Thursday, February 18, 2021

Blackmar-Diemer Limontas c5

I never miss a mate in 1. Wait. I sometimes do, especially in blitz! FM Martynas Limontas of Lithuania transposed into the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Avoided Variation 3.Nc3 c5 by 2.Nc3. Darius Babrauskas played sharply and accurately in this contest to obtain a two pawn advantage. Then Black castled into a mate on move 18. White blitzed his response before he noticed the mate, but he didn't miss the mate after his opponent's next move.

My Blackmar-Diemer Tactics with 500 combinations and mates.

Limontas (2311) – Babrauskas (2011), Gipslis Memorial Blitz lichess.org INT (7), 13.02.2021 begins 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 c5 3.e4 dxe4 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nge2 [5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Qe2=] 5...e6 6.Nf4 [6.Bg5=] 6...exd5 7.Nfxd5 Be7 [7...Nxd5 8.Qxd5 Qxd5 9.Nxd5 Bd6 10.Be3 Nc6 11.0–0–0=] 8.Bf4 [8.Bb5+ Bd7 9.Bf4+=] 8...Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Bd6 10.Nf6+ [10.Bb5+ Nc6 11.Nf6+ gxf6 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Bxd6=] 10...Qxf6 11.Bxd6 Qxb2 12.Be2 Qc3+ 13.Kf1 Nc6 14.Rb1 Qd4 [14...Nd4!-+] 15.Bb5 Bd7 16.c3 Qxd1+ [16...Qxc3-+ White does not have enough compensation for three sacrificed pawns.] 17.Rxd1 b6 18.Ke2 [18.f3!?] 18...0–0–0 [18...Nd4+ 19.cxd4 Bxb5+ 20.Ke3 c4-/+]
19.Ke3 [19.Ba6#] 19...Rhe8 [19...Kb7-/+] 20.Ba6# 1–0



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Thursday, February 4, 2021

Duras Gambit 1.e4 f5 Torning

Bullet chess is great if you love to surprise your opponents at a second or two per move.
Rick Torning wrote: “The Duras Gambit is fun at bullet speed games. It is simply bad, particularly the variations I play. My unknown opponent had the material advantage until an error on move 18 that allowed me to obtain a perpetual check. White could not find a way to take advantage of the light-squared weaknesses around my king. However, being short of time affects one's ability to calculate. With a 17 second advantage, all I had to do was find good moves.”

My Ruy Lopez Tactics covers 500 combinations and mates.
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NN – Torning, Casual Bullet lichess.org, 04.01.2021 begins 1.e4 f5 [The only benefit to Black is clock time if White is unprepared.] 2.exf5 Kf7 3.Nf3 g6 4.fxg6+ hxg6 5.d4 Bg7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.Ng5+ Kg8 8.Bxg6 d6 9.Qe2 Bg4 10.Qc4+ d5 11.Qb3 c6 12.Qxb7 Nbd7 13.Qxc6 Rc8 14.Qa4 Nb6 15.Qb3 Nc4 16.Nc3 Qd6 17.Bf7+ Kf8 18.f3? [After this error Black's activity comes alive. 18.h3] 18...Rxh2 19.Rxh2 Qxh2 20.fxg4 Qg1+ 21.Ke2 Qxg2+ 22.Kd3?? White is now losing with only 5 seconds to solve the complications.  [22.Ke1!= perpetual; side-stepping instant disaster 22.Kd1?? Qf1#] 22...Qf1+ 23.Ne2 Nxg4? wanting to get the queen to f5. [Best was 23...Qd1+! 24.Bd2?? Qxd2#]
24.Bd2?? [24.Bf4 Nf2+ 25.Kc3 Qxa1–+] 24...Qf5+ [Black wins on time with 17 seconds remaining with the mating pattern 24...Nxb2+ 25.Qxb2 Qf5+ 26.Ne4 Qxe4#] 0–1 [Game notes by Torning]



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