A42 Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 g6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Be3 Nge7 8.Nxc6)

This is another around ten year old game but the analysis is done only recently. I wonder how good I would be in this game if I had analysed my games right after I had finished them or at least in the same week. Analyzing games only after a decade has gone by is maybe a bit too slow progress rate but there might still be something to learn from the old games. I have managed to decrease my game count from 290 to 277 so maybe I am not that hopeless case after all. That being said, I still have one tournament that has not started yet which will increase the amount of games I play a bit again. I have updated puzzles from mate in ones to mate in six moves today and all in between. I have also started typing about chess basics but it will take me a bit more time to get it in the shape I want to get it before I consider it something I want to publish. There will be quite a few games still from my Red Hot Pawn games that I will publish before going at least briefly back to my Chess.com games.

[Event "Corr game 14.6.2004-8.7.2004"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2004.06.14"] [Round "?"] [White "ashukla"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A42"] [WhiteElo "1333"] [BlackElo "1849"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. e4 (1. d4 d6 (1... g6 2. e4 (2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 {1-0 (61) Naumkin,I (2446) -Mauro,A (2225) Estensi 2001}) 2... Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Nge2 (5. Nf3 exd4 {1-0 (61) Naumkin,I (2446)-Mauro,A (2225) Estensi 2001}) 5... exd4 {1/2-1/2 (34) Kramnik,V (2751)-Reinderman,D (2542) Wijk aan Zee 1999}) 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e4 {0-1 (37) Genov,P (2395)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2505) Albena 1986}) 1... e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c4 {C44 King Pawn Game: Dresden Opening} d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nxc6 {0.37/22 A42 Modern Defence: Averbakh Variation} (8. Be2 $16 {0.79/19}) 8... Nxc6 {0.95/18} (8... Bxc3+ $14 {0.37/22} 9. bxc3 Nxc6) 9. Qc2 $146 {0.12/19} (9. Qd2 $16 { 0.95/18} O-O (9... Be6 10. Be2 Qd7 (10... O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Rad1 Ne5 13. b3 Qe7 14. h3 f5 15. f4 Nc6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Bf3 Rae8 18. Bf2 Kh8 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Rfe1 Be6 21. b4 Qd7 22. b5 axb5 23. cxb5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Nd8 25. Rxe8 {Naumkin,I (2446)-Mauro,A (2225) Estensi 2001 1-0 (61)}) 11. O-O O-O 12. Rad1 Rad8 13. Bh6 (13. Rfe1 f5 14. Bg5 Rde8 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Nd5 Be6 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 19. b3 b6 20. Bf3 Bg4 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. f3 Bf5 23. Bd4 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Re8 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Kh6 27. g4 c6 {Yakovich,Y (2450)-Kantsler,B (2405) Uzhhorod 1987 1-0 (70)}) 13... f6 14. Bxg7 Qxg7 15. b3 Kh8 16. Nd5 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. f4 Rde8 19. Rfe1 h5 20. Bf3 Nd4 21. Rxe8 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxe8 23. Kf2 c6 24. Ne3 {Kramnik,V (2751)-Reinderman,D (2542) Wijk aan Zee 1999 1/2-1/2 (34) }) 10. Be2 f5 11. exf5 Bxf5 12. O-O Qf6 13. Rfd1 Kh8 14. Rac1 Rae8 15. b3 b6 16. Nd5 Qf7 17. Bf1 Ne5 18. f3 Bc8 19. Bh6 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Bb7 21. Qd2 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qf4 23. Rc3 a5 24. Qd4 {Genov,P (2395)-Azmaiparashvili,Z (2505) Albena 1986 0-1 (37)}) (9. c5 Be6 10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. Qxd6 cxd6 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ke7 14. Kc2 Rhd8 15. Be2 Ne5 16. Rd2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rhd1 Ke6 19. Bc5 Rac8 20. Bxd6 Rc6 21. Bf4 Rxd2+ 22. Rxd2 Ra6 23. Kb1 Ra3 {Kastek,T (2255) -Engelbert,C (2220) Hamburgo 1988 1/2-1/2 (39)}) 9... O-O 10. Rd1 {-0.52/21} ( 10. h4 $14 {0.43/20}) 10... Be6 {0.93/21} (10... f5 $15 {-0.52/21 stays ahead.} ) 11. c5 {-0.56/21} (11. Be2 $16 {0.93/21}) 11... Qe7 {0.26/21} ({Black should try} 11... f5 $1 $15 {-0.56/21} 12. exf5 Rxf5) 12. cxd6 $11 cxd6 13. Nb5 $2 { -2.05/19 [#]} (13. Be2 $11 {0.24/20 and White has nothing to worry.}) 13... Rfd8 $19 ({Don't do} 13... Bxa2 14. Be2 $17) 14. Be2 a6 {-0.98/24} ({Much less strong is} 14... Bxa2 15. Qa4 $17) (14... Rac8 $1 $19 {-2.09/21 is more deadly. Strongly threatening ...Nb4.} 15. Qa4 Bxb2) 15. Nxd6 $2 {-5.68/18} (15. Nc3 $17 {-0.98/24 is more resistant.}) 15... Rxd6 {Black is clearly winning.} 16. Bc5 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Qg5 18. Be3 {-14.36/18} (18. O-O $142 {-5.14/20} Nd4 19. f4) 18... Qxg2 19. Rf1 Qxh2 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Qc2 Bh3 {[#] ...Nb4 is the strong threat.} 22. Be2 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 Qe5 24. Be2 Qxb2 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. Bg5 Re8 27. f3 Kg7 28. Kf1 h5 {Accuracy: White = 3%, Black = 14%.} 0-1

D06 Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences (1.c4 d5 2.cxd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.d4 e6 6.e4 Bb4 7.Bd3 Nc6)

Yesterday I managed to get a very good draw in my correspondence chess game against a FM Juergen Kaufeld, his Online Chess rating at Chess.com is 2456 and mine is currently 1910. I will post that game analysed sometime in the future. This year has been the best year for me against titled players, never before have I managed to not only draw against a FIDE Master but also beat two International Masters, IM Aleksei Holmsten in an over the board blitz game and the young Polish IM Kacper Drozdowski in a Online Chess game at Chess.com!! Before this year, the highest titled player that I had beaten was a Finnish FM Tapio Salo and that was some years ago in a OTB blitz tournament. Both of those over the board victories came when I flagged my opponent but where I did manage to play quite well for the most part of the game. The game I am sharing with you now is from my early chess playing years. At the time when this game was played I had played my first tournament only a bit over three years ago. Well, I consider my so called chess career to have started around 2001 with my first tournament appearance albeit I had played chess before that to some extent but only some practice games. I have updated today mate in one, two, four and five pages.

[Event "Corr game 27.5.2004-14.6.2004"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2004.05.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "ashukla"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D06"] [WhiteElo "1849"] [BlackElo "1333"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. c4 (1. d4 d5 (1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nf6 {1-0 (16) Korol,V (2217)-Allayarov,D Satka 2011}) 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 {1-0 (34) Vaskevicius,A (1521)-Rudzkis,M Kaunas 2013}) 1... d5 {A10 English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense} 2. cxd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 e6 6. e4 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 {2.35/16 D06 Queen's Gambit: Symmetrical and Baltic Defences} (7... c5 $16 {1.07/21}) 8. Be3 (8. O-O Nxd4 (8... O-O 9. Bc2 b6 10. Qd3 a5 11. Rd1 Ba6 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Qg5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Be2 15. Re1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nd7 17. Qg3 e5 18. Ba4 Ncb8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nf6 21. Bxc7 Nxe4 22. Qf4 Qg5+ 23. Qxg5 {Desoye,G (1767)-Thullen,A (1570) Bayerisch Eisenstein 2018 1-0 (51)}) 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. Nde2 h6 11. h3 e5 12. Bc4 c6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be3 b5 15. Bb3 Ba5 16. f3 {1-0 (16) Korol,V (2217)-Allayarov,D Satka 2011}) 8... Bd7 {2.38/18} (8... O-O $16 {1.46/19}) 9. O-O $18 h5 $146 {3.31/18} (9... Ba5 $142 {1.85/21} 10. a3 Ne7) (9... O-O 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 Bxf5 15. Qxf5 g6 16. Qh3+ Kg8 17. Bg5 Qe6 18. Qh6 Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Ng5 f5 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. e6 Nd8 23. f4 Rf6 24. Qh5+ {Vaskevicius,A (1521)-Rudzkis, M Kaunas 2013 1-0 (34)}) 10. Bg5 {White has a decisive advantage.} Qe7 $2 { 6.44/18 [#]} (10... Be7 {2.43/20} 11. a3 Ng4) 11. e5 O-O-O 12. Ne4 Qf8 13. exf6 g6 14. a3 Bd6 15. Qc2 e5 16. d5 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. h4 Bf5 19. Nxd6+ Qxd6 20. Bxf5+ gxf5 21. Qxf5+ Kb8 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. Rxc7 $1 Rxc7 25. Rc1 Rhc8 26. Qd7 Ka8 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Qd8+ {Accuracy: White = 66%, Black = 10%.} 1-0

C20 1.e4 e5: Unusual White second moves (1.e4 e5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3)

I have kept climbing back up to where I once was in Chess.com's Online Chess ratings. I think I am 75 points behind my peak rating at the moment so I still have work cut out for me in order to reach new heights but if the games keep ending the way they have it should be only a matter of time when I get back to 1974 or somewhere around there. I have only moved in a couple of my games today and after I made a huge blunder which might very well mean the first loss for me in a Chess960 game, I thought I should take a break from moving and update the blog again. I have concluded 9 Chess960 games in my life and from those games I have 8 wins and one draw. That does not tell all that much from my abilities as a Chess960 player as my opposition has been mainly lower rated people. The game I am sharing now is one that features another offbeat opening that you rarely see played anymore. In all my games over the years I have maybe faced this line 10-20 times out of several thousand games. I have added a few more puzzles also today to mate in one, two and three pages. The beginner stuff I typed about yesterday will start appearing this weekend or that is the plan anyway.

[Event "Corr game 30.4.2004-25.5.2004"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2004.04.29"] [Round "?"] [White "AhmadFarhan"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C20"] [WhiteElo "1062"] [BlackElo "1849"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. d3 {C20 King Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation} Nc6 3. g3 {C20 1.e4 e5: Unusual White second moves} d6 (3... d5 4. Bg2 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. Bd2 Rb8 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 Qe7 12. Kb1 Be6 13. b3 a5 14. Na4 Nb6 15. Nxb6 Rxb6 16. Bxa5 Ra6 17. Be1 Rfa8 18. c4 {Meijers,V (2415)-Krivonosov,O (2400) Latvia 1994 0-1 (37)}) 4. f4 g6 $146 (4... f5 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. g4 Qh4+ 8. Ke2 Bxg4+ 9. Kd2 Bxd1 10. Kxd1 Bd6 11. Bg2 Nge7 12. Nc3 a6 13. a3 {0-1 (13) Chambi,A-Larico,R La Paz 2014}) 5. Nf3 Bg7 { 0.47/20} (5... h5 $11 {-0.06/21}) 6. Nc3 {-0.23/19} ({White should play} 6. fxe5 $14 {0.47/20} dxe5 7. Bg2) 6... Nge7 {0.27/19} (6... Nf6 $142 {-0.23/19}) 7. Ng5 {-1.21/17} (7. Bg2 $11 {0.27/19 keeps the balance.}) 7... f6 {-0.22/20} (7... exf4 $17 {-1.21/17} 8. gxf4 O-O) 8. Nf3 $11 {The position is equal.} Be6 {-0.11/19} (8... Bg4 $15 {-0.63/17}) 9. Bg2 $1 Qd7 10. O-O f5 $2 {0.83/20 [#]} (10... exf4 $17 {-0.76/20} 11. Bxf4 O-O) 11. Bh3 $2 {-1.43/18} (11. Ng5 $16 { 0.83/20 keeps the pressure on.}) 11... O-O $2 {0.47/19} (11... O-O-O $17 { -1.43/18} 12. fxe5 dxe5) 12. Qd2 $2 {-1.86/20} (12. Ng5 $1 $14 {0.47/19 keeps the upper hand.}) 12... Rf6 $2 {0.60/18} (12... fxe4 $19 {-1.86/20} 13. Bxe6+ Qxe6 14. Nxe4 exf4 15. gxf4 Rae8) 13. exf5 {-0.13/20} (13. Ng5 $1 $14 {0.60/18} ) 13... Nxf5 14. Ng5 {-1.11/20} (14. fxe5 $1 $11 {0.08/20} Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Ne4) 14... h6 $2 {0.99/20 [#]} (14... exf4 $1 $17 {-1.11/20 and life is bright.} 15. Rxf4 Re8) 15. fxe5 {0.05/21} (15. Nxe6 $16 {0.99/20} Qxe6 16. Qg2) 15... Nxe5 16. Bg2 $2 {-4.71/20} (16. Nxe6 $16 {0.82/19 is forced if you want to stay better.} Qxe6 17. Qf2) 16... hxg5 $19 17. Qxg5 $2 {-8.52/20} (17. Ne4 { -3.90/20} Rff8 18. Nxg5) 17... Rf7 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Be4 Bh6 20. Qxh6 Nxh6 21. Bxh6 Rxb2 22. d4 Nc6 {-4.36/22} (22... Rxf1+ $142 {-11.27/20} 23. Rxf1 d5) 23. Bxg6 {-9.72/18} (23. d5 $142 {-4.36/22} Ne7 24. dxe6 Qxe6 25. Bd3) 23... Nxd4 24. Rab1 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1 Bf5 26. g4 Bxg6 {Black mates.} 27. Rf8+ Kh7 28. g5 Qg4+ 29. Kf2 Rxc2+ 30. Ke3 Rxc3+ 31. Kd2 Rc2+ {Accuracy: White = 23%, Black = 22%.} 0-1

A00 Irregular Openings (1.e3 e5 2.Nf3)

I was surpised to see how many named opening lines there were starting with the move 1.e3 when I looked this opening up. Well the move 1.e3 is better at least than the 1.Nh3 I covered yesterday but the e-pawn is still not living up to its full potential if you only move the pawn one square up, so if you grab the e-pawn and want to move it on move one, move it to e4. I am going to do some content about the basics in chess for the beginners in both English and in Finnish in the coming days and or weeks depending how fast I am able to produce the content. If you have any questions about my posts or about chess in general, please leave a comment and I will answer to your questions the best way I can. I have updated the mate in one, two and three sections of the blog again today by adding a few more puzzles there. So today there are 72 positions in mate in ones, mate in two moves has 81, mate in threes has 64, mate in four moves collection contains 35 puzzles, mate in 5 has 16, mate in six moves has 9, mate in seven has two and mate in eleven has one puzzle to solve. All this adds up to 280 different puzzles which you can only see in this blog!

[Event "Corr game 11.5.2004-25.5.2004"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2004.05.11"] [Round "?"] [White "ikke"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1125"] [BlackElo "1849"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] {[%evp 9,51,-377,-374,-363,-327,-322,-314,-310,-307,-340,-337,-336,-335,-387, -396,-739,-750,-746,-739,-1738,-892,-1131,-1121,-1139,-1134,-1145,-1127,-1342, -1251,-1310,-1241,-1308,-1209,-2508,-2366,-29981,-29981,-29991,-29989,-29997, -29998,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. e3 e5 {[%mdl 32]} 2. Nf3 {[%mdl 32] A00 Irregular Openings} e4 3. Nd4 c5 (3... d5 4. h3 Nf6 5. f3 Bd6 6. fxe4 Nxe4 7. Qf3 Qh4+ 8. Ke2 Ng3+ 9. Kd1 Nxh1 10. c3 Nf2+ 11. Ke2 Ne4 {0-1 (11) Silva, M-Palacios Llancari,J (1809) Juiz de Fora 2014}) 4. Nb5 (4. Ne2 d5 5. d3 exd3 6. Qxd3 Nf6 7. c4 Nc6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nec3 Be6 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qb1 Bc6 13. a3 Nd5 14. Qe4+ Be7 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qa4+ Kf8 17. e4 Be6 18. Be3 a6 {Hamad,A (2241)-Naby,S (2331) Tanta 2003 1/2-1/2 (74)}) 4... a6 5. Nd6+ $146 (5. N5c3 Nf6 6. h3 d5 7. a3 Nc6 8. b3 d4 9. Na2 dxe3 10. dxe3 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Be6 12. Bb2 Nd5 13. Bc4 O-O-O 14. Nd2 Be7 15. Ke1 f5 16. g3 Bf6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. b4 b5 19. Be2 Ne5 {Miniszewski, M-Ptasznik,A (1789) Mielno 2010 0-1 (32)}) 5... Bxd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nxe4 d5 8. Ng3 {Black has a decisive advantage.} Nf6 9. c3 O-O 10. Bd3 Nc6 {[%mdl 32]} 11. Nh5 Ne5 12. Bc2 $2 {-7.39/24 [#]} (12. Bb1 { -3.96/28}) 12... Bg4 $19 13. f3 Bxh5 14. g4 Bg6 15. f4 Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Nexg4 17. h3 Nh6 18. f5 Qd7 19. Rf1 Bd6 20. d4 cxd4 21. cxd4 Rac8 22. Qf2 Ne4 {Black mates.} 23. Qf3 Bg3+ 24. Ke2 Qb5+ 25. Kd1 Qd3+ 26. Bd2 Qxd2# 0-1

A00 Irregular Openings (1.Nh3 d5)

Todays post involves an opening that I would not recommend to anyone. That is if you are wanting to play to win the game, then something else should be considered on move one. If you want to move that same knight, then f3 is much better square to develop it. When you play chess, you want to control as many squares as possible and especially the central squares e4, e5, d4 and d5. If you control the center, you control the game usually. When you develop the knight to h3 it has much more reduced influence on the game as it only controls four squares and on f3 it would control eight squares. As I looked this up, there is actually some theory on this move but of course very limited as the move is not that good or worth spending all that much time studying that move. 1.Nh3 may not be the worst move that you can play on move one but it is quite far up the list. Tomorrow I will share another game with an offbeat opening that in some ways is better than this opening I share with you now. I updated the mate in one, two, three and four pages today.

