Originally posted by greenpawn34 Loads of examples of the Pillsbury Mate.
Quite by coincidence, I happened on a Pillsbury dance today in a book I'm reading. (The book is A. Roisman, 400 Kurzpartien, and it's given me another idea for another day.) I'm truncating the game from where it gets relevant:
EVENT
?
SITE
Vienna
DATE
1969
ROUND
?
WHITE
Beni
BLACK
Schwarzbach
RESULT
1-0
FEN
r4rk1/1p1n1ppp/p1b4q/5P2/3BP3/1BP2Q2/P1P4P/1K4R1 w - - 0 1
1. Qh3 {!! Black doesn't <i>have</i> to take this sacrifice, but it's obviously too tempting to refuse.} Qxh3 2. Rxg7+ Kh8 3. Rxf7+ Kg8 4. Rg7+ Kh8 5. Rxd7+ {In fact, Rg8 would have been mate on the move. Black resigned anyway.} 1-0
I was inspired by morgski and greenpawn34 to play the Icelandic Gambit in my game tonight at my local chess club here in Colorado Springs. I don't think it was precisely an Icelandic Gambit, but I did sac the c6 pawn, so probably close enough 🙂
It was a fun game - 2 exchange sacrifices, and 1 exchange blunder 😛
Thanks for the inspiration guys! You are the wind beneath my wings!! 😀
Nice Tim, you play a good endgame 🙂
I played to Icelandic Gambit for the first time for GP's blog, but have tested it since OTB against my mate and finding it is quite a good opening. Or at least, it throws a spanner in whatever e4 opening white had planned.
Do any of those much cleverer people out there know if it is a sound opening or has someone a major flaw? Would be interesting to know...
Icelandic Gambit
06 Sep '11 23:14
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