Unorthodox Openings Newsletter

Issue N. 10 September 2004

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Content
Back again. Sometimes someone asks us the reason why we publish UON
so irregularly. The answer is: In order to publish UON we need
articles/games from contributors. If we receive them very irregulary.....
We wish to express our appreciation to all the players/writers who freely
contributed with their articles to this issue. Without their support this issue
would have never come to light. Were also grateful to
Erik Jensen who put Snchaud and Zilbermints articles as e-articles
(see attached 13 games and 20 games files).
Jon Sveinsson who changed the word file into a pdf one.
In this issue you will find:
Page 2
Page 3

News & Games

1.g4 adventures: Never play the books lines blindly...by D.
Rozzoni
Pages 4-5 The Halloween Attack seen with my eyes. By Jon Sveinsson
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5!?
Pages 6-10 Gambits from France by Dany Snchaud
Pages 11-19 The Zilbermints Gambit in the Euwe Defense to the BDG by
Lev D. Zilbermints. Pls. note that this article is protected by
Lev D. Zilbermints copyright.
Page 20
Bobby Fischer & 1.b4 by D. Rozzoni
Page 21
A new line in the Tennison Gambit by V. Casasnovas
Pages 22-23 1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bxg5 c5 thematic tournament
Pages24-29 Gambetto Blackmar Diemer La scelta : 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 by
Giorgio Codazza. ; Italian game notation King=R ; Queen=D ;
Rook=T ; Bishop=A ; Knight=C ;
Pages 30-31 The Hippo (1...Nh6) Defense by G. Gifford.
plus various files. We hope you like it.
Continued on the last page

News & Games

On June 4th 2004, Robert told the Unorthodox Chess Openings List that there was a publication
(brochure, 19 pages) about the englund gambit (1.d4 e5) written by:
Norbert Heymann
Lindenstrasse 34
15230 Frankfurt/Oder
Germany
Price should be Euros 3,69 including taxes and mailing expenses, but if interested I suggest that
you get in touch with Mr. Heymann.
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On April 27th 2004, Clyde Nakamura posted the following message at
[email protected]
Listed below is a game with the 1.Nc3 move which was won by Hydra
over Fritz at the Computer Chess Tournament at Paderborn in Feb. 2004.
Also listed is the news about Hydra at the Chess Base web link.
[Event "IPCC 2004"][Site "Paderborn"][Date "2004.02.12"]
[Round "3"][White "Hydra 1.02"][Black "Fritz Paderborn"]
[Result "1-0"][ECO "A00"][PlyCount "94"][EventDate "2004.??.??"]
[TimeControl "40/5100:3300"]
1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. d3 Nc6 5. f4 Bb4+ 6. c3 dxc3 7. bxc3 Ba5 8. Qc2 exf4 9. Nf3 g5
10. d4 g4 11. Nd2 Qf6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nb3 Bb6 14. Nxf4 Qh4+ 15. g3 Qe7 16. c4 Nf3+ 17. Kd1
c5 18. Bb2 Ne5 19. Nd3 f6 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Bg2 Nf6 22. Rf1 O-O 23. Qd2 Bc7 24. Nbxc5 b6
25. Nb3 Ba6 26. Rc1 Bd6 27. Rf5 Kh8 28. c5 bxc5 29. Nbxc5 Bb5 30. Ne6 Ba4+ 31. Ke2 Bd7
32. Nxe5 Bxe6 33. Nc6 Qe8 34. dxe6 Qxe6 35. Nd4 Qe7 36. e5 Rae8 37. e6 Bc7 38. Rc6 Rd8 39.
Qe3 Bb6 40. Rxb6 axb6 41. Nc6 Qd6 42. Nxd8 Rxd8 43. Bd5 Qe7 44. Bb3 Rb8 45. Bc4 Re8 46.
Qxb6 Kg7 47. Rg5+ Kh8 1-0
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=1481

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Another Hydra game. 90 minutes per game. The King should be the Chessmaster engine.

[Event "4th Intl.CSVN"] [Site "Leiden NED"] [Date "2004.04.25"] [Round "7"]
[White "Hydra"] [Black "The King"] [ECO "D00"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f3 c5 4. e4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
e5 Nd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. f4 Nf6 11. Nf3 g6 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Qe3 Qd6
15. Rhe1 Bd7 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Kb1 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Ne5 d4 20. Ne4 Bb5 21.
Qf2 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Bc6 23. Ree1 Bd5 24. g3 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rc4 26. h4 Qc7 27. Qe2
Rf5 28. b3 Rc6 29. g4 Rf6 30. h5 Qd6 31. Qd3 Ra6 32. c4 dxc3 33. Qxc3 Rc6 34.
Qe3 Rxc1+ 35. Bxc1 gxh5 36. Rxh5 b6 37. Kb2 Bc6 38. Bd2 Bf3 39. Rh4 Rf7 40. g5
Be4 41. Bc3 Bg6 42. Qe5 Qxe5 43. Bxe5 Rf8 44. a4 Rd8 45. Rh2 Kf7 46. Kc3 Rd3+
47. Kc4 Bf5 48. Kb5 Rxb3+ 49. Ka6 Ra3 50. Kxa7 b5 51. a5 Rxa5+ 52. Kb6 Ra8 53.
Kxb5 Rd8 1/2-1/2
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1.g4 adventures
Never trust the books lines blindly. . . .
by D. Rozzoni
Rozzoni,D - Conato,L [A00]
Corr. ASI Coppa Italia, 1997

I was so excited to play my Grobs attack once again! I felt I could deal with every kind
of difficulty arising, in fact I had many books dealing with this openings, so.
1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d4 [After this game I started to play 4.d3!?] 4e4 5.c4 Bd6
6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Qb3 00 [7...Bc7!?] 8.Bg5 f6 9.cxd5 cxd5 10.Nxd5 Be6 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7
12.d5 fxg5 13.dxe6 I was quite happy with my position. I.M. Basman comments on this
position in his 1993 book The killer Grob pag. 49 were the following: when White has
a pawn more in a complex position. (see diagram)

But my opponent found a very strong move 13... e3! N and I

was lost in a few moves 14.fxe3 Bb4+ 15.Kd1 Nc6 16.Nf3
Rad8+ 17.Kc2 Na5 18.Qa4 b5 19.Qxb5 Rb8 20.Qe5 Rfc8+
21.Kd3 Nc4 22.Qd4 Qxe6 01

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Petakov,U (2251) Klasan,V (2151) [A00]
It Indjija SCG (2), 12.04.2004
[Fritz 8 (30s)]
A00: Irregular Openings 1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nc3 [5.Nf3 f6 6.Nc3 Be6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.e4
d4 9.Ne2 h5 10.g5 h4 11.c3 dxc3 12.bxc3 Be7 13.Qd2 Rh5 14.d4 Bc4 15.Rd1 Bf7 16.d5 cxd5 17.exd5
Bc5 18.Rb1 Rb8 19.Re1 Kf8 Fischer,LCzech,L/Hofbieber 1996/DB20034/0-1 (41)] 5...Ne7 6.e4 Be6
7.Nf3 Qc7N [7...Nd7 8.exd5 Nxd5 9.Ne4 f6 10.d4 Bb4+ 11.c3 Be7 12.Qe2 00 13.0-0 Qc7 14.Rd1 Rae8 15.dxe5 Nxe5 16.Nd4 Bf7 17.c4 Nxc4 18.Qxc4
Ne3 19.Qe2 Nxd1 20.Qxd1 Rd8 21.Be3 Qb6 22.Qa4 Nagley,T
James,M/IECC email 1997/DB20034/- (48)] 8.0-0 Nd7 9.exd5 cxd5
10.d4 exd4 11.Nxd4 Bxd4 12.Qxd4 0-0 13.Bf4 Qb6 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.Qxb6
Nxb6 [15...axb6? 16.Bd6 Rfe8 17.f4+] 16.Bd6 Rfe8 17.Nb5 Nc6 18.Bc5
Nd7 19.Ba3 Red8 20.f4 Nb6 21.f5 Bd7 22.Nd6 Rc7 23.b3 Ne5 24.Rd2
[24.c4!? dxc4 25.Nb5+] 24...Bc6 25.f6 d4 26.fxg7 Bxg2 27.Kxg2
[27.Rxg2 Nd5 28.Nb5 Rcc8=] 27...Nd5 28.Nf5 (see diagram)
[28.Rxd4 Ne3+ 29.Kg3 Nxc2] 28...Rdc8? [28...Rc3!? 29.Rf1 Ne3+
30.Nxe3 Rxe3] 29.c4 [29.Rxd4 Rxc2+ 30.Kf1 Nf6+] 29...Ne3+ 30.Kf2
Nxf5 31.gxf5 Kxg7 32.Bd6 [32.Bd6 Nc6 33.Bxc7 Rxc7 34.b4+] 1-0

The Halloween Attack seen with my eyes.

Analysis and comments 2004

Analysed and prepared for Unorthodox Chess Openings by Jon Sveinsson

1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.c3 f6

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4.xe5!?
A start of an opening system called the
Halloween Attack. Utterly strange and strong sac
demanding precise play from both sides and
White must perform to the utmost to be able to
regain the piece.
4...xe5 5.d4 g6 6.e5 g8
Black has been forced to give up most of the
space in the middle and White is free to "roam
the bord at will" it seems.
7.c4!
Whites aim is to get his pieces into attacking
positions as soon as possible and before Black
has time to gather his forces and orgenize the
defence.
7...d6!
Best defence
8.f3 d7 Black is solely defending the best he
can.
9.0-0
[ even 9.h4 is an option to try here.]
9...dxe5 10.dxe5

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10...xe5!?
This is danger. To gobble up the pawn you must
be ready to eventually give back the sacrificed
from the beginning of the game.
[ other roads could be 10...c6 11.e6 fxe6 12.d1
c7 ( 12...f7?? 13.d8+ xd8+) 13.e4-+;
and 10...f6 11.e1 ( 11.xg8 xg8 12.exf6 f5
13.e2+ e6 14.e4 h6) 11...e7 12.b5! (
12.d1 xe5-+) 12...a6 13.e6 d8 14.d1 d6
15.xd6+ with great pressure on the Black
defences; Probably the best continuation is
10...c5! ]
11.e1!?
[ 11.e2! e7 12.d5 g4 13.e4 ( 13.e3
xc4 14.f4 e5 15.xc7+ d8 16.xe5
xe5 17.xa8 f6 18.h3-+) 13...f6 14.xf6+
gxf6 15.xb7 d8 16.b5+ with relentless
pressure]
11...d6 12.f4!
[ also 12.g3 can be played leading to 12...f8
13.xe5 f6 14.d5 xg3 15.xd7 xf2+ 16.xf2
xd7 with increasingly more difficult for white to
come up with an equalizing plan.]
12...f6 13.b5?-+
[ 13.b5 f5! 14.d4 g6 and now 15.b5+!

but still Black is holding]

13...c6
a natural defensive move
14.ad1
now all Whites pieces ar involved with the attack

24.xd7+ BrauseWildsau/gics rated standard

game 1997/ 1-0 (48)]
18.e4
[ 18.h5+! g6 19.c4 xc4 20.xd6 h4
21.xh4 xh4 22.xe5+ f7 23.e4 g6
24.g5+ g7]

14...e6
[ 14...cxb5? 15.xe5 xe5 16.xd7 xd7
17.xb7 d8 18.f4; perhaps better is to play
14...c7 15.d3 e7 ( 15...f8 16.d5 d7
17.xe5) 16.xd6 xd6 17.xd6 cxb5
18.xe5 fxe5 19.xe5 would not give White
suficcient play for the attack]

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15.g3! g5!
[ 15...f8! 16.xe5 xe5 17.f4 cxb5 18.fxe5
b6+! 19.h1 ( 19.e3 f5 20.d6 c5
21.d5 c7? ( 21...c8) 22.xb5 Brause
Deep Modem/ICS Rated blitz match, 1997/ 1-0
(57)) 19...b4? ( 19...f5 20.f4 e7 21.exf6
xf6 22.xe7 xe7 23.xf5+ g8; 19...g6!)
20.d5! e7 21.xb6 f5 22.b3 axb6
23.d8+ Godden,DMills,M/corr IECG Internet
2000/ 1-0 (37); 15...e7 16.e4 b4 17.xg7
f8 ( 17...g8? 18.xf6+! xf6 19.xf6+)
18.c3 f5 19.xh7 e7 20.e2+ and white is
winning]
16.xe5 fxe5!
[ worse is 16...xe5 17.f4 gxf4 ( 17...g4?=)
18.g7 g4 ( 18...cxb5 19.e4) 19.xh8=]
17.xg5 e7
[ 17...f6? 18.c4 e7 19.xd6 xd6 20.xe5+
d8 21.e4 d1+ 22.f1 d7 23.xf6 c8

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18...c7 19.c4 g6!
and White should be lost at this point.
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GAMBITS FROM FRANCE (II)

By Dany Snchaud
([email protected])
1/ Lets begin today with two olds kings gambit :
J. TRAPEAUX (2140) M. IMPEROR (2230), corres. 2000
Kings Gambit
1.e4 e5, 2.f4 exf4, 3.Nf3 d6, Fischers move. 4.d4 g5, 5.h4 g4, 6.Ng1 Qf6, 7.Nc3
Ne7, [ 7...c6 ] 8.Nge2 Bh6, 9.Qd2 Nbc6, 10.Nb5 Kd8, 11.d5 Ne5, 12.Qc3 [
12.Nxf4 ] 12...c6, 13.dxc6 N7xc6, 14.Bd2 f3, 15.0-0-0 Gallaghers idea. 15... fxe2,
16.Bxe2 a6, 17.Rhf1 Qe6, 18.Nxd6 Kc7, 19.Nc4 [ 19.Nxf7 Bxd2+, 20.Rxd2 Rf8,
21.Nxe5 Rxf1+, 22.Bxf1 Qxe5, 23.Qxe5 Nxe5, 24.Rd5 Ng6, - + ] 19...Rf8, 20.Rf5
[ 20...Nxc4, 21.Bxc4 Qd6, 22.Be3! Bxe3, 23.Qxe3! ] 20...Bxd2+, 21.Rxd2 f6,
22.Nxe5 Qxa2, 23.Rd5 Bxf5, [ 23...Qa1+, 25.Qg3! ] 24.Nxc6 bxc6, 25.Rxf5
Qa1+, 26.Kd2 Rad8+, 27.Bd3 Qg1, 28.Rf1 Qxg2+, 29.Kc1 Rb8, 30.Qc5 Rf7,
31.Qa7+ Rb7, 32.Qxa6 Qg3, 33.Qa5+ Kd7, 34.Ba6 [ 34.Kb1! Qb8, 35.b3 Ra7,
36.Qf5+ Tc7, 37.Qxg4 Qb4, unclear. Or 34.Kb1 Qd6, 35.Be2 Ke8, 36.Bxg4 Kf8,
37.h5 Qd4, =+. ] 34...Qe3+, 35.Kb1 Rb8, 36.Qf5+ Kc7, [ 36...Ke7! ] 37.Qxg4
Rd7, 38.Qg1 Qxg1, 39.Rxg1 Kd6, 40.Bd3 Ke6, 41.h5 Ra8, 42.b3 Ra5, 43.Be2
Rda7, 44.Kb2 Rg5, 45.Rf1 Rag7, 46.Kc3 Rg1, 47.Bc4+ Ke7, 48.Kd4 Rxf1,
49.Bxf1 Kd6, 50.b4 Rg5, 51.Be2 Rg2, 0-1.
M. LEROUX O. DELABARRE, Seine Maritime 2003
Kings gambit
1.e4 e5, 2.f4 exf4, 3.Bc4 d6, 4.Nf3 g5, 5.h4 g4, 6.Ng5 Nh6, 7.d4 f6, 8.Bxf4
fxg5, 9.hxg5 Nf5?! [9Ng8 ] 10.g6! Qe7, 11.Nc3 c6, [11h5!? 12.Qd2
Be6, 13.Bxe6 (13.Bg5 Bh6!) 13...Qxe6, 14.d5 Qxg6, 15.exf5 Qxf5, 16.0-0-0
Qxf4, 17.Qxf4 Bh6, 18.Rd4 Bxf4+, 19.Rxf4 Nd7, 20.Rxg4 0-0-0, +/=. F.-X.
Le Goff ] 12.Qxg4 d5, 13.0-0-0! Nd6, [13...dxc4 14.exf5! ] 14.Qh5 Kd7,
15.Bxd6 Qxd6, 16.exd5 Bg7, 17.gxh7 cxd5, 18.Qg4+, 1-0.

