C47 Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4.g3 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.a3 d6)

The game below was played in the paweljaniak's mini-tournament I at GameKnot. The tournament started on December 13th, 2015. This mini-tournament uses the following time control, 3d +1d <5d. It means that everyone starts the games with initial time of 3 days and when you make a move, 1 day is added to your time, however, you can never have more than 5 days of thinking time per move. But because vacation time is allowed, players might have more than 5 days to think their moves at times when one of the players have postponed their games. I am currently on fifth place, but in case I win all my remaining games, I will finish on second place. I have finished 6 games so far and I have gathered 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses in those games. My opponent in this game, zanoni, has finished all but one of his 12 games in this tournament and has only managed to get 1.5 points in eleven games. His only remaining game is against me. Zanoni is currently on seventh place and if he wins our game, he will tie on sixth place if I win my game against chief_huerta, who is currently on sixth place in this seven player tournament. The order in the standings can therefore still change for all other players than paweljaniak, who has secured the win in his own mini-tournament.

[Event "paweljaniak's mini-tournament I"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2016.02.20"] [Round "?"] [White "zanoni"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "1717"] [BlackElo "1759"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 (2... Nf6 3. Nc3 {1-0 (37) Hagarova,Z (2275)-Koval,A (2225) Slovakia 1997}) 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. a3 {C46 Four Knights Game: Gunsberg Variation} d6 {C47 Scotch Four Knights and Four Knights with 4.g3} 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. d3 {-0.05/22 } (6. O-O $14 {0.44/18}) (6. d4 a6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. Bc4 Bf8 12. Ba2 Na7 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 Bc6 15. b4 Nb5 16. Bb2 Bxd5 17. exd5 e4 18. Nd2 Nd6 19. c4 b6 20. Rc1 Rb8 {Hagarova,Z (2275)-Koval,A (2225) Slovakia 1997 1-0 (37)}) 6... Be7 {0.66/20} (6... a6 $11 {-0.05/22} 7. Bc4 Be6) (6... Nd4 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Be3 c5 9. O-O a5 10. h3 h6 11. Bxd4 cxd4 12. Ne2 Be7 13. c3 dxc3 14. Nxc3 O-O 15. d4 Qc6 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Rc1 Nb6 18. Nd5 Qxc1 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Qxc1 Rfe8 21. Nf5 {Bayer,M (1497)-Jelinek,S (1318) Heusenstamm 2018 1-0}) 7. h3 {0.13/22} (7. Bc4 $14 {0.66/20}) 7... Nd4 $146 {0.87/21} (7... O-O $11 {0.13/22}) (7... a6 8. Bc4 Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Be3 Nc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nh2 b5 13. Kh1 b4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Bb3 Be6 16. Ba4 d5 17. exd5 Nbxd5 18. Bd2 Rb8 19. Nf3 Nxc3 20. Bxc3 e4 21. Ne5 Bd5 22. Nc6 {Hynninen,J (2126)-Alkkiomaki, J Finland 2005 1/2-1/2 (40)}) 8. Bxd7+ $16 {White is better.} Qxd7 9. Nxd4 { 0.14/20} (9. O-O $16 {0.79/19}) 9... exd4 $11 10. Ne2 c5 11. Bg5 {0.15/23} (11. b4 $14 {0.66/19}) 11... O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf4 Qb5 {1.07/18} (13... Rae8 $11 {0.24/21 keeps the balance.}) 14. Rb1 {0.60/22} (14. O-O $16 {1.07/18}) 14... Qd7 {1.17/18} (14... Rae8 $14 {0.60/22}) 15. Nd5 {0.76/22} (15. Qg4 $142 { 1.17/18} Qa4 16. Qe2) 15... Bd8 16. O-O Qe6 {1.49/19} (16... f5 $142 {0.81/21}) 17. Qd2 {0.62/20} (17. f4 $16 {1.49/19}) 17... f5 $14 18. f3 Rc8 {1.19/17} ( 18... Rb8 $142 {0.76/21}) 19. g4 {0.43/25} ({Better is} 19. Kh2 $16 {1.19/17}) 19... fxe4 20. fxe4 Bh4 21. Qg2 {0.00/24} (21. Rf5 $16 {0.79/19}) 21... Qe5 { 0.79/21} (21... g6 $11 {0.00/24}) 22. Rf5 $16 Rxf5 23. gxf5 Kf7 24. Qg4 (24. c4 {is more complex.} dxc3 25. bxc3 Rb8 26. Kf1 g6 27. Qf3) 24... Qg3+ 25. Qxg3 Bxg3 {Endgame KRB-KRN} 26. Kg2 {0.45/24} (26. c4 $1 $16 {0.98/21}) 26... Be5 $14 27. Kf3 {0.41/24} (27. c4 $16 {0.97/21}) 27... c4 28. h4 {0.00/25} ({ White should play} 28. Ke2 $16 {0.78/20}) 28... cxd3 $11 29. cxd3 Rc2 30. b4 g6 31. fxg6+ hxg6 32. a4 Kg7 33. a5 Kh6 34. b5 {-0.69/23} (34. Nf4 $11 {0.00/29}) 34... Kh5 {0.00/26} (34... Ra2 $15 {-0.69/23}) 35. a6 bxa6 36. bxa6 Ra2 37. Nb4 {-0.76/24} (37. Rb7 $11 {0.00/29 remains equal.} g5 38. Rh7+ Kg6 39. Rxa7 gxh4 40. Nf4+ Bxf4 41. Kxf4) 37... Ra5 {-0.09/30} ({Black should try} 37... Ra4 $17 {-0.76/24}) 38. Kg2 $2 {-3.40/22 [#]} (38. Rg1 $11 {-0.09/30}) 38... Rb5 $19 ({ Not} 38... Kxh4 39. Kf3 $15) 39. Kf3 $2 {-5.04/23} (39. Kh3 {-3.03/26}) 39... Bf6 40. Kg3 Bxh4+ 41. Kf4 g5+ 42. Kf3 g4+ 43. Kg2 Kg5 44. Kh2 Kg6 45. Kg2 Bd8 46. Kg3 Kg5 47. Rf1 Rxb4 {KRB-KR} 48. Rf5+ Kg6 49. Rd5 Bc7 50. Kxg4 Kf6 51. Kf3 Ke6 52. Rh5 Bb6 53. Rh6+ Kd7 54. Rh7+ Kc6 55. Rh6 Rb5 56. Rh7 Re5 57. Rh6 Bc5 58. Rf6 Kb6 59. Rf5 Kxa6 60. Rf7 Kb6 61. Ke2 Re8 62. Kd2 a5 63. Rf1 Ra8 64. Rb1+ Bb4+ 65. Kc2 Kb5 66. Rh1 Rc8+ 67. Kb3 Rc3+ {Black mates.} 68. Kb2 Rxd3 69. Rh5+ Kc4 70. Rb5 Kxb5 {Accuracy: White = 26%, Black = 60%.} 0-1