Annotated chess game: Victory in 10 moves

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ANNOTATED GAME

Victory in 10 moves
myminov (1761) vs. jutterback (1563)
Annotated by: jutterback (1379)
Chess opening: KGA (C39), Kieseritsky, Rice gambit

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I am playing Black with a rating of 1563 and White has a rating about 200 points higher than me. I was able to force White to resign the game in 10 moves, and I am rather proud of that. In this game, White plays the Kings Gambit and Black accepts.

1. e4	White sends a foot soldier forward two spaces.
	1 comment kenneth_fiore_3 (2113) on 01-Nov-15: I'd advise you to call a pawn, a pawn, and a knight a knight, and so forth. It's not all that amusing and it distracts from the annotation.


1... e5	Monkey see. Monkey do.



2. f4	White plays the Kings Gambit.



2... exf4	Black accepts.



3. Nf3	The white horse decides to come out of his stall.



3... g5	Black supports his pawn.



4. h4	White tries to dismantle the black pawns.
	2 comments kenneth_fiore_3 (2113) on 01-Nov-15: No White is forcing you to play g4 and looking for play against what will be your wide open king-side, but 4.h4 is not a good move cdeburca (1934) on 02-Nov-15: h4 is the main line here, and in many variations where black plays g5. To say it's not a good move is surely to say the entire King's Gambit isn't good? Technically, while it is objectively weaker than other white openings, it doesn't give black an advantage so far as I know (the problem being that at the top level, white wants more than equality from the opening, which is the best the KG offers)


4... g4	Black says screw it. Let's play chase the horse.



5. Ne5	The white horse moves out of harms way as expected. The black pawn on g4 is now quaking in his boots because the white queen and the white horse are threatening to eat him for lunch.



5... Nf6	Black develops a horse which threatens the White pawn on e4 and also gives some protection to that scared pawn on g4, but its not enough.



6. Bc4	White leaves that scared pawn alone for now. He has bigger fish to fry. White is threatening check by taking the black pawn on f7.



6... d5	Black sends a foot soldier out in an attempt to at least forestall the check.



7. exd5	White pawn takes black pawn.



7... Bd6	Black sends out a bishop. This does a couple of nice things. It keeps the white pawn from advancing and therefore takes the pressure off of the f7 pawn. It also threatens the white horse who stands unprotected at present.



8. Qe2	The white horse stands his ground. The white queen comes out to protect him.
	1 comment kenneth_fiore_3 (2113) on 01-Nov-15: 8. d4 is better, not quite equal, but better.


8... O-O	Black decides to castle in order to put his rook into play. If the rook can make it to e8 white might get a little nervous.



9. O-O	Monkey see. Monkey do.
	1 comment kenneth_fiore_3 (2113) on 01-Nov-15: 9. d4 is still to be played and it blocks the effectiveness of your 9..Bc5+


9... Bc5+	"Check" is always a clever thing to do, and often a fun thing to say.



10. Kh1	The white king runs and hides.
	1 comment rock-onn (1661) on 08-Nov-15: King is too exposed


10... Ne4	The black horse offers himself up as a sacrifice. He is hoping that queens like the taste of horse meat. White examines all his options and decides to resign after only 10 moves. Black is thinking, wow, I better annotate this thing so I can remember how to do it the next time someone tries the Kings Gambit.
	2 comments kenneth_fiore_3 (2113) on 01-Nov-15: White has clearly overlooked Qxh4 mate. White played the white-side of the KG so poorly here, that he should look at the books and pick another variation. rock-onn (1661) on 08-Nov-15: There is no mate here.