2/ French Master Pierre Morra (1900-1969) lived in

Nice. His gambit is already played in the chess world
A. MARCINIAK (2170) A. RODE (2030), France 2002
Morra Gambit
1.e4 c5, 2.d4 cxd4, 3.c3 dxc3, 4.Nxc3 Nc6, 5.Nf3 e6, 6.Bc4 Qc7, 7.Qe2! [ 7.00
Nf6, 8.Qe2 Ng4, 9.h3?? Nd4 ] 7...Nf6, [ 7...d6!? ] 8.e5 Ng4, 9.Bf4 d5!? [ - 9...Bb4
; - 9...d6 ; - 9...h5 ] 10.Bd3! [ - 10.Bb3!? ; - 10.exd6 Bxd6, 11.Nb5 Qa5+, 12.Bd2
Bb4, 13.000!? Calas idea. ] 10...h5?! [ 10...Nb4, 11.Bb1 Bc5, 12.00 b6, Ba6
] 11.Rc1! Qd8, 12.h3 Nh6, 13.00 Be7, [ 13g5!? and g4. ]
14.Qd2! d4, [ 14...Nf5! 15.Bxf5 exf5, 16.Nxd5 (16.Qxd5 Be6, 17.Qb5 a6,
18.Qxb7?? Na5) 16...Be6, 17.Nxe7 (17.Rfd1 Bxd5, 18.Qxd5 Qxd5, 19.Rxd5 +=)
17...Qxd2, 18.Bxd2 Kxe7, 19.Bg5+ f6, 20.exf6+ gxf6 ] 15.Nb5 [ with Nxd4! ]
15...g5, [ - 15...Bb4, 16.Qd1 ; - 15...Nf5, 16.Bxf5 exf5, 17.Nd6+ (17.Nfxd4 00,
18.Rfd1) 17...Bxd6, 18.exd6 00, 19.Nxd4 ] 16.Nxg5 a6, 17.Nd6+ Bxd6, 18.exd6
Rg8, [ 18...e5, 19.Rxc6! bxc6, (19...exf4, 20.Qxf4! bxc6, 21.Qe5+) 20.Bxe5 Rg8,
21.Re1 Kd7, 22.Ne4 ] 19.Rfe1! Qf6, [ 19...Qa5, 20.Qxa5 Nxa5, 21.Nh7! ] 20.Be4!
Bd7, 21.Nh7 Qh4, 22.Bxh6 Ne5, [ 22...Qxh3, 23.Nf6+ ] 23.Bg5, 10.
Morratisation ! [ Annotator : Marciniak ]
3/ Now, a rare gambit about Nimzowitch variation :
O. LEQUEUX G. LEJEUNE, corres. Cojeli, 2001
Wheeler gambit

1.e4 Nc6, 2.b4 Nxb4, 3.c3 Nc6, 4.d4 e5, [4d5, 5.e5 Bf5, 6.Nf3 e6, 7.Be2 Be7,
8.0-0 Qd7!, IM E. Schiller ] 5.Nf3 exd4, 6.Bc4 Na5, 7.Qxd4 Nxc4, 8.Qxc4 f6,
9.Bf4 d6, 10.Na3 Ne7, 11.Nb5 Nc6, 12.0-0 a6, 13.Nbd4 Ne5, 14.Qd5 Nxf3+,
15.Nxf3 Qd7, 16.Rab1 Qc6, 17.Rfe1 Qxd5, 18.exd5+ Kf7, 19.Nd4 Rb8, 20.Nc6
Ra8, 21.Nd8+ Kg6, 22.Nxb7 Bf5, 23.Rb4 a5, 24.Rb3 Bd3, 25.Rb2 Bc4, 26.Rd2
Kf5, 27.Bg3 g6, 28.h4 Bh6, 29.Rd4 Bxa2, 30.Bxd6 g5, 31.g4+ Kg6, 32.h5+ Kf7,
33.Re7+ Kg8, 34.Bxc7 Bf8, 35.Re2 Bb3, 36.d6 Kf7, 37.d7, 1-0.
O. LEQUEUX M. POUYDESSEAU, corres. Cojeli, 2001
Wheeler gambit

1.e4 Nc6, 2.b4 Nxb4, 3.c3 Nc6, 4.d4 e6, [ 4d5!? ; 4e5 ]
5.Nf3 d5, 6.e5 b6, 7.Bd3 Bb7, 8.0-0 Qd7, 9.Nbd2 Be7, 10.Re1
h5, 11.Nf1 Nh6, 12.Ng3 Ng4, 13.h3 0-0-0, 14.hxg4 hxg4,
15.Ng5 Rdf8, 16.Qxg4 Kb8, 17.a4 Na5, 18.Ba3 Bxa3, 19.Rxa3
Qe7, 20.Ra2 Rh6, 21.Nf3 Rg8, 22.Qg5 Qf8, 23.Nd2 Bc8,
24.Qe3 f5, 25.exf6 gxf6, 26.c4 Qg7, 27.cxd5 Rgh8, 28.dxe6
Bb7, 29.Be4 Nc6, 30.e7 Qxe7, 31.Bxc6 Qd6, 32.Bxb7 Kxb7,
33.Rc2 f5, 34.Qe7 Qf4, 35.Nf3 R6h7, 36.Qe5 Qg4, 37.Rxc7+
Rxc7, 38.Qxh8, 1-0.
4/ And now, ladies and gentlemen, the Diemer Gemeinde :
O. LEQUEUX S. SCHMITT, corres. Cojeli, 2002

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
1.e4 d5, 2.d4 Nc6, 3.Be3 e5, 4.dxe5 d4, 5.Bf4 g5, 6.Bg3 h5, 7.h4 Bg7, 8.Nf3 Bg4,
9.Be2 Bxf3, 10.Bxf3 g4, 11.Be2 Nxe5, 12.c3 d3, 13.Bxe5 dxe2, 14.Qa4+ Kf8,
15.Bxg7+ Kxg7, 16.Kxe2 Nf6, 17.Nd2 Re8, 18.Rhe1 Qd5, 19.f3 Rad8, 20.Rad1
Qd3+, 21.Kf2 g3+, 22.Kxg3 Qd6+, 23.Kh3 Kh6, 24.e5 Qe6+, 25.Kh2 Nd5, 26.f4
Reg8, 27.Nf3 Qg4, 28.Rd2 Nxf4, 0-1.
E. RODRIGUES C. MALVEAU, corres. 2002
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
1.d4 Nf6, 2.Nc3 d5, 3.e4 dxe4, 4.f3 exf3, 5.Nxf3 Bg4, 6.h3 Bxf3,
7.Qxf3 c6, 8.g4 Qxd4, 9.Be3 Qb4, 10.0-0-0 e6, 11.Nb5 Na6, 12.Nd4 Qa4?
[ 12...Nd5, 13.Bxa6 bxa6, 14.Nxc6 Qd6, 15.Nd4 (15.Rhfe1!?) 15Qc7,
16.Rhe1(f1) Rc8 ] 13.Bb5 cxb5, 14.Qxb7 Rd8, 15.Nc6 Nd5, 16.Rxd5 exd5,
17.Re1 Qe4, 18.Qxa6 Bb4, 19.Bd2 Bxd2+, 20.Kxd2 Qxe1+, 21.Kxe1 Ra8,
22.Qxb5 0-0, 23.Qxd5 h6, 24.c4 Rae8+, 25.Kd2 Re6, 26.b4 Rfe8, 27.a4 Re2+,
28.Kd3 R8e3+, 29.Kd4 Rxh3, 30.Ne7+, 1-0.

 FANTASY J.-P. SEBBAN, www.echecs.com, 2002

Blackmar-Diemer gambit
1.d4 Nf6, 2.Nc3 d5, 3.e4 dxe4, 4.f3 c6, 5.fxe4 e5, 6.Nf3 exd4, 7.Qxd4 Qxd4,
8.Nxd4 Bb4, 9.Bd3 [ 9.Bc4 Nbd7, 10.O-O Ne5, 11.Bb3 Bc5, 12.Nce2 Bg4,
13.Kh1 O-O, 14.Bf4 Rae8, 15.Nf3 Ng6, 16.h3 Rxe4, 17.hxg4 Rxe2, 18.Bg3 Nxg4,
19.Rad1 Ne3, 20.Rfe1 Rxe1+, 21.Rxe1 h6, 22.Nd2 Nf5, 23.Bh2 Nd4, 24.Ba4 b5,
25.Nb3 Bb4, 26.c3 Nc2, 0-1. Mariette C. Mandel A., Cappelle la Grande 1995 ]
9...O-O, 10.Bd2 Re8, 11.O-O-O Nbd7, 12.h3 Nc5, 13.Rhe1 Bxc3, 14.Bxc3
Nfxe4, 15.Bxe4 Nxe4, 16.Rxe4 Rxe4, 17.Nxc6 Bxh3, 18.Nxa7 Bxg2, 19.Rg1 Rg4,
20.Nb5 h5, 21.Nd4 h4, 22.Nf5 h3, 0-1.
FURET - J.-P. SEBBAN, www.echecs.com, 2001

W.-R. G. Time ! [ECO "C15"]

1.e4 e6, 2.d4 d5, 3.Nc3 Bb4, 4.a3 Bxc3+, 5.bxc3 dxe4, 6.f3 e5, 7.Be3 [ 7.Bb5+
Bd7, 8.Qe2 e3, 9.Bxe3 Nh6, 10.Bxh6 Qh4+, 11.Kf1 Qxh6, 12.Qxe5+ Kd8, 13.Re1
c6, 14.Qe7+ Kc8, 15.Bc4 Re8, 16.Qxf7 Rxe1+, 17.Kxe1 b5, 18.Bd3 Be6, 19.Qe8+
Kb7, 20.Be4 a5, 21.Ne2 Ra7, Schausten P. Schmitz M., Baunatal 2001/2002, 1-0.
]
7...exd4, 8. cxd4 [ 8.Bxd4 Nf6, 9.fxe4 O-O, 10.Bd3 Nc6, 11.Nf3 Nxd4, 12.cxd4
c5, 13.h4 cxd4, 14.e5 Nd5, 15.O-O Ne3, 16.Bxh7+ Kxh7, 17.Ng5+ Qxg5,
18.Qxd4, 0-1. SumoPapa - Sebban, Internet Chess Club 2000 ]
8...Nh6, 9.Bf4 [ 9.fxe4 Qh4+, 10.Kd2 Qxe4, 11.Nf3 Nf5, 12.Bb5+ Nc6, 13.Re1 OO, 14.c3 Nxe3, 15.Rxe3 Qf4, 16.Qf1 Na5, 17.Rb1 Be6, 18.g3 Qd6, 19.Bd3 h6,
20.Re5 Qxa3, 21.Reb5 b6, 22.Ne5 Qd6, 23.Qe2 c6, 24.R5b2 Rab8, 25.g4 c5, 26.g5
cxd4, 27.cxd4 f6, 28.Ng6 fxg5, 29.Nxf8 Kxf8, 30.Rb4 Qf4+, 31.Kc2 Bg4, 32.Qe5,
0-1. Grabarczyk B. Gdanski J., Lubniewice 1993 ]
9...Nf5, 10.c3 Qe7, 11.Qe2 exf3, 12.Nxf3 Qxe2+, 13.Bxe2 c6, 14.O-O O-O,
15.Bd3 h6, 16.Rae1 Be6, 17.Ne5 Re8, 18.Nxf7 Kxf7, 19.g4 Nd7, 20.gxf5 Ba2,
21.Kf2 b5, 22.Rg1 Rxe1, 23.Rxe1 Re8, 24.Rg1 Nf6, 25.Be5 Bd5, 26.Rg6 Rh8,
27.a4 a6, 28.a5 Be4, 29.Bxf6 Bxd3, 30.Be5 Bxf5, 31.Rxc6 Rc8, 32.Rxa6 Rxc3,
33.Rb6 Bd7, 34.a6 Ra3, 35.Bb8 g5, 36.Rxh6 Be6, 37.a7 b4, 38.Rh7+ Kf6,
39.Rb7 b3, 40.Ke3 Bd5, 41.Rb6+ Kf5, 42.Kd3 Ra5, 43.Rd6 b2, 44.Rxd5+ Rxd5,
45.Kc2 Rb5, 46.Kb1 Ra5, 47.d5 g4, 48.d6 Ke6, 49.Kxb2 Kd7, 50.Kc3 Ra4,
51.Kb3 Ra1, 52.Kc4 Ra5, 53.Kb4 Ra1, 54.Kc5 Ra2, 55.Kd4 Ra4+, 56.Ke5 Ra1,
57.Kf4 Ra4+, 58.Kf5 Kc8, 59.Ke6 Re4+, 60.Kd5 Ra4, 61.Kc6 Ra6+, 62.Kb5
Ra2, 63.Kb6 Rb2+, 64.Kc6 Rc2+, 65.Kd5, 1-0.

G. LEJEUNE O. LEQUEUX, corres. Cojeli, 2001

Englund Gambit
1.d4 e5, 2.dxe5 Nc6, 3.Nf3 f6, 4.e4 Bc5, 5.Qd5 d6, 6.Bc4 Qe7, 7.exd6 Bxd6, 8.c3
Bd7, 9.0-0 0-0-0, 10.Re1 Bg4, 11.Qf7 Bxf3, 12.Qxe7 Ngxe7, 13.gxf3 Ne5,
14.Be6+ Kb8, 15.f4 Nf3+, 16.Kf1 Nxe1, 17.Kxe1 Ng6, 18.f5 Nf4, 19.Bxf4 Bxf4,
20.h3 Rd3, 21.Na3 Rhd8, 22.Nc4 Rxh3, 23.Ke2 b5, 24.Ne3 Bxe3, 25.fxe3 Rh2+,
26.Kf3 Rdd2, 27.Rg1 Rdf2+, 28.Kg3 Rxb2, 29.Rd1 Rbd2, 30.Rb1 c6, 31.a4 a6,
32.c4 Rb2, 33.Rd1 Rhd2, 34.Rxd2 Rxd2, 35.cxb5 cxb5, 36.axb5 axb5, 37.Kf3
b4, 38.e5 fxe5, 39.Ke4 Re2, 40.Kd3 Re1, 41.e4 h5, 42.Kc4 Rxe4+, 0-1.
5/ Two Splatvian gambits to close this article :
X. BARDIN O. LEQUEUX, corres. Cojeli, 2003
Latvian gambit

1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 f5, 3.Nxe5 Qf6, 4.d4 d6, 5.Nc4 fxe4, 6.Nc3 Qg6, 7.Bf4 Nf6,
8.Nb5 [ 8.Ne3! ] 8Na6, 9.Qd2 Be7, 10.0-0-0 0-0, 11.Be2 Nd5, 12.g3 Bd7,
13.Nc3 Nab4, 14.Ne3 Nxc3, 15.bxc3 Nc6, 16.h4 Nd8, 17.Nd5 Qf7, 18.Bc4 Be6,
19.Nxe7+ Qxe7, 20.d5 Bf5, 21.f3 exf3, 22.Rde1 Qd7, 23.Re3 b5, 24.Bb3 a5,
25.a3 Nb7, 26.Rhe1 Rae8, 27.Rxf3 Nc5, 28.Rfe3 Re4, 29.Rxe4 Nxe4, 30.Qd4
Re8, 31.g4 Bg6, 32.h5 Qxg4, 33.Bh6 gxh6, 34.hxg6 hxg6, 35.Rg1 Qf4+, 0-1.
D. MAILHAN M. DELIGNY, corres. Cojeli, 2002
Latvian gambit

1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 f5, 3.Nxe5 Qf6, 4.d4 d6, 5.Nc4 fxe4, 6.Be2 Qd8, 7.Nc3 d5, 8.Ne5
Nf6, 9.0-0 Be7, 10.f3 exf3, 11.Bxf3 0-0, 12.Bg5 c6, 13.Qd3 Kh8, 14.Qe2 Nbd7,
15.Rae1 Nxe5, 16.Qxe5 Bd6, 17.Qe2 Bd7, 18.Qd2 Qc7, 19.h3 Bg3, 20.Re2 b5,
21.a3 a5, 22.Nd1 Ne4, 23.Bxe4 Bh2+, 0-1.
*
More informations on gambits with the kind french website : Mieux Jouer Aux
Echecs, http://www.mjae.com : Emil Diemer, David Gedult and B.D.G., Diemer
duhm gambit, Latvian gambit, Bogart gambit, Fajarovicz gambit, Boden gambit,
[and Chess history, Chessbooks, Links, etc.]