[Event "Corr game 3.5.2004-14.5.2004"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2004.05.03"] [Round "?"] [White "2redsportscars"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "843"] [BlackElo "1849"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. Nh3 {Amar Opening} d5 {A00 Irregular Openings} 2. Nf4 (2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e5 5. O-O Be7 6. f4 e4 7. f5 O-O 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. a3 a5 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. e3 Bxg5 14. Qxg4 Bxe3+ 15. Kh1 Ra6 16. Nf4 Bxf4 {Max-Marin, M (2515) Badalona 1993 0-1}) (2. g3 e5 3. f4 Bxh3 4. Bxh3 exf4 5. O-O fxg3 6. hxg3 {Amar Opening: Gent Gambit.}) 2... e5 3. Nxd5 $2 $146 (3. Nd3 Nc6 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c4 dxc4 6. Nxb4 Nxb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8. e3 Bd7 (8... Be6 9. Bxc4 Qh4 10. d4 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 exd4 12. O-O Nge7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nf3 Qg4 15. exd4 Nf5 16. h3 Qg6 17. d5 Nd6 18. Qh4 Na5 19. Ne5 Qe4 20. Qg3 Qxd5 21. Nd7 Ne4 22. Qxc7 Rfd8 23. Ne5 {Backlin,T-Fromm,T Taby 1991 0-1}) 9. Ba3 Nge7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. d3 a6 13. e4 Bg6 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. Rh3 b5 17. Bd5 Nxd5 {Backelin, T-Nilsson, L Vaxjo 1992 1-0 (63)}) (3. Nh5 Bg4 (3... c5 4. d3 Bg4 5. Ng3 Nf6 6. Nd2 Nc6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 Qc7 9. h3 Be6 10. e4 Rd8 11. Qf3 Nd4 12. Bxd4 cxd4 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Bb4 15. Rd1 O-O 16. Be2 Qxc2 17. f3 Qxa2 18. Qxe5 {Backelin, T-Hultin, P Vaxjo 1992 0-1 (59)}) 4. e3 Bxd1 5. Kxd1 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nxh5 7. h3 Nc6 8. c3 Qg5 9. Bb5 Qxg2 10. Re1 Qxf2 11. Rh1 Qf3+ 12. Ke1 Qxh1+ 13. Ke2 Ng3+ 14. Kd3 Qe4# {0-1 (14) Rosa,V-Comp Shredder 7,A Vicente Lopez 2003}) (3. Nd3 $142 Bd6 4. e3 $17) 3... Qxd5 $19 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ (5. Nc3 Qd6 6. Be2 $19) 5... Qxb5 6. Nc3 Qc4 7. Ne2 (7. d3 {doesn't do any good} Qh4 $19) 7... c5 8. O-O Qg4 9. g3 (9. f3 {does not improve anything} Qd7 $19) 9... Nc6 10. c3 (10. f3 { there is nothing else anyway} Qg6 11. d3 $19) 10... Qf3 11. Nd4 Qxd1 (11... exd4 $6 {is impossible} 12. Qxf3 dxe3 13. Qe2 $17) (11... Nxd4 {is a weaker possibility} 12. exd4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 exd4 14. h4 $19) 12. Rxd1 cxd4 13. exd4 exd4 14. d3 Bd6 15. Re1+ Be6 16. Bd2 O-O 17. c4 Bb4 (17... Ne5 {keeps an even firmer grip} 18. Rxe5 Bxe5 19. Bg5 $19) 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Rad1 Nxa2 20. Ra1 Nb4 21. Re5 Nxd3 22. Rg5 Nxb2 23. Re1 Nxc4 (23... d3 $142 {and Black can already relax} 24. Ra1 d2 $19) 24. h4 d3 25. Rd1 d2 26. h5 Bg4 27. h6 (27. Rb1 { does not save the day} Rfe8 28. Kg2 Re1 29. Rgb5 Rc1 30. Kh2 d1=Q 31. Rxc1 Qxc1 32. Rg5 Qxg5 33. f4 Qxh5+ 34. Kg1 Bf3 35. g4 Nxg4 36. f5 Qh1#) 27... Bxd1 28. hxg7 (28. Rxg7+ {does not help much} Kh8 29. Kh2 Bf3 30. g4 Ne4 31. g5 d1=Q 32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33. g6+ Kxh6 34. g7 Qh1#) 28... Rfe8 (28... Bf3 29. g4 d1=Q+ 30. Kh2 Qh1+ 31. Kg3 Qg2+ 32. Kf4 Nd5+ 33. Rxd5 Qxg4#) 29. Rf5 (29. Kg2 {cannot change destiny} Bg4 30. Rf5 d1=Q 31. Rxf6 Qd5+ 32. Kh2 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Re1+ 34. Kg2 Qh3#) 29... Kxg7 (29... Bg4 30. Rxf6 d1=Q+ 31. Kg2 Re1 32. Rf4 Qd5+ 33. Re4 Qxe4+ 34. f3 Qe2#) 30. Rf4 (30. Kh2 {doesn't get the cat off the tree} Bg4 31. Rg5+ Kf8 32. Kg2 d1=Q 33. Rxg4 Nxg4 34. Kh3 Nxf2+ 35. Kg2 Ne3+ 36. Kh2 Qh1#) 30... Bb3 ( 30... Bf3 31. Rxf3 d1=Q+ 32. Kg2 Nd2 33. Rxf6 Kxf6 34. g4 Qxg4+ 35. Kh2 Re1 36. f3 Nxf3#) 31. g4 (31. Rd4 {does not solve anything} Rad8 32. Rf4 d1=Q+ 33. Kg2 Re1 34. g4 Rg1+ 35. Kh3 Rh1+ 36. Kg2 Qg1+ 37. Kf3 Bd1#) 31... d1=Q+ 32. Kg2 ( 32. Kh2 {hardly improves anything} Re4 33. Rxe4 Nxe4 34. f3 Qxf3 35. g5 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Nf2#) 32... Re1 33. g5 (33. Rxc4 {does not win a prize} Bxc4 34. f3 Rg1+ 35. Kh3 Qxf3+ 36. Kh4 Rxg4#) 33... Rg1+ 34. Kh3 Qh5+ 35. Rh4 Qf3+ 36. Kh2 Rh1# 0-1 [Event "rated blitz match"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2009.02.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Makou"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "1320"] [BlackElo "1541"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. Nh3 d5 {A00 Irregular Openings} 2. Na3 (2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 (3... e5 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Kh1 h6 8. f3 Bxh3 9. Bxh3 Nc6 10. e4 dxe4 11. fxe4 Nh7 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Nxe7+ Bxe7 14. Qh5 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Qxg5 Nxg5 17. Bg4 Rad8 18. Rad1 {Llaneza Vega,J-Fernandez Palacio,E Spain 1997 1/2-1/2 (45)}) 4. c4 e5 5. O-O Be7 6. f4 e4 7. f5 O-O 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. d4 Nc6 10. Nc3 b5 11. a3 a5 12. Bg5 Ng4 13. e3 Bxg5 14. Qxg4 Bxe3+ 15. Kh1 Ra6 16. Nf4 Bxf4 {Max-Marin,M (2515) Badalona 1993 0-1}) 2... e5 3. e3 $146 (3. b3 c5 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3 e4 9. Be2 d4 10. exd4 cxd4 11. Nb1 O-O 12. c3 d3 13. Bf1 Re8 14. f3 exf3+ 15. Kf2 Ng4+ 16. Kg1 Bc5+ 17. Nf2 Bxf2# {Jones,L-Randall, P Detroit 1991 0-1}) 3... c5 4. Qh5 Nc6 5. Ng5 Qf6 $2 {0.95/27} ({Better is} 5... g6 $19 {-4.73/22} 6. Qf3 Qxg5 7. Qxd5 Nf6) 6. Nxh7 $16 Qe7 {[#]} 7. Nf6+ $1 Nxf6 {1.32/22} (7... Qxf6 $14 {0.56/28} 8. Qxh8 Nge7) 8. Qxh8 {White is clearly better.} Bf5 {1.74/24} (8... a6 $16 {0.85/24}) 9. Qh4 $18 O-O-O { 1.94/24} (9... Qe6 $16 {1.13/25 might work better.} 10. f3 O-O-O) 10. Qa4 $2 { -1.26/26} ({White should try} 10. f3 $18 {1.94/24}) 10... d4 $2 {1.72/23} ( 10... c4 $17 {-1.26/26 and life is bright.}) 11. Bb5 Qd6 $2 {3.85/24} (11... Bd7 $16 {1.37/25} 12. O-O a6) 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qxa7 dxe3 14. Qa6+ Kd7 { If only Black now had time for ...exf2+....} 15. Qb7+ {2.07/27} (15. fxe3 $142 {4.62/22 Strongly threatening 0-0.} Ke8 16. O-O) 15... Ke8 16. Nc4 $4 {-10.59/ 26} (16. fxe3 $18 {2.78/26} Be6 17. b3) 16... exf2+ $19 17. Kxf2 Qd4+ 18. Ne3 Ne4+ $2 {0.00/30} ({Black should play} 18... Ng4+ $19 {-8.19/25} 19. Ke1 Nxe3 20. Qxc6+ Bd7 21. dxe3 Qb4+ 22. c3 Qh4+ 23. g3 Bxc6 24. gxh4 Bxh1) 19. Kf3 $2 { -10.46/27} (19. Ke2 $11 {0.00/30}) 19... Bd7 $2 {-0.43/27} (19... Nxd2+ $19 { -10.46/27} 20. Bxd2 e4+ 21. Kf2 Qxd2+ 22. Kf1 Qxe3 23. Qxc6+ Bd7) 20. c3 $2 { -5.13/26} (20. d3 $15 {-0.43/27} Ng5+ 21. Ke2) 20... Qd3 21. Qb3 {-#6/42 [#]} ( 21. Re1 $19 {-4.76/26} f5 22. Qb3) 21... f5 $2 {0.91/27} (21... Bg4+ $1 { -#6/42 mates} 22. Kxg4 Qe2+ 23. Kf5 Nd6+ 24. Kxe5 Qh5+ 25. Kf4 g5+ 26. Kg3 Ne4# ) 22. c4 $2 {-13.02/25} (22. Qc2 $16 {0.91/27} Ng5+ 23. Kf2 Ne4+ 24. Ke1 Qxc2 25. Nxc2) 22... Ng5+ $2 {-1.69/31} (22... Nxd2+ {-13.02/25} 23. Bxd2 e4+ 24. Kf2 Qxd2+ 25. Kf1 f4) 23. Kf2 Qe4 {Black has strong compensation.} 24. d3 Qf4+ $2 {0.00/28} (24... Nh3+ $17 {-1.58/22} 25. Ke1 Qh4+ 26. g3 Qh7) 25. Ke2 $2 { -2.04/27} (25. Kg1 $11 {0.00/28 and White has nothing to worry.}) 25... Qd4 $4 {2.04/24 [#]} (25... e4 $19 {-2.04/27 aiming for ...Be6.} 26. Nc2 Qg4+ 27. Kf1 Be6) 26. Rf1 $2 {-1.41/24} ({Only move:} 26. Qc3 $1 $18 {2.04/24}) 26... f4 { -0.62/25} (26... Qh4 $17 {-1.41/24} 27. Qc3 Bd6) 27. Nd1 $2 {-2.42/25} (27. Qc3 $1 $15 {-0.62/25} fxe3 28. Bxe3 Bg4+ 29. Kf2 Qxc3 30. bxc3) 27... Bg4+ 28. Ke1 Qxd3 $4 {4.93/29} (28... Be7 $19 {-2.32/27 and all is fine. And now ...e4 would win.} 29. Nf2 Bf5) 29. Qxd3 $18 Rxd3 30. Nf2 $1 Rd4 {8.07/25} (30... Bf5 $142 {4.72/27} 31. Nxd3 Bxd3) 31. Nxg4 Ne4 32. Nxe5 Bd6 33. Nxc6 Rxc4 34. Bxf4 Bxf4 35. Rxf4 Kd7 36. Ne5+ Ke6 37. Nxc4 {Accuracy: White = 22%, Black = 18%.} 1-0

E21 Nimzo-Indian: 4.Nf3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 O-O 5.Bg5)

This game was played in a team match called Open Challenge Magnus Carlsen Group. It is played between Magnus Carlsen Group and DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS. I will never understand the fixation of all caps in a team name but then again it does not bother me as much as it does some people. This match is played on 21 boards and I played board 4 for Magnus Carlsen Group. I won both my games in the match, this game with resignation and the other on time. Even though there are still games left to play, DORU-66 & HIS BEST FRIENDS have already won the match as the score is at the moment I type this 12,5 - 24,5 in favor of our opponent. I have updated the mate in ones, twos, threes and fours today, so have a look there if you want to do some training. All puzzles you will find in this blog are taken from my games, the positions are either the actual game continuations or taken from the analysis of that game. The positions I have lately put there are all happened in the actual game the puzzle text refers to. The ones that have been taken from analysis continuations have no game comment on the puzzle text. I still have most of my moves to make in my correspondence chess games and I am going to make moves on them after I have made this post.

[Event "Open Challenge Magnus Carlsen Group - B"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.11.05"] [Round "?"] [White "kroksis"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "1722"] [BlackElo "1913"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 Bb4+ {1/2-1/2 (33) Lehmkau,S (1526)-Vishanji, F (1869) Gelsenkirchen 2017}) 3... Bb4 4. Nf3 {E21 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Three Knights Variation} (4. Bg5 O-O {0-1 (38) Lukac,P (1691)-Jancura,A (1881) Bratislava 2014}) 4... O-O 5. Bg5 {E21 Nimzo-Indian: 4.Nf3} Be7 $2 {1.13/17 [#] } (5... c5 $15 {-0.39/23}) (5... b6 6. e3 {0-1 (33) Maaser,B-Nadjmabadi,B Germany 1993}) 6. e3 {0.26/21} (6. e4 $16 {1.13/17}) (6. Rc1 d5 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 c6 9. a3 Re8 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bf4 Nf8 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rfe1 Bxf4 14. exf4 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b6 16. Rcd1 Bb7 17. Ne5 Nd5 18. g3 Rc8 19. Ne4 Qc7 20. b4 Nd7 { Arkhipov,S (2507)-Safronov,V (1899) Moscow 2015 1-0 (51)}) 6... b6 {0.92/17} ( 6... h6 $11 {0.26/21} 7. Bxf6 Bxf6) (6... d5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 c5 13. b3 a5 14. a4 Ba6 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qxd5 Rd8 18. Qc4 Ra7 19. Rfd1 Rad7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Nd4 { Lehmkau,S (1526)-Vishanji,F (1869) Gelsenkirchen 2017 1/2-1/2 (33)}) 7. Be2 $146 {0.04/21} (7. e4 $16 {0.92/17}) (7. Bd3 h6 (7... Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 12. Ne2 Nb4 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nh7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Kh1 Ng5 17. e4 f5 18. e5 Nh3 19. f4 Qh4 20. Qg3 Qh5 21. f3 g5 22. d5 { Maaser,B-Nadjmabadi,B Germany 1993 0-1 (33)}) 8. Bh4 Bb7 9. O-O c5 10. Rc1 d6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qd3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rd8 17. Rb1 a5 18. b3 Na6 19. a3 Rab8 20. h3 Qc6 21. Nc3 Nc7 {Lukac,P (1691) -Jancura,A (1881) Bratislava 2014 0-1 (38)}) 7... Bb7 $11 8. Qc2 {0.00/22} (8. O-O $14 {0.51/18}) 8... d6 {1.03/18} (8... h6 $11 {0.00/22 remains equal.} 9. Bf4 Nh5) 9. O-O-O {0.07/21} ({Better is} 9. Rd1 $16 {1.03/18}) 9... d5 {1.22/18 } (9... Nbd7 $11 {0.07/21}) 10. h4 {0.27/21} (10. Bxf6 $1 $16 {1.22/18} Bxf6 11. cxd5) 10... dxc4 {1.27/20} (10... Nbd7 $1 $11 {0.27/21 keeps the balance.}) 11. Bxc4 {0.71/21} (11. Bxf6 $142 {1.27/20} Bxf6 12. Bxc4) 11... Nbd7 {1.46/19} (11... Nd5 $142 {0.71/21}) 12. h5 $2 {-0.09/22 [#]} ({White should try} 12. e4 $1 $16 {1.46/19}) 12... h6 13. Bf4 {-0.78/18} (13. Bxf6 $14 {0.40/22 keeps the upper hand.} Nxf6 14. e4) 13... a6 {0.00/22} (13... c6 $17 {-0.78/18}) 14. Rh2 $2 {-2.05/18} (14. d5 $11 {0.00/22 and White has nothing to worry.} exd5 15. Nxd5 (15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bd6 $11) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5) 14... Bd6 {-0.89/21} (14... b5 $1 $19 {-2.05/18 and Black stays clearly on top.} 15. Bd3 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5) 15. Ne5 $17 Qe7 16. Nxd7 {-1.85/20} (16. Kb1 $17 { -1.20/22}) 16... Nxd7 {-0.95/21} ({Black should play} 16... Qxd7 $19 {-1.85/20} 17. g3 Bxf4 18. gxf4 c5) 17. g4 {-2.39/21} (17. Bxd6 $17 {-0.95/21} cxd6 18. Bd3) 17... Bxf4 $19 18. exf4 c5 19. dxc5 {-3.28/21} (19. g5 {-1.91/22 is a better defense.} cxd4 20. Rxd4) 19... Nxc5 20. Rg1 $2 {-7.47/21} (20. Rh3 { -2.66/22}) 20... Qc7 21. f5 Qxh2 {Accuracy: White = 5%, Black = 32%.} 0-1

