First, let me explain the setting.
I was playing a 3 0 game at FICS and decided to try an unusual move.
4. ... Qh4 is not the best move. It is interesting, however. I believe if followed up correctly (not pawn grabbing), it can be very playable.
I played it mostly with the hope that my opponent had not seen/analyzed it in quite a while. Another interesting point that I should mention, is that I often play lines that I, myself, don't know all that well. I like to play these openings and think for myself just too test myself. I also get many unusual positions and hopefully increase my chances of learning how to play them.
Well, back to the game.
9. ... Qb4 is a new move, although not really good. I rushed in Qf8, and after several missed opportunities by my opponent, I managed to win !!!
That led me to look the whole variation up in my book, after the game (4. ... Qh4 In The Scotch Game By Gutman).
In the next post, I will show the beautiful attacking line that I discovered.
Beautiful Tactics ... starting with 14.Nxg7 !
The end evaluation is "Black is helpless, Gutman"
Also on 17. ... Ng4 18.h3 Nxf2 19.g4+ Nxg4 20.hxg4+ Bxg4 21.Kf2 .
In addition to 9. ... Qe5 and my 9. ... Qb4 ?! there is also 9. ... Qa4 and 9. ... Qg4, but black ends up in bad shape in all variations.
The real mistake may be 6. ... Nf6. 6. ... Qxe4! 7.Nb5 transposes to another variation.
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Originally posted by paulbuchmanfromficsI love variations like this. That type of imbalance is amazing. The only variation I am familiar with for acheiving it is:
One more variation !!!
[pgn]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O
Bxc3 8.Nf5 Qxe4 9.Bd3 Qe5 10.Nxg7+ Kf8 11.Bh6 Ng8 12.Ne6+ Ke7 13.Bg7
dxe6 14.Bxe5 Bxe5 15.c3 Nf6
*
[/pgn]
Three Pieces For The Queen (and why black is allowed to castle in the previous variation)
Originally posted by robbie carrobie13.Qd6 looks pretty promising in this one, threatening mate on f8, ie..
here was a very quick game i played against someone who employed the same line...Qh4
[pgn]["Challenge"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[EndDate "2008.01.10"]
[Round "?"]
[White "robbie carrobie"]
[Black "Sturgis85"]
[WhiteRating "1614"]
[BlackRating "1423"]
[WhiteELO "1614"]
[BlackELO "1423"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Gam ...[text shortened]... 1f4 Kc7d8 13.Qd1g4 g6 14.Bh1xc6 bxc6 15.Bf4g5 Ng8e7 16.Qg4b4 1-0[/pgn]
13.Qd6 ..Nf6 (..Ne7 might be better as the black bishop can't pin on g5...)
14.0-0-0
The rook is gonna smash through once on the e-file and blacks development is constricted to simply waiting for white to find a suitable mate. Rook on e1 and Queen checking on c7 look pretty unstoppable to me..