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THE ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT IN THE EUWE DEFENSE TO THE BDG

1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e6 (Euwe) 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 Nc6 8
00! Nxd4 9 Kh1!

by Lev D. Zilbermints

Chapter 1: History
The Euwe Defense to the Blackmar- Diemer Gambit is a solid, yet very passive
set-up. It was originally recommended by former World Champion (1935-1937) Dr. Max
Euwe in 1950/1951 in the German chess press. Euwes original line ran 1 d4 d5 2 e4
de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e6 (Euwe Defense). Diemer continued 6 Bg5 here,
pinning the Knight to the Queen. Now, here Dr. Euwe originally suggested 6...c5?!.
This was refuted brilliantly by
7 Bxf6! Qxf6 8 Bb5+ c6 9 00! with advantage to White. The point is that after
9...cb5 10 Ne5! leaves White with a crushing attack and a lead in development. Thus,
it was not long before improvements were found for the Black side.
HISTORICAL GAMES:
(1) Diemer - Locher, Correspondence 1950:
1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f4 ef3 5 Nxf3 This is probably one of the first games
that Diemer played with the 5 Nxf3 line. Prior to 1950 he always played 5 Qxf3!, the
Ryder Gambit. 5...e6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 Nbd7 8 Qe2 00 9 00 Re8 Probably the
first game with the Re8-Nf8 maneuver. 10 Qf2 Nf8 11 Qh4 Ng6 12 Bxg6 fxg6 13
Ne5 Nd5 14 Ne4 Nf6 15 c3 Nxe4 16 Bxe7 Qxe7 17 Qxe4 c6 18 Rf7 Qd8 19
Raf1 Qd5 20 Ng6! 1- 0.
(2) Diemer - Berner, Aulendorf, 1951:

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5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 Nbd7 8 00 00 9 Qe1 b6 10 Qh4 g6 11 Ne5 Nxe5 12

dxe5 Nd5 13 Bf6 Nf6 14 ef6 Bc5+ 15 Kh1 Re8 16 Rf3 e5 17 Rd1 Bd6 18 Be4
Rb8 19 Qh6 ++- and White won.
The move 7...Nc6 was first introduced by Grandmaster Efim Bogoljubow
in his ill-fated simultaneous exhibition game with Frau P. Oesterle at Wangen,
Germany, in 1952. Another game, Diemer-NN, correspondence, 1952, also saw
7...Nc6 8 a3. White won both games in fine attacking style. It would be another eight
years (1960) before 8 00 would be played, and another sixteen (1968) before 8...Nxd4
9 Kh1 would become known. Until 1960 (and even later) everyone played 8 a3 so as to
prevent 8...Nb4, 9...Nxd3. However, many players felt that 8 a3 was too passive.
Although 8 a3 prevents the exchange of the powerful Bd3, it gives up a tempo. In my
opinion, this loss of a tempo gives Black the initiative.
Below are two games from 1952 with 7...Nc6 8 a3 line. I am not sure which game
saw 7...Nc6 8 a3 first. My educated guess is that Diemers was first, and Frau Osterles,
second. This is because she was his pupil, and Diemer was her chess teacher.
Diemer - Anonymous, correspondence 1952:
1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 Nc6 That move! 8
a3 00 9 h4 Diemer keeps attacking! This was very typical of him.
9...h6? And this is a mistake, as it allows a thematic Bishop sacrifice, weakening the
King-side. 10 Qd2 hxg5?? This loses the game, as the h-file becomes open. 11 hxg5
Ne8 12 g4! 1- 0. White threatens 13 Qh2 - 14 Qh8 mate, so Black resigned. However,
it remained for another game, Oesterle - Bogoljubow, to really bring the move order 7
Bd3 Nc6 8 a3 to the attention of the world chess community.
Frau P. Oesterle - GM Efim Bogoljubow
Simultaneous Exhibition
Wangen, Germany, 1952
1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 Nc6 That
move! 8 a3 00 9 Qd2 h6 Clearly misreading the position, underestimating his
opponent, or both! This move should have been played
before Castling not after; here 9...Nd5 is more appropriate. 10 Bxh6! gh6
11 Qh6 Nxd4 12 000 e5 13 Ng5 e4 14 Be4 Bf5 15 Bf5 Nxf5 16 Qh3 Nd6
17 Nd5 Kg7 18 Qg3 Kh6 19 Nf4 Nh5 20 Nxf7+ Resigns. The notes in italics are
from Anders Tejler and Jim Marfia 1995 reprint edition of Blackmar Diemer Gambit:
Euwe Defense (first published 1979). This game made 8 a3 very popular among BDG
fans, for here a grandmaster was playing Black!
The next game illustrates the dangers of allowing the Nd3 for Black:
Focke Kurt Stummer
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Rastatt, Germany
1955
1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 Nb4 9. a3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 h6 11. Bf4 c5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. h3 cxd4 14. Nexd4
a6 15. g4 Nd5 16. Bd2 Bd7 17. h4 Rc8 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. g5 h5 20. Ne5 Nf4 21. Qf3
Ng6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Qxh5 Qa4 0-1
In 1960, two little-known players, J. Capdevila and A. Brizzio, played what became the
pre-Stammpartie (pre-Stem game) of the Zilbermints Gambit. Although the move order
and position varied slightly, the position that arose that day in the Argentine tournament
set the tone for further exploration.
J. Capdevila - A. Brizzio, Argentina, 1960
1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Bb4 This Bishop move used to
enjoy some popularity in the early days, but not anymore. Its main drawback is that it
leaves the Nf6 pinned, and loses a tempo after White plays a3 at some point. 7 Bd3
Nc6 8 00 Nxd4 9 Ne4 Not the best, but then, 9 Kh1 was yet unknown. 9...Be7 This
makes 6...Bb4, in effect, a wasted move. 10 Ne5 Bf5 In this position Black is two
pawns up, while White has all the pieces developed. Now the fireworks start. 11 Nxf6+!
gf6 12 Nxf7+ Kxf7 13 Qh5+ Kg8 14 Rxf5! Qd4+ 14...ef5 15 Bc4+ ++- 15 Rf2 Bd7
16 Raf1 Qc5?
16...Bc5! offered better holding chances. 17 h4 Be8 18 Qh6 fg5 19 Qxe6+
Kg7 20 Kh1! And now the Rook comes into decisive action. 20...Qd6
21 Rf7+ Bxf7 22 Qxf7+ Kh6 23 hg5 Bxg5 24 Rf3 Raf8 25 Rh3+ 1- 0.
The above game was the forerunner of the Zilbermints Gambit in the Euwe Defense. It
has both 7 Bd3 Nc6 and 8 00 Nxd4. However, the follow-up move 9 Kh1 was not first
played until 1968. It would be another quarter-century (1968-1993) before 7 Bd3 Nc6 8
00! Nxd4 9 Kh1! was extensively analyzed and understood by myself. Still another ten
years (1993-2003) would pass before this gambit began slowly showing up in BDG
correspondence games by German players.
In 1968, the first round of the First Blackmar-Diemer Gambit World
correspondence tournament started. The game Joachim Fechner - Walter Schneider,
went 1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Be7
7 Bd3 Nc6 8 00! Nxd4 9 Kh1! A new and radical move. However, this was the
1960s, and all sorts of new things were tried and invented Nxf3 10 Qxf3 c6 The
9...Nxf3 line is the easiest to play against. White piles up the pressure on the squares
f7, h7, and the open d- and e- files to get good play. 11 Rad1 Bd7 12 Ne4 00 13
Nxf6+ Bxf6 14 Qe4 g6 15 Bf6 Qe8 16 Qf4 1- 0.

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However, the dynamics of 8 00! Nxd4 9 Kh1! Were not well-understood in the late
1960s by the public at large. It would be another 25 years (1968 - 1993) before the
whole line was thoroughly analyzed and rediscovered by Lev D. Zilbermints. In this, the
Zilbermints Gambit in the Euwe Defense was very similar to the Ryder Gambit, 1 d4 d5
2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Qxf3!
Both variations have double - pawn sacrifices; both had one game played; and both had
to wait decades to be rediscovered. The Ryder Gambit, 1898 - 1931; Zilbermints Gambit
in the Euwe, 1968 - 1993.
Deutsche Schachzeitung, 8/1901:
Dr. Ryder - NN, Leipzig, 1898
1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Qxf3 Qxd4 6 Be3 Qg4 7 Qf2 Qb4 8 000 Ng4 9
Nd5 Qa5 10 Bb5+ c6 11 Bb6 Na6 12 Qc5 Qxb6 13 Bxa6 e5 14 Qxb6 axb6 15 Nc7+
Ke7 16 Nxa8 Nf2 17 Nxb6 Bg4 18 Be2 Nxh1 19 Bxg4 Nf2 20 Rd7+, 1- 0.
During the 1980s and early 1990s, interest in the 8 00 Nxd4 line re-awakened.
Attempts were made to reintroduce the line into tournament play. The main question
was: What should White play after 7 Bd3 Nc6 8 00 Nxd4 ?
What is Whites best chance to get a crushing attack for two pawns? Keep in mind that
while the game Fechner-Schneider, 1 BDGW, 1968, was known, no one really bothered
to analyze 9 Kh1!.
It must be noted that the early pre -1993 experiments focused on other 9th moves:
9 Nxd4 and 9 Ne5. Later, in 1997, a third move was discovered - 9 Bf4.
Had it been played correctly in its inaugural game, 9 Bf4 could have given White good
chances.
GAMES:
X. Richard - Jurgen Sparka
Aachen, Germany
Hochschule Championship
Rd. 7
November 1982
1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 Nc6 8 00 Nxd4 9
Nxd4?! This move is speculative, as Black gets to recapture with check.
Although Black has an extra tempo to consolidate his position, the Queen is somewhat
exposed. 9...Qxd4 10 Kh1 Qe5 In the game Peter Grott - F. Binger, September 2003,
Germany, Muensterland Verbandclasse, Black played the more conservative 10...Bd7.
The game continued 11 Qe2 Qg4! 12 Qd2 Bc6 13 Rf2 Rd8 14 Raf1 00 15 Bf4 Bd6
16 Bxd6 Rxd6 17 b4 a6 18 Rf4 Qg5 19 h3 Nh5 20 Kh2 Nxf4 21 Rxf4 f5 22 Qf2 Bxg2

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23 Be4 Bxe4 24 Nxe4 Qe7 25 Nd6 Qd6 26 Kg2 Rf6 27 Rd4 Qf6 28 Kh2 Rf8 29 c4
Qb6 30 c5 Qc6 31 a4 Qa4 32 Qd2
Qc6 33 Rd7 e5 34 Re7 e4 35 Qf4 Qf6 36 Rd7 Qd2+ 37 Rd2 Qc3 38 Rf2 Re8
39 Qc7 Qe5+ 40 Qxe5 Rxe5 0 -1 11 Bf6? Perhaps this Bishop capture is not a good
idea. gf6 12 Qf3 c6 13 Rae1 Qc7 14 b4 Bd7 15 b5 000 16 Rb1 f5 17 Rb3 Bd6 18
Rfb1 b6 19 bxc6 Bxc6 20 Ba6+ Kb8 21 Qh3 Rhg8 22 Bf1 Bc5 23 a4 Rd2 24 Nb5
Rdxg2 25 Rf3 Bxf3 0-1
In 1986 - 1988, Rev. Timothy Sawyer, a strong master, played two games with 7 Bd3
Nc6 8 00. However, in both games, his opponents played (after 6 Bg5 ) 6...Bb4. They
also declined to capture the d4 - pawn immediately.
Sawyer - Anonymous
Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, USA
1986
PRE - ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT DELAYED
1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Bb4 7 Bd3 Nc6 8 00 Rev.
Sawyer decides to take a chance and play the gambit line. 8...00 9 Ne4 Nxd4 In the
first edition of Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Keybook (1992), Rev. Sawyer gives 9...Be7
10 Nxf6 gxf6 12 Kh1 Qd5 13 Ne5!? as a way of declining the double gambit. The text
move, 9...Nxd4, is a form of the Zilbermints Gambit Delayed. 10 Nxf6+ gf6 11 Bh6
Re8 12 c3 Nxf3+ 13 Qxf3 Bc5+ 14 Kh1 Kg8 15 Bxh7+ Kxh7 16 Bxf8 Rxf8 17
Qh5+ Kg8 18 Qg4+ Kh8 19 Rf3 1- 0
The next game featured the Declined version of the gambit.
PRE-ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT DECLINED
Sawyer - Black
Horsham, Pennsylvania
1988
(Moves 1-7 as in previous game) 8 00 Bxc3? It is not a good idea to trade the
Bishop. White gets a strong d4 - pawn, and the two-Bishop advantage. 9 bxc3 00
10 Qe1 The thematic Queen maneuver. Rb8 11 Qh4 b5 12 Bxf6 Qxf6 13 Qxh7 mate,
1- 0.
And finally, the game that connected the experiments of the 1980s to the 1990s.
It also served as a prototype for the 8 00 Nxd4 9 Kh1 variation. Though it was published
in Scottish and American chess magazines, I was unaware of it. Only recently did I
come across this game, played by two German players in a correspondence
tournament. Originally, the game was published in Scottish CC Association publication
#36. Tom V. Purser then published this game in his magazine, Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
World #48. November/December 1991.
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I reproduce much of his comments and analyses for the game here, with due credit.
Pursers comments are in italics.
PRE-ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT DELAYED
B. Geisler G. Heidemann

Correspondence, WT/H/739, 1989/1990

1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 Nc6 8 a3 To prevent
8Nb4 8a6 A waiting move 9 00! The gambit move! Nxd4 Black accepts the
challenge. 10 Kh1 Nxf3 11 Qxf3 Qd4? What is the Black Queen doing out here so
early? 12 Rad1 Qe5 13 Bf4 Here Tom Purser, former editor-in-chief of BDG World,
writes, 13 Bxf6 would provide interesting complications, e.g.,
13 Bxf6 14 Rde1 and 15 Nd5; 13Qf6 14 Qh5 g6 15 Qa5; but 13gf6 could prove
uncomfortable for White. 13Qh5 14 Qe3 Bd7 14Ng4!? (Purser)
15 Be2 Qc5 16 Qg3 000 17 b4 Qb6 18 Rb1 Nd5 19 b5 Nxc3 20 Qxc3 Bf6 20axb5
21 Bxb5 (21 a4 b4) Bxb5 22 Bxb5 Rxb5 Qc6 -+ (Purser) 21 Qb4 Qd4?
21Bb5 should hold (TVP) 22 c4 Qc3? 23 Qc5 e5 23Qa5 24 Qa7 - Purser.
24 bxa6 bxa6 25 Qa7 Bc6? 26 Bg4+ 1-0. 25Be6 26 Qxa6 Kd7 27 Rfc1 wins the
Queen; 25Bf5 26 Qxa6 Kd7 27 Rfc1 Bc2 - Purser
PRE - ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT ACCEPTED
David Williams - Ian Wolfe
Spartanburg, South Carolina, Open
USA 1992
1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 Nc6 8 00 Nxd4
9 Ne5 This move centralizes the Knight and pressures the f7-square, among others.
However, I am not certain it achieves the necessary pressure for two pawns. 9...h6?
Sounds dubious. Black is just weakening his King-side for nothing.
10 Be3 Rf8 11 Qe1 Qd6 12 Bf4 Qb6 13 Kh1 g5? Wow. Does Black want to help his
opponent win the game? 14 Be3 Qd6 15 Qf2 Nxc2 16 Bxc2 Qxe5
17 Bd4 Qf4
18 Qg1 Qd2 19 Ba4 Nd7 20 Rad1 Qxb2 21 Nd5 Qxa2 22 Bxd7
Kxd7 23 Nxe7 Kxe7 24 Bf6+ Ke8 1- 0
PRE-ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT DELAYED
Zilbermints - Fritz Gaspard
5 - minute blitz
Marshall Chess Club, New York City, N.Y.
1992
1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 00 8 00 Nc6 9 Qe1
The Gambit Delayed Nxd4 10 Qh4 Nf5 In Blackmar - Diemer Gambit Keybook II
(1999) Rev. Timothy Sawyer gives 10...Nxf3 11 Rxf3 g6?? 12 Rxf6! Kg7

