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Spanton (2035) - Agata Trybuła (1769)
King's Gambit
1.e4 d6 2.f4!? e5!? 3.Nf3 Nd7!? 4.Bc4 Be7 5.0-0 Ngf6
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| How should White proceed? |
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6.Nc3
Stockfish18 and Dragon1 reckons this is a position in which the fairly well-known combination 6.Bxf7+!? Kxf7 7.Ng5+ Kg8 (forced) 8.Ne6 Qe8 9.Nxc7 and 10.Nxa8 is good for White.
6...0-0 7.d4 exd4 8.Qxd4?
White should play 8.Nxd4.
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| How can Black refute White's last move? |
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8...c6
White has no good answer to 8...d5!, threatening 9...Bc5.
9.Kh1 d5!?
Apparently a novelty, but a move too late to be winning.
10.exd5 Bc5 11.Qd3 Ng4?
The engines suggest capturing on d5 immediately (either way), or playing 11...b5, followed by 12...cxd5, but in each reckon White is slightly better.
12.Ne4?!
Even stronger is 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.Ng5!?, when 13...Ndf6 runs into 14.Bxf7+! (14...Rxf7? 15.Qxd8+), so Black is obliged to play 13...Ngf6, when White is a sound pawn up and with the better position.
12...cxd5 13.Qxd5 Be3?
The engines suggest 13...Qc7 or 13...Qe7, but with at least the upper hand for White.
14.Qd3
Either knight to g5 may be stronger, but the engines agree the text is also winning.
14...Qb6 15.Qb3?!
Again a knight to g5 is strong.
15...Nc5 16.Nf6+??
The simple 16.Nxc5 leaves White with at least the upper hand.
16...gxf6
Also winning is 16...Qxf6.
17.Bxe3 Qxb3 18.axb3 Nxe3 19.Rf2
Not 19.Rfe1? Nxc2.
19...Nxc4 20.bxc4 Be6 21.b3 Rfd8 22.Re2 b6 23.Kg1 Bg4 24.Kf2 Ne6 25.h3!?
It is a sign of how dire White's position is, that the engines barely flash yellow at this move, never mind red.
25...Bxf3 26.gxf3
26.Kxf3 Nd4+.
26...Nxf4 27.Re7 a6 28.Rb7 Rd6 29.Rg1+ Kf8 30.h4?? 0-1
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