had black played this, it would have been a different story.

Maybe reversing the move order with 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Nxe5+ K(any) 9.Nxg4 was preferable, as it's much clearer. Interesting Queen sac, though.

He should have said "gg".  That was very entertaining.  Great Queen check from David Neff though.  Watch out for that next time.  Thanks for sharing.

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Very nice game!!

why not 17. ... b6?

Risky but entertaining.

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Whether it's lost is still debatable. I've actually gotten into an almost, if not entirely, identical position in a blitz game OTB and won. There are so many tactical possibilities for white that, just like in the Halloween Gambit or Double Muzio, even if the material imbalance makes it objectively bad, it would be incredibly difficult to prove it by withstanding the attack.

funny game.. ive never seen someone take on e5 in the KG. I bet theres a reason for that :).

 

Since i got nothing else to do here are my nitpicky criticims ofsome of your annotations/evaluations that are off. On move 9 "all pieces developed (nearly)" half your pieces are undeveloped but your developed pieces are very strong and there is compensation for the sac obviously..

 

Then at move 14 "ahh hes a gambit player too".. well I don't think that Nxb6 is a gambit move.. its more geared toward king safety. Materially its fine because queen for the bishop means he can lose some more material and still be up. So its not really a sac at all if you think about it.

 

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