Play Chess Openings: Duras Gambit 1.e4 f5 Torning

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.”

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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]