Saturday, August 19, 2006

Chess: Understanding the Latvian Gambit Part II

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f5 3 Nxe5 Qf6 4 d4 d6 5 Nc4 fxe4
6 Nc3 Qg6 7 f3 exf3 8 Qxf3 Nc6 9 Nb5 Bg4
10 Qc3 Rc8 11 d5 Nce7 12 Ne3 Nf6 13 Bd3 Qh5
14 Nxc7+ Kd8 15 Nxg4 Line




What's the game plan for White?

What's the game plan for Black?

Also available:
Chess: Understanding the Latvian Gambit Part I
http://chesscoach1950.blogspot.com/2006/08/chess-understanding-latvian-gambit.html
Chess: Understanding the Latvian Gambit Part III
http://chesscoach1950.blogspot.com/2006/08/chess-understanding-latvian-gambit_20.html

1 e4



1 ... e5



2 Nf3



2 ... f5



3 Nxe5



3 ... Qf6



3 ... Nc6? 4 Nxc6 (4 d4; Qh5+).
3 ... Qe7? 4 Qh5+ g6 5 Nxg6 Qxe4+ 6 Be2 Nf6 7 Qh3 Rg8 8 Nc3.
3 ... Qe7? 4 Qh5+ g6 5 Nxg6 Qxe4+ 6 Be2 hxg6 7 Qxh8 Qxg2
8 Qe5+ Ne7 9 Rf1.
3 ... d6? 4 Qh5+ g6 5 Nxg6 Nf6 6 Qh3 hxg6 7 Qxh8.
3 ... d6? 4 Qh5+ g6 5 Nxg6 Nf66 ... fxe4 7 Qh4.
3 ... d6? 4 Qh5+ g6 5 Nxg6 Nf66 ... Rg8 7 Nxf8 Rxf8.
3 ... Nf6? 4 exf5 d6 5 Nf3 Bxf5 6 d4 Be7 7 Bd3.
3 ... Nf6? 4 exf5 Qe7 5 Qe2 d6 6 Nc4 Bxf5 7 Qxe7+ Bxe7
8 Ne3 Be6 9 d4.


4 d4



4 Nc4 4 ... Bc5.
4 Nc4 4 ... Qe6.
4 Nc4 4 ... b5.
4 Nc4 fxe4 5 Ne3.
4 Nc4 fxe4 5 Nc3 Qg6.
4 Nc4 fxe4 5 Nc3 Be7.
4 Nc4 fxe4 5 Nc3 Qe6.
4 Nc4 fxe4 5 Nc3 d6.
4 Nc4 fxe4 5 Nc3 c6.
4 Nc4 fxe4 5 Nc3 Qf7 6 d3.
4 Nc4 fxe4 5 Nc3 Qf7 6 d4.
4 Nc4 fxe4 5 Nc3 Qf7 6 Qe2.
4 Nc4 fxe4 5 Nc3 Qf7 6 Ne3 c6 7 d3 exd3 8 Bxd3 d5
9 O-O Bc5 10 b4.
4 Nc4 fxe4 5 Nc3 Qf7 6 Ne3 c6 7 Nxe4 d5 8 Ng5 Qf6
9 Nf3 d4 10 Nc4 b5 11 Qe2+ Kd8 12 Nce5 Bd6 13 d3.
4 Nc4 fxe4 5 Nc3 Qf7 6 d4 Nf6 7 Bg5 Bb4 8 Ne5 Qe6
9 Bc4 Qf5 10 Bxf6 gxf6 11 Ng4 Qg6.

4 ... d6



5 Nc4



5 ... fxe4



6 Nc3



6 Be2
6 Ne3?

6 ... Qg6



7 f3



7 Bf4
7 Nd5
7 Ne3
7 d5
7 Qe2

7 ... exf3



8 Qxf3



8 ... Nc6



8 ... Nf6 9 Bd3 Qg4 10 Qe3+ Be7 11 Nb5 Qxg2 12 Nxc7 Kd8
13 Rg1 Qxh2 14 Nxa8 Nd5.

9 Nb5



9 Bd3 Qg4 10 Qe3+ Be7 11 O-O Nf6 12 d5 Nb4 13 Rf4 Qd7
14 Bf5 Qxf5.

9 ... Bg4



10 Qc3



10 ... Rc8



11 d5



11 ... Nce7



12 Ne3



12 ... Nf6



13 Bd3



13 ... Qh5



14 Nxc7+



14 ... Kd8



15 Nxg4



By ChessCoach@care2.com




















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