Play Chess Openings: BDG Ziegler Collin-Deslauriers

Saturday, April 11, 2020

BDG Ziegler Collin-Deslauriers

Hugo Collin-Deslauriers of Canada won by transposing a Scandinavian Defense to the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit via 1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4. Full transposition to the Ziegler 5.Nxf3 c6 followed 7...Nf6. After White's 8.Ne5 line, Black has two common replies: the solid 8...Bg6 or the aggressive 8...Bxc2. Here Black played the weaker 8...Nbd7. Now White's game springs to life. Hugo regained the gambit pawn with 9.Nxf7 (also winning would be 9.Rxf5!). Collin-Deslauriers played well and won quickly - a typical BDG game.

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Collin-Deslauriers (1773) - VicentiuABC (1619), Live Chess.com, 02.04.2020 begins 1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 c6 6.Bc4 e6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Ne5 [8.Ng5!?] 8...Nbd7 9.Nxf7 [Even stronger is 9.Rxf5! exf5 10.Nxf7 Qb6 11.Nxh8 0-0-0 12.Nf7+-] 9...Kxf7 10.Rxf5 Nb6 11.Bb3 Nbd5 12.Rf1 Bd6 [12...Be7 13.Ne4 Kg8 14.Ng5 Qd7 15.Qe2+-] 13.Ne4 Rf8

14.Ng5+ Kg8 [14...Ke7 15.Qe2 Qd7 16.c4 h6 17.cxd5+-] 15.Nxe6 Qd7 16.Nxf8 Rxf8 [16...Bxf8 17.c4 Ne7 18.Bg5+-] 17.c4 Nc7 18.c5+ Ncd5 19.cxd6 Qxd6 20.Bf4 Qb4 21.Be5 Ng4 22.Rxf8+ Kxf8 23.Qxg4 [White is up a rook with forced mates in less than 10 moves.] 1-0