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13 Raf1 Bf6 14 Bxf6, 1-0, Sawyer - guest, ICC, 1997. 11 Bxf5 ef5 12 Rad1 Qe8 13
Ne5?? Be6?? Oops! Both players missed 13...Bc5+! winning the Ne5 and the game for
Black. 14 Rf3 Rd8 15 Rh3 Rd1 16 Nd1 Qd8 17 Ne3 Bc5 18 Bf6 Qd1+
19 Kf2 Qd2+ 20 Kf1 Qc1+ 21 Ke2 Qe3 22 Rxe3 Bxe3 23 Kxe3 gf6 24 Qf6 Re8
25 Kf4 Bd5 26 Kg5 Re6 27 Qxf7+ Kh8 28 Qf8 mate, 1- 0
The next game was played just a few weeks before I invented my gambit. I had an easy
win, but did not see the winning move. I believe that this game played a critical part in
inventing the Zilbermints Gambit.
PRE-ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT DELAYED
Zilbermints - Della Selva
United States Amateur Team East
February 14, 1993
(Moves 1-10 identical to Zilbermints - Gaspard) 10...Nxf3? 11 Rxf3 h6?
12 Bxh6 e5 13 Bg5? This is incorrect. The winning move is 13 Bxg7! which wins in all
variations. 13...Qd4+ Forcing a Queen trade. 14 Qxd4 exd4 15 Nb5 c5
16 Nc7 Rb8
17 Re1 Bd8 18 Bxf6 Bxc7 19 Be7 Re8 20 Bb5 Bg4 21 Ra3? Rxe7 22 Rxe7 Bd6
23 Re8+ Rxe8 24 Bxe6 a6 The game score in Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Keybook II
(1999) stops here, with +=, 0 -1. Given is the continuation. Blacks two Bishops are
very powerful. Perhaps with accurate play they could be neutralized. Eleven years
earlier, I was not that good. Nowadays (2004) I can beat International Masters, but this
was 1993... 25 h3 Bc1 26 c4 Be2 27 Ba4 Bxc4 28 Bb3 Bb5 29 Ba4 Be2 30 Kf2
d3 31 Rc3 Be5 32 Rc1 Bxb2 33 Rb1 Bd4+ 34 Ke1 b5 35 Bd1 Bc3+ 36 Kf2
Bxd1 37 Rxd1 c4 38 Ke3 Kf8 39 h4 Ke7 40 g4 f6... Eventually 0-1
While I was busy analyzing the variations after 8 00 Nxd4 9 Kh1! another two games
were played. In the first game, White tried getting into form of the Gambit Delayed; in
the second White could have won early on.
Harper - Dowling
Blackmar - Diemer Gambit Thematic
Correspondence, 1993
5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 Nc6 8 a3 Intended to prevent the Nb4 maneuver.
Usually there are no double-gambits herebut watch what happens. 8...h6
9
Bd2 Nxd4 What did I say earlier? There we go! 10 Bf4?! Better is 10 00! transposing
to Zilbermints Gambit-like lines. 10...c5! This move can be extremely complicated even
in regular ZG lines! Here Black might have an edge. 11 00 Bd7 12 Ne5? Another
mistake. Best was 12 Nxd4!? 12...Bc6 13 Qe1 a6 14 Qg3 g5 15 Rae1 Nh5 16 Qg4
Nxf4 17 Rxf4 gf4 18 Qg7 Rf8 19 Bg6 Nf3+ 20 gf3 Qd4+
21 Kf1 000 22 Bxf7 Bh4 23 Bxe6+ Kb8 24 Re2 Bxf3, 0-1

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The following game makes me wonder: If White had a Queen, why on Earth did he play
so sloppily?
Wedge - Hoffman
USA 1993
5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 Nc6 8 00 Nxd4 9 Ne5 This move was more often seen in
the early 1990s than other. Williams - Wolfe, Spartanburg, SC, Open, 1991, was already
well-known by this time. In that game, Black played 9...h6, chasing away the Bg5. Here
the game takes on a different turn. 9...a6 10 Qe1 Bd7
11 Qh4 Nf5 12 Bxf5 gf5 13 Rad1 Bd6 14 Rae1? A mistake. Best was 14 Bxf6! gf6
(14...Qxf6 15 Qxf6 gf6 16 Nd7 Kd7 17 Rf6! +=) 15 Nxd7 Qxd7 (15...Kxd7 16 Rxf5! ++-)
16 Qxf6! ++- with winning chances (or at least a draw) in all variations. 14...Be6 15 Nd5
Bxe5 16 Nxf6+ Bxf6 17 Rd8 Bxd8 18 Bxd8 Rxd8 19 Qh5 00
20 Rd1 g6 21 Qf3 c6 22 Rxd8 Rxd8 23 Qe2 Rd4 24 b3 b5 25 c3 Re4 26 Qd2 Bd5
27 h3 a5 28 c4 bc4 29 bc4 Rc4 30 Qxa5 Rc1+ 31 Kf2 Rxa2 32 Ke3 Rxa2 33
Qd8+ Kg7 34 g4 Ra3+ 35 Kf4 h6 36 gf5 Rf3+ 37 Ke5 Rxf5 38 Kd6
Bg2 39 Kc7 c5 40 h4 h5 41 Kb6 Bf1 42 Ka5 Rf6 43 Ka4 Bc4 44 Ka3?? Rf2! 01
And finally, my first game with the Zilbermints Gambit Accepted:
Zilbermints - Kopiecki, Edward
First Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Discussion Match (1 BDM)
Marshall Chess Club, New York City
Game/5 minutes
4 April 1993
1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 Nc6 8 00 Nxd4
9 Kh1 c5 This was a new move at the time. Luckily, I had spent considerable time
analyzing it the previous month. 10 Bxf6 Bxf6 11 Ne4 b6? 12 Nd4 Bd4 13 Qf3!
00 14 Nf6+ Qf6 15 Qa8 I win a Rook and the rest is just technique. 15...Qh6?!
16 Qf3 Bb2 17 Rab1 Be5 18 h3 Bd7 19 Rbe1 f6? 20 Rxe5! Bc6 21 Qc6 fxe5
22 Rf8 Kf8 23 Qd7+ Kf6 24 Qd7+ Kf6 25 Qd8+ Kf7 26 Be2! Qc1 27 Qd1 Qxd1+
28 Bxd1 Kf6 29 Kg1 e4 30 Kf2 Ke5 31 Ke3 c4 32 c3 b5 33 Bc2 a5
34 a3 g6 35 Be4 b4 36 cb ab 37 ab c3 38 Bc2 Kd5 39 Kd3, 1- 0
So, we have traveled from the beginnings of the Euwe Defense and the 6 Bg5 Be7
(and 6...Bb4) 7 Bd3 Nc6 line in the early 1950s to 1968. After that, we saw the
gradual development of the 8 00 Nxd4 line in the between 1982 and 1993.
I will write Chapter 2 by the next issue. Hope you liked this one!
Questions? You can e-mail me at [email protected]

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****************************************************************************************************
****
Games added by D. Rozzoni: a few BDG played in 2003 Both players elo > 2.200
Abbasifar,H (2284) Safarli,E (2232) [D00]
Friendship Cup AZEIRI Baku AZE (9), 06.04.2003
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bf5 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.d5 Bc5+ 9.Kh1 0-0 10.dxe6
Bxe6 11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.Qe2 Qe7 13.Bg5 Rae8 14.Rae1 Bb4 15.Nd4 Bxc3 16.bxc3 e5 17.Nf5 Qe6 18.c4
Nc5 19.Bc1 Nce4 20.Qd3 Rd8 21.Qh3 Kh8 22.Qh4 Nd6 23.Ne3 Rf7 24.Bb2 Rdf8 25.h3 Nd7 26.Rxf7 Qxf7
-

Diaz,S (2366) Sakai,K (2503) [D00]

CM.2003.0.00208 IECG, 16.01.2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 c5 8.dxc5 Qa5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.Nb5
Qxd2+ 11.Kxd2 0-0 12.b4 Rd8 13.Ke2 h6 14.Bh4 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 16.a3 b6 17.cxb6 axb6 18.c4 Bb7
19.Rhd1 Nf6 20.Bc2 Ba6 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.a4 Nc6 23.Rb1 g5 24.h3 h5 25.Ke3 g4 26.hxg4 hxg4 27.Ne1
Kf8 28.Nd3 Bxb5 29.axb5 Nd4 30.Rc1 Nf5+ 31.Kd2 g3 32.c5 Nd5 33.Bb1 Ke7 34.cxb6 Nxb6 35.Ke1 Nh4
36.Kf1 Ra8 37.Nc5 Nd5 38.Be4 Ra2 39.Bxd5 exd5 40.Rc3 Rf2+ 41.Ke1 Rxg2 42.b6 Rg1+ 43.Kd2 g2
44.Re3+ Kf6 45.Rg3 Rb1 46.Rxg2 Rb2+ 47.Kc3 Rxg2 48.b7 Rg8 49.b8Q Rxb8 50.Nd7+ Ke6 51.Nxb8
Kd6 52.b5 Kc5 -

Abbasifar,H (2284) Badjarani,I (2368) [D00]

Friendship Cup AZEIRI Baku AZE (3), 31.03.2003

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bf5 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Nbd7 8.Kh1 Be7 9.d5 exd5 10.Nxd5 0-0
11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Bg5 Qc5 13.Bb3 Bg4 14.Qc1 Ne4 15.Bh4 Qh5 16.Qf4 Rae8 17.Qxc7 Nec5 18.Bg3
Rc8 19.Qf4 Nf6 20.Rae1 Nxb3 21.cxb3 Nd5 22.Qd4 Bxf3 23.Rxf3 Nb6 24.h3 Rfd8 25.Qf2 f6 26.Kh2 Re8
27.Rd1 Rc6 28.Re1 h6 29.Rfe3 Rxe3 30.Rxe3 Qf7 31.Qe2 Nd5 32.Re8+ Kh7 33.Qd3+ f5 34.Re5 Ne7
35.Qd7 f4 36.Bf2 f3 37.Rxe7 Qg6 38.gxf3 Rc2 39.Qd4 Rxf2+ 40.Qxf2 Qd6+ 41.Kg2 Qxe7 42.Qc2+ Kh8
43.Qc8+ Kh7 44.Qf5+ Kh8 45.Kf2 Qd8 46.Qf4 a6 47.Kg3 Qb6 48.Qf8+ Kh7 49.Qf5+ Kh8 50.Qc8+ Kh7
51.Qc2+ Kh8 52.Kg2 Qd8 -

Skytte,R (2404) Tallaksen,G (2285) [D00]

25th Politiken Cup Copenhagen DEN (8), 22.07.2003

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bc4 Be7 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Bd2 a6 9.0-0-0 b5 10.Bd3 Nb4
11.Be4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 Rb8 13.Qg4 g6 14.Bh6 Nd5 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Qf4 Qd6 17.Qe3 Bb7 18.Rhf1 Bxf3
19.Qxf3 f6 20.Qh3 Kf7 21.Bf4 Qd5 22.Kb1 Rbc8 23.g4 h5 24.Be5 Kg7 25.Qh4 Qd8 26.gxh5 Rxh5 27.Qg4
Rf5 28.Rg1 Qe8 29.Bf4 Bd6 30.Bc1 Kh7 31.Qh4+ Kg8 32.Qh6 g5 33.Bxg5 fxg5 34.Rxg5+ Rxg5
35.Qxg5+ Kh7 36.Rg1 Qf8 37.Qg6+ Kh8 38.Qh5+ 1-0

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Bobby Fischer & 1.b4

by D. Rozzoni
According to Fischers biographer, Frank Brady, Bobby played some simultaneous exhibitions in
1964, although unfortunately no accurate records of his tour were ever kept. Brady writes
(Profile of a prodigy pag. 76) that Fischer played 51 games in Cleveland, Ohio. Luckily, with a
quick research through my Chesslab database, I could find 2 of these games. Here they are, for
the pleasure of UCO players as the great champio opened both games with 1.b4.
Fritz 8 annotated, 30 seconds per move.
Fischer,Robert J Ina,D [A00]
sim Cleveland sim, 1964
[Fritz 8 (30s)]
1.b4 e6 2.Bb2 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.b5 b6 5.g3N a6 6.a4 axb5 7.axb5 Rxa1 8.Bxa1 Qd6 9.Bg2 Be7 10.0-0 00 11.Qc1 Qb4 12.Nc3 d4 13.Na2 Qxb5 14.Nxd4 Qa6 15.Nc3 Bb7 16.e4 e5 17.Nf5 Bb4 18.Nd5 Nxd5
19.exd5 f6 20.Qd1 Bc5 21.d4 Bd6? [21...exd4 22.Bxd4 Bxd4 23.Nxd4 Qc4] 22.Qg4+ g6 23.Nxd6
cxd6 24.Qe6+ Kg7 25.Qxd6 exd4 [25...e4 26.Qc7+ Kg8 27.Bxe4+] 26.Bxd4 b5 [26...Qc4 27.c3
(27.Bxb6 Qxc2 28.Bh3 Qc3+) 27...Rf7 28.Qxb8 Bxd5 29.Bxd5 Qxd5 30.Qxb6+] 27.Qc7+ Kh6
[27...Rf7 28.Qxb8 Qa4 29.Bxf6+ Kxf6 30.Qh8+ Kg5+] 28.Ra1 Rc8 29.Be3+ g5 30.Bxg5+! [30.Bxg5+
fxg5 31.Rxa6+ Bxa6 32.Qd6+ Kg7 33.Qe7+ Kg8 34.Be4 Rc7 35.Qd8+ Kf7 36.Qxc7+ Nd7 37.Qxd7+ Kf8
38.d6 Bc8 39.Qe7+ Kg8 40.Bd5+ Be6 41.Bxe6+ Kh8 42.Qf8#] 1-0

Fischer,Robert J Gloger,J [A00]

sim Cleveland sim, 1964
[Fritz 8 (30s)]
A00: Irregular Openings 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4 Bxb4 4.Bc4 Ne7 5.Qh5+ Ng6 6.f4 exf4 7.Nf3 Nc6 8.Nc3
Bxc3 9.Bxc3 d6 10.Nh4 Nce7 11.Nf5 Kf8 12.0-0 Qe8 [12...Qd7 13.Nxe7 Qxe7=] 13.Bxf6 Bxf5
[13...gxf6 Deflection from h6 14.Qh6# A beautiful mate combination] 14.exf5 d5?? [14...Ng8 15.Bxg8
Kxg8 16.fxg6 gxf6] 15.fxg6+ gxf6 16.Qh6+ Kg8 17.g7 [17.g7 Qg6 18.Qxg6 Nxg6 19.gxh8R+ Kxh8
20.Bxd5+] 1-0
And here is another 1.b4 performance by the unforgettable champion (perhaps from another 1964
simulaneous display):

Fischer GM Robert Walters K [A00]

CA San Francisco, CA USA, 1964

[Fritz 8 (30s)]
1.b4 Nf6 2.Bb2 e6 3.b5 d5 4.Nf3 c6 5.e3 cxb5 [5...a6 6.bxc6 Nxc6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Be2 Qc7 9.Nbd2 e5 10.c4
h6 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Rc1 Be6 13.0-0 Qb8 14.a3 0-0 15.Ne4 Bc7 16.h3 Qe8 17.Nc5 Bc8 18.Qb3 Nde7
19.Rfd1 Ng6 20.d4 Sulak EdwardMierzynski Jaroslaw/Ch Poland (corr.) 1992 - (27); 5...Be7 6.c4 00 7.Be2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 cxb5 9.Bxb5 Qb6 10.Qb3 Bd7 11.Nc3 a6 12.Bc4 Qxb3 13.Bxb3 Rd8 14.0-0 Bc6
15.d4 Bxf3 16.gxf3 Nc6 17.Rac1 Rac8 18.a3 Na5 19.Ba2 Nc4 20.Bxc4 Schmitt,MErwee,Y/Wch U14
Girls 1992/- (26)] 6.Bxb5+ Bd7 7.Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.0-0 Be7 9.d3 0-0 10.Nbd2 Qc7 11.c4 dxc4
12.Nxc4 Rac8 13.a4 Rfd8 14.Qe2 b6 15.Rfc1 Qb7 16.h3 Nc5 17.Nd4 Rxd4 [17...Nd5!?=] 18.Bxd4
[18.exd4 Nb3] 18...Nb3 19.Rcb1 Nxa1 20.Rxa1 Nd7 21.Qb2 f6 22.Rb1 e5 23.Bc3 Nc5 24.Qa2
[24.Qc2!?] 24...Qd5-+ 25.Rd1 Nxd3 26.Rxd3 Qxc4 27.Qd2 [27.Qxc4+ Rxc4 28.a5-+] 27...Qxa4
28.Rd7 [28.f4 e4 29.Rd7 Kf8-+] 28...Qa3 [28...Kf8!? 29.Kh2-+] 29.Qd5+ Kf8 30.Bd2 h6 [30...a5 31.e4+] 31.Qe6 [31.e4 a5 32.Be3 a4] 31...Re8 32.e4 b5 [32...Rd8!?-+] 33.Be3 a5 34.Kh2 Qb4 35.Bb6?
[35.Qb6 Qxe4 36.Qxb5] 35...Qxe4?? [35...a4-+] 36.Bc5!!+ Qf4+ [36...Bxc5 37.Qf7# A classical
mating theme] 37.g3 [37.g3 Qb4 38.Rxe7 Rxe7 39.Qxe7+ Kg8 40.Bxb4 axb4 41.Qxb4+] 1-0

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A new line in the Tennison Gambit by V. Casasnovas Aveyron FRA, 16/05/2004