A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.a3 b6 6.b4)

I guess this game falls into category weird time losses but maybe not as much the one game I am posting tomorrow. Well apparently white is clearly better according to Stockfish but maybe not winning and I would not resign in this position as black if I ever got to this position again. I was able to move in almost all of my Chess.com Online Chess games today which is a rare feat these days and I am happy that I managed to do that. Tomorrow I am hoping to go through all or at least most of my Red Hot Pawn games. It is around a hundred or more games I need to make a move in there. Almost every day it is the same with my Chess.com games or rather that is the amount of games where it is my move. Mate in one, two, three and four puzzles have been updated today so please take a look in there as well.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2009.06.05"] [Round "?"] [White "yellowidol"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "1724"] [BlackElo "1729"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 b6 6. b4 {A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7. [#] LiveBook: 40 Games. Hoping for b5.} Bxc3 $146 (6... Rb8 7. Rb1 cxb4 8. axb4 Bb7 9. Na2 Nxb4 10. Bxb7 Nxa2 11. Bg2 Nxc1 12. Qxc1 Qc7 13. Nf3 Nh6 14. O-O Nf5 15. Qa3 O-O 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Qa6 e6 18. d3 d6 19. e3 Ne7 20. Ne1 d5 21. Nc2 {Ftacnik,L (2360)-Petrosian,T (2645) Sochi 1977 1/2-1/2 (83)}) (6... cxb4 7. axb4 Bb7 8. Rb1 (8. Bb2 Qc8 9. Nf3 Nxb4 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Nd5 f6 12. O-O Nh6 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Qa3 Kf7 15. Nb5 Qd8 16. d4 Ne6 17. Nxa7 Nf5 18. Qd3 Nd6 19. Qb3 Qb8 20. Nb5 Nxb5 21. cxb5 Rc8 22. e3 Bf8 { Krivonogov,A-Zakharov,V (2345) Moscow 1995 0-1 (60)}) 8... Qc8 9. Nd5 e6 10. Ne3 Nd4 11. Nf3 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Bxf3 13. exf3 Ne7 14. O-O O-O 15. b5 Rd8 16. d3 d5 17. Ba3 Qb7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Qb3 Qb7 21. f4 {Seirawan,Y (2595)-Sax,G (2605) Moscow 1990 1-0 (55)}) (6... Bb7 7. bxc5 bxc5 8. Rb1 Rb8 9. Nh3 (9. Qa4 Nh6 10. Nh3 O-O 11. O-O Ba8 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Ba1 Bxc3 14. dxc3 Nd6 15. Nf4 Ne5 16. Qxa7 Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Nexc4 19. Nf4 Rc6 20. Nd3 Rc7 21. Qa4 Qa8 22. Qb3 Nxa3 23. c4 Nxb1 {Raynes,P-Davies,N (2375) Southport 1983 0-1}) 9... Ba8 10. Rxb8 Qxb8 11. Ne4 Na5 12. Qa4 Nf6 13. Qxa5 Nxe4 14. O-O O-O 15. Nf4 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. d3 Nc3 18. Bd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 e6 {1/2-1/2 (19) Velikov,P (2470)-Davies,N (2410) Copenhagen 1982}) 7. dxc3 {Strongly threatening b5.} Bb7 $1 8. e3 {-0.40/24} (8. e4 $14 {0.41/24}) 8... Nf6 $15 { Black is slightly better.} 9. Nf3 Qc7 {-0.08/26} ({Black should try} 9... Ne5 $15 {-0.69/24}) 10. O-O $11 O-O 11. Re1 {-0.38/25} (11. Nd2 $11 {0.03/28}) 11... d6 12. Qc2 {-0.45/25} (12. e4 $11 {0.00/27 is more appropriate.}) 12... Nd7 {-0.03/27} (12... Ne5 $15 {-0.45/25 is superior.} 13. Nxe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 dxe5) 13. e4 Nce5 14. Qe2 {-0.61/26} (14. Bh6 $11 {-0.12/26}) 14... f5 $2 { 1.11/23 [#]} (14... cxb4 $15 {-0.61/26 keeps the upper hand.} 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. cxb4 Qxc4) 15. Ng5 $1 $16 {Black must now prevent f4.} Rf6 16. Bf4 {0.13/25 Precision: White = 17%, Black = 5%. . Loss on Time!?} (16. f4 $16 {1.46/23}) 1-0

E07 Closed Catalan: Main Line (5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 Nbd7) (1.c4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nbd2 e6 5.g3 Be7 6.Bg2 Nbd7 7.O-O O-O 8.b3 a5)

I guess as I still managed to find a "new" opening, I am still continuing the same path I started in July this year. Despite August being a bit off in all accounts as I had some technical problems, I still have been able to post more than one post per day on average. If I do not fell in to a coma or worse or something major wrong with the computer I will keep a daily update schedule running. I hope I lost the game below on time because if I resigned in an even position, I would be really ashamed of myself... Or rather I would be if I were younger and cared about that more. I have also added more puzzles in the mate in one, two and three puzzle pages.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2009.06.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "chebec"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E07"] [WhiteElo "1729"] [BlackElo "1703"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. c4 (1. d4 Nf6 (1... d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 {1/2-1/2 (15) Marza Vendrell,C (1966)-Buxade Roca,G (2052) Vila Seca 2016}) 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 c6 (4... Be7 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O c6 {1/2-1/2 (15) Marza Vendrell,C (1966)-Buxade Roca,G (2052) Vila Seca 2016}) 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 a5 8. Nbd2 {1-0 (38) Perhacs,G (1957)-Pollak,R (1873) Slovakia 2007}) 1... c6 (1... Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 {1/2-1/2 (61) Rodgaard,J (2370)-Lanc,A (2495) Copenhagen 1987}) 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 {D11 Slav Defense: Breyer Variation} e6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 a5 {E07 Closed Catalan: Main Line (5.Nf3 0-0 6.0-0 Nbd7)} 9. Bb2 {-0.05/20} (9. Qc2 $14 {0.53/17} a4 10. Rb1 axb3 11. axb3 Re8 12. Bb2 h6 13. Ra1 Rxa1 14. Rxa1 Nb8 15. c5 Na6 16. Bc3 Bd7 17. e3 Nc7 18. Ne5 Rf8 19. f4 Be8 20. b4 Nd7 21. Ndf3 f5 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Ne5 Be8 24. Qe2 {Rodgaard,J (2370)-Lanc,A (2495) Copenhagen 1987 1/2-1/2 (61)}) 9... b5 {0.95/19} (9... Ne4 $11 {-0.05/20 keeps the balance.}) (9... a4 10. Qc2 Qa5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Qh5 14. Rad1 Bf6 15. b4 Nb6 { 1/2-1/2 (15) Marza Vendrell,C (1966)-Buxade Roca,G (2052) Vila Seca 2016}) 10. Rc1 $146 {-0.13/22} (10. c5 $1 $16 {0.95/19}) (10. Qc2 bxc4 11. bxc4 Ba6 12. Rfe1 Rb8 13. Rab1 h6 14. e4 Bb4 15. a3 Be7 16. e5 Nh7 17. c5 Qc7 18. Bc3 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Rb8 20. Rxb8+ Nxb8 21. Qb3 Nf8 22. Bxa5 Qxa5 23. Qxb8 Qxa3 24. Qa7 Bg5 {Perhacs,G (1957)-Pollak,R (1873) Slovakia 2007 1-0 (38)}) 10... Ba6 {0.37/20} (10... Bb7 $11 {-0.13/22}) 11. Re1 {-0.34/22} (11. Qc2 $14 {0.37/20}) 11... Qb6 {0.67/20} (11... bxc4 $15 {-0.34/22} 12. bxc4 Rb8) 12. Rb1 {-0.04/22} (12. c5 $14 {0.67/20} Qc7 13. e4) 12... Rfb8 {0.93/17} (12... Ne4 $11 {-0.04/22}) 13. Qc2 {-0.18/21} (13. c5 $16 {0.93/17} Qb7 14. e4) 13... Ra7 {0.76/20} (13... c5 $11 {-0.18/21}) 14. e4 {0.19/23} (14. c5 $16 {0.76/20} Qc7 15. e4) 14... dxe4 { 0.96/18} (14... Nxe4 $11 {0.19/23} 15. c5 (15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 bxc4 $14) 15... Qc7) 15. Ng5 {-0.15/21} (15. Nxe4 $6 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 bxc4 $11) (15. c5 $16 {0.96/18} Qc7 16. Nxe4) 15... Bb4 {0.87/20} (15... c5 $11 {-0.15/21}) 16. Bc3 { -0.23/20} (16. c5 $16 {0.87/20} Qd8 17. Ngxe4) 16... Bxc3 $11 17. Qxc3 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Ngxe4 Nfxe4 {0.08/21} (19... Ncxe4 $15 {-0.34/22} 20. Bxe4 (20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rc8 $11) 20... Nxe4 21. Nxe4 (21. Rxe4 Rd8 $15) 21... bxc4) 20. Bxe4 {-0.63/20} ({Better is} 20. Nxe4 $11 {0.08/21} Nxe4 21. Bxe4 (21. Rxe4 bxc4 22. Rd4 Rf8 $11)) 20... Nxe4 {0.00/22} (20... Rd7 $15 {-0.63/20}) 21. Rxe4 {-0.79/21} (21. Nxe4 $11 {0.00/22 remains equal.} bxc4 22. bxc4 Qxb1 23. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 24. Kg2) 21... Rc7 {0.01/24} ({Black should try} 21... Rd8 $17 {-0.79/21} 22. c5 Qc6) 22. Rc1 {-0.90/21} (22. Rg4 $11 {0.01/24} f5 23. Rd4) 22... Rbc8 { 0.09/23} ({Black should play} 22... Rd8 $17 {-0.90/21} 23. c5 Qc6 24. Qxa5 Bb7) 23. Qd3 {-0.66/19} (23. Rg4 $11 {0.09/23} f5 24. Rd4) 23... Bb7 24. Rd4 $1 { [#] Rd8+ would kill now.} Re7 {0.78/21} (24... h6 $1 $15 {-0.69/24}) 25. Re1 { -0.10/25} (25. c5 $16 {0.78/21} Qc6 26. f3) 25... bxc4 26. Nxc4 Qc6 {Accuracy: White = 3%, Black = 13%. . Loss on time!?} 0-1

B10 Caro-Kann: 2.d3 and 2.c4 (1.e4 c6 2.c4 e5)

I have come up with something special to share when I do not have anymore different openings to go through but I am not going to spoil the surprise yet. I have not experimented with the idea yet to test if it works but I am quite confident about it at the moment. Only time will tell what my brilliant idea is. Safe to say though that it will bring even more diversity to this blog and that is all I am going to say about it. For the time being I hope you enjoy the posts I have made and if you do, please tell your friends about it. I have updated more puzzles today as well in the mate in ones, twos and threes. I did manage to go through one of my databases and went on to the next one, where I can pull even more puzzles for you all to solve. Until next time, my fellow chess enthusiasts.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.11.11"] [Round "?"] [White "jaxtorget"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "1658"] [BlackElo "1705"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 {B10 Caro-Kann: 2.d3 and 2.c4 B10 Caro-Kann Defense: Accelerated Panov Attack. Open Variation} 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 d6 $146 (4... h6 5. d4 g5 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O Ne7 8. h4 d6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 g4 11. Bxf4 Na6 12. Nh2 Qd4+ 13. Kh1 Nb4 14. Be2 Qxd1 15. Bxd1 h5 16. Nc3 Bf5 17. Be2 Nd3 18. Bg5 Bg6 19. Bf6 {Dickinson,T (2177)-MacDonald Ross,M (2198) West Bromwich 2004 1/ 2-1/2 (56)}) (4... Ne7 5. d4 Ng6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Ne1 Qh4 11. Rb1 c5 12. Rb2 Nc6 13. Bb1 b6 14. Rbf2 Ba6 15. Bxf4 Qe7 16. Qa4 Na5 17. Bd3 Rac8 18. Nc2 Nxf4 19. Rxf4 {Rombaldoni,A (2464)-Solak,D (2602) Plovdiv 2012 0-1 (34)}) (4... Bc5 5. d4 Bb6 6. Bxf4 c5 7. d5 Bc7 8. d6 Ba5+ 9. Nc3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Qd2 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rae1 Nh5 15. Ng5 f6 16. Nh3 Nc6 17. e5 fxe5 18. Bxe5 O-O-O 19. Ng5 {Slepanek,J (1818)-Trenz,T (1274) Brno 2010 1-0}) 5. d4 Qf6 $2 {0.31/18 [#]} ({Black should try} 5... g5 $1 $17 {-1.55/17 ...g4 is the strong threat.} 6. h3 Bg7) 6. Nc3 {White has compensation.} g6 $2 {1.66/16} (6... g5 $11 {0.03/20 and Black has nothing to worry.}) 7. Bd3 {0.42/20} ({Better is} 7. e5 $18 {1.66/16} dxe5 8. dxe5) 7... Bh6 {1.59/18} (7... Bg4 $14 {0.42/20}) 8. O-O $16 {White is clearly better.} Ne7 {1.82/19} (8... Qd8 $16 {1.29/22}) 9. e5 $18 dxe5 10. Ne4 ({Less strong is } 10. Nxe5 O-O $14) (10. dxe5 Qg7 $14) 10... Qe6 11. d5 $2 {-1.29/22 [#]} ({ Weaker is} 11. Nxe5 f5 $14) (11. dxe5 $18 {2.36/19} O-O 12. Nf6+ Kg7 13. b3) 11... cxd5 $17 12. cxd5 Nxd5 $2 {1.53/18} (12... Qb6+ $1 $19 {-1.77/19} 13. Kh1 Nd7) 13. Kh1 $2 {-2.96/22} (13. Bc4 $16 {1.53/18 is forced if you want to stay better.}) 13... O-O $2 {0.77/21} (13... Nb6 $1 $19 {-2.96/22 Threatens to win with ...0-0.} 14. Bb5+ Nc6) 14. Bc4 $16 Rd8 $2 {2.35/19} (14... Ne3 $16 { 0.71/22} 15. Bxe6 Nxd1 16. Bxc8 Rxc8 17. Rxd1 Bg7) 15. Qb3 {1.09/22} (15. Bxd5 $1 $18 {2.35/19 is the precise move to win.} Rxd5 16. Qxd5 $1) 15... Nc6 { 1.86/23} (15... Qb6 $16 {1.09/22}) 16. Bd2 $4 {-2.26/22} (16. Bxd5 $1 $18 { 1.86/23} Qe7 17. Bd2) 16... a6 $4 {2.69/22} (16... Nce7 $19 {-2.26/22 avoids the disaster.} 17. Rad1 a5) 17. Rae1 $4 {-2.37/24} (17. Bxd5 $1 $18 {2.69/22} Rxd5 18. Qxd5 $1) 17... b5 $4 {2.83/22} (17... Bg7 $19 {-2.37/24 aiming for ... b5.} 18. Nc5 Qd6) 18. Bxd5 $1 $18 Rxd5 19. Neg5 $4 {-5.50/20} (19. Qxd5 $1 $18 {2.99/21 is the narrow road to win. Hoping for Nxe5!} Bg7 (19... Qxd5 20. Nf6+) 20. Qd3) 19... Qd7 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Bc3 Bb7 { Accuracy: White = 20%, Black = 6%.} 0-1

B45 Sicilian Four Knights (1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2)

Today I finally ended my winning streak at Chess.com, it had become pretty ridiculous to be honest, I had won 19 games in a row there. It may be actually the longest streak I have had at any site ever before. The longest winning streak I remember having was many, many years ago when I still played chess at Yahoo, I think I got to 17 then. My longest losing streak is, well I do not even know how long that is, somehow that has never been something I want to acknowledge... The first sign of trouble for jonax12 was the first move that was considered as a novelty when I analysed this game. That move is 7...b6.

