Recent game I played

Here is a recent game I played--a Brilliant exposition in the soundness of the latvian gambit!

[Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2009.8.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Germaniawerks"]
[Black "King Greco"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. Ng1-f3 f7-f5 3. Nf3xe5 Ng8-f6 4. e4xf5 Qd8-e7 5. Qd1-e2 d7-d6 6. Ne5-f3 Bc8xf5 7. d2-d3 Nb8-c6 8. Bc1-g5 O-O-O 9. Nb1-c3 Qe7-f7 10. Qe2-d2 Rd8-e8 11. Bf1-e2 Nf6-d5 12. O-O-O h7-h6 13. Bg5-h4 Nd5xc3 14. Qd2xc3 Qf7xa2 15. Rd1-e1 d6-d5 16. Nf3-d4 Bf8-b4 0-1

The Gambit King

[Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2009.8.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Germaniawerks"]
[Black "King Greco"]
[Result "0-1"]




Here is your game on board

Originally posted by King Greco
Here is a recent game I played--a Brilliant exposition in the soundness of the latvian gambit!

[Event "RHP Blitz rated"]
[Site "www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2009.8.18"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Germaniawerks"]
[Black "King Greco"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. Ng1-f3 f7-f5 3. Nf3xe5 Ng8-f6 4. e4xf5 Qd8-e7 5. Qd1-e2 d7-d6 6. Ne5-f3 Bc8xf5 7. d2-d3 ...[text shortened]... d5xc3 14. Qd2xc3 Qf7xa2 15. Rd1-e1 d6-d5 16. Nf3-d4 Bf8-b4 0-1

The Gambit King

Erm ... the choice of opening had little to do with the result of this game. 12.0-0-0? was just a bad move. Two moves later, he completely missed your threat of ...Bb4.

Not really seeing any brilliance here. 😴

a Brilliant exposition in the soundness of the latvian gambit!

Now you're pushing it

Originally posted by heinzkat
a Brilliant exposition in the soundness of the latvian gambit!

Now you're pushing it

It wasn't like I wasn't threatening mate or other manoeuvres near the end.
He may have made a couple of mistakes, but they weren't that obvious.
The line I played is very solid, and I almost think I had an edge positionally.
I have confidence and much practise in that variation. White's only try for a plus
is the complications that arise after 4. B-B4!?, which is a position that most Black
players, including myself, like to play, as it transposes to 3. B-B4, the 'main line'.

Greco