B33 Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nb3 Bb4 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Bd2 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Be7 11.O-O O-O)

Welcome all to another episode of how to beat me at chess. There are more examples in this blog and even maybe better examples than this game but it will do for now. This was played in a team match called K & Ваш ход, товарищ! URAAA ! > 24. and it was played between Ваш ход, товарищ! and The Night's Watch at Castle Black. I played on board 5 for The Night's Watch at Castle Black. In addition to this loss, I played a draw against windpatzer. The current score in this 16 board match is 13 - 18 in favor of The Night's Watch at Castle Black. This means that no matter what happens in the last game, we have already secured the win. It is a good thing that other members of the team were in good shape and were able to take the points because I was lacking on that department this time. The amount of simultaneous games that I play have dropped to 202 today, so maybe I can get some more free time from those games and can concentrate on getting that next FIDE title in the nearish future. Well, when the game load has dropped to 100 or less, I may have interest to play some other chess games than my correspondence chess games. I have added one more analysed game to these two posts today: C20 King Pawn Game: Macleod Attack and D02 Queen Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation. Pseudo-Catalan. I have also added five more puzzles that are divided into two mate in ones, one mate in two, one mate in three and one mate in four.

[Event "K & Ваш ход, товарищ!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.11.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "windpatzer"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "1839"] [BlackElo "1782"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "130"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 {B33 Sicilian Defense: Lasker-Pelikan Variation. Schlechter Variation} Bb4 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be7 11. O-O O-O {B33 Sicilian: Pelikan and Sveshnikov Variations} 12. Qh5 {-0.78/20} (12. f4 $11 {0.00/21}) 12... g6 { 0.00/20} (12... f5 $17 {-0.78/20}) 13. Qh6 {-0.90/18} (13. Qe2 $11 {0.00/20} Be6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bf6 16. Bd2 Bg7 17. Nc5 Bd5 18. Qf2 Ne5 19. Ne4 Ng4 20. Qf4 f5 21. Ng5 Be5 22. Qb4 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Bd6 24. Qd4 Be5 25. Qb4 h6 26. Nf3 Bxf3 27. Rxf3 Qh4+ 28. Rh3 {Novales Montero,E (1957)-Madria Garriga,V (2141) Tarragona 2015 0-1}) 13... Be6 {-0.44/21} (13... Re8 $17 {-0.90/18} 14. Rad1 Bg4 15. f3 Be6 16. g4 Bf8 17. Qh3 a5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. a4 Rad8 20. Nd2 Bg7 21. Ne4 f6 22. Rb1 Qf7 23. Bb6 Rd5 24. Bc4 Ne7 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Nd6 Qf8 27. Nxe8 Qxe8 28. Rfd1 Qxa4 {Krasowski,S (2092)-Trinos,V (2229) Rowy 2000 1-0 (58)}) 14. Be2 $146 {-1.61/20} (14. Qe3 $15 {-0.44/21}) 14... f5 {-1.02/21} (14... Re8 $19 {-1.61/20} 15. Be3 Bf8) 15. Qe3 {-1.67/19} (15. Rad1 $17 {-1.02/21}) 15... f4 { -1.10/20} (15... Qc7 $19 {-1.67/19} 16. Nd4 Bd5) 16. Qd3 $17 Bf5 {-0.61/21} ( 16... e4 $1 $19 {-1.92/17} 17. Qb5 (17. Qxe4 Bxb3) 17... Bxb3 18. Qxb3+ Kh8) 17. Qc4+ $15 Kg7 {-0.63/20} (17... Kh8 $1 $17 {-1.59/16} 18. Rfd1 Qc7) 18. Bd3 Rc8 {-0.43/21} (18... Qd7 $17 {-0.93/18} 19. Be4 Rf6) 19. Bxf5 Rxf5 {-0.18/20} (19... gxf5 $17 {-1.08/19} 20. Rfd1 Qc7) 20. Qb5 {-1.49/18} (20. Rfe1 $11 { -0.18/20}) 20... Qc7 {-0.82/19} (20... Rc7 $142 {-1.49/18} 21. Rad1 Qc8) 21. Qa4 {-1.28/19} (21. Rfe1 $142 {-0.82/19}) 21... Bf6 {0.00/23} (21... a6 $17 { -1.28/19} 22. Qe4 Nd8) 22. Rab1 {-0.84/18} (22. Nc5 $11 {0.00/23} Kh8 23. Rab1) 22... b6 {-0.30/21} (22... Be7 $1 $17 {-0.84/18}) 23. Qe4 {-1.75/20} (23. Rbd1 $11 {-0.30/21}) 23... Qd7 $2 {0.00/21 [#]} (23... Nd8 $19 {-1.75/20} 24. g4 fxg3 25. hxg3 (25. fxg3 Nf7 $17) 25... Rh5) 24. f3 {-0.42/19} (24. Rbd1 $11 { 0.00/21 is more appropriate.}) 24... Nd8 25. Rfd1 Qc7 {-0.04/22} (25... Qc6 $15 {-0.54/20}) 26. Be1 $11 Ne6 {0.67/24} (26... Be7 $11 {0.00/25}) 27. Rd5 { 0.00/25} (27. Qa4 $1 $14 {0.67/24} Rd8 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. Rd1) 27... Ng5 { 0.86/21} (27... Qc6 $11 {0.00/25}) 28. Qd3 {0.41/24} (28. Qa4 $1 $16 {0.86/21 aiming for Rd7+.} Qc6 29. Rd7+ (29. Qxa7+ Rc7 $17) 29... Kg8 30. Qxc6 (30. Qxa7 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Qxf3 $17) 30... Rxc6 31. Rxa7) 28... Rd8 29. Rd1 {0.12/27} (29. c4 $16 {0.74/21}) 29... Rxd5 30. Qxd5 a5 {1.30/22} (30... e4 $11 {0.20/24 remains equal.} 31. Qd7+ Qxd7 32. Rxd7+ Kg8) 31. Qd7+ {0.75/22} (31. Qb5 $142 $1 {1.30/22} Kh6 32. Rd7) 31... Qxd7 $16 32. Rxd7+ Kh6 {2.08/21} (32... Kf8 $16 {0.72/26}) 33. Rd6 {0.70/26} (33. h4 $18 {2.08/21}) 33... e4 34. fxe4 {-0.09/23 } (34. h4 $16 {1.00/23} Nf7 35. Rxb6) 34... Nxe4 $11 35. Rxb6 Nxc3 {0.45/22} ({ Black should try} 35... Bxc3 $15 {-0.49/25} 36. Re6 Ng5) 36. Rxf6 {0.00/30} ( 36. Rc6 $1 $14 {0.45/22} Nxa2 37. Bxa5) 36... Rxf6 37. Bxc3 Rc6 38. Bxa5 { c3 is the strong threat.} Rxc2 39. a3 Rb2 40. Nd4 Kg5 41. Bb4 Kg4 42. Nf3 Rb1+ 43. Kf2 Rb2+ 44. Kf1 h5 45. Be7 Rb7 {0.57/20} (45... Rb1+ $11 {0.00/32} 46. Ne1 Rb2) 46. h3+ {0.00/28} (46. Bb4 $14 {0.57/20}) 46... Kf5 47. Bb4 g5 48. Ke2 Rd7 49. Nd2 Ke5 50. Nf3+ Kf5 51. Nd2 Rd4 52. Nb3 Rc4 {0.87/22} (52... Re4+ $11 { 0.00/27} 53. Kf2 Rc4) 53. Kd3 $16 Rc8 54. Nc5 {0.00/28} ({White should play} 54. Nd4+ $16 {0.95/21} Ke5 55. Nf3+ Kf5 56. a4) 54... Rd8+ 55. Kc2 Re8 { [#] Threatens to win with ...Re2+.} 56. a4 $2 {-2.97/20} (56. Kd2 $11 {-0.16/31 }) 56... Re2+ $19 57. Kb3 {next a5 is good for White.} Rxg2 {White must now prevent ...f3.} 58. a5 {Threatening a6.} f3 $2 {-0.09/30} ({Better is} 58... Rg3+ $19 {-2.45/22} 59. Bc3 Rxh3) 59. a6 $2 {-11.17/24} (59. Ne4 $11 {-0.09/30} g4 60. a6 gxh3 61. a7) 59... f2 60. a7 f1=Q 61. a8=Q Rg3+ 62. Bc3 Qb5+ { Black mates.} 63. Ka2 Qe2+ 64. Kb3 Qb5+ 65. Ka2 Qxc5 {Accuracy: White = 24%, Black = 30%.} 0-1