Annotated chess game: Another tangle in the King's Gambit

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Another tangle in the King's Gambit
chrisobee (2300) vs. jstevens1 (1663)
Annotated by: jotheblackqueen (1200)
Chess opening: KGA (C34), Fischer defence

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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4	2. ......... exf4 - the King's Gambit Accepted. The idea of the King's Gambit is to temporarily sacrifice a pawn for good development and to decoy the black pawn from the centre. White will get this here, sure as you are born! In fact, as you will see, my opponent is a MASTER!! Given the circumstances, (I try to hold on to the pawn at the expense of my development and I will pay, pay pay!!) I bet you will think it is a wonder that I last 27 moves!!



3. Nf3 d6	3. ........ d6 - I am thinking about a couple of KGA games I had with dmaestro in which he played this move against me and I got really tied up. I never regained the pawn and I lost both games - maybe it is worth trying this out on Master Chrisobee.



4. d4	4. d4! - Master Chrisobee finds an improvement to my previous efforts against dmaestro which are as follows:- d3 0-1 jstevens1 (1675) vs. dmaestro (1600) d4 0-1 jstevens1 (1675) vs. dmaestro (1600) This move strikes at the centre and causes problems for me later on.



4... g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 fxg3	6. ........ fxg3? - I received a PM from dmaestro after the game which suggested g4 as a better alternative as it would have tied my opponent up. Instead, Master Chrisobee now ties me up!!
	1 comment chrisobee (2576) on 17-May-08: 2) I think 6 ...fxg3 is indeed a mistake, g4 looks to pose more problems for white


7. Bxg5 f6 8. Be3 gxh2 9. Nxh2 Ne7 10. Qh5+ Ng6	10. ......... Ng6 - forced to move the same piece twice to block a nasty queen check on h5.
	1 comment chrisobee (2576) on 17-May-08: By move 10 black is already struggling, I would have played 9.....f5 which is more aggressive, in this position Black cannot afford to be passive as White is bearing down on the king and after 10 Qh5+ I would suggest Black is already lost. After that I don't think there are any particularly bad moves, Black is indeed in a tangle and the web is already well and truly spun !


11. Nf3 Be6 12. O-O-O Nd7	12. ......... Nd7 - I try to get my pieces out as quickly as possible but the next move from Chrisobee will throw a huge spanner in the works.



13. Nh4 Bf7 14. Nf5 Bf8	14. ......... Bf8 - I have no alternative but to undevelop my dsb. Notice that if I castled instead I would have copped Old Matey!



15. Qh2	15. Qh2 - the queen must back off as there is a threatened discovery involving my lsb and the knight on g6.



15... Nb6 16. Kb1 c6 17. Bh6 Kd7	17. ........ Kd7 - protecting the d6 pawn and preparing to castle queenside by hand, but Chrisobee does not allow this!



18. e5 fxe5 19. dxe5 d5	19. ............ d5 - after the exchange of pawns I try to keep the position around my king as closed up as possible. I finally manage a central pawn break but at what a cost!



20. Bh3 Be6 21. Ng7 Bxg7 22. Bxe6+ Kxe6 23. Bxg7 Rg8 24. Qh3+	24. Qh3 - the black king is badly exposed and even though a lot of wood has disappeared from the board, white still has plenty enough firepower for a devastating mating attack.



24... Kf7 25. Qxh7 Ne7 26. Bf6+ Kf8 27. e6	27. e6 - I wave the white flag here as mate is unavoidable. It can be soooo tempting to hold on to extra material once gained, but one must be prepared to return it if it means improving one's position.