Saturday 27 November 2010

Beating a bad opening at last

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3?! Nxe4 is one of the openings that on one hand is considered dubious (for White) and yet I have a very poor score against. I've lost games in Olympiads, drawn games from advantageous positions, and I was once even mated in under 10 moves! So when I do win from this position I now feel quite pleased.
I managed a win at Street Chess today, although it was due to my opponents eagerness to attack rather than my good play. But a win is a win, so I will show it here. (of course the next round I got mated on move 12, but that is another story)

A.N. Other - Press,Shaun [C55]
Street Chess, 27.11.2010

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Bxe4 Bd6 8.d3 0-0 (D)
9.Ng5 h6 10.Qh5 Qe8 11.0-0 Ne7 12.f4 f5 13.Qxe8 Rxe8 14.fxe5 Bc5+ 0-1

5 comments:

Paul said...

A bad win is still a win ! :-)

Anonymous said...

The greek gift Bxh7+ would have surely been more street chess style.

Then you would have had to play Kxh7 and then after 2. Qh5+ Kg6?

Pete

Anonymous said...

The greek gift Bxh7+ would have surely been more in street chess style.

Then you would have had to play Kxh7 and then after 2. Qh5+ Kg6?

Pete

Anonymous said...

Sorry 2.Ng5+ Pete

Shaun Press said...

While I didn't look at it at the time after Bxh7 Kxh7 Ng5+ Kg8 Qh5 I do have Bf5 covering h7.