E12 Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4.a3, 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 and 4.Nc3 Bb7 (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 dxc4 8.Bxc4 b6 9.O-O Bb7)

This was played in the first round of Rilton Cup Open in 2003. My first tournament abroad and I managed to start with a win, so all looked good at this time. This was played in a time when I had increased my rating over 300 points in a year and almost every time I played in a team match or in a tournament I was able to get my rating higher. Only in one team match during that year, I lost and therefore stained my otherwise positive score. This ended up being slightly positive tournament for me as ratings are concerned, but as I did not play on all the rounds, it was a bit of a shame to go all the way to Stockholm to play a tournament and not to play on all the rounds.

[Event "Rilton Cup Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2003.12.27"] [Round "1"] [White "Breznica, Burim"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "1798"] [BlackElo "1612"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2003.12.30"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 {E12 Queen's Indian: Unusual White 4th moves, 4.a3, 4.Nc3 Bb7 5.a3 and 4.Nc3 Bb7. LiveBook: 15 Games} 10. Bd3 Rc8 (10... c5 11. Rc1 (11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bc2 Ba6 14. Ndb5 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Qc6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. a4 Bb7 18. f3 Ba6 19. Rd6 Qb7 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Qe1 Be7 22. Qg3 g6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nd6 Bc7 {Carucci,B (1463)-Chighine,R (1434) Ozieri 2014 1-0}) 11... Rc8 12. Qe2 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 c4 14. Bb1 a6 15. a4 Re8 16. Rcd1 Qc7 17. e4 Qb7 18. Rfe1 e5 19. d5 Bd6 20. Rc1 Bb4 21. Re2 h6 22. Bd2 Rc5 23. Qh3 Nf8 24. Na2 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 {Almeida,C (1950) -Rodrigues da Silva,E (2225) Joao Pessoa 2010 0-1 (72)}) 11. Ne5 $146 (11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Ba6 Ra8 15. Rxc7 Qd6 16. Rc3 Rab8 17. Bd3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. a3 Qg5 21. e4 Be6 22. f4 Qh6 23. Qf3 Rfd8 24. Qg3 Bc8 25. f5 Bb7 { Neldner,U (1535)-Tovmasian,N (1390) Winterberg 2002 1-0 (54)}) (11. e4 c5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. h4 Nf4 15. Bc2 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Rxc3 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qxf4 Rxf3 19. gxf3 f6 20. Rfd1 Nxe5 21. Rac1 Nxf3+ 22. Kf1 f5 23. Rc7 Ba6+ 24. Kg2 Nxh4+ 25. Kg3 Qe8 {Hamel,O (1998)-Saifan,J (2050) Dos Hermanas 2003 1-0}) 11... c5 12. Qc2 {The position is equal.} h6 13. Bh4 cxd4 14. exd4 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Bb7 20. h3 Nd5 21. Qe4 $2 { -2.04/25} (21. f4 $11 {-0.20/27}) 21... f5 $1 $19 22. Qe1 Nf4 $1 {[#] And now . ..Qg5 would win.} 23. g3 Nxh3+ 24. Kh2 Ng5 ({And not} 24... Rxd4 25. Kxh3 Qg5 26. f3 $11) 25. f4 Nh7 ({Stronger than} 25... Rxd4 26. fxg5 hxg5 27. Nf3 $11) 26. Qe3 Nf6 27. Be2 {-2.41/25} (27. Rfe1 {-1.76/29 is a better defense.}) 27... Rc2 28. Rd2 Rdc8 29. Ng6 $2 {-5.72/27} (29. Bd1 {-2.19/27 is tougher.} Rc1 30. Kg1) 29... Qe8 30. Nh4 Ne4 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. Kg1 Rxe2 33. Qxe2 Nxg3 34. Qe5 Nxf1 35. Kxf1 Qc8 36. b4 g5 37. Ng6 {[#] Strongly threatening Ne7+.} Kh7 38. Qf6 Qc1+ {Black mates.} 39. Kf2 Qd2+ 40. Kf1 Ba6+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Qf2+ { Precision: White = 37%, Black = 72%.} 0-1

I was only able to find this game from my reference database when I searched for games where the position after 9...Bb7 had been reached and where both players were rated over 2500.

[Event "URS-ch53"] [Site "Kiev"] [Date "1986.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Dolmatov, Sergey"] [Black "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E12"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2515"] [PlyCount "58"] [EventDate "1986.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "17"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [EventCategory "10"] [SourceTitle "URS-ch"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. Rfc1 Rc8 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Rc7 18. Qf1 Nf6 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Qc4 Rd8 22. h3 Kf8 23. Qc2 h6 24. e4 Kg8 25. Nd2 Kf8 26. Nf1 Ng8 27. Ne3 Ne7 28. Qc7 Qxc7 29. Rxc7 a5 1/2-1/2

D00 1.d4 d5: Unusual lines (1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.f4)

This one was played on the first round of the 2014 October Glacial Super Casual Banded I 1650+ tournament. The tournament started on November 3rd 2014 and it was held at Red Hot Pawn. All the 22 games that I needed to play in group 1 started on that day. I was not able to get that many points in group 1 and I was on 4th place in the final standings. Veca was 6th in the final standings of the group.

Despite the rating difference and the material advantage I was able to get in the game, this game was far from easy for me and at times it seemed that my sometimes sloppy play would throw away my winning chances. I started to be worried a bit after my opponent played 34.Qg2, which threatened to invade my position with the queen. My winning chances seemed to evaporate especially after 39.Bf7 because I started to lose some pawns. I think that the losing move was 43.Nf7 because after my reply 43...Qb7 I can finally relax and push my a-pawn, after the trade of queens that is.

Game number two. This game was played on the seventh round of the Easter tournament that was played at Helsinki in 2008. By winning this game, my gathered points increased to 3. That result was a slightly positive one and my selo rating increased by 5 points. I was 27th in the final standings in a group that had 40 players.

Already on move 2, my opponent makes a questionable decision by playing f4. It is at least a minor inaccuracy if not a clear mistake. 2.c4 or 2.Nf3 are clearly better alternatives. My opponent keeps playing with only pawns and after 4.g3, I should have a small advantage on my side. The odd moves continue from my opponent and only some inaccuracies by me make the game even a bit. After 9.Qb6 position should be roughly equal. My opponent decided to reply with 10.Bxc6+, which I was happy about because now the better one of White's bishops is traded to my knight. Also the fact that I now have the bishop pair, should give me a small advantage. My opponent went further down the drain with the move 12.Qb3, but because I was not able to find a good reply and instead played 12.c4, I was only slightly better. After 14...O-O-O the game is balanced once again. However, my opponent blundered with his next move and played 15.h4. That move could have been the losing move, but again I was not able to take full advantage of my opponent's mistakes. My move 15...h6 was good enough for a clear advantage though. A few moves later I played a sloppy move 19...Bxh4, after which some of my advantage disappears. On his 25th move, my opponent goes from slight disadvantage to a clear disadvantage and any hope for a draw was gone.

[Event "Glacial Super Casual Banded"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.11.03"] [Round "1"] [White "veca"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1547"] [BlackElo "1907"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. f4 {D00 1.d4 d5: Unusual lines} c5 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 $146 (5. exd4 Bf5 (5... Bg4 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qe1 Qe7 10. Ne5 a6 11. Nd2 g6 12. Ndf3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 Nh5 14. Rh3 f5 15. Be2 Bxe5 16. fxe5 Ng7 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Bg5 Qf7 19. Qh4 Ne8 20. Be7 {Hernandez Torres,A (1851)-Alvis,A (1757) Bogota 2015 1-0}) (5... Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Bd3 e6 8. O-O Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Qe2 Na5 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Ne5 Nd6 15. Bd2 Nfe4 16. Rf3 f5 17. Raf1 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Ne4 19. Qe3 Qe8 20. Bxe4 {Agasiev,K-Nasibov,V Baku 2002 1-0 (47)}) 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. g3 Nc6 11. Ngf3 Rb8 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 b5 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Kg2 Qe7 16. b4 Nd7 17. a4 bxa4 18. b5 Nd8 19. Rxa4 Nb6 {Fulop,C (2161)-Nagy,G (2104) Hungary 2003 0-1 (40)}) 5... Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. Nc3 {The position is equal.} O-O 9. Bd3 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. h3 Na5 13. g4 {-0.95/23} (13. f5 $11 {-0.08/27 remains equal.}) 13... Ne4 $17 14. Kg2 {-1.58/24} (14. Ne2 $142 {-0.87/26}) 14... Nxc3 {-0.98/27} (14... f6 $142 {-1.58/24} 15. Nf3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Rxc3) 15. bxc3 Rxc3 16. Bd2 Rxa3 {0.00/32} (16... Nc4 $17 {-1.10/22 Strongly threatening ...f6.} 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qb1+ Kg8 19. Bxc3 Nxe3+ 20. Kg3 Nxf1+ 21. Qxf1 Qc7) 17. Rxa3 Bxa3 18. Qa4 $2 {-1.86/25} (18. Bxa5 $1 $11 {-0.08/28} bxa5 19. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qxa3) 18... Bd6 {-1.09/27} (18... Nc4 $1 $19 {-1.86/25 } 19. Nf3 Bd6 20. Qxa7 Qe7) 19. Bxa5 bxa5 20. Ra1 Bb4 21. Ra2 Qd6 22. Rc2 f6 23. Nf3 {-1.48/25} (23. Nc6 $15 {-0.62/30}) 23... Kf7 {-0.95/25} ({Black should try} 23... Bc8 {-1.48/25} 24. Bb5 Qe7) 24. g5 {-1.47/22} (24. Bxh7 $142 {-0.95/25} Ke7 25. Qb3) 24... h6 $1 25. h4 hxg5 {-1.14/27} (25... Ke7 $19 { -1.63/22} 26. Bb5 Qb6) 26. hxg5 Rc8 {-0.30/31} (26... Ke7 $17 {-1.14/22} 27. Rc1 Rh8) 27. gxf6 $2 {-1.86/27} (27. Rxc8 $11 {-0.30/31 and White stays safe.} Bxc8 28. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6 29. Qc2+ Kf7 30. Qxc8) 27... gxf6 $19 28. Rxc8 Bxc8 29. Qc2 Bd7 30. Bg6+ $2 {-4.43/23} (30. Bh7 {-2.27/27 was called for.}) 30... Ke7 31. Bh5 f5 $2 {-0.79/30} (31... a4 $19 {-3.89/23 and Black stays clearly on top.} 32. Qg6 Bb5 33. Qf7+ Kd8 34. Qxf6+ Kc7) 32. Ne5 $17 a4 {-0.37/35} ({ Better is} 32... Qb8 $1 $17 {-0.79/33} 33. Nc6+ Bxc6 34. Qxc6 Kf6) 33. Kf3 $2 { -3.14/25} (33. Kh2 $15 {-0.37/35} Qb8 34. Nxd7 Kxd7 35. Qxa4+ Ke7 36. Kg2) 33... Qb6 $2 {0.00/30} (33... Qa6 $1 $19 {-3.14/25} 34. Kf2 Qb7) 34. Qg2 $11 { [#] Threatening mate with Qg7+.} Bb5 {Hoping for .. .a3.} 35. Qg7+ Kd8 { White must now prevent ...a3.} 36. Qg8+ Kc7 37. Qf7+ Kc8 38. Qg8+ Kb7 39. Bf7 Bc4 40. Bxe6 Qc7 $1 41. Bxd5+ Bxd5+ 42. Qxd5+ Ka6 43. Nf7 $2 {-#60/22 [#]} (43. Nd3 $14 {0.38/26} Be7 44. Qe6+ (44. Qxf5 Qc4 $14) 44... Bd6 45. Qxf5) 43... Qb7 {Black mates.} 44. Qxb7+ Kxb7 {Endgame KB-KN} 45. Nh6 a3 46. Nxf5 a2 47. Ng3 a1=Q 48. d5 Qd1+ 49. Ke4 a5 50. f5 Qg4+ 51. Ke5 Qxg3+ 52. Kd4 Kc7 53. e4 Qc3# { Precision: White = 32%, Black = 42%.} 0-1 [Event "HSL Pääsiäisturnaus"] [Site "Shakkikoti"] [Date "2008.03.24"] [Round "7"] [White "Lindholm, Ulf-Peter"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1347"] [BlackElo "1672"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] 1. d4 (1. f4 d5 {1/2-1/2 (43) Hueter,H-Gutgesell,W Schloss Schney 1996}) 1... d5 {D00 Queen's Pawn Game} 2. f4 (2. e3 Nf6 {0-1 (18) Smit,D (889)-Marais,A (1107) Cape Town 2016}) 2... Nf6 3. e3 {D00 1.d4 d5: Unusual lines} e6 4. g3 ( 4. b3 c6 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Ne4 9. Bxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Nxe4 Nxe3 13. Qh5 Nxf1 14. Rxf1 f5 15. Ng5 h6 16. Qg6 hxg5 17. Rf3 Qa5 18. Rh3 Qe1# {Smit,D (889)-Marais,A (1107) Cape Town 2016 0-1}) 4... c5 $146 (4... Nbd7 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bd3 f5 8. Nbd2 Ndf6 9. Bxe4 fxe4 10. Ne5 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Qe2 g6 14. c4 Ne8 15. c5 Bc7 16. Bd2 Ng7 17. Rf2 Qe7 18. Raf1 Rad8 19. Nc1 {Hueter,H-Gutgesell,W Schloss Schney 1996 1/2-1/ 2 (43)}) (4... Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. O-O h6 9. Ne5 a6 10. Nd2 Bxe5 11. fxe5 Nh7 12. Qh5 Qg5 13. Qxg5 Nxg5 14. Nf3 Nxf3+ 15. Rxf3 Na7 16. e4 Bc6 17. Re3 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 {Nielsen,M-Mukavec,S St Lorenzo 1995 0-1 (35)}) 5. c3 Nc6 {-0.18/22} (5... Be7 $17 {-0.92/19}) 6. Nh3 {-1.04/18} (6. Nd2 $11 {-0.18/22}) 6... Ne4 {-0.06/22} (6... Be7 $17 {-1.04/18}) 7. Nf2 { -0.75/19} (7. Nd2 $11 {-0.06/22}) 7... f5 {-0.25/21} (7... Nxf2 $17 {-0.75/19} 8. Kxf2 g5) 8. Nxe4 {-1.27/18} (8. Be2 $11 {-0.25/21}) 8... dxe4 {0.00/23} ( 8... fxe4 $17 {-1.27/18} 9. Na3 Be7) 9. Bb5 {-0.79/19} (9. a4 $11 {0.00/23}) 9... Qb6 {0.13/22} ({Black should try} 9... Be7 $17 {-0.79/19}) 10. Bxc6+ { -1.27/18} (10. a4 $11 {0.13/22 remains equal.}) 10... Qxc6 {-0.70/22} (10... bxc6 $17 {-1.27/18} 11. Nd2 Ba6) 11. O-O {-1.50/18} (11. Na3 $15 {-0.70/22}) 11... Be7 {-0.65/22} (11... b6 $1 $17 {-1.50/18} 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. exd4 Be7) 12. Qb3 {-1.86/18} (12. a4 $15 {-0.65/22}) 12... c4 {-0.57/22} ({Black should play } 12... b6 $19 {-1.86/18} 13. Bd2 Ba6) 13. Qd1 {-1.48/22} (13. Qc2 $15 { -0.57/22}) 13... Bd7 {-0.33/23} (13... a5 $17 {-1.48/22} 14. a4 b6) 14. Rf2 { -1.31/22} (14. b3 $1 $15 {-0.33/23}) 14... O-O-O {0.00/22} (14... h5 $17 { -1.31/22} 15. b3 g5) 15. h4 $2 {-3.32/20} (15. b3 $1 $11 {0.00/22 and White stays safe.}) 15... h6 16. b3 g5 17. Ba3 Bf6 18. Nd2 gxh4 19. gxh4 Bxh4 { -0.81/20} (19... Rhg8+ $19 {-2.26/18} 20. Kh1 cxb3 21. axb3 Kb8) 20. Rg2 $17 { Black should prevent Qh5.} cxb3 {-0.64/22} (20... Qa6 $17 {-1.13/21} 21. Bb4 Rhg8 22. Nxc4 Rxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Bb5) 21. axb3 $15 {[#] Threatens to win with Qh5.} Rdg8 {White must now prevent ...e5.} 22. Rxg8+ $2 {-2.59/21} (22. Nc4 $15 { -0.34/23}) 22... Rxg8+ $19 23. Kh1 Rg4 $2 {-0.71/24} (23... e5 $19 {-2.41/18 has better winning chances.} 24. dxe5 Qg6) 24. Nc4 $17 {Hoping for Ne5.} Bf6 $36 {White is under strong pressure.} 25. Ne5 {-1.77/22} (25. Bb4 $17 {-0.73/24 } a6 26. Ra5 Rh4+ 27. Kg1) 25... Rh4+ $19 26. Kg2 $2 {-4.62/17} (26. Kg1 { -1.80/22} Qb6 27. Nc4 (27. Bc5 Qd8 $17)) 26... Qc7 ({Weaker is} 26... Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qb6 28. Qd6 $11) 27. Qd2 {-7.56/22} (27. Kf2 $142 {-4.80/23} Rh3 28. Qf1 Bh4+ 29. Kg1 Rxe3 30. Bb4) 27... Be8 $2 {-1.96/24} (27... Bxe5 {-7.56/22} 28. Rh1 Rg4+ 29. Kf1 Bg7) 28. Rh1 $2 {-#5/21 [#]} (28. Rg1 $19 {-1.96/24}) 28... Qg7+ {Accuracy: White = 12%, Black = 20%.} 0-1

Here are some of the latest and highest rated games that I was able to find in my reference database.

