Dec

11

When you try to play sharply and creatively you start to realize just how good Bronstein [Read David Bronstein’s New York Times Obituary] was, and why he was somewhat contemptuous of the ‘modern style’ of milking just a few openings and having long time controls. My opponents below are much weaker than those Bronstein had to play, but I still had the most fun I’ve had playing chess in ages. I was showing the knight and queen sacrifice against Peacock to anyone who would listen. In my other White games I successfully tried one Wing Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.b4) and one Fantasy Caro (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3), but there were plenty of anxious moments.

Davies,N - Peacock,M [C00]
Bury Quickplay, 2006

1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 Be7 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 e5 5.f4 d6 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh4+ 8.Kd1 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 Bf6 10.f5 h5 11.c3 Nge7 12.Na3 d5 13.Bd3 d4 14.Nc2 dxc3 15.dxc3 Qd7 16.Ke2 0-0-0 17.Rhd1 Qe8 18.b4 Kb8 19.a4 Nc8 20.a5 Nd6 21.b5 Ne7 22.c4 Bg5 23.Kf1 g6 24.a6 gxf5 25.exf5 b6 26.Bxe5 Nec8 27.Nb4 Rd7 28.Nc6+ Ka8 29.Nxa7+ Kxa7 30.Qb7+ Nxb7 31.axb7+ [31.axb7+ Kxb7 (31…Kb8 32.Ra8+ Kxb7 33.Be4+ Rd5 34.Bxd5+ c6 35.bxc6+ Kxa8 36.Ra1+ Na7 37.c7+) 32.Be4+ Rd5 33.Bxd5+ c6 34.bxc6+ Qxc6 35.Bxc6+ Kxc6 36.Bxh8] 1-0

Hague,B - Davies,N [B21]
Bury Quickplay, 2006

1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 d3 4.Bxd3 d6 5.f4 Nf6 6.Nf3 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.h3 Nbd7 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Nbd2 b6 11.Qe1 Bb7 12.Qg3 g6 13.f5 gxf5 14.exf5 e5 15.Bc4 Rg8 16.Qh4 d5 17.Bb3 0-0-0 18.a4 Nc5 19.Bg5 Nce4 20.Nxe4 dxe4 21.Ne1 e3 22.Bxf6 Bxf6 23.Qxf6 Rd2 24.Rf3 Rdxg2+ 25.Nxg2 Bxf3 26.Bd1 Rxg2+ 27.Kf1 Qc4+ 28.Ke1 Rg1# 0-1


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