In the following diagram, saira playing Black out of Finland at the Internet chess club, essayed the aggressive if not slightly unsound opening of 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5?!(Albin CounterGambit) White turned the game into an Advanced French Defense in reverse.
As you can see the overly aggressive Finnish player is trying to conduct an attack with his Rook, Bishop and Knight all on the back rank. White has just played Qd3 trying to consolidate his material advantage.
Black elects to play Nf2 forking King and Queen and forcing White to capture the trouble making Horse. Can you see what the Finnish player missed in his forcing continuation? His oversight quickly led to his resignation.
Did any of you read the article by Serovey, Michael claiming the Benko Gambit has been refuted? It is only the weakest of chess minds that would ponder such nonsense!!! The Denver Colorado chess player is not that high rated and thinks he is good enough to refute the Volga Gambit.
ReplyDeleteSo many US players memorize openings without really understanding the royal game. Learn endings you fish! Dont waste so much time on the openings. Stuart Rachels would agree.
I have to ask is this Mansour Bighamian who was falsely implicated in the Jewish ethnic slurs at the California chess club? Was not fair how that all came down!!!
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