Sunday, February 27, 2022

Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 9.Qf3

Thom2 Christensen defeated Farid Mustafayev in the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. Black played 5…Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 – the Teichmann Retreat Variation. One of the pleasures of the BDG is the kingside attack. Black misplaces the defense for a quick White victory.

Here is a book with 42 annotated BDG games I played in 2021. Hope you like them.
Chess Strategy Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

Christensen (2153) – Mustafayev (2322), chess.com, 25.01.2022 begins 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 e6 9.Qf3 [Or 9.Bg2 c6 10.h4 Bb4 with equal chances.] 9...c6 10.g5 Nd5 [Or 10...Nh5 11.Bd3 Qxd4 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Rf1] 11.Bd3 Bb4 [Better is 11...f5 12.gxf6 Qxf6 13.Nxd5 cxd5 14.Bb5+ Nc6 15.Qxf6 gxf6 16.Nxc6 which favors White.] 12.Bxg6 0–0 13.Bxf7+ Kh8 14.Qh5 Ne7
15.g6 1–0




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Friday, February 18, 2022

Blackmar Zeller Defence Torning

Richard Torning wins a Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Zeller Defence 3…Bf5 with his favorite variation 4.g4 Bg6 5.Qe2. Both sides have chances, but White comes out on top.

Here is a book with 42 annotated BDG games I played in 2021. Hope you like them.
Chess Strategy Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

Torning – NN, lichess.org, 06.01.2022 begins 1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.g4!? Bg6 5.Qe2 [My pet line the Torning gambit against the Zeller Defence.] 5...Qxd4 6.Qb5+ Nd7 7.Qxb7 Rb8 8.Qxc7 e6 [8...Qb6 9.Nd5 I like the pawn majority on the queenside for White.] 9.Nb5?! [9.Bb5! is the best move as it forces the exchange, however, I like to vary.] 9...Qb4+ [9...Qc5=] 10.c3 [Magnus Carlsen (quoting Kasparov) recently commented: "If you can make 10 threats in a row your opponent will blunder!"] [10.Bd2? Qxb2 11.Bc3 Bb4] 10...Qa4?? [10...Qc5= Get rid of the pressure by attempting to trade queens - which I would oblige with after... 11.Qa5 Qb6 12.Qxa7 Qxa7 13.Nxa7=] 11.b3 Bd6?? [11...Qa6 12.Qxb8+ Nxb8 13.Nc7+ Kd7 14.Nxa6 Nxa6 15.Bxa6+-]
12.Nxd6+ Ke7 13.bxa4 Ngf6 14.Ba3 e5 15.Nf5+ Ke6 [15...Ke8 16.Nxg7 mate] 16.Qd6# [Normal White wins by checkmate.] 1–0 [Games notes by Torning]



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Saturday, February 12, 2022

Sicilian Scheveningen Be3 Haines

Ray Haines mounted a successful queenside attack. This opening reached the Sicilian Defence Najdorf Variation and transposed to the Scheveningen with 6.Be3 e6 – the English Attack. White was slow to castle and wasted time with the light-squared bishop. Black took advantage of the opportunity. Ray Haines won with checkmate on move 25.

My Sicilian Tactics 1.e4 c5 has 500 combinations and mates.

georgeschaaya123 (1572) – Haines, Live Chess Chess.com, 11.02.2022 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Be3 e6 7.Bd3 [Better is 7.f3 b5 8.Qd2 Nbd7 9.g4 with equal chances.] 7...Be7 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.f3 Qc7 10.a3 0–0 11.h3 Ne5 12.Be2 Nc4 13.Bxc4 Qxc4 14.0–0–0 b5 15.Kb1 Rb8 16.b3 Qc7 17.Na2 a5 18.f4 [White should play 18.Qc3 Qxc3 19.Nxc3 Bd7=] 18...Nxe4 19.Qd3 Nc5 20.Qe2 Ba6 21.Qe1 d5 22.Bd2 b4 23.a4 Bf6 24.Nf3
24...Nxb3 25.cxb3 Bd3# [White is checkmated] 0–1



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