[Event "NED-ch51 sf"] [Site "Enschede"] [Date "1995.11.09"] [Round "6"] [White "Knoppert, Erik GJ"] [Black "Riemersma, Liafbern"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2400"] [BlackElo "2415"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "1995.11.03"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "NED"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. d4 d5 2. f4 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. c3 Be7 8. Ne5 O-O 9. h3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ne4 11. Nd2 f5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. Qe2 a5 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. Bc1 a4 18. a3 Bd6 19. Kh1 Rf6 20. g4 Qb7 21. Rf2 Rbf8 22. Rdf1 cxd4 23. exd4 Qc7 24. Qe3 c5 25. Bd2 Rb8 26. Be1 Rb3 27. f5 cxd4 28. Qxd4 Bc5 29. Qxa4 Bxf2 30. Bxf2 Rb8 31. Qd4 Rxb2 32. c4 Rb3 33. Kg2 Qxc4 34. Qa7 Qd3 35. Rc1 Qxh3+ 36. Kg1 Qxg4+ 37. Kf1 Qxf5 38. Rc7 Rb1+ 39. Ke2 Qf3+ 0-1 [Event "Wch U18"] [Site "Oropesa del Mar"] [Date "2000.10.14"] [Round "4"] [White "Kritz, Leonid"] [Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2424"] [BlackElo "2554"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "2000.10.11"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2001"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.11.22"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Bd6 9. Ne5 h6 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Ndf3 Ne4 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Nd2 f6 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qd1 e5 17. g3 exd4 18. Qxd4 Rab8 19. b3 c5 20. Qf2 a5 21. Re1 f5 22. Bf3 c4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qc2 cxb3 25. axb3 Qb6+ 26. Be3 Qxb3 27. Qxb3+ Rxb3 28. Rxa5 Rxc3 29. Re2 Rd3 30. Kf2 Bb4 31. Rb5 Bc3 32. Ra2 Kh7 33. Ke2 Kg6 34. Ra3 Rf6 35. h3 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 fxg4 38. Rg5+ Kh7 39. Ra4 Rg6 40. Rxe4 Rd8 41. f5 Rxg5 42. Bxg5 1/2-1/2 [Event "CZE-chT 0102"] [Site "Czechia"] [Date "2001.10.20"] [Round "1"] [White "Blatny, Pavel"] [Black "Trichkov, Vasil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2433"] [BlackElo "2331"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2001.10.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2003"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Ne4 6. O-O f5 7. c4 c6 8. Qb3 Qb6 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nf6 12. b4 Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. b5 Nbd7 15. b4 Rfc8 16. bxc6 Rxc6 17. Rf2 a6 18. b5 Rcc8 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Bxa6 Bxc5 21. Bb2 Rc7 22. dxc5 Rca7 23. c6 Nb6 24. Nb5 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Nc7 Ra4 27. Bd4 Nc8 28. Rb2 Ne7 29. Nxe6 Nxc6 30. Rb6 Rc4 31. Bc5 Na5 32. Ra6 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 Nc4 34. Ng5 Nxe3+ 35. Bxe3 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Rc8 37. Bd4 Nh5 38. Be5 h6 39. Ne6 Re8 40. h4 1-0 [Event "AUT-chT 0102"] [Site "Austria"] [Date "2001.11.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Blatny, Pavel"] [Black "Mueller, Karsten"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2458"] [BlackElo "2506"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2001.10.06"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "AUT"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 e6 8. Nbd2 Bf5 9. Qa4 Bd6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. fxe5 Ne4 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Qd1 b5 15. O-O b4 16. Bd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Qc1 h6 19. Be1 Rb7 20. Bd1 Rfb8 21. Kh1 Rb1 22. Rxb1 Rxb1 23. Qxb1 Ng3+ 24. hxg3 Bxb1 25. a4 Bd3 26. Rf2 Qb6 27. Nd2 Qb2 28. Nxc4 Qc1 29. Nb2 Qxe3 30. Nxd3 Qxd3 31. Bh5 g6 32. Be2 Qe3 33. Kg1 Na5 34. Kf1 Qc1 35. Bb5 Nc4 36. Re2 Ne3+ 37. Kf2 Nd1+ 38. Kf3 Nxc3 39. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 40. Re3 Qxd4 41. a5 Qb4 0-1 [Event "Bucharest Winter Cup"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2001.12.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Tikhomirov, Sergei"] [Black "Bochkarev, Alexander2"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2357"] [BlackElo "2361"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2001.12.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [EventCategory "2"] [SourceTitle "CBM 085 ext"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.01.21"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Ng4 7. Qe2 h5 8. Ne5 g5 9. h3 Ngxe5 10. fxe5 f5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. e4 Be7 13. dxc5 Bd7 14. Nb3 a5 15. a4 O-O-O 16. Be3 dxe4 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Nxe4 Qf5 19. Bd4 Ng6 20. Bxh8 Rxh8 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. cxd6 Ne5 23. Qe3 Bc6 24. Be2 Bxg2 25. Rg1 g4 26. Rxg2 gxh3 27. Rg5 h2 28. O-O-O 1-0 [Event "Geller Memorial op-A 6th"] [Site "Odessa"] [Date "2010.08.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Evdokimov, Alexander A"] [Black "Kharchenko, Boris"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2551"] [BlackElo "2442"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2010.08.21"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "UKR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 138 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.10.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 e6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Qe2 O-O 9. Ne5 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ne4 11. Nd2 f5 12. Nxe4 fxe4 13. Qe2 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Rxf1+ 15. Qxf1 Qb6 16. a3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc8 18. Qd1 Ne7 19. Bd2 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qc2 21. Qe1 b6 22. Rc1 Qb2 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Bb4 a5 25. Qh4 Qc1+ 26. Qe1 Qxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Ne7 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Ke2 Ke8 30. Kd1 Nc6 31. Kc2 Kd7 32. Kb3 Kc7 33. Ka4 Kb7 34. Kb5 Na7+ 35. Ka4 Ka6 36. Bd2 b5+ 37. Kb3 Nc8 38. Be1 Nb6 39. Bd2 Nc4 40. Bc1 h5 41. Kc2 g5 42. h3 h4 43. Kb3 a4+ 44. Kc2 Kb6 0-1 [Event "PRO League Stage"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2018.01.25"] [Round "2"] [White "Reimanis, Ritvars"] [Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2335"] [BlackElo "2654"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2018.01.18"] [EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Mega2018 Update 15"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] [WhiteTeam "Riga Magicians"] [BlackTeam "Armenia Eagles"] [WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"] [BlackTeamCountry "ARM"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. f4 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 c5 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Bd6 9. Ne5 Qb6 10. a4 Qa6 11. Qb5 Qxb5 12. axb5 Ke7 13. Ke2 Rhc8 14. h3 Ne8 15. Ndf3 f6 16. Nxd7 Kxd7 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rd1 Nd6 19. g4 g6 20. h4 Ke7 21. Rh1 h5 22. g5 fxg5 23. Nxg5 Nxb5 24. Rg1 Rg8 25. Nf3 Nd6 26. Ne5 Nf7 27. Nf3 a6 28. Bd2 Rac8 29. Rg2 Bd6 30. Rag1 Nh8 31. Kd3 a5 32. b3 b6 33. c4 dxc4+ 34. bxc4 Rgd8 35. Nd4 Bc5 36. Bc3 Kf7 37. Rg5 a4 38. Ke4 Be7 39. Rb5 Rxc4 40. Ba1 Bc5 41. Kd3 Rb4 42. Rxb4 Bxb4 43. Kc4 Bc5 44. Nc6 Rc8 45. Ne5+ Ke7 46. Kd3 Rg8 47. Ke4 a3 48. Nd3 Bd6 49. Rb1 Rb8 50. Rb5 Nf7 51. Nc1 Bc5 52. Nb3 Nd6+ 0-1 [Event "PRO League Stage"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2018.02.03"] [Round "4"] [White "Reimanis, Ritvars"] [Black "Thorfinnsson, Bjorn"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2335"] [BlackElo "2400"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2018.01.18"] [EventType "team-swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Mega2018 Update 17"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.16"] [WhiteTeam "Riga Magicians"] [BlackTeam "Reykjavik Puffins"] [WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"] [BlackTeamCountry "ISL"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Ne5 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Ne4 9. O-O Nxe5 10. fxe5 Be7 11. Qb5+ Qd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Rxf7 Raf8 14. Rf3 Bg5 15. Na3 h5 16. Kf1 h4 17. h3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Be7 19. Nb1 g5 20. Nc3 g4 21. hxg4 Rxf3+ 22. gxf3 h3 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bd2 h2 25. Kg2 h1=Q+ 26. Rxh1 exf3+ 27. Kg3 Rxh1 0-1

D00 1.d4 d5: Unusual lines (1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.f4 c5 4.c3 e6 5.Nf3 Nc6)

This somewhat disappointing draw, as far as the ratings are concerned that is, was played at Red Hot Pawn in a tournament called 2014 September Grand Seven Fourteen III. This was a hard fought game and draw is the right outcome of the game. At some points I even thought that I was on the worse side, so I can't maybe feel that bad that the game ended like it did. I was fourth in the final standings of the tournament and gathered 99 points in 40 games. The winner, a player called kopsov (1877), gathered 114 points. The second place went to Reverb (1782), who gathered 104 points. A player called Luft (2006) finished the tournament on third place with 102 points. Below is some of the move statistics from LiveBook.

Game number two. This was played on the first round of the 2014 October Long Haul Split I tournament that was held at Red Hot Pawn. My game against veca was the last game I had in progress and the result of this game determined the winner of group 2. By winning, I secured my place on the second and what could have been the last round, where I faced caissad4 and because we both won with the black pieces, the winner of the tournament was determined on round 3. Both caissad4 and me won our groups with 59 points that we were able to gather in 22 games. Caissad4 won group 1 with a 8 point difference, while I was only barely able to win my group, because beatlemania (1715), the player who finished second in the group gathered 58 points. On the third round I drew with caissad4 when I was playing with the white pieces and lost with Black, so caissad4 ended up winning the tournament. As you may see in the statistics, the move order used in the first game is better for Black than the move order used in this game.