I did not find the strongest move, which according to Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT is 8.Bf4 at depth 33. I moved the right piece, but I chose the much more defensive square of e3 for the bishop. I am still on a bit better side of the board in the game continuation, but with accurate play the game would likely end in a draw. The next clear blunder was played by my opponent on move 9. Jonax12 pushed the pawn one square too far when my opponent played 9...d5.

It was a blunder that could have been the losing move, but I did mess up big time when I played 26.Qb7. It threw all my advantage away with the move, but at least I did not end up on the worse side of the board. Jonax12 had then two good options, which would have lead to an even position, 26...Rxd1 and 26...Nd3, neither of which my opponent played in the game.

Unfortunately jonax12 played 26...f4 and my opponent's downfall started again. My opponent did get a chance to get a draw from the game later in the game, maybe a couple of times, but the best chance was also the last chance that jonax12 got. When I moved my pawn to a3 on move 44, it was so bad of a move that my chances to win the game could have evaporated.

Luckily for me, my opponent then made the game losing blunder 44...a5. I replied with 45.Rd6+, of course, and the rest of the game was smooth sailing for me.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.10.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "jonax12"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B45"] [WhiteElo "1694"] [BlackElo "1676"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 {Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation} 6. Be2 {B45 Sicilian Four Knights} (6. Ndb5 Bc5 {Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation}) (6. Nxc6 {Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Exchange Variation}) 6... h6 (6... Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Be3 Qb8 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Kxd7 13. f4 Bd6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Bd4 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. f5 e5 19. Qg5 Rg8 20. Rfe1 Kc8 21. a4 {Vouldis,A (2285)-Skembris,S (2545) Rhodos 1993 0-1 (41)}) 7. O-O b6 $146 (7... Bb4 8. Qd3 (8. Ndb5 O-O 9. a3 Be7 10. Bg4 e5 11. Be3 d6 12. a4 Be6 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Be3 a6 16. Nd4 Rc8 17. Nf5 Nc4 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qc1 d5 20. Bd4 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. b3 Nd6 {Maestracci,O (1620)-Carrot,P (1841) Loire 2008 0-1 (36)}) 8... Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. c4 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Re1 dxc4 13. Qg3 Ne4 14. Qf4 Qxd4 15. Rb1 Nc3 16. Qg3 Nxe2+ 17. Rxe2 Qd1+ 18. Re1 Qxe1# {0-1 (18) Sharovskaya,O-Shchipanova,S Ukraine 2000}) (7... a6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 g5 11. f5 e5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. Na4 c5 15. Nc3 Be7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 e4 18. Be2 Qe5 19. c3 Nxd5 20. Bf2 Bd6 21. Bg3 Nf4 22. Bxa6 {Zaksaite,S-Baltramiejunaite,L Panevezys 1995 0-1 (52)}) (7... d5 8. exd5 exd5 9. Bb5 $14) 8. Be3 {White has a very active position} (8. Nxc6 dxc6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Rd1+ Nd7 $16) 8... Bb7 {Black should quickly conclude development.} 9. Ndb5 d5 $2 (9... d6 $142 $16) 10. exd5 $18 Nxd5 $2 (10... exd5 11. Bf4 Bc5 12. Nc7+ Kf8 13. Nxa8 Bxa8 $18) 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 (12. Bf4 { and White can already relax} Be7 13. Nc7+ Kf8 14. Nxa8 Bxa8 $18) 12... Be7 ( 12... Qxd5 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14. Nxd5 $18) 13. Rad1 (13. Qe4 {might be the shorter path} O-O 14. Rad1 Na5 $18) 13... O-O 14. Qh5 Qb8 $2 (14... Qc8 $18) 15. Bd3 ( 15. Rd7 $142 {and White wins} Bf6 16. Bf3 $18) 15... Ne5 (15... Qe5 $142 16. Qxe5 Nxe5 $16) 16. Be2 $4 {weakening the position} (16. Bxh6 Nxd3 17. Rxd3 Be4 $18) 16... Be4 $4 {allows the opponent back into the game} (16... Nc6 17. Rd7 Bf6 $18) 17. c3 (17. Bf4 Bf6 18. Bd3 Bg6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 $18) 17... Ng6 (17... a6 18. Bf4 axb5 19. Bxe5 $16 (19. Qxe5 $6 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxa2 $11)) 18. Bf3 (18. Rfe1 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 $18) 18... Bxf3 $16 19. Qxf3 (19. gxf3 $6 Re8 $11) 19... Qe5 20. Nd4 Bd6 (20... Rfe8 21. Rfe1 Bf8 22. h3 $16) 21. g3 f5 $2 (21... Bc5 $142 $16) 22. Rfe1 $18 Qf6 (22... Rae8 23. Bxh6 $1 {Decoy: h6} Qxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25. Kg2 $18) 23. Nb5 (23. Qd5+ $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kh7 24. Ne6 Rfe8 $18) 23... Be5 24. Bd4 (24. Qd5+ $142 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Qf7 25. f4 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Bf6 $18) 24... Rad8 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. Qb7 $4 { releasing the pressure on the opponent} (26. Qe2 Rxd1 27. Qxd1 Rd8 $18) 26... f4 (26... Rxd1 $142 {and Black is still in the game} 27. Rxd1 f4 28. Qd5+ Kh8 $11) 27. Rxd8 $16 Rxd8 28. Nd4 fxg3 29. hxg3 Nd3 30. Re2 Rf8 31. Qd5+ (31. f4 Nc5 32. Qc6 Qf7 $16) 31... Kh8 (31... Qf7 32. Qxf7+ Kxf7 33. Kg2 $16) 32. Ne6 Re8 $4 {simply worsens the situation} (32... Qf5 33. Qxf5 Rxf5 34. Nd4 $16) 33. Qxd3 (33. Qd7 $142 {and White can celebrate victory} Rxe6 34. Qxe6 (34. Rxe6 $6 Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Qf1+ 36. Kh2 Qf2+ 37. Kh3 Nf4+ 38. gxf4 Qf3+ 39. Kh4 Qxf4+ 40. Kh3 Qf3+ 41. Kh2 Qf2+ 42. Kh3 Qf3+ 43. Kh2 Qf2+ 44. Kh3 Qf3+ $11) (34. Qxd3 $6 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Kh7 $16) 34... Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Nxb2 36. Kg2 $18) 33... Rxe6 $16 34. Rd2 (34. c4 Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Qg6 $18) 34... Qg5 (34... Re1+ 35. Kg2 $16) 35. Qd8+ Qxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kh7 37. Rd2 Kg6 38. Kg2 Kf6 (38... Re1 39. Rc2 $16) 39. Kf3 h5 40. Rd4 (40. Rd7 $5 a6 41. c4 $16) 40... g5 41. Rd2 Re7 (41... Re1 42. b3 Rc1 43. c4 $14) 42. c4 $16 Rc7 (42... Re5 43. b4 $16) 43. b3 Re7 44. a3 (44. Rd6+ $142 Kf5 45. Rd5+ Kf6 46. c5 bxc5 47. Rxc5 $18) 44... a5 $4 (44... Re1 $142 $14 {the only rescuing move}) 45. Rd6+ $18 Re6 (45... Ke5 46. Rxb6 a4 47. Rb5+ Kf6 48. bxa4 g4+ 49. Kf4 Re2 50. Rxh5 Rxf2+ 51. Kxg4 Rc2 $18) 46. Rxe6+ Kxe6 47. Ke4 h4 (47... g4 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 48. b4 Kd6 49. Kf5 Ke7 50. Kg6 Ke6 51. Kxh5 Kf5 52. bxa5 bxa5 53. a4 Ke4 54. Kxg4 Ke5 55. f4+ Kd4 56. f5 Ke5 57. c5 Kd5 58. f6 Ke6 59. Kg5 Kd5 60. f7 Kxc5 61. f8=Q+ Kc4 62. Kf4 Kd5 63. Qd8+ Kc4 64. Ke4 Kc3 65. Qc8+ Kb2 66. Kd3 Ka1 67. Qb8 Ka2 68. Kc3 Ka1 69. Qb2#) 48. gxh4 gxh4 1-0

B12 Caro-Kann: Advance Variation (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.g4 Bg6)

I have tried to significantly decrease the amount of correspondence games I play for awhile now but the amount of games in my case is more likely to increase than to decrease. I am going over 300 games any time now. The time needed for moving in all of the games takes as it is too long as I am not able to move in all of the games everyday, actually only at small part of the games I can actually make a move in any given day. I have not lost a single game on time in years, counting only corr games of course because blitz games I do lose on time every now and again. I like to play as well as I can possibly play which means that I may only make moves on games that have less than two days until I time out, there just does not seem to be enough time for other games. I have updated mate in ones, twos and threes with few more puzzles today. The game below is one of the rare examples when I have played the Caro-Kann with the black pieces and even rarer example of me actually winning a game with it.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.09.23"] [Round "?"] [White "gwhg"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "1457"] [BlackElo "1686"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 {B12 Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation. Bayonet Attack} Bg6 {B12 Caro-Kann: Advance Variation} 5. f3 $146 (5. e6 Nf6 6. Nd2 fxe6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. g5 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bd3 Bf5 11. h4 g6 12. h5 Bg7 13. h6 Bf8 14. Bf4 c5 15. dxc5 Qa5+ 16. c3 Qxc5 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Bxg6+ hxg6 {Levine,M-Santasiere,A New York 1922 0-1}) (5. Ne2 e6 6. Nf4 Ne7 ( 6... Be4 7. Rg1 Nd7 8. Be3 Qb6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. Nb3 a5 11. Bd3 a4 12. Bxe4 axb3 13. Bd3 bxc2 14. Qxc2 g5 15. Ne2 h6 16. Nc3 Kb8 17. a4 Bb4 18. Ke2 f6 19. a5 Bxa5 20. Rgb1 fxe5 21. b4 {Rojahn,E-Diaz Perez,J Buenos Aires 1939 1-0}) (6... Be7 7. Be3 Bg5 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. f4 Bh4+ 10. Kd2 c5 11. c3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Nc3 Nge7 14. Rc1 g5 15. fxg5 Nxe5 16. Kc2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Rcf1 Nxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qxg5 21. Qf3 {Velimirovic,D-Hort,V Vinkovci 1970 0-1}) 7. h4 h5 8. gxh5 Bf5 9. c3 c5 10. b4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nbc6 12. a3 Qb6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. Nd2 Nxd4 15. Nb3 Nc2+ 16. Qxc2 Qxe3+ 17. fxe3 Rxc2 18. Nd4 Rb2 19. Bd3 Bxd3 { Lupu,S (2160)-Lobron,E (2545) Paris 1990 1/2-1/2 (45)}) (5. Nc3 h5 6. f3 hxg4 7. fxg4 e6 8. h4 Rxh4 9. Qf3 Be7 10. Bd3 Rxh1 11. Qxh1 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Bg5 13. Qh8 Kf8 14. Nf3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Na6 16. a3 c5 17. Ne2 cxd4 18. Nf4 Nc7 19. Rc2 Ne8 {Sellmayer,J-Kosensky,M Germany 1993 1-0}) (5. Nh3 e6 {1-0 (29) Rojahn, E-Diaz Perez,J Buenos Aires 1939}) 5... e6 6. h4 {-1.77/17} (6. Ne2 $17 { -1.35/20}) 6... h5 $19 7. g5 {-2.06/20} (7. Nc3 $17 {-1.33/22}) 7... Nd7 { -0.95/21} (7... c5 $19 {-2.06/20} 8. Bb5+ Nd7) 8. a3 {-1.86/19} (8. c3 $17 { -0.95/21}) 8... c5 {-1.36/21} (8... Qb6 $19 {-1.86/19} 9. c3 Ne7) 9. Be3 { -2.17/21} (9. Bd3 $17 {-1.36/21 was called for.}) 9... Qb6 10. b3 $2 {-3.15/19} (10. Nc3 $17 {-1.49/22}) 10... cxd4 11. Bxd4 Qc7 $2 {-1.35/21} (11... Bc5 $19 { -4.00/19 and Black stays clearly on top.} 12. Bxc5 Qxc5) 12. c3 $2 {-3.65/17} ( 12. f4 $17 {-1.35/21}) 12... Nxe5 13. Qe2 {-5.22/18} (13. Bb5+ {-3.29/20 was worth a try.} Nc6 14. Qe2) 13... Nc6 14. Nd2 {-5.97/20} (14. Qd2 {-3.84/21 might work better.}) 14... Nxd4 15. cxd4 Bd6 {[#] Hoping for ...Bg3+.} 16. Kd1 Rc8 {-8.44/24} (16... Qc2+ $142 {-17.64/20} 17. Ke1 Bg3+ 18. Qf2 Bxf2+ 19. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 20. Kg3 Ne7) 17. Qb5+ Kf8 18. Ne2 Ne7 19. Ke1 a6 20. Qa4 Bd3 21. Rc1 Bg3+ 22. Kd1 Bxe2+ {-24.90/26} (22... Bc2+ $142 {-#2/27} 23. Rxc2 Qxc2#) 23. Kxe2 Qxc1 24. Bg2 Qc2 {[#] And now ...Ng6 would win.} 25. Bh3 Bf4 {-21.40/23} (25... Ng6 $142 {-#12/25} 26. Qb4+ Ke8 27. Re1 Nf4+ 28. Kf1 Bxe1 29. Qa4+ Kf8 30. Qb4+ Ke8 31. Kxe1 Nd3+ 32. Ke2 Nxb4 33. axb4 Rc3 34. Bg2 Rd3 35. Kf2 Rxd2+ 36. Kg1 Rxg2+ 37. Kh1 Rh2+ 38. Kg1 Qg2#) 26. Rd1 Rc3 {( -> ...Re3+)} 27. Qd7 Re3+ 28. Kf2 {Black is clearly winning.} Qc8 29. Qxc8+ Nxc8 30. a4 Ke7 31. Re1 Rd3 32. Nf1 Rxb3 33. Re2 Nd6 34. Nd2 Rb2 35. Ke1 Rc8 36. Nf1 Rxe2+ 37. Kxe2 Rc4 38. Kd3 Rxa4 {Accuracy: White = 16%, Black = 34%.} 0-1

D95 Grünfeld: 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Qb3 (1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.Nc3 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Qb3 e6 7.Bd3)

