c6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Rfb1 Rc8 14. c5 Ne8 15. b4 f6 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Qb2 a6 18. Bf1 Ra8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 cxb5 22. Bxb5 Nc6 23. Qb2 {Juranko,J (2075)-Milder,L (2041) Slovakia 2009 1-0 (49)}) (8... Re8 9. Bb2 a5 10. a4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 b6 12. Nh4 Bb7 13. Nf3 Nh5 14. Rc1 Nb4 15. e3 Rb8 16. Bc3 Na2 17. Rc2 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Ba6 19. Re1 Rb7 20. Nfe5 Rb8 21. Nc6 Qg5 22. Nxb8 Rxb8 23. Nd2 {Doan T Thao,N-Tran Khanh Huong,G Ho Chi Minh City 2005 1-0}) 9. Bb2 {0.12/20} (9. Ba3 $16 {0.80/18}) 9... Ne7 {1.02/19} ( 9... b6 $11 {0.12/20} 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Ndf3 Nd7 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. Rac1 c5 16. dxc5 Bxb2 17. Qxb2 bxc5 18. Qd2 d4 19. e3 e5 20. exd4 cxd4 21. Nxe5 Bxg2 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Kxg2 Qc6+ {Cortijo Manso,L (1534)-Cabedo Marquez,R (1751) Madrid 2012 1-0 (47)}) 10. Re1 {0.44/20} (10. Rc1 $16 {1.02/19}) 10... b6 {0.96/18} (10... Ne4 $14 {0.44/20}) 11. e4 { -0.21/24} (11. Qc2 $16 {0.96/18}) 11... dxe4 $11 12. Nxe4 {-0.27/23} (12. Ne5 $142 {0.21/23}) 12... Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bb7 14. Re2 Nf5 15. Ne5 {-0.87/20} (15. Rc1 $11 {0.00/22}) 15... Bxg2 $17 16. Kxg2 b5 $2 {0.80/21} (16... Qd6 $1 $17 { -0.73/22}) 17. d5 $36 {White has some pressure.} Re8 {1.78/20} (17... bxc4 $11 {0.29/21 and Black is okay.} 18. dxe6 fxe6) 18. Nc6 $18 Qd6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd2 $2 {-0.38/23} (20. cxb5 $18 {1.91/19 Threatens to win with dxe6.} exd5 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. a4) 20... e5 {0.62/20} (20... bxc4 $15 {-0.38/23} 21. bxc4 h5) 21. Rc1 {0.13/23} (21. cxb5 $14 {0.62/20} e4 22. Qc2) 21... b4 {1.08/20} (21... bxc4 $11 {0.13/23} 22. bxc4 Qf6) 22. Qg4 {0.00/23} ({White should try} 22. Qe1 $16 {1.08/20}) 22... a4 {1.47/19} (22... e4 $11 {0.00/23 keeps the balance.}) 23. c5 $16 Qd7 {[#] And now ...Ne3+! would win.} 24. Qxb4 axb3 {2.00/21} (24... e4 $16 {1.52/22 keeps fighting.}) 25. Qxb3 $18 ({Much less strong is} 25. axb3 $6 e4 $16) 25... h5 26. h4 {0.94/23} (26. h3 $18 {2.29/18 and White stays clearly on top.}) 26... e4 {2.01/19} (26... Ra6 $16 {0.94/23 might work better. }) 27. Re1 $2 {0.00/23} ({Better is} 27. Nd4 $18 {2.01/19}) 27... Ra6 $2 { 1.84/22} (27... Ra4 $1 $11 {0.00/23 and Black has nothing to worry.}) 28. a4 $4 {-5.08/20} (28. Nd4 $1 $18 {1.84/22 was the only winning move.}) 28... Rxc6 $1 $19 29. Qc3+ Rf6 30. a5 e3 $1 31. fxe3 Nxh4+ $1 32. gxh4 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Re4 34. Rg2 Qf3 $2 {-3.05/26} (34... Qh3+ {-15.17/23} 35. Rh2 Qf3+ 36. Rg2 Rxh4+ 37. Kg1 Qh3 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6) 35. Kg1 Rxh4 {[#] ...Qh3 is the strong threat.} 36. Qb2 $2 {-15.17/22} (36. Qe5 {-2.82/26}) 36... Qh3 37. Qxf6+ Kxf6 38. e4 Qh1+ 39. Kf2 Rf4+ {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 22%.} 0-1

27 Sept 2014

D30 Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2)

D30 Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.Nbd2)

I used to play Queen's Gambit Declined in my earliest chess games for couple of years and then I changed my way of answering to 1.d4 to that what I had seen in chess videos by IM Greg Shahade or curtains as he is also known. It was the days when he was posting his videos to ChessVideos.tv, I think I watched every single one of his videos up to the point they became mostly pay to see videos. Later on I found out that he has a YouTube channel Greg Shahade Chess, as I saw that I thought I should subscribe to that because he has some really good videos there and it is a shame that he does not get more views and subscribers. I have to admit though that I haven't been watching those videos for some time but because there does not seem to be any time for it anymore, so many things that I consider to be more important use of my time. I also have not watched Larry Christiansen's Attack with LarryC videos either anymore and I like those as well but there is not enough hours in the day to do all the things I maybe would want to include to my day.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.05.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "homeslyyyce"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "1827"] [BlackElo "1629"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 {D30 Queen's Gambit Declined} (2... c6 3. Nf3 {1-0 (46) Bronstein,D-Patzl,K Krems 1967}) 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 {D30 Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3} Bb4 5. Qc2 Nf6 6. a3 {0.37/22} (6. e3 $16 { 0.87/17}) 6... Ba5 {1.08/19} (6... Bxd2+ $14 {0.37/22} 7. Bxd2 Nbd7) 7. b4 { 0.60/19} (7. e3 $16 {1.08/19}) 7... Bb6 $146 {1.41/20} (7... Bc7 $14 {0.60/19} 8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nbd7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Be2 Re8 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. O-O b6 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Bh4 Bb7 16. Nd2 Qf8 17. Bf3 Qh6 18. Bg3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxa3 21. Ne4 Qxb4 22. c5 Ba6 {Bronstein,D-Patzl,K Krems 1967 1-0 (46)}) 8. Bb2 {0.72/22} ({White should try} 8. a4 {1.41/20}) 8... Nbd7 {1.48/19} (8... a5 $142 {0.72/22}) 9. g3 {0.62/21} (9. a4 $16 {1.48/19}) 9... O-O $14 10. Bg2 Re8 {1.28/19} (10... Bc7 $14 {0.66/21}) 11. O-O {0.75/21} (11. e3 $142 {1.28/19}) 11... h6 {1.37/20} (11... a5 $142 {0.75/21}) 12. Rfe1 Bc7 {1.49/20} (12... a5 $142 {1.00/21}) 13. e4 {0.85/23} ({Better is} 13. Rac1 {1.49/20}) 13... Nb6 { 2.05/22} (13... dxe4 $16 {0.85/23 was worth a try.} 14. Ne5 (14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 a5 $16) 14... a5) 14. Rad1 {0.79/24} (14. e5 $18 {2.05/22 and White stays clearly on top.}) 14... Bd7 {1.82/22} (14... Nxc4 $16 {0.79/24} 15. Nxc4 dxc4) 15. Ne5 {0.78/23} (15. e5 $18 {1.82/22}) 15... Bxe5 $2 {2.30/18 [#]} (15... a5 $16 {0.78/23}) 16. dxe5 $18 Nh7 17. exd5 {1.12/24} (17. c5 $18 {2.60/21}) 17... cxd5 $16 18. cxd5 Ba4 19. Nb3 {And now d6 would win.} Rc8 20. Qd3 {[#] d6 is the strong threat.} Nc4 $2 {2.97/22} (20... Nxd5 $16 {1.00/23 was called for.} 21. Rd2 (21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 exd5 $11) 21... Nb6) 21. Bc1 $2 {0.65/21} (21. Ba1 $18 {2.97/22}) 21... b5 $2 {2.78/21} (21... exd5 $14 {0.65/21} 22. f4 (22. Bxd5 Nxe5 23. Qe2 Ng5 $17) 22... Qb6+ 23. Nc5 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxc5 25. bxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kh1 Rd8) 22. d6 {Hoping for d7.} Rb8 $2 {3.22/19} (22... Nf8 {1.68/22} 23. f4 Nd7) 23. Re2 Nf8 24. Rde1 Bxb3 25. Qxb3 Nd7 26. f4 Qb6+ 27. Be3 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 ({Less strong is} 28. Qxe3 Rec8 $18) 28... Rbc8 29. Kh1 Rc4 30. Rc3 Qf2 { 3.91/20} (30... Qa6 {2.73/25 was necessary.} 31. Rxc4 bxc4) 31. Rf1 $18 Rxc3 { 5.72/19} (31... Qd4 $142 {3.81/26}) 32. Qxc3 {White is clearly winning.} (32. Rxf2 $2 {too greedy.} Rxb3 33. Bc6 Rd8 $19) 32... Qb6 33. Qc6 Qxc6 34. Bxc6 { KRB-KRN} Rd8 35. Bxb5 f6 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Rc1 fxe5 38. fxe5 Rd8 39. Rc7 { Accuracy: White = 30%, Black = 15%.} 1-0

26 Sept 2014

A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.e4 d6 7.O-O Nge7 8.d3 O-O 9.Be3)

A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 e6 6.e4 d6 7.O-O Nge7 8.d3 O-O 9.Be3)