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.11"] [Round "1"] [White "veca"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1406"] [BlackElo "1851"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "151"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. f4 c5 4. c3 e6 5. Nf3 Nc6 {D00 1.d4 d5: Unusual lines. LiveBook: 3 Games} 6. Be2 Bd6 (6... Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Rc8 9. Ne5 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Ndf3 Ne4 12. Bd3 f5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qe8 16. Rf3 g5 17. Qb3 g4 18. Rf1 g3 19. h3 Nf2 20. Be2 Rc7 21. Bh6 {Farias,P (1991) -Pinheiro,L (2125) Brazil 1990 0-1 (36)}) 7. O-O O-O (7... Bd7 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Nc3 a6 14. a3 Nf6 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. f5 Nxd4 17. Qd3 Nxd2 18. exd4 Nxf1 19. Bxf1 Qxb2 20. Rc2 Qxa3 21. f6 gxf6 22. Qf3 {Mmata,B (1804)-Tulienge,A Nairobi 2017 0-1 (31)}) 8. h3 $146 { Black is slightly better.} (8. a3 b6 9. Bd2 c4 10. a4 Na5 11. Na3 Nb3 12. Ra2 Bd7 13. Nc2 Qe8 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. fxe5 Ne4 16. Be1 Bxa4 17. Bf3 Ng5 18. Bh4 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Na5 20. Qc1 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Nc6 22. Rg3 Ne7 {Cohnfeld,A-Delmar,E New York 1880 0-1 (40)}) (8. Ne5 Ne4 9. Nd2 f5 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Bg4 Ne7 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rac1 b5 15. a3 a5 16. g3 c4 17. Qc2 Nf5 18. Kg2 Qe7 19. Ra1 Rb7 20. h3 Ra8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Rba7 {Ozdover,M (1601)-Hatipoglu,M (1876) Antalya 2008 0-1 (36)}) (8. Bd2 Ne4 9. Be1 c4 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 f6 12. h3 b5 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Bd1 Bb7 15. Bc2 Ne7 16. Rad1 a5 17. Nh2 g5 18. Bg3 h5 19. Rf3 f5 20. Nf1 h4 21. Qe2 hxg3 22. Rxg3 Rf7 {Kukushkin,A-Platonychev,A (1886) Nizhnij Novgorod 2014 0-1 (52)}) 8... b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nd7 { -0.26/28} (10... Ne7 $17 {-0.73/22}) 11. Ndf3 f6 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Nh2 Qc7 14. Bf3 {-1.02/22} (14. Bd3 $15 {-0.34/23}) 14... Rad8 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Bd6 17. Bd2 Ne7 18. a4 Kh8 19. Bg4 e5 20. Be6 {-1.37/23} (20. fxe5 $142 {-0.71/26} fxe5 21. Nf3) 20... Qc6 21. b5 Qc7 {-0.77/28} (21... Qc5 $142 {-1.31/24} 22. fxe5 Bxe5) 22. fxe5 Bxe5 23. Nf3 Bg3 24. Nd4 Qd6 25. Bg4 Bc8 (25... Ra8 {looks sharper.} 26. Be1 Be5 27. Bf2 a6 28. Qc2 axb5 29. axb5 Ra3) 26. Bxc8 Rxc8 27. Qf3 Be5 28. g4 {-0.73/25} (28. a5 $11 {-0.08/26 keeps the balance.}) 28... Ng6 $17 29. Rac1 Rc4 30. Nf5 Qc5 31. h4 {-2.18/23} (31. Ra1 $17 {-1.32/27 was worth a try.}) 31... Bxc3 $2 {0.00/29 [#]} ({But not} 31... Rxa4 32. h5) ({ Black should play} 31... Re4 $19 {-2.18/23 aiming for ... Bb8.} 32. Rf2 Bd6) 32. Bxc3 $11 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Qxc3 34. Qxd5 Qb4 35. Qd4 Qb3 $1 36. h5 Ne5 37. Ne7 {-1.26/28} (37. g5 $11 {0.00/33 remains equal.}) 37... Qe6 {-0.54/29} (37... Nxg4 $1 $17 {-1.26/28} 38. Nf5 (38. Qxg4 Qxe3+) 38... Ne5) 38. Nf5 $15 Rc8 { 0.00/29} (38... g6 $1 $15 {-0.67/26} 39. hxg6 hxg6) 39. Rd1 $2 {-11.67/24 [#]} (39. g5 $1 $11 {0.00/29}) 39... h6 $2 {0.00/31} (39... Nf3+ $19 {-11.67/24} 40. Kf2 Nxd4 41. Nxd4 Qxg4) 40. Kg2 {-0.51/29} (40. Qe4 $11 {0.00/31}) 40... Kh7 { 0.00/39} ({Black should try} 40... Rc4 $1 $15 {-0.51/29} 41. Qd8+ Kh7) 41. Qd5 {The position is equal.} Qxd5+ 42. Rxd5 $11 {Endgame KRN-KRN} Rc7 ({Don't play } 42... Nxg4 $6 43. Rd7 $16) 43. Kg3 Rd7 44. e4 Kg8 45. Kf4 Kf7 46. Ne3 Ke6 47. Rxd7 Nxd7 {KN-KN} 48. Nf5 Kf7 49. Nd6+ Kf8 50. Nc8 Nc5 51. Nxa7 Nxa4 52. e5 fxe5+ 53. Kxe5 Ke7 54. Kd5 Kd7 55. Kc4 Nc5 56. Nc6 Ne4 57. Kd5 Nf6+ 58. Ke5 Nxg4+ 59. Kf5 Nf6 60. Kg6 Kd6 61. Kxg7 Nxh5+ 62. Kxh6 Nf4 63. Kg5 Nd5 64. Kf5 Kc5 65. Nb8 Kd6 66. Nc6 Nc3 67. Nb4 Nxb5 68. Ke4 Nc7 69. Kd4 b5 70. Nd3 Ne6+ 71. Kc3 Kd5 72. Kb3 Kd4 73. Kb4 Nc7 74. Nc5 Kd5 75. Nd3 Kc6 76. Ne5+ { Precision: White = 50%, Black = 52%.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Long Haul Split"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.10.24"] [Round "1"] [White "veca"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1291"] [BlackElo "1888"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "108"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 {D00 1.d4 d5: Unusual lines. LiveBook: 3 Games} 6. Be2 Bd6 (6... Bd7 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Rc8 9. Ne5 Be7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Ndf3 Ne4 12. Bd3 f5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 Qe8 16. Rf3 g5 17. Qb3 g4 18. Rf1 g3 19. h3 Nf2 20. Be2 Rc7 21. Bh6 {Farias,P (1991) -Pinheiro,L (2125) Brazil 1990 0-1 (36)}) 7. O-O O-O (7... Bd7 8. Bd2 Qb6 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Nc3 a6 14. a3 Nf6 15. Rac1 Ne4 16. f5 Nxd4 17. Qd3 Nxd2 18. exd4 Nxf1 19. Bxf1 Qxb2 20. Rc2 Qxa3 21. f6 gxf6 22. Qf3 {Mmata,B (1804)-Tulienge,A Nairobi 2017 0-1 (31)}) 8. Ne5 { Black is slightly better.} cxd4 $146 {0.07/26} (8... Ne7 $15 {-0.45/22}) (8... Ne4 9. Nd2 f5 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Bd2 Bd7 12. Bg4 Ne7 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Rac1 b5 15. a3 a5 16. g3 c4 17. Qc2 Nf5 18. Kg2 Qe7 19. Ra1 Rb7 20. h3 Ra8 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Rba7 23. Qb2 {Ozdover,M (1601)-Hatipoglu,M (1876) Antalya 2008 0-1 (36)}) 9. cxd4 Ne4 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 f6 12. Nf3 {-0.35/25} (12. Nxc6 $11 {0.12/27 might be stronger.} bxc6 13. c4) 12... Bc7 {0.37/23} (12... Na5 $15 {-0.35/25}) 13. a3 e5 14. fxe5 {-0.58/24} (14. dxe5 $14 {0.31/26} fxe5 15. c4) 14... fxe5 $15 15. dxe5 Nxe5 ({But not} 15... Bxe5 $6 16. Nxe5 Rxf1+ 17. Bxf1 $14) 16. Nd4 {-0.91/22} (16. a4 $15 {-0.43/26 is superior.}) 16... Bd7 {0.00/25} ({Black should play} 16... Rxf1+ $1 $17 {-0.91/22} 17. Qxf1 Bg4) 17. Qb3 {-1.49/23} ( 17. Rxf8+ $1 $11 {0.00/25 keeps the balance.} Qxf8 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. Qxd5+ Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Bxb5) 17... Bc6 {-0.17/24} (17... Rxf1+ $17 {-1.49/23} 18. Bxf1 Qf6) 18. Nxc6 {-1.60/25} (18. Rxf8+ $11 {-0.17/24} Qxf8 19. e4) 18... bxc6 {-0.93/26} (18... Rxf1+ $142 {-1.60/25} 19. Bxf1 bxc6) 19. e4 $2 {-12.79/27 [#] } (19. Rxf8+ $17 {-0.93/26} Qxf8 20. c4) 19... Rxf1+ $19 20. Bxf1 Rb8 $2 { -2.07/29} (20... Qh4 {-9.12/27 ( -> ...Nf3+!)} 21. Qa2 Bb6+ 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 Rf8 24. exd5 Ng4) 21. Qa2 $2 {-4.87/26} (21. Qd1 {-2.07/29} Qh4 22. Qe2) 21... Qd6 {-2.03/27} (21... Ng4 $142 {-4.87/26} 22. g3 Bb6+ 23. Kg2 Qe7) 22. exd5 $2 {-8.01/25} (22. Bf4 {-2.03/27} Qc5+ 23. Qf2 Qxc3 24. Qe1 Qd4+ 25. Be3) 22... cxd5 $2 {-1.55/29 [#]} (22... Rf8 $19 {-8.01/25 has better winning chances.} 23. Be3 Nc4 $1) 23. Bf4 $17 Nf3+ $1 $40 {-0.85/32 Black attacks with force.} 24. gxf3 Qxf4 25. Qe2 Qf6 {-0.49/28} (25... d4 $17 {-1.17/25 And now .. .d3! would win.} 26. Re1 dxc3 27. Qe6+ Qf7) 26. Rc1 $2 {-52.39/25} (26. Rd1 $15 {-0.49/28}) 26... Qg5+ $19 27. Kh1 {Black mates.} Qxc1 28. Qd3 Qf4 29. Qxd5+ Kh8 30. Qh5 Rf8 31. Kg2 Qd2+ 32. Kh1 Qf2 33. Qh3 Qxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Rxf3 35. Kg2 Rxc3 36. a4 g6 37. Bb5 h5 38. h4 Kg7 39. Bd7 Kf6 40. Bb5 Kf5 41. Be8 Bd8 42. Kf2 Bxh4+ 43. Ke2 Bf6 44. Kd2 h4 45. Bd7+ Kf4 46. Be6 g5 47. Bd7 g4 48. a5 h3 49. Bb5 h2 50. Bd7 h1=Q 51. Bxg4 Kxg4 52. Ke2 Qg2+ 53. Kd1 Bg5 54. a6 Rc1# { Precision: White = 6%, Black = 21%.} 0-1

I could only find this reference game from my database where both players were rated above 2300 and did not end in a quick draw.

[Event "Bucharest Winter Cup"] [Site "Bucharest"] [Date "2001.12.19"] [Round "9"] [White "Tikhomirov, Sergei"] [Black "Bochkarev, Alexander2"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2357"] [BlackElo "2361"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2001.12.11"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [EventCategory "2"] [SourceTitle "CBM 085 ext"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.01.21"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 e6 6. Nbd2 Ng4 7. Qe2 h5 8. Ne5 g5 9. h3 Ngxe5 10. fxe5 f5 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. e4 Be7 13. dxc5 Bd7 14. Nb3 a5 15. a4 O-O-O 16. Be3 dxe4 17. Nd2 Ne5 18. Nxe4 Qf5 19. Bd4 Ng6 20. Bxh8 Rxh8 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. cxd6 Ne5 23. Qe3 Bc6 24. Be2 Bxg2 25. Rg1 g4 26. Rxg2 gxh3 27. Rg5 h2 28. O-O-O 1-0

C62 Spanish Game: Steinitz Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.O-O-O O-O 10.Rhe1 Nd7)

This is the 32nd game in the 100 15 minute games match between two friends. With this win I was able to increase my lead in the match, but the match was not even close to be decided one way or the other. The score was 17 - 15 in my favor after this game. This may be one of the most tactically precise games that I have ever played, at least based on the precision percentage 87, determined by the analysis! If only I could get that in every game... Then my rating would be much higher than it is now.

[Event "Challenge 32386857"] [Site "online arena"] [Date "2015.08.10"] [Round "1"] [White "Tocklin, Tomi"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C62"] [WhiteElo "1761"] [BlackElo "1746"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rhe1 Nd7 {C62 Spanish Game: Steinitz Defence} 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd5 {LiveBook: 6 Games} Qd8 13. Kb1 {White is slightly better.} Re8 14. h4 Ne5 {0.42/24} (14... a5 $11 {0.00/25}) 15. Nxe5 $14 dxe5 16. Qe3 $146 { -0.23/28} (16. Qc3 $14 {0.34/27}) (16. Qc4 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Rd3 Rad8 19. Qa4 a6 20. f4 b5 21. Qe4 f6 22. f5 Re7 23. g4 Qc5 24. Rd2 Red7 25. Red1 a5 26. Qd3 Rd6 27. g5 c6 28. gxf6 Rxf6 29. Qe4 cxd5 30. Qxe5 Qd6 {Sierra Soria,M (1743)-Alvarez Escudero,M (1884) Madrid 2010 1/2-1/2 (50)}) 16... Bxd5 $1 $11 17. Rxd5 Qxh4 18. g3 Qe7 19. Red1 $1 a6 20. Rd7 {-1.06/29} (20. Qd3 $15 { -0.37/29}) 20... Rad8 $17 21. Qd3 Rxd7 22. Qxd7 {Endgame KQR-KQR} Kf8 (22... h5 {feels hotter.} 23. Qd5 c6 24. Qa5 g6 25. b3 Kg7) 23. Qd5 c6 24. Qd6 {-1.88/28} (24. Qd7 $17 {-0.93/31}) 24... Qxd6 $19 25. Rxd6 {KR-KR} Ke7 26. Rd3 $2 { -4.69/28 [#]} (26. Rd1 {-1.95/31}) 26... Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 {KP-KP} 28. Kc1 Ke7 29. Kd2 Kf6 30. a4 $2 {-5.99/27 [#]} (30. Ke3 {-3.47/28} h5 31. c4) 30... b6 31. b4 Ke6 32. Kd3 b5 33. c4 bxa4 34. Kc3 Kd6 35. Kb2 c5 36. Ka3 cxb4+ { Black mates.} 37. Kxb4 a3 38. Kxa3 Kc5 39. Kb3 a5 {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 87%.} 0-1

Here are a few examples from reasonably high rated players on how to treat the position after 10...Nd7.

[Event "Vinkovci"] [Site "Vinkovci"] [Date "1995.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Palac, Mladen"] [Black "Zelcic, Robert"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C62"] [WhiteElo "2545"] [BlackElo "2500"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "1995.04.??"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [EventCategory "9"] [SourceTitle "CBM 048"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1995.10.01"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rhe1 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Qe6 14. e5 Qxd5 15. Rxd5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Rexe5 Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Rd7 Rc8 20. Kd2 Kf8 1/2-1/2 [Event "ROM-chT"] [Site "Sovata"] [Date "1999.04.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Slovineanu, Viacheslav"] [Black "Negulescu, Adrian"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C62"] [WhiteElo "2447"] [BlackElo "2452"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "1999.04.16"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2000"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.11.16"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. d4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rhe1 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. Qxd5 Rab8 14. e5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxe5 Rfd8 18. Re7 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rc8 20. Ke2 Kf8 21. Rd7 Ke8 22. Rd4 Ke7 23. Kd3 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Kxd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "Politiken Cup 22nd"] [Site "Copenhagen"] [Date "2000.07.28"] [Round "11"] [White "Brynell, Stellan"] [Black "Hoi, Carsten"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C62"] [WhiteElo "2484"] [BlackElo "2408"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2000.07.17"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "DEN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 077 ext"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.09.14"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rhe1 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd5 Qd8 13. e5 Nb6 14. Ne3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 dxe5 16. Qxe5 Qe8 17. Qxc7 Qa4 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. Qd6 Rfe8 20. Qd4 Qc6 21. Rg1 f6 22. Qd3 Qe6 23. Rg4 Red8 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kf7 26. b3 Qc6 27. Re4 a5 28. a4 Qc7 29. Rde8 Qxh2 30. R8e7+ Kg6 31. Rg4+ Kh5 32. Rexg7 h6 33. Nf5 1-0 [Event "MNT-chT"] [Site "Ulcinj"] [Date "2014.09.22"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Brenjo, Slavisa"] [Black "Lajthajm, Borko"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2478"] [BlackElo "2469"] [PlyCount "92"] [EventDate "2014.09.20"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "Mega2014 Update 40"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2014.10.04"] [WhiteTeam "Niksic"] [BlackTeam "Ljubomir Djurdjic"] [WhiteTeamCountry "MNE"] [BlackTeamCountry "MNE"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rhe1 Nd7 11. h4 Bf6 12. Qe3 Re8 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc8 15. Re3 f6 16. Bf4 Nc5 17. f3 b5 18. Bh2 a5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. g4 b4 22. Ree1 a4 23. Kb1 Ra5 24. Qd2 Rb5 25. Bg1 Ne6 26. Be3 Qb7 27. h5 Ng5 28. Bxg5 fxg5 29. Qd4 h6 30. Qc4 Rc5 31. Qf7 Qc8 32. Rd5 Rf8 33. Qe7 Rxd5 34. exd5 Rxf3 35. Qe4 Rf4 36. Qg6 Qf8 37. Kc1 Rf1 38. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 39. Kd2 Qg2+ 40. Ke3 Qxd5 41. Qe8+ Kh7 42. Qg6+ Kh8 43. Qe8+ Qg8 44. Qxa4 Qe6+ 45. Kf2 Qe4 46. c3 Qf4+ 0-1

A03 Bird's Opening with 1...d5 (1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.d3 Nc6 4.g3 Nf6 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7)

