Hi, two things;
1) The Morra gambit is tricky to me, can anyone offer advice?
2) It says at the top rated. Is it?
[Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2008.1.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ares3"]
[Black "Suikon"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e2-e4 c7-c5 2. d2-d4 c5xd4 3. c2-c3 d4xc3 4. Nb1xc3 e7-e5 5. Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 6. Bf1-c4 h7-h6 7. Qd1-b3 Qd8-f6 8. Nc3-d5 Qf6-g6 9. Nd5-c7 Ke8-d8 10. Nc7xa8 Qg6xe4 11. Bc1-e3 Bf8-b4 12. Ke1-e2 Nc6-d4 13. Nf3xd4 e5xd4 14. Qb3xb4 Qe4-c2 15. Be3-d2 Ng8-e7 16. Ra1-c1 Qc2-e4 17. Ke2-d1 Qe4xg2 18. Rh1-e1 d7-d5 19. Qb4xe7 1-0
Originally posted by ares3This thread Thread 81704 has a discussion of some ideas on the Morra gambit. It also has an annotated game by me in it. I'm not so sure anout the quality of my annotation but it seems obvious that the quality of the discussion that followed was very good.
Hi, two things;
1) The Morra gambit is tricky to me, can anyone offer advice?
2) It says at the top rated. Is it?
[Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2008.1.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ares3"]
[Black "Suikon"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e2-e4 c7-c5 2. d2-d4 c5xd4 3. c2-c3 d4xc3 4. Nb1xc3 e7-e5 5. Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 6. Bf1-c4 h7-h6 7. Qd1- ...[text shortened]... Be3-d2 Ng8-e7 16. Ra1-c1 Qc2-e4 17. Ke2-d1 Qe4xg2 18. Rh1-e1 d7-d5 19. Qb4xe7 1-0
If you face the Morra gambit on a blitz game and you don't have your ideas well sorted out it can be an uphill battle for a long time, but I think that you if you keep your cool and have some experience from previous slower games you can make it.
Another one:
[Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2008.1.27"]
[Round "?"]
[White "ares3"]
[Black "mokumman"]
[Result "1-0"]
1. e2-e4 c7-c5 2. d2-d4 c5xd4 3. c2-c3 d4xc3 4. Nb1xc3 e7-e6 5. Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 6. Bf1-d3 Bf8-e7 7. Bc1-e3 d7-d6 8. O-O Ng8-f6 9. Qd1-c2 h7-h6 10. Ra1-d1 e6-e5 11. Nf3-d2 Bc8-g4 12. Rd1-c1 O-O 13. f2-f4 e5xf4 14. Rf1xf4 Bg4-e6 15. Rc1-f1 a7-a6 16. Bd3-c4 Be6xc4 17. Nd2xc4 Nc6-b4 18. Qc2-e2 d6-d5 19. e4xd5 Nb4xd5 20. Nc3xd5 Qd8xd5 21. Nc4-b6 Qd5-e6 22. Nb6xa8 Rf8xa8 23. Qe2-f3 Qe6xa2 24. Be3-d4 Ra8-d8 25. Bd4xf6 Be7xf6 26. Rf4-g4 Qa2xb2 27. Qf3xf6 Qb2xf6 28. Rf1xf6 Rd8-d1 29. Kg1-f2 Rd1-d2 30. Kf2-g3 a6-a5 31. Rf6xh6 1-0
Any advice on how I'm playing? I feel a bit weakened and cramped...