Monday, January 13, 2020

Latvian Gambit Traps Cavicchi

Francesco Cavicchi pulled off one trap and fell for another trap in these Latvian Gambit games from 2019. A six mover in the notes has Black dropping a queen to a discovered knight check is classic Petroff Defence fashion, despite this being a Latvian. In the main game vs Ernielunod, Cavicchi asks, "Queen trap in the Latvian gambit?" The emphatic answer from the final move 14...Be6 is Yes, siree!

Ernielunod (1870) - Cavicchi (1856), Blitz Game LICHESS, 16.11.2019 begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d6 [Another day Francesco tried 3...Bc5 4.Qe2 d6 5.Nxe5 Bxf5 6.Nxc6+ 1-0. Gambetti-Cavicchi, Blitz 2019] 4.d3 Bxf5 5.Be2 Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.c3 [7.Nc3=] 7...c6 [7...Nc6=] 8.h3 [8.Na3 Nbd7 9.Nc4 Nd5=] 8...0-0 9.Qb3+ Kh8 10.Qxb7 Nbd7 11.Qxc6? [11.Qb3=] 11...Nc5 12.Qb5 [12.d4 Rc8=/+] 12...Rb8 13.Qc4 Nh5
14.Be3 [14.d4 d5-+] 14...Be6 0-1



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Thursday, January 9, 2020

Anti-London Gambit Peter Chaplin

Peter Chaplin sent me an Anti-London game similar to a Blackburne Gambit.
"It's part of a universal system I'm developing mainly inspired to kill people who play the London system. Now I destroy them with d4 d6 Bf4 e5 dxe5 Nc6 exd6 Qf6. Sure White played pretty awful but there are not many systems that are capable of defeating the London System in only 11 moves. I have a whole bunch of games resulting in quick knockouts! Love your blog. Regards Peter"

Thanks, Peter. It's always fun to win short games in such a decisive manner!

Shamil1951 (1590) - Chaplin (1768), Live Chess Chess.com, 06.08.2019 begins 1.d4 d6 2.Bf4 e5 [2...c5 3.e3 Nf6=] 3.dxe5 Nc6 4.exd6 Qf6 5.Bc1 Bxd6 6.e3 Qg6 7.Qd3? [7.Nf3=] 7...Bf5 8.Qd2? [8.Qc4 Nb4 9.Na3 Bxc2-/+] 8...0-0-0 9.Qe2 Nb4 10.Na3
10...Bxc2 11.Bd2 [11.Qf3 Nd3+ 12.Bxd3 Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.Kxd2 Qxd3+ 15.Ke1 Qd2+ 16.Kf1 Bd3+ 17.Ne2 Qxb2-+] 11...Nd3+ 0-1

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Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Wight

David Wight win with a Blackmar-Diemer Gambit against the Pietrowsky 5...Nc6. White threatens the pinned knight with 6.Bb5 and 7.d5. This game had three sets of doubled pawns. Lots of open lines and weak points. Wight mostly played logical moves to win.

My Blackmar-Diemer Tactics with 500 combinations and mates.

Wight (1500) - coffee08 (1477), Rated Blitz game lichess, 06.11.2019 begins 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Nc6!? [Pietrowsky Defense] 6.Bb5 Bf5? [6...e6 7.0-0=] 7.Bxc6+?! [7.d5! a6 8.Ba4 b5 9.Nxb5 axb5 10.Bxb5 Bd7 11.dxc6 Bf5 12.Qxd8+ Rxd8 13.c3+/=] 7...bxc6 8.0-0 [8.Ne5=] 8...Bg4 [8...e6 9.Ne5=] 9.Be3 e6 10.Qe1 [10.h3=] 10...Bb4 [10...Bxf3 11.Rxf3 Rb8=/+] 11.Qg3 [11.Ne5=] 11...Bxc3 [11...0-0] 12.bxc3 0-0 13.Ne5 [13.Bg5=] 13...Qd5? [13...Bf5=] 14.Rxf6! gxf6 15.Qxg4+ Kh8
16.Nf3 [16.Bh6! Qxg2+ 17.Qxg2 fxe5 18.Qg7#] 16...Rg8 17.Qf4 Rg7 [17...Qd8 18.Rb1+-] 18.Qxf6 Rag8 19.Rf1 Qxa2 20.Ne5 Rf8 21.Bh6 Black resigns. 1-0



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Wednesday, January 1, 2020

10 Favorite Chess Posts of 2019

Happy New Year 2020! Here are my Top 10 Favorite Chess Blog posts for 2019. They tend to be the most popular, but some are there because I chose them. I wrote 366 chess posts during 2019. Updated versions of most of my posts can be found in my books. Thank you for reading my blog and buying my books. Enjoy!

1. Blackmar-Diemer Great Carlini
Published 1/10/2019

2. Scandinavian Patzer Win Torning
Published 1/21/2019

3. Herrstrom Gambit Lev Zilbermints
Published 1/6/2019

4. London System Poisoned Pawn
Published 1/3/2019

5. Bird Opening Schlechter Delpire
Published 5/2/2019

6. Caro-Kann Defence 4.Bd3 Anand
Published 1/19/2019

7. Blackmar-Diemer Fleischmann
Published 1/5/2019

8. Bishops Opening 3.d4 Welborn
Published 1/4/2019

9. Pirc Blackburne Hartlaub Gambit
Published 11/25/2019

10. Grob Win by Sheldrick vs Master
Published 10/7/2019

Tim Sawyer Chess Blog Posts by Year
2011 - 174
2012 - 580
2013 - 366
2014 - 365
2015 - 287
2016 - 333
2017 - 192
2018 - 349
2019 - 366
Total Blog Posts 2011-2019 = 3012




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