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[Event "Casual game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/bWG2fD5d"] [Date "2016.11.25"] [White "crazyfart"] [Black "Kowalski_x"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1710"] [BlackElo "1629"] [PlyCount "30"] [Variant "Standard"] [TimeControl "240+0"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense: Hillbilly Attack"] [Termination "Normal"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] 1. e4 c6 2. Bc4 { B00 Caro-Kann Defense: Hillbilly Attack } d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bb3 Nf6 5. d4 Bf5 6. c3 Ne4 7. Nd2 Nxf2 8. Kxf2 e5 9. Ngf3 e4 10. Ne5 f6 11. g4 fxe5 12. gxf5 Qh4+ 13. Kg1 exd4 14. Bxd5 e3 15. Nf3 Qf2# { White is checkmated } 0-1
Ng3 may well cover everything for now, but White is just a pawn down with Black having an ongoing attack and a positional edge after something like ...Rd8.
Not as cute as the previous posts smothered mate, but, still, a recent game with an exchange sacrifice to gain the initiative in a line of the Sicilian I've not (I think) encountered before.
[Event "Chess Knight Cup - Round 1"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "mackoko"]
[Black "AWARDCHESS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[Termination "AWARDCHESS won by checkmate"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[ECO "B07"]
[CurrentPosition "rn3k1r/ppp3bp/5np1/4p1N1/4P1b1/1PQ5/P1P2PPP/RNBqK2R w KQ - 3 11"]
1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bc4 Bg7 4.Bxf7+ { (+0.66 → -1.59) Mistake. The best move was Nc3. } ( 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.O-O Nc6 6.d4 O-O 7.d5 Na5 8.Be2 c6 ) 4...Kxf7 5.Ng5+ Kf8 6.Qf3+ { (-1.81 → -2.62) Inaccuracy. A better move was d4. } ( 6.d4 Nc6 7.d5 h6 8.Nf3 Ne5 9.h3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3+ Bf6 ) 6...Nf6 7.d4 { (-2.13 → -2.97) Inaccuracy. A better move was Qb3. } ( 7.Qb3 Qe8 8.d3 h6 9.Nf3 b6 10.O-O e5 11.Nc3 Nc6 ) 7...e5 { (-2.77 → -2.06) Inaccuracy. A better move was h6. } ( 7...h6 8.Nh3 g5 9.Qe3 Nc6 10.f3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nf2 ) 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.b3 { (-1.74 → -4.77) Blunder. The best move was Qb3. } ( 9.Qb3 Qe7 10.Be3 b6 11.Nd2 Nc6 12.O-O Ke8 13.Qc3 Qd7 ) 9...Bg4 { (-4.82 → -2.63) Mistake. The best move was h6. } ( 9...h6 10.Nc3 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Nc6 12.Qg3 b6 13.O-O Ba6 14.Rfd1 ) 10.Qc3 { (-2.69 → -318.00) Blunder. The best move was Qxg4. } ( 10.Qxg4 Nxg4 11.Ne6+ Kf7 12.Nxd8+ Rxd8 13.f3 Nf6 14.Be3 Nc6 ) 10...Qd1#
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https://www.chess.com/daily/game/148407386?page=1
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "?"]
[White "mackoko"]
[Black "AWARDCHESS"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1676"]
[BlackElo "1655"]
[Termination "AWARDCHESS won by checkmate"]
[TimeControl "1 in 3 days"]
[ECO "B07"]
[CurrentPosition "rn3k1r/ppp3bp/5np1/4p1N1/4P1b1/1PQ5/P1P2PPP/RNBqK2R w KQ - 3 11"]
1.e4 d6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bc4 Bg7 4.Bxf7+ { (+0.66 → -1.59) Mistake. The best move was Nc3. } ( 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.O-O Nc6 6.d4 O-O 7.d5 Na5 8.Be2 c6 ) 4...Kxf7 5.Ng5+ Kf8 6.Qf3+ { (-1.81 → -2.62) Inaccuracy. A better move was d4. } ( 6.d4 Nc6 7.d5 h6 8.Nf3 Ne5 9.h3 Nxf3+ 10.Qxf3+ Bf6 ) 6...Nf6 7.d4 { (-2.13 → -2.97) Inaccuracy. A better move was Qb3. } ( 7.Qb3 Qe8 8.d3 h6 9.Nf3 b6 10.O-O e5 11.Nc3 Nc6 ) 7...e5 { (-2.77 → -2.06) Inaccuracy. A better move was h6. } ( 7...h6 8.Nh3 g5 9.Qe3 Nc6 10.f3 e5 11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nf2 ) 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.b3 { (-1.74 → -4.77) Blunder. The best move was Qb3. } ( 9.Qb3 Qe7 10.Be3 b6 11.Nd2 Nc6 12.O-O Ke8 13.Qc3 Qd7 ) 9...Bg4 { (-4.82 → -2.63) Mistake. The best move was h6. } ( 9...h6 10.Nc3 hxg5 11.Bxg5 Nc6 12.Qg3 b6 13.O-O Ba6 14.Rfd1 ) 10.Qc3 { (-2.69 → -318.00) Blunder. The best move was Qxg4. } ( 10.Qxg4 Nxg4 11.Ne6+ Kf7 12.Nxd8+ Rxd8 13.f3 Nf6 14.Be3 Nc6 ) 10...Qd1#
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https://www.chess.com/daily/game/148407386?page=1
raintong wrote:
That's a fairly well-known trap in the Budapest Defense. I've reached that position before playing Black.
@W-Luke: I had a look at the suggestion (the position also piqued my interest), albeit only with the on-site engine (which gave a consistent -2.70 in blacks favour, over -2.01 in declining the sacrifice); whilst you are correct in that it prevents any checkmating ideas, I think you might have to give back the knight in return, something along the lines of this:
I love the Black side of the French, but I play 1.e4 about half of the time, so I face the unpleasantness of playing against the French. Lately I've been playing the Exchange variation, which is a poor way to strive for advantage as White. Nonetheless, players of Black sometimes get lazy when equality is offered so easily.
My first game against a titled player.
alexm2310 wrote:
In the last game, there's a pretty cool checkmate
yes, but i was happy to win against such a strong player. i didn't look at this line.
This game happens a lot in bullet. Sometimes even in blitz. If you do this as black, please reconsider your use of premove 
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4! Nf6 5. bxa5 1-0
@raintong: I realise that this a little late to your post. However, I think your line of reasoning in #6841 might miss a zwischenzug; after capturing the knight instead of the bishop, there is Bxd2+! saving the bishop.
@Pacifique; what was your planned continuation after 14. ... Qxh1+ 15.Ke2 Qd5! 16. Bxf7+ Kf8, is that not ok for black?
Here's a slightly longer game then my last; a tables turned, late (heavy piece) middle-game, sacrifice.
