20 Dec 2014

B32 Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations (1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 e5 3.e4 Bxc5 4.Nf3 Nc6)

B32 Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations (1.d4 c5 2.dxc5 e5 3.e4 Bxc5 4.Nf3 Nc6)

This is one of the ten games I played in the round one of the 28th Chess.com Tournament. The rating range for the group was 1601-1800. The next round of the tournament still has not begun as 119 games still remain to be played on round one while I type this. This game started to go wrong for my opponent early on, especially after the move 12...b6 which was a big blunder that lead to a loss of a bishop for a pawn. After that blunder there was no real hope for a comeback for my opponent even though I may not have played the rest of the moves in the game optimally.

The amount of games I play simultaneously seems to have stabilized to 278 games which is at the moment a bit too much as I am not able to give enough attention to every game. I have tried to move faster recently but I have still not managed to get my games to a point where there would be less games in which I have to move than those where it is my opponent to move. I have updated mate in one, two and three puzzle pages today.

[Event "28th Chess.com Tournament (1601-1800) -"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.09.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "PascalPaquette"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "1873"] [BlackElo "1678"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nf3 {1-0 (55) D'Adam, S-Pumilla,M La Pampa 2001}) 1... c5 2. dxc5 {A43 Benoni Defense: Benoni Gambit Accepted} e5 3. e4 Bxc5 4. Nf3 Nc6 {B32 Sicilian: Löwenthal and Kalashnikov Variations} 5. Bc4 h6 $2 {1.68/20 [#]} (5... Nf6 $1 $11 {-0.30/21 and Black is okay.}) 6. O-O $2 {-0.14/22} (6. Bxf7+ $1 $18 {1.68/20} Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Ke7 8. Qxc5+ d6 9. Qa3) 6... d6 7. Nc3 (7. h3 Nf6 {1-0 (55) D'Adam,S-Pumilla,M La Pampa 2001}) 7... Nf6 8. h3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Re1 $146 (9. Na4 Nxe4 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. Bd5 Qc7 14. Re1 Bb7 15. Nh4 Ne7 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Qg4 f5 18. Qg3 Nd8 19. Rxe5 Rf7 20. Re2 Kh7 21. Rae1 Ndc6 22. Re6 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 {D'Adam,S-Pumilla,M La Pampa 2001 1-0 (55)}) 9... Be6 10. Nd5 {-0.55/20} (10. Bb3 $11 {0.15/22}) 10... Bxd5 {0.12/20} ({Black should play} 10... a5 $15 {-0.55/20}) 11. exd5 {-0.99/18} (11. Bxd5 $11 {0.12/20 keeps the balance.} Nxd5 12. Qxd5) 11... Na5 {0.00/23} (11... Ne7 $1 $17 {-0.99/18}) 12. Bf1 {-0.54/24} (12. Bb3 $11 {0.00/23}) 12... b6 $2 {3.54/20 [#]} (12... e4 $1 $15 {-0.54/24 keeps the upper hand.} 13. Nd2 Re8) 13. c3 $18 e4 14. Nh2 Nb7 15. b4 Bxf2+ 16. Kxf2 a5 17. Kg1 Rc8 18. Qd4 axb4 19. cxb4 Re8 20. Be3 Rc2 21. Qxb6 Qxb6 22. Bxb6 Nxd5 23. Ba5 f5 24. Rec1 Rec8 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Bb5 Nxa5 {4.00/20 } (26... Kf8 $142 {2.63/23} 27. Nf1 Ke7) 27. bxa5 Nc3 $2 {7.52/19} (27... Nc7 { 3.73/23}) 28. Bc4+ Kf8 29. Nf1 d5 30. Ne3 Rd2 31. Bb3 f4 32. Nd1 Nb5 33. a4 Na7 34. Ra2 Rd4 35. Kf2 g5 36. Ke2 h5 37. Rd2 Rb4 38. Bxd5 Rxa4 39. Ra2 Rd4 40. Nc3 Rd3 41. Rc2 f3+ 42. gxf3 Rxf3 43. Nxe4 Rxh3 44. Nxg5 {4.90/25} (44. Rc7 $142 { 11.68/22 Intending Nf6 and mate.} Nb5 45. Rf7+ Ke8 46. Nf6+ Kd8 47. Bb7 Nc3+ 48. Kd2 Nb1+ 49. Kc1) 44... Ra3 45. Ra2 Rxa2+ 46. Bxa2 Kg7 {20.28/23} (46... Ke7 $142 {4.79/29} 47. Ne4 Nc6) 47. Bd5 Kg6 48. Nf3 Kf5 49. Ke3 Kg4 50. Be6+ Kg3 51. Ke4 h4 52. Ng5 Nb5 53. Bd7 Nd6+ 54. Kd5 {Accuracy: White = 45%, Black = 19%.} 1-0

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