I tried to play some blitz today against a friend of mine and the games were quite horrible, I play either play too fast or too slow. Well from the six games we played, we both won three of them so pretty even match up in the statistical way of looking at things. I guess the games should be more interesting this way, I mean if either side would have dominated over the other one, it might not have been all that interesting to either of the participants. As usual this has nothing to do with the game I am showing you now. The game below I assume has ended around four months ago, I never remember if it takes the date when the game has finished to be in the pgn-file or the day when the game was created. The day when it has finished seems a bit more logical though and probably is the correct date put in there.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.05.25"] [Round "?"] [White "schahawa-hans"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "1827"] [BlackElo "1820"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. c4 (1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O {1-0 (55) Horton,J (2305)-Lesiege,A (2375) Canada 1992}) 1... c5 2. Nc3 (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 {0-1 (38) Lanchava,T (2314)-Badelka,O (2353) Heraklion 2017}) 2... g6 (2... Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 (56) Sygulski,P (2167) -Strybuk,A (1956) Bialystok 2017}) 3. g3 (3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 {1/2-1/2 (36) Lugger,S (1523)-Kreutzmann,D (1966) St Veit 2018}) 3... Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 { A37 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation. Two Knights Line} e6 (5... d6 6. d3 e6 7. O-O Nge7 {1/2-1/2 (56) Sygulski,P (2167)-Strybuk,A (1956) Bialystok 2017} ) 6. e4 d6 (6... Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3 {0-1 (38) Lanchava,T (2314)-Badelka,O (2353) Heraklion 2017}) 7. O-O Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 {A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7} Nd4 10. Qd2 (10. Rb1 a6 {0-1 (38) Lanchava,T (2314) -Badelka,O (2353) Heraklion 2017}) 10... a6 (10... f5 11. Bh6 f4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. gxf4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 e5 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Bd5 Nh4 18. Kh1 Kh8 19. f4 Bh3 20. Rf2 Ng6 21. fxe5 Qh4 22. Ne4 Nxe5 23. Rg1 Bg4 24. Rg3 Bf3+ 25. Kg1 {Horton,J (2305)-Lesiege,A (2375) Canada 1992 1-0 (55)}) (10... Nec6 11. Bh6 a6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 e5 15. f4 Bg4 16. f5 Bxe2 17. f6+ Kh8 18. Qxe2 Rg8 19. Bh3 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Qd2 Na5 22. Qh6 Qf8 23. Qxf8 Rgxf8 24. b4 axb3 25. Rfb1 {Lugger,S (1523)-Kreutzmann,D (1966) St Veit 2018 1/2-1/2 (36)}) 11. Rab1 Rb8 $146 (11... b5 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. Nh4 b4 14. Nd1 f5 15. Bg5 Bb7 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Ne3 Nec6 18. Nf1 Ne5 19. Bf4 fxe4 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. dxe4 Qd8 22. Qd1 Qf6 23. Ne3 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 g5 25. Ng4 Qc2 26. Qxc2 {Lanchava,T (2314)-Badelka,O (2353) Heraklion 2017 0-1 (38)}) (11... Bd7 12. Ne2 Nec6 13. Nfxd4 cxd4 14. Bh6 b5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 e5 17. f5 f6 18. h4 bxc4 19. dxc4 Qb6 20. Nc1 a5 21. g4 Qb4 22. Qc2 h6 23. Nd3 Qb6 24. g5 hxg5 25. hxg5 Nb4 26. Qd2 {Sygulski,P (2167)-Strybuk,A (1956) Bialystok 2017 1/2-1/2 (56)}) 12. b4 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 cxb4 14. Rxb4 Qa5 15. Rfb1 Nc6 16. R4b3 (16. Bb6 $5 Qe5 17. R4b3 $14) 16... Ne5 {0.74/22} (16... Nd4 $11 {-0.14/18} 17. Bxd4 Bxd4) 17. Be2 Qc7 18. f4 Nc6 19. Bb6 Qe7 20. Bf3 {0.00/22} (20. d4 $16 {0.89/18}) 20... Nd4 $11 21. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Kg2 Bxc3 {0.43/24} (22... Qc7 $11 {0.00/22}) 23. Qxc3 $14 e5 24. Qd2 (24. f5 $5) 24... Be6 {0.75/22} (24... exf4 $11 {0.24/20} 25. gxf4 (25. Qxf4 Bd7 $11) 25... Bd7) 25. Rb6 f6 {1.25/18} (25... Bd7 $14 {0.57/18}) 26. Qb4 $16 Qd7 {1.79/22} (26... Bd7 $16 {1.25/20 is a better defense.}) 27. Qxd6 $18 Bh3+ 28. Kf2 Qa4 29. Qd5+ ({Worse is} 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Rxb7 Qc2+ 31. Be2 Bg4 $11) 29... Kh8 30. c5 {1.06/21} ({Of course not} 30. fxe5 $6 Rbd8 $14) ({ Don't do} 30. Rxb7 $6 Qc2+ 31. Be2 Bg4 $14) (30. Qc5 $142 {1.57/18} Rbc8 31. Qe3) 30... Qc2+ $16 31. Be2 $1 exf4 32. gxf4 {0.02/17} (32. Qc4 $16 {1.00/24} Qxc4 33. dxc4) 32... Rbd8 $2 {1.54/22 [#]} (32... Qd2 $11 {0.02/17}) 33. Qc4 $1 Qd2 34. Qc1 $36 {White is on the roll.} Qxa2 {2.60/17} (34... Rxd3 $16 {1.33/20 } 35. Rxb7 Qxc1 36. Rxc1 Rd2) 35. R1b2 Qa3 {2.32/20} (35... Qa4 $142 {1.65/20} 36. Rxb7 Bc8) 36. Rxb7 Rc8 $2 {9.34/15} (36... Bd7 {1.75/15} 37. c6 Bc8) 37. Rc2 $2 {2.21/18} (37. Rxh7+ $1 {9.34/15} Kxh7 38. Rb7+ Kg8 39. Qxa3) 37... Qa4 $18 38. c6 {[#] Black must now prevent f5!} Rb8 $2 {3.96/14} (38... Be6 $16 { 1.52/10} 39. Ke3 Rce8) 39. Rxb8 Rxb8 40. Rc4 Qa2 {Threatens to win with ...Rb2. } 41. Rc2 $2 {0.00/17} (41. f5 $1 $18 {3.79/16}) 41... Qa5 $2 {3.75/18 Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 19%. . Loss on time!?} (41... Qa4 $1 $11 { 0.00/17 and Black is okay.} 42. c7 Rc8) 0-1

25 Sept 2014

E32 Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4.Qc2): 4...0-0 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3)

E32 Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4.Qc2): 4...0-0 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3)

There are over 70 different opening variations featured in this blog already and there still might be more. Every day I keep finding new ones. It has been interesting to go through my old games and see that I have played a lot different stuff over the years that I have mostly forgotten. I still feel that I play mostly the same nonsense over and over again even though there is clear evidence that it is not completely true. Then again it may be my opponents who are the reason for all the different lines, I would play the same thing always if my opponents would do the same.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.05.18"] [Round "?"] [White "muco23"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "1910"] [BlackElo "1805"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 {E32 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation} O-O 5. a3 {E32 Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4.Qc2): 4...0-0} Be7 $2 { 1.14/18 [#]} (5... Bxc3+ $1 $15 {-0.45/20} 6. bxc3 d6) 6. e4 d6 7. Bd3 {0.52/23 } (7. Nf3 $16 {1.37/20} Nc6 8. Be2 a6 9. d5 exd5 10. cxd5 Ne5 11. O-O Nfd7 12. Nd4 Re8 13. Be3 Nb6 14. Rad1 Bg5 15. Bxg5 {1-0 (15) Lalic,B (2491)-Mudrak,J (2377) Tabor 2010}) 7... e5 $14 (7... Nbd7 8. Nf3 h6 9. O-O a6 10. b4 b6 11. h3 Bb7 12. Bf4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. Rab1 cxb4 16. axb4 e5 17. Be3 g5 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Qb3 Nh5 20. Ne2 Nf4 21. Ng3 Kh7 22. Nf5 {Urh,Z (2066) -Hewawasam,H (1686) Porto Carras 2018 1-0 (59)}) 8. d5 {0.41/21} (8. Nge2 $16 { 0.86/18}) 8... a5 {0.89/19} (8... Nh5 $14 {0.41/21 is more appropriate.}) 9. Nge2 $146 {0.26/22} (9. Be2 $16 {0.89/19}) (9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nge2 Nc5 11. Be3 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Ng4 13. O-O f5 14. f3 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 f4 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Kh1 Bg5 18. Ng1 Bh4 19. Nh3 Bd7 20. Qe2 Rf6 21. Rg1 Rh6 22. Nf2 Bg3 23. h3 Qh4 { Nunes,J (2235)-Morais,V (2058) Almada 2007 0-1 (32)}) 9... Nbd7 {0.87/23} (9... Nh5 $11 {0.26/22}) 10. O-O {0.05/23} ({Better is} 10. Na4 $16 {0.87/23}) 10... Nc5 {0.75/21} (10... Nh5 $11 {0.05/23}) 11. f3 {-0.27/23} (11. Be3 $16 {0.75/21 }) 11... Bd7 {0.83/23} (11... Nfd7 $11 {-0.27/23}) 12. b4 $2 {-2.62/20} (12. Be3 $16 {0.83/23}) 12... axb4 $19 13. Nb5 $2 {-5.01/17} (13. Nd1 {-2.15/23 was called for.}) 13... bxa3 $2 {-1.10/25} (13... c6 $19 {-5.01/17} 14. axb4 Nxd3 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qxd3 cxb5) 14. Bxa3 $17 Nxd3 {-0.97/21} (14... Bxb5 $142 { -1.59/21} 15. Bxc5 dxc5 16. cxb5 Qd6) 15. Qxd3 Ra6 {-0.92/21} (15... Nh5 $142 { -1.38/21} 16. g4 Bxb5 17. cxb5 Nf6) 16. Nbc3 {-1.65/21} (16. Rfb1 $17 {-0.92/ 21 was worth a try.}) 16... Qa8 17. Bb2 Qa7+ {-1.14/22} (17... Rc8 $19 { -1.65/20} 18. Kh1 c6) 18. Kh1 Qb6 {-0.72/22} (18... Rb8 $142 {-1.50/19} 19. Rfb1 h5) 19. Rxa6 {-1.24/23} (19. Rab1 $142 {-0.72/22}) 19... bxa6 ({Don't take } 19... Qxa6 20. Ra1 $11) 20. Bc1 {-1.36/22} ({White should try} 20. Rb1 { -0.94/25}) 20... Ra8 {-0.62/24} (20... c6 $17 {-1.36/22} 21. Be3 Qc7) 21. Be3 $15 Qb7 22. g4 {-1.50/21} (22. Kg1 $15 {-0.65/22}) 22... a5 {-1.03/23} (22... Qc8 $142 {-1.50/21} 23. Ra1 a5) 23. Ng3 a4 24. Ra1 {-1.51/19} (24. Kg2 $142 { -1.00/21}) 24... Qb3 $2 {1.17/24} (24... Qb8 $17 {-1.51/19} 25. Nb5 g6) 25. Rb1 {White has strong compensation.} Qa3 26. g5 $36 {White fights for an advantage. } Ne8 27. Qc2 $1 f6 {1.50/24} (27... Bd8 $14 {0.53/24}) 28. Nf5 $16 Bd8 { 2.07/20} (28... Bf8 $16 {1.07/24}) 29. Rb2 {0.75/24} (29. Kg2 $18 {2.07/20 has better winning chances.}) 29... Qa1+ $2 {5.84/21} ({Don't blunder} 29... fxg5 $2 30. Nb1 $18) (29... Bxf5 $16 {0.75/24} 30. exf5 fxg5) 30. Bc1 $18 {White is clearly winning.} ({Less strong is} 30. Rb1 Qa3 $14) 30... Qa3 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qc5.} 31. Rb5 $1 Qa1 32. Rb1 {Accuracy: White = 17%, Black = 11%.} 1-0