The game I am sharing today is the 28th blitz game that I played in 2016 at Chess.com in a series of 106 games that I played against Kojjootti. After this game the score was 18.5 - 9.5 in my favor. The move 7.Re1 was the first one that had not been played in the games that appear in the LiveBook. The moves that had seen some play are 7.Nc3 (103 games, result 52%, Elo-average 2392), 7.c3 (91 games, result 46%, Elo-average 2375), 7.Qe1 (67 games, result 54%, Elo-average 2413), 7.e3 (4 games, result 50%, Elo-average 2396), 7.h3 (3 games, result 33%, Elo-average 2386), 7.Kh1 (1 game, result 100%, Elo-average 2300), 7.d4 (1 game, result 50%, Elo-average 2495), 7.a3 (1 game, result 0%, Elo-average 2104), 7.Nbd2 (1 game, result 0%, Elo-average 2302) and 7.Na3 (1 game, result 0%, Elo-average 2351). According to my reference database, the move 7.Re1 had been played two times before this game. The next move 7...O-O was also played in both games. The 8th move e4 is a novelty. Previously the moves 8.Nbd2, 8.c3 and 8.a4 had been played.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Kojjootti"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "1703"] [BlackElo "1813"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {[%evp 11,102,7,0,-26,-19,-66,-75,-64,-73,-64,-80,-66,-11,-149,-146,-143,-125, -241,-225,-222,-234,-232,-164,-173,-27,-97,-96,-97,-96,-99,-45,-111,-118,-115, -111,-111,-96,-114,-86,-114,-114,-134,-114,-114,-114,-111,-50,-115,-111,-123, -97,-134,-132,-956,-956,-956,-963,-963,-929,-1007,-1002,-871,-814,-1240,-1034, -1995,-1870,-1668,-1391,-2902,-2040,-29962,-29966,-29976,-29977,-29976,-5431, -10805,0,-29976,-29973,-29969,-29957,-12805,-10287,-9080,-10287,-6642,-942, -5226,-129,-129,-129]} 1. f4 d5 {A03 Bird Opening: Dutch Variation} 2. Nf3 c5 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 {A03 Bird's Opening with 1...d5. LiveBook: 258 Games} 7. Re1 (7. c3 h5 8. Qe1 b6 9. Na3 Ba6 10. Rb1 Bb7 11. b4 Qc7 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 O-O-O 14. bxc5 bxc5 15. Qe3 Qa5 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Rb5 Neg4 18. Rxc5+ Kb8 19. Rxa5 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Nxe4 21. Bxa7+ Kc8 {Bialas,W (2370) -Hartmann,G (2275) Germany 1989 1/2-1/2 (46)}) 7... O-O 8. e4 $146 {-0.66/27} ( 8. e3 $11 {-0.19/27 should be considered.}) (8. Nbd2 Qb6 9. c4 (9. c3 c4+ 10. d4 Bf5 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qc2 Qc6 16. Be3 f5 17. Rad1 e6 18. Rf1 b5 19. a3 a5 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. e3 Rfc8 22. Rde1 Bf8 23. Rb1 Rab8 {Horvath,A (1817) -Farkas,R (2111) Miskolc 2011 0-1 (52)}) 9... Rd8 10. a3 e6 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Qc2 b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Qb3 Nc6 16. Bb2 Na5 17. Qa2 Bb7 18. Rec1 dxc4 19. Nxc4 Bd5 20. Nfe5 Nxc4 21. Bxd5 Qc5+ 22. d4 Qxd5 {Tsalicoglou,J-Borwell,A (2039) Kamena Vourla 2012 1/2-1/2 (106)}) 8... dxe4 $15 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Ne5 {[#] And now Nxc6 would win.} Nxe5 {-0.11/29} (11... f5 $15 {-0.66/24} 12. Nxc6 bxc6) 12. Bxe4 {-1.49/27} (12. fxe5 $11 {-0.11/29} f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. c3) 12... Nc4 13. c3 Rb8 14. b3 { -2.41/25} (14. Bd5 $17 {-1.25/29 might work better.} Nd6 15. Be3) 14... Nd6 15. Bf3 Bf5 16. Bb2 Nb5 17. a4 Bxb1 {-0.27/29} ({Black should try} 17... Nd6 $19 { -1.73/25 White must now prevent ...Bc2.} 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Rxe7 Be6) 18. Raxb1 { -0.97/24} (18. axb5 $11 {-0.27/29 keeps the balance.} Bc2 19. Rd2 Bxb3 20. Rxa7 ) 18... Nxc3 $17 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. Rd7 e5 {-0.45/30} (20... e6 $17 {-0.99/27} 21. Rxb7 Rxb7 22. Bxb7 Rd8) 21. Rxb7 {-1.11/26} (21. fxe5 $15 {-0.45/30} Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxb7) 21... Rxb7 22. Bxb7 exf4 23. gxf4 $15 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KRB-KRB} Rb8 24. Bd5 Kf8 25. Bc4 Rd8 26. Rc1 Bd4+ 27. Kg2 Be3 28. Rf1 { [%tqu "En","","","", "f7f5","",10]} Rd4 {-0.50/33} (28... f5 $1 $17 {-1.11/27} 29. Kf3 Bd2) 29. Kg3 {-1.15/31} (29. f5 $15 {-0.50/33}) 29... f5 $17 30. Rf3 Bd2 31. h4 Kg7 32. Rd3 $2 {-9.56/31 [%mdl 8192]} (32. Bb5 $17 {-1.32/33}) 32... Bxf4+ $19 33. Kf3 Rxd3+ 34. Bxd3 {KB-KB} Be5 35. Be2 h6 36. Ke3 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Kf3 Bd4 39. Bd3 Kf6 40. a5 Ke5 41. a6 g4+ 42. Kg2 Kf4 43. Bb5 Ke3 { -54.31/36} (43... Kg5 $142 {-#24/39} 44. Bc6 f4 45. Be4 f3+ 46. Bxf3 gxf3+ 47. Kxf3 Kf5 48. Ke2 Ke4 49. Kf1 Ke3 50. Kg2 Kd2 51. Kg3 Kc3 52. Kh4 Kxb3 53. Kh5 c4 54. Kh4 c3 55. Kg5 c2 56. Kh5 c1=Q 57. Kg4 Qf1 58. Kg5 Qf3 59. Kg6 Qf6+ 60. Kh5 Qf5+ 61. Kh6 Qg4 62. Kh7 Qg7#) 44. Bd7 Kf4 $2 {0.00/57} (44... Ke4 $19 { -108.05/28} 45. Kg3 Be5+ 46. Kf2 Kf4) 45. Be6 $2 {-#24/57 [%mdl 8192] [#]} (45. Bb5 $11 {0.00/57} Kg5 46. Bf1) 45... Ke5 46. Bc8 Be3 47. Bd7 Bf4 48. Bc8 Kf6 49. Bd7 Kg5 {-9.42/29} (49... Be3 $142 {-66.42/40} 50. Kf1 Kg5) 50. Bc6 g3 $2 { -1.29/83} (50... Be3 $19 {-52.26/33 has better winning chances.} 51. Kf1 f4) 51. Bf3 Be5 {Precision: White = 16%, Black = 41%.} 1/2-1/2

Here are some of the latest and highest rated games that reached the position after 6...Bg7 that I was able to find in my reference database.

[Event "Berlin Mephisto 1st"] [Site "Berlin East"] [Date "1990.05.24"] [Round "8"] [White "Balashov, Yuri S"] [Black "Vogt, Lothar"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2500"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "1990.05.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "DDR"] [EventCategory "11"] [SourceTitle "EXT 1997"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1996.11.15"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Qe1 d4 8. Na3 Nd5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. c3 e5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Nc4 Bg7 14. e4 dxe3 15. Nxe3 Be6 16. Rd1 Qd7 17. Qf2 b6 18. Nc4 Rad8 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bc1 Bg4 21. Bf3 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Ne7 25. Kg2 Nf5 26. Rd1 Re8 27. Bd2 h5 28. b3 b5 29. Na3 Re6 30. Nc2 Kh7 31. Be1 Qe7 32. Bf2 Bh6 33. Re1 Rxe1 34. Bxe1 Ne3+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "PCA/Intel-GP"] [Site "New York"] [Date "1994.??.??"] [Round "1"] [White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"] [Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2695"] [BlackElo "2640"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "1994.06.??"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 041 ext"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1994.09.01"] 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 c5 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 e5 11. Nd5 Bg4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. c3 Rad8 14. Be3 b6 15. h3 Be6 16. Kf2 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. a3 exf4 20. gxf4 Na5 21. Nd2 Bh4+ 22. Ke2 Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4+ 24. Kd2 Kf8 25. b4 cxb4 26. cxb4 Ke7 27. Bd4 Kd7 28. Kc3 Bb5 29. Kd2 Bd8 30. Ke3 a5 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Bc5 Bc7 33. e5 Bc6 34. Bf1 Bd5 35. Kd4 Be6 36. Ba7 Kc6 37. Bg2+ Kb5 38. Bc5 Bd8 39. Bf1+ Kc6 40. Bg2+ Kd7 41. Bd6 Bb6+ 42. Bc5 Bc7 43. Bf8 Bb6+ 44. Bc5 Bd8 1/2-1/2 [Event "About.com/ICC GM m"] [Site "ICC INT"] [Date "1999.11.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Morozevich, Alexander"] [Black "Svidler, Peter"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2758"] [BlackElo "2684"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "1999.11.06"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "2"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 074"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2000.02.01"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4 Nd7 9. c4 O-O 10. e4 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Nd4 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. b4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 cxb4 15. Rxb4 b6 16. d4 Nf6 17. Nc3 h5 18. d5 Ng4 19. Bd4 e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bg2 Bg4 22. Qd2 Rc8 23. Nb5 a5 24. Rb3 Rxc4 25. Rf4 Qc8 26. Nd6 Rc1+ 27. Rf1 Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 Qd8 29. Bxe5 Bxe5 30. Nc4 Bg7 31. Rxb6 Re8 32. Rc6 Re4 0-1 [Event "WMSG Blitz 1st"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2008.10.04"] [Round "5"] [White "Bartel, Mateusz"] [Black "Ni, Hua"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2008.10.04"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.05"] 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. f4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. e4 Nd4 12. Qf2 b5 13. g4 b4 14. Nd1 Rc8 15. c3 Nb5 16. g5 Nh5 17. e5 Bh8 18. a4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa5 20. Bd2 Qxa4 21. Ne3 d4 22. Ng4 Bg7 23. c4 Nc3 24. Rfc1 Qb3 25. Bf3 Rb8 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. exf6 Na2 28. Rd1 Qc2 29. Bxh5 gxh5 30. Be1 Qxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Nc3 32. Bxc3 dxc3 33. Rdc1 Rb3 34. Ke3 h6 35. h4 Kh7 36. Ra2 hxg5 37. fxg5 Rd8 38. Rac2 Ra3 39. Rxc3 Ra2 40. R1c2 Ra1 41. Rg2 Kg6 42. Rb3 Rh1 43. Rb5 Rh3+ 44. Ke4 Rdxd3 45. Re2 Rd4+ 46. Ke5 0-1 [Event "WMSG Blitz Pair 1st"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2008.10.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Reinderman, Dimitri"] [Black "Ni, Hua"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2543"] [BlackElo "2710"] [PlyCount "42"] [EventDate "2008.10.08"] [EventType "swiss (blitz)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.05"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Qe1 d4 8. Na3 O-O 9. Nc4 Be6 10. h3 Bd5 11. e4 dxe3 12. Nxe3 e6 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. c3 Re8 15. g4 Qc7 16. Ng5 Rad8 17. Kh1 h6 18. Ne4 b6 19. f5 exf5 20. gxf5 Qe5 21. Qf2 Qxf5 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.18"] [Round "15"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir2"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2662"] [PlyCount "161"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "Mega2014 Update 25"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2014.06.19"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe1 Qb6 8. Kh1 Nd4 9. Na3 Nxf3 10. Rxf3 h5 11. h3 Bf5 12. c4 d4 13. Rf1 O-O 14. Rb1 a5 15. Qf2 Rfe8 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. e4 Bxb5 18. cxb5 Qxb5 19. Qf3 e5 20. fxe5 Rxe5 21. Bf4 Nd7 22. b3 Qa6 23. a4 Re7 24. Qe2 Ne5 25. Rfd1 b6 26. Qc2 Rae8 27. Rd2 Qb7 28. Rf1 Re6 29. Rdd1 Qe7 30. Qd2 Nc6 31. Qf2 Be5 32. h4 f6 33. Bh3 Rd6 34. Rg1 g5 35. Bf5 Kg7 36. Qe2 Rh8 37. Bd2 g4 38. Kg2 Rdd8 39. Rgf1 Qf7 40. Rb1 Rb8 41. Qd1 Qc7 42. Be1 Qd6 43. Qc2 Ne7 44. Qc4 Qc6 45. Qb5 Qxb5 46. axb5 Kf7 47. Bd2 Ra8 48. Ra1 Ra7 49. Ra4 Rd8 50. Bc1 Rd6 51. Bd2 Rd8 52. Bc1 Nxf5 53. Rxf5 Kg6 54. Bf4 Re7 55. Ra2 Bxf4 56. gxf4 Ra7 57. Ra4 Rdd7 58. Kg3 Rd8 59. Ra2 Re7 60. Ra4 Ree8 61. Ra2 Rh8 62. Ra4 Rhe8 63. Ra2 Ra8 64. Rd5 Red8 65. Rf5 Rd7 66. Ra4 Rd6 67. Kg2 Re8 68. Kg3 Re7 69. Kg2 Rdd7 70. Kg3 Rh7 71. Ra2 Kf7 72. Ra4 Ke6 73. Ra2 Rd8 74. Ra4 Rdd7 75. Ra2 Rd6 76. Ra4 Rd8 77. Ra2 Rdd7 78. Kg2 Rd8 79. Ra4 g3 80. Ra1 Rg8 81. Rd5 1/2-1/2 [Event "Beijing Sportaccord rap"] [Site "Beijing"] [Date "2014.12.11"] [Round "2"] [White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"] [Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A02"] [WhiteElo "2714"] [BlackElo "2744"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2014.12.11"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "CHN"] [SourceTitle "Mega2014 Update 51"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2014.12.18"] 1. f4 c5 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O Nc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4 dxe4 9. dxe4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 e5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. Nd5 Nxe5 14. Bg5 Bg4 15. Rf1 Be6 16. Nc7 Rac8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bh3 Rc6 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Rf1+ Nf7 21. c3 Ke8 22. Be3 Ke7 23. a4 a5 24. Rf2 b6 25. Bf1 Rd6 26. Kg2 Bf6 27. h4 Ne5 28. Rd2 Ng4 29. Bf4 Rxd2+ 30. Bxd2 Be5 31. Be2 Nf6 32. Bd3 Nd7 33. Kf3 Bf6 34. Bb5 Ne5+ 35. Ke2 Kd6 36. Bf4 Be7 37. Kd1 Bd8 38. Kc2 Bf6 39. b4 Bd8 40. Be2 Bf6 41. Kb3 Bd8 42. Bf1 Be7 43. Be2 Bd8 44. Be3 Be7 45. Bf2 Bd8 46. g4 h6 47. Bg3 g5 48. bxc5+ bxc5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. Kc2 Be7 51. Kb3 Bd8 52. Kc2 Be7 53. Kb3 1/2-1/2 [Event "Corsica Masters KO 21st"] [Site "Bastia"] [Date "2017.10.27"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Kamsky, Gata"] [Black "Antipov, Mikhail Al"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2676"] [BlackElo "2582"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2017.10.26"] [EventType "k.o. (rapid)"] [EventRounds "4"] [EventCountry "FRA"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 54"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.11.03"] 1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d3 d5 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Na3 Bg4 9. Qc2 d4 10. e4 Rc8 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 dxc3 13. bxc3 Nd4 14. cxd4 Qxd4+ 15. Kg2 Qxa1 16. Be3 Nd5 17. exd5 Qf6 18. Rb1 b6 19. Nc4 Qf5 20. a4 Rfd8 21. g4 Qd7 22. a5 b5 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 c4 25. Qc3 Qc7 26. dxc4 bxc4 27. d6 Qd7 28. Rb7 Qa4 29. Rxe7 Qb3 30. Bd4 Rb8 31. Qd2 c3 32. Bxc3 Rdc8 33. d7 1-0

A38 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.O-O O-O 7.d3 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.Ng5 Qd6 11.Ne4)

The full opening line could not be found in the LiveBook. I think this was the second time it has happened in the analysis of my games. This is the 26th game in my series of 106 games that I played in 2016 at Chess.com. This quick loss meant that the score was 17 - 9 in my favor after the game. After my huge blunder 11...Qd5 and seeing the reply 12.Nf6+, there was no point of continuing the game, so I resigned.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Kojjootti"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A38"] [WhiteElo "1706"] [BlackElo "1808"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "23"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Ng5 Qd6 (10... Qd8 11. Ne4 c4 12. dxc4 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be6 14. Nc5 Bxc4 15. Nxb7 Rac8 16. Rd2 Nd4 17. Bf1 Bd5 18. Bg2 Bc4 19. Bf1 Rc7 20. Na5 Be6 21. Rd3 Rc2 22. Rd2 Rfc8 23. Rxc2 Nxc2 24. Rb1 Bxa2 {0-1 (24) Peneder, H (2064)-Strater,H (2133) St Veit 2006}) 11. Ne4 {A38 Symmetrical English vs .. .g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.Nf3 Nf6} Qd5 $146 {7.45/24 [#]} (11... Qe5 $11 {0.03/26}) ( 11... Qc7 12. Nxc5 (12. Rb1 b6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Qa4 Bd7 15. Qc2 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nxa2 17. Bh6 Bc6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b3 Nb4 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. h4 h5 22. Qd2 Qe5 23. f4 Qd4+ 24. Kh2 Rbd8 25. f5 Bxe4 26. Rf4 gxf5 {Beyer von Gablenz,F (1450)-Lang,H (1976) Schiffweiler 2009 0-1 (31)}) 12... b6 13. Qa4 bxc5 14. Qxc6 Qxc6 15. Bxc6 Rb8 16. Rb1 Rb6 17. Bd5 Bh3 18. Rd1 Rfb8 19. b3 Be6 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. Be3 Ra6 22. Bxc5 Rxa2 23. e3 Rc8 24. d4 e5 25. b4 exd4 26. exd4 {Reppen,T-Ali,K Oslo 2002 1-0 (52)}) (11... Qd4 12. e3 (12. Rb1 Qb4 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Bd2 Qb5 15. a4 Qb6 16. e3 Nb3 17. Bc3 e5 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 a5 20. Bd5 Rd8 21. e4 Bd7 22. b3 Bh3 23. Rfe1 h5 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Qg5 Kh7 26. f3 Bc8 {Lakat,G (2016) -Fodor,I (2056) Budapest 2002 0-1 (53)}) 12... Qb4 13. Qc2 b6 14. a3 Qb5 15. Nc3 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Bd7 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Rac8 19. Bb2 f6 20. Qb3+ Kg7 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. e4 Be6 23. Qa3 Rf7 24. Qxa7 Qc2 25. Qa3 Qe2 26. Rae1 {Lettsome,M (1783)-Ngiumoana,L Tromsoe 2014 0-1}) 12. Nf6+ $1 1-0

In my reference database there was only game that reached the position after 11.Ne4 and where both players were rated over 2000.