Today the amount of puzzles featured in this blog went over 200, the current amount is at 203. With this post the amount of different openings featured in this blog goes to 125 and the amount of analysed games is now 194. I will do my very best to offer you more content each day and I am hoping to add from now on more puzzles every day as well as these new games to look at and new opening variations in them as long as there are different ones to go through. I am still playing too many correspondence games and there is little hope of that changing in the near future. The pressure to make moves is always present but so far I have managed not to lose on time. The game below is against the same opponent that I shared a game with you all yesterday, this time I lost in a game where I did a couple of really bad moves.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.09.16"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "wwgia"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D95"] [WhiteElo "1694"] [BlackElo "1685"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. Nf3 (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 (4. Nf3) 4... Bg7 {0-1 (50) Lendl, J-Kopriva,J Brno 1957} 5. Qb3 e6 6. Nf3 {0-1 (39) Cserna,L (2440)-Kirov,N (2430) Albena 1984}) 1... Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 {D95 Gruenfeld Defense: Botvinnik Variation} 7. Bd3 {-0.44/19 D95 Grünfeld: 4. Nf3 Bg7 5.e3 0-0 6.Qb3} (7. cxd5 $11 {0.06/22} exd5 8. Be2) 7... b6 (7... c5 $5 ) 8. O-O (8. cxd5 exd5 9. O-O {0-1 (50) Lendl,J-Kopriva,J Brno 1957} (9. Bd2 Bb7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. a5 c5 12. a6 Bc6 13. Bb5 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15. O-O Rac8 16. Rc2 Ba8 17. Rfc1 Bf8 18. h3 Bd6 19. g4 h6 20. Bf1 c4 21. Qa4 Bc6 22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Qxb5 Qc6 {Sahitaj,N (2193)-Pop,A (2272) Plovdiv 2012 0-1 (65)})) (8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nc6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Be4 Bb7 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. h4 Bg7 14. O-O Rad8 15. Bg5 f6 16. d5 Nb8 17. Qxa7 Qc8 18. Be3 f5 19. Bc2 exd5 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. Bf4 Qa6 22. Qxa6 Nxa6 {Lev,R (2495)-Mikhalevski,V (2530) Tel Aviv 1994 0-1 (34) }) 8... Bb7 9. cxd5 {-0.67/19} (9. Rd1 $11 {-0.19/20 feels stronger.}) 9... exd5 $15 {Black is slightly better.} 10. Re1 $146 {-0.84/19} (10. Bd2 $11 { -0.15/22} Nbd7 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Qc2 f5 15. b4 Re6 16. b5 g5 17. Be1 g4 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. Nf1 Kh8 20. Nc3 Bf8 21. Qa4 Bd6 22. Ne2 Rh6 23. Nf4 Ndf6 24. g3 Qg8 25. Bb4 {Cserna,L (2440)-Kirov,N (2430) Albena 1984 0-1 (39)}) (10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 (11. f4 c6 12. Bd2 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Rf3 Qe7 15. Raf1 f6 16. e4 Qf7 17. exf6 dxe4 18. Bc4 exf3 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Bh6+ {1-0 (21) Bernard,N (2117)-Biancotti,A (1899) Arvier 2010}) 11... Qxd7 12. Qd1 c5 13. Bd2 Ne4 14. Ne2 Rfe8 15. Be1 Rac8 16. Rc1 Kh8 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. Nc3 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Bc6 20. Bd2 Rb8 21. Rb1 Rb6 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. Qc2 Ra8 24. Ra1 b5 {Lendl,J-Kopriva,J Brno 1957 0-1 (50)}) 10... Nbd7 {-0.16/22} (10... Re8 $17 {-0.84/19}) 11. e4 {-0.76/21} (11. a4 $11 {-0.16/22 keeps the balance.}) 11... dxe4 $17 12. Nxe4 Rc8 {0.15/20} (12... c5 $17 {-0.94/19}) 13. Bg5 { -0.32/20} (13. Bf4 $11 {0.15/20 should be considered.}) 13... h6 {0.31/22} ( 13... c5 $15 {-0.32/20}) 14. Bf4 {-0.61/23} (14. Bh4 $1 $14 {0.31/22}) 14... Kh7 {0.62/21} (14... Bxe4 $15 {-0.61/23} 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 c5) 15. Rac1 { -0.33/23} (15. Neg5+ $1 $14 {0.62/21} hxg5 16. Nxg5+ Kg8 17. Bc4) 15... Nd5 { 0.89/20} (15... Bxe4 $15 {-0.33/23 keeps the upper hand.} 16. Bxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 g5) 16. Bg3 f5 {1.50/21} (16... N7f6 $1 $14 {0.62/22}) 17. Nc3 $2 { -0.98/21} (17. Nc5 $1 $16 {1.50/21 stays on course.} Nxc5 (17... bxc5 18. Qxb7) 18. dxc5) 17... N7f6 $2 {1.52/19} (17... Nxc3 $1 $17 {-0.98/21 and life is bright.} 18. Qxc3 Bxf3) 18. Be5 $2 {-0.10/20} (18. Nb5 $1 $16 {1.52/19}) 18... c5 $2 {1.68/18} (18... Nxc3 $11 {-0.10/20 and Black has nothing to worry.} 19. Rxc3 (19. bxc3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nh5 $11) 19... Re8) 19. Be2 $2 {-0.01/22} (19. Nb5 $1 $18 {1.68/18}) 19... cxd4 20. Nxd4 {-0.43/21} (20. Nb5 $11 {0.25/22}) 20... Nxc3 {0.13/22} (20... Re8 $1 $15 {-0.43/21} 21. Nf3 Nxc3 22. Bxc3 Re4) 21. Rxc3 {[#] Hoping for Ne6.} Rxc3 (21... Bd5 {is more complex.} 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Qa3 Rf7 24. Bb5 Qc5) 22. bxc3 {Strongly threatening Ne6.} Qd5 $40 {Black has some attack.} 23. Bf3 Qxb3 $1 24. axb3 Bxf3 25. Nxf3 Ne4 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} 27. c4 {-0.52/21} (27. Nd4 $11 {-0.09/24 deserves consideration.} Kf6 28. f3 Nxc3 29. Re6+ Kf7 30. Rc6) 27... Rd8 $15 28. Ra1 {-1.19/19} (28. Ne5 $15 {-0.61/27}) 28... a5 $1 $17 29. Kf1 {-2.39/22} (29. Ne1 $17 {-1.10/25}) 29... Kf6 $2 {-0.28/24} ({Black should try} 29... Rd3 $19 {-2.39/22} 30. Ke1 Nc5) 30. Ke2 {-1.72/22} (30. b4 $1 $11 {-0.28/24}) 30... g5 $19 31. Ke3 {-2.75/23} (31. Ne1 {-1.68/24 was called for.}) 31... Nc5 {[#] White must now prevent ...Re8+.} 32. Nd2 $2 {-9.25/19} (32. Ke2 {-2.64/27}) 32... Rxd2 $1 {Black is clearly winning.} 33. Kxd2 Nxb3+ 34. Kc3 Nxa1 35. Kb2 Ke5 {Accuracy: White = 8%, Black = 18%.} 0-1

E12 Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4.a3, 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 and 4.Nc3 Bb7 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.a3 Bb7 5.Nc3 Be7 6.g3 O-O 7.d5 d6)

The game you see below is a recent one and like most cases in my games, the opening variation played comes from unusual move order. The usual move order for this opening variation is otherwise the same as the order in the game, except for white's fourth and fifth moves should be other way around. As I typed about the weird time control numbers yesterday this one is also the amount of seconds players had at their disposal for each move. 604800 seconds equals to 7 days. If you find something that is wrong or bizarre in this blog, please let me know in the comments and I try answer as well as I can to what is maybe the reason why something is the way it is. The comments may contain questions about the puzzles or maybe some of my posts that did not make sense if there are any that is that were hard to understand. I do try to do things as simply as I can while maintaining a certain level of quality. I have added more puzzles to mate in ones, twos and threes.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.09.13"] [Round "?"] [White "wwgia"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "1685"] [BlackElo "1694"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 (1... e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. a3 Nf6 {0-1 (26) Soppe,G (2455) -Tempone,M (2435) La Carlota 1995}) 2. c4 (2. Nf3 e6 {1-0 (41) Dimic,P (2257) -Soundarya,K (1691) Belgrade 2013}) 2... e6 (2... b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 { 1/2-1/2 (60) Ushenina,A (2451)-Hallaeva,B (2098) Batumi 2018}) 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 (4... Be7 5. Nc3 {0-1 (29) Kaunas,K (2210)-Beliajev,D (2195) Lithuania 2014 }) 5. Nc3 Be7 {E12 Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov-Petrosian Variation. Marco Defense} 6. g3 (6. d5 O-O {0-1 (29) Kaunas,K (2210)-Beliajev,D (2195) Lithuania 2014} (6... d6 7. g3 {1/2-1/2 (60) Ushenina,A (2451)-Hallaeva,B (2098) Batumi 2018})) 6... O-O 7. d5 d6 {0.84/21 E12 Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4.a3, 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 and 4.Nc3 Bb7} (7... exd5 $11 {0.00/22 remains equal.} 8. cxd5 Na6) 8. Bg2 {-0.03/21} (8. Bh3 $16 {0.84/21}) 8... Nbd7 {1.24/20} (8... exd5 $1 $11 {-0.03/21} 9. cxd5 c6) (8... e5 9. O-O {0-1 (26) Soppe,G (2455)-Tempone,M (2435) La Carlota 1995}) 9. Nd4 $146 (9. O-O e5 (9... Re8 10. Nd4 e5 11. Nc6 Bxc6 12. dxc6 Nc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Ra2 Kh8 15. e3 Ng8 16. f4 g6 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Rd2 Qc8 19. Rxf7 Rf8 20. Rxf8 Qxf8 21. Bb2 Bf6 22. Rd7 e4 23. Qe2 Ng7 24. Nxe4 {Obsivac,J (2287)-Jirasek,P (2265) Pardubice 2009 1-0}) (9... exd5 10. cxd5 a5 11. b3 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nfd7 13. Rb1 Bf6 14. Be3 Qe8 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Na6 17. h3 Ne5 18. Qb3 Nb8 19. Rfc1 Ba6 20. Ne4 Bd8 21. f4 Nc4 22. Rxc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 f5 24. Ne6 {Dimic,P (2257)-Soundarya,K (1691) Belgrade 2013 1-0 (41)}) 10. b4 a5 (10... c6 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qb3 a6 14. Rac1 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nh4 d5 17. Nf5 Nb6 18. Rfd1 g6 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Nb1 Nc4 21. Nd2 Qe6 22. e3 h5 23. Qc3 d4 24. exd4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 {Soppe,G (2455) -Tempone,M (2435) La Carlota 1995 0-1}) 11. Bb2 (11. Rb1 Re8 12. Ne1 Bf8 13. e4 h6 14. Nc2 g6 15. Ne3 Bg7 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. Bd2 axb4 18. axb4 Reb8 19. Rfc1 Bf8 20. Qd1 Kh7 21. Na4 Qd8 22. Qc2 Ra7 23. Nc3 Rba8 24. Ned1 Ba6 25. Nb2 Qb8 { Ushenina,A (2451)-Hallaeva,B (2098) Batumi 2018 1/2-1/2 (60)}) 11... Ng4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nb3 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Qc8 16. Qa7 e4 17. Nb5 Nde5 18. Rc1 Bg5 19. Rc2 f4 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Bh3 fxg3 22. hxg3 Qf5 23. e3 Bc8 {Kaunas,K (2210)-Beliajev,D (2195) Lithuania 2014 0-1}) 9... exd5 {1.72/18} (9... a5 $16 {0.97/23}) 10. Nf5 $2 {0.03/23 [#]} (10. cxd5 $18 {1.72/18} a5 11. O-O) 10... Re8 {0.63/19} (10... c6 $1 $11 {0.03/23}) 11. O-O {0.05/23} (11. cxd5 $14 { 0.63/19} a5 12. O-O) 11... Bf8 {0.62/19} (11... c6 $11 {0.05/23}) 12. cxd5 $14 Nc5 13. b4 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qd3 $2 {-0.35/22} (15. Ne3 $1 $18 {1.61/22}) 15... Nf6 $2 {1.49/20} (15... Qf6 $15 {-0.35/22 stays ahead.} 16. Nd4 Ba6 17. Qxa6 Qxd4) 16. Bb2 {0.89/22} ({White should try} 16. Bg5 {1.49/20}) 16... g6 { 1.46/22} (16... a5 $142 {0.89/22}) 17. Nh6+ $2 {-3.88/23} (17. Nd4 $16 { 1.46/22 stays on course.}) 17... Bxh6 $19 18. e4 Bg7 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd4+ Qf6 22. Qc4 Rac8 23. e5 $2 {-6.53/20} (23. Rac1 {-3.77/23}) 23... dxe5 {Black is clearly winning.} 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. d6 Bxg2 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Kxg2 Qxd6 {[#] aiming for ...Re2+.} 28. Rad1 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 Ne5 30. Qb3 Rf8 31. Qb2 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qe4 {Accuracy: White = 10%, Black = 30%.} 0-1

C11 French: Classical System: 4.e5 and 4.Bg5 dxe4 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Qg4)

As I keep getting my Chess.com rating higher and higher back to its old glory, I keep wondering when my eventual downfall starts. There has been some games where I know that my survival in them is not a long one. I hope to be mainly improving my rating though and maybe I can once more get to my peak rating there. It still needs around hundred points more to get there but maybe with precise play and minimizing my losses it will someday get there again. The game I am sharing with you now was played not that long ago at GameKnot and this particular variation of the French I think I have only played this one time. My loss of course was not due to the opening but my inability to play good moves later on in the game. Maybe if I remember these moves, I could try this opening again as it may need a second try or maybe even more tries than that. I have updated today mate in one, two and three sections. Not with that many additions but some.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.07.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "zeppoj"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C11"] [WhiteElo "1690"] [BlackElo "1674"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Qg4 {C11 French: Classical System: 4.e5 and 4.Bg5 dxe4 C11 French Defense: Steinitz Variation. Gledhill Attack} h6 $2 {0.60/19 [#]} (5... c5 $1 $17 {-1.25/20} 6. dxc5 Nxe5) 6. Bd3 {-0.16/21} (6. Be3 $14 {0.60/19}) (6. Nf3 c5 (6... Nb6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3 Bd7 9. Be3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O-O 11. Rab1 g5 12. a4 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Nd2 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 (14) Kjosev,S (1264)-Farmakoski,G (1249) Struga 2018}) 7. Nb5 g6 8. Bd3 Rg8 9. h4 c4 10. Be2 a6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Nf6 13. Qf4 Ne4 14. Qxh6 Qxd6 15. h5 gxh5 16. Ne5 Nc6 17. Nxf7 Qf8 18. Bxh5 Kd7 19. Qxf8 Rxf8 20. c3 b5 {Nagy,I (2225)-Dobcsanyi,D Hungary 1996 1-0 (42)}) 6... Nc6 $146 {1.56/19} (6... c5 $1 $11 {-0.16/21} 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Qg3 cxd4 9. Ne2 Qb6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bf4 g5 12. Bc1 Ndxe5 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. Qh3 h5 15. g3 g4 16. Qg2 f5 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Be2 O-O-O 19. h3 Ne7 20. Bd1 Nf7 21. Ne2 e5 {Muratkhonov,A-Babazada,K Al Ain 2013 0-1 (37)}) 7. Be3 {0.34/22 } (7. a3 $16 {1.56/19}) 7... b6 {1.51/18} (7... Ndxe5 $14 {0.34/22} 8. dxe5 d4) 8. f4 {0.28/20} (8. O-O-O $16 {1.51/18}) 8... Bb7 $2 {1.87/17} (8... Nb4 $11 { 0.28/20}) 9. Nf3 {1.06/21} (9. f5 $18 {1.87/17} Ncxe5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qa4+ Bc6 12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ (13. Nxb5 c6 $16) 13... c6 14. Qe2) 9... Qe7 { 1.62/18} (9... Nb4 $16 {1.06/21}) 10. O-O {0.64/21} (10. Bf2 $18 {1.62/18}) 10... O-O-O $14 11. a3 {0.65/22} (11. f5 $16 {1.25/18}) 11... f5 12. exf6 { 0.24/20} ({White should try} 12. Qg3 $16 {1.31/20}) 12... Nxf6 $2 {1.95/18} ( 12... gxf6 $11 {0.24/20} 13. Bf2 f5) 13. Qg6 {1.41/24} (13. Qh3 $18 {1.95/18}) 13... Qe8 $16 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 $2 {3.61/21} (15... Qxg6 $16 {1.16/24} 16. Bxg6 Ng4) 16. Rf7 $18 c5 17. Bb5 $2 {1.41/24} (17. b4 $18 {3.74/20}) 17... a6 $16 18. Bxd7+ Rxd7 19. Raf1 Bc6 20. a4 {0.90/24} (20. b3 $142 {1.58/20}) 20... c4 21. b3 $36 {0.77/25 White is on the roll.} (21. h4 $142 {1.30/20}) 21... Bb4 {1.34/21} (21... cxb3 $142 {0.77/25} 22. cxb3 Rxf7 23. Rxf7 Kb8) 22. Na2 cxb3 {2.37/24} (22... Bf8 $16 {1.26/22}) 23. cxb3 Bf8 24. Bd2 a5 25. Nc3 Rxf7 {2.07/22} (25... Bb4 $16 {1.60/24 is a better defense.}) 26. Rxf7 $18 Bd7 {3.40/23} (26... Kb8 $142 {2.20/24} 27. Nb5 Bd7) 27. Ne2 $2 {1.14/21} (27. h4 $18 {3.40/23}) 27... Qd8 $2 {3.40/21} (27... Kb8 $16 {1.14/21 keeps fighting.}) 28. Ng3 $2 {0.59/21} ({White should play} 28. Nf4 $18 {3.40/21} Qe8 29. h3) 28... Qh4 $2 {3.39/21} (28... Kb8 $14 {0.59/21}) 29. Rf4 {1.53/26} ({Less strong is} 29. Qc2+ Kb8 $16) (29. Qd3 $18 {3.39/21 is more deadly. Hoping for Qa6+.} Kc7 30. h3) 29... Qe7 $16 30. Nh5 $2 {0.75/23} (30. Rf7 $18 {2.29/20 is the precise move to win.} Qd8 31. Nh5) 30... Be8 31. Qc2+ {0.00/23} ({White must play} 31. Qg4 $1 $16 {1.04/20}) 31... Kb7 $11 32. Ng3 g5 33. Rf1 Qc7 { 0.61/21} (33... Rg8 $11 {0.00/23}) 34. Qd3 {0.00/26} (34. Qb2 $14 {0.61/21}) 34... Rg8 35. Rc1 Qe7 {0.51/25} (35... Qd7 $11 {0.00/27}) 36. Qc2 {[#] Qc8+ is the strong threat.} Qd7 $1 37. Ne2 {-0.80/25} (37. Qb2 $1 $14 {0.50/24 stays ahead.}) 37... Bg6 {-0.37/25} (37... Ba3 $17 {-0.80/25 And now ...Bg6 would win.} 38. Ra1 Bg6) 38. Qb2 $15 Be7 {0.77/26} (38... Bd3 $15 {-0.31/25 keeps the upper hand.} 39. Nc3 Be7) 39. Nc3 {-0.68/26} (39. b4 $1 $16 {0.77/26}) 39... Bd3 40. Be3 Bb4 41. Na2 Be7 42. Qd2 Bg6 43. Qe2 {-1.36/24} ({Better is} 43. Qb2 {-0.73/25}) 43... Rc8 $17 44. Nc3 $2 {-2.81/21} (44. Qb2 $17 {-1.08/27} ) 44... Bb4 $2 {-1.07/27} (44... Ba3 $19 {-2.81/21 has better winning chances.} 45. Ra1 Rxc3 46. Rxa3 Qe7) 45. Nb5 {-1.76/21} (45. Bd2 $17 {-1.07/27 might work better.}) 45... Rxc1+ $19 46. Bxc1 Qc6 47. Be3 $2 {-3.21/22} (47. Qf1 $17 {-1.57/27 was the only chance.}) 47... Qc2 {Accuracy: White = 11%, Black = 32%. } 0-1

A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening (1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nf6)

