Thursday, February 9, 2012

"Only" A Draw


Here is another draw from the nearly-completed-now Jerome Gambit Thematic Tournament at ChessWorld. It is full of play on both sides of the board, and White only grows "peaceful" when his King is threatened.

Knight32 - Baron wd von Blanc, heart pirate
Jerome Gambit Thematic TournamentChessWorld, 2011

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+


4..Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ng6


7.Qxc5 N8e7 8.d4 Rf8 9.Nc3 d6


10.Qc4+ Be6 11.d5 Bd7 12.Bg5 Kg8 13.f3 Ne5 14.Qe2 h6 15.Bh4 g5 16.Bg3 N5g6


17.h4 c5 18.h5 Nf4 19.Bxf4 Rxf4 20.g3 Rf8 21.0-0-0 b5


22.e5 dxe5 23.Qxe5 Nf5 24.Ne4 Nd4 25.f4 Nf3 26.Qc3 g4


27.Qxc5 Qa5 28.Qd6 Qxa2

That's close enough, thinks White, who checks out.

29.Qg6+ Kh8 30.Qxh6+ Kg8 31.Qg6+ Kh8 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qg6+ Kh8 34.Qh6+ drawn



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