C19 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main Line: 7.Nf3 and 7.a4 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Bd2 c4)

C19 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main Line: 7.Nf3 and 7.a4 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Bd2 c4)

One of the rare occasions where there is theory being played in a game of mine longer than two first moves... Even in this example the move order is a bit different than it is in the actual theoretical line but yeah, the same position can be achieved in so many ways. This post comes a bit later during the day because I had to go and try to teach some kids on how to play chess. The first group was maybe a bit too big to handle but the later group was smaller and had better chances of getting something through to them. Luckily I do not have to go there every week but once a month as there are people who rotate through the month.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.06.08"] [Round "?"] [White "antonbijl"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C19"] [WhiteElo "1752"] [BlackElo "1816"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 (1. d4 e6 {1-0 (60) Leenhouts,K-Plukkel,S Hengelo 1997}) 1... e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 (4... c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 {1-0 (60) Leenhouts, K-Plukkel,S Hengelo 1997} Qa5 7. Bd2 Ne7 {1-0 (64) Duran Barraza,M (1860) -Granados,R (1649) Cartagena 2012}) 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 {C19 French Defense: Winawer Variation. Positional Variation} Qa5 8. Bd2 c4 {0.57/20 C19 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7.Nf3 and 7.a4} (8... Qc7 $15 {-0.37/20}) 9. Be2 {-0.11/23} (9. g3 $14 {0.57/20}) 9... O-O {0.80/21} (9... Qa4 $11 {-0.11/23} 10. h4 Nbc6 11. h5 h6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Nh2 Rdf8 15. Bg4 Nf5 16. Bh3 Kb8 17. Bf4 Ka8 18. Nf1 Rhg8 19. g4 Nfe7 20. Ne3 f6 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Bg3 g6 23. hxg6 Nxg6 24. Ng2 Nh8 {Marek,M (2435)-Svatos,J (2264) Ostrava 2016 1/ 2-1/2 (38)}) (9... Bd7 10. O-O Nbc6 11. Qb1 Qc7 12. a4 a5 13. Bc1 O-O 14. Ba3 Rfe8 15. Bd6 Qc8 16. Qb2 Nf5 17. Bc5 Nce7 18. g4 Nh6 19. Nh4 f5 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. gxf5 exf5 22. Qa3 Re8 23. Bf3 Bc6 24. Qc5 {Brikov,I (2394)-Pendurin,E (2133) Donskoi 2018 1-0 (48)}) 10. O-O {-0.20/24} (10. h4 $1 $16 {0.80/21}) 10... Nbc6 $146 (10... Nd7 11. Ng5 b5 12. f4 h6 13. Nh3 f5 14. Kh1 Qd8 15. Rg1 a5 16. Qe1 Nb6 17. Nf2 Bd7 18. g4 fxg4 19. Nxg4 Kh7 20. Ne3 Qe8 21. Qg3 Qg6 22. Bh5 Qxg3 23. Rxg3 Nbc8 24. Rag1 Kh8 25. Rxg7 {Leenhouts,K-Plukkel,S Hengelo 1997 1-0 (60)}) (10... Ng6 11. h4 h6 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. h5 Ne7 14. g3 Nd7 15. Kg2 Nc6 16. g4 Ne7 17. Rh1 Rh8 18. g5 Nf5 19. g6+ Kg8 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Nh4 Qd8 22. Nxf5 exf5 23. Bf4 Nf8 24. Qd2 Ne6 25. Bg3 {Duran Barraza,M (1860)-Granados, R (1649) Cartagena 2012 1-0 (64)}) 11. Re1 {-0.25/23} ({White should try} 11. Nh4 $14 {0.52/18}) 11... f6 {0.47/21} (11... Bd7 $11 {-0.25/23}) 12. Bf1 { -0.30/23} (12. exf6 $14 {0.47/21} Rxf6 13. Bg5) 12... fxe5 {0.21/22} (12... Bd7 $142 {-0.30/23}) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Rxe5 Ng6 15. Rg5 {-0.21/22} ({White should play} 15. Re1 $14 {0.50/20}) 15... Rf6 {1.16/20} (15... Qc7 $11 {-0.21/22 keeps the balance.}) 16. g3 $2 {-0.81/24 [#]} (16. Bxc4 $1 $16 {1.16/20 Strongly threatening Bd3.} h6 17. Rh5) 16... Bd7 $2 {0.97/24} (16... h6 $17 { -0.81/24 keeps the pressure on.} 17. Rh5 Qa4) 17. Bg2 $2 {-0.94/20} (17. Bxc4 $1 $16 {0.97/24 is forced if you want to stay better.} Qc7 (17... dxc4 18. Rxa5 ) 18. Bd3) 17... Raf8 {-0.49/24} (17... h6 $17 {-0.94/20} 18. Rh5 Raf8) 18. Be4 {-1.78/21} ({Better is} 18. f4 $15 {-0.49/24}) 18... Ne7 $36 {Keeping White busy.} ({Stronger than} 18... Rxf2 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Bf4 $11) 19. Qg4 {-2.12/20 } ({Don't go for} 19. Qh5 $2 h6) (19. Bg2 $17 {-1.40/24}) 19... g6 20. Rh5 $2 { -5.01/20 [#]} (20. Rf1 $17 {-1.46/24 is a better chance.}) 20... Qb6 {Black is clearly winning.} 21. Rh3 {-7.63/20} (21. Bxd5 $142 {-4.38/25} Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxf2 23. Rxd7) 21... dxe4 $19 22. Be3 Nd5 23. Qh4 R6f7 24. Bh6 Re8 25. Qxe4 Nxc3 26. Qe5 Qb5 27. Qxb5 Nxb5 28. Be3 e5 29. d5 {Accuracy: White = 7%, Black = 32%.} 0-1

24 Sept 2014

C45 Scotch Game (1.Nf3 Nc6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qh4)

C45 Scotch Game (1.Nf3 Nc6 2.e4 e5 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qh4)

I wonder how long it would take for me to analyse all my games and post them or am I even able to do it as I do play more chess games almost every day. Of course if I could keep posting more games than I actually play during a day I might get there someday. That day will not be anytime soon as there are thousands of games more to analyse and maybe getting three to four games posted a day in this blog. Until next time, my fellow chess enthusiasts.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.05.23"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "amur12"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "1803"] [BlackElo "1751"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. Nf3 (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 {0-1 (20) Vasiliadis,A (1634)-Stoyanov,S (2098) Teteven 2011}) 1... Nc6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 {C45 Scotch Game: Classical Variation} 5. Be3 Qh4 {1.38/18 C45 Scotch Game} (5... Qf6 $11 { 0.02/22} 6. c3 Nge7) 6. Nc3 $16 {[#] Strongly threatening Nf5.} Bb4 {1.91/18} ( 6... d6 $16 {1.29/23}) 7. Bd3 {0.78/20} (7. Qd3 $18 {1.91/18 has better winning chances.}) (7. Nxc6 dxc6 8. Qd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. e5 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Nd5 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bd3 Re8 14. O-O c5 15. c4 Nb6 16. d5 c6 17. d6 Rxe5 18. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Be6 20. Bf4 Rd8 21. Rb1 h6 {Mesaros,S (1811)-Gelbenegger,P (1769) Worms 2014 0-1 (37)}) 7... a6 $146 {1.88/18} (7... d6 $16 {0.78/20} 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nxc7 Bg4 12. f3 g5 13. Nxa8 Rxa8 14. Bf2 Qh6 15. fxg4 Ne5 16. h3 Nfd7 17. Rb1 b6 18. Bd4 Qe6 19. Ba6 {1-0 (19) Richmond, P (2200)-Long,R Cardiff 1998}) (7... Nge7 8. Qd2 d5 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 dxe4 11. Bg5 Qh5 12. Bxe4 f6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Rhe1 Kf7 16. Bf3 Qc5 17. Qe3 Qa3+ 18. Kd2 Rad8+ 19. Ke2 Bc4+ 20. Rd3 Nf5 {0-1 (20) Vasiliadis,A (1634) -Stoyanov,S (2098) Teteven 2011}) (7... Nf6 8. Nf5 Qg4 9. Qxg4 Nxg4 10. Nxg7+ Kf8 11. Nf5 Nxe3 12. Nxe3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 Ne5 14. Be2 c6 15. f4 Ng6 16. g3 d6 17. Rd1 Ke7 18. Kf2 h5 19. h4 b5 20. Rd2 Bb7 21. Nf5+ Kd7 22. Nxd6 {Kukov,T (2076)-Batkoski,N Skopje 2011 1-0 (36)}) (7... Nh6 8. Nf3 Qf6 9. Bd2 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxe5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qg5 13. f4 Qg6 14. f5 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 O-O 16. f6 d5 17. Qh5 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Re8 19. Qg5 {1-0 (19) Novichkov,V (2140)-Faleev,V (1955) Dimitrovgrad 2009}) 8. Nxc6 {1.09/21} (8. O-O $18 {1.88/18}) 8... dxc6 { 1.60/19} (8... Bxc3+ $142 {1.09/21} 9. bxc3 dxc6) 9. Qd2 Bg4 {2.05/21} (9... Nf6 $16 {1.20/21 was called for.}) 10. a3 $18 Bd6 11. h3 Bh5 $2 {7.76/19} ( 11... Be6 $16 {1.44/20} 12. O-O-O Qe7) 12. Be2 $2 {0.34/22} ({White must play} 12. Bg5 $18 {7.76/19} Bf4 13. Bxf4) 12... Bxe2 $14 13. Qxe2 Qf6 {1.26/19} ( 13... Be5 $1 $11 {0.11/21 remains equal.}) 14. O-O {0.50/22} (14. Rd1 $16 { 1.26/19}) 14... Nh6 15. f4 {[#] aiming for e5.} (15. Kh1 {keeps more tension.} O-O-O 16. f4 Rhe8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. e5) 15... Qe7 {1.61/21} (15... Qe6 $1 $14 { 0.62/22}) 16. Qf2 {0.12/21} (16. Rae1 $18 {1.61/21}) 16... O-O-O $2 {4.08/17} ( 16... f6 $11 {0.12/21 and Black stays safe.}) 17. e5 $1 $18 Nf5 18. Ba7 Bxe5 $2 {5.29/22} (18... b6 {2.89/23} 19. exd6 Rxd6) 19. fxe5 Nh4 20. Bd4 Qg5 {Black wants to play ...Rxd4.} 21. Rad1 Rhe8 22. Ne4 Qh5 23. Qxf7 Qe2 {7.98/23} (23... Qg6 $142 {5.15/24} 24. Qxg6 Nxg6) 24. Nf2 Rf8 25. Qe6+ Kb8 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27. Nxg4 $2 {2.05/24} (27. hxg4 {6.08/21} Ng6 28. e6) 27... Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 {1.22/24 } (28. Rxf1 $18 {2.16/21} Rxd4 29. Rf7) 28... Nf5 $2 {5.22/22} (28... c5 $16 { 1.22/24 is tougher.}) 29. c3 $2 {0.40/23} ({Better is} 29. Ba7+ $18 {5.22/22} Kc8 30. Rxd8+ Kxd8 31. Ne3 Ng3+ 32. Kf2 Ne4+ 33. Kf3 Ng5+ 34. Kg4) 29... c5 $1 $14 30. Ke2 cxd4 31. cxd4 {-0.46/24} (31. Nh2 $14 {0.39/25}) 31... Rxd4 { 0.62/23} (31... Nxd4+ $15 {-0.46/24} 32. Kf2 Kc8) 32. Rxd4 {0.00/27} (32. Rd3 $14 {0.62/23}) 32... Nxd4+ $11 {Endgame KN-KN} 33. Kd3 Ne6 34. Ke4 Kc8 {0.50/28 } (34... a5 $11 {0.00/29}) 35. Kd5 {-0.79/24} (35. h4 $1 $14 {0.50/28 stays ahead.}) 35... Nf4+ $17 36. Ke4 Nxg2 37. Kf5 {-1.22/25} ({White should try} 37. Nf2 $15 {-0.53/26}) 37... Kd7 38. Nf2 Ne3+ 39. Ke4 Nc4 40. Nd3 b6 {-0.86/26} ({ Black should play} 40... Nd2+ {-1.41/24} 41. Kf4 b6) 41. Kd4 {-1.48/23} (41. Kd5 $142 {-0.86/26} Ne3+ 42. Kd4) 41... Nd2 42. Nf4 Nf3+ 43. Ke4 Ng5+ 44. Kf5 Nf3 45. Nd3 {-1.98/24 Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 17%.} (45. Nd5 $17 { -0.92/26 keeps fighting.}) 1/2-1/2

