Chess in the Wild, Part 4
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With best play, does Black have a chance with 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 ? White's historically questionable 4th move, 4. Ng5, gives Black a little lattitude and
4 . . . Bc5 supplies the perfect answer to that question. ___________________________________________________________________
Here are some nice, fun Traxler games:
In this game our own Bill Wall invites 5. Nxf7?!
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The following was a correspondence game between Mikhail Tal and the readers of the Pionerskaya Pravda (a greatly circulated Russian newspaper especially popular with children). It ended in a draw.
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The next game shows the Hollywood Grandmaster and one-time US champion, Herman Steiner playing successfully against the many-times Italian champion and honorary grandmaster, Enrico Paoli's 5.Bxf7+ (This was NOT the famous Torneo di Capodanno, played in Reggio Emilia, Italy, that was later established by Enrico Paoli himself in 1958) .
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Here, Enrico Paoli, who was also a great probleminst, loses again with 5.Bxf7+, this time against Nicolas Rossolimo and played at the Slovkian resort town of Trenčianske Teplice
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Anatoly Karpov is only able to exact a draw with 5.Bf7+ against Alexander Beliavsky
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This post started with a game from Bill Wall, and now it will end with a game from Bill Wall -
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