Despite the odds being against I was able to yet again do a normal post even though I was sure yesterday that I would need to take this day off due to stuff I needed to do and which took quite a huge part of the day. I did also update the mate in two and mate in three sections with one more puzzle each. I was today at a team match witch required me to drive an hour or so with my team mates to reach the place where we played. We managed to win our match 3-0 which meant the second victory for us this season in the second match, so we have started this season really well. The first one we won 2-0 so we are in quite a good shape. We play a series with each team having five players but draws do not count for the end result. I do hope we can continue our good results in the last two matches. Until tomorrow, my fellow chess enthusiasts.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.07.07"] [Round "?"] [White "tastemm01"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "1493"] [BlackElo "1690"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "74"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. b3 e5 {A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation} 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 {A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} 5. Nf3 Bd6 {-0.12/25} ({Better is} 5... e4 $17 {-0.85/20} 6. Nd4 Nxd4 7. Bxd4 h5) 6. Ba3 $146 {-2.33/21 [#]} (6. d3 $11 { -0.12/25}) (6. O-O Bf5 (6... O-O 7. d3 Re8 (7... Bg4 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. e4 Rfe8 10. Qc1 Bc5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Bd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Qb2 Ne7 16. Nc5 Qb5 17. Qxd4 Bc8 18. Ne4 Nc6 19. Qc3 Qf5 20. Rae1 Bd7 21. f4 Qg6 22. Nc5 { Castello Gadea,D (1218)-Puig Perez,J (1360) Sueca 2015 1-0 (67)}) (7... Bf5 8. Qd2 h6 9. e3 Re8 10. c4 dxc4 11. dxc4 Bb4 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Nc3 e4 14. Nh4 Bh7 15. Bh1 g5 16. Ng2 Ne5 17. Rad1 Nf3# {0-1 (17) Salapic,A-Kostur,L (1705) Zagreb 2011}) 8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Qd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bh3 12. Nc4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rad8 14. Qe2 h6 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. Qb5 b6 19. Re2 Re6 20. Qa4 a5 21. Qc4 {Hallmann,N (2215)-Engelhart,A (2187) Illertissen 2005 1/2-1/2 (37)}) (6... e4 7. Nd4 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Qe7 9. c4 Be5 10. Bxe5 Qxe5 11. Nc3 d4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qc2 d3 15. exd3 Qxd3 16. Qxd3 exd3 17. Rfe1+ Be6 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Rac1 Rd7 20. Bc6 O-O 21. Bxd7 {Ng,C (1817) -Desrosiers,C (1243) Hong Kong 2018 1-0 (36)}) 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nbd2 O-O-O 9. Rc1 Bh3 10. c4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 d4 12. a3 h5 13. h4 Ng4 14. b4 Qf5 15. Ne4 Ne7 16. Qa4 Kb8 17. c5 Nd5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rh1 Rh6 20. Qb3 Nf4+ {Jurasic,M (1827) -Noehbauer,A (1772) Germany 2009 1-0}) 6... O-O {-0.87/27} (6... e4 $19 { -2.33/21 and Black stays clearly on top.} 7. Ng5 h6) 7. Bxd6 $17 Qxd6 {-0.98/25 } (7... cxd6 $142 {-1.43/21} 8. d3 e4 9. dxe4 dxe4) 8. O-O {-2.11/21} (8. d3 $17 {-0.98/25 was worth a try.}) 8... Bg4 {-0.77/25} (8... e4 $19 {-2.11/21} 9. Ne1 Re8) 9. h3 Be6 {-0.62/26} (9... Bf5 $17 {-1.30/23} 10. d3 Rad8) 10. a4 { -1.74/22} (10. d3 $1 $15 {-0.62/26}) 10... h6 {-0.81/26} (10... e4 $19 { -1.74/22 has better winning chances.} 11. Nh2 Rfe8) 11. e3 {-1.46/23} (11. d3 $142 {-0.81/26}) 11... Qd7 {-0.87/27} (11... Rfe8 $142 {-1.46/23} 12. d4 e4) 12. d3 {-2.24/23} (12. Kh2 $17 {-0.87/27}) 12... Bxh3 $19 13. Nc3 Rad8 14. Nh4 {-3.61/26} (14. Ne2 {-2.49/28 keeps fighting.}) 14... Bxg2 15. Nxg2 $2 { -5.13/24} (15. Kxg2 {-3.12/25 was the only defense.} Rfe8 16. e4) 15... d4 16. Ne2 dxe3 17. Nxe3 Qh3 18. c3 Rd7 19. f4 $2 {-7.88/25} (19. d4 {-3.44/27}) 19... Rfd8 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Rf2 Rxd3 {[#] And now ...Nfg4 would win.} 22. Qc1 Nfg4 23. Nxg4 Nxg4 24. Qf1 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Qxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ { Endgame KR-KN} 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Ke3 Ke7 30. Nd4 a6 31. Nf5+ Kf6 32. Nd4 Rxd4 33. cxd4 Kg5 34. Kf3 f5 35. b4 h5 36. a5 c6 37. Kf2 Kg4 {Accuracy: White = 31%, Black = 47%.} 0-1 [Event "Yahoo"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.05.11"] [Round "?"] [White "eba_d2002"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "86"] 1. b3 e5 {A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation} 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 {A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} 5. h3 Be7 {-0.03/25} (5... Bf5 $17 { -1.06/21}) 6. a3 {-0.61/22} (6. e3 $11 {-0.03/25}) 6... O-O 7. e3 Bf5 8. d3 { The position is equal.} Qd7 $146 {0.05/26} (8... Bd6 $15 {-0.39/22 deserves consideration.}) (8... Re8 9. Ne2 Qd7 10. g4 Bg6 11. O-O Rad8 12. Nd2 h6 13. f3 d4 14. e4 a5 15. Ng3 b5 16. h4 b4 17. a4 Bc5 18. h5 Bh7 19. Kh2 g6 20. Bh3 Qe7 21. f4 exf4 22. Rxf4 Qe5 23. Qf3 {Kristbergsson,B-Johannsson,O (1696) Reykjavik 2008 0-1 (45)}) 9. Qe2 {-1.02/21} (9. Ne2 $11 {0.05/26}) 9... e4 { -0.10/27} (9... h6 $17 {-1.02/21}) 10. d4 {-1.25/21} (10. Nd2 $11 {-0.10/27 remains equal.}) 10... Bd6 {-0.61/26} (10... a5 $17 {-1.25/21} 11. Qd1 h5) 11. Nd2 {-1.76/24 [#]} (11. c4 $15 {-0.61/26}) 11... Ne7 $36 {-1.03/26 Black is in control.} (11... Nd8 $1 $19 {-1.76/24} 12. c4 c6) 12. f3 $2 {-3.93/21} (12. g4 $17 {-1.03/26 keeps fighting.} Bg6 13. Rc1) 12... c5 $2 {-1.04/25} (12... Bxg3+ $19 {-3.93/21 and Black stays clearly on top.} 13. Kd1 Qe6) 13. fxe4 $2 { -3.96/23} (13. f4 $17 {-1.04/25 is a better defense.}) 13... Nxe4 {-1.80/28} ( 13... Bxg3+ $142 {-3.96/23} 14. Kd1 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 dxe4) 14. Nxe4 $19 Bxe4 ({Don't take} 14... dxe4 15. O-O-O $15) 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. g4 $2 { -4.20/23 [#]} (16. O-O-O $17 {-1.43/25} cxd4 17. Rxd4) 16... Bg3+ 17. Kd2 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Rad8 {aiming for ...Be5.} 19. Qc4 $2 {-5.20/23} (19. Qg2 {-2.02/27 is tougher.} Qc7 20. Ne2) 19... Nc6 {-2.52/28} (19... b5 $142 {-5.20/23} 20. Qc5 Rc8 21. Qxa7 Rc7) 20. c3 $2 {-6.55/23} (20. Ne2 {-2.52/28}) 20... Qe7 $2 { -2.27/27} (20... Nxd4 {-6.55/23} 21. exd4 Bf4+ 22. Kd1 Rc8) 21. Ne2 Be5 { -1.10/26} ({Better is} 21... Bd6 $19 {-2.19/23} 22. b4 Rc8) 22. Qb5 $2 { -4.32/24} (22. Kc2 $17 {-1.10/26 nothing else works.}) 22... Bxd4 {-2.07/28} ( 22... Qe6 $142 {-4.32/24 Strongly threatening ...Rd5.} 23. Qa4 a6) 23. exd4 Qg5+ $4 {14.87/26} (23... a6 $19 {-2.64/31} 24. Qf5 g6) 24. Kc2 $4 {-16.03/24} (24. Qxg5 $18 {14.87/26} Rfe8 25. Kc2) 24... Qe3 $2 {-2.53/30} (24... Qxb5 { -16.03/24} 25. Nc1 f5 26. gxf5 Qxf5) 25. Rad1 $2 {-7.12/23} (25. Rae1 {-2.53/30 }) 25... a6 26. Qc4 Na5 27. Qb4 Qxe2+ 28. Rd2 Qb5 29. Qxb5 axb5 30. b4 { -7.54/23} (30. Re1 $142 {-4.25/32} Rde8 31. Rf2) 30... Nc4 31. Re2 e3 32. Kb3 Rfe8 33. Rd1 Nd2+ 34. Kb2 Ra8 35. Rde1 Nc4+ 36. Kb3 Rxa3+ 37. Kc2 Ra2+ 38. Kb1 Rxe2 39. Rxe2 Kf8 40. Kc2 Ra8 41. Kb1 Ke7 42. Kc2 Ra2+ 43. Kb1 Rxe2 {Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 15%.} 0-1 [Event "Rapid Shield Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/NV8ODoFQ"] [Date "2019.12.05"] [Round "?"] [White "chaknorrisforward"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "1517"] [BlackElo "2030"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] 1. g3 {A00 Hungarian Opening} (1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 d5 (3... Nf6 4. Bg2 { 1-0 (36) Ng,C (1817)-Desrosiers,C (1243) Hong Kong 2018}) 4. Bg2 {1-0 (23) Jurasic,M (1827)-Noehbauer,A (1772) Germany 2009}) 1... d5 (1... e5 2. Bg2 { 0-1 (17) Salapic,A-Kostur,L (1705) Zagreb 2011}) 2. Bg2 e5 3. b3 Nf6 (3... Nc6) 4. Bb2 Nc6 {A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} 5. Nf3 Bd6 {-0.06/21} (5... e4 $1 $17 {-1.37/18} 6. Nd4 Nxd4 7. Bxd4 Be7) 6. Nc3 $146 {-2.22/15 [#]} (6. d3 $11 { -0.06/21}) (6. O-O Bf5 (6... O-O 7. d3 Re8 (7... Bg4 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. e4 Rfe8 10. Qc1 Bc5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Bd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Qb2 Ne7 16. Nc5 Qb5 17. Qxd4 Bc8 18. Ne4 Nc6 19. Qc3 Qf5 20. Rae1 Bd7 21. f4 Qg6 22. Nc5 { Castello Gadea,D (1218)-Puig Perez,J (1360) Sueca 2015 1-0 (67)}) (7... Bf5 8. Qd2 h6 9. e3 Re8 10. c4 dxc4 11. dxc4 Bb4 12. Qxd8 Raxd8 13. Nc3 e4 14. Nh4 Bh7 15. Bh1 g5 16. Ng2 Ne5 17. Rad1 Nf3# {0-1 (17) Salapic,A-Kostur,L (1705) Zagreb 2011}) 8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Re1 Qd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Bh3 12. Nc4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rad8 14. Qe2 h6 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. Nxd6 Rxd6 17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. Qb5 b6 19. Re2 Re6 20. Qa4 a5 21. Qc4 {Hallmann,N (2215)-Engelhart,A (2187) Illertissen 2005 1/2-1/2 (37)}) (6... e4 7. Nd4 Nxd4 8. Bxd4 Qe7 9. c4 Be5 10. Bxe5 Qxe5 11. Nc3 d4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qc2 d3 15. exd3 Qxd3 16. Qxd3 exd3 17. Rfe1+ Be6 18. Bxb7 Rd8 19. Rac1 Rd7 20. Bc6 O-O 21. Bxd7 {Ng,C (1817) -Desrosiers,C (1243) Hong Kong 2018 1-0 (36)}) 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nbd2 O-O-O 9. Rc1 Bh3 10. c4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 d4 12. a3 h5 13. h4 Ng4 14. b4 Qf5 15. Ne4 Ne7 16. Qa4 Kb8 17. c5 Nd5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rh1 Rh6 20. Qb3 Nf4+ {Jurasic,M (1827) -Noehbauer,A (1772) Germany 2009 1-0}) 6... O-O $2 {-0.40/21} (6... e4 $19 { -2.22/15} 7. Ng1 O-O) 7. d3 $15 Bf5 {0.01/22} (7... d4 $1 $17 {-0.97/17 And now ...Bb4 would win.} 8. Nb5 Bb4+ 9. c3 Ba5) 8. Nh4 {-1.02/20} (8. O-O $1 $11 {0.01/22 remains equal.}) 8... Be6 $17 9. Qd2 {-1.72/19} ({White should play} 9. O-O $15 {-0.35/18}) 9... a6 $2 {-0.21/18 [#]} (9... d4 $1 $19 {-1.72/19} 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 f5 12. Bxc6 bxc6) 10. Qg5 $2 {-1.87/17} (10. O-O $11 { -0.21/18}) 10... h6 {-1.03/20} (10... d4 $19 {-1.87/17 White must now prevent . ..Bb4.} 11. Nd1 Re8) 11. Qd2 {-1.55/19} ({White should try} 11. Qc1 {-1.03/20}) 11... Qd7 {-0.98/17} (11... g5 $142 {-1.55/19} 12. Nf3 d4) 12. O-O-O $2 { -2.80/20} (12. O-O $17 {-0.98/17}) 12... Qe7 {-1.12/23} (12... d4 $19 {-2.80/ 20 and Black stays clearly on top. aiming for ...Bb4.} 13. Ne4 Be7) 13. Nb1 $2 {-3.96/18} (13. e4 $17 {-1.12/23} d4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5) 13... b5 {-2.19/21} (13... a5 $142 {-3.96/18} 14. a3 Rae8) 14. e4 {-3.62/19} (14. f4 $142 {-2.19/21 }) 14... d4 {-1.65/19} (14... Nb4 $142 {-3.62/19} 15. Ba1 Nxa2+ 16. Kb2 Bb4) 15. Nf5 $2 {-3.56/18} (15. a3 {-1.65/19}) 15... Qd7 {-1.69/19} (15... Bxf5 $142 {-3.56/18} 16. exf5 Nb4 $1) 16. Nxd6 {-2.60/20} (16. f4 $142 {-1.69/19}) 16... Qxd6 17. Ba3 {-3.49/21} (17. Na3 {-2.22/23 was worth a try.}) 17... b4 $19 18. Bb2 a5 19. Rdf1 a4 20. f4 $2 {-7.28/20} (20. h4 {-3.38/22}) 20... axb3 21. axb3 Qc5 22. Kd1 Ra2 23. Qc1 Ng4 24. Rf2 Nxf2+ 25. Ke2 Nxh1 26. Bxh1 Bg4+ 27. Kf2 f5 28. fxe5 fxe4+ 29. Ke1 e3 {Black mates.} 30. Bxc6 Qxc6 31. Bxd4 Qh1# {Accuracy: White = 10%, Black = 24%.} 0-1 [Event "radimiro's mini-tournament II"] [Site "https://gameknot.com/chess.pl"] [Date "2019.07.22"] [Round "?"] [White "chiccogiancarlo1"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "1868"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10, TV"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [TimeControl "259200+172800"] 1. b3 (1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 {0-1 (57) Kotormus,D-Chayka,B Lvov 2016}) 1... e5 {A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation} 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 (3... d5 4. Bg2 {0-1 (56) Chicco,G (1457)-Petruccioli,A (2104) Campobasso 2011} ) 4. Bg2 d5 {A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} 5. e3 Bg4 {-0.08/21} (5... h5 $17 {-0.84/17}) (5... Be7 6. Ne2 O-O 7. d3 {0-1 (57) Kotormus,D-Chayka,B Lvov 2016} ) 6. Ne2 $11 Be7 {0.40/18} ({Black should try} 6... h5 $17 {-0.71/18}) 7. d3 { -0.34/21} (7. h3 $1 $14 {0.40/18} Bf5 8. g4) 7... O-O {0.63/19} (7... Bf5 $15 { -0.34/21}) 8. O-O {-0.84/20} (8. h3 $1 $14 {0.63/19 keeps the upper hand.} Be6 9. Nd2) (8. Nd2 Qd7 (8... Re8 9. h3 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qd7 11. g4 d4 12. e4 h6 13. Nc4 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 b5 15. a3 bxc4 16. axb4 c3 17. Ba3 Rab8 18. Rf1 Nxb4 19. Bxb4 Rxb4 20. f4 Rb5 21. fxe5 Rbxe5 22. Qf2 c5 23. Qf4 {Kotormus,D-Chayka,B Lvov 2016 0-1 (57)}) 9. O-O Bh3 {0-1 (56) Chicco,G (1457)-Petruccioli,A (2104) Campobasso 2011}) 8... Qd7 $17 9. a3 {-1.07/19} (9. f3 $15 {-0.58/22 is superior.}) 9... Bh3 {-0.42/23} ({Black should play} 9... d4 $17 {-1.07/19}) 10. Nd2 $15 Bxg2 $146 {-0.15/20} (10... Rad8 $17 {-1.14/19} 11. b4 a6 12. f3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ne8 14. e4 f5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Nc3 f4 17. g4 Nd4 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Ne4 Bh4 22. Qe2 Rfe8 23. Rfb1 b6 24. Ra2 Re6 25. a4 Be7 {Chicco,G (1457)-Petruccioli,A (2104) Campobasso 2011 0-1 (56)}) 11. Kxg2 $11 Rad8 12. h3 Rfe8 {-0.09/21} (12... h6 $15 {-0.58/20 is more appropriate.}) 13. b4 Bd6 {-0.13/22} (13... a6 $15 {-0.69/19}) 14. Nc3 {-0.93/19} (14. c4 $11 {-0.13/22 remains equal.}) 14... Ne7 15. e4 {-1.24/20} (15. Ne2 $15 {-0.58/20}) 15... c6 $17 16. f3 {-1.43/19} (16. Kh2 $15 {-0.62/20}) 16... Ng6 {-1.01/21} ( 16... c5 $142 {-1.43/19} 17. Ne2 cxb4) 17. Na4 $2 {-3.16/18 [#]} (17. Ne2 $17 { -1.01/21}) 17... b6 {-1.67/23} (17... Nh5 $142 {-3.16/18} 18. Rh1 f5) 18. exd5 $2 {-5.22/20} (18. Nc3 {-1.67/23 is more resistant.}) 18... cxd5 19. Nc3 d4 20. Nce4 Nd5 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Ne3+.} 21. Nxd6 {-9.24/17} (21. Nc4 $142 {-4.05/23} Bc7 22. Kh2) 21... Qxd6 $2 {-2.99/24} (21... Ne3+ {-9.24/17} 22. Kh2 Nxd1 23. Raxd1 Qxd6) 22. Re1 {-4.31/21} (22. Nc4 {-2.99/24 was worth a try.} Qd7 23. a4) 22... Ne3+ 23. Rxe3 dxe3 24. Nf1 f5 25. Nxe3 f4 {-2.14/22} (25... Qe6 $142 {-4.08/20} 26. h4 h5) 26. Nf1 $2 {-8.18/18} (26. Nf5 {-2.14/22} Qd7 27. g4) 26... fxg3 $19 27. Nxg3 Qe6 28. Ne2 {-10.34/19} (28. Kh2 $142 {-4.89/25 } Nf4 29. Qf1) 28... Nf4+ 29. Nxf4 exf4 30. Qf1 Qg6+ 31. Kh1 Qg3 32. Qg2 Re1+ 33. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 34. Qg1 Re8 {normal. Accuracy: White = 33%, Black = 26%.} 0-1 [Event "Monthly Classical Inc Arena"] [Site "https://lichess.org/hrMPe19A"] [Date "2019.10.04"] [Round "?"] [White "romek1"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "1712"] [BlackElo "1954"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2019.??.??"] [TimeControl "1200+10"] 1. b3 e5 {A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Modern Variation} 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nf6 {A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} 5. Nf3 (5. d3 Bd6 {0-1 (25) Arenas,S (2112)-Bitelmajer,M (2440) Villa Martelli 2017}) 5... Bd6 {-0.04/21} (5... e4 $17 {-0.98/16} 6. Nd4 Nxd4 7. Bxd4 h5) 6. O-O {-0.80/18} (6. d3 $11 {-0.04/21} O-O) 6... O-O {0.00/23} ({Black should play} 6... e4 $17 {-0.80/18} 7. Nd4 Ne7) 7. d3 {-0.63/18} (7. d4 $11 {0.00/23} Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Bxd4) 7... Bg4 { 0.34/21} (7... a5 $15 {-0.63/18}) (7... Qe7 8. e3 Rd8 9. d4 e4 10. Nfd2 Bg4 11. Qc1 Qd7 12. a3 Ne7 13. c4 c6 14. Nc3 Rac8 15. a4 Ng6 16. Re1 Bh3 17. Bh1 Qf5 18. Ba3 Ng4 19. Nd1 Bb8 20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nh4+ 22. Kg1 {Arenas,S (2112) -Bitelmajer,M (2440) Villa Martelli 2017 0-1}) 8. Nbd2 {-0.65/19} (8. h3 $14 { 0.34/21} Be6 9. Nbd2) 8... Qd7 {0.10/21} ({Black should try} 8... Qc8 $1 $15 { -0.65/19}) 9. e4 {-0.99/20} (9. b4 $1 $11 {0.10/21 remains equal.}) 9... Nd4 $146 {3.09/20 [#]} (9... d4 $17 {-0.99/20 stays on course.}) (9... Rfe8 10. Qc1 Bc5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Bd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Qb2 Ne7 16. Nc5 Qb5 17. Qxd4 Bc8 18. Ne4 Nc6 19. Qc3 Qf5 20. Rae1 Bd7 21. f4 Qg6 22. Nc5 Bf5 23. Nxb7 Bd7 24. Nc5 {Castello Gadea,D (1218)-Puig Perez,J (1360) Sueca 2015 1-0 (67)}) 10. exd5 $2 {0.24/22} ({Only move:} 10. Bxd4 $18 {3.09/20} exd4 11. e5) 10... Nxd5 $11 11. Bxd4 {-0.65/21} (11. c4 $11 {0.24/22} Nb4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. c5 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Bxc5 15. Qxb7) 11... exd4 $15 12. Ne4 {-1.04/22} (12. Re1 $15 {-0.60/24 might be stronger.}) 12... f5 $36 {Black is in control.} 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Qd2 {-1.63/20} (14. h3 $15 {-0.62/24} Nc3 15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3) 14... c5 $2 {0.06/26 [#]} (14... f4 $1 $19 {-1.63/20 White must now prevent ...fxg3.} 15. h3 Bd7) 15. c4 $2 {-3.60/19} (15. Rfe1 $11 {0.06/26 and White is okay.}) 15... dxc3 $19 16. Qc2 b5 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. d4 b4 {-2.05/23} (18... Bxf3 $142 { -3.87/22} 19. Rxe8 Rxe8 20. Bxf3 cxd4 21. Qxf5 Re5 22. Qc8+ Kf7 23. Qb7+ Ne7) 19. dxc5 {-3.24/19} (19. Qd3 $142 {-2.05/23} Rxe1 20. Nxe1) 19... Qxc5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 Ne7 23. Qd3 Qe5 $2 {0.00/22} (23... Kf7 $19 { -2.57/21} 24. Nc2 a5) 24. Nf3 $2 {-3.28/22} (24. Qd8+ $1 $11 {0.00/22} Kf7 25. Nd3) 24... Qe4 $4 {16.44/20} (24... Bxf3 $19 {-3.28/22} 25. Bxf3 Kf8) 25. Qd8+ $18 {White is clearly winning.} Kf7 26. Ng5+ Kf6 27. Nxe4+ {Normal. Accuracy: White = 11%, Black = 13%.} 1-0