[Event "Budapest FS10 FM-B"] [Site "Budapest"] [Date "2002.10.08"] [Round "4"] [White "Lakat, Gyula"] [Black "Fodor, Istvan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A38"] [WhiteElo "2016"] [BlackElo "2056"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2002.10.05"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 090 ext"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2002.11.07"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Ng5 Qd6 11. Ne4 Qd4 12. Rb1 Qb4 13. Be3 Nd4 14. Bd2 Qb5 15. a4 Qb6 16. e3 Nb3 17. Bc3 e5 18. Nd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 a5 20. Bd5 Rd8 21. e4 Bd7 22. b3 Bh3 23. Rfe1 h5 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Qg5 Kh7 26. f3 Bc8 27. Qd2 Bh6 28. Qb2 Re8 29. Kh1 Rb8 30. Bd2 Bxd2 31. Qxd2 b6 32. Rg1 Qe7 33. h4 Be6 34. Bc4 Rbd8 35. Qe2 Qd6 36. g4 Rg8 37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Qe3 Bxc4 39. Rxg8 Rxg8 40. dxc4 Qf6 41. Qf2 Qg6 42. Kh2 Qf6 43. Rd1 Rg4 44. Kh3 Rxh4+ 45. Qxh4 Qxf3+ 46. Kh2 Qxd1 47. Qe7 Qe2+ 48. Kg1 Qg4+ 49. Kf2 Qf4+ 50. Kg1 h4 51. Qd7 Qg3+ 52. Kf1 Qf3+ 53. Ke1 Qxe4+ 0-1

B18 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.f4)

This is the 25th game in the series of 106 blitz games I played against Kojjootti at Chess.com. With this win I increased my lead so that the score was at this point 17 - 8. This is one of the rare games where the precision of the players is not shown, it is likely due to the fact that the game was pretty much decided on move 6 when my opponent played 6...f6.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Kojjootti"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "1826"] [BlackElo "1695"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. f4 {B18 Classical Caro-Kann: 4...Bf5 sidelines. LiveBook: 61 Games} f6 $146 {1.19/27} (6... e6 $11 {-0.11/26 keeps the balance.}) (6... Nf6 7. f5 (7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. c3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 c5 11. O-O cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Be3 e5 15. fxe5 Nxe5 16. Qf5 Nfg4 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Ne6 Qd7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nxf8 g6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 { Tarnowski, A-Roszkowski,J Sopot 1946 1-0 (33)}) 7... Bxf5 8. Nxf5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxf5 10. Nf3 Qc8 11. Bd3 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. c3 Nbd7 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Rae1 O-O-O 16. b4 Nd5 17. Ne5 N7f6 18. a4 Qe7 19. a5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nd7 21. Qf2 {Maderna, C-Gabarain,J Mar del Plata 1928 1-0 (45)}) (6... h5 7. h4 (7. Nf3 h4 8. f5 Bxf5 9. Nxf5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxf5 11. Bd3 Qe6+ 12. Kf2 Nd7 13. Re1 Qd6 14. Bg5 e6 15. Qd2 Be7 16. Bf4 Qb4 17. c3 Qb6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Nf6 20. Kg1 O-O-O 21. Rf1 Rdg8 {Karklins,E-Cooper,T Illinois 1993 1/2-1/2}) (7. f5 Bxf5 8. Nxf5 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qxf5 10. Bd3 Qe6+ 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. c4 Ndf6 13. Qa4 Nh6 14. O-O-O Qd7 15. Qc2 e6 16. h3 g6 17. Bf4 Nf5 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Be5 Bg7 20. Nc3 Rc8 21. Rhe1 Kf8 { Puiggros,G-Foguelman,A Buenos Aires 1951 1-0 (45)}) 7... e6 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. c3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 g6 12. Ne5 Bg7 13. Qf3 Nf6 14. Bd2 Qd5 15. Qe2 Nf5 16. Rh3 Rd8 17. Nxf5 gxf5 18. Rd3 Qe4 19. Re3 Qc2 20. Nd3 Ne4 21. Rc1 {Dueckstein, A (2350)-Garcia Palermo,C (2550) Vienna 1986 1/2-1/2 (39)}) 7. Bc4 {[#] And now f5 would win.} Nd7 8. f5 Bf7 $2 {7.08/24} (8... Bxf5 $16 {1.56/25} 9. Nxf5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxf5) 9. Bxf7+ $18 Kxf7 10. Qh5+ g6 11. fxg6+ hxg6 12. Qxh8 Bg7 13. Qh4 Nb6 14. Nf3 c5 15. O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 Qc7 17. c3 Rd8 18. Qe4 Nd5 19. Re1 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 f5 21. Ng5+ Kf8 22. Ne6+ Kf7 23. Nxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. Bg5 Ngf6 26. Rad1 Qc7 27. Rxd5 {White mates.} Nxd5 28. Qxd5 Bf6 29. Bxf6 exf6 30. Qe6 Qf7 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Re8 Qxa2 33. Qd7+ Kh6 34. Rh8+ Kg5 35. Qd2+ f4 36. Ne4+ Kf5 37. Nd6+ Kg5 38. h4+ Kg4 39. Qe2+ f3 40. Qxf3# 1-0

Here are two of the highest rated reference games I was able to find in my database.

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."] [Site "Las Vegas"] [Date "1999.08.13"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Polgar, Judit"] [Black "Khalifman, Alexander"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2671"] [BlackElo "2628"] [PlyCount "83"] [EventDate "1999.07.31"] [EventType "k.o."] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 072"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.10.01"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. f4 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. Be2 Ne7 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. fxe5 c5 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Bxd1 Na6 13. O-O Nxc5 14. Bf3 Nc6 15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. b3 Nd7 17. c4 a5 18. Ba3 Nxe5 19. Bb2 f6 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Rae1 Rf8 22. Rxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Nxf1 Ke7 24. Nd2 a4 25. Kf2 axb3 26. axb3 Kd6 27. Rg5 c5 28. Ke3 Rb8 29. h4 Rb7 30. Ne4+ Bxe4 31. Kxe4 Rxb3 32. Rxg7 h6 33. Rg6 Rc3 34. Rxh6 Rg3 35. h5 Rxg2 36. Rh8 Rg4+ 37. Kd3 Rd4+ 38. Kc3 Rh4 39. h6 Rh3+ 40. Kc2 Ke5 41. h7 Ke4 42. Kd2 1/2-1/2 [Event "Wch Blitz 5th"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2009.11.18"] [Round "29"] [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"] [Black "Karpov, Anatoly"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B18"] [WhiteElo "2719"] [BlackElo "2619"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2009.11.16"] [EventType "tourn (blitz)"] [EventRounds "42"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [EventCategory "19"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.30"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. f4 e6 7. h4 h5 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bc4 Nh6 10. Qe2 Nf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. c3 Be7 13. Be3 Bg4 14. O-O-O Nf6 15. Rde1 g6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Qf2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 a5 19. a4 O-O 20. Qg3 Kg7 21. Re5 Ng4 22. Be2 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Rh8 24. Rf1 Raf8 25. Bd3 Qe8 26. c4 Qd8 27. Rf4 b5 28. axb5 cxb5 29. cxb5 Rh6 30. Kb1 Rhh8 31. Be4 a4 32. Bc3 Kh6 33. Qe3 g5 34. Rf6+ 1-0

D10 Slav Defence: 3.cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3.Nc3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.c4 c6)

This game was played at Red Hot Pawn and is the last one from 2008. Well, the last game I played in that site that year anyway. This game featured many mistakes but luckily for me, my opponent made worse mistakes than I did. I have shared this game before, but not with the tactical analysis. To be honest, the most interesting thing I personally look after the analysis is done, is the precision percentages. It varies quite a lot in my games and it may be a good way to know whether or not the game was well played. According to the percentages in this game, both players had a lot of room to improve their game.

[Event "Corr game 19.8.2008-25.11.2008"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2008.08.19"] [Round "?"] [White "dddavor"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "1628"] [BlackElo "1831"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2008.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 3. c4 c6 {D10 Slav Defence: 3.cxd5 (without early Nf3) and 3.Nc3} 4. c5 Bf5 5. Nc3 (5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nbd7 7. b4 e6 8. Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. h3 a5 12. Ba3 b6 13. Rfe1 axb4 14. Bxb4 bxc5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb1 Nce4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne5 Qd6 19. Nef3 h6 {Pham,M (1921) -Ly,D (1952) Ho Chi Minh City 2014 0-1 (41)}) 5... Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 $146 (6... Ne4 7. Bd2 Ndf6 8. h3 Nd7 9. Be2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e5 11. O-O e4 12. Ne1 Qg5 13. g4 h5 14. f4 Qg6 15. Qd1 hxg4 16. hxg4 Bxg4 17. Bxg4 Nf6 18. f5 Qxg4+ 19. Qxg4 Nxg4 20. Ng2 Be7 21. Ne2 {Cherifi,S-Bouhadi,A (1422) Sidi Bel Abbes 2013 0-1}) (6... e6 7. Be2 b6 8. cxb6 axb6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. f3 Bf5 13. g4 Bg6 14. h4 h6 15. h5 Bh7 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bb4+ 18. Bd2 Bxd2+ 19. Qxd2 c5 20. e4 dxe4 21. Qxd8+ {Crnov,A-Kakuk,T Rabat 2011 0-1 (55)}) 7. b4 Qc7 8. Bd3 { The position is equal.} Ne4 {0.86/23} (8... Bxd3 $11 {0.00/27 remains equal.} 9. Qxd3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Qxe5) 9. Bb2 {0.16/27} ({White should try} 9. Qc2 $16 {0.86/23}) 9... e5 {1.51/27} (9... Nxc3 $11 {0.16/27} 10. Bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 e6) 10. b5 $2 {-2.47/26} (10. Qc2 $16 {1.51/27}) 10... Be7 $2 {0.50/25} ( 10... Nxc3 $19 {-2.47/26} 11. Bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 e4) 11. Ne2 {-0.49/22} (11. Qc2 $14 {0.50/25}) 11... Bf6 {0.48/24} (11... exd4 $15 {-0.49/22} 12. Nfxd4 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 Nd2+ 14. Ke1 Nf3+ 15. Kf1 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nfe5) 12. O-O $14 O-O 13. a4 {-0.14/26} (13. Nxe5 $14 {0.54/25} Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Nd4) 13... Nxf2 $11 14. Rxf2 ({Of course not} 14. Kxf2 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 e4 $17) 14... e4 15. Bxe4 {-0.41/26} (15. Ng3 $11 {0.13/26} Bg6 16. Bb1) 15... Bxe4 $15 16. Nc3 Bg6 17. a5 Rfe8 18. b6 {-0.87/26} ({White should play} 18. Ra3 $15 { -0.33/26}) 18... Qd8 $17 19. Qd2 Re6 20. Re1 Nf8 21. Rfe2 {-1.00/28} (21. Ne2 $15 {-0.56/26 might be stronger.}) 21... Qe7 22. Nd1 {-1.35/25} (22. Bc1 $142 { -0.92/30}) 22... Nh7 {-0.84/27} (22... axb6 $142 {-1.35/25} 23. cxb6 Nh7) 23. Rf1 {-1.41/28} (23. Nf2 $142 {-0.84/27}) 23... a6 {-0.90/29} ({Better is} 23... Bh5 {-1.41/28} 24. Bc1 axb6 25. axb6 Ng5 26. Nxg5 Bxg5) 24. Bc1 Re8 25. g4 $2 { -2.72/29} (25. Nf2 $17 {-0.93/28 was called for.}) 25... Ng5 $19 26. Nxg5 Bxg5 27. Rf3 {-3.85/28} (27. Rg2 $142 {-2.35/29}) 27... h5 28. Nf2 hxg4 29. Nxg4 f5 {-1.85/31} (29... Be4 $142 {-4.14/27} 30. Rg3 Bh4) 30. Ne5 Bh5 31. Rxf5 { [#] Hoping for Rg2.} Bxe2 32. Qxe2 Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Qxf8 34. Bd2 Qf5 $36 {White is under strong pressure.} 35. Ng4 $2 {-4.97/29} (35. Qf2 {-1.87/31 was the crucial defense.} Qb1+ 36. Qf1 Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1) 35... Re4 36. h3 Re8 37. Kg2 Bh4 38. Qf3 {-15.16/34} (38. Ne5 $142 {-4.79/34} Rf8 39. Be1 Qe4+ 40. Kg1) 38... Qd3 39. Qd1 Rf8 40. Kg1 Qe4 41. Qe2 Rf3 42. Kh2 Bg3+ 43. Kg1 Bb8 {[#] ( -> ... Rg3+)} 44. Qe1 Rg3+ {Precision: White = 25%, Black = 27%.} 0-1

Some of the latest and highest rated games from my reference database can be seen below.

