beautiful destruction


5...Qd6 doesn't look good, probably better 5...BxN 6.QxB e6 7.d5 Ne5 etc or 5...e6.
9...Qb4? losing by force, so black has to play 9...Qd7 and hope for the best.


His first major blunder was 9. Qb4.
after 11. Qa4 the queen cannot be saved, the only other thing that he could have done was forking white bishop onto white's queen with 11. Bg5 but that leads to sacrificing his bishop.
The final major blunder was 15. Nf6. He has to protect the c6 square. when white threatens the white squared bishop he must retreat to d5 instead of protecting with the rook. once i play Qxc6 the game is over

With 10...BxB instead of BxN, looks like black is avoiding immediate material loss after 11.NxB. Not a great looking position for black though. Maybe 8Be3, iso 9Bg5 is better for white, because after Qd6 black has to avoid Nf6, and Be7 later. Think black has big problems getting out of the opening alive after 5...Qd6. For a start there is the immediate possibility of 6.Bxf7ch KxB 7.Ng5ch Ke8 8.QxB.
Later iso 9...Qb4 if black tries 9...Qd7 then he under pressure after something like 10.Qa4 a6 11 d5 i.e is probably lost after 11...pxN 12 Bxp. There are other possibilities but black looks like has a lot of defending to do.

Hello xevs,
Already mentioned 10...Bxg5 and think 11.Nxg5 is better than 11.Qxg5when white has advantage. The orginal poster mentioned 11...Bxg5, you have lenghtened the variations a bit but think the evaluation is the same that white is winning. Both these possibilities are why I think 8Be3 probably better than 8.Bg5.
I checked up the theory from, online chessbase, because interested in QGA. The QGA experts Sadler and Baburin play 5...e6, and each have a couple of games against Chris Ward worth looking at.
Bye John S
Hello xevs,
Already mentioned 10...Bxg5 and think 11.Nxg5 is better than 11.Qxg5when white has advantage. The orginal poster mentioned 11...Bxg5, you have lenghtened the variations a bit but think the evaluation is the same that white is winning. Both these possibilities are why I think 8Be3 probably better than 8.Bg5.
I checked up the theory from, online chessbase, because interested in QGA. The QGA experts Sadler and Baburin play 5...e6, and each have a couple of games against Chris Ward worth looking at.
Bye John S
Thanks for pointing out 11. Nxg5.
I missed that, as I thought the knight was still pinned to the Queen.
One of the best chess games that I have played, what do people think?
Also how do i get the game on a chess board instead of just a move list?