B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence (1.Nf3 b6 2.e4 Bb7 3.Nc3)

I still seem to have some luck in me as I managed to find a suitable game for the daily update. It was basically the last game I had analysed today. Tomorrow I may be too busy to update this blog but I try my best. If nothing else, I can update the puzzles section a bit tomorrow.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2014.07.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "jevgeni"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "1690"] [BlackElo "1477"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. Nf3 (1. e4 b6 {1/2-1/2 (75) Hauck,M (1087)-Homfeldt,M (1306) Nuremberg 2016} 2. Nc3 Bb7 {1-0 (27) Madl,I (2379)-Botsari,A (2321) Dobrna 1985}) 1... b6 { A04 Zukertort Opening: Queenside Fianchetto Variation} 2. e4 Bb7 3. Nc3 { B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence} a6 (3... g6 4. d3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 d6 7. Qe2 c5 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Ne1 a6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd1 Rc8 12. Ne3 b5 13. a4 Qb6 14. axb5 axb5 15. c4 b4 16. Nf3 O-O 17. f5 Ra8 18. Rxa8 {Madl,I (2379)-Botsari,A (2321) Dobrna 1985 1-0}) 4. d4 e6 $146 (4... d6 5. d5 h6 6. Be3 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O Qd7 9. Qd2 e5 10. a4 f5 11. Qe2 f4 12. Bd2 Bf6 13. Ne1 Bc8 14. f3 Bh4 15. Bc4 g5 16. Nd3 g4 17. fxg4 Qxg4 18. Qxg4 Bxg4 19. Be1 { Hauck,M (1087)-Homfeldt,M (1306) Nuremberg 2016 1/2-1/2 (75)}) 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qd2 f6 {0.72/22} (6... Bxg5 $11 {0.12/20} 7. Nxg5 Ne7) 7. Bf4 $16 Bb4 8. Bd3 { White is better.} d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 Nd7 11. O-O g5 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Nd2 e5 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. g3 c5 {1.13/19} ({Black should try} 15... exd4 $14 {0.43/21} 16. Bxd4 (16. Qxd4 Qe7 $14) 16... Qe7) 16. dxc5 dxc5 17. Ba2 {And now Qb3 would win.} h5 {1.70/18} (17... Qe7 $16 {1.13/20 was called for.}) 18. Qc4 { 0.64/18} (18. Qb3 $18 {1.70/18} Rh7 19. Rad1 (19. Qg8+ Ndf8 $16)) 18... Qe7 $14 19. b4 {Black must now prevent bxc5.} b5 20. Qe6 {0.01/18} (20. Qe2 $14 { 0.49/16 feels stronger.}) 20... Qxe6 {0.77/12} (20... c4 $11 {0.01/18} 21. Qxe7+ Nxe7) 21. Bxe6 $16 Ngf8 22. Bxd7+ {0.11/21} (22. Bf5 $16 {1.02/22}) 22... Nxd7 $11 23. bxc5 ({Reject} 23. Bxc5 Nxc5 24. bxc5 O-O-O $17) 23... Rc8 24. f3 {-0.35/17} (24. a4 $11 {0.07/22 should be considered.}) 24... Nxc5 $15 25. Rac1 Na4 26. c4 O-O 27. c5 {-1.23/20} (27. cxb5 $11 {-0.23/23} axb5 28. Nb3) 27... Rf7 {-0.33/21} (27... Rfd8 $17 {-1.23/20 Hoping for ...Rd3.} 28. Nb1 Nb2) 28. Nb3 Nb2 29. Na5 Bc6 30. Rc2 Na4 31. Rd1 Rfc7 32. Rd6 Kf7 33. Kf1 $36 {White is pushing.} Bd7 34. Ke1 {With the idea c6.} Ke7 35. Rcd2 {-0.55/21} (35. Rxa6 $11 {-0.07/24} Nxc5 36. Bxc5+ Rxc5 37. Rxc5 Rxc5 38. Kd2) 35... Rd8 $2 {5.34/16 [#] } (35... Be8 $1 $15 {-0.55/21 keeps the upper hand.}) 36. c6 $18 {White is clearly winning.} h4 37. cxd7 Rcxd7 38. Nc6+ {Accuracy: White = 40%, Black = 39%.} 1-0

D01 Veresov Opening (1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bg5)

The game I am sharing today was played nearly four years ago at GameKnot. The deciding moment of the game was seen after 11...Rfe8 when my opponent played 12.g4. Moving the pawn to g4 was a horrible idea that should be the losing move. While the king is still in the center, it may not be a good idea to start attacking. Sure the king was able to castle to queenside, but since the intention behind 12.g4 was to open lines in front of my king and it completely failing in view of my reply 12...f4, it was a waste of a move in my opinion.

After my reply 12...f4, it seemed obvious that I was on the better side of the board, my king was safe, I had some play against the central pawns and my opponent did not have any counterplay. My opponent then castled to the queenside and I replied with the sloppy 13...a5. A much stronger move for me would have been 13...fxe3. Had adamscheeks then taken back the pawn with its counterpart, I could have won a pawn with 14...Rxe3, the point is that Qxe3 would be horrible in view of Bf4. The rest of the game went downhill for adamscheeks and eventually I was able to end the game with a checkmate.

[Event "Let's play chess"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?"] [Date "2011.01.08"] [Round "?"] [White "adamscheeks"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D01"] [WhiteElo "1391"] [BlackElo "1666"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] {[%evp 9,61,-39,-7,-18,-24,-24,-28,-31,-30,-39,-42,-54,-22,-65,-77,-180,-194, -178,-115,-240,-182,-329,-200,-383,-383,-822,-819,-895,-890,-892,-840,-1112, -958,-29983,-29984,-29984,-29985,-29988,-1680,-29990,-2401,-29991,-29992, -29992,-3988,-2676,-2609,-29992,-29993,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29999]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 {D02 Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation} 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bg5 {D01 Veresov Opening} Nbd7 (4... Bf5 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Be2 e6 7. Nh4 h6 8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Nxf5 exf5 10. Bd3 g6 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3+ {1/2-1/2 (13) Herrera,F (2295)-Darcyl,T (2395) San Martin 1987}) 5. Ne5 (5. Qd2 e6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 h6 8. Bf4 Nh5 9. O-O Nxf4 10. Qxf4 Nf6 11. e4 O-O 12. e5 Nd7 13. Ne2 Qb6 14. Qc1 Qb5 15. Re1 b6 16. Nc3 Qa5 17. Nd2 c5 18. Nb3 Qb4 19. a3 Qxd4 {Julien Casteleiro,A (1585)-Aleman Sosa,B Las Palmas 2013 1-0}) 5... Qc7 $146 (5... Ng8 6. Nxd7 Qxd7 7. e4 dxe4 8. d5 e6 9. dxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 f6 11. Bb5 Kf7 12. Be3 Bb4 13. cxb7 Bxb7 14. Rd7+ Ne7 15. Rxb7 Rhc8 16. Bd2 f5 17. a3 Bd6 18. O-O a6 19. Be2 Rd8 20. Rd1 {Prangemeier,D (1377) -Skoecz,H (1401) Dortmund 2003 1-0}) 6. Nxd7 (6. Bf4 {with more complications.} Qb6 7. Na4 Qa5+ 8. c3 Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Nd7 10. b4) 6... Bxd7 7. Bxf6 exf6 {[%mdl 32]} 8. e3 {Black has an edge.} Bd6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qd2 f5 11. h3 {-0.65/27} (11. Bd3 $11 {-0.22/26 was preferrable. }) 11... Rfe8 12. g4 {-1.80/25} (12. Qd3 $17 {-0.77/26 was called for.}) 12... f4 $19 13. O-O-O a5 {-1.15/26} (13... fxe3 $19 {-1.78/24} 14. Qe1 Re7) 14. h4 { -2.40/27} (14. Kb1 $17 {-1.15/26 keeps fighting.}) 14... b5 {[%mdl 32]} 15. Bf3 {-3.29/24} (15. Kb1 {-1.82/25 was necessary.}) 15... a4 {...fxe3 is the strong threat.} 16. e4 $2 {-3.83/27 [#]} (16. Kb1 {-2.00/26}) 16... b4 17. Ne2 $2 { -8.22/25} (17. exd5 {-3.83/28} bxc3 18. Qxc3) 17... dxe4 18. Bxe4 Rxe4 19. f3 Re3 20. Ng1 b3 21. cxb3 axb3 22. a3 Be6 23. h5 Bd5 {-16.80/25} (23... Bxa3 $142 {-#12/26} 24. Ne2 {[%tqu "En","","","","e3e2","",10]} Rxe2 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 25. bxa3 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 Qa5+ 27. Kd3 b2 28. Ke4 {[%tqu "En","","","","e6g4","",10]} Bxg4 $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. fxg4 Qd5+ 30. Kxf4 Rxa3 31. Rh3 Rxh3 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. g5 Qxd4+ 34. Kf5 Rf3#) 24. Rf1 c5 {-24.01/26} (24... Bxa3 $142 {-#10/26} 25. bxa3 Rxa3 26. Kb1 Qa7 27. Qb2 Bc4 28. Rh2 Bd3+ 29. Rc2 bxc2+ 30. Kc1 Ra1+ 31. Kd2 Qa5+ 32. Qc3 Rxf1 33. Qxa5 c1=Q#) 25. dxc5 Qxc5+ 26. Kb1 Ra4 {-39.88/30} ( 26... Qc4 $142 {-#8/39} 27. Ne2 Rxe2 28. Rf2 {[%tqu "En","", "","","d5e4","", 10]} Be4+ $1 {[%mdl 512]} 29. fxe4 Qxe4+ 30. Kc1 Qxh1+ 31. Rf1 Qxf1+ 32. Qd1 Rc8+ 33. Kb1 Qxd1#) 27. Rc1 Rc4 28. Rxc4 Bxc4 {Black mates.} 29. h6 Bd3+ 30. Ka1 Be5 31. hxg7 Qxa3# {Accuracy: White = 10%, Black = 49%.} 0-1

D35 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation (1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.d4 Be7 6.e3 O-O)

Maybe I am starting to learn not to start anymore games as I am down to 290 games now, it was a couple of more than that awhile ago but to my knowledge it has not gone over 300 at any point. Typing this has been a bit of a long process as I have started it many times and then went and moved in couple more of my games. Despite the quite a big load of games I still manage to do something else as well with my time luckily. If I were constantly trying to be in a state where it was not my move in any of my games, I would probably need to make moves 24/7... But as I do try always also win my games that slows my moving considerably down. Which might at times be irritating to my opponents as it takes sometimes really long time for me to reply for their move. I have added a bit more puzzles today into mate in ones and twos.