1.e4 d5 2.Nf3 dxe4 3.Ng5 Qd5 [ 3...Nf6 4.Nc3 Bf5 5.Bc4 e6; 3...e5 4.Nxe4 f5 ( 4...Be7 5.Bc4 Nf6
6.Nxf6+ Bxf6 7.d3 Nd7 8.0-0 Nb6 9.Bb3 a5 10.a4; 4...Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Bb5 Bd7 8.d3 0-0-0
9.0-0 Qh4 10.Be3 f5 11.f4 exf4 12.Bf2 Qh6 13.Qf3 a6 14.Ba4 Ne5 15.Bxd7+ Rxd7 16.Qe2; 4...Be6 5.d3
Nf6 6.Nbc3 Nxe4 7.Nxe4 Be7 8.Qh5 Nc6 9.Be2 g6 10.Qh6 Qd7 11.Bg5 0-0-0 12.c3 f5 13.Nf6 Qd6 14.g4
Bf7 15.Qg7 h6 16.Qxf7 hxg5 17.gxf5 Bxf6 18.fxg6 Rdf8 19.Qc4) 5.Ng3 Be6 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Ba4 Nf6 8.Nc3
Nbd7 9.d3] 4.d3 exd3 5.Bxd3 tend le piege connu [ 5.Nc3 la suite "courante" si on peut parler ainsi
5...Qe5+ le coup toujours joue mais qui aide les blancs 6.Be3 dxc2 7.Qxc2 malgre leu rs 2 pions de retard,
les blancs sont mieux car leur avance de developpement est enorme et leurs pieces bien placees ( 7.Qd8+!
le plus fort? 7...Kxd8 8.Nxf7+ Ke8 9.Nxe5 Nf6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Nxd7 Bxd7 12.Bxc2 e6 13.0-0 Bd6 14.f3
Kf7 15.Rad1 Rhf8 16.Bb3 a6 17.Bd4 Rad8 18.Kh1; 7.Qd5 Tend un autre piege aux noirs qui ont 3 pions
davance mais un enorme retard de developpement) ] 5...Qe5+ [ 5...Qxg2? 6.Be4! Qg4 7.Qxg4 Bxg4
8.Bxb7 h6 9.Rg1 Bd7 10.Nxf7 Kxf7 11.Bxa8 Bc6 12.Bxc6 Nxc6 13.Be3 e6 14.Nc3] 6.Be3 offre le pion
b2 [ 6.Be2 Nc6 7.0-0 Bf5 8.Re1 Qd4 9.Nd2 h6 10.c3 Qd7 11.Ngf3 e6 12.Bb5] 6...Qxb2 7.Nd2 h6 8.Rb1
Qxa2 9.Bc4! Bien dans lesprit 9...Qa5 [ 9...Qxc4 le meilleur coup mais perd neanmoins la dame sans
assez de compensations 10.Nxc4 hxg5 11.Na5 e6 12.Nxb7 Nc6 13.Nc5 Nf6 14.c4 Bxc5 15.Bxc5 a5
16.Qf3 Bd7 17.Qe3 Rh5 18.Ba3 g4 19.0-0 Ne5 20.Rbc1 Nc6 21.Rfd1 Rd8 22.Qg3 e5 23.Re1 Bc8 24.Bb2
Rd6 25.Bxe5 Nxe5 26.Rxe5+ Rxe5 27.Qxe5+ Kf8 28.Qxa5] 10.Bxf7+ le meilleur coup de loin, la partie
est deja gagnee [ 10.Nxf7 Rh7 11.Rb5 ( 11.0-0 c6 12.Nb3 Qc7 13.Qh5 g6 14.Qxg6 Qd7 15.Nc5 Rg7
16.Nd6+ Kd8 17.Ne6+ Qxe6 18.Qe8+ Kc7 19.Bxe6 Kxd6 20.Bxc8 Nf6 21.Rfd1+ Ke5 22.f4+ Ke4 23.Qh5
gain) 11...Qa4 12.0-0 g6 13.Ne5 Nf6 14.Bd3 Bf5 15.Ndf3 Qa6 16.Qb1; 10.Qh5 Qf5 11.Rb5 g6 12.Rxf5
gxh5 13.Bxf7+ Kd8 14.Be6 Ke8 15.Bxc8 Nd7 16.Bxb7 Rb8 17.Nf7 Rh7 18.Bc6 Rxf7 19.Rxf7 Kxf7
20.Bxd7 e6 21.Ke2; 10.Rb5 Qxb5 11.Bxb5+ c6 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.Bc4+ e6 14.Qh5+ g6 15.Qf3+ Ke8
16.Bd4 Rh7 17.Qg4 Ne7 18.Bxe6 h5 19.Qe4 Bxe6 20.Qxe6 Bg7 21.Bc5 Bc3 22.Kd1 Nd7 23.Re1 Nxc5
24.Qg8+ Kd7 25.Qxa8 Bxd2 26.Kxd2 Rf7 27.Qxa7; 10.Ra1 Qxg5 ( 10...Qb4 11.Nxf7 Rh7 12.Qh5 Nf6
13.Qg6 Nc6 14.Ne5+ Kd8 15.Qd3+ Bd7 16.Nxd7 Nxd7 17.Rb1 Nce5 18.Qxh7; 10...Qf5 11.Bxf7+ Qxf7
12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.Nf3 Nc6 14.Nd4 Nxd4 15.Qxd4 e6 16.Qf4+ Nf6 17.Qxc7+) 11.Bxg5 hxg5 12.Qf3 e6
13.Qg3 c6 14.0-0 Nd7 15.Bd3 Ngf6 16.Nc4 Bc5 17.Rfd1] 10...Kd8 11.0-0 en termine avec le clouage [
11.Kf1 Qf5 12.Nde4+ Nd7 13.Ne6+ Qxe6 14.Bxe6; 11.c3 moins fort 11...e6 12.Nxe6+ Ke7 13.Qb3 Qf5
14.Bxg8 Bxe6 15.Qb4+ Kd7 16.Qxb7 Rxg8 17.Qxa8 Nc6 18.Qb7] 11...e6 12.Bxe6 [ 12.Nxe6+ Bxe6
13.Nc4+ Qd5 14.Bxe6 Qxd1 15.Rfxd1+ Ke7 16.Bc8 a5 17.Bxb7 Ra6 18.Bc5+ Ke8 19.Bxf8 Kxf8
20.Rd8+ Ke7 21.Rxb8 Re6 22.Bd5 Nf6 23.Bxe6 Rxb8 24.Rxb8 Kxe6 25.Nxa5 Kd7 26.f3] 12...Be7?! [
12...Bd7 13.Nf7+ Kc8 14.Bxd7+ Nxd7 15.Qf3 c6 16.Rfd1 Ngf6 17.Nxh8 Qd5 18.Qh3 g5 19.Ng6 g4
20.Qh4 Qh5 21.Qxh5 Nxh5 22.Nc4 b5 23.Nxf8 Nxf8 24.Nd6+ Kc7 25.Nxb5+ cxb5 26.Rxb5 Ne6
27.Rxh5] 13.Nc4+ toujours imposer ses coups [ 13.Nb3+ aussi fort 13...Bd6 14.Nf7+ ( 14.Nxa5 inferieur
14...hxg5 15.Bxg8 Ke8 16.Re1 Bxh2+ 17.Kf1 Be5 18.Qd5 Rh1+ 19.Ke2 Nd7 20.Bf7+ Kf8 21.Bg6 Rxe1+
22.Kxe1 Bc3+ 23.Ke2 Ke7 24.Qf7+ Kd6 25.Nc4+ Kc6 26.Be4#) 14...Ke7 15.Nxa5 Nf6 16.Nxh8 Bxe6
17.Nxb7 a5 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Bf4 Nd5 20.Qd4 Nd7 21.Qxg7+ Kd8 22.Nf7+ Bxf7 23.Qxf7 Nxf4 24.Qxf4]
13...Bd6 14.Nf7+ [ 14.Nxd6 hxg5 15.Nxb7+ Ke7 16.Qd8+ Kxe6 17.Qe8+ Kf5 18.Qxc8+ Kg6 19.Qe8+
Kh6 20.Nxa5] 14...Ke7 15.Nxa5 Nf6 16.Ba2 Re8 17.Nxd6 cxd6 18.Nxb7 Bxb7 19.Rxb7+ Nbd7 20.Re1
g5 21.Bxg5+ [ 21.Bc5+ Kf8 22.Qxd6+ Kg7 23.Rxd7+] 21...Kd8 22.Rxe8+ Kxe8 23.Qe2+ [ 23.Bxf6
Nxf6 24.Qxd6 Nd7 25.Qxd7+ Kf8 26.Qf7#] 23...Kd8 24.Bxf6+ Kc8 25.Qa6 Nxf6 26.Be6+ imprecis [
26.Rxa7+ Kd8 27.Qxd6+ Ke8 28.Rxa8#] 26...Kd8 27.Qxd6+ Nd7 28.Qxd7# 1-0

21

Thematic Chess Engines Tournament July 2004

25' game + 5" per move
Hardware: AMD Athlon XP 2000+
256 Mb Ram
Starting position 1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bxg5 c5:

1
2
3

Hiarcs 8
Fritz 8
Shredder 7

1
**
01
0

2
10
**
01

3
1
10
**

2.5/4
2.0/4
1.5/4

Shredder 7 - Hiarcs 8 [A10]

1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bxg5 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nd5 d6 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.b4 h6 8.Bh4 Bd7 9.Rc1 Rc8 10.a3 Bf5
11.h3 Be4 12.Qa4 b6 13.Nd2 Bg6 14.Nf4 Qd7 15.Nxg6 fxg6 16.Qc2 Qe6 17.Bg3 h5 18.Bf4 Bh6 19.g3
Qf5 20.Qxf5 gxf5 21.Bxh6 Rxh6 22.Bg2 e5 23.e4 dxe3 24.fxe3 Rg6 25.b5 Nce7 26.Kf2 Nf6 27.Rhd1 Kf7
28.Rg1 Rh8 29.Bb7 h4 30.gxh4 Rxg1 31.Rxg1 Rxh4 32.Bg2 Ke6 33.Ke2 Nd7 34.Rc1 Nc5 35.Nf3 Rh8
36.Rg1 Rh5 37.Rd1 Ng8 38.Rg1 Nf6 39.h4 Nfe4 40.Bh3 Kf6 41.Rg8 Nc3+ 42.Kd2 Nb1+ 43.Kc1 Nxa3
44.Bf1 e4 45.Nd2 Nd3+ 46.Bxd3 exd3 47.Kb2 Nc2 48.e4 Rxh4 49.Rf8+ Ke7 50.Rxf5 Rh3 51.Rg5 Nd4
52.Rg7+ Kf6 53.Rxa7 Ne6 54.Rd7 Ke5 55.Re7 Rh1 56.Kc3 Kf6 57.Re8 Nc5 58.Rf8+ Ke7 59.Rf2 Kd7
60.Rf1 Rh2 61.Rg1 Ke6 62.Rf1 Re2 63.Rh1 Rf2 64.Rh5 Kf7 65.Rh6 Ke7 66.Rh3 Rg2 67.Rh5 Kf6 68.Rh8
Ke5 69.Rf8 Ke6 70.Re8+ Kf7 71.Rh8 Kf6 72.Rf8+ Ke5 73.Rf5+ Ke6 74.Rh5 Rf2 75.Rd5 Rh2 76.Rd4 Kf7
77.Rd5 Ke7 78.Rg5 Ke6 79.Rg6+ Kf7 80.Rg3 Rh1 81.Rg4 Ke7 82.Rg8 Ke6 83.Kd4 Rh2 84.Rg6+ Ke7
85.Kc3 Rh3 86.Rg2 Kf6 87.Rf2+ Ke5 88.Rf5+ Ke6 89.Rf1 Rh2 90.Rf8 Ke7 91.Rg8 Rh1 92.Ra8 Kf7
93.Rb8 Rh2 94.Rd8 Kg7 95.Ra8 Rg2 96.Ra7+ Kf6 97.Rh7 Ke5 98.Rh4 Rf2 99.Rh6 Kf4 100.Rh7 Kg5
101.Ra7 Kf6 102.Ra2 Ke6

Fritz 8 - Shredder 7 [A10]

1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bxg5 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.d5 Bxb2 6.Nd2 Ne5 7.Rb1 Bc3 8.Rb3 Bxd2+ 9.Qxd2 d6 10.Qc3
h6 11.Bh4 Nf6 12.Bxf6 exf6 13.Ne2 Rg8 14.f4 Ng6 15.Ng3 Nh4 16.Kf2 Qe7 17.Bd3 b6 18.Rg1 Kd8 19.a4
Rb8 20.a5 Re8 21.Re1 Rg8 22.Reb1 Ke8 23.axb6 f5 24.bxa7 Rxb3 25.Rxb3 Qxa7 26.Ra3 Qb7 27.Qa1
h5 28.Ra8 Qd7 29.Bc2 Qb7 30.Bxf5 Nxf5 31.Nxf5 10

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Hiarcs 8 - Fritz 8 [A10]

1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bxg5 c5 4.e3 Qa5+ 5.Qd2 Qxd2+ 6.Nxd2 cxd4 7.exd4 Bxd4 8.Rb1 d6 9.Ngf3 Bg7
10.Bd3 Nc6 11.a3 f5 12.00 e5 13.Rfe1 h6 14.Bh4 Kf7 15.b4 e4 16.Bxe4 fxe4 17.Nxe4 Bf8 18.Rbd1 a5
19.b5 Ne5 20.Nxd6+ Bxd6 21.Nxe5+ Bxe5 22.Rxe5 Be6 23.f4 Rb8 24.c5 Rf8 25.c6 bxc6 26.Rd6 cxb5
27.Rdxe6 b4 28.f5 Ra8 29.axb4 axb4 30.Rb5 Ra7 31.Rb8 b3 32.g4 Rd7 33.Ree8 b2 34.Rf8+ Kg7 35.f6+
Kh7 36.Rxb2 Nxf6 37.Rxh8+ Kxh8 38.Bxf6+ Kg8 39.Rb6 Rd2 40.Rb7 Rd6 41.Rg7+ Kf8 42.Be7+ Kxg7
43.Bxd6 Kg6 44.Bf4 Kf6 45.h4 10

Hiarcs 8 - Shredder 7 [A10]

1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bxg5 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qa5+ 6.Qd2 Qxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxd4 9.exd4 Bxd4
10.Rb1 h6 11.Bf4 d6 12.Bd3 Nf6 13.Nf3 Bb6 14.Nh4 Rg8 15.Rd1 e5 16.Bc1 h5 17.Be3 Bg4 18.Rc1 Bc5
19.00 e4 20.Bxc5 exd3 21.Bd4 d2 22.Ra1 d1R 23.Rfxd1 Bxd1 24.Rxd1 Ng4 25.Nf5 Rg6 26.Bc3 Kd7
27.c5 Rag8 28.g3 b6 29.b4 bxc5 30.bxc5 Re6 31.Nxd6 Kc6 32.Nxf7 Kxc5 33.Bd4+ Kb4 34.Rc1 a6 35.f3
Nf6 36.Ne5 Ka3 37.Rc2 Rge8 38.Nd3 Nd7 39.Kf1 Rd6 40.Rc3+ Ka4 41.Bf2 Rb8 42.g4 Rb1+ 43.Ke2 Ra1
44.Rc2 Ka3 45.Nc1 Re6+ 46.Kd2 Rd6+ 47.Ke3 Rb1 48.gxh5 Rb5 49.Bg3 Re6+ 50.Kf2 Rxh5 51.Nd3 Re8
52.Bd6+ Ka4 53.Rc7 Nb6 54.Nc5+ Kb5 55.Ne4 Nc8 56.Bg3 Rf5 57.Kg2 Kb4 58.Rc6 a5 59.h4 Rd8
60.Rc2 Ka4 61.Rc3 Na7 62.Bd6 Rg8+ 63.Kh3 Kb5 64.f4 Rf7 65.Bc7 Ka6 66.Nc5+ Kb5 67.Ne6 Kb4
68.Rb3+ Kc4 69.Bxa5 Kd5 70.Re3 Rf5 71.Bd2 Nc6 72.a4 Rf7 73.Rc3 Ra7 74.a5 Kd6 75.f5 Nxa5 76.h5
Nc6 77.Bf4+ Kd7 78.h6 Ra5 79.h7 Rh8 80.Kg4 Ra1 81.Ng5 Rg1+ 82.Kh5 Rf1 83.Rc4 Re8 84.Kg6 Ra1
85.f6 Rh8 86.Rc3 Rf1 87.Bg3 Rf8 88.f7 Rh1 89.Kg7 10

Shredder 7 - Fritz 8 [A10]

