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Annotated by bleddy71 (1200): This is a Latvian Gambit mini-tourney so the first three moves are set for each player. I annotated it to try to explain to myself why this crazy opening, in which Black allows White to ransack his position early on and gain a significant material advantage, actually gives Black some winning chances. The game ended in an interesting opposite colored bishops stalemate, which makes the ending… |
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Annotated by bleddy71 (1200): On Black's 15th move he creates a strange "force field" around his king which serves as a more powerful protecting wall than any standard castle could provide. It is almost an invisible electric fence around his exposed, stuck-in-the-center king. I annotated this game to get some thoughts from other players regarding this bizarre chess phenomenon. A Latvian Gambit tourney in which the fiorst … |
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Annotated by chess_avenger (1516): Latvian Gambit Better moves would be:
7. Nc3 Rg8 8. Nxe4 d6 9. Nf7 Qd7 10. Nfg5 Qxf5 11. g4 Qb5 12. Qf3 Rh8 13. d3 d5 14. Nc3 Qb4 Nicer moves: 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. g4 d5 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. O-O Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 d4 14. Ne4 h5 15. Nxf6 Bxf6 16. Re1 hxg4 17. Qxg4 … Nc6 10. Be3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxh5 12. Qxh5 Qxf5 13. Qxf5+ Bxf5 would make the game even. Nothing significant just a small… |