[Event "Corr game 14.7.2008 - 8.10.2008"] [Site "http://gameknot.com"] [Date "2008.10.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Alberto, Carlos"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "1529"] [BlackElo "1567"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] [EventType "corr"] 1. c4 (1. d4 Nf6 (1... e6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 (3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 {1-0 (44) Gonzalez Domingo,E (1779)-Casas Roig,M (1829) Vic 2011}) 3... Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. cxd5 {1/2-1/2 (33) Milewska,A (1778)-Sheppard,D (1747) Hull 2018}) ( 1... d5 2. c4 {1-0 (44) Gonzalez Domingo,E (1779)-Casas Roig,M (1829) Vic 2011} ) 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 {0-1 (70) Holubar,U-Januschke,M Lienz 1988}) 1... Nf6 (1... e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 {0-1 (46) Hahn,W (1611)-Mielke,S (2090) Berlin 2007}) 2. Nc3 e6 {A17 English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Hedgehog System} 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Be7 6. e3 O-O {0.48/17 D35 Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation} (6... Bf5 $11 { -0.24/21}) 7. Be2 {-0.34/22} (7. Bd3 $14 {0.48/17}) 7... Ne4 {0.60/21} (7... c6 $15 {-0.34/22} 8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Ba3 13. Bxa3 Qxa3 14. Qc2 a5 15. Ne2 Rfe8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Rfe1 Re7 18. e4 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rae8 21. Rxe7 Qxe7 22. Rd1 Nf6 {Milewska,A (1778)-Sheppard,D (1747) Hull 2018 1/2-1/2 (33)}) (7... Be6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. b3 Rc8 10. Bb2 c5 11. Rc1 a6 12. Re1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bb4 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qa5 17. Bb1 Rc6 18. Re2 Rfc8 19. Rec2 Bxc3 20. Bxc3 Qd8 21. Bd2 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 {Holubar, U-Januschke,M Lienz 1988 0-1 (70)}) 8. Nxe4 $146 {-0.45/21} (8. Qb3 $14 { 0.60/21}) (8. O-O c6 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Nd2 f5 11. Nc4 Be6 12. f3 exf3 13. Rxf3 Nd7 14. Qc2 b5 15. Nd2 Rc8 16. Bd3 g6 17. e4 Nf6 18. Nb3 fxe4 19. Bxe4 Nxe4 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. Qxe4 Bd5 22. Qg4 Bg7 {Hahn,W (1611)-Mielke,S (2090) Berlin 2007 0-1 (46)}) (8. Qc2 Bf5 9. O-O c6 10. Qb3 Qc8 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Nd7 13. a3 Nf6 14. b4 Bd6 15. f4 Re8 16. Nf3 Ne4 17. Qe1 Be7 18. Bb2 Qd8 19. Bd3 Bf6 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qg3 a5 22. Bc3 a4 {Gonzalez Domingo,E (1779)-Casas Roig,M (1829) Vic 2011 1-0 (44)}) 8... dxe4 $15 9. Ne5 {-0.61/19} (9. Nd2 $11 {0.03/20}) 9... Be6 {0.01/21} (9... Nd7 $15 {-0.61/19}) 10. O-O {-0.50/18} (10. Qc2 $11 { 0.01/21}) 10... c6 {0.09/24} (10... Nd7 $15 {-0.50/18}) 11. f4 {-0.79/20} (11. f3 $11 {0.09/24 keeps the balance.}) 11... exf3 {0.08/22} (11... f6 $17 { -0.79/20} 12. Nc4 Nd7) 12. Bxf3 {-0.80/20} (12. Nxf3 $11 {0.08/22} f5 13. Qc2) 12... Nd7 {-0.17/23} ({Black should play} 12... Bd6 $17 {-0.80/20}) 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Bd2 {-0.99/18} (14. e4 $15 {-0.31/21}) 14... Bg5 15. Be4 {-1.24/19} ({ Better is} 15. Qc2 $15 {-0.70/22}) 15... Bg4 {-0.50/22} (15... Rad8 $17 { -1.24/19} 16. Qa4 c5 $1 17. Qxa7 cxd4) 16. Qc2 {-0.91/19} (16. Qe1 $15 { -0.50/22}) 16... g6 $17 17. Bf3 {-1.33/19} (17. Rae1 $15 {-0.53/23}) 17... Be6 {-0.62/23} (17... Bxf3 $17 {-1.33/19} 18. Rxf3 f5) 18. Kh1 Rfd8 {-0.09/24} ( 18... Rad8 $17 {-0.98/18}) 19. Rfe1 {-0.92/19} (19. b3 $11 {-0.09/24 remains equal.}) 19... Bh6 {-0.18/23} ({Black should try} 19... f5 $17 {-0.92/19}) 20. b3 {-0.77/20} (20. Rad1 $11 {-0.18/23}) 20... Rac8 {0.13/24} (20... Bg7 $17 { -0.77/20}) 21. Qc5 $2 {-1.40/22} (21. Rad1 $11 {0.13/24}) 21... b6 {-0.71/23} ( 21... Bd5 $142 {-1.40/22} 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Qxa7 Rc2) 22. Qe5 c5 23. Rad1 { [#] d5! is the strong threat.} cxd4 (23... Bg7 {is interesting.} 24. Qg3 Qd6 25. Qxd6 Rxd6 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Ba5 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 c4) 24. exd4 Bg7 $36 { Black fights for an advantage.} 25. Qe4 {-1.33/20} (25. Qg3 $1 $15 {-0.43/23}) 25... Qxd4 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Bb7 $2 {-7.57/21 [#]} (27. Kg1 $17 {-1.41/25}) 27... Rcd8 $19 28. Re2 Bh6 $1 {Accuracy: White = 10%, Black = 15%.} 0-1

B41 Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5.c4 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 a6 6.e4 d6 7.Be2 Be7 8.O-O O-O)

For a long while now I have thought that I have no more different openings to share with the readers but I somehow always seem to get something. There are I believe 117 different opening variations now featured here which might seem a lot but actually it is quite a small group of all the named openings out there. There is according to site called Master Chess Openings more than 3600 openings out there and they feature all of them in their site. In that regard I have a long, long way to go still. I have added a few more puzzles today in the mate in ones, twos and threes if I remember correctly. As I have updated those in parts I don't really remember exactly what I have updated and when. This might be the last game from Queen Alice Internet Chess Club I will share for now and I may turn my attention to the games I have played at GameKnot and after that I will probably start sharing my Red Hot Pawn games. Until next time, my fellow chess enthusiasts.

[Event "AUTO-INT-746"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2008.06.30"] [Round "3"] [White "conqueror"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "1746"] [BlackElo "2019"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 {0-1 (32) Gorbatenko,K (2040)-Matseyko,E (2174) Kharkov 2005}) (1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 {0-1 (59) Galliamova,A (2365)-Litinskaya,M (2355) Moscow 1990}) 1... Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 {E10 Indian Game: Anti-Nimzo-Indian} c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O {1.02/19 B41 Sicilian: Kan Variation: 5.c4} ( 8... b6 $14 {0.45/21}) 9. Qd3 {0.49/21} (9. Qc2 $16 {1.02/19}) (9. a4 b6 10. Bf3 Ra7 11. a5 bxa5 12. Be3 Rc7 13. Qe2 Nfd7 14. Nb3 Nc6 15. Ra3 Bb7 16. Rfa1 Qc8 17. Ra4 Nde5 18. Bb6 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rd7 20. Nxa5 Nxa5 21. Rxa5 Bf6 22. Rc1 Qc6 23. Be3 Rc8 {Galliamova,A (2365)-Litinskaya,M (2355) Moscow 1990 0-1 (59)}) 9... Nc6 $146 {1.30/20} (9... b6 $14 {0.49/21}) (9... Qc7 10. Qg3 Re8 11. Bh6 Bf8 12. Rad1 Nbd7 13. f4 Kh8 14. Bg5 b6 15. Kh1 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Rde1 h6 18. Qh4 Nh7 19. Qg4 hxg5 20. e5 g6 21. Re3 dxe5 22. fxg5 exd4 23. Rh3 Ne5 24. Qh4 {Gorbatenko,K (2040)-Matseyko,E (2174) Kharkov 2005 0-1 (32)}) 10. Nxc6 { 0.77/21} ({White should play} 10. Rd1 {1.30/20}) 10... bxc6 $16 11. Qg3 { White is better.} Re8 {1.51/17} (11... Kh8 $142 {1.00/21}) 12. Rd1 {0.81/21} ( 12. Bh6 $142 {1.51/17} g6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Qxe5) 12... Qa5 {1.44/20} (12... e5 $142 {0.81/21}) 13. Bd2 {1.02/22} (13. Bh6 $142 {1.44/20} Bf8 14. a3) 13... Qc7 {2.33/23} (13... e5 $16 {1.02/22}) 14. c5 Rd8 15. Bh6 {1.06/21} (15. Bf4 $18 { 1.92/23} e5 16. cxd6 Bxd6 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Qxe5) 15... Ne8 16. cxd6 Bxd6 {1.80/20} (16... Rxd6 $16 {1.21/23} 17. Bf4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Qa5) 17. e5 $40 {Black is in trouble.} Bxe5 {1.92/22} (17... Be7 $16 {1.26/23}) 18. Rxd8 Qxd8 19. Qxe5 gxh6 20. Ne4 Qe7 {2.13/19} (20... Ra7 $16 {1.51/22 is a better defense.}) 21. Qg3+ {White has strong compensation.} Ng7 {2.51/20} (21... Kh8 $16 {1.41/20}) 22. h3 {1.33/23} (22. Rc1 $18 {2.51/20}) 22... f5 {2.38/20} ( 22... e5 $16 {1.33/23}) 23. Nd2 {1.11/22} (23. Nd6 $18 {2.38/20}) 23... Bb7 $16 24. Nf3 {0.62/20} (24. Qe3 $18 {1.67/19}) 24... Rd8 {1.38/20 Accuracy: White = 4%, Black = 22%. . Loss on time!?} ({Better is} 24... c5 $14 {0.62/20}) 0-1

D43 Semi-Slav: 5.Bg5 h6 (1.c4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.d4 dxc4 4.Qa4+ c6 5.Qxc4 Nf6 6.Nc3 b5 7.Qd3 Be7)

Another short game and one that I lost on time albeit the time control was 7 days per move. Maybe it was during a time I rapidly lost interest on chess. I can't remember the exact reason for that time loss as it was years ago but it might be very well the reason. There has been couple of longish breaks I have taken from chess but eventually came back again to try it that one more time... I don't think there will be those long breaks anymore from playing chess but who knows what the future might bring. I have updated some more puzzles in the mate in one, two and three sections.

[Event "AUTO-MASTER-701"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2008.12.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "pjhunt"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D43"] [WhiteElo "2033"] [BlackElo "2384"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] 1. c4 (1. d4 d5 (1... Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (26) Rios,C (2475)-Bergez,L (2316) Barcelona 2017}) 2. c4 c6 (2... e6) 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Qb3 (5. Qd3 dxc4 {1/2-1/2 (16) Kurajica,B (2580)-Korneev,O (2560) Malaga 1998}) 5... dxc4 { 1/2-1/2 (23) Gasanov,E (2443)-Pavlov,M (2327) Alushta 2006}) 1... e6 2. Nf3 d5 {A13 English Opening: Agincourt Defense. King's Knight} 3. d4 dxc4 (3... Nf6 4. Nc3 {1/2-1/2 (16) Kurajica,B (2580)-Korneev,O (2560) Malaga 1998}) 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Nc3 b5 7. Qd3 Be7 {0.79/18 D43 Semi-Slav: 5.Bg5 h6} (7... Ba6 $11 {-0.22/21 keeps the balance.} 8. Qc2 Qa5) 8. g3 {-0.17/21} (8. a3 $16 { 0.79/18}) 8... b4 {0.35/19} (8... O-O $11 {-0.17/21}) (8... Nbd7 9. Bg2 Bb7 10. O-O a6 (10... O-O 11. Ng5 a6 12. Nce4 h6 13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf6 16. Rd1 e5 17. Qf3 exd4 18. Qf5 g6 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. e3 Qf6 21. Qxf6 Bxf6 22. exd4 Rad8 23. Be3 Rfe8 24. Bf3 Kg7 25. Rac1 {Rios,C (2475)-Bergez,L (2316) Barcelona 2017 1/2-1/2}) 11. Ng5 Nd5 12. Nge4 O-O 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Ng5 g6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. h4 b4 {1/2-1/2 (16) Kurajica,B (2580)-Korneev,O (2560) Malaga 1998}) (8... Bb7 9. Bg2 {1/2-1/2 (26) Rios,C (2475)-Bergez,L (2316) Barcelona 2017}) 9. Ne4 $146 (9. Na4 O-O 10. Bg2 Ba6 11. Qc2 Bb5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. a3 bxa3 14. b3 Nd5 15. Bxa3 Nb4 16. Qd2 Bxa4 17. bxa4 a5 18. Rfc1 Rc8 19. Bb2 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qc3 Bf6 22. Qa3 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 (23) Gasanov,E (2443) -Pavlov,M (2327) Alushta 2006}) 9... O-O {0.87/18} (9... Nxe4 $11 {0.02/22} 10. Qxe4 Bb7) 10. Bg2 {0.00/22} (10. Nxf6+ $1 $16 {0.87/18} Bxf6 11. Qc2) 10... a5 {1.27/20} (10... Ba6 $11 {0.00/22 remains equal.} 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6) 11. O-O { 0.41/24} (11. Nxf6+ $1 $16 {1.27/20} Bxf6 12. Bf4) 11... Ba6 {0.91/22} (11... Nxe4 $14 {0.41/24} 12. Qxe4 Bb7) 12. Qc2 {-0.47/23} (12. Nxf6+ $1 $16 {0.91/22} Bxf6 13. Qc2) 12... Nxe4 $15 13. Qxe4 Qd5 {0.61/23} (13... Nd7 $1 $15 {-0.46/22 }) 14. Qxd5 {-0.40/19} (14. Qf4 $14 {0.61/23}) 14... cxd5 15. Re1 $1 Rc8 { -0.37/25 Accuracy: White = 15%, Black = 3%.} ({Better is} 15... Nc6 $17 { -0.99/20}) 0-1

B27 Sicilian: 2.Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 b6 3.d4)

At this moment is uncertain what I am posting tomorrow so it will be a surprise to everyone, even me. With 293 games in progress and high chance of going over 300 soon, I am really hopeless... But at least there is quite a nice pool of new game examples coming some day that I will of course post here. The game featured below is a really short one but maybe some instructive moments at least to lower rated players. After this post I need to start going through my games again and maybe find a new and exciting opening variation to post here tomorrow. Might take a while for me to get back on posting more puzzles but there will be more next week albeit I will remain quite busy for the next week or two I think. Until next time, my fellow chess enthusiasts.

[Event "AUTO-OPEN-2232"] [Site "http://www.queenalice.com/gam"] [Date "2011.01.17"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Wattsy"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B27"] [WhiteElo "2004"] [BlackElo "1470"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "21"] [EventDate "2011.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 {B27 Sicilian Defense: Katalimov Variation} 3. d4 {B27 Sicilian: 2.Nf3, unusual Black 2nd moves} cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 (4... d6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Be2 a6 7. Bg5 g6 8. Bg4 Bb7 9. Nd5 Ne5 10. Bh3 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. f4 Ng6 13. fxg5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nxh4 15. O-O hxg5 16. Qg4 Qc7 17. Rae1 Ng6 18. Nc6 Bg7 19. Rxf7 {Djuric,S (2429)-Efimov,I (2387) Gallipoli 2017 0-1 (34)}) (4... g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Bb7 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. f3 Rc8 9. Bb3 d6 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bh6 O-O 14. h4 Nc5 15. h5 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 e5 18. Qd2 Re8 19. hxg6 {Quintana Marrero,P (1879)-Diaz Mendoza,E (1549) Las Palmas 2018 1-0 (44)}) 5. Nb5 Nf6 $146 {1.81/19} (5... Nc6 $16 {1.35/22 keeps fighting.}) ( 5... d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Bb7 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. Nc4 Be7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 b5 14. Nce3 Nd4 15. c3 Ne6 16. Bc2 Nf4 17. Nxf4 exf4 18. Nf5 Be5 19. Qg4 g6 20. Nd4 {Thamm,M (1717)-Wulff,J (1855) Dresden 2010 1/2-1/2 (36) }) 6. Nd6+ {0.65/21} (6. N1c3 $18 {1.81/19}) 6... Bxd6 $1 $14 7. Qxd6 Nxe4 $2 { 2.50/19 [#]} (7... Qe7 $16 {0.73/22} 8. Qxe7+ Kxe7) 8. Qd5 $18 ({Don't play} 8. Qxe5+ $6 Qe7 $16) 8... Qh4 $2 {4.24/20} (8... O-O {1.99/21 was necessary.} 9. Qxe4 (9. Qxa8 Nc6 $16) 9... d5) 9. g3 Qg4 10. Be2 ({Less strong is} 10. Qxa8 O-O $18) 10... Qxe2+ $2 {11.95/25} (10... Qf5 {3.66/20}) 11. Kxe2 1-0