1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bxg5 c5 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nd5 d6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 Nc6 8.Qa4 Bd7 9.Rd1 Rc8 10.b3 a6
11.Qa3 Bg4 12.Rd2 Bf5 13.g3 Be4 14.Bh3 d3 15.Rxd3 Bxd3 16.exd3 Rb8 17.b4 a5 18.b5 Nb4 19.Ne3 d5
20.00 Bf6 21.Bxf6 Nxf6 22.Qb3 00 23.Rd1 Qb6 24.a3 Na6 25.Nf5 e6 26.Nxh6+ Kg7 27.Qb2 Rh8
28.Ng4 Qd8 29.bxa6 Rxh3 30.a7 Ra8 31.Ng5 Rh8 32.Re1 Re8 33.Nh7 Kxh7 34.Nxf6+ Kg6 35.Nxe8
Qxe8 36.Qxb7 dxc4 37.dxc4 a4 38.Re4 Rd8 39.Rg4+ Kf6 40.c5 Rd1+ 41.Kg2 Rd8 42.Qb2+ e5 43.Qb6+
Kf5 44.Rb4 f6 45.Qb7 Qh8 46.h4 10

Fritz 8 - Hiarcs 8 [A10]

1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bxg5 c5 4.e3 Nc6 5.d5 Bxb2 6.Nd2 Nb4 7.Rb1 Bf6 8.Bxf6 Nxf6 9.a3 Na6 10.d6 exd6
11.Ne2 Qa5 12.Rb3 d5 13.Nf4 d4 14.Qf3 d6 15.Nd5 Nxd5 16.cxd5 Rg8 17.Qe4+ Kf8 18.Qxh7 Nc7
19.exd4 Nxd5 20.Bc4 Be6 21.Qh6+ Ke8 22.dxc5 Qxc5 23.00 b6 24.Ne4 Qd4 25.Re1 Ke7 26.Bxd5 Qxd5
27.Rc3 Qe5 28.Qd2 Rad8 29.Rc7+ Kf8 30.Rxa7 Rg4 31.h3 Rg6 32.Ng3 Qg5 33.Qd4 b5 34.Ra5 Qc5
35.Qh8+ Ke7 36.Qh4+ Ke8 37.Re3 d5 38.Nf5 Qc1+ 39.Kh2 Qc7+ 40.f4 Qc5 41.Ra6 d4 42.Re5 Qc7
43.Rexe6+ Rxe6 44.Ng7+ 10

Other 1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bxg5 c5 games:

Fitzian,H Leisebein,P [A10]

T0008.14 DESC T0008.14 DESC, 2000

1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bxg5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Qb6 6.Nb5 Bxb2 7.N1c3 Na6 8.Nd5 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qd8
10.Rb1 Bg7 11.Rb3 d6 12.Bc3 Be5 13.Bxe5 dxe5 14.Qd2 Be6 15.e4 Bxd5 16.cxd5 Nc5 17.Rb4 Nf6 18.d6
Ne6 19.Bc4 a6 20.Bxe6 axb5 21.Bb3 Qxd6 22.Qxd6 exd6 23.Rxb5 Nxe4 24.Rxb7 0-0 25.Ke2 Nc5
26.Rb6 Nxb3 27.axb3 Ra2+ -

Blankenberg,B Leisebein,P [A10]

T0008.10 DESC T0008.10 DESC, 2000
1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Bxg5 c5 4.Nf3 cxd4 5.Qb3 Na6 6.Nbd2 Nc5 7.Qa3 d6 8.Rd1 Qb6 9.Nb3 Ne4 10.Bh4
Bf6 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Rxd2 Bg7 13.Qb3 Qc5 14.Qb5+ Qxb5 15.cxb5 e5 16.e3 Nh6 17.Bc4 Bg4 18.Bd5
Rc8 19.e4 Rc7 20.h3 Bd7 21.a4 f5 22.Ng5 Bf6 23.g3 fxe4 24.Bxe4 Nf5 25.Bxf5 Bxf5 26.Ke2 0-0 27.f4
Rc4 0-1

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Gambetto Blackmar Diemer

La scelta
n.7 febbraio 2004

Alla memoria di Emil Josef Diemer (1908-1990)

Variante 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3
La variante
Nel panorama scacchistico, la Difesa Olandese pu essere definita sicuramente
una difesa Classica. Una difesa entrata giustamente nella storia degli scacchi,
usata dai grandi del passato, Botvinnik, Bronstein, Alekhin, tanto per citarne alcuni.
Conserva a tuttoggi il favore degli scacchisti a tutti i livelli. Euna difesa
strategicamente importante, che pu presentarsi sotto forme diverse: lo
Stonewall, (il famoso muro olandese formato dai pedoni c6-d5-e6-f5), il sistema
di fianchetto dellalfiere nero (Leningrado), la variante classica con la formazione
pedonale f5-e6-d6 seguito dallattacco al lato di re bianco per mezzo della
manovra Qe8-h5. Una difesa che offre piani strategici differenti, tutti
perfettamente giocabili per il secondo giocatore. Chi gioca 1.d4 prima o poi dovr
fare i conti con lOlandese. Bisogna quindi preparare un sistema per combatterla
efficacemente. Sono diverse le varianti alla seconda mossa, che hanno tentato di
metterla in crisi.
Per citarne alcune: 2.e4(Gambetto Staunton) 2.g4!? 2.Bg5 2.Qd3. A volte il bianco
offre un pedone, generalmente quello e (gambetto Staunton), oppure quello
g(Gambetto Krejcik ). Lidea quella di tutti i gambetti: guadagnare tempi di
sviluppo, spazio in apertura, e assaltare la posizione nera, nel caso specifico
indebolita dalla spinta f5. Tratteremo brevemente in questo numero la scelta
2.Nc3. Lidea principale sempre quella della spinta in e4, ma ritardata di un
tratto. Dopo 2.Nc3 il nero ha a disposizione due linee principali: 2Nf6
contrastando immediatamente la casa e4 al bianco, e limmediata spinta 2d5
con lintenzione di bloccare sul nascere la spinta Staunton e4 del primo
giocatore. In entrambi i casi il bianco giocher comunque 3.e4. Nel primo caso
(2Nf6) rientrando nel Gambetto Staunton classico, dopo 3fxe4. Nel secondo
caso (2d5) 3.e4!? con lidea sottesa, tra le altre, della trappola 3fxe4? 4.Qh5+ e
poi 5.Dxd5 con partita quasi vinta. La trappola appena esposta resa possibile
dalla presenza del cavallo in c3, con doppio attacco al pedone d5 nero.
Se il nero dopo 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4!? gioca la corretta 3dxe4 il bianco
mantiene ottime possibilit dattacco con 4.Bg5 eventualmente seguita dalla
spinta in f3 impostando anche in questo caso il gambetto Staunton e le idee del
Gambetto Blackmar- Diemer: apertura della colonna f rapido sviluppo ecc E
molto interessante per il bianco anche 4.Bf4!? con lidea di controllare la spinta e5
del nero, ed eventualmente giocare la solita f3. Esistono per il nero diverse
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opportunit alla seconda mossa, tra le quali abbastanza importante 2g6. In

questo caso il bianco pu lanciarsi immediatamente allattacco con 3.h4.
Le ragioni della scelta 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3
La ragione principale della scelta 2.Nc3, al posto della pi diretta 2.e4, in
massima parte dovuta alla necessit di armonizzare il repertorio proposto nei
numeri precedenti. Abbiamo fin qui analizzato: 1.d4 c5 2.Nc3 1.d4 e5 2.Nc3 in
questo numero ci siamo occupati di 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3. Stiamo costruendo un
repertorio dapertura che ci permette di preparare una variante su ogni scelta del
nero, con lidea di arrivare alle linee principali del gambetto Blackmar Diemer. Pi
un secondo repertorio la cui mossa iniziale pu essere 1.Nc3 avendo gi pronta
una risposta su 1e5 1c5 1f5: 2.d4. Larmonizzazione del repertorio e la scelta
di varianti flessibili, possono rivelarsi molto utili nella pratica del gioco.

Il rientro: Si rientra nella variante 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 e4 dal gambetto Blackmar Diemer: 1.d4 d5
2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 f5 . Come accennato si pu scegliere anche lordine di mosse: 1.Nc3 f5 2.d4.
Naturalmente dopo 1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 e4 e la spinta in f3 del bianco al momento opportuno, si rientra nel
Gambetto Staunton.
Le partite :

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 g6 3.h4

Grunberg,M (2405) Tantau,A (2250) [A80]

ch sf ch sf Tusnad (2), 2000
1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 g6 3.h4 Ag7 4.h5 Cc6 5.Cf3 d6 6.d5 Ce5 7.Cd4 c5 8.Ce6 Axe6 9.dxe6
Dc8 10.Cd5 Rd8 11.g3 Dxe6 12.Ag2 Dd7 13.Af4 [13.hxg6 hxg6 14.Txh8 Axh8]
13...Cf7 [13...Cc4 14.c3] 14.Dd2 Tb8 [14...Axb2 15.Tb1+] 15.0-0-0 Db5 [15...g5
16.Ae3 (16.Axg5? Cxg5 17.h6 Axh6 18.Txh6 Cxh6 19.Dxg5 Cg4-+) ] 16.Cc3 Db4
17.hxg6 hxg6 18.Txh8 Axh8 [18...Cxh8?? 19.Axd6! Axc3 20.bxc3 Da3+ 21.Rb1+]
19.Ad5 Axc3 20.bxc3 Da3+ 21.Rb1 Re8 22.Axf7+ Rxf7 23.Dd5+ e6 24.Dxd6 Te8
25.De5 Da4?? [25...Da5 26.Ag5 Db5+ 27.Ra1 Dc6+] 26.Ag5 [26.Dxc5?! Cf6]
26...Dc6 27.f3 Rf8 28.Dh8! e5 [28...Db5+ 29.Ra1 Rf7+ (29...Dxe2?? 30.Ah6+ Rf7
31.Dg7#) ] 29.Ah6+ Rf7 30.Dg7+ Re6 31.Ag5 [31.Ag5 Db6+ 32.Ra1 Dd8 33.Dxg6+ Cf6
34.Txd8 Txd8 35.Dxf6+ Rd7 36.Dxd8+ Rc6 37.De8+ Rd6 38.Ae7+ Rc7 39.Dd8+ Rc6
40.c4 b5 41.Dc8+ Rb6 42.Ad8#] 1-0
Argandona Rivero,I (2270) Perez De Aranda Leonardo [A80]
Ch Spain (universities) (9), 2002
1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 g6 3.h4 Ag7 4.h5 Cc6 5.Cf3 d6 6.hxg6 hxg6 7.Txh8 Axh8 8.Ag5 Cf6
9.Dd2= [9.d5 Cb8] 9...Rf7 [9...Ce4 10.Cxe4 fxe4 11.Ch4=] 10.0-0-0 De8 11.Axf6
Axf6 12.Cd5 Dd8 13.Dh6 Dh8 [13...e6 14.Cxf6 Dxf6 15.Cg5+ Rg8 16.Dh7+ Rf8
17.Dh4] 14.Dxh8 Axh8 15.Cg5+ Rg8 16.Cxc7 Tb8 17.e3 e5? [17...Rg7+] 18.Ac4+
Rf8 19.Th1 Af6 [19...Ag7 20.Cge6+ Axe6 21.Cxe6+ Rg8 22.Cc5+ Rf8 23.Cd7+ Re7
24.Cxb8 Cxb8+] 20.Ch7+ [20.Ch7+ Re7 21.Cd5+ Rf7 22.Cdxf6+ Re7 23.Cd5+ Rd7
24.Chf6+ Re6 25.Th7 b5 26.Ce8 f4 27.e4 exd4 28.Cxf4+ Re5 29.Cxg6+ Rxe4
30.Cxd6#] 1-0
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Ruf,M (2370) Danner,G (2390) [A80]

chT Switzerland (6), 1996
1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 g6 3.h4 Cf6 4.h5 Ag7 5.Dd3 d5 6.hxg6 hxg6 7.Txh8+ Axh8 8.Dg3 Rf7
9.Cf3 Ch5 10.Dh4 c5 11.e3 Cc6 12.Ae2 Af6 13.Cg5+ Axg5 14.Dxg5 Cf6 [14...cxd4
15.Axh5 Dg8 16.exd4 gxh5 17.Dxh5+ Dg6 18.Dxg6+ Rxg6 19.Ce2] 15.dxc5 Cb4
16.Ad1 Dh8 17.f3 [17.a3 Ca6=] 17...Dh1+ 18.Rf2 b6 19.Ad2 Aa6 [19...bxc5!? 20.Tb1
Aa6] 20.Ce2= [20.cxb6 Df1+ 21.Rg3 Cxc2 A) 22.Axc2 Dxa1 23.Ab3 e6 (23...axb6
24.Cxd5 Dxb2 25.Cxf6+ e6 26.Cd5 f4+ 27.Dxf4+ Rg8 28.Cf6+ Rg7 29.Dc7+ Rh6
30.Dh7+ Rg5 31.Dh4+ Rf5 32.Df4#; 23...Dxb2?! 24.e4) ; B) 22.Tc1-+ ] 20...Axe2
[20...bxc5?! 21.Cg3 Dh2 22.a3=] 21.Rxe2?? [21.Axe2 Dxa1 22.Axb4 Dxb2 23.Dh4-+]
21...Cg4! [21...bxc5?! 22.Axb4 cxb4 23.Dg3] 22.Dxg4??-+ [22.fxg4 Dxg2+ 23.Re1-+]
22...fxg4 23.Axb4 Dxg2+ 24.Rd3 gxf3 25.cxb6 [25.Aa3 Df1+ 26.Rd2 f2-+] 25...f2!
26.Ae2 De4+ 27.Rc3 [27.Rd2 Dxb4+ 28.Rd3 Tc8-+] 27...Tc8+ [27...Tc8+ 28.Rb3 Dxc2+
29.Ra3 axb6-+] 0-1

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4

Gedult Sauzedde [A80]
1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 e6 3.e4 fxe4 4.f3 4...exf3 5.Dxf3 [5.Cxf3 Ab4] 5...Cf6 6.Ad3 Ab4
7.Ag5 0-0 8.Dg3 d6 9.Cf3 Cc6 [9...c5 10.dxc5 Axc5 11.Tf1] 10.0-0 Axc3 11.bxc3 De8
12.Dh4 [12.Axf6 Txf6 13.Cg5 Tg6 14.Axg6 Dxg6] 12...h6 13.Axh6 [13.Axf6!? Txf6
14.De4] 13...gxh6 14.Dxh6 Dh5??+ [14...Df7-+] 15.Ah7+!! Rf7 16.Ce5+!! Re7
17.Cg6+ [17.Cg6+ Rd8 18.Dxh5 Cxh5 19.Txf8+ Rd7 20.Tf7+ Rd8 21.g4+] 1-0
Rivera Exposito [A80]
Cuba, 1992
1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 e6 3.e4 fxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Cxf3 Ab4 6.Ad3 Cf6 7.Ag5 0-0 8.0-0 Axc3
9.bxc3 De8 10.Dd2 b6= [10...Dh5 11.Tae1] 11.Ce5 [11.Axf6!? Txf6 12.Cg5=] 11...d6
12.Axf6 gxf6??+ [12...Txf6 13.Txf6 gxf6=] 13.Dh6 De7 [13...f5 14.Tf3! dxe5 15.Tg3+
Dg6 16.Txg6+ hxg6 17.Dxg6+ Rh8 18.Te1 exd4 19.Axf5 Txf5 20.Te4 Tf1+ 21.Rxf1
Aa6+ 22.Rf2 Ae2 23.Th4+ Ah5 24.Txh5#] 14.Tf3! dxe5 [14...f5 15.Tg3+ Rh8 16.Cg6+
Rg8 17.Cxe7+ Rf7 18.Dh5+ Rxe7 19.Tg7+ Rd8 20.Dh4+ Tf6 21.Dxf6+ Re8 22.De7#]
15.Tg3+ [15.Tg3+ Rh8 16.Axh7 f5 17.Axf5+ Dh7 18.Dxh7#] 1-0

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d6 3.e4

Patino Romaris,R (2260) Garcia Bernardez,J (1960) [A80]
Marin I op Marin, Pontevedra (8), 2001
1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 d6 3.e4 Cf6 4.Ad3 fxe4 5.Cxe4 d5+ [5...g6!?] 6.Cxf6+ exf6 7.Dh5+
Re7 8.Af4 Ae6 9.0-0-0 [9.Axh7?! g6 10.Dxg6 Rd7] 9...Rd7 [9...Dd7 10.Te1 Rd8 11.h3
(11.Axh7 Ag8) ] 10.Te1 [10.Axh7 g6 11.Dxg6 De7] 10...Ad6+ [10...Ab4 11.c3 g5+]
11.Ch3 [11.Axd6!? Rxd6 12.Dh4] 11...g6 12.Df3 c6 13.Txe6 [13.Axd6!? Rxd6
14.Cf4+] 13...Rxe6 14.Te1+ Rd7 15.Dg4+ f5 16.Axf5+ gxf5 17.Dg7+ Ae7 18.Ag5 Te8
19.Cf4 Ca6 [19...h6!? 20.Df7 hxg5 21.Dxf5+ Rd6 22.De5+ Rd7 23.Df5+ Rd6
24.De5+ Rd7 25.Df5+=] 20.Ch5 Rd6??+ [20...Cb4 21.Axe7! Txe7 22.Cf6+ Rc7
26

