C72 Spanish Game: Deferred Steinitz: 5.0-0 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.O-O a6 5.Ba4 Bg4 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 Qf6 8.d3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Qxf3 10.gxf3)

This was played in round two of the 28th Chess.com Tournament (1601-1800). I am currently fifth in group #18 that has six players in it, so things are not looking that bright for me if I want to win the group and advance to the next round. I probably would have wanted to advance all the way to the last group when this tournament started but these days I just want to minimize the amount of games I have in progress at the same time. The way some of the games are going, it is very unlikely that I would be able to advance to the next round. My opponent in this game, Andrei25, has half a point more than me at the moment and is on fourth place. This tournament started on September 1st 2014 and chances are it will end sometime next year. I had chances to win the game below but was always able to mess things up so that the position withered finally to a draw.

[Event "28th Chess.com Tournament (1601-1800) -"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.04.28"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Andrei25"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C72"] [WhiteElo "1923"] [BlackElo "1771"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O a6 5. Ba4 Bg4 6. c3 b5 7. Bb3 Qf6 8. d3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 {C72 Spanish Game: Deferred Steinitz: 5.0-0} Nge7 11. Be3 $146 (11. f4 exf4 (11... Na5 12. Bc2 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ng6 14. Be3 Be7 15. a4 O-O 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. f4 b4 18. Nf3 Rab8 19. Rab1 b3 20. Bd1 f5 21. Nd2 Na5 22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Bg4 Rf6 {1/2-1/2 (23) Litov,M-Kazakov,N (1943) Tula 2006}) 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Bc2 N7g6 14. Bg3 Nf3+ 15. Kg2 Ngh4+ 16. Bxh4 Nxh4+ 17. Kg3 Be7 18. f4 f5 19. e5 d5 20. Nd2 Rf8 21. Bb3 c6 22. c4 dxc4 23. dxc4 Rd8 24. Rfd1 Rd3+ 25. Kf2 Bc5+ {Rodionov,A (2053)-Kazakov, N (1990) Tula 2007 0-1 (64)}) ( 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. f4 g6 14. Be3 Bg7 15. Nd2 O-O 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. f4 Bh6 18. d4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. Rxf4 Kg7 21. Nf3 f6 22. d5 g5 23. Rg4 h5 24. Rg2 Nd8 25. Nd4 Kh8 {Vasques,A (2200)-Cordovil, J (2184) Amadora 2011 1-0 (57)} ) (11. Rd1 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. Be3 Ng6 14. Kf1 Be7 15. Bd2 O-O 16. a4 Nc6 17. Na3 b4 18. Nc4 a5 19. Rdb1 Rad8 20. Nb6 Bh4 21. Nd5 f5 22. Bb3 Kh8 23. Be3 fxe4 24. fxe4 Rf3 25. Bd1 Rf7 {Kudenko,A (1933) -Niks,Y (1882) Moscow 2007 0-1 (47)} ) 11... O-O-O {1.49/28} (11... g6 $11 {0.22/26 remains equal.}) 12. a4 $16 d5 { White is clearly better.} 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bc5 {0.70/26} ({White should play} 14. d4 $16 {1.57/23}) 14... dxe4 {1.11/24} (14... Kb7 $14 {0.70/26}) 15. dxe4 f6 16. Na3 Ng6 17. Bxf8 {0.61/29} (17. Be3 $1 $16 {1.02/26} Bxa3 18. Rxa3) 17... Rhxf8 $14 18. Nxb5 Kb7 19. Rfd1 {0.41/33} (19. Bd5 $16 {0.92/25}) 19... Nh4 $2 {2.50/27 [#]} ({Black should try} 19... Nce7 $14 {0.41/33}) 20. Bd5 $18 Kb6 21. Na3 $1 Nxf3+ 22. Kg2 Nh4+ 23. Kg3 g5 {3.50/28} (23... Ng6 $142 {2.26/28 } 24. Nc4+ Kb5) 24. Nc4+ Kb5 25. Ra2 Ra8 $2 {4.79/25 [#]} (25... f5 {2.26/26 keeps fighting.} 26. Rda1 Rxd5 27. Na3+ (27. exd5 Kxc4 28. dxc6 Rd8 $14) 27... Kc5 28. b4+ (28. exd5 Ne7 $16) 28... Kd6 29. exd5 Kxd5 30. Rd1+ Ke6) 26. Rda1 $2 {1.08/31} (26. Na3+ $18 {4.79/25} Kb6 27. Rda1) 26... Rxa2 $16 27. Rxa2 Ng6 28. Ne3 Nge7 {1.41/25} (28... Nf4 $142 {0.91/30}) 29. Bc4+ {1.00/30} (29. Kg4 $142 {1.41/25}) 29... Kb6 30. Kg4 Na5 31. Be6 h5+ 32. Kg3 {0.08/31} (32. Kxh5 $16 {1.10/26 Kh6 is the strong threat.} Rh8+ 33. Kg4) 32... c6 $11 {The position is equal.} 33. b4 Nb7 $1 34. Nc4+ Kc7 35. Rd2 Rd8 36. Rxd8 Nxd8 { Endgame KBN-KNN} 37. Bh3 Ng6 38. Bf1 Nf7 39. Be2 Nf4 40. Bd1 Nd6 41. Nxd6 Kxd6 {KB-KN} 42. Kf3 c5 43. Bb3 cxb4 44. cxb4 Nd3 45. b5 Kc5 46. Bf7 Kxb5 47. Bxh5 Kc5 48. Ke3 Nf4 {Accuracy: White = 49%, Black = 43%.} 1/2-1/2