At this game I decided to play the Jaenisch gambit against a 2000ish player because that's what I normally play against the Ruy Lopez, and because even though it is a quite tactical opening I thought that on a more positional game I'd certainly get squashed so why not try my best.
After 14. .... Bg4! my evaluation was that I had the best position, and so I was getting the upper hand against a much stronger opposition; but at the end position I didn't like my chances that much. Anyway today I just found out that the guy mass resigned his games and so I got the win after all, but what matters most to me is that for some time I was better against a good player while playing black in a very tactical opening.
Originally posted by Fat Lady Did you consider 15. ... Rxf3 at all? I don't know if it works, but it's the move I'd want to play in that position!
I looked into it and it looked like a good move. The problem is that I couldn't work out much from the positions that followed. It was too complicated for me. For one thing I just couldn't decide on what should be white's 16th move and the positioning of white's dark squared bishop looked problematic to me.
But have you got any lines on mind after 15. ... Rxf3 ?
Originally posted by adam warlock At this game I decided to play the Jaenisch gambit against a 2000ish player because that's what I normally play against the Ruy Lopez, and because even though it is a quite tactical opening I thought that on a more positional game I'd certainly get squashed so why not try my best.
After 14. .... Bg4! my evaluation was that I had the best position, an ...[text shortened]... d6 17. Re1e3 Rf8f4 18. Qd1e2 Ra8f8 19. Ra1e1 Rf4xf3 0-1
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Haven't analysed this very much, but at a glance ..Rh4 instead of ..Rxf3 at the end looks pretty good. 🙂
One of my best games
05 Jan '09 13:45
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