One of the books I purchased was a 1974 edition of "Encyclopaedia of Chess Opening, Volume C". Tonight I was casually flicking through it, and reached my favourite section C57. When I opened the page I noticed a small slip of paper, apparently being used as a bookmark. Why this is significant, is that Milan and I once played a cracker of a game in the Traxler variation of the Two Knights Defence, which of course has the ECO code of C57. Now I don't know whether the book mark was placed there before this game (played in 1994), as a consequence of the game, or it was there for an entirely different reason. But it does give me an excuse to once again show probably the best Traxler I've ever played.
Ninchich, Milan v Press, Shaun
Belconnen, 1994
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6. Ke2 Nd4+ 7. Kd3 b5 8. Nxd8 bxc4+ 9. Kc3 Nxe4+ 10. Kb4 Rb8+ 11. Ka3 Nb5+ 12. Ka4 Nc5+ 13. Ka5 Nd6 14. Qh5+ Kxd8 15. Qg5+ Ke8 16. Qxe5+ Ne6 17. Nc3 Bc5 18. Re1 Rb6 19. Qxc5 Nb7+ 20. Ka4 Nbxc5+ 21. Ka3 c6 22. b3 cxb3 23. axb3 Ra6+ 24. Na4 Kd8 25. Bb2 Rf8 26. Re2 Rf4 27. d4 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Rxd4 29. c3 Nxa4 0-1
7 comments:
Well played, Shaun.
Was this all in your book?
Yeah nice game. Don't need an excuse to show a game like that. My java magically activated itself, now I can see the board and play through the games, and I didn't do nuttin.
AO
Cudos Shawn !!
wow!!!
@Brian. The queen sac was very old book, which I did know. However Kc3, rather than Kxc4 was new, and so I was on my own from there. These days, if you put the game through Stockfish (or other strong engines), it can see far enough to show the queen sac is actually best, as well as picking up a number of quicker wins, which I missed at the time.
An attractive 'best ever' game Shaun!
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