11 Move Win in the BDG

A quick win playing a trap against Manuel Sencials of Malaga, Spain.

 

KingLeopold (1609) – Erculito (1508)

Chess.com 04.01.16

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 e6 9.Qf3 Bxc2!? 10.g5! Nd5?? 11.Qxf7# 1-0

 

Another Short Win

After losing several online games I came up roses with this nice win in 16 moves:

KingLeopold (1589) vs Egaaaaaal (1685)

Chess.com / 2015.10.11

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Nxe4 (Hübsch Gambit) 4.Nxe4 dxe4 5.Bc4 e6 6.f3 c5 (Black counter-attacks in the centre) 7.c3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Bd2 Bxd2+ 10.Qxd2 Nc6 11.Rd1 exf3 12.Nxf3 O-O 13.O-O a6?! (13…b6 followed by 14…Bb7 might have been better) 14.Bb3 Qf6 15.Bc2 b5?? 16.Ne5! (Black drops a piece with the old Discovery tactic) 1-0

The BDG Dominates Again

I love playing the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit. Here’s a game I played against a long time friend from Florida (Bill) who is also a strong player and has beaten me in many a game.

KingLeopold (1652) – chessmates55 (1634)

1.d4 d5 2.e4 {Thematic Game – This is the starting position.}
2…dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.Be3 e6 9.Bd3 Bb4 10.O-O Bxc3?! (Giving away the Bishop for the Knight serves no purpose)  11.bxc3 Nbd7 12.Rae1 O-O 13.Qg3 Kh8 14.Bg5 h6?! (Bill gives me a nice gift of a pop up target) 15.Qh4 Qa5 16.Bxh6 gxh6 17.Qxh6+ Kg8 18.Re3!! (and there is no saving Blacks position) 1-0

Mate in 13

In this game my opponent slips up and allows me to mate him on the 13th move, so he went ahead and resigned.

[Event “Let’s Play!”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2014.11.22”]
[White “KingLeopold”]
[Black “Potzer”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1576”]
[BlackElo “1505”]
[TimeControl “1 in 1 day”]
[Termination “KingLeopold won by resignation”]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bh5 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne5 Be4 9.Nxe4 Nxe4 10.Qf3 Nf6
 11.c3 c6 12.g5 Nfd7 1-0

Another Fine Win with the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit

I love playing the BDG. I get a lot of nice games, bot wins and loses. Below is one of my wins:

[Event “Let’s Play!”]
[Site “Chess.com”]
[Date “2014.11.18”]
[White “KingLeopold”]
[Black “j_rock”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1567”]
[BlackElo “1459”]
[TimeControl “1 in 3 days”]
[Termination “KingLeopold won by resignation”]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 (Euwe Defense) 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 Nb6 9.O-O O-O 10.Rae1 (All of White’s pieces are in play) 10…c6
(10…c5 is also played here) 11.Kh1 Nfd5?! (I see this a lot but here Black ended up losing a piece) 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.c4 Bxg5 14.Nxg5 h6 15.Nh7 Re8 16.cxd5 exd5 17.Qf4 Be6 18.Qg3 Kh8 19.Re5 f5 20.Qg6 Bg8
 21.Rexf5 Re6 22.Rf6 Rxf6 23.Nxf6 gxf6?? (Black had to play 23…Qd6 to survive) 24.Qxh6+ 1-0 (24…Bh7 25.Qxh7#)

Two Games Same Theme

Recently I won two games online, both, though different openings, allowed me to play the same attacking theme. The first was a tournament game against one of my co-works Coach Alfredo Garcia:

[Event “1st 1 of the year – Round 1”] [Site “Chess.com”] [Date “2013.02.11”] [White “KingLeopold”] [Black “gritmoon”] [Result “1-0”] {WhiteElo “1670”] [BlackElo “1565”] [TimeControl “1 in 2 days”] [Termination “KingLeopold won by checkmate”]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4 BDG/Huebsch  5.Bc4 Nc6!? {More Common is …e6 and …Bf5 } 6.c3 Bf5 7.f3 exf3 8.Nxf3 e6 9.O-O Bd6 10.Ng5?! {Really a wasted move as it is not attacking anything. But I was counting on my opponent to… } …O-O?! {This allowed me to follow through with my vicious plan of attack }  11.Rxf5!

11…exf5 12.Qh5 h6 13.Nxf7 Rxf7 {Here I was expecting …Qf8 which I would of followed by 14.Nxh6++ Kh8 15.Nf7++ Kg8 16.Qh8# mate} 14.Bxf7+ Kh8 15.Bxh6 Bxh2+ 16.Qxh2 Qxd4+ 17.Be3+ Qh4 18.Qxh4# 1-0

Now I don’t want anyone to think Alfredo is a push over as he recently won 1st place in his division at the Tempe Open

My second game was an online game against Mike Nikitin of Michigan.

[Event “Let’s Play!”] [Site “Chess.com”] [Date “2013.02.20”] [White “KingLeopold”] [Black “mikeniks”] [Result “1-0”] [WhiteElo “1680”] [BlackElo “1738”] [TimeControl “1 in 3 days”] [Termination “KingLeopold won by resignation”]

1.d4 d5 2.e4 c6 {Caro-Kann} 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 {BDG by transposition} 5.Nxf3 Nf6 6.Be3 Bf5 {This Bishop will soon become my target of opportunity} 7.Bc4 e6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Ng5?! {Once again I play this useless Knight move} …Be7 10.Rxf5!

