Crazy attacking play by SamuraiJunior

Here is an interesting 3 min game I played yesterday on Internet.

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[Event "rated blitz match"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2012.03.06"] [Round "?"] [White "arnackor"] [Black "SamuraiJunior"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C61"] [WhiteElo "1994"] [BlackElo "1927"] [Annotator "arnackor"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2012.??.??"] [TimeControl "180"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 {ok, this is the Bird defense. It's not very commendable...} 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O f5 $6 {But what's that?? Some Bird-Schliemmann? I did not find any game with this move!} 6. Bc4 {I choose a solid move. 6...fxe4 is not possible because of 7.Qh5+. White might be threatening Bxg8 followed by Qh5+.} Nf6 7. e5 Ng4 8. h3 {Because Black can't take in e5 thanks to Re1 followed by f4, but Black is ready...} h5 $1 {Well, Black uses a wellknown pattern, the Knight is immune.} 9. d3 b5 $5 {Wow, what kind of player is that? Is Anderssen back? Are we really in 2012?} 10. Bxb5 Bb7 11. c3 {As d4 is very annoying I want to eliminate it.} Qh4 {Finally a move that did not surprise me :-)} 12. e6 $2 {As I saw absolutely no threat for Black I became too confident and make a mistake... I had to follow my plan and take in d4 with a winning position.} (12. cxd4 $18) 12... O-O-O (12... Bd6 { was better}) 13. Bxd7+ Kb8 14. cxd4 $2 ({now} 14. Bf4 {was better}) 14... Bd6 { After this move I understood it was very dangerous. Black has 4 pieces in the attack and is threatening Bh2+ Kh1 Qxh3 f3 Qh4. It's very difficult to find a defense for white, could you?} 15. Qb3 {Quite good but there was better.} ({ White had to find the great} 15. d5 $1 Bxd5 16. Nc3 Bb7 17. Qb3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Nxf2+ 19. Kxh2 Ng4+ 20. Kg1 Qg3 21. Qxb7+ Kxb7 22. Bf4 $11) 15... Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Qxh3 $4 {Black doesn't care of White 15th move and loses the game with this blunder.} ({Winning the Queen and the game was} 16... Nxf2+ 17. Kxh2 Ng4+ 18. Kg1 Qg3 19. Rf3 (19. Qxb7+ Kxb7 20. Bf4 Qxd3 $19) 19... Qh2+ 20. Kf1 Qh1+ 21. Ke2 Qxg2+ $19) 17. Qxb7+ (17. Bc6 {was even better}) 17... Kxb7 18. gxh3 $18 1-0

Nice attacking chess by untitled player

Under 2200 players can play very good attacking chess too! Have a look at this one.

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[Event "26. European Club Cup 2010"] [Site "Plovdiv BUL"] [Date "2010.10.18"] [Round "2.24"] [White "Mossong, Hubert"] [Black "Katzourakis, Pavlos"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2184"] [BlackElo "2141"] [Annotator "chessallovertheworld.blogspot.com"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2010.10.??"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "BUL"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 e6 6. O-O d6 7. d3 Nf6 8. f4 Qc7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Qe1 Be7 11. f5 b4 12. fxe6 fxe6 13. Nf4 $1 {like in a Sozin!} bxc3 14. Nxe6 Qb6 15. Nxg7+ $1 { attacking chess, white saw he can let black take in b2} (15. bxc3 { was possible but less strong}) 15... Kf7 16. Nf5 cxb2 17. Bxb2 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qxc2 19. Rxb7 {only one pawn for the piece but both rook targetting the black king and a killer Nf5!} Rhd8 (19... Qa4 $1 20. d4 $1 cxd4 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nxe7 Kxe7 23. Qxe5+ {with a decisive attack}) 20. e5 $1 { opening all lines, white is totally winning} dxe5 21. Nxe7 Rab8 (21... Kxe7 22. Qxe5+ Kf8 23. Rxf6+ {with a quick mate}) 22. Nc6 {nice move to end a nice game} (22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. Qxe5 {was crushing and nice too}) 1-0

Another black disaster in Spain

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[Event "Team Ch-ESP"] [Site "Sestao ESP"] [Date "2010.08.26"] [Round "4"][White "Graf, A."][Black "Rubio Tapia,J."][Result "1-0"][ECO "E81"][WhiteElo "2590"][BlackElo "2103"][PlyCount "47"][EventDate "2010.08.23"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nh3 {an interesting setup} e5 8. Be2 $5 {a rare move, usually white play 8.d5} Nh5 9. O-O f5 {a risky decision, the center is not closed and black's castle can be weakened} 10. exf5 gxf5 11. f4 {thanks to the Nh3} exf4 $6 (11... exd4 12. Bxd4 Nhf6 {was more logical, even if white keeps an edge}) 12. Bf2 $1 {gaining time on the Nh5} Nhf6 13. Nxf4 {excellent square for a knight} Re8 14.Bh4 {black has already a very embarrassing position after a mere 14 moves} c6 15. Nh5 Qb6 (15... Nf8 {trying to clog his castle} 16. Bg4 {flashy} Ng6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 $16) 16. Nxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd2 {now you can count many weaknesses in black side: dark squares (like yesterday's game!), light squares, back rank...} Ne4 18. Nxe4 Rxe4 19. c5 $1 dxc5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 21.Bc4 Rg4 22. Qxg4 $1 {not difficult but pleasant! Do you see the end?} fxg4 23. Rf8+ $1 Kg7 24. Rg8+ 1-0

It's interesting to see that Graf won another game in the same 24 moves in 1998 with this variation (but 8.d5).

Miniaturized master

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[Event "Sants Open A"] [Site "La Bordeta ESP"] [Date "2010.08.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Rodshtein, M."] [Black "Leniart, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B39"] [WhiteElo "2609"] [BlackElo "2423"] [PlyCount "37"] [EventDate "2010.08.20"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 $5 8. Qxg4 Bxd4 $2 {It has already been tried (without success!) but it's an unlogical move : usually white work hard to exchange this bishop, for example with Qd2 and Bh6. So, exchanging it for free seems really strange.} (8... Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 {is the main line of 8...Ng4}) 9. Bxd4 Nxd4 10. O-O-O Nc6 { moreover this knight has to move again! All this looks really ugly for black.} 11. Qf4 d6 12. c5 {very logical} O-O 13. h4 $1 (13. cxd6 Be6 { and black will try to complicate the game}) 13... h5 14. Be2 Qa5 15. g4 { white don't care about the d pawn, they only want to mate this poor black king without his fianchetted bishop!} Nd4 $2 {black tries something but it can't work when there are so many threats on his king} (15... Qxc5 16. Rd5 $1 { to prevent Qe5} Qb4 17. a3 Qb6 18. gxh5 $18 { and I would not like to be the black king...}) (15... hxg4 16. h5 { with a strong attack}) 16. Rxd4 e5 { black's idea but they forgot a small detail : their king!} 17. Qh6 exd4 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. g5 1-0

Who said only beginners let their poor king alone with all dark squares weakened ? :-)

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