you played well!
after 24)....Qxe5; i saw a possible 25)Qxe5...Bxe5 26)Ne6 forking the rooks. guess a matter of preference, just a way of eliminating counterplay.
you played well!
after 24)....Qxe5; i saw a possible 25)Qxe5...Bxe5 26)Ne6 forking the rooks. guess a matter of preference, just a way of eliminating counterplay.
Well done Marcus...often you will push your opponent into a blunder, which is what appears to have happened with Qb6. Rad1 might work, trying to strike back in the center, but you have him tied in knots and he has very limited options.
this is a good example of using the gambit to increase piece activity. in the middle game it is easy to see whose pieces have a greater influence on the game.
Yes. Also after Rad1 I think I may have tried exf6!?. Black is forced to play either Bxf6 or exf6 otherwise Qe6 or Ng5 is winning, so Bxf6 now Bxg6!? might be playable,
hxg6 Qh3 Bg7 Qxg6 Rf6 Qh4 Rh6 (Rdf8 d5) Qd5 Kh8 Ng5 looks quite strong. I think I would have very good compensation for the bishop
I have added a link to this game in the forum topic "Reti Member Games"
http://www.chess.com/groups/forumview/reti-member-games
Here is my game from the reversed Blumenfeld Gambit Team Match game. I thought it was a pretty interesting game, but my opponent played pretty poorly for an 1800 rated player..