23.Txe7+ Rb6 24.Txb7+ Ra5 25.Txb4 Rxb4 26.Db7+ Db6 27.Dxa8 Rb5+] 21.De5+
[21.Af4+ Rd7 22.Cf6+ Rc8 23.Cxe8 Dxe8 24.Txe7 Dxe7 25.Dxe7+] 21...Rd7 22.Axe7
Db6?? [22...Dxe7 23.Dxf5+ Rc7 24.Txe7+ Txe7+] 23.Cf6++ [23.De6+ Rc7 24.Ad6+
Rd8 25.Dxe8#] 23...Rc8 24.Cxe8 [24.Dxf5+ Rc7 25.Dd7+ Rb8 26.Ad6+ Cc7 27.Txe8#]
24...Cb4 [24...c5 25.Dxf5+ Rb8 26.Dd7 Dh6+ 27.Te3 b6 28.Ad6+ Dxd6 29.Cxd6 cxd4
30.Te8#] 25.De6+ [25.De6+ Rb8 26.Ad6+ Dc7 27.Axc7#] 1-0
Gonzalez de la Nava,A (2365) Cenal Gutierrez,R (2250) [A80]
ch Linares ESP (5), 1998
1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 d6 3.e4 g6 4.exf5 Axf5 5.Ad3 Dd7 6.Cf3 Ag7 7.0-0 Cf6 8.Te1 0-0 9.Axf5
Dxf5 [9...gxf5!? 10.Cg5 e5] 10.Txe7 Cc6 [10...Ca6!?+] 11.Te2 [11.Txc7!? Cb4
12.Txb7 Cxc2 13.Tb1+] 11...Cd5 12.Cxd5 Dxd5 13.c3 Ce5 14.Cd2 Cg4 15.Cf1 c5
16.h3 Cxf2 17.Txf2 Txf2 18.Rxf2 Tf8+ 19.Rg1 cxd4 20.Ae3 Txf1+ 21.Rxf1 Df7+?
[21...Dc4+ 22.De2 Dxe2+ 23.Rxe2 dxe3 24.Rxe3 Rf7+] 22.Af2 dxc3 23.bxc3 Axc3
24.Tc1 [24.Tc1 Ae5 25.Db3+] 1-0

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 e6

Codazza Dione [A82]
Pozzonovo blitz, 1994
1.d4 f5 2.e4 e6 [2...fxe4!? 3.Cc3 Cf6] 3.Cc3 Cf6 [3...Ab4 4.e5=] 4.Ag5 4...Ae7 5.exf5
exf5 6.Ac4 6...h6??+ [6...Cc6] 7.Axf6 Axf6 [7...h5 8.Axg7 Th7+] 8.Dh5+ Re7
[8...g6 9.Dxg6+ Re7 10.Df7+ Rd6 11.Cb5+ Rc6 12.Dd5+ Rb6 13.Dc5+ Ra5 14.Cxc7+
Ra4 15.Db5#] 9.Df7+ Rd6 10.Cb5+ Rc6 11.Dd5+ Rb6 12.Dc5+ Ra5 Progetta De7
13.Cxc7+ Ra4 [13...b5 14.Dxb5#] 14.Db5# 1-0

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 fe4 4.f3 d5 5.fe4 de4 6.Bg5

Codazza Passelli [A82]
cr, 1991
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.f3 d5 5.fxe4 dxe4 6.Ag5 Af5 7.Ac4 Cc6 8.Cge2 Dd7=
[8...e6 9.d5 Ca5 10.Ab5+ c6 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Dxd8+ Txd8 13.Aa4] 9.d5 Ca5 10.Ab5
c6 11.dxc6 Dxd1+ [11...bxc6 12.Aa4] 12.Txd1 bxc6 13.Aa4 Tc8?+ [13...e6]
14.Axf6! gxf6 15.Td5 Cc4 16.Txf5 Cxb2 17.Ab3 c5 18.Ae6 [18.Cxe4?! c4] 18...Tc7
[18...Tc6 19.Ad5 Tb6 20.Axe4+ (20.Cxe4?! e6 21.Cxf6+ Rd8 22.Axe6 Txe6) ] 19.0-0
[19.0-0 Tc6 20.Cf4+; 19.Cxe4 Ca4+] 1-0
Codazza Pini F. [A82]
cr, 1994
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.f3 d5 5.fxe4 dxe4 6.Ag5 Ag4 7.Ae2 Af5 8.Ac4 c6
9.Cge2 Cbd7 10.0-0 Ag4 11.Dd2 Cb6 12.Ab3 Axe2 13.Dxe2 [13.Cxe2 c5 14.dxc5
Dxd2 15.Axd2] 13...Cbd5?? [13...Dxd4+ 14.Ae3 De5] 14.Cxe4 Cxe4 15.Dxe4
Dd6 16.c4 Cf6+ [16...Cc7!?] 17.Axf6 gxf6 18.c5 [18.c5 Dc7 19.Txf6+] 1-0

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Leisebein,P Zimmermann,J [A82]

T420 TSC, 2002
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Cc3 Cf6 4.f3 d5 5.fxe4 dxe4 6.Ag5 Af5 7.Ac4 Cbd7 8.Cge2 Cb6
9.Ab3 Dd7 10.a4 e6 11.0-0 0-0-0 12.a5 Cbd5 13.a6 b6 14.Aa4 c6 15.Cxd5 Dxd5
16.De1 Dd7 [16...Ag4 17.Ae3] 17.Dc3 Rc7 18.Tad1 Ad6 19.Axf6 gxf6 20.d5 Ae5
[20...exd5 21.Txf5 Ac5+ (21...Dxf5?? 22.Dxc6+ Rb8 23.Db7#) 22.Tf2 Axf2+ 23.Rxf2 e3+
24.Rg1 Thg8] 21.Axc6 Axc3 22.Axd7 Axb2 23.dxe6 Ag4 24.Tfe1 Ae5 25.h3 Ah5
26.Td5 Thg8 27.Cd4 f5??+ [27...Axd4+ 28.Txd4 f5] 28.Txe5 [28.Txe5 Ae8 29.Axe8
Tgxe8 30.Cxf5+] 1-0
Leisebein,P Vetter,U [A80]
T422 TSC, 2002
1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 Cf6 3.f3 d5 4.e4 fxe4 5.fxe4 dxe4 6.Ag5 Dd6 7.Dd2 Cc6 8.Cb5 Dd7
9.d5 Cd8 [9...Cb8!?=] 10.Af4 e5 [10...Cxd5? 11.Dxd5! Dxd5 12.Cxc7+ Rf7 13.Cxd5+]
11.Axe5 Ad6 [11...Cxd5? 12.Dxd5!! Dxd5 13.Cxc7+ Rf7 14.Cxd5+] 12.Cxd6+ cxd6
13.Axf6 gxf6 14.Ce2 Tg8 15.Cc3 De7 16.0-0-0 f5 17.Ab5+ Ad7 [17...Rf8 18.g3]
18.Thf1 Tc8 19.Axd7+ Dxd7 20.Tf4 Tg6 21.g4 Txg4 22.Txg4 [22.Txg4 fxg4 23.Cxe4+
] 1-0

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 fe4? 4.Qh5+

Hove,E (2260) Samaritani,F [A82]
A Aarhus AarhusA Aarhus, 1991
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Cc3 d5 4.Dh5+ g6 5.Dxd5 Cf6 6.Dxd8+ Rxd8 7.h3 Ag7 8.Ae3 h5
9.Ac4 Af5 10.Cge2 Cbd7 11.0-0-0 e6 12.d5 e5 13.Rb1 a6 [13...Ce8 14.The1] 14.a4
[14.d6!?] 14...Ce8 15.Cc1 Cd6 16.Ae2 h4 17.a5 Ah6 18.Cb3 Axe3 19.fxe3 Re7
20.Ca4 b5 21.Cc3 Tab8 22.Ca2 Cc4+ [22...Tbf8!?] 23.Axc4 bxc4 24.Cd2 Tb5
25.Cxc4 Thb8 26.Rc1 [26.b4 Txb4+ 27.Cxb4 Txb4+ 28.Cb2 Tb5] 26...Cc5?+
[26...Tc5 27.b3 Cf6] 27.Cc3 Tb4 [27...T5b7 28.Cxe5 Rd6 29.Cc6 Txb2 30.Cxb8 Txb8
31.Thf1+] 28.d6+! cxd6 29.Cd5+ [29.Cd5+ Re6 30.Cxb4 Txb4 31.Cxd6+ (31.Txd6+?!
Re7) ] 1-0
Chiam,W Teijeira,R [A82]
GREAT SWISS, 1998
1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Cc3 d5 4.Dh5+ g6 5.Dxd5 Cf6 6.Dxd8+ Rxd8 7.Ac4 Cc6 8.Cge2
e5 9.Ag5 Ae7 10.Axf6 Axf6 11.Cxe4 Ag7 12.d5 Cb4 13.0-0-0 Af5 14.C2g3 Tf8 15.a3
Ca6 16.The1 [16.Cxf5?! gxf5 17.Cg5 Ah6] 16...Ad7 17.Rb1 [17.Rb1 b5 18.Ad3+] 1-0

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 de4 4.Bg5

Hergert Renaud [A80]
cr, 1988
1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Ag5 g6 5.f3 Ag7 6.d5 Cf6 7.Ac4 Cbd7 8.De2 Cb6 9.0-00 Cxc4 10.Dxc4 exf3 11.Cxf3 Ad7 12.The1 [12.Cb5 c6 13.dxc6 bxc6 14.Txd7 Dxd7
15.Ce5+] 12...a6= [12...h6!? 13.Axf6 Axf6=] 13.Ce5 Tf8 [13...Ce4 14.d6 A)
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14...Cxg5?? 15.dxc7 Dc8 16.Txd7+; B) 14...Axe5 15.Cxe4 b5 B1) 16.dxe7 Dc8

(16...bxc4?? 17.exd8D+ Txd8 18.Cc5+) 17.Dd5 Af4+ 18.Axf4 fxe4+; B2) 16.Dc5
16...Af4+ 17.Axf4 fxe4 18.dxe7 (18.Dxc7 Dxc7 19.dxc7 Ac6; 18.dxc7 Dc8+)
18...Dxe7 19.Dxe7+ (19.Dxc7?! Af5+) 19...Rxe7 20.Txe4+ (20.Axc7?! Ac6) 20...Rf6
21.Txd7+; C) 14...Cxd6 ] 14.Cc6! Axc6?? [14...bxc6 15.dxc6 Tf7+] 15.dxc6 Dc8
[15...b5 16.Txd8+ Txd8+] 16.Txe7+!! Rxe7 17.Cd5+ [17.Te1+ De6 18.Dxe6+ Rd8
19.Td1#] 17...Re8 18.cxb7+ [18.Cxf6+ Txf6 19.Dg8+ Re7 20.Dxg7+ Re8 21.Te1+ De6
22.Dg8+ Tf8 23.Dxe6#] 18...Dxb7 19.Cxc7+ Re7 [19...Dxc7 20.Dxc7 Tf7 21.Dc6+ Td7
22.Txd7 Cxd7 23.De6+ Rf8 24.Ae7+ Re8 25.Af6+ Rf8 26.De7+ Rg8 27.Dxg7#] 20.De6#
1-0
Birchbeer (2565) Andryusha (2310) [D00]
ICC u, 1996
1.d4 d5 2.Cc3 f5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Ag5 c5 5.d5 [5.dxc5!? Ad7 6.Cb5=] 5...Da5 6.f3 exf3
7.Cxf3 Cf6= [7...g6 8.Ae2] 8.Ad3 Ad7= [8...Db6!?] 9.0-0 [9.Ce5!? Db6 10.Cc4
(10.Cxd7 Cbxd7 11.Axf5 Dxb2=) ] 9...Db6 10.Dd2 Cg4 [10...Dxb2? 11.Tfb1 Da3
12.Cb5+ (12.Txb7 Ce4 13.Axe4 fxe4 14.Cxe4 c4+) ] 11.Ac4 h6 [11...Dxb2? 12.Tfb1
Da3 13.Cb5+ (13.Txb7?! Da5) ] 12.h3 [12.Ae3 g5] 12...Cf6 [12...hxg5 13.hxg4 fxg4
(13...Dxb2 14.Tfb1 Da3 15.Cb5+) 14.Cxg5 Dh6 (14...Dxb2? 15.Tab1 Da3 16.Txb7+)
] 13.Axf6 Dxf6 [13...exf6 14.Ch4 Ad6 15.Tae1+ Rf7 16.Te6] 14.Tae1 Ca6?+
[14...Dd6 15.Cb5 Db6] 15.Te6 Df7 [15...Axe6?? 16.dxe6 Dd4+ 17.Cxd4+] 16.Ce5
Dh5 17.Ae2! [17.Cxd7 Rxd7 18.Ab5+ Rc8+] 17...Dh4 18.Tf4! Dg3 19.Ah5+ Rd8
20.Tg6 [20.Tg6 Dxf4 21.Dxf4+] 1-0

1.d4 f5 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 de4 4.Bf4!?

Ross,D (2345) Zubac,M [A80]
CANch zt Richmond (7), 2002
1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Af4 c6 5.Dd2 Cf6 6.f3 Ae6 7.fxe4 Cxe4 8.Cxe4 fxe4
9.Ce2 Cd7 10.Cc3 Cf6 11.g3 Dd7 12.Ag2 0-0-0 13.0-0-0 Ag4 14.Cxe4 Cxe4 15.Axe4
Axd1 16.Txd1 e6 17.Da5 -
Wornath,K (2395) Schmidt_Schaeffer,S (2310) [A80]
op, 2000
1.d4 f5 2.Cc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.Af4 Cf6 5.f3 c6 6.Ac4 Cbd7 7.Ch3 Cb6 8.Ab3 Cbd5 9.00 e6 10.fxe4 Cxc3 11.bxc3 Cxe4 12.Ae5 De7 [12...Cxc3 13.Dh5+ Re7 14.Txf5]
13.Dd3 Ad7 14.a4 0-0-0 15.Tab1 Da3 [15...Ae8!?=] 16.Ac4 c5??+ [16...Ad6
17.Axd6 Cxd6 (17...Dxd6? 18.Aa6+) ] 17.Aa6 Ac6 18.Axb7+! Axb7 19.Txb7!
[19.Txb7 Dxa4 20.Tb8+ Rd7 21.dxc5+ Ad6 22.Tb4+] 1-0

NB: Tutte le partite sono state analizzate da Fritz 5

Nel prossimo numero : La difesa Polacca 1.d4 b5 2.c3!?

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The Hippo [1 . . . Nh6] Defense.

by G. Gifford
I have seen this defense referred to as The
Hippopotamus and as the Crazy Cat and I
am not yet sure as to what the appropriate
name is. I have had considerable success
with it at the city chess club and on the
internet. Both of the games here were
played with a 15 minute [per player] time
control.
In addition to my own comments, I have
included several from the very respectable
computer program, Fritz (version 6.0).

Toyota M, vs Gifford, G.

