Sunday, March 5, 2023

London Morris Countergambit

The London System has a gambit variation that I have studied from time to time in recent years. Morris Countergambit has been the subject of one of my Quick Chess Lessons. Sometimes this countergambit has similarities with the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit.

Try my London Morris Gambit: Quick Chess Lessons book.

Kisic (2303) – Makaraci (2296), ECTCC Open 2023 Tornelo, 29.01.2023 begins 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 [Accelerated London System] 2...c5 [Steinitz Countergambit] 3.e4 [The Morris Countergambit] 3...dxe4 4.d5 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Qe2 Bg7 7.0–0–0 0–0 8.f3 [White employs Blackmar's idea.] 8...exf3 9.Nxf3 Na6 10.h3 Nh5 11.Be5 Bxe5 12.Qxe5 Qd6 13.Bxa6 bxa6 14.Ne4 Qxe5 15.Nxe5 Bf5 [Better is 15...Nf4 16.Rd2] 16.Nxc5 Rac8 17.g4 [If 17.Nc6 White is winning.] 17...Rxc5 [Or 17...Bxc2] 18.gxf5 Ng3 19.Rhe1 Rfc8 20.c4 Nxf5 21.b3 Kg7 22.Kb2 a5 23.Nc6 Rc7 24.Kc3 h5 25.a3 R5xc6 [25...Nd6] 26.dxc6 Rxc6 27.b4 axb4+ 28.axb4 g5 29.b5 Rc7 30.Kb4 g4 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.c5 Kf6 33.c6 g3 34.Rd7 [White's queenside pawns cannot be stopped.]
34...Rc8 35.Rxa7 g2 36.Kc5 Ng3 37.Raa1 e5 38.b6 [Black resigns] 1–0
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