[Event "CZE-chT 1617"] [Site "Czech Republic"] [Date "2017.01.29"] [Round "6.3"] [White "Socko, Bartosz"] [Black "Landa, Konstantin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "2604"] [BlackElo "2601"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2016.10.08"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "CZE"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 15"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.02.04"] [WhiteTeam "Jicin"] [BlackTeam "Lysa nad Labem"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"] [BlackTeamCountry "CZE"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. a4 a5 9. b3 Bg4 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Rc1 e6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Na6 14. Rfd1 Bf8 15. Bxf8 Rxf8 16. e4 Nb4 17. e5 Nh5 18. Bb1 f6 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qe3 Qc7 21. Rd2 Raf8 22. Na2 Nxa2 23. Bxa2 Qf7 24. Bb1 Nf4 25. Re1 Nh5 26. Bd3 Ng7 27. Bc2 Rf4 28. Ree2 Qe7 29. Qc3 Qc7 30. c5 R4f6 31. Re3 Qf7 32. Ree2 Nh5 33. Qe3 Ng7 34. Qc3 Nh5 35. Qe3 Ng7 1/2-1/2 [Event "PRO League KO Stage"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2017.03.01"] [Round "1"] [White "Belous, Vladimir"] [Black "Dreev, Alexey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2581"] [BlackElo "2651"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2017.03.01"] [EventType "team-k.o."] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 20"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.03.10"] [WhiteTeam "Rio Grande Ospreys"] [BlackTeam "San Diego Surfers"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "UAE"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Ra7 8. Bd2 e6 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. Nh4 Be4 11. Na4 Nd7 12. Nf3 Bd6 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. h4 Nf6 15. Na4 O-O 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Ne4 18. Rc1 Bh5 19. Be2 Re8 20. Bc3 b5 21. a4 b4 22. Bd2 Rc7 23. Bxa6 Qf6 24. Be2 Rec8 25. Rd1 Rb8 26. Qc2 b3 27. Qc1 Rbc8 28. Qa1 e5 29. Qa3 exd4 30. Qxb3 Nxd2 31. Rxd2 dxe3 32. Qxe3 Re7 33. Qg5 Nd4 34. Kd1 Qc6 35. Bc4 Bxf3+ 36. gxf3 Qxc4 0-1 [Event "WchT 11th"] [Site "Khanty Mansiysk"] [Date "2017.06.18"] [Round "2.4"] [White "Onischuk, Alexander"] [Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "2685"] [BlackElo "2697"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2017.06.17"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 36"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.01"] [WhiteTeam "United States"] [BlackTeam "Poland"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "POL"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Re1 h6 11. exd5 exd4 12. Nc4 Nb6 13. Nxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxd4 Nbxd5 15. Bf1 Rd8 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Qf3 Bd7 18. Nc3 Bc6 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. b3 Re5 21. Qc3 Ng4 22. Be3 Nxe3 23. Qxe5 1/2-1/2 [Event "ESP-chT CECLUB Honor"] [Site "Linares"] [Date "2017.08.14"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"] [Black "Laznicka, Viktor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2652"] [BlackElo "2664"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2017.08.14"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "Mega2017 Update 44"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2017.08.26"] [WhiteTeam "Monzon Jaime Casas"] [BlackTeam "Merida Patrimonio Humanidad"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"] [BlackTeamCountry "ESP"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bf5 6. Nge2 e6 7. Ng3 Bg6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. f4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Rad8 14. c5 h5 15. Kh1 h4 16. Nge2 Ng4 17. Ng1 Nh6 18. Nf3 Nf5 19. Rg1 Nf6 20. Ne5 Nd7 21. Ne2 Nxe5 22. dxe5 f6 23. g4 hxg3 24. Nxg3 Nxg3+ 25. Rxg3 f5 26. Qe2 g5 27. Qh5 Kg7 28. Rcg1 Rf7 29. Rh3 1-0 [Event "ISR-chT"] [Site "Israel"] [Date "2018.01.05"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Kuzubov, Yuriy"] [Black "Alterman, Boris"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2691"] [BlackElo "2603"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2018.01.05"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "ISR"] [SourceTitle "Mega2018 Update 15"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.02.02"] [WhiteTeam "Tsafrir Rehovot"] [BlackTeam "Rishon Letzion Feldklein"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"] [BlackTeamCountry "ISR"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e5 5. dxe5 dxc4 6. exf6 cxd3 7. fxg7 Bxg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O c5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Ne4 Qd5 12. Ng3 c4 13. e4 Qb5 14. Ng5 Nc6 15. Nh5 Nd4 16. Nxg7 Ne2+ 17. Kh1 Kxg7 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. f4 f6 20. f5 Bd7 21. Nxh7 Nxc1 22. Rf4 Rg8 23. Rh4 Qe5 24. Rxc1 b5 25. Rh6 Rh8 26. Rg6+ Kf7 27. Rxf6+ Ke8 28. Rh6 Kd8 29. Ng5 Rf8 30. Ne6+ Bxe6 31. Rxe6 Qc7 32. Qh6 Qc5 33. Rc6 Qe7 34. f6 Qf7 35. Qf4 Rh8 36. Rd6+ Ke8 37. e5 Qh5 38. e6 Qh6 39. f7+ Ke7 40. Rd7+ 1-0 [Event "Kolomna rapid op"] [Site "Moscow"] [Date "2018.02.17"] [Round "10"] [White "Volkov, Sergey"] [Black "Kryakvin, Dmitry"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2612"] [BlackElo "2567"] [PlyCount "122"] [EventDate "2018.02.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RUS"] [SourceTitle "Mega2018 Update 19"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2018.03.03"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Qxb7 Bd7 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Be2 Qe7 14. O-O Rfc8 15. a4 Bb4 16. Ba6 Rd8 17. Bb5 h5 18. h3 Rdc8 19. Ba6 Rd8 20. Qe2 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Ne4 22. Ba3 Qf6 23. Bb4 Qg6 24. Kh2 Nc4 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. a5 Re8 27. Qxc4 Nd2 28. Qc7 Nxf1+ 29. Rxf1 Qd3 30. Kg1 Bb5 31. Nxb5 Rxb5 32. Qxa7 Rg5 33. Qb7 Re6 34. Qb8+ Kh7 35. g3 Rxe3 36. Qf4 Ree5 37. h4 Rgf5 38. Qd4 Qf3 39. Qd1 Qc6 40. Qd3 Rd5 41. Qe4 Qg6 42. c4 Rde5 43. Qd3 Re6 44. c5 Rf4 45. Qxg6+ Rxg6 46. Rb1 Rc4 47. Rb2 Re6 48. Kg2 Kg6 49. Kf3 Kf5 50. Rb3 f6 51. Ba3 g5 52. hxg5 fxg5 53. Kg2 g4 54. Rb5 Ke4 55. Rb6 Kd5 56. Rb8 Ra4 57. Bb4 Kc4 58. Bd2 Kxc5 59. Be3+ Kc4 60. Rc8+ Kd3 61. Rc5 Rxe3 1/2-1/2

A03 Bird's Opening with 1...d5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d5 3.f4 Bf5 4.Nf3 c5)

This was played in the 2014 September Octet I 1700-1800 tournament at Red Hot Pawn. This game and my other game against veca were the longest lasting games of the tournament. Only thing that was at stake on those games was the second place in the tournament, which I got by winning both of my games against veca. But as only the winners of these tournaments are remembered, it did not matter all that much. The main thing I care about usually is that my rating keeps increasing, winning the tournaments would be just an added bonus, which I have been able to do in one tournament at Red Hot Pawn so far. The game below is one of the better games I have played at Red Hot Pawn, even though this was not played all that accurately by me. Then again I did not do any huge blunders.

[Event "Octet"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.09.10"] [Round "1"] [White "veca"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "1703"] [BlackElo "1914"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "140"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] {[%evp 9,139,-45,-44,-35,-33,-34,-28,-28,-18,-37,-49,-41,-49,-47,-39,-25,-20, -35,-15,-20,0,-24,-18,-22,-20,-15,0,0,0,-16,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,11,0,0,0,0,0, 0,0,0,0,0,-133,-107,-91,-17,-68,0,-72,0,-8,-8,-29963,-29963,-29971,-29969, -29970,-29971,-29973,-29970,-29976,-29977,-29978,-29979,-29979,-29979,-29979, -29978,-29977,0,0,0,-29980,-29981,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29983,-29983,-29984, -29985,-29986,-29986,-29987,-29987,-29987,-29987,-29988,-29990,-29990,-29990, -29991,-29991,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29990,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29993, -29994,-29995,-29995,-29993,-29994,-29994,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29997, -29996,-29996,-29996,-29996,-29997,-29997,-29997,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 d5 {D00 Queen's Pawn Game} 3. f4 Bf5 4. Nf3 c5 {A03 Bird's Opening with 1...d5} 5. c3 Qb6 (5... e6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Bxf5 exf5 10. Qd3 Ne4 11. c4 Bxe5 12. fxe5 dxc4 13. Qxc4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc7 15. Nd2 Ndc5 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Rxf5 Qc2 18. Qb4 Rfd8 19. h4 Rd1+ 20. Kh2 {Vakhania,A (2199) -Rychagov,A (2538) Paleochora 2010 0-1}) (5... Nc6 6. Qb3 Rb8 7. Ne5 c4 8. Qd1 e6 9. Nd2 Nxe5 10. fxe5 Ne4 11. Qa4+ b5 12. Qxa7 Be7 13. a4 O-O 14. a5 Bh4+ 15. g3 Bg5 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rg1 g6 18. Bh3 f5 19. Bd2 Qc8 20. Qc5 {Tahiraj,A (1906)-Pedoni,L (1947) Crema 2016 0-1 (41)}) 6. Bd3 $146 (6. Be2 Nc6 7. Nh4 Be4 8. Nd2 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Ndf3 O-O 11. Ne5 Rad8 12. Bf3 Ne8 13. Nd3 cxd4 14. exd4 Nd6 15. Be2 e6 16. Kh1 Rde8 17. Nc5 Re7 18. Nf3 f6 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Be3 Bf5 {Linner,C (2028) -Pierer,C (2090) Bayern 2003 1/2-1/2 (47)}) 6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O {Black has an edge.} Be7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. b3 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 {And now dxc5 would win.} Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxd2 14. Bxd2 Rac8 15. Rfb1 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Rf1 Bg5 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Rf1 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1 Qc7 21. Kg1 cxd4 22. exd4 Bf6 23. c4 dxc4 24. bxc4 b6 25. g3 g6 26. Bf4 Qc6 27. d5 exd5 28. Qxd5+ Qxd5 29. cxd5 $11 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KB-KB} Kf7 30. h4 {-1.33/40} (30. Kf2 $11 {0.00/45 remains equal.}) 30... Ke7 31. Kf2 Kd7 {-0.17/42} ({Better is} 31... b5 $17 {-0.91/38}) 32. Kf3 {-0.68/35} (32. a4 $1 $11 {-0.17/42}) 32... Be7 {0.00/42} (32... b5 $1 $15 {-0.68/35}) 33. Ke4 {-0.72/35} (33. Be3 $11 { 0.00/42 keeps the balance.}) 33... Bd6 {0.00/40} ({Black should try} 33... b5 $1 $17 {-0.72/35} 34. Bh6 a5) 34. Bxd6 Kxd6 {KP-KP} 35. Kd4 $2 {-#37/36 [%mdl 8192] [#]} (35. g4 $11 {-0.08/40}) 35... b5 $1 36. a3 a5 37. g4 h6 38. Ke4 b4 39. axb4 axb4 {K3P-K3P} 40. Kd4 b3 41. Kc3 Kxd5 42. Kxb3 {KPP-KPP} Ke4 43. g5 h5 $2 {0.00/34} (43... hxg5 {-#23/33 mates} 44. hxg5 Kf5 45. Kc3 Kxg5 46. Kd3 Kh4 47. Ke4 Kg3 48. Ke3 g5 49. Ke2 g4 50. Kf1 Kh2 51. Ke2 g3 52. Ke3 g2 53. Ke4 g1=Q 54. Kd5 Kg3 55. Kd6 Qb6+ 56. Kd5 Kf4 57. Kc4 Ke4 58. Kc3 Qc5+ 59. Kb2 Kd3 60. Kb1 Qb6+ 61. Ka2 Kc2 62. Ka3 Qb3#) 44. Kc3 Kf4 {( -> ...Kg4)} (44... Kf5 $5 45. Kd4 $8 Kg4 $11) 45. Kd3 $2 {-#20/40 [%mdl 8192] [#]} (45. Kd4 $11 {0.00/30} ) 45... Kg4 {Black mates.} 46. Ke4 Kxh4 {KPP-KP} 47. Kf4 Kh3 48. Kf3 h4 49. Kf4 Kg2 50. Ke5 h3 51. Kf6 h2 52. Kxg6 h1=Q 53. Kg7 Qh5 54. g6 Kg3 55. Kf6 Qf3+ 56. Ke7 Qe4+ 57. Kf6 Qf4+ 58. Ke7 Qg5+ 59. Kf7 Qf5+ 60. Kg7 Kg4 61. Kh6 Qh5+ 62. Kg7 Kg5 63. Kf7 Qxg6+ 64. Ke7 Qc6 65. Kf7 Qf6+ 66. Ke8 Qg7 67. Kd8 Kf6 68. Kc8 Qa7 69. Kd8 Qb7 70. Ke8 Qe7# {Precision: White = 42%, Black = 49%.} 0-1 [Event "Rated game, 2m + 0s"] [Site "Main Playing Hall"] [Date "2008.07.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Finas"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "1629"] [BlackElo "1692"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2008.03.04"] [SourceTitle "playchess.com"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 {D00 Queen's Pawn Game} 3. f4 Bf5 4. Nf3 c5 {A03 Bird's Opening with 1...d5} 5. c3 e6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 {-0.59/24} (6... Nbd7 $17 {-1.19/20} 7. Ne5 a6) 7. Nbd2 {-1.18/24} (7. Bxc6+ $15 {-0.59/24} bxc6 8. Nbd2) 7... a6 { -0.35/27} (7... Bd6 $17 {-1.18/24} 8. Ne5 O-O) 8. Bxc6+ $1 $15 {Black is slightly better.} bxc6 9. Ne5 $146 {-0.88/22} (9. O-O $15 {-0.47/24 feels stronger.}) (9. Qa4 Qb6 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Ndf3 Be7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. exd4 O-O 15. O-O Rfd8 16. b4 Ne4 17. Qb3 f6 18. g4 fxe5 19. gxf5 exd4 20. cxd4 exf5 21. Be3 Rb8 22. Rab1 Rd6 23. Kh1 Rh6 {Zajaczkowski,G (1739)-Szydlowski,W (1859) Wisla 2009 0-1 (46)}) 9... Qc7 {-0.24/26} (9... Nd7 $17 {-0.88/22}) 10. O-O {-0.75/24} (10. g4 $11 {-0.24/26 remains equal.} Bg6 11. O-O) 10... Bd6 11. Ndf3 {-1.43/23} (11. b3 $15 {-0.43/26}) 11... O-O {-0.76/26} (11... Ne4 $142 { -1.43/23} 12. g4 Bg6) 12. Bd2 {-1.45/22} (12. dxc5 $142 {-0.76/26} Bxc5 13. Nd4 ) 12... cxd4 {-0.57/24} (12... Rab8 $17 {-1.45/22} 13. b3 Ne4) 13. exd4 { -1.63/23} (13. cxd4 $15 {-0.57/24} c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4) 13... Ne4 {-0.96/29 } (13... Rab8 $19 {-1.63/23} 14. b3 c5) 14. Be1 {-1.86/22} (14. Be3 $17 { -0.96/29 keeps fighting.}) 14... c5 15. Rc1 {-2.19/21} (15. g4 $17 {-1.58/28} Bg6 16. c4) 15... Qb6 $2 {-0.34/24 [#]} (15... f6 $19 {-2.19/21} 16. c4 Rad8) 16. Qe2 {-1.70/22} ({White should try} 16. g4 $15 {-0.34/24} Bg6 17. Nd7 Qxb2 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Rc2) 16... Rab8 {-0.30/27} ({Black should play} 16... Rfb8 $19 {-1.70/22} 17. g4 Bg6) 17. Nd7 {-0.80/23} (17. g4 $11 {-0.30/27} Bg6 18. Nd7 Qxb2 19. Rc2) 17... Qxb2 $17 18. Qxb2 $2 {-2.15/26} (18. Rc2 $15 {-0.38/24} Qb5 19. Nxf8 Bxf8 20. Qxb5 axb5 21. Nh4) 18... Rxb2 $19 19. Nxf8 Bxf8 $2 { -0.21/26 [#]} (19... Bxf4 $19 {-1.99/23} 20. Rd1 Kxf8 21. dxc5 Be3+ 22. Kh1 Bxc5) 20. Ne5 {-1.54/26} (20. Ng5 $1 $11 {-0.21/26 keeps the balance.}) 20... cxd4 $2 {0.20/25} ({Much less strong is} 20... Rxa2 21. g4 $15) (20... c4 $17 { -1.54/26 ...f6 is the strong threat.} 21. g4 Bg6) 21. cxd4 $11 {Hoping for g4.} Rxa2 $2 {3.44/31} (21... f6 $11 {0.09/30 and Black stays safe.}) 22. Rf2 $4 { -5.39/24} (22. g4 $18 {3.44/31}) 22... Nxf2 $19 {Black is clearly winning.} 23. Bxf2 f6 24. Nd7 Bd6 25. g3 Kf7 26. Rb1 Bxb1 {Accuracy: White = 18%, Black = 20%.} 0-1

When I searched for reference games where both players where 2300+ rated, only this game was found.

[Event "Benasque op 18th"] [Site "Benasque"] [Date "1998.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Brull Mayol, Cosme"] [Black "Kuzmin, Alexey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2335"] [BlackElo "2545"] [PlyCount "134"] [EventDate "1998.07.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2002"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. d4 Bf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e6 8. O-O Qb6 9. c3 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Rf3 Rad8 12. Rh3 g6 13. Ndf3 Ne4 14. Nxd7 Rxd7 15. Ne5 Rc7 16. Qe2 f6 17. Ng4 f5 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Nf3 Qc6 20. Bd2 a6 21. a4 c4 22. a5 Rg7 23. Be1 Qb5 24. Bh4 Bc7 25. Bg5 Rc8 26. Bh6 Re7 27. Ng5 Bxa5 28. Nxe4 dxe4 29. Bg5 Rf7 30. Rg3 Bc7 31. Bh6 Bd8 32. Bg5 Bxg5 33. Rxg5 Rg7 34. Qc2 h6 35. Rg3 g5 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Qe2 g4 38. h3 Kf7 39. hxg4 Rcg8 40. Rf1 Ke7 41. g5 Rxg5 42. Rxg5 Rxg5 43. Qf2 Rg4 44. g3 Kd7 45. Kg2 Kc7 46. Rd1 Qd5 47. Rh1 Qd6 48. Rh4 Rg7 49. Rf4 Kb8 50. Qf1 Rc7 51. Qh1 Rc6 52. Qh5 Rb6 53. Rf2 Ka7 54. Qe2 Qd5 55. g4 fxg4 56. Qxg4 Rb5 57. Qg6 Qg5+ 58. Qxg5 Rxg5+ 59. Kf1 Rf5 60. Ke2 Rxf2+ 61. Kxf2 Kb6 62. Kg3 Kc6 63. Kf4 Kd5 64. Kg3 b5 65. Kf2 a5 66. Ke2 b4 67. cxb4 axb4 0-1

A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.e3 d6 6.Nge2 Bg4)

This was played in the first round of an over the board tournament that was held at Turku between December 7th 2001 and December 9th 2001. My rating back then was really low and I did not know all that much about chess. I am not sure how many times I faced this opponent, but he has always been a difficult adversary for me over the board. We both have improved our play over the years and if we were to play 100 game match or something like that I would not be so sure of the result. I think I would have good chances against him, based on mostly of the fact that I think I have spend a lot more time studying the game lately than he is, but he may still have the upper hand. Back in 2001, I did continue the games much longer than I would continue these days. I mean I would have resigned this game much sooner if this were a more recent game.

