Originally posted by najdorfslayerThanks.
Its a variation of the Tarrasch
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Qb6 [b]8.0-0 instigates the Korchnoi gambit.
[fen]r1b1kb1r/pp1n1ppp/1qn1p3/2ppP3/3P4/2PB1N2/PP1N1PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b kq - 0 8[/fen]
More often than not GM's decline taking the d4 pawn[/b]
The Albin Counter-Gambit interested me enough that I decided to try it tonight. 🙂 My first try with it went very well, mostly thanks to white's ignorance. I did miss a killer move with Qxa1, but it didn't really matter because I was never really challenged in this game:
[Event "Rated game, 3m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2008.01.12"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mjacobs"]
[Black "CMSMaster"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "1439"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.01.12"]
[TimeControl "180"]
1. d4 {1} d5 {1} 2. c4 {1} e5 {5} 3. dxe5 {3} d4 {2} 4. Nf3 {3} Nc6 {4} 5. b4 {
4} Bxb4+ {3} 6. Bd2 {2} Bxd2+ {1} 7. Qxd2 {1} Bg4 {5} 8. e3 {7} Bxf3 {6} 9.
gxf3 {1} dxe3 {5} 10. Qxe3 {2} Qd4 {7} 11. Qg5 {14} Qxe5+ {5} 12. Qxe5+ {8}
Nxe5 {0} 13. Nd2 {2} Nf6 {3} 14. O-O-O {1} O-O {5} 15. f4 {2} Neg4 {4} 16. f3 {
10} Nf2 {2} 17. Re1 {3} Nxh1 {2} 18. Re7 {3} Rfe8 {9} 19. Rxc7 {2} Re1+ {1} 20.
Kc2 {5} Nf2 {5} 21. Rxb7 {2} Nh5 {3} 22. Bg2 {11} Nxf4 {3} 23. Bf1 {15} Ra1 {14
} 24. Kb3 {17} Rd1 {11} 25. Kc3 {3} h6 {9} 26. Rb2 {7} Rd8 {4} 27. Nb1 {9} Rxf1
{4} 28. Na3 {7} Nd1+ {Mjacobs resigns (Lag: Av=0.41s, max=0.6s) 1} 0-1