10…exf5  11.Nxf7 Qc7 {I was expecting …Qb6} 12.Nxh8 Ng4 {I spent a lot of time calculating my next move and deciding that I could survive the coming Queen check} 13.Qf3 Qxh2+ 14.Kf1 Bh4 {this move came as a complete surprise to me} 15.Bg1 Qh1 16.Ke2 Bf2?! {There has to be something better than this} 17.Bxf2 Qxa1?! {For now the Queen is out of play allowing me to mount an unstoppable attack} 18.Qxf5 Ngf6 19.Qe6+ Kd8 20.Nf7+ Kc8  21.Ba6!! {This not so easy to find move just wins for me} …Qxb2 22.Qxc6+ Kb8 23.Bg3+ 1-0

Another Victim of the BDG

KingLeopold (1658) – jimmycocos (1800)

TimeControl “1 move in 3 days

Chess.com 9/22/12

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 (I love playing the BDG) 4…e5 (Lemberger Counter-Gambit) 4.Qh5 Qxd4? (4…Nc6 gives Black his best chance) 5.Be3 (Attacks the queen) 5…Qd6 6.Bc4 g6 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.Rd1 (Attacks the Queen again) 8…Qe7 9.Bg5 Bf5 10.Nd5 Bg7??  11.Nxe7 1-0

Even the Strong Fall

It’s rare when I get a win against my young friend Jeffery Poppell. My last game against him resulted in a hard-fought draw after 63 moves. But even the strong must fall here and there against the mighty Blackmar-Diemer Gambit in less that 25 moves as I take him down for only the 4th time in 15 games.

Leopold Lacrimosa (1656) – Jeffery Poppell (1815)

Chess.com, 7.17.12

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 g6 Bogolubjov Variation 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.O-O O-O 8.Qe1 He who hesitates, loses 8…a6?! Developing the Knight or Bishop I believe is better. 9.Qh4 b5 10.Bb3 h5 trying to hold off my attack, but still no development.  11.Bg5 Nbd7 12.Rae1 For a pawn I finish my development is finished in 12 moves 12…e6 13.Ne5 c5 His Queen side counter attack is way too slow. 14.Ne4 c4 Boxes in my Bishop with the Noah’s Ark trap, but the real fight is on the other side of the board 15.Nxd7 Removal of the Guard 15…Bxd7 16.Nxf6+ The second guard is now gone 16…Bxf6 17.Bxf6 And the third one falls. Who will protect the King? Shirley, it’s not going to be left up to the pawns? 17…Qb6 18.Re5! Now the heavy pieces come into play. Notice where Black’s rooks are. 18…cxb3 19.Rxh5! Like the Orc in Lord of the Rings sacrificing itself to blow a hole in the castle wall 19…gxh5 20.Qg5+ The Queen steps into the breach and there is no one able to come and save the King. 20…King moves 21.Qg7# mate is inevitable.
This gives me a score against Jeffery as 4W/ 8L/ 3D

Double Sacrifice Win

KingLeopold (1680) vs JefferyPoppell (1810)

Chess.com  2012.04.02

TimeControl “1 in 3 days”

 

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 My standard answer 2…d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 BDG by trnasposition 5…g6 Bogolyubov Var. 6.Ne5 Bg7 7.Bc4 O-O 8.O-O e6 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4 g5  11.Bg3 c6 12.Qd3 Nbd7 13.Nxf7?! I wasn’t sure if this sacrifice was correct or not, but it does break down the castle walls 13…Kxf7?! Souldn’t he have taken with the rook or not? 14.Rae1! Everyone of my piece are in play 14…Nb6 15.Bb3 Re8 16.Be5 Rh8 17.Qf3 Rf8 18.Ne4 Kg6 19.Qd3 Nxe4 20.Qxe4+ Rf5  21.g4 Bxe5 22.gxf5+ exf5 23.Qxe5 Nd5 24.c3 Nf4?! 25.Rxf4! I feel good about this second sacrifice 25…gxf4 26.Kh1! I can’t let him set up an attack on my king 26…Qf8 27.Rg1+ Kh5?! Stepping into the fray? 28.Bd1+ Kh4 You can run but you can not hide! 29.Qxf4+ Kh3 30.Qg3#  1-0

The Blackmar-Deimer Gambit Strikes Once Again!

Here I have a nice win over my opponent who has already beaten me in several games prior to this one…

KingLeopold (1693) –  NeilCousin (1733)

Chess.com  2012.02.03

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 e6 (The game starts out as a French Defense.) 4.Bg5 (I’ve been playing the Alekhine Variation lately) 4…dxe4 (With this move my opponent allows the transposition into the BDG)  5.f3 exf3 6.Nxf3 (We have now transposed into the Ewue Variation) 6…Be7 7.Qd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 c5 9.O-O-O Qa5 10.h4 h6 11.Be3 cxd4 12.Bxd4 Nc5 13.Bb5+ Kf8?! (Why not 13…Bd7 guarded by the knight?)

14.Bxc5! Bxc5 15.Qd8+ Qxd8 16.Rxd8+ Black Resigns as he can not prvent the loss of his rook. 1-0