B12 Caro-Kann: Advance Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3)

B12 Caro-Kann: Advance Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3)

This is another short game that ended in a timeout victory for me. The final position favors Black slightly but in order it to matter, the player who controls the black pieces needs to actually move in the time allowed... My last move in the game was not that good and after that Black seems to get a slightly better position. I should have instead played 13.g4 in order to keep the black knight on the bad square h6. The reason why my move was bad is due to the fact that the knight could have jumped to f5 next move where it would have been more active. The game below was played in a tournament called 2014 September Grand Seven Fourteen III. It is one the tournaments at Red Hot Pawn that I can still win if everything goes right.

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Igwiz"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1895"] [BlackElo "1349"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 {B12 Caro-Kann: Advance Variation B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Short Variation} Qb6 5. b3 (5. Be2 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. O-O Bg6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 h5 11. Na4 Qc7 12. b3 Nd7 13. c4 Nh6 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bf2 a6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Qd2 O-O 18. Rac1 Qd8 19. Nc5 Nxc5 {Karpov,A (2365)-Chigvintsev,A (2386) Novosibirsk 2006 1-0 (38)}) 5... c5 $146 {1.00/18} (5... Nd7 $14 {0.40/20}) (5... e6 6. Be2 h6 7. Nbd2 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Bb2 Nge7 10. Rc1 Ng6 11. g3 Be7 12. Nf1 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Ne3 Bb4+ 15. Bc3 Be4 16. O-O Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Qxd4 19. Qc1 Qxe5 20. Ng4 { Nascimbene,R (1617)-Vernetti,D (1764) La Plata 2018 0-1 (47)}) 6. Bb2 {-0.31/21 } (6. Nc3 $16 {1.00/18}) 6... Nc6 {0.45/19} (6... e6 $15 {-0.31/21}) 7. dxc5 { 0.01/21} (7. Nc3 $14 {0.45/19} cxd4 8. Na4 Qb4+ 9. Qd2) 7... Qxc5 $11 8. Bd3 { -0.43/20} (8. Nd4 $16 {0.93/18} Nh6 9. Bb5) 8... Bxd3 $15 9. cxd3 Nh6 {0.22/21} ({Black should try} 9... e6 $15 {-0.43/20}) 10. O-O e6 11. h3 {-0.62/20} (11. Ba3 $11 {0.25/23} Qa5 12. Bb2) 11... Be7 {0.24/22} (11... Nf5 $15 {-0.62/20}) 12. Re1 {-0.63/21} (12. g4 $11 {0.24/22}) 12... O-O {0.27/22} (12... Nf5 $15 { -0.63/21}) 13. Nbd2 {-0.75/23 Accuracy: White = 0%, Black = 46%. . Loss on time!?} (13. g4 $11 {0.27/22 keeps the balance.}) 1-0

23 Sept 2014

C70 Spanish Game: 3...a6 4.Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.O-O a6 6.Ba4)

C70 Spanish Game: 3...a6 4.Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Bc5 4.Bb5 Nge7 5.O-O a6 6.Ba4)

So that this blog would not consist mainly of my won games, here is one that I lost, there will be more losses, draws and other things coming some time soon. Managing at the moment couple of posts per day, let us see how long I can keep it up, no pun intended... ;-) This a repost from one of my older ones under a new opening because I thought the one it was under was not right for it. The updates to older posts might occur also on the future in a way that I either rename them or move some of the games under more appropriate opening. Mostly the posts are the way I like them but some of the older ones where I did not look into the openings as closely as I should have, are somewhat wrong in my opinion.

[Event "Rated game, 15m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2008.05.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Tocklin, Tomi"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C70"] [WhiteElo "1464"] [BlackElo "1762"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2008.03.02"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {C46 Three Knights Opening} (3. Bb5 Bc5 4. O-O Nge7 {1-0 (30) Gutsuljak,J-Matveeva,A Dagomys 2004}) 3... Bc5 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Ba4 {-0.20/21 C70 Spanish Game: 3...a6 4.Ba4, Norwegian and Delayed Schliemann} ({White should play} 6. Bxc6 $1 $16 {0.73/19 Hoping for Ba4.} Nxc6 7. Nxe5 $1) 6... O-O {0.38/19} (6... d6 $11 {-0.20/21}) (6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. d3 (8. Ng5 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qd7 11. Nxg7+ Kd8 12. d3 Rg8 13. Bh6 Ng6 14. Nf5 Nf4 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nd5 Qf7 17. Nxf4 Ne7 18. Nxe7 {1-0 (18) Alvarez, C (1815)-Piedrahita Hernandez,B (1621) Medellin 2018}) 8... Na5 9. Be3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bxe3 11. fxe3 O-O 12. Nxb5 f5 13. Nc3 Bb7 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. Qd2 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Qxh4 17. e4 c6 18. Na4 Rad8 19. Qe3 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Rf8 21. Rxf8+ {Pikler, T (2085)-Auvinen,E Helsinki 1995 1-0 (34)}) 7. Nxe5 $146 (7. d3 d6 8. h3 b5 ( 8... h6 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. Be3 Ba7 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Qe3 Ra8 13. d4 f5 14. Rad1 Ng6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Na4 Qe7 18. Nc5 Be6 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 fxe4 22. Nd2 Nf4 23. Nxe4 {Skalny,R-Bernal Navarrete,M (1674) Krakow 2011 0-1 (53)}) 9. Bb3 Na5 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bb7 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Re1 f6 15. Bf4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Ne5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxh3 20. Qxe5 Qxg2+ 21. Kxg2 dxe5 {Gutsuljak,J-Matveeva,A Dagomys 2004 1-0}) 7... Bxf2+ {1.52/20} (7... Nxe5 $11 {0.17/21} 8. d4 b5) 8. Rxf2 $16 Nxe5 {White is better. } 9. d4 N5c6 {1.93/19} (9... N5g6 $16 {1.11/21 might work better.}) 10. d5 { 0.85/24} (10. Bb3 $18 {1.93/19 is more deadly.}) 10... Ne5 11. d6 $1 cxd6 12. Qxd6 {1.01/22} (12. Bg5 $142 {1.49/20} f6 13. Bb3+ Kh8 14. Be3 (14. Qxd6 Ng4 $16)) 12... N7c6 $2 {3.57/19 [#]} (12... N7g6 $16 {1.01/22 is a better defense. }) 13. Qd1 $2 {0.31/24} (13. Bxc6 $18 {3.57/19} Nxc6 14. Nd5) 13... b5 {0.72/22 } (13... d6 $14 {0.31/24}) 14. Bb3 Bb7 {1.57/17} (14... d6 $14 {0.35/22}) 15. Bf4 {1.07/21} (15. Qh5 $142 {1.57/17}) 15... Rc8 {2.53/19} (15... d6 $16 { 1.07/21}) 16. Qd6 $2 {0.51/22 [#]} (16. Qh5 $18 {2.53/19}) 16... Ng6 $14 17. Rd1 Nxf4 {1.60/19} (17... Na5 $14 {0.57/23}) 18. Rxf4 {0.42/21} (18. Qxf4 $16 { 1.60/19} Kh8 19. Rfd2 (19. Bxf7 Qe7 $14)) 18... Qb6+ {1.21/20} ({Better is} 18... Na5 $1 $14 {0.42/21}) 19. Kh1 Rcd8 $2 {17.22/21} (19... Qc7 $16 {1.08/25} ) 20. Nd5 $18 Qa7 21. Rdf1 $2 {3.76/23} (21. Nf6+ $1 {#6/23 mates} Kh8 (21... gxf6 22. Rg4+) 22. Rh4 Qg1+ 23. Kxg1 h6 24. Qf4 gxf6 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Qh8#) 21... Ba8 $2 {#6/35} (21... Kh8 $18 {3.76/23} 22. Rxf7 Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Qb8) 22. Ne7+ Nxe7 23. Qxe7 {17.37/24} (23. Rxf7 $142 {#8/24} Rxf7 24. Qxe7 h6 25. Bxf7+ Kh7 26. Qxd8 Qg1+ 27. Kxg1 h5 28. Qg5 g6 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qh6#) 23... Qd4 24. Rxf7 {Accuracy: White = 14%, Black = 11%.} 1-0

