B06 Modern Defence (1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nf3 d6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Be2 b5)

The game below was played in the third round of a rapid chess tournament that was played at the FIDE Online Arena on April 4th 2015. I won the first two games of the tournament, the first one I won after my opponent blundered some pieces and the second one was a win on time in a position that was losing for me. In this game I got outplayed by my opponent after I did some mistakes which grunhyde2004 was able to convert into an advantage for Black. My rapid rating at FIDE Online Arena has increased quite nicely lately and if the games keep going well for me, my next FIDE title will come after 34 more games. After I get the Arena International master title, I will go for the Arena Grandmaster title. If I do happen to get that AGM title, I might start playing over the board games more actively again. But before that happens, I have no real interest in over the board games.

[Event "Tournament 28606340"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.04.04"] [Round "3"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "grunhyde2004"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1747"] [BlackElo "1961"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 b5 {B06 Modern Defence} 6. a3 Bb7 7. O-O Nd7 {LiveBook: 13 Games} 8. Bf4 {The position is equal.} (8. h3 e6 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Qd3 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Rfe1 g5 13. Bg3 f5 14. Rad1 Nf6 15. exf5 exf5 16. Nd2 Qd7 17. Nb3 Rae8 18. f3 Nh5 19. Bf2 g4 20. fxg4 Nf4 21. Qg3 Nxg2 22. Rf1 f4 {Holm,S (2256)-Pancevski,F (2484) Dresden 2013 0-1}) (8. Re1 c5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Ngf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. f3 e5 13. Be3 Nb6 14. a4 b4 15. a5 bxc3 16. Bxb6 cxd2 17. Bxd8 dxe1=Q+ 18. Qxe1 Rfxd8 19. c4 Nh5 20. g3 f5 21. Bd3 Nf6 22. Kg2 fxe4 {Fuksik,J (2179)-Tikovsky,A (2185) Czech Republic 2017 1-0 (38)}) 8... c5 $146 (8... Ngf6 9. Qd3 c5 10. d5 O-O 11. h3 c4 12. Qe3 Qb6 13. Rfd1 Qxe3 14. Bxe3 Rac8 15. g4 Nc5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17. Rab1 Rcd8 18. Nd2 Nd7 19. Nf3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nb6 21. Re1 Ba8 22. Bf1 e6 23. dxe6 {Aguilo Pons,F (1944)-Juan Mas,S (2025) Palma de Mallorca 2013 0-1 (46)}) 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bd3 {-0.54/22} (10. e5 $11 {-0.09/25 deserves consideration.}) 10... Ne6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. h3 Rc8 13. Qd2 h6 {0.19/24} (13... O-O $15 {-0.46/25}) 14. Rfe1 Nd7 15. Rab1 Nb6 16. Ne2 {-0.52/24} (16. Nd5 $11 {0.02/27} Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxb5+ axb5 19. Qxd5) 16... Nc4 $15 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. e5 {-1.82/26} ({Better is} 18. Nfd4 $15 { -0.56/25}) 18... Bxf3 $19 19. gxf3 Bxe5 20. Bxh6 $2 {-7.75/24} (20. f4 $17 { -1.45/26} Bf6 21. c3) 20... Rh4 21. f4 Bf6 22. Bg5 Nxg5 23. fxg5 Rxh3 24. Ng3 { -13.57/24} (24. Qd5 $142 {-4.49/26} Bxg5 25. Kf1) 24... Be5 $2 {-3.81/27} ( 24... Qa8 {-13.57/24} 25. Ne4 Be5) 25. Qe3 $2 {-10.15/24} (25. Rxe5 {-3.81/27} dxe5 26. Rd1 Qxd2 27. Rxd2) 25... e6 26. b3 Qa8 27. Kf1 R8h4 28. Qd3 Qc6 29. Rbd1 Kf8 $2 {-0.57/30} (29... Rxg3 $19 {-55.19/26} 30. Re3 Rxe3 31. Qxe3 Rh1+ 32. Ke2 Qxc2+ 33. Qd2 Qe4+ 34. Qe3 Qg4+ 35. f3 Qg2+ 36. Qf2 Qxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Rxd1 38. f4 Bxf4 39. Ke2 Rd2+ 40. Kf3 Bxg5 41. a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 f5 43. Kg3 e5 44. Kf3 e4+ 45. Kg3 a5 46. Kh3 Bf4 47. Kh4 Rh2#) 30. Rxe5 $1 $15 dxe5 $40 {Black attacks.} 31. Qd8+ Qe8 {[#] Threatens to win with ...Qxd8.} 32. Qf6 $2 { -2.58/27} (32. Qd6+ $15 {-0.62/28} Kg8 33. Qxe5) 32... Rd4 $1 $19 33. Re1 $2 { -9.11/27} (33. Rxd4 {-2.66/30} exd4 34. Qxd4) 33... Rd2 {-3.97/29} (33... Qc6 $142 {-9.11/27} 34. Qxe5 Rh1+ $1 35. Nxh1 Qxh1+ 36. Ke2 Re4+ 37. Qxe4 Qxe4+ 38. Kd1 Qd5+ 39. Ke2 Qxg5) 34. Kg2 Rh7 {Hoping for ...Qc6+.} 35. Qxe5 Qa8+ 36. Kf1 $2 {-#2/31 [#]} (36. Ne4 $19 {-3.76/27} Rd5 37. Qg3) 36... Rxc2 {-5.21/29} ( 36... Rh1+ $142 $1 {-#2/31} 37. Nxh1 Qxh1#) 37. Qd6+ Kg8 {( -> ... Rh1+!)} 38. Re3 Rh1+ $1 39. Nxh1 Qxh1# {Precision: White = 6%, Black = 37%.} 0-1