C87 Closed Spanish Game: Steinitz-type lines after 6.Re1 d6 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 Bg4 8.d3 O-O)

The game I am sharing with you now is from a team match game called Friendly match and it was played between Himgouree's club and Internet tim BASK Beograd. It was a three board match and we were outrated on every board. I played board one for the Himgouree's club and only got a draw from the two games I played. Our team only lost the match 2-4, so despite being the clear underdog we did quite a good job, mostly due to our board two who managed to get 1,5 points out of the two games against a much higher rated opponent. The game below is the only loss I have suffered in the team matches I have played at Chess.com. In the 18 team games I have played there, I have won 16 games, played one draw and lost one game. Those statistics will become worse as time goes by that is quite certain even though I play as well as I can in every game. I have added more puzzles to mate in twos and threes today.

[Event "Friendly match - Board 1"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.10.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "BodaTajson"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C87"] [WhiteElo "1867"] [BlackElo "2024"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 (3... Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. Re1 Bg4 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 { 0-1 (39) Kiselev,A-Ataullin,I Ufa 2006}) 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 { C87 Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Averbakh Variation} 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3 O-O { C87 Closed Spanish Game: Steinitz-type lines after 6.Re1 d6} 9. Be3 {0.11/22} ( 9. Nbd2 $16 {1.03/19}) 9... b5 {0.66/22} (9... d5 $11 {0.11/22}) (9... Re8 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Nf1 g6 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. Qd2 Qe7 15. Rad1 Nd4 16. cxd4 Bxa4 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. b3 Bc6 19. Qc3 Rad8 20. Nd2 Bb5 21. Nc4 Bxc4 22. dxc4 Nd7 23. b4 Nf8 24. c5 {Karjakin,S (2635)-Aronian,L (2693) Warsaw 2005 0-1 (63)} ) 10. Bb3 $14 d5 {0.66/21} ({Black should try} 10... Na5 $11 {0.16/23} 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Nh4 d5 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bd2 Rfd8 20. Qf3 Nb6 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Ne4 Rad8 23. Ng5 Bf6 24. Be3 c4 25. Bxb6 Qxb6 {Hildenstein,B (1576)-Johannsen,I (1708) Binz 2012 1/2-1/ 2 (59)}) 11. exd5 {-0.17/21} (11. Nbd2 $14 {0.66/21}) 11... Nxd5 $11 12. h3 $146 {-0.64/21} ({Better is} 12. Nbd2 $11 {0.15/20}) (12. Qe2 Re8 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Qf1 Rad8 15. d4 Bf6 16. Ne4 Bxf3 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. gxf3 exd4 19. Bg5 Qf5 20. Qg2 d3 21. Bd2 Re2 22. Rad1 Ne5 23. f4 Neg4 24. Rxe2 dxe2 25. Re1 Re8 26. Qf3 g6 {Kiselev,A-Ataullin,I Ufa 2006 0-1 (39)}) 12... Be6 {0.57/20} (12... Bh5 $15 {-0.64/21}) 13. a4 {-0.61/21} ({White should play} 13. Bc1 $14 {0.57/20}) 13... Nxe3 $15 14. Rxe3 Bxb3 15. Qxb3 Rb8 {0.68/21} (15... Bc5 $15 {-0.62/22} 16. Re1 Qxd3) 16. axb5 {0.06/25} (16. Nxe5 $14 {0.68/21} Nxe5 17. Rxe5) 16... Bc5 $11 17. Re1 $36 {[#] And now Qc4 would win. White has some pressure.} Qxd3 18. Nxe5 $2 {-7.27/21} (18. Nbd2 $11 {0.14/25}) 18... Nxe5 $19 19. Rxe5 Rxb5 20. Qa2 Bxf2+ {Black mates.} 21. Kxf2 Rxe5 22. Qxa6 Qe3+ {Accuracy: White = 14%, Black = 38%.} 0-1