King's Gambit in the Old School

This is a TVC game between the Bogolyubov Variations and the Old School. The game is in C33: King's Gambit: Accepted, Bishop's Gambit Bogoljubow Variation.

Old School (black) played the opening moves by following Karpov's 1969 game against Castro (shown below) up to 10...Nc6. The position after 11.Qxb7 is as follows:

From the above position, the Old School decided to play gambits  with 11...Qh4+, leaving its queenside pieces unprotected which were then collected by white's queen. Black sacrificed the rook and a knight. White started to rejoice anticipating an easy win. A few more moves later, however, white's queen is trapped and had to be traded with a piece. White found itself hopeless and its only hope is a miracle. Black on the otherhand blundered its last three moves and decided to resign. Well, even Michael Jordan missed 28 of his final game-winning shots.

We lost the game but chess is not all about winning, it is the quality of the game that matters most. On the second thought I still like to win and winning is everything!

Here is a youtube video of the game.

Thanx Sol! I remember well this game though I was absent in the middle of it.

Nice intro and the whole video!

thanks yigor, it was a nice game indeed with lots of fireworks. it has been proven once again that those who resign do not win, and miracles do happen in chess. i think Bogolyubov's stairway to heaven works in mysterious ways.

I was absent and people wanted to resign when I came back. I said we still have a lil chance while playing Be3. Then U were absent and your team made 2 consecutive mistakes.