D11 Slav Defence: 3.Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bg4 4.c4 c6 5.Qb3 Qc7)

D11 Slav Defence: 3.Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4.e3 Bg4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Bg4 4.c4 c6 5.Qb3 Qc7)

The second truly new post today, thought doing another one and also tell of the updated posts that I added games to. The posts I have updated today are Dutch Defense: General and English Opening: King's English Variation. General, they both have now three games to look at. I might still do some of my older posts again since the openings might not be technically correct in some of them, a bit obsessed on things like that sometimes. We shall see if I get into changing them.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.05.18"] [Round "?"] [White "CommonElk"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo "1830"] [BlackElo "1818"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. c4 c6 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 {0-1 (48) Henni,A-Bouamra,K Algiers 2000}) 1... Nf6 (1... d5 2. c4 (2. Nf3) 2... c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 {0-1 (58) Dalo,H (2221)-Gomez Ledo,R (2411) Barcelona 2014}) (1... c6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 {1-0 (38) Kamaeva,D (1517)-Shakuev,V (1358) Sochi 2018}) 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. c4 c6 { D12 Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Pin Defense} 5. Qb3 Qc7 {0.52/18 D11 Slav Defence: 3.Nf3 sidelines and 3...Nf6 4.e3 Bg4} (5... Qb6 $11 {0.00/22}) 6. Ne5 Bf5 (6... e6 7. Nc3 {0-1 (58) Dalo,H (2221)-Gomez Ledo,R (2411) Barcelona 2014} ) 7. Nc3 e6 8. cxd5 {-0.25/22} (8. Bd3 $14 {0.35/20}) (8. Bd2 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 (9. cxd5) 9... Qxd7 10. f3 Bg6 11. g4 h6 12. h3 Be7 13. Ne2 Bd6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Kb8 16. Ba5 Rde8 17. c5 Bc7 18. Bxc7+ Qxc7 19. Nf4 e5 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Qc3 g5 22. Rhe1 Re7 {Dalo,H (2221)-Gomez Ledo,R (2411) Barcelona 2014 0-1 (58)} ) (8. Be2 Bd6 9. f4 Bxe5 10. fxe5 Ne4 11. O-O O-O 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Bd2 b6 15. Be1 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bg3 Qd7 18. Rad1 Ng4 19. Rfe1 Kh8 20. d5 Nf6 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22. Rd6 Qc8 {Kamaeva,D (1517)-Shakuev,V (1358) Sochi 2018 1-0 (38)}) 8... exd5 $11 9. Bd2 {-0.37/19} (9. f3 $14 {0.31/21}) 9... Nbd7 $15 10. f4 $146 {-0.92/18} (10. Bd3 $11 {-0.09/21} Bxd3 11. Nxd3) (10. Rc1 Qb6 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Nxd7 Kxd7 13. f3 h5 14. g3 Bd6 15. Bg2 b5 16. a3 Rhe8 17. Kf2 Bc7 18. Rhe1 Bb6 19. Ne2 Ba5 20. Bxa5 Rxa5 21. Nc3 Raa8 22. h3 g5 23. e4 Be6 24. e5 Nh7 {Henni,A-Bouamra,K Algiers 2000 0-1 (48)}) (10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Rc1 a6 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. Qa4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Kb8 15. Na4 Nc4 16. Bb4 Bxb4+ 17. Qxb4 Qa5 18. Rxc4 Qxb4+ 19. Rxb4 a5 20. Rb3 Bc2 21. Ra3 b5 22. Nc5 a4 23. Rc3 Bb1 24. Ne5 Rc8 { Khademalsharieh,S-Uvarova,A (1749) Kemeri 2007 1-0 (62)}) 10... Be7 {-0.50/22} (10... Qb6 $17 {-0.92/18}) 11. Be2 Nxe5 {-0.25/18} (11... Ne4 $17 {-0.77/19}) 12. fxe5 $11 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bb4 O-O {0.00/23} (14... Qb6 $15 {-0.51/21} 15. Bxe7 Qxb3 16. axb3 Kxe7) 15. Bxe7 {-0.51/22} (15. O-O $11 {0.00/23}) 15... Qxe7 $15 16. Bf3 {-0.75/19} (16. O-O $1 $11 {-0.10/20}) 16... Bf5 {0.24/21} ({ Black should play} 16... Bxf3 $17 {-0.75/19} 17. gxf3 Qh4+ 18. Ke2 f6) 17. O-O $1 $11 Be6 {0.24/25} (17... Bg6 {-0.22/22 might be stronger.}) 18. Rac1 { -0.75/23} (18. Be2 $11 {0.24/25}) 18... Rad8 {0.46/22} (18... f6 $17 {-0.75/23} ) 19. Bd1 {-0.37/25} ({Better is} 19. Be2 $14 {0.46/22}) 19... Bc8 {0.31/25} ( 19... f6 $15 {-0.37/25}) 20. Qa4 $2 {-1.29/18} (20. Qa3 $14 {0.31/25 stays ahead.} Qxa3 21. bxa3) 20... a6 $2 {0.25/25} (20... f6 $17 {-1.29/18} 21. Bb3 fxe5) 21. Qa3 Qg5 {0.99/23} (21... Qxa3 $11 {0.00/25 remains equal.} 22. bxa3 f6) 22. Rf4 {0.00/26} ({White should try} 22. Rc2 $1 $16 {0.99/23}) 22... f6 23. Bc2 $2 {-2.61/22} (23. exf6 $11 {0.00/26 and White has nothing to worry.} Rde8 24. Be2) 23... fxe5 $19 24. h4 Qh6 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. dxe5 Qxh4 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Qc4+ 29. Bd3 Qc1+ 30. Kf2 Qd2+ 31. Kf3 h5 {And now ...Bg4+ would win.} 32. Bg6 Bg4+ $2 {-0.02/29} (32... d4 $1 $19 {-1.75/23 Threatens to win with ...Be6.} 33. Qb3+ Kh8 34. Bxh5 Bf5 35. exd4 Qxd4) 33. Kg3 $11 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 $1 {[#] Intending Qe7 and mate.} Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qd8 $36 {Black is pushing.} 36. Qd6 {-1.27/23} (36. Qb4 $11 {-0.11/25}) 36... Qxd6 $17 37. exd6 {Endgame KB-KB} Kf8 {0.00/32} (37... h4 $1 $17 {-1.27/28}) 38. Kf2 {-0.87/24} (38. g3 $1 $11 {0.00/32 was the only way to keep the balance.}) 38... h4 39. e4 {-1.97/20} (39. a3 $17 {-0.76/28 keeps fighting.}) 39... dxe4 $19 40. Ke3 {-2.24/25} (40. b4 $142 {-1.83/29}) 40... Bd7 {-0.91/29} (40... Be6 $1 $19 {-2.24/25} 41. b3 Bd5) 41. Kxe4 {-1.67/26} (41. a4 $17 {-0.91/29 was called for.}) 41... Be8 42. Bf5 {[#] d7 is the strong threat.} Bf7 $1 43. a3 {-2.29/25} (43. Kd4 $17 { -0.80/28}) 43... Bd5+ $1 44. Ke5 $2 {-4.06/24} (44. Kf4 {-2.19/27 might work better.} Bxg2 45. Bg6) 44... Bxg2 45. Ke6 $2 {-10.84/26} (45. Kf4 {-3.97/26} g5+ 46. Kg4) 45... Ke8 {Accuracy: White = 19%, Black = 37%.} 0-1

A00 Irregular Openings (1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.d3 Nf6)

A00 Irregular Openings (1.g3 d5 2.Bg2 e5 3.d3 Nf6)

I managed to get over 1800 finally at Red Hot Pawn, took me about 10 years... Okay, I was not playing actively there in some of those years or at all but still. Had I remained a non-subscriber there it might have taken me many more years and or months. That is mainly because free members only get to play six games simultaneously there. Now I have over 140 games in progress there which, of course, helps to increase or sometimes decrease my rating much faster than if I only played only six games at a time. I seen people increase their rating around 300 points a day, but that of course is very rare as it needs a lot of games to end in the same day. I am hoping to get to 1900 there as well at some point but that might take several months or it could be a matter of days, it all depends how fast games end and if I manage to win more than I lose. I think I my winning percentage is around 72 there. It may seem quite a lot, but I guess I have mainly played against lower rated people there.

The game featured inaccurate moves during the first eight moves, but the first really horrible move of the game was played by me on move 9 when I moved my bishop to f5. It was actually so bad move that it could have been the losing move. The reason why the bishop is so badly placed at f5 is seen in the continuation 10.fxe5 Nxe5?? 11.Nxe5 Rxe5 12.d4 and the piece on f5 is lost. Therefore a better reply to 10.fxe5 would be 10...Nd7 and be content with the loss of a pawn.

Unfortunately for my opponent, he or she did not play the move 10.fxe5 and moved the king to h1 instead. With that move SavyNL went from a position where he or she had a winning advantage to being clearly worse. However, in order to get that clear advantage, I needed to play 10...e4. In the game I moved my queen to d7 in order to connect the rooks and maybe protect the bishop so that it could go to h3 and maybe trade the light-squared bishops later on. The next turning point in the game came after the move 16...Ne3. In that position my opponent moved the threatened rook to b1, which seems like a good idea at first, it is placed on a semi-open file where it attacks the pawn on b7, but the rook was already on a semi-open file where it could attack the doubled pawns on the f-file. Maybe SavyNL did not like to move the rook to f2, because it could be answered with Ng4 and repetition of moves would be possible.

I then played the very tempting move 17...Qh3 and the initiative was on my side, at least for the time being. It was not the most accurate move in the position and it did not start a dangerous attack, because my opponent was able to easily deal with the moves I came up with. The engine recommends the move 17...c5 at depth 33. The game continued to be played in a relatively equal way up to the move 24...R3e5. SavyNL moved the e-pawn to e4 in order to further protect the on f5, but it was insufficient because I had the square e4 under my control.

