I just played this 15 0 game on ICC. It had an unusual queen sac, not a theme I've ever seen before, so I thought I'd share so people could add it to their "tactics bank":
[Event "ICC 15 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "empire"]
[Black "TonyRo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2108"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]
[TimeControl "900"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4 Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Bb3 Rc8 12. Kb1 Re8 13. g4 b5 14. h4 b4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. h5 a4 18. hxg6 axb3 19. gxf7+ Nxf7 20. Qh2 bxc2+ 21. Nxc2 h6 22. Nd4 Qa5 23. Ne6 b3 24. a3 Rc2 25. Rd2 Qxd2 26. Bxd2 Rxb2+ 27. Kc1 Bxe6 28. dxe6 Rc8+ 29. Kd1 Ne5 30. Qh5 Rcc2 31. Rh2 Rb1+ 32. Ke2 Rxd2+ 33. Kxd2 Nxf3+ 34. Kd3 Nxh2 35. Qxh2 b2 36. Qf2 Rd1+ 37. Kc4 b1=Q 38. Qf7+ Kh7 {White resigns} 0-1
Enjoy. 😀
Originally posted by !~TONY~!That's a cute sac - 25. Qxd2.
I just played this 15 0 game on ICC. It had an unusual queen sac, not a theme I've ever seen before, so I thought I'd share so people could add it to their "tactics bank":
[Event "ICC 15 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.03.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "empire"]
[Black "TonyRo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2012"]
[BlackElo "2108" ...[text shortened]... f2 Rd1+ 37. Kc4 b1=Q 38. Qf7+ Kh7 {White resigns} 0-1
Enjoy. 😀
Anyway, what puzzled me is why didn't you play 6. ... Ng4. As far as I know f3 is played to prevent Ng4. White's black-square bishop is much better than Black's king's knight. That's just my opinion.
Originally posted by kbaumen6. ... Ng4(?)
...
Anyway, what puzzled me is why didn't you play 6. ... Ng4. As far as I know f3 is played to prevent Ng4....
7. Bb5+! +-
e.g
7. ... Bd7
8. Qxg4
or.
7. ... Nc6
8. Nxc6 Nxe3
9. Nxd8 is check
This doesn't work after
6. ... Bg7
because Black then has f8 available for the king. That's why White has to play f3 on move 7.
- this is all Dragon theory.
Originally posted by JonathanB of LondonOk, you got me there.
6. ... Ng4(?)
7. Bb5+! +-
e.g
7. ... Bd7
8. Qxg4
or.
7. ... Nc6
8. Nxc6 Nxe3
9. Nxd8 is check
This doesn't work after
6. ... Bg7
because Black then has f8 available for the king. That's why White has to play f3 on move 7.
- this is all Dragon theory.
Yeah it doesn't quite work. That said, Anand played Qd2 instead of f3 in one of his games vs. Kasparov. Black can play Ng4, but it's not really that big of a deal, since the bishop can just go to g5. I think I would just play 0-0 or Nc6 anyway, since I'd rather just go into known Dragon Theory, instead of trying to bishop hunt when it doesn't work anyway.