am i wrong, or would, next move regardless of what white plays, result in knight to f2, an exchange, and black coming up a queen or perhaps even mate 3 or 4 moves later?
Latvian gambit 1994 game - Please Explain!!!!
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Nov 19, 2008
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Not if white take the knight, I would definitely think that this would be a plus score for white. Possibly he thought that the knight was defended and then he would definitely lose material and I could see him resigning.
Well, first of all, the play seems really, really bad. Unless, of coures, the Latvian gambit lines are much more weird than I gave them credit for. I mean, seriously, 11. 0-0??? Kd1 just looks terrible.
Anyway, my guess is that white was worried about the black rook on h8 coming to e8, qxf2, and just a descisive attack in general. Black is incredibly activated compared to white, and his king is trapped in the center, unprotected. So, I guess he just resigned in a really bad position. No definite lines here.
I ran this through rybka for a few moves, it seems white may not definetley be lost, but is 3 pawns down and unless black makes a mistake the game is his.
Nov 19, 2008
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#7
I think the point here is we had a GM (or whatever) who blundered or didn't want to fight it out.
I think he did just blunder and didn't realize he could take the knight, but I think black blundered with the knight move, the fork of the queen and bishop with d5 looks like a better move.
I'm not sure, are these international players? Could the game be fixed?
11. ...d5 leads to 12. Qd3 and the fork is disarmed, but ...Ng4 is then deadly. I believe tonydal is entirely correct. Kudos.
And thanks to you guys that put the game into resources that I don't have. I appreciate it =D.
I came across this game while studying the gambit, and I can't for the life of me figure out what Mr. Ruben saw as white that made him resign before the twelfth move. Anyone see anything that I don't? 12. Qxg4 looks solid to me. Yes, his queen is in danger, but not lost. After a little running around, It seems that she can slip the noose from her neck. Of course, this escape takes place at the cost of development, but I do not believe it merited resigning there! Help me out! I'm a lowly peon that apparently doesn't see what a player rated much higher than me did.