Vodka Gambit !

Denis O'Dwyer vs Joe R Feagin

Halloween attack !

Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit 

[Event "IECG"]
[Site "IECG email"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Denis O'Dwyer"]
[Black "Joe R Feagin"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Nc6 6.e5 Ng8
7.Bc4 d6 8.Bg5 Qxg5 9.exd6 Bxd6 10.Qf3 Be6 11.d5 Ne5 12.Qe2
Bf5 13.Nb5 Ne7 14.O-O Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Bh3 16.Qe4 O-O 17.Nxd6 cxd6
18.Rfe1 Ng6 19.g3 h5 20.Re3 Bf5 21.Qc4 Rac8 22.Qb5 Rxc2
23.Rae1 b6 24.Re8 Rxe8 25.Qxe8+ Kh7 26.Qxf7 h4 27.Kf1 Bh3+
28.Kg1 Ne5 29.f4 Nf3+ 0-1

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Jan Frederik Heemskerk vs Rudolf Johannes Loman

Jan Frederik Heemskerk vs Rudolf Johannes Loman
  DCA Congress 18th (1890)  ·  Four Knights Game: Halloween Gambit (C46)  ·  0-1

[Event "DCA Congress 18th"]
[Site "The Hague NED"]
[Date "1890.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Jan Frederik Heemskerk"]
[Black "Rudolf Johannes Loman"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "60"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Ng6 6.e5 Ng8 7.f4
d5 8.Qf3 Bb4 9.g3 Bf5 10.Kd1 Bxc3 11.bxc3 Be4 12.Qg4 h5 13.Qh3
Bxh1 14.f5 Bf3+ 15.Be2 Bxe2+ 16.Kxe2 Qd7 17.Bg5 f6 18.e6 Qb5+
19.Kd2 N6e7 20.Bf4 O-O-O 21.g4 Nh6 22.Bxh6 Rxh6 23.gxh5 Rdh8
24.Qg4 Rxh5 25.Qxg7 Rxh2+ 26.Kc1 Rh1+ 27.Kd2 R8h2+ 28.Ke3 Qe2+
29.Kf4 Qe4+ 30.Kg3 Rg2# 0-1

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Happy Halloween Gambit !

[White "Charles"]
[WhiteElo "1794"]
[Black "Tommy"]
[BlackElo "2018"]
[Event "Quick G/20 Swiss"]
[Result "1-0"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Nc6 6.d5 Ne5 7.f4 Ng6 8.e5 Ng8 9.d6 cxd6 10.exd6 Qb6 11.Nb5 Kd8 12.f5 Ne5 13.Bf4 Nc6 14.c3 a6 15.Nc7 Ra7 16.Qe2 Nf6 17.O-O-O Qc5 18.g4 Nb4 19.Bg2 Nxa2+ 20.Kc2 Nxc3 21.bxc3 Qa3 22.Ra1 Qc5 23.Rhd1 b5 24.Rd5 Qc4 25.Qe3 a5 26.Qb6 Rxc7 27.dxc7+ Ke8 28.Qb8 Qe2+ 29.Rd2 Qc4 30.Qxc8+ Ke7 31.Bd6#
1-0

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European Women Championship 2015: Nino Batsiashvili - Natalia Zhukova

Nino Batsiashvili

[Event "16th ch-EUR Indiv w 2015"]

[Site "Chakvi GEO"]

[Date "2015.05.29"]

[Round "10.1"]

[White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]

[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]

[Result "0-1"]

[ECO "A58"]

[WhiteElo "2473"]

[BlackElo "2456"]

[PlyCount "82"]

[EventDate "2015.05.19"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3

Nbd7 9. Bg2 Nb6 10. Rb1 Bc4 11. b3 Bxd5 12. Nxd5 Nbxd5 13. Bb2 Rxa2 14. O-O Bg7

15. e4 Nb4 16. Re1 O-O 17. e5 Ng4 18. h3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd3 21.

Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Re2 Nc1 23. Qxc1 Rxe2 24. Qxc5 Qd3 25. Qc1 Qf5 26. Qc3+ e5 27.

Rf1 Rc8 28. Qa5 Rcc2 29. Qb6 e4 30. b4 Qf6 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 32. Ra1 Ke5 33. Ra5+

Kd4 34. b5 Re1+ 35. Kh2 Rxf2 36. b6 Ree2 37. Ra4+ Kc5 38. b7 Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 Rh2+

40. Kg1 Reg2+ 41. Kf1 Rb2 0-1

Partida comentada...

Problema com o Benko

Jogo que aconteceu neste Metz Open 2015, com uma das linhas mais populares do Benko Gambit: 

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.g3 d6 9.Bg2 Nbd7.

 

After nine moves of the Benko Gambit it is White to play !

