Latvian Gambit Chaos

[Event "ICS unrated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2010.09.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "GuestTKMR"]
[Black "paulbuchman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[TimeControl "300"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 {The Latvian! I'm trying to uncork all those little old gambits that used to bring me so much joy.} 3.exf5 e4 4.Nd4 Qf6 {I remember this from Kosten's book.} 5.Qh5+ g6 6.fxg6 hxg6 7.Qd5 {OK ... I am out of book here. My first thought was Rh5 to meet Qxe4+ with Re5. That hangs g8 though. Rook swings along the h file are still available.} Ne7
8.Qc4 {8.Qxe4 maybe Rh4} d5 9.Qc3 {Here I have to be careful. Nb5 is threatened.} c6 10.d3 {10.Nb5 or 10.Ne2 would take the queens off, but I have a lot of development and open lines.} Bg7 11.Nb3 {11.Be3 was much better.} Qf7 {I saw the possibility of d4 instead, but I couldn't resist the tricky tactics that follow.} 12.Qd2 Bh6 13.Qd1 O-O {This was one of the points of Bh6. Mate on f2 is threatened and if Be3 I just snap it off.} 14.f3
exf3 15.Bxh6 {?? 15.Qxf3 was his last chance.} fxg2 {Queens or mates, so ...GuestTKMR resigns} 0-1

[Event "ICS unrated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2010.09.13"]
[Round "-"]
[White "paulbuchman"]
[Black "GuestLMDB"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[TimeControl "600"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. c4 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bb4
8. Bd3 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bg5 Ng6 12. Ne5 Qd6 13. Rxf6 gxf6
14. Bxf6 c5 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Qh6 Qf8 17. Qh5 cxd4 18. Rf1 dxc3 19. Rf3 Qc5+
20. Kf1 Qa3 21. Qh6 Qf8 22. Qg5 h6 23. Rh3 hxg5 24. Bxg6 Qg7 25. Bxf7+ Kf8
26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Bxe8 Kf6 28. Ng4+ Ke7 29. Ba4 e5 30. Rh7+ Kd6 31. Rh8 b5
32. cxb5 Bb7 33. Rxa8 Bxa8 34. Ne3 Kc5 35. Ke2 Kb4 36. Bb3 Kxb5 37. g3 a5
38. h4 a4 39. Bd5 Bxd5 40. Nxd5 Kc4 41. Ne3+
{GuestLMDB resigns} 1-0

[FEN "r1b1rk2/pp5p/3qpBpN/7Q/2P5/2p5/P5PP/5RK1 w - - 0 1"]
1. Qxg6 {Threatens mates all over the place. Any Queen checks from Black are answered with Bishops blocking and discovering check, mate next move.} } 1...hxg6 2. Bg5+ {Only move, hold the h6 Knight.} 2...Kg7 {Forced.} 3. Rf7+ Kh8 4. Bf6 {A 3 piece mate,}

[Event "ICS unrated blitz match"]
[Site "freechess.org"]
[Date "2010.09.15"]
[Round "-"]
[White "schorsch"]
[Black "paulbuchman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[TimeControl "180"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5 {Ah! My beloved Elephant Gambit is unsound as the day is long, but what a joy it is to play.} 3.exd5 e4 {3. ... Bd6 was Maroczy's way of playing it.} 4.Nd4 Qxd5 5.Nb3 Bd6 6.Nc3 Qe5 {This setup has won many a miniature from an unsuspecting white player.} 7.Be2 Nf6 {8.0-0 and 0-1 in 8! I have won this way many times in lightning and blitz.}
8.d4 exd3 9.Qxd3 O-O 10.Be3 Nc6 11.O-O-O Bf5 12.Qd2 Rfe8 13.Rhe1 Rad8
14.Nd4 Bb4 15.Nxc6 {See comments above} Rxd2 {! This sets off the winning combination.} 16.Nxe5 Rxc2+ 17.Kb1 Rxe2+ {White has no answer to 18. ... Rxe1 and 19. ... Rxe5 ... White Resigns}
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