In the following game, my opponent gets tricked up in the fork trick...
perrypawnpusher - Tinde
blitz, FICS, 2012
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nxe4
Played after some thought. Was he considering 4...Bc5 ?
5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Bxe4 Bd7
The main line is 7... Bd6, after which it is helpful to be familiar with analysis by Yuri Bukayev. A few days later, I faced 7...Bc5.**
8.Bxc6
Better was the straight-forward 8.O-O Bd6 9. d4, but I had ideas along the e-file.
8... Bxc6 9.O-O
Now White has nothing after 9... Bd6, but Black comes to that conclusion a move too soon and makes a mistake. Once a defender has played his defense, he sometimes stops defending...
9...Qe7 10.Nxe5
Now Black's best is to acknowledge that he has troubles down the e-file, but still go out and meet them: 10...Qxe5 11.Re1 Be4 12.d4 (if 12.d3, then 12...O-O-O 13. Bd2 f5 14.dxe4 Bc5 give Black a lot of active play for the pawn, for example 15.c3 fxe4 16.Qg4+ Kb8 17.Be3, even) 12... Qd5 (or 12...Qe6 13.f3 O-O-O 14.fxe4 with an edge to White) 13.c4 Qe6 14.d5 Qe5 15.f3 f5 16.fxe4 Bc5+ 17.Kh1 O-O 18.exf5 Qxf5 and White is a bit better.
Instead, he marshalls on.
10...f6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Re1 Black resigned.
This time there is no minor piece to intercede between the White Rook and the Black Queen.
*Those who have read Yuri Bukayev's article on the "fork trick" may find that White, actually, has an edge.
**perrypawnpusher- adrienr, blitz, FICS, 2012: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Bxe4 Bc5 8.O-O O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.Nxe5 Qd5 11.Nf3 Bg4 12.d3 Rfe8 13.h3 Bh5 14.Bf4 Re6 15.Bxc7 Rg6 16.Kh2 Re8 17.Bg3 f5 18.Re1 Rf8 19.c4 Qf7 20.d4 f4 21.dxc5 fxg3+ 22.fxg3 Bxf3 23.gxf3 Qxf3 24.Qxf3 Rxf3 25.Rg1 Rf2+ 26.Rg2 Rgf6 27.Kg1 Rxg2+ 28.Kxg2 Kf7 29.Rf1 Rxf1 30.Kxf1 Ke6 31.Ke2 Kf5 32.Kf3 h6 33.b4 Ke5 34.Ke3 Black resigned [I know it's a footnote game, but it was pretty well-played -- Rick]