White players unknowingly would go for 10.0-0 here, and then Black would reply with 10…Nb6! White wanted to now to develop his bishop on c1, but it was impossible as Nc4 would be very irritating. At the same time the natural move 11.Rb1, which intended b3, was met by 11…Bc4! with an attack on the a2 and d5 pawns. Black would equalise in this manner. Later White realised that it was a mistake to begin with 10.0-0 and instead started playing 10.Rb1!

Now 10…Nb6 is no longer dangerous as it can be met with 11.b3! with no pressure down the a1-h8 diagonal. This little subtlety helped white players to pose black considerable problems in the Benko Gambit. Ever since this move 10.Rb1 was found it has become one of the main ways of playing against the Benko. And why am I suddenly sharing this Rb1 story with you? Because this line is called…

….the Epishin Variation after the famous Russian grandmaster Vladimir Epishin, who was playing in Metz.

Born in 1965, Epishin was one of the elite players during the 90s. His rating was as high as 2669. He was the second of the Anatoly Karpov during the years 1987-1996. And how many of us can boast about having an opening variation named after us? It was a great opportunity to see him in action. Thoroughly concentrated and dedicated to the game Epishin scored 5.5/9, finishing sixth in the tournament.

The Epishin Variation against the Benko is thought to give White excellent chances of an opening advantage. However, white players have to proceed with extreme care so as not to fall for any of Black’s tricks in the opening and the middlegame. ChessBase has a 60 minute DVD on exactly the Epishin Variation which can help you with sound fundamental ideas, provided by the experienced GM Henrik Danielsen, in order to get good positions against the Benko.

Pictures by Amruta Mokal

Analyses by Dennis Wagner and Jacek Stopa

Text by Sagar Sha

U.S. Championship Final

2015 U.S. Champion Hikaru Nakamura

U.S. Chess Championship - Final Round

Table	White	Score	Rating	Black	Score	Rating	Result
1	GM So, Wesley	5.5	2788	GM Troff, Kayden W	5.0	2532	1-0
2	GM Naroditsky, Daniel	2.5	2633	GM Kamsky, Gata	5.0	2683	½-½
3	GM Shankland, Samuel L	4.5	2661	GM Akobian, Varuzhan	5.0	2622	½-½
4	GM Sevian, Samuel	4.5	2531	GM Holt, Conrad	4.5	2530	1-0
5	GM Nakamura, Hikaru	7.0	2798	GM Onischuk, Alexander	6.0	2665	1-0
6	GM Gareev, Timur	4.0	2604	GM Robson, Ray	6.5	2656	0-1

Grande 2º lugar de Robson !

Toma lá um Gambito Escocês pelos queixos a dentro !

[Event "U.S. Championship 2015"]

[Site "Saint Louis"]

[Date "2015.04.12"]

[Round "11"]

[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]

[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]

[Result "1-0"]

[ECO "C55"]

[WhiteElo "2798"]

[BlackElo "2665"]

[PlyCount "61"]

[EventDate "2015.??.??"]

[EventCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.

Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. O-O Rxb2 13. Qxd5 Qxd5 14.

Bxd5 Rxc2 15. Na3 Re2 16. Rac1 Nd3 17. Rxc7 Be6 18. Bb3 a5 19. Ra7 Bxb3 20.

axb3 Rxe5 21. Nc4 Rb5 22. Rb1 Nc5 23. Nxa5 Re8 24. g3 g6 25. b4 Nd3 26. Nc6 Re2

27. Rd7 Nxf2 28. Nd4 Nh3+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kg2 Nd1+ 31. Nxe2 1-0

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Hastings 2011: Robert Eames vs. Romain Edouard

 

Gambit man !!!  Robert Eames

 

 

Eames,Robert (2287) - Edouard,Romain (2620) [B21]

Hastings Masters Hastings/UK (1.1), 28.12.2010
 
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.Bg5 Nf6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.0-0 Bg7 10.Nd4 e6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Qg4 0-0 13.Rad1 d5 14.Bd3 f5 15.exf5 Qf6 16.fxe6 fxe6 17.Qh5 Qh6 18.Qe2 e5 19.f3 Rb8 20.Na4 Rb4 21.b3 Rh4 22.g3 Rh5 23.Rc1
 

Here, Eames has played the incautious 23 Rc1?, which was met by the neat 23...e4! 24 fxe4 Bd4+ 25 Kh1 Bf2! The threat against h2 left White with no choice but to surrender the exchange with 26 Rxf2 Qxc1+, after which the GM's technique did the rest: 27.Rf1 Rxf1+ 28.Qxf1 Qxf1+ 29.Bxf1 dxe4 30.h4 Bg4 31.Kg1 e3 32.Nc3 a5 33.Bd3 Rc5 34.Bc4+ Kg7 35.Kf1 Rf5+ 36.Ke1 Rf2 37.Be2 Bxe2 38.Nxe2 Kf6 39.a3 Ke5 40.b4 axb4 41.axb4 h5 0-1.