(1) Burt,Will - Heard,Andy [C33]
4NCL, 05.05.2008
[Fritz 11 (100m)]

C33: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nc3 and 3 Bc4

1.e4
Before this game, which was the last of the season, I was beginning to feel that, but for the social element, now would would be a good time to call time on my chess playing career...

1...e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 d6 5.Nf3 Qh5 6.Nc3
[6.d4 g5 7.h4 h6 (7...Bg4 8.Nbd2 Bg7 9.c3 h6 10.Qb3 b6 11.Kg1 Qg6 12.hxg5 hxg5 13.Rxh8 Bxh8 14.Qb5+ Nd7 15.Qxg5 Ne7 16.Qxf4 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.Nc4 0-0-0 19.Qg5 Qh7 20.Qh4 Qg6 21.Qxe7 Bf6 22.Nxd6+ Ziabari,M (2003)-Kisielius,R/Panevezys 2007/CBM 119 ext/1-0) 8.Nc3 Ne7 9.Kg1 g4 10.Ne1 f3 11.gxf3 gxf3 12.Qxf3 Bg4 13.Qf2 Nbc6 14.Ng2 Bf3 15.Rh3 Bxg2 16.Kxg2 Rh7 17.Bf4 Bg7 18.Be3 0-0-0 19.Bxf7 Qa5 20.Rf1 Kb8 Kostin,A (2420)-Citak,S (2258)/Voronezh 2006/CBM 112 ext/0-1 (59)]

6...Nf6N
[6...c6 7.d4 g5 8.h4 Bh6 9.Nxg5 Qxd1+ 10.Nxd1 Bxg5 11.hxg5 Be6 12.Bd3 Ne7 13.Bxf4 Kd7 14.Ne3 Na6 15.c4 Ng6 16.g3 Nb4 17.Ke2 Nxd3 18.Kxd3 Ke7 19.Rh6 Rad8 20.Rah1 Nf8 21.Nf5+ Zindel,E-Jagstaidt,P/Geneve 1992/TD/1-0]

7.d4 g5
[7...Nc6!?+/= must definitely be considered]

8.e5+/- Ng4
[8...dxe5 9.dxe5 g4 10.exf6 (10.Bxf4? is no good 10...gxf3 11.Qxf3 Qxf3+ 12.gxf3 Nh5-+ ) 10...gxf3 11.Qxf3 (11.gxf3?! Bh3+ 12.Ke1 Qh4+ 13.Kd2 Qxf6 14.Qe2+ Be6=/+ ; 11.Bxf4 again the pawn contains a lethal dose of poison 11...fxg2+ 12.Kxg2 Rg8+ 13.Bg3 Bh3+ 14.Kf2 Qc5+ 15.Ke1 Qxc4-+ ) 11...Qxf3+ 12.gxf3+/- ]

9.Nd5
[9.Qe1 Kd8 10.Ne4+/- ]

9...Kd8+/-
Black loses the right to castle

10.Qe1 Nc6 11.Qc3
[>=11.h3+/- ]

11...dxe5-/+ 12.dxe5 Ngxe5??
overlooking an easy win. . [12...Bg7!? looks like a viable alternative 13.Nf6 Bxf6 14.exf6 Re8=/+ ]

13.Nf6
[>=13.Nxe5 and White has prevailed 13...Qd1+ 14.Kf2 Bc5+ 15.Be3 fxe3+ 16.Nxe3 Bxe3+ 17.Kxe3 Qd4+ 18.Qxd4+ Nxd4 19.Nxf7+ Kd7 20.Kxd4+- ]

13...Bb4=
Black threatens to win material: Bb4xc3

14.Qb3?
[>=14.Nxh5 and White could well hope to play on 14...Bxc3 15.bxc3 Nxc4 16.Nxg5= ]

14...Qg6-+ 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Nd5?
[>=16.Qxb4 Qxf6 17.Bd2-+ ]

16...Qe4
Black has a mate threat [>=16...Bd6 and Black takes home the point 17.Bd2 c6-+ ]

17.Qxb4-/+ Nxc4
[>=17...Qxc4+ 18.Qxc4 Nxc4=/+ ]

18.b3??
forfeits the advantage [18.Qc5 c6 19.Nc3 Qxc2 20.Qd4+ Kc7 21.Qxc4= (21.Qxh8?? avaricious play 21...f3 22.Qxc8+ Rxc8 23.gxf3 Re8-+ ) ]

18...Re8-+
[18...Qxd5?! 19.Qxc4 Qxc4+ 20.bxc4-+ ]

19.h4
[19.h3 what else? 19...c5 20.Qc3 Qxd5 21.Qxc4 Qxc4+ 22.bxc4-+ ]

19...Qxd5 20.bxc4
[20.Qxc4 hoping against hope 20...Qd1+ 21.Kf2 Qxh1 22.Qd5+ Bd7 23.Qxg5+ Kc8 24.Bb2-+ ]

20...Qd1+ 21.Kf2 Re2+ 22.Kf3 Re1+ 23.Kf2 Qe2#
Despite all the blunders that Fritz has since found - I heard my opponent walking around afterwards saying "I should have won with ...." - mate is a nice way to end the season. The sun was shining outside. 0-1