White to move in this position. Black just captured the White Rook with 13…Qxh1
Abby Marshall 1982 – Daniel Miller 2339 [C31]
2006 VA Closed Championship, 09-03-2006
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6 4.Nc3 exf4 5.Bc4 Qh4+?! This move violates the Opening Principles. An isolated attack without support from many other pieces usually does not work, especially when own King is exposed [5…Nf6 6.Nf3 cxd5 7.Bb3 d4 8.Ne2 Bd6 9.d3 0–0 10.0–0 Ng4 11.Nxf4 Nc6 unclear position] 6.Kf1 f3 7.d3 fxg2+ 8.Kxg2 Bg4?! [8…Be7 9.Qe2 Kf8 Unclear position] 9.Qd2 Bc5? This moves allow Qf4 and White has a very powerful attack [9…Bd6 stopping Qf4 10.Qg5 Qxg5 11.Bxg5²] 10.Qf4 Bxg1? [10…b5 11.dxc6 bxc4 12.h3 Bxh3+ 13.Rxh3 Qxf4 14.Bxf4²] 11.Kxg1!+- [11.Rxg1 Nf6 12.Qe3+ Kd7±] 11…Qe1+ [11…Qh5 White is still so much better but Black would be better than in the actual game] 12.Kg2 Bh3+ 13.Kxh3 Qxh1 14.dxc6!! This is the final blow for Black. White is now completely winning! 14…Nf6 15.Be3! Another brilliant move! White is willing to sacrifice her rook for a tempo and additional material to attack. 15…Qxa1 [15…Qxc6 16.Bb5 0–0 17.Bxc6 Nxc6 18.Rg1 Completely winning for White] 16.cxb7 0–0 Too little, too late 17.bxa8Q Qxb