If It's A Good One

It's time to go back to Philidor1792 for some more 9.Na3 ideas... The following game is a good reminder that it only takes one mistake to lose a game, if it's a "good" one.


Philidor1792 - guest871
Internet online game, 2012

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ 

4...Kxf7 5.Nxe5+ Nxe5 6.Qh5+ Ke6 7.Qf5+ Kd6 8.d4 

See "A Fan of the Jerome Gambit."

8...Bxd4 9.Na3 c6 10.Bf4 Qf6 11.0-0-0 

11...Qxf5

Also seen: 11...c5 12.Nb5+ (12.Bxe5+ since 12...Qxe5 13.Nc4+) 12...Ke7 13.Nxd4 (13.Bg5 d5 14.Qf4 Bxb2+ 15.Kb1 Nf7 16.Qc7+ Kf8 17.Qxc5+ Ne7 18.Bxf6 Bxf6) 13...cxd4 14.Bxe5 (14.Bg5 d6 15.Bxf6+ Nxf6 16.Qg5) 14...Qxf5 15.exf5 Nf6 16.Rhe1 Kf7 17.Bd6 Re8 18.Rxe8 Nxe8 19.Rxd4 Nxd6 20.Rxd6 Ke7 21.Rd3 d6 22.g4 Bd7 23.Kd2 Rc8 24.c3 Rc6 25.f4 Kf6 26.Rd5 a6 27.g5+ Ke7 28.Kd3 Rc5 29.Rxc5 dxc5 30.Ke4 Kd6 31.h4 Bc6+ 32.Ke3 Kd5 33.h5 Bd7 34.h6 Bxf5 35.hxg7 Be6 36.f5 Bg8 37.Kf4 Kd6 38.a3 Ke7 39.Ke5 Kf7 40.f6 Kg6 41.Kd6 Kxg5 42.Ke7 Kg6 43.Kf8 Bd5 44.g8Q+ Bxg8 45.Kxg8 Kxf6 46.Kxh7 Ke5 47.Kg6 Ke4 48.Kf6 Kd3 49.Ke6 Kc2 50.Kd5 b6 51.b4 cxb4 52.cxb4 Kb3 (52...b5) 53.b5 axb5 54.Kc6 Ka4 55.Kxb6 Kxa3 56.Kxb5 drawn, Philidor1792 - guest2324, Internet online game, 2012. 

12.exf5 c5 13.Nc4+ Kc7 

Keeping the King in the fray with 13...Kd5 was safer.

14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Bxe5+ Kd8 16.Bxg7 Black resigned