Wednesday, 2 March 2016

Kings Gambit Counterattack

It has been a while since I had a good look at ChessToday, which  I have used in the past as a resource for this blog, chess magazines, coaching, general study etc It still provides good coverage of the chess events from the world, and does a good job of collecting games (especially endgames) from these events.
Looking through one of the most recent issues I came across a nice tactical game from the Bunratty Masters. The finish is quite nice, but I thought the whole build up was a good example of keeping your opponent on the back foot through constant threats.


Cabanas,Manuel (2070) - Costachi,Mihnea (2409) [C30]
Bunratty Masters Bunratty, Ireland (1), 19.02.2016

Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Qb5 Bb6 8. Nxe5 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qc4 Ng4 11. Be2 Bf2+ 12. Kf1 Ne5 13. Qa4 Qf6 14. Nd1 Bh4+ 15. Kg1 Qg6 16. d3 Bh3 17. Ne3 Bg5 18. g3 Qf6 19. Nf5 g6 20. d4 gxf5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Qc4 Qxb2 0-1


2 comments:

Chris Skulte said...

Side note, this was a great tournament to play in if anyone is visiting Europe. Lots of drinking and friendly people. Also the blitz tournament on the Sunday night is a good laugh as they allow talking in games. :)

Graham Clayton said...

The finish is very nice 23. Bxb2 Be3# - Boden's mate.