The short of it

Having given you a super long game yesterday, here is a much shorter game. GM John Nunn once remarked to lose a miniature (under 25 moves, you need to make 3 mistakes as White in the opening, or 2 as Black. This was certainly true in this game, where b5 is inadvisable, Bd7 is inappropriate, and cxb5 is indefensible.


Blackburne,Joseph Henry - Fleissig,Maximilian [D11]
Wiener Schachkongress 1st Vienna (3), 1873

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 b5 4. a4 c6 5. e3 Bd7? 6. Ne5 e6 7. axb5 cxb5?? 8. Qf3 1-0