[Event "TuTS"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.12.07"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Mellin, Pasi"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "1280"] [BlackElo "1543"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "128"] [EventDate "2001.12.09"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4 {0.48/23 A36 Symmetrical English vs ...g6: 4.Bg2 Bg7. LiveBook: 6 Games} (6... h5 $11 { -0.03/23}) 7. O-O {-0.13/25} (7. Rb1 $14 {0.48/23}) (7. h3 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6 9. d4 O-O 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Rb8 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Na4 b6 14. Nf4 Qc8 15. g4 Rd8 16. Qe2 e5 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxe5 g5 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. Ng2 Ne4 21. Rad1 Re8 { Stryjecki,M (2275)-Okhotnik,V (2405) Krynica 1998 0-1 (40)}) 7... Qd7 {0.31/25} (7... Qc8 $11 {-0.13/25}) 8. Rb1 $146 {-0.59/21} ({Better is} 8. f3 $14 { 0.31/25} Bh3 9. d4) (8. d3 h5 (8... Nf6 9. Rb1 h5 10. f3 Be6 11. Nf4 h4 12. Ncd5 hxg3 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. hxg3 Bf5 15. g4 Be6 16. Kf2 Bh4+ 17. Ke2 g5 18. Nxe6 Qxe6 19. Qa4 O-O 20. Bd2 a6 21. Rfc1 b5 22. Qd1 Rac8 23. Kf1 {Brzezny,P (1618)-Albertovic,L (1923) Ostrava 2014 0-1 (53)}) 9. f3 Bh3 10. Bxh3 Qxh3 11. Rb1 Nf6 12. Nd5 g5 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 Ng4 15. fxg4 hxg4 16. Kf2 Ne5 17. Rh1 Rh6 18. b4 Rf6+ 19. Nf4 gxf4 20. exf4 Ng6 21. bxc5 Nxf4 22. Bxf4 Rxf4+ { Prahov,V-Orev,P Sofia 1958 0-1 (32)}) (8. b3 h5 9. f3 Bh3 10. Nf4 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 Bf6 12. Rb1 h4 13. Ne4 hxg3 14. hxg3 O-O-O 15. Kf2 Ne5 16. d4 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. Bb2 d5 19. c5 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bxd4+ 21. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 {Haakma,W (1738)-Van der Linden,R (1453) Hengelo 2005 0-1}) 8... Ne5 {0.38/25} (8... h5 $15 {-0.59/21}) 9. d4 {-0.65/26} (9. f3 $14 {0.38/25} Be6 10. d3) 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Nxc4 11. Qd3 {-1.13/24} ({White should try} 11. f3 $15 {-0.36/28} Bf5 12. Ra1) 11... Rc8 $17 12. b3 Nb6 {-0.68/26} (12... Bf5 $17 {-1.25/26} 13. Be4 Nb6) 13. Bd2 {-1.66/25} (13. Ra1 $15 {-0.68/26}) 13... d5 {-0.44/26} (13... Bf5 $1 $19 {-1.66/25} 14. Be4 Bh3) 14. a4 $2 {-2.43/25 [#]} (14. Rbe1 $15 {-0.44/26}) 14... Bf5 $19 15. Qb5 {-3.36/24} (15. Qf3 $142 {-2.12/28} Bxb1 16. Rxb1 e6 {6} 17. Xxe6) 15... Qxb5 16. axb5 Bxb1 17. Rxb1 e6 18. Ra1 Ra8 19. Na4 Nd7 20. Bb4 Ne7 21. Nc5 b6 22. Na6 {[#] Hoping for Nc7+.} Rc8 23. Bd6 $2 {-5.26/27} (23. Bxe7 {-3.04/23} Kxe7 24. Nb4 Ra8 {6}) 23... Nf5 24. Bb4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Rd1 Bb2 27. Bd2 O-O 28. Nb4 Nc5 29. Nc6 Rc7 30. b4 Nb7 31. Bf4 Rd7 32. Nxa7 e5 33. Rxd5 $2 {-6.69/30} (33. Bh6 {-3.05/29} Ra8 34. Nc6 Ra1 {6}) 33... Rxd5 34. Bxd5 Ra8 35. Bxb7 Rxa7 36. Bxe5 Bxe5 37. Ba6 f5 38. Kg2 Bc3 39. Kf3 Bxb4 40. Ke2 Re7+ 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. h4 Rc7 43. Kg2 Rc2 44. Kf3 Bc5 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. Bb7 Rxf2+ 47. Bf3 Rxf3+ $1 48. Kxf3 {Endgame KB-K3P} Ke5 49. g4 fxg4+ 50. Kxg4 { KB-KPP} Bf2 51. Kg5 Bxh4+ 52. Kxh4 {KP-KP} Kd5 53. Kg5 Kc5 54. Kh6 Kxb5 55. Kxh7 g5 56. Kh6 g4 57. Kh5 g3 58. Kh4 g2 59. Kh3 g1=Q 60. Kh4 (60. Kc6 {1}) 60... Kc5 61. Kh5 Kd5 (61... Kd5 {0}) 62. Kh4 Ke5 63. Kh5 Kf5 64. Kh4 Qh2# { Precision: White = 14%, Black = 52%.} 0-1

The highest rated reference games that I was able to find in my database can be seen below.

[Event "Bundesliga 9192"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "1992.??.??"] [Round "?.4"] [White "Poldauf, Dirk"] [Black "Geveke, Michael"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2360"] [BlackElo "2330"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "1991.10.12"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "GER-chT"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "1999.07.01"] [WhiteTeam "Empor Berlin"] [BlackTeam "Bielefeld"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 e6 9. O-O Nge7 10. a3 O-O 11. Rb1 Rc8 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Ne5 14. Bxb7 Rxc4 15. Bg2 d5 16. b5 d4 17. Ne4 d3 18. Qd1 Rc2 19. Bb2 Nd5 20. Bd4 Qa5 21. Ra1 Qxb5 22. Rxa7 Nc4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ng5 Kg8 25. Ne4 Qb2 26. Qg4 Nxd2 27. Nxd2 Rxd2 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rd7 Qb5 30. Rd6 Qc4 31. Qd7 Rc8 32. Rxd5 Qc2 33. Kg2 Qc6 34. Qxc6 Rxc6 35. Rd4 Rcc2 1/2-1/2 [Event "SCG-chT2"] [Site "Sutomore"] [Date "2004.09.11"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Raicevic, Momcilo"] [Black "Stanojevic, Branko"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2350"] [BlackElo "2332"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2004.09.10"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "YUG"] [SourceTitle "CBM 102 ext"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2004.11.03"] [WhiteTeam "03"] [BlackTeam "07"] [WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"] [BlackTeamCountry "YUG"] 1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. h3 Bd7 8. O-O Nh6 9. Rb1 Nf5 10. a3 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rb8 13. d3 e5 14. Nb5 Nce7 15. Nbc3 Bc6 16. Ne4 b5 17. Qd2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Qc7 19. Bc3 a4 20. Kh2 Rxb1 21. Rxb1 Rb8 22. Rxb8+ Qxb8 23. Qb2 Qc7 24. Bd2 Nc8 25. N2c3 Nfe7 26. Nb5 Qd7 27. Ba5 f5 28. Nec3 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Nc6 30. Bc7 e4 31. Qc2 exd3 32. Qxd3 Bxc3 33. Qxc3 Ne5 34. Qd2 Qc6+ 35. Qd5+ Qxd5+ 36. cxd5 Nc4 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. f3 Kd7 40. Bb8 N4b6 41. e4 Nc4 42. Kd3 Ne5+ 43. Ke3 fxe4 44. Kxe4 Nc4 45. f4 1-0 [Event "BL2-Sued 0809"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2008.12.14"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Zueger, Beat"] [Black "Kountz, Jochen"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2400"] [BlackElo "2370"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2008.10.05"] [EventType "team-tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.05.05"] [WhiteTeam "Schwegenheim"] [BlackTeam "Untergrombach"] [WhiteTeamCountry "GER"] [BlackTeamCountry "GER"] 1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Ne2 d6 6. Nbc3 Bg4 7. h3 Bd7 8. b3 Nf6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. d3 a6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. O-O b5 13. Nd5 e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6 16. Nc3 Qe7 17. f4 f5 18. Rad1 h6 19. Rfe1 Kh7 20. d4 cxd4 21. exd4 bxc4 22. d5 Nd8 23. bxc4 e5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Qe3 Nf7 26. d6 Qg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. c5 e4 29. Nd5 Ne5 30. Nb6 Bc6 31. d7 Rbd8 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. Re6 Nd3 34. Rxc6 Nxe1 35. Rd6 Rb8 36. Nc4 Nd3 37. c6 Ne5 38. Nxe5 Rb1+ 1-0 [Event "Manises 2rd"] [Site "Manises"] [Date "2009.05.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Pallardo Lozoya, Jose Vicente"] [Black "Dolezal, Cristian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A36"] [WhiteElo "2342"] [BlackElo "2411"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2009.04.30"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [EventCategory "2"] [SourceTitle "EXT 2010"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2009.11.30"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. h3 Bxe2 8. Nxe2 e6 9. d4 Nge7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Ne5 12. O-O O-O 13. g4 c4 14. Bd2 Nd3 15. Bc3 Bxc3 16. Nxc3 Qa5 17. Be4 Nc5 18. Qd4 f5 19. Bc2 b5 20. b4 cxb3 21. axb3 Qd8 22. Nxb5 a5 23. Na3 fxg4 24. hxg4 Nc8 25. Nc4 Ra7 26. Kg2 Qh4 27. f3 Raf7 28. Rh1 Qg5 29. Raf1 1-0

A34 Symmetrical English: 2.Nc3, lines with ...d5 (1.c4 c5 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 Bg7 4.f4 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.d3 Nf6)

Still continuing with my blitz games, this is the 24th game in the series of 106 games and after this game the score was in my favor 16 - 8. One notable feature in these games is that the same opening variation is not easily repeated. I am not actually sure if all the 24 games have featured a different opening, but I would not be surprised if they did. In situations where I know that I will be playing multiple games against the same opponent, I am knowingly changing my approach to the games. I have played a few 100 game matches against a couple of my friends and I have had good success with my approach. Also it would be really boring to play the same opening all the time, though it would help the player to understand the positions that come out of it. That being said, even if I try to go for the same opening all the time, I am rarely successful in my attempt to do so. This may be due to the fact that I rarely play against the same opponent multiple times, unless I am playing a match against that player. Well, it is true with my online games, but not with over the board games, at least when it comes to the games I have played at my local chess club where I have played several hundred blitz games against the people who usually go there.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Kojjootti"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "1817"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. f4 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 Nf6 {A34 Symmetrical English: 2.Nc3, lines with ...d5. LiveBook: 13 Games} 7. Rb1 $146 (7. Be2 O-O ( 7... Bg4 8. O-O Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nd4 10. Be3 Nd7 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Qd2 f5 13. Ne2 Nxf3+ 14. Rxf3 fxe4 15. dxe4 Nf6 16. Qc2 b5 17. cxb5 Rxb5 18. f5 Ng4 19. fxg6 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 Qb6 21. Qc4 Rxb2 22. Rf1 {Kiss,A (2150)-Mike,J (1957) Hungary 2012 1-0 (31)}) 8. O-O Ne8 (8... a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Kh1 Bd7 14. Rb1 b5 15. axb5 axb5 16. b3 bxc4 17. dxc4 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Ra8 20. Bb2 Bxb2 21. Rxb2 Kg7 22. f5 Qd7 23. Rbf2 {Lysenko,G (2059)-Baturin,V (2046) Perm 2009 1-0 (38)}) 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Qd2 Nc7 11. Bd1 Rb8 12. Ne1 Bxd1 13. Rxd1 f5 14. Nf3 Ne6 15. Ne2 b5 16. b3 Qb6 17. Rc1 a6 18. g3 Qb7 19. exf5 gxf5 20. d4 cxd4 21. Nexd4 Ncxd4 {Jandourek,L (2192)-Postupa,P (2226) Czech Republic 2016 1/2-1/2}) 7... Bg4 8. Be2 a6 9. a3 {The position is equal.} Rb8 10. Bd2 b5 11. Nd5 {-1.06/23} (11. O-O $11 {-0.04/25}) 11... O-O { -0.54/27} (11... bxc4 $1 $17 {-1.06/23} 12. Qa4 Bd7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qxc4 Qb6 ) 12. O-O {-1.14/21} (12. Nc3 $15 {-0.54/27}) 12... Bxf3 {-0.28/26} (12... bxc4 $17 {-1.14/21 Strongly threatening ...Nxd5.} 13. Ne3 cxd3 14. Bxd3 Be6) 13. Bxf3 $11 Nd4 14. Be3 {-1.45/21} (14. b4 $11 {-0.26/25 keeps the balance.}) 14... Nxf3+ $17 15. Qxf3 e6 {-0.23/26} (15... bxc4 $17 {-1.48/23 Hoping for ... Nxd5.} 16. dxc4 Nxd5 17. exd5 Rb3) 16. Nc3 b4 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. h3 Qb6 $36 { Black has good play.} 19. Qf2 {-0.51/26} (19. f5 $11 {-0.08/27}) 19... Rb8 { 0.00/28} (19... Nd7 $15 {-0.51/26} 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5 Bxe5) 20. Nd1 {-0.58/23 } ({White should try} 20. e5 $11 {0.00/28}) 20... Nd7 21. e5 {-1.23/25} ({ White should play} 21. f5 $15 {-0.35/27} Ne5 22. Qh4) 21... a5 22. g4 {-1.94/23 } (22. Bd2 $17 {-0.89/27}) 22... Rc8 $2 {-0.31/25 [#]} (22... Rb3 $19 {-1.94/23 } 23. Nc3 Rxb2) 23. h4 $2 {-2.47/22} ({Better is} 23. Nc3 $1 $15 {-0.31/25}) 23... dxe5 $19 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Qe2 Rb3 26. Nc3 Rd8 27. Rfd1 $2 {-5.60/22 [#]} (27. Na4 {-2.57/27 was the crucial defense.} Qc7 28. Nxc5 Nxc4 29. Nxb3 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Nxe3 31. Rf3 Qxh4+ 32. Qh2 Qxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Rxd3 34. Re1 Rxb3 35. Rexe3 Rxb2+ 36. Kh1) 27... Qc6 28. Kf2 {-5.18/23} (28. Bf4 $142 {-3.41/28} Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Nxh4 30. Qe4 Qxe4 31. Nxe4 Rdxd3 32. Rxd3 Rxd3 33. Bg5 Bd4+ 34. Ke2) 28... a4 29. d4 {-9.25/23} (29. Bf4 $142 {-4.03/29} Qd6 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Nb5 Bg3+ 32. Kg2) 29... cxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Nxc4 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. h5 Qc5+ 34. Kg2 Ne5 35. Re1 Nc6 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Qf1 Rxb2+ 38. Ne2 Qe3 {-9.45/30} (38... Qe5 $142 {-#30/26} 39. Kh3 Qe3+ 40. Ng3 Qh6+ 41. Nh5+ gxh5 42. g5 Rb3+ 43. Kh2 Qxg5 44. Qg1 Kh6 45. Qxg5+ Kxg5 46. Re4 a3 47. Ra4 Nb4 48. Ra7 a2 49. Ra5+ Kg4 50. Kg1 Kf3 51. Kh2 Rb1 52. Ra3+ Kf2 53. Ra7 a1=Q 54. Rxf7+ Ke3 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kh4 Rg8 57. Rg7 Qxg7 58. Kxh5 Rh8#) 39. Qf3 Qxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Ne5+ 41. Kf4 Nd3+ {Precision: White = 11%, Black = 32%.} 0-1

Only one reference game found in my database where both players were rated over 2500 and it was played at the 39th Rilton Cup at Stockholm.

