Sunday 1 December 2019

Opening Debacle

Ignacio Alonso Igual (1780) - Spanton (1934)
Benidorm U2000 Round 3
Spanish Berlin
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d4!?
Magnus Carlsen is among those who have tried this.
4...exd4
The main reply, but 4...Nxe4 is also popular.
5.e5 Ng4?!
This has been played by Arkadij Naiditsch, but is dubious. The main move is 5...Ne4.
6.0-0 Be7 7.Re1 d5??
Naiditsch played the better 7...a6 in a 2009 blitz loss to Vugar Gashimov.
8.h3 Nh6 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.e6 fxe6 11.Bxh6 gxh6
Also hopeless is 11...Nxd4 12.Bxg7 (threatens 13.Qh5#) Bxb5 13.Bxh8.
12.Qh5+ Kf8 13.Qxh6+ Kf7 14.Nxe6 Bxe6 15.Qxe6+ (1-0, 58 moves)

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