Because of that I won a pawn, but things were not that easy for me and actually I messed up very soon after I had won the pawn. The game continued with the moves 25...dxe4 26.Qe2 and then I foolishly took the knight on f5 with my rook. I should have taken on d3 with my pawn first, so that I could have remained clearly on the driver's seat. The knights would have been traded in both cases, but I would have had an extra pawn and the king could have taken the knight on f5, allowing it to have more squares to go to. The next diagram shows the position in which the last blunder of the game was played.

I moved the attacked rook to e5, which allowed the very nasty check at g4 with the queen. I had to go to h6 with my king and then SavyNL played 32.Rxe5 and I was lost no matter what I did, so I resigned after seeing the move. The pawn can't take the rook because of the reply 33.Qg5# and if the rook takes it, then Qxd7 wins the game.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.05.18"] [Round "?"] [White "SavyNL"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1807"] [BlackElo "1773"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] {[%evp 9,63,-68,-66,-69,-74,-81,-35,-69,-41,-79,191,-86,-58,-46,-47,-55,0,0,45, -10,-10,-13,-17,-26,-47,-102,-52,-59,-37,-35,-11,-8,-11,-11,-12,-41,0,-26,0, -27,0,-108,-108,-120,-42,-42,-41,-53,-48,-47,-29,-43,923,897,6804,5689]} 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 {A00 Irregular Openings} 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nc3 (5. fxe5 Nxe5 6. Nf3 (6. Bf4 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c3 Ng4 10. d4 Bd6 11. h3 Bxf4 12. gxf4 Ne3 13. Qb1 Nxg2+ 14. Kf2 Nxf4 15. e3 Ng6 16. Qc2 Qf6 17. Ke2 Bf5 18. Qb3 Rfe8 19. Raf1 Nf4+ 20. Kd1 Rxe3 {Suva,K (1588)-Abhiraaj,A Zirndorf 2017 1-0 (57)}) 6... Nxf3+ 7. exf3 Bc5 8. d4 Qe7+ 9. Kf2 Bb6 10. Re1 Be6 11. Bh3 O-O 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Kg2 c5 14. Be3 Rae8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. c3 e5 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Nd2 Bb6 19. a4 Qf5 {Ratolistka,J (2059)-Studnicka,T (2310) Prague 2005 0-1 (63)}) 5... Bb4 $146 (5... Be6 6. Nh3 Bc5 7. fxe5 Ng4 8. Na4 Ne3 9. Bxe3 Bxe3 10. c3 b5 11. d4 bxa4 12. Qxa4 Qd7 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. gxf4 Ne7 15. Qa5 Bf5 16. b3 O-O 17. Rg1 f6 18. c4 c6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. e3 {Gibson,J-Wallace,P Mulcahy 1974 0-1} ) 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O {-0.35/26} (7... e4 $17 {-0.81/21}) 8. Nf3 {Black is slightly better.} Re8 9. O-O Bf5 $2 {1.91/25 [%mdl 8192] [#]} (9... e4 $17 { -0.79/25 and life is bright.} 10. Nd4 Bg4 11. Nxc6 bxc6) {[%tqu "En","","","", "f4e5","",10]} 10. Kh1 $2 {-0.86/25} (10. fxe5 $1 $18 {1.91/25} Nd7 11. Nh4) 10... Qd7 11. fxe5 Nxe5 {[%mdl 32]} 12. Bg5 Bh3 {0.00/27} (12... Neg4 $15 { -0.55/21}) 13. Bxf6 $11 {[%tqu "En","","","","h3g2","",10]} gxf6 {0.45/22} ( 13... Bxg2+ $1 $11 {0.00/27} 14. Kxg2 gxf6) 14. Qd2 {-0.10/27} (14. Nh4 $14 { 0.45/22}) 14... Bxg2+ 15. Kxg2 Ng4 {White should prevent ... Ne3+.} 16. Kh1 Ne3 17. Rfb1 {-1.02/24} (17. Rf2 $15 {-0.47/27}) 17... Qh3 {-0.52/29} ({Black should try} 17... c5 $17 {-1.02/24} 18. a4 Re7) 18. Rg1 $15 Ng4 {[#] [%tqu "En","","","","g1g2","", 10]} 19. Rg2 $1 Re3 20. Rb1 b6 $36 {[%mdl 2048] Black has some pressure.} 21. Rb4 Rae8 22. Rf4 Kg7 {0.00/30} (22... R3e7 $15 { -0.41/28}) 23. Nd4 Kg6 (23... Kf8 $5 24. c4 dxc4 $11) 24. Nf5 {[%tqu "En","", "","", "e3e5","",10]} R3e5 $1 25. e4 {-1.08/27} (25. Nh4+ $11 {0.00/28 remains equal.} Kg7 26. Nf3) 25... dxe4 $17 26. Qe2 {[%tqu "En", "","","","e4d3","",10] } Rxf5 {-0.42/28} (26... exd3 $1 $17 {-1.20/26} 27. Rxg4+ Kxf5 28. Qf3+ Ke6 29. cxd3 Ke7) 27. Rxg4+ $15 Rg5 28. Rh4 Qd7 29. Rxe4 Re6 30. h4 Rge5 $2 {9.23/29 [%mdl 8192]} (30... Rxe4 $15 {-0.43/27} 31. Qxe4+ f5) 31. Qg4+ $18 Kh6 32. Rxe5 {Accuracy: White = 34%, Black = 24%.} 1-0 [Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2014.10.29"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Tocklin, Tomi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1605"] [BlackElo "1484"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "86"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [TimeControl "300"] 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 {A00 Irregular Openings} 4. Nf3 c5 $146 (4... e4 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qxc4 Nd6 10. Qf4 Bc6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rd1 Bf6 13. e4 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Nd4 Bxe4 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ba3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rd8 19. Nb5 {Vavric,P (2369)-Fingerov,D (2300) Odessa 2018 1/2-1/ 2 (55)}) (4... Be7 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Bg5 c6 11. c4 dxc4 12. dxc4 Be5 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. Bb4 Qe7 16. Nc3 Bd6 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 {Nascimento,P (1724)-Santos Barbalho,G Brazil 2010 1-0 (35)}) (4... Nbd7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. a4 e4 9. Nh4 exd3 10. exd3 Nc5 11. Ndf3 Ne8 12. b4 Na6 13. Bh1 Bg4 14. Ng2 Bf6 15. d4 Nd6 16. Ne3 Bh5 17. Qb3 Re8 18. Bg2 Nc7 19. Ra2 {De Winter,E (1823)-Newrkla,A (1969) Reykjavik 2013 0-1 (65)}) 5. c3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6 $1 { The position is equal.} Qxf6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. e4 O-O 11. Re1 {-0.54/19} (11. exd5 $11 {-0.01/21} Bxd5 12. Nh4 Bxg2 13. Nxg2) 11... Rad8 {-0.09/20} (11... d4 $1 $15 {-0.54/19 deserves consideration.}) 12. Qc2 {-0.64/16} (12. exd5 $11 { -0.09/20} Bxd5 13. Qe2) 12... Rc8 {-0.02/21} ({Black should try} 12... d4 $15 { -0.64/16}) 13. Re2 {-0.69/18} (13. exd5 $11 {-0.02/21} Bxd5 14. Rad1) 13... b5 {0.05/21} (13... d4 $1 $15 {-0.69/18}) 14. a3 {-0.74/17} (14. exd5 $11 {0.05/21 } Bxd5 15. Nh4 Bxg2 16. Kxg2) 14... a5 {0.06/22} (14... d4 $17 {-0.74/17}) 15. exd5 $11 Bxd5 16. c4 {-0.37/21} (16. a4 $11 {0.04/20} b4 17. Nh4 Bxg2 18. Nxg2) 16... bxc4 $15 17. Nxc4 $2 {-3.38/16} ({Better is} 17. dxc4 $15 {-0.36/18} Be6 18. Ne4) 17... Bb8 $2 {-0.01/22} ({Black should play} 17... Bxf3 $19 {-3.38/16} 18. Re3 Nd4) 18. Ncd2 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Qa4 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Qc6+ 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. Nc4 Rc5 {0.82/21} (23... a4 $11 {0.24/23}) 24. b4 $36 {Black is under strong pressure.} axb4 25. axb4 Rb5 26. Rb1 Rc8 27. Kf3 f6 {0.85/18} (27... f5 $14 {0.43/21} 28. Ra2 Bc7) 28. Ke4 {0.00/21} (28. Ra2 $16 {0.85/18}) 28... Kf7 {0.49/18} (28... f5+ $11 {0.00/21} 29. Kxf5 e4+ 30. Kxe4 Re8+ 31. Kf3 Rf5+ 32. Kg4 Rg5+ 33. Kf3 Rf5+ 34. Kg4 Rg5+ 35. Kf3 Rf5+) 29. Ra2 $14 f5+ $2 {2.10/17} ( 29... g6 $14 {0.49/18}) 30. Kf3 $2 {0.47/19} (30. Kxf5 $18 {2.10/17} Bc7 31. Ra7) 30... e4+ 31. Ke2 Kg8 {1.77/19} (31... Bc7 $14 {0.67/18}) 32. Ra5 $1 $18 exd3+ {2.35/18} (32... Rcc5 $142 {1.77/21} 33. bxc5 Rxb1) 33. Kxd3 Rb7 34. Kxd4 $2 {0.12/22} (34. Rxf5 $18 {2.23/18 b5 is the strong threat.} Rbc7 35. Rc1) 34... Ba7+ {0.56/22} (34... Rd7+ $1 $11 {0.12/22} 35. Kc3 Rdc7) 35. Kd5 $1 $14 Bxf2 36. Nd6 $1 Rd8 {[#] Strongly threatening ...Rb6.} 37. Ke6 {0.08/19} (37. Ra8 $1 $16 {0.82/21} Rb5+ (37... Rxa8 38. Nxb7) 38. Ke6 Rxa8 39. Nxb5) 37... Rb6 $11 38. Rd5 $1 Be1 {0.75/18 [#]} (38... Be3 $11 {0.07/18 keeps the balance. }) 39. Ke7 $2 {-0.99/18 [#]} (39. b5 $1 $16 {0.75/18 keeps the pressure on.}) 39... Rdxd6 $1 $17 40. Rxd6 Bxb4 41. Rxb4 Rxb4 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Ke6 Kg6 { Game drawn by mutual agreement. Accuracy: White = 12%, Black = 12%.} 1/2-1/2

22 Sept 2014

E00 Catalan Bogo-Indian (3.g3 Bb4+) (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 d5 4.e3)

E00 Catalan Bogo-Indian (3.g3 Bb4+) (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.a3 d5 4.e3)

I wonder if anyone truly enjoys chess if there is no real improvement in sight. I mean I have not really improved all that much in years or at all but whenever I get my highest rating in any given site, I feel maybe wrongly that there might be hope for me yet. I did manage to get to 2141 at the Queen Alice Internet Chess Club but then I had to lose like an idiot and drop my rating over 20 points. I did won the next game the same day even but it did not bring me all that closer to that peak as I only got couple of points for the win. I play too hastily even though there are long time controls and I should use at least some of it, well bigger amount of my time as I have done so far... This game I actually lost on time. The year 2009 was a time for timeouts for me, luckily I do not suffer those anymore in correspondence chess.