[Event "Rilton Cup 39th"] [Site "Stockholm"] [Date "2009.12.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Miezis, Normunds"] [Black "Ulibin, Mikhail"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A34"] [WhiteElo "2530"] [BlackElo "2548"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2009.12.27"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "SWE"] [SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.03"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 Nc6 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Bg4 9. Kh1 Rb8 10. Qe1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd4 12. Bd1 Nd7 13. Rb1 a6 14. a3 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. b4 e6 17. Bb2 Qb6 18. Qg3 cxb4 19. axb4 Rbc8 20. f5 Be5 21. Qh3 Nf6 22. g4 gxf5 23. gxf5 Kh8 24. Ne2 Nxe2 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Bxe2 Qd6 27. Rf2 exf5 28. Rxf5 Ng8 29. Rh5 h6 30. Rg1 Rc6 31. Qg3 Qg6 32. Qxe5+ Qf6 33. Qg3 Qb2 34. Qe3 Rg6 35. Rxb5 Rxg1+ 36. Kxg1 Rc8 37. Kf2 Rc2 38. Rc5 Rd2 39. Rf5 Kg7 40. Qg3+ Kf8 41. Qd6+ Kg7 42. Qe5+ Nf6 43. Qxb2 Rxb2 44. Rb5 Ne8 45. Rb6 h5 46. h3 h4 47. Ke3 Nf6 48. Rb7 Nh7 49. Bg4 Rg2 50. d4 Rg3+ 51. Kf4 Nf6 52. Be6 1-0

A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening (1.b3 d5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.g3)

This is the 23rd game of the 106 blitz games that I played between July 15th, 2016 and August 2nd, 2016. They were the only blitz games I played at Chess.com that year and I have not played blitz there since. I might play blitz there again at some point, but I have not been that interested of doing it for a long time. All of those 106 games were played against the same opponent and at this point the score was 15 - 8 in my favor. First of those 106 games was my first one after an almost two year break from blitz at Chess.com. The below statistics are taken from the LiveBook.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Kojjootti"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "1807"] [BlackElo "1706"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] {[%evp 15,51,-53,-39,-62,-54,-64,-43,-80,-50,-47,2,-20,45,-109,19,0,127,24,101, 45,45,48,769,746,1215,1214,1169,1020,997,913,1108,1100,1489,1482,1638,1638, 1669,1670]} 1. b3 d5 {A01 Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Classical Variation} 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 {A01 Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} c5 (3... c6 4. Bg2 a5 5. a3 Bg4 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. Nbd2 e5 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bc5 11. Qe2 O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 Rfe8 15. Bf3 Nf8 16. g5 N6d7 17. Bg4 b5 18. Ng2 {Jakubovic,N (2398)-Bukal,V (2437) Rijeka 2001 1-0 (39)}) 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 (5. f4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. O-O c4 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. Kh1 d4 12. Na4 Bb5 13. Nc5 Nd7 14. Ba3 Re8 15. d3 cxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. Qd2 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 a4 19. bxa4 Rxa4 {Gareyev,T (2605)-Singh,S (2227) Chennai 2018 1-0 (36)}) 5... e5 $146 ( 5... b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Nd2 e6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. h3 Qc7 10. a3 O-O 11. c4 Ne5 12. Bxe5 Qxe5 13. O-O Qc7 14. e4 Rad8 15. Qc2 Rd7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Nc3 a6 18. Nf1 h6 19. Rd2 dxe4 20. dxe4 {Hadi,J (2015)-Baptie,J (2101) Hinckley Island 2009 1/ 2-1/2}) 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 {LiveBook: 3 Games} 9. e4 {[%tqu "En","","","","d5d4","",10]} d4 $1 10. Nc4 Bb8 11. Bc1 b5 12. Ncd2 Ng4 {0.02/30 } (12... a6 $15 {-0.47/22 is superior.}) 13. Nh4 g6 {0.45/26} (13... a6 $11 { -0.20/29}) 14. Bh3 $2 {-1.09/26 [#]} (14. a4 $14 {0.45/26 stays ahead.}) 14... h5 {0.19/27} (14... Ne3 $17 {-1.09/26} 15. fxe3 Bxh3) 15. Bg2 Rf8 {1.27/24} ( 15... a6 $11 {0.00/26}) 16. Qe2 {0.24/26} (16. a4 $16 {1.27/24}) 16... Kg7 { 1.01/26} (16... a6 $11 {0.24/26 keeps the balance.}) 17. a4 {0.45/26} (17. h3 $1 $16 {1.01/26} Nh6 18. a4) 17... bxa4 $14 18. Rxa4 f5 $2 {7.69/22 [%mdl 8192] [#]} (18... a5 $14 {0.48/25}) 19. exf5 $18 {White is clearly winning.} gxf5 20. Bxc6 Bd7 21. Bxd7 Qxd7 22. Nc4 e4 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Qxe4 Bc7 25. Qg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh5+ {Precision: White = 22%, Black = 25%.} 1-0

There were only two reference found when I searched the position after 3.g3 and set the rating restriction for both players 2500 and above.

[Event "Calvi Balagne op 10th"] [Site "Calvia"] [Date "2013.04.13"] [Round "8"] [White "Rapport, Richard"] [Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A12"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2588"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2013.04.13"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 153 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2013.04.22"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. Nf3 h6 6. d3 e6 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. c4 Nbd7 10. a3 a5 11. Rc1 Bh7 12. Rc2 Bd6 13. Qa1 Qe7 14. Nh4 e5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Rfc1 e4 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. Nc4 g5 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Rd1 Qe6 21. Rcd2 Ra6 22. e3 gxh4 23. Bf1 Rb6 24. Bd4 Rc6 25. Bb5 Rd6 26. Kh1 Bg6 27. gxh4 Kh7 28. Rg1 Bh5 29. Rg3 Rg8 30. Bc4 Qf5 31. Qf1 Bf3+ 32. Kg1 Nh5 33. Rc2 Rdg6 34. Bb5 Nxg3 35. fxg3 Ne5 36. Rc5 Rxg3+ 37. hxg3 Rxg3+ 38. Kf2 Bg2+ 39. Kxg3 Bxf1 40. Bxf1 Qf3+ 41. Kh2 Ng4+ 42. Kg1 Qf2+ 0-1 [Event "Wch Rapid"] [Site "Dubai"] [Date "2014.06.17"] [Round "10"] [White "Ipatov, Alexander"] [Black "Najer, Evgeniy"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A01"] [WhiteElo "2613"] [BlackElo "2653"] [PlyCount "129"] [EventDate "2014.06.16"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "15"] [EventCountry "UAE"] [SourceTitle "Mega2014 Update 25"] [Source "Chessbase"] [SourceDate "2014.06.19"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d4 6. O-O e5 7. d3 Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. c3 Re8 10. Rc1 h6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Nfd2 Bg4 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. f3 Bh3 15. Rf2 Nd5 16. Ne4 Bb6 17. g4 h5 18. g5 Re6 19. Kh1 Kh7 20. Qd2 Bf5 21. Rg1 Kh8 22. h4 Qc7 23. Qe1 Rd8 24. Bc1 Rde8 25. Bd2 Qd7 26. Rfg2 Qe7 27. Ng3 Bg6 28. Ne4 Bc7 29. Bc1 Bb6 30. Bd2 Qd7 31. Rh2 Kh7 32. Qg3 Qc7 33. Qh3 Nf4 34. Bxf4 exf4 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. a4 Rd5 37. Qf1 Qd8 38. Nxb6 axb6 39. c4 Rde5 40. Qe1 Qc7 41. Qd2 Rf5 42. Rg2 Re8 43. Ra1 Ra8 44. Kh2 Ra5 45. Rgg1 Qe7 46. Rgb1 Qa7 47. Ra2 Qc7 48. Rab2 Ra6 49. Ra2 Kg8 50. Rba1 Ra5 51. Rc2 Qe7 52. Rb2 Ra6 53. a5 b5 54. cxb5 cxb5 55. Rc2 b4 56. Rca2 Qc7 57. Qc1 Rd5 58. Qc4 Qc6 59. Qc1 Qc7 60. Qc4 Qc6 61. Qc1 Qc7 62. Qc4 Qc6 63. Rc2 Bxe4 64. dxe4 Re5 65. Qd3 1/2-1/2

E38 Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...c5 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 c5 5.a3 cxd4)

I think this was the first time when not all of the opening moves were found in the LiveBook. The move 5...cxd4 had not been played at all. In my reference database the move 5...cxd4 had been played in 44 games and it had a score of 51.1%. The moves 5...Bxc3+ and 5...Qa5 were more often played and they were also more successful for the player controlling the black pieces. We followed previously played moves up to the move 7...O-O. Three games had reached that position and in two of them the move 8.e4 was played. One player had chosen to play 8.Bg5.

[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2016.07.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Kojjootti"] [Black "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E38"] [WhiteElo "1712"] [BlackElo "1796"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (30s)"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 cxd4 {E38 Nimzo-Indian: Classical, 4...c5} 6. axb4 dxc3 7. bxc3 O-O (7... b6 8. Bf4 Bb7 9. f3 Nc6 10. Bd6 Ne7 11. e4 Nc8 12. Bg3 Nh5 13. Bf2 e5 14. Ne2 h6 15. g4 Nf6 16. h4 Nd6 17. Ng3 Qc7 18. c5 Nc8 19. c4 d6 20. Qa4+ Kf8 21. cxd6 Nxd6 22. c5 {Ranasinghe,S (1721)-Buddhika,A (1183) Narahenpita 2017 1-0 (52)}) 8. Be3 $146 {-0.16/25} (8. e4 $14 {0.43/25} Nc6 (8... d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxe5 12. Be2 Ng6 13. Nf3 Qc7 14. g3 Nc6 15. Bd3 b6 16. Kf2 Bb7 17. Re1 Rac8 18. Re2 Rfd8 19. Ba3 b5 20. Be4 Qb6+ 21. Kg2 f5 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Re3 {Zykiene,R (1912)-Sulikiene,K (1926) Kaunas 2015 1/2-1/2 (39)}) 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Bg5 Ng4 11. c5 d6 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Be2 e5 14. h3 Nf6 15. Be3 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Nd2 Rfc8 18. Qb3 Nd8 19. f3 Ne6 20. Rfd1 Nh5 21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Bf2 Nhf4 23. Bf1 {Kuzmin,S (2249)-Egitov,A (2002) Novosibirsk 2007 1-0 (61)}) (8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Nc6 10. Nf3 b6 11. e3 Bb7 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O a5 14. b5 Ne7 15. Rfd1 Ne4 16. Rd4 Nc5 17. Rad1 f6 18. Bd3 Rc7 19. Rg4 Qe8 20. Bg3 e5 21. Bh7+ Kh8 22. Nxe5 fxe5 {Schuffenhauer,R (1637) -Friedt,M (1766) Osnabrück 2011 1-0 (38)}) 8... a6 9. b5 {-0.47/24} (9. Bf4 $11 {0.13/26}) 9... a5 {-0.05/29} (9... b6 $15 {-0.47/24 feels stronger.}) 10. Nf3 $11 b6 11. Bd4 {-0.38/25} (11. c5 $11 {0.16/27}) 11... Bb7 12. Ng5 { -1.34/28} (12. c5 $1 $11 {-0.19/26 keeps the balance.}) 12... g6 {0.15/26} ( 12... Re8 $17 {-1.34/28} 13. Be5 h6) 13. Qd3 {-0.75/25} (13. h4 $11 {0.15/26} d6 14. h5) 13... h6 {0.00/26} (13... d6 $1 $17 {-0.75/25} 14. h4 Nh5) 14. Nf3 { -0.47/26} (14. h4 $11 {0.00/26 might be stronger.} hxg5 15. hxg5) 14... Re8 { 0.03/27} (14... d6 $15 {-0.47/26} 15. Be3 Qc7) 15. Qe3 Kh7 $2 {1.51/27} (15... d6 $1 $11 {0.00/26}) 16. h4 {0.49/26} (16. Qf4 $16 {1.51/27} Kg7 17. Qd6) 16... Ng4 {1.91/25} (16... d6 $14 {0.49/26}) 17. Qf4 {[#]} f5 {White should prevent . ..d6.} 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 $40 {White wants a kill.} (19. Bxe5 $6 d6 $11) 19... Rg8 $2 {3.82/24} (19... Qe7 $16 {1.43/29}) 20. Qe3 $2 {0.62/26} (20. Qd6 $18 {3.82/24}) 20... a4 $2 {2.87/24 [#]} (20... Qe7 $1 $14 {0.62/26}) 21. Bxb6 Qc8 {3.14/22} (21... Qe8 {2.08/26 might work better.} 22. Bc7 d5) 22. Qd4 $2 { 0.90/26} (22. Qf4 $18 {3.14/22 is more deadly.}) 22... a3 $2 {3.29/23} (22... d5 $16 {0.90/26}) 23. f3 $2 {0.60/26} (23. Qd6 $18 {3.29/23}) 23... Re8 $2 { 3.92/27} ({Black should try} 23... d5 $1 $14 {0.60/26}) 24. e4 {aiming for h5.} e5 25. Qe3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Rf8 {3.00/23} (26... d6 {2.02/25 was necessary.} 27. Be2 Rf8) 27. g3 {1.54/25} (27. h5 $18 {3.00/23 hxg6+ would kill now.} g5 28. Bc5) 27... d6 $16 28. c5 {0.00/26} (28. h5 $16 {1.35/23 White wants to mate with hxg6+.} g5 29. Ba7) 28... dxc5 $2 {2.33/27} (28... Ra4 $1 $11 {0.00/26 and Black stays safe.} 29. c4 Nd7) 29. Bxc5 $18 Rf7 30. c4 ({But not} 30. Bxa3 $6 Ra4 $16) 30... Qg4 $2 {3.37/26} (30... a2 $16 {1.26/27}) 31. Be2 Qe6 $2 { 4.10/23} (31... Qxe4 {2.46/27} 32. Qxe4 Bxe4) 32. g4 $2 {0.16/27} ({Better is} 32. Rxa3 $18 {4.10/23} Nd7 33. Rf1) 32... a2 {1.41/25 Precision: White = 8%, Black = 12%. . Loss on Time!?} (32... Nd7 $11 {0.16/27} 33. Rxa3 (33. Bxa3 Rf4 $11) 33... Rf4 34. Rxa8 Bxa8) 0-1

These two games are the highest rated games that I was able to find that reached the position after 5...cxd4.

[Event "Bratto op 25th"] [Site "Bratto"] [Date "2005.08.24"] [Round "5"] [White "Buono, Michele"] [Black "Rombaldoni, Denis"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E38"] [WhiteElo "2133"] [BlackElo "2327"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2005.08.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ITA"] [SourceTitle "CBM 108 ext"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2005.11.04"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. bxc3 h6 8. e4 d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. f4 dxc4 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qe4 f5 13. Qxc4 Nb6 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. Be2 O-O 16. Nf3 Nd5 17. Bc5 Nxf4 18. Bd6 Qb6 19. Bc5 Qc7 20. Bd6 Qd8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. b5 Qb6 23. Qb4+ 0-1 [Event "Kecskemet 01-B"] [Site "Kecskemet"] [Date "2010.01.19"] [Round "5"] [White "Csala, Imre"] [Black "Peredy, Ferenc"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E38"] [WhiteElo "2168"] [BlackElo "2264"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2010.01.16"] [EventType "tourn"] [EventRounds "10"] [EventCountry "HUN"] [SourceTitle "CBM 134 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2010.03.03"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. Qxc3 d6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. e3 b6 11. Bd3 h6 12. h4 Bb7 13. Nd2 Qe7 14. Rh3 Bxg2 15. Rg3 hxg5 16. hxg5 Nh5 17. Rxg2 g6 18. Qd4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 bxa5 21. Ne4 Rb8 22. Nxd6 e5 23. Qd5 Kg7 24. Be2 Nb6 25. Qd3 Na4 26. Bxh5 Rd8 27. Nf5+ gxf5 28. Qxf5 Nxb2 29. Rh2 Rh8 30. Kf1 a4 31. Bxf7 Qxf7 32. Qxe5+ 1-0