30 July 2004, 15 min. Internet Game

1.e4 Nh6 2.Qf3 . . . my opponent sees the
odd placement of the Knight and decides to
go for a quick kill. I think it is best to play d4
here with the threat of Bxh6. But, after 2. d4
I would have played g6 gkg. 2. . . d6 3.d4
g6 4.Bb5+ c6 5.Bc4 e6 6.d5 cxd5 7.exd5
e5 I like this little blockade. The White
Queen Pawn is now locked in place and the
Bishop pressure felt on f7comes to a quick
end. gkg

XABCDEFGHY
8rsnlwqkvl-tr(
7zpp+-+p+p'
6-+-zp-+psn&
5+-+Pzp-+-%
4-+L+-+-+$
3+-+-+Q+-#
2PzPP+-zPPzP"
1tRNvL-mK-sNR!
xabcdefghy
After 7. . e5
8.g3 f5 9.h4 Ng4 10.Bg5 Qa5+ 11.c3 Bg7
12.b3?? Perhaps b3 was played to save
some time on the clock? However, White
apparently suffers from the illusion that the
c3 pawn is not an issue since both his
Queen and Knight protect it. 12.h5 would
equalize, according to Fritz. 12...e4

XABCDEFGHY
8rsnl+k+-tr(
7zpp+-+-vlp'
6-+-zp-+p+&
5wq-+P+pvL-%
4-+L+p+nzP$
3+PzP-+QzP-#
2P+-+-zP-+"
1tRN+-mK-sNR!
xabcdefghy
After 12.. . e4
13. Qf4?? [13.Qe2 Fritz] 13...Bxc3+-+
14.Nxc3 Qxc3+ 15.Ke2 Qxa1 16.Qxd6
Qb2+ 17.Kf1 Qxf2# 0-1
Fritz shows the following line for 17. Kd1:
[17.Kd1 Qb1+ 18.Kd2 e3+ 19.fxe3 Qxa2+
20.Kc3 Qa1+ 21.Kc2-+]

Steevens, B vs, Gifford, G

30 July 2004, 15 min. Internet Game

1.e4 Nh6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 d6 Prevents
intrusion on e5 - Fritz 4.Be3 f6 Controls e5
and g5 Fritz 5.Qd2 Nf7 6.Bc4 e6 I like the
resulting pawn wall.
It is a refreshing
change from the standard positions that
overpopulate chess books. It is likely that
my opponent has never seen this before
gkg. 7. Nc3 c6 8.Ne2 b5 9.Bb3 a5 10.a3
Bg7 11.0-0 0-0
Black is behind in
development - Fritz; White is behind in
creating a humorous pawn wall gkg

XABCDEFGHY
8rsnlwq-trk+(
7+-+-+nvlp'
6-+pzppzpp+&
5zpp+-+-+-%
4-+-zPP+-+$
3zPL+-vLN+-#
2-zPPwQNzPPzP"
1tR-+-+RmK-!
xabcdefghy
After 11. . O-O

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12. Nf4 Re8 13.Rad1 d5 14.exd5 exd5

15.Rfe1 Bg4 16.Qd3 Bf5 17.Qd2 Ra7
18.Nh4 [18.a4 bxa4 19.Bxa4 is equal
Fritz] 18...Qc8 [but here Fritz states that
18...Bg4 19.Ne2 is slightly better for Black]
19.Nxd5?! [I certainly did not expect this.
Fritz states that 19.Nxf5 is the best option
White has 19...Qxf5 20.a4 bxa4 21.Bxa4
Fritz] 19...cxd5 20.Bxd5 Kh8 21.Bb3
Rae7 [21...Be4 22.d5 Rae7 23.Qxa5 g5
Fritz] 22.c3??

XABCDEFGHY
8-snq+r+-mk(
7+-+-trnvlp'
6-+-+-zpp+&
5zpp+-+l+-%
4-+-zP-+-sN$
3zPLzP-vL-+-#
2-zP-wQ-zPPzP"
1+-+RtR-mK-!
xabcdefghy
After 22. c3 ??
Fritz now states that White is ruining his
position; and that after 22. Nxf5 White can
hope to live 22...Qxf5 23.Qxa5] 22...Nd6
23.Bh6?? Rxe1+ [Here Fritz suggests a
better move order based on the same
principles 23...Bxh6 24.f4 Bxf4 25.Qf2-+]
But this is a game with 15 minute time
control and I was happy with my plan.
24.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Bxh6 26.Qe7 Ne8

XABCDEFGHY
8-snq+n+-mk(
7+-+-wQ-+p'
6-+-+-zppvl&
5zpp+-+l+-%
4-+-zP-+-sN$
3zPLzP-+-+-#
2-zP-+-zPPzP"
1+-+-+-mK-!
xabcdefghy
After 26. .. Ne8

[26...Qf8 and Black takes home the point

27.Qxf8+ Bxf8 28.Nxf5 Nxf5-+ Fritz]
27.Nxf5 gxf5 28.Qf7?? leads to further
unpleasantness [28.Be6 Nc6 29.Qd7
(29.Bxc8?? White will regret his greed
29...Nxe7
30.Bd7
Nd6-+)
29...Qxd7
30.Bxd7-+ Fritz] 28...Nc7 [ Fritz now states
that 28...Ng7!? keeps an even firmer grip
29.a4 b4 30.Bd5-+] 29.Qxf6+ Bg7 [29...Bg7
30.Qb6 Nba6-+] White Resigns
0-1

XABCDEFGHY
8-snq+-+-mk(
7+-sn-+-vlp'
6-+-+-wQ-+&
5zpp+-+p+-%
4-+-zP-+-+$
3zPLzP-+-+-#
2-zP-+-zPPzP"
1+-+-+-mK-!
xabcdefghy
Final Position, White Resigns
**************************************************

Game added by D. Rozzoni:

Kohler,A (2306) Thorhallsson,G
(2263) [A00]

Lost Boys op Amsterdam NED (9),

03.08.2002
1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f3 Nf6 4.Nf2 c5 5.Bg2
Nc6 6.e3 Be7 7.d3 0-0 8.Qe2 Be6 9.c3 Qd7
10.b3 Rac8 11.Bb2 Ne8 12.Nd2 Nd6 13.0-0
f5 14.Rad1 f4 15.exf4 exf4 16.Rfe1 Bf7
17.Bh3 Nf5 18.gxf4 Rce8 19.Qf1 Bg6
20.Nde4 Qc7 21.Ng5 Bxg5 22.Bxf5 Rxf5
23.Rxe8+ Bxe8 24.fxg5 Ne5 25.Qh3 Nxf3+
26.Kh1 Qxh2+ 27.Qxh2 Nxh2 28.Nh3 Ng4
29.Bc1 Rf3 30.Ng1 Rf2 31.Rd2 Bg6 32.Rxf2
Nxf2+ 33.Kg2 Nxd3 34.Bd2 Kf7 35.b4 b6
36.Ne2 Ke6 37.Nf4+ Nxf4+ 38.Bxf4 cxb4
39.cxb4 d4 40.Kf2 b5 41.Ke2 a6 42.Bc1 Ke5
43.Bd2 Ke4 44.Bc1 Bf7 45.a3 Be6 46.Kd1
Kd3 47.Bd2 Bg4+ 48.Kc1 Bf3 49.Bf4 Ke4
50.Bd2 Kf5 51.Kc2 Be4+ 52.Kb3 Kg6 53.a4
Bd5+ 54.Kc2 bxa4 55.Kd3 a3 56.Kxd4 a2
57.Bc3 Bf7 58.Kd3 Kxg5 59.Bxg7 Kg4
60.Kc2 h5 61.Kb2 h4 62.Be5 h3 63.Bd6 Kf3
64.Bc7 Kg2 65.Ka1 h2 66.Bxh2 Kxh2
67.Kb2 Kg2 68.Ka1 Kf2 69.Kb2 Ke2 70.Ka1
Kd3 71.Kb2 Kd2 72.Ka1 Kc1 73.b5 axb5

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Some recent UCO Games:

[Event "Thematic 10'+5 sec per move played on D. Rozzoni own pc AMD Athlon
2000+ Ram 256 - Hash Tab 44Mb "]
[Date "2004.04.18"]
[White "Fritz 8, (No MMX)"]
[Black "Shredder, 7."]
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 d4 5. Nd5 Nge7 {the game starts after this move} 6.
Bg5 Qd7 7. Bc4 Nxe5 8. Qxd4 N7c6 9. Qc3 Nxc4 10. Qxc4 Bd6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. O-O-O
Qg4 13. Bxd6 cxd6 14. g3 Be6 15. f3 Qg5+ 16. f4 Qh5 17. Qb5 Bg4 18. Rd3 Rfe8 19.
Qxb7 Rac8 20. h3 a5 21. a3 Be6 22.Qb5 Qg6 23. Nf3 Bd7 24. Qb7 Rcd8 25. Qc7 f6 26.
Nd2 Rf8 27. Rd1 Qh5 28. Nc4 Qxh3 29. Nxd6 Ra8 30. Rb3 Nd8 31. Nb6 Bg4 32. Nxa8
Ne6 33. Qc4 Bxd1 34. Nf5 Bg4 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Nb6 Qf1+ 37. Kd2 Qd1+ 38. Kc3
Rd8 39. Rb5 Qf3+ 40. Kc4 Qe2+ 41. Kc5 Bxf5 42. Qxf5 Qxc2+ 43. Nc4 Qf2+ 44. Kc6
Qd4 45. Qe6 h6 46. Nd6 Rg8 47. e5 fxe5 48. Nf7+ Kh7 49. Qf5+ g6 50. Ng5+ hxg5 51.
Rb7+ Rg7 52. Rxg7+ Kxg7 53.Qxe5+ 1-0
North,R (2234) - Welling,G (2361) [A10]
Western Canadian Open Richmond CAN (2), 10.07.2004
1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 h6 4.g3 c5 5.d5 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 d6 7.h4 g4 8.e4 Qa5 9.Bd2 Nf6
10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.f4 gxf3 12.Nxf3 Ng4 13.Qc2 Nde5 14.Nxe5 Nxe5 15.0-0 Bh3 16.Rf2
Rg8 17.Bf4 Ng4 18.Rh2 Nxh2 19.Kxh2 Bd7 20.Bxh6 0-0-0 21.Bf4 f6 22.Rb1 Rh8
23.Qb3 Qc7 24.Qa3 Kb8 25.Qb3 Rdg8 26.Bf1 Bc8 27.Bh3 Bxh3 28.Kxh3 b6 29.Qc2
Rh7 30.Rh1 Qc8+ 31.Kh2 Qg4 32.Qf2 Rgh8 0-1
Welling,G (2361) - Haukenfrers,D [A00]
Western Canadian Open Richmond CAN (3), 11.07.2004
1.b4 g5 2.Bb2 Nf6 3.c4 c5 4.b5 a6 5.a4 axb5 6.axb5 Rxa1 7.Bxa1 Bg7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.e3 e6
10.Nge2 d5 11.Ng3 d4 12.Na4 b6 13.Bd3 e5 14.0-0 Re8 15.Bf5 Nbd7 16.d3 Bb7 17.e4
Nf8 18.Bb2 Ng6 19.Bc1 Nf4 20.Ne2 Qc7 21.g3 Kh8 22.gxf4 exf4 23.f3 Rg8 24.Kh1 Bf8
25.Rg1 Bd6 26.Qf1 Rg7 27.h4 h6 28.hxg5 hxg5 29.Qh3+ Kg8 30.Kg2 g4 31.fxg4 Be5
32.Rh1 Kf8 33.Kf3 Bc8 34.g5 Rxg5 35.Qh6+ Rg7 36.Bxf4 Bxf5 37.Qxf6 Bg4+ 38.Kf2
Bxf6 39.Bxc7 Bxe2 40.Kxe2 Rg2+ 41.Kf1 Ra2 42.Bd6+ Kg7 43.Rg1+ Kh6 44.Nxb6
Bh4 45.Rh1 Ra1+ 46.Kg2 Ra2+ 47.Kf3 Rf2+ 48.Kg4 Rf6 49.Rxh4+ Kg6 50.Bf4 1-0
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Pechisker,A (2042) - Welling,G (2361) [A40]

Western Canadian Open Richmond CAN (4), 12.07.2004
1.d4 c6 2.c4 b5 3.Nf3 bxc4 4.d5 Nf6 5.e4 Nxe4 6.Bxc4 Qa5+ 7.Ke2 Ba6 8.Bxa6 Qxa6+
9.Ke3 Nf6 10.dxc6 Nxc6 11.Qe2 Qa5 12.Nc3 e5 13.Qc4 Bb4 14.Rd1 Bxc3 15.bxc3 e4
16.Ne1 0-0 17.h3 Rac8 18.Qb3 Nd4 19.Qb2 Rxc3+ 20.Nd3 exd3 0-1
Welling,G (2361) - Cramling,P (2489) [D00]
Western Canadian Open Richmond CAN (5), 13.07.2004
1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 h6 3.Bh4 c6 4.a3 Qb6 5.Ra2!?? Bf5 6.e3 Nd7 7.c4 Bxb1 8.Qxb1 e5 9.Nf3
e4 10.Nd2 g5 11.Bg3 f5 12.c5 Qd8 13.h4 Bg7 14.hxg5 hxg5 15.Rxh8 Bxh8 16.Bd6 Nh6
17.Be2 Nf6 18.b4 Nf7 19.Bg3 a6 20.a4 Qd7 21.b5 axb5 22.axb5 Rxa2 23.Qxa2 cxb5
24.Qa5 Ke7 25.Bxb5 Qc8 26.Qa3 Ke6 27.Nb3 Nh5 28.Bh2 g4 29.Qa7 f4 30.Qb6+ Kf5
31.Bxf4 Nxf4 32.exf4 Bf6 33.g3 Bd8 34.Qa7 Qc7 35.Ke2 Nh6 36.Qa1 Qe7 37.Qa4 Ke6
38.Be8 Ng8 39.Nd2 Nf6 40.Bg6 Qd7 41.Qb4 Qc6 42.Kf1 Qa6+ 43.Kg1 Ba5 44.Qb2 e3
45.fxe3 Qe2 46.Qxb7 1-0
Davies,L (2112) - Welling,G (2361) [B00]
Western Canadian Open Richmond CAN (8), 16.07.2004
1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.0-0 e6 6.Nbd2 d6 7.Re1 Nd7 8.c3 Ne7 9.Nf1 0-0
10.Ng3 c5 11.Be3 h6 12.Qd2 Kh7 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.h4 Rad8 15.Nh2 e5 16.Bb1 exd4
17.cxd4 Nc6 18.d5 Nce5 19.Qe2 Nb8 20.Qc2 Qe7 21.h5 Qh4 22.hxg6+ fxg6 23.Ne2 Ba6
24.g3 Qh5 25.Nf4 Rxf4 26.Bxf4 Nbd7 27.Kg2 g5 28.Bc1 g4 29.Re3 Rf8 30.Rh1 Kg8
31.Qd1 Qf7 32.Qe1 h5 33.Bc2 Bh6 34.Bd1 Bd3 35.f4 gxf3+ 36.Nxf3 Bxe3 37.Qxe3
Nxf3 38.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 39.Bxf3 Ne5 40.Bf4 Re8 41.Rxh5 Nxf3 42.Kxf3 Rxe4 43.Rh2 Rd4
44.Bxd6 Rxd5 45.Bf4 b5 46.g4 a5 47.Rh5 Rxh5 48.gxh5 Bc4 -
Grabher,H (2234) - Huber,D (2126) [B00]
TCh-AUT 2003-4 Velden AUT (6), 24.01.2004
1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3 fxe4 4.Nxe4 d5 5.Ng3 Nf6 6.d4 Bg4 7.Bb5 e6 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3
Bd6 10.0-0 0-0 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Bg5 Qd7 13.Qe3 Rae8 14.Bf4 Ng4 15.hxg4 Bxf4
16.Qa3 e5 17.dxe5 Qxg4 18.Rfe1 Re6 19.Rad1 Rh6 20.Rd3 Qh4 21.Rf3 Re8 22.Qxa7
Bxg3 23.fxg3 Qb4 24.c3 Qb6+ 25.Qxb6 cxb6 26.a4 Rhe6 27.Rfe3 Ra8 28.Ra1 Rae8
29.Rae1 Ra8 30.b3 Kf7 31.Kf2 Rae8 32.b4 Ra8 33.Ra1 Rae8 34.a5 bxa5 35.bxa5 Rxe5
36.Rxe5 Rxe5 37.a6 Re8 38.Rb1 Ra8 39.Rb7+ Ke6 40.a7 g5 41.Rxh7 Kd6 42.Ke3 Kc5
43.Rb7 Kc4 44.Kd2 c5 45.Rg7 Rf8 46.Rf7 Ra8 47.Rb7 d4 48.cxd4 Kxd4 49.Kc2 Kc4
50.g4 Kd4 51.Kb3 Ke3 52.Kc4 Kf2 53.Rb2+ Kg3 54.Ra2 Kxg4 55.Ra3 Kf4 56.Kxc5 g4
57.Kb6 Re8 58.a8Q Rxa8 59.Rxa8 Kg3 60.Ra2 Kh2 61.Kc5 1-0
Mantyla,R (2125) - Leisebein,P (2165) [D09]
CL2-2004.03.07 IECC, 24.01.2004
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.g3 Be6 6.Nbd2 Qd7 7.Bg2 0-0-0 8.0-0 h5 9.Qa4
Kb8 10.Ng5 Nxe5 11.Qxd7 Nxd7 12.Nxe6 fxe6 13.Nb3 e5 14.Na5 c6 15.a3 h4 16.b4
Re8 17.Rb1 Ngf6 18.b5 Nc5 19.bxc6 b6 20.Nb3 Nce4 21.Bb2 hxg3 22.hxg3 Kc7
23.Rbd1 Bc5 24.Rd3 Nd6 25.Rc1 Nf5 26.Rdd1 Rhf8 27.a4 Nd6 28.a5 Nfe4 29.Rf1 Rb8
30.axb6+ axb6 31.e3 dxe3 -

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