[Event "Corr game 1.1.2009-2.5.2009"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2009.01.01"] [Round "?"] [White "AccStanfc"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E00"] [WhiteElo "1501"] [BlackElo "1831"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 {0-1 (23) Dos Reis,A (1952)-Limp,E (2377) Rio de Janeiro 2016}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 {E00 Indian Game: East Indian Defense} 3. a3 d5 4. e3 {E00 Catalan Bogo-Indian (3.g3 Bb4+)} b6 5. b4 (5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Ne4 11. O-O f5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 c5 14. f4 Qe8 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Qc2 d4 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Bc4+ Kh8 {Dos Reis,A (1952)-Limp,E (2377) Rio de Janeiro 2016 0-1}) (5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Bb7 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. b3 c5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Bb2 a6 12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc5 14. Rad1 Nxb3 15. Qh4 Qc7 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Bd3 Ne4 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 {Vrona,M (1930)-Turkalj,Z (1870) Harkany 2018 1-0 (38)}) 5... dxc4 {0.11/21} (5... c5 $15 {-0.47/19}) 6. Bxc4 $11 Bb7 $146 (6... c5 7. Nf3 cxb4 8. axb4 Bxb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nbxd2 O-O 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. Bc2 Nb4 15. Re1 Rfc8 16. Re2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Ne1 Rc7 19. f3 Bd5 20. Nd3 Rc3 21. Nbc1 {Riedel,W (1400)-Arndt,H (1765) Forchtenberg 2003 0-1 (36)}) 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bb2 {White is slightly better.} O-O {0.53/18} (8... Nbd7 $11 {0.09/22 is superior.}) 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bd3 {-0.11/21} ({White should play } 10. O-O $14 {0.69/18}) 10... c5 11. Nc4 $2 {-1.91/20 [#]} (11. bxc5 $1 $11 { 0.05/24 and White is okay.} Nxc5 12. Bc4) 11... cxb4 $19 12. O-O {-2.21/19} ( 12. a4 $142 {-1.62/22}) 12... bxa3 {-0.82/23} (12... b5 $19 {-2.21/19 has better winning chances.} 13. Nce5 bxa3 14. Bxa3 b4) 13. Bxa3 $17 Bxa3 14. Rxa3 Qe7 {[#] And now ...b5 would win.} 15. Qa4 {-1.89/20} (15. Ra1 $1 $15 {-0.65/21 }) 15... a6 {White must now prevent ...b5.} 16. Qb3 Bd5 {-1.30/22} (16... b5 $19 {-1.91/20 Threatens to win with ...Bd5.} 17. Nce5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rfc8) 17. Qb2 b5 {-1.40/21} (17... Bxf3 $19 {-1.95/20} 18. gxf3 Nd5) 18. Ncd2 Rfc8 { -1.29/23} (18... Bb7 $19 {-1.80/20} 19. Rc1 Rfc8 20. Rxc8+ Rxc8) 19. Rc1 { -1.81/21} (19. Rfa1 $17 {-1.29/23 is a better defense.}) 19... Qd8 {-1.34/21} ( 19... Bb7 $19 {-1.81/21} 20. Rac3 Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Rc8) 20. e4 {-1.80/21} (20. Re1 $17 {-1.34/21 was worth a try.}) 20... Bb7 21. Ng5 {-2.50/23} (21. Rxc8 $17 { -1.47/23 was called for.} Rxc8 22. Rc3) 21... h6 $19 22. Ngf3 Qb6 23. Rac3 { Accuracy: White = 14%, Black = 38%. . Loss on time!?} 1-0

21 Sept 2014

C52 Evans Gambit Accepted: 5.c3 Ba5 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4)

C52 Evans Gambit Accepted: 5.c3 Ba5 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4)

Maybe I should learn this Evans Gambit thing soon as it is something where I seem to do quite badly all the time. Then again it is something I face quite rarely, so should I really put the time in to learn it. If my opponents ever happen to read this blog, they could start using the Evans Gambit against me, so that I would maybe learn it someday...

[Event "AUTO-MASTER-701"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2008.12.30"] [Round "1"] [White "SirKnight"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C52"] [WhiteElo "2019"] [BlackElo "2056"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 {0.26/22 C52 Evans Gambit Accepted: 5.c3 Ba5 C52 Italian Game: Evans Gambit. Pierce Defense} (6... d6 $15 {-0.51/20}) 7. Qb3 $11 Qf6 {-0.09/21} (7... Qe7 $1 $15 {-0.65/18} 8. O-O Bb6) 8. Bg5 {-1.08/20} (8. O-O $11 {-0.09/21 keeps the balance.} Bb6 ( 8... Nge7 9. e5 Qg6 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Bd3 Qh5 13. Nxh7 Nxd4 14. Qa3 Re8 15. Nc3 Ng6 16. Ng5 Nxe5 17. Be4 d6 18. Bf4 Bf5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Qa6 Bd3 21. Qa4 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nd3 23. Be3 {Machlik,J (1929)-Kyrkjebo,H (1711) Oslo 2015 0-1 (32)}) 9. e5 Qf5 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bxd4 12. Nc3 b6 13. Nb5 Bxa1 14. Nxc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 Bd4 16. Qa3 Nh6 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qe4 19. Qxa7 Qxc4 20. Qxb6+ Ke7 21. Qd6+ Kd8 22. Qb6+ Ke7 23. Qd6+ {Andriasian,Z (2628) -Batchuluun,T (2513) Katowice 2014 1/2-1/2}) 8... Qg6 $17 {...h6 is the strong threat.} 9. O-O {Black is better.} Bb6 {-0.66/20} ({Black should try} 9... Nf6 $17 {-1.16/19} 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxf7+ Kd8) 10. Nbd2 {-1.63/19} (10. Re1 $15 {-0.66/20}) 10... Na5 $146 {-0.37/22} ({Black should play} 10... h6 $19 {-1.63/19} 11. Bh4 dxc3 12. Qxc3 Nf6) (10... Nh6 11. Rae1 O-O 12. e5 Na5 13. Qb4 dxc3 14. Ne4 Nxc4 15. Qxc4 d5 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Qxc3 Bd7 18. Bc1 Nf5 19. Rd1 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Bc6 21. Ned2 Nd4 22. Bb2 Ne2+ 23. Rxe2 Rxe2 24. Nc4 Rxf2 25. Qxg7+ {Skrjabin,I (2114)-Salimaki,J (2225) Helsinki 2001 0-1}) 11. Qa3 $15 Nxc4 $4 {2.06/21 [#]} (11... dxc3 $17 {-0.96/22 stays on course.} 12. Qxc3 f6) 12. Nxc4 $18 dxc3 13. Nxb6 {1.14/22} (13. Rfe1 $18 { 1.87/20}) 13... Qxb6 $16 14. e5 $2 {-0.50/24} (14. Rab1 $1 $18 {1.65/20} Qc6 15. Rfc1) 14... h6 $15 15. Be3 {-0.97/19} (15. Bh4 $11 {0.00/23}) 15... Qg6 { -0.12/22} (15... Qb2 $17 {-0.97/19} 16. Qc5 Ne7 17. Qxc7 b6) 16. Qxc3 $11 c6 $2 {0.77/21 [#]} (16... Ne7 $17 {-0.99/21} 17. Qxc7 b6) 17. Bc5 {-0.09/22} ({ Better is} 17. Rad1 $16 {0.77/21}) 17... b6 18. Bd6 Bb7 19. Rfd1 {-0.88/18} ( 19. e6 $11 {0.00/22 remains equal.} dxe6 20. Ne5) 19... c5 $17 20. Rd3 { -1.61/22} (20. Nh4 $15 {-0.67/23} Qe6 21. Rd2) 20... Ne7 {-1.16/22} (20... Bc6 $19 {-1.61/22} 21. h3 Ne7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7) 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Rd6 {-1.89/22} (22. e6 $17 {-1.04/24} d6 23. exf7 Kxf7 24. Nh4) 22... Qh7 $2 {-0.17/22} (22... Qg4 $19 {-1.89/22 And now ...Bxf3 would win.} 23. h3 Qf4) 23. Rad1 $11 Rhd8 { -0.21/25} (23... Rad8 $1 $15 {-0.62/24 deserves consideration.}) 24. Nh4 $1 g5 $2 {11.61/19} (24... Kf8 $11 {-0.21/25}) 25. Rxh6 $1 $18 Qg8 (25... Qxh6 26. Nf5+) 26. Nf5+ Kf8 27. Qh3 {Accuracy: White = 44%, Black = 20%.} 1-0

20 Sept 2014

A40 Unusual replies to 1.d4 (1.c4 g6 2.d4)

A40 Unusual replies to 1.d4 (1.c4 g6 2.d4)

This is just one of the many examples where I play well up to a point and then comes the brain fart after which I play the worst move possible and lose easily. My self-destructing tendencies when I play chess is probably my biggest problem that inhibits my improvement. Then again, maybe it is my unawareness of tactics in the position that enables my losing ways.

[Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.05.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "SynapseBurns"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1886"] [BlackElo "1790"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. c4 (1. d4 g6 {1/2-1/2 (41) Saracco,M (1780)-Milanesi,E (1874) Bratto 2006}) 1... g6 {A10 English Opening: Great Snake Variation} 2. d4 {A40 Unusual replies to 1.d4} Nh6 3. Nc3 f6 4. e4 (4. Nf3 Nf7 {1/2-1/2 (41) Saracco,M (1780) -Milanesi,E (1874) Bratto 2006}) 4... Nf7 5. Nf3 Bg7 {1.66/19} (5... d6 $16 { 1.05/20}) 6. Be3 {1.12/20} (6. d5 $18 {1.66/19}) 6... d6 {1.79/17} (6... O-O $16 {1.12/20 was called for.}) 7. Be2 {0.96/18} (7. Qb3 $18 {1.79/17}) 7... O-O {1.76/18} (7... e5 $16 {0.96/18 might work better.}) 8. Qd2 $146 {0.88/21} (8. h4 $18 {1.76/18}) (8. O-O c6 9. Qd2 Na6 10. a3 Nc7 11. Rac1 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Rfd1 Be6 15. Rxd8+ Nxd8 16. Rd1 Bf8 17. b4 b6 18. Na4 Nb7 19. Bc1 Be7 20. Nc3 Kf7 21. Kf1 Ke8 22. Ke1 Nd6 {Saracco,M (1780)-Milanesi,E (1874) Bratto 2006 1/2-1/2 (41)}) 8... e5 $16 9. O-O {0.64/21} (9. Rd1 $16 {1.39/17}) 9... exd4 $14 10. Nxd4 ({Don't play} 10. Qxd4 Nc6 $11) 10... Bd7 {1.54/18} ({ Black should try} 10... c5 $14 {0.64/21}) 11. f4 Nc6 {2.04/18} (11... Re8 $16 { 1.25/21}) 12. Nf3 {1.02/21} (12. Rad1 $18 {2.04/18}) 12... Re8 {1.62/20} (12... f5 $16 {1.02/21 was necessary.}) 13. Rad1 f5 14. exf5 $1 ({Worse is} 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 (15. Qxd7 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxc3 $17) 15... Ncxe5 $15) 14... Bxf5 15. Nd5 {0.73/21} (15. Rfe1 $18 {1.72/20 has better winning chances.}) 15... Be4 { 1.70/20} (15... Ne7 $16 {0.73/21}) 16. Ng5 {0.52/23} (16. Bf2 $18 {1.70/20}) 16... Nxg5 17. fxg5 Bxd5 $1 18. Qxd5+ {0.18/21} (18. cxd5 $16 {0.91/19} Ne5 19. Rf4) 18... Kh8 $11 19. Qd2 Re4 {1.11/20} (19... Qe7 $11 {0.00/19 keeps the balance.} 20. Rf3 Qe4) 20. Bd3 $2 {-5.99/18 [#]} (20. Bf3 $16 {1.11/20 keeps the pressure on.} Re8 21. b3) 20... Rxe3 $1 $19 21. Bxg6 (21. Qxe3 Bd4) 21... Bd4 {Accuracy: White = 4%, Black = 38%.} 0-1

B01 Scandinavian Defence (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.dxe6 Bxe6 5.Nf3 Qe7)

B01 Scandinavian Defence (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.dxe6 Bxe6 5.Nf3 Qe7)

Another example in the Scandinavian and this opening variation was requested by one of the readers of the blog, so here it goes and hopefully he enjoys my loss. This was previously posted in my first post on this blog but going through my old posts and updating some things to make the posts more unified in a way, I happened to see that this is not the way I do things anymore so I needed to take this game from there and repost it. I also renamed my first post to make it more accurate.

[Event "ICC 5 0"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Date "2014.04.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Averagebum"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1417"] [BlackElo "1448"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "114"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] {[%evp 11,114,39,58,-75,-8,-377,-160,-312,-20,-59,-46,-86,-75,-96,186,163,384, 117,124,59,187,61,148,148,158,135,207,27,233,233,261,254,665,210,240,-358,-316, -322,-302,-296,-293,-571,-569,-559,-563,-561,-529,-542,-446,-483,-488,-533, -522,-652,-646,-663,-617,-663,-663,-679,-682,-748,-746,-844,-819,-29978,-29979, -29980,-29981,-29986,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29987,-29988,-29988, -29989,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29991,-29992,-29992,-29993,-29993,-29994, -29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29998,-29998,-29998, -29998,-29998,-29998,-29998,-29998]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 e6 {B01 Scandinavian Defense: Icelandic-Palme Gambit} 4. dxe6 Bxe6 5. Nf3 Qe7 {B01 Scandinavian Defence} 6. Qe2 Nc6 {LiveBook: 25 Games} 7. a3 {-0.75/24} (7. d4 $14 {0.58/28 keeps the upper hand.}) 7... O-O-O {-0.08/29} (7... Na5 $17 { -0.75/24} 8. Nc3 Nb3) {[%tqu "En","","","", "d2d3","",10]} 8. g3 $2 {-3.77/25 [%mdl 8192] [#]} (8. d3 $1 $11 {-0.08/29 and White stays safe.} g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Bf4 Ng4 11. h3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qf6 13. Qd2 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bg5 Qf5 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. d4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Kd1 Re8 20. Rc1 Bb3+ {0-1 (20) Dehmel,J-Holzhaeuer,M (2372) Dresden 2004}) (8. Qe3 Ng4 9. Qe4 Na5 10. h3 Nf6 11. Qc2 Bf5+ 12. Be2 Bxc2 13. Nc3 Nb3 14. Ra2 Nxc1 15. O-O Nxe2+ 16. Nxe2 Qxe2 17. b4 Qxc4 18. Rc1 Qxa2 19. d4 Bd6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Rd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxd1 { Lixa,A (1262)-Gordo,B (1707) Lisboa 2017 0-1}) 8... Qc5 $146 {-1.60/29} (8... Qe8 $19 {-3.77/25} 9. h3 Na5) (8... Qd7 9. Bg2 Re8 10. O-O Bh3 11. Qd1 Bd6 12. Ng5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ne5 14. d3 h5 15. h3 h4 16. g4 Nexg4 17. hxg4 Nxg4 18. f3 Ne3+ 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. Nh3 Bg3 21. Nc3 Rxd3 22. Qa4 Rd2+ 23. Rf2 {Edvardsson,H (1300) -Opstrup,N (1196) Copenhagen 2002 1/2-1/2 (59)}) 9. d3 $2 {-3.12/25} (9. d4 $17 {-1.60/29} Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nc3) 9... Bd6 $2 {-0.20/29} (9... Qa5+ $19 {-3.12/25} 10. Bd2 {[%tqu "En","","","","f8b4","", 10]} Bb4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} ) 10. Be3 Qa5+ 11. Nc3 {[%tqu "En","","","","h8e8","", 10]} Rhe8 $1 12. Bg2 Bf5 $2 {1.86/26 [%mdl 8192] [#]} (12... Bg4 $17 {-0.96/26} 13. Qd2 (13. O-O Nd4 $15 ) 13... Bc5) 13. O-O $36 {[%mdl 2048] Strongly threatening b4. White has strong initiative.} Bxg3 $2 {3.84/25} (13... Bg4 {1.63/26}) 14. hxg3 $2 { 1.17/26} ({Less strong is} 14. fxg3 Bxd3 15. Qf2 Bxf1 $16) (14. b4 $18 { 3.84/25 and White stays clearly on top.} Bxd3 15. bxa5 Bxe2 16. Bh3+ (16. hxg3 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 Nxa5 $16) 16... Kb8 17. Nxe2) 14... Bxd3 $16 {[%tqu "En","","", "","e2d1","",10]} 15. Qe1 {0.59/28} (15. Qd1 $1 $16 {1.24/22}) 15... Bxf1 { 1.87/22} (15... Ng4 $14 {0.59/28}) 16. Bxf1 {0.61/27} ({Don't take} 16. Kxf1 $6 Ng4 $14) (16. Qxf1 $18 {1.87/22 And now Bg5 would win.} Qh5 17. Nb5) 16... Qh5 {1.48/25} ({Black should play} 16... Ng4 $14 {0.61/27}) 17. Bg2 Ng4 {[%tqu "En","","","","c3d5","",10]} 18. Nd5 $1 Nce5 {2.07/28} (18... Nxe3 $16 { 1.35/28 might work better.} 19. Nxe3 (19. fxe3 Kb8 $11) 19... Kb8) 19. Nxe5 $2 {0.27/24} ({White has to play} 19. Qa5 $18 {2.07/28} Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 Nxe3+ 22. Nxe3 Rxe3 23. fxe3) 19... Qh2+ $2 {2.33/26} (19... Rxe5 $11 { 0.27/24 and Black is okay.} 20. Bf3 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 h5) 20. Kf1 $18 Rxe5 21. Qc3 Rde8 $2 {6.65/24} (21... Nxe3+ {2.54/26} 22. Nxe3 Qh5) 22. Re1 $2 {2.10/29} ( 22. Bxa7 {6.65/24} Qh6 23. Qa5) 22... c6 23. Nf4 $4 {-3.58/31 [%mdl 8192]} (23. Rd1 $18 {2.40/28} Qh5 24. Rc1 Nxe3+ 25. Nxe3) 23... Nxe3+ 24. Rxe3 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qxg3 26. Bh3+ $2 {-5.71/27} (26. Nh5 {-2.93/29 is a better defense.} Qxe3 27. Qxe3 Rxe3 28. Nxg7) 26... Kb8 $19 27. Qd4 {White hopes to continue with Ke2.} Qxe3 28. Qxe3 Rxe3 29. Kf2 Re4 30. Kf3 Rxc4 31. Nd3 Kc7 32. Bf5 g6 33. Bh3 Kd6 34. Bf1 Rc2 35. Ke3 h5 36. Bh3 f5 37. Nf4 Rxb2 38. Nxg6 Rb3+ {Black mates.} 39. Kf4 Rxh3 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KR-KN} 40. Kg5 Rxa3 41. Kxf5 b5 42. Nf4 Rf3 43. Ke4 {[%tqu "En", "","","","f3f4","",10]} Rxf4+ $1 44. Kxf4 {KP-KP} b4 45. Kg5 a5 46. Kxh5 a4 47. Kg4 a3 48. Kf5 a2 49. Kf6 a1=Q+ 50. Kf5 Qc3 51. Kf4 b3 52. Ke4 b2 53. Kf4 b1=Q 54. Kg5 Qbc2 55. Kg4 Q2d2 56. Kh5 Qce3 57. Kh4 Qdf2+ {Accuracy: White = 13%, Black = 29%.} 0-1

19 Sept 2014

Openings I have covered and my results in them

Collection of openings covered in the blog

Here I shall put all the openings in ascending ECO code and my results in them.