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ANNOTATED GAME
34th GK tournament
altlauf (1550) vs. ethansiegel (1830)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: KGD (C30), classical, Svenonius variation
altlauf (1550) vs. ethansiegel (1830)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: KGD (C30), classical, Svenonius variation
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It's truly amazing how an innocent-looking deviation from the opening book can lead to a devastating miniature. This is an example from the 34th GK tournament's expert section, my first time as a top seed (admittedly, in the 294th group!) | |
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 |
King's gambit, which I was unhappy to see with the black pieces. As many of you know, playing defense is usually much more difficult than attacking... |
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2... Bc5 |
So I decline the gambit. White doesn't dare play fxe5 now, as Qh4 wins for black. |
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3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 |
All standard developing moves for both sides so far -- this is a standard KGD position. My move here as black is aimed at getting that knight off the board, as it controls too much of the center here. |
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7. h3 |
More usual is Na4, eliminating the dangerous dark-square bishop, but h3 is quite playable. |
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7... Bxf3 8. Qxf3 |
A much better recapture than gxf3 positionally, but black has a nice move here... |
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8... Nd4 |
This is standard, so I can't give myself an exclam, but it hits the queen and threatens a nasty fork on c2; hence white is basically forced to retreat the queen to d1, (although he could accept the fork and attempt a counterattack with Qg3, I think that winning a pawn and some activity for the exchange isn't worth it). |
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9. Qd1 Nd7 |
This was the best move I could find in the position, threatening Qh4 and a strong attack. This is all still stuff that's in the GK game DB, though -- nothing new yet. |
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10. Na4 |
? Until now. I had expected Ne2, so that Qh4 could be met with g3! In principle, it's desirable to eliminate the dark-squared bishop, but Qh4 is very strong for black, and he simply doesn't have the time for this. |
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10... Qh4+ |
A good move -- this is why I expected Ne2. Now, white has only three legal moves, g3 (which leads to Qxg3 and a worse situation), Kf1, which leads to all sorts of kingside mating threats and a definite loss of material after 11. Kf1 Nf5 (threatening mate with Qf2) 12. Nxc5 Ng3 , or Kd2, as played in the game. |
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11. Kd2 |
This seems like the best attempt, but it turns out to walk into mate... |
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11... Bb4+ |
! White resigns. Although White probably sees only 12. c3 (or Nc3) Qf2 13. Qe2 Qxe2#, there is a sprightly forced mate after 12. Ke3, which I was excited to find when I played Bb4 . It goes 12. Ke3 Qg3 13. Qf3 exf4 14. Kxd4 c5 15. Nxc5 (or 15. Kd5 Qg5 16. Kxd6 Qe5#) dxc5 16. Kd5 Qg5 17. Kd6 Qe5# I was disappointed that my opponent didn't give me a chance to play my (I thought quite beautiful) mating combination, but it's still a wonderful demonstration how sometimes all it takes is one bad move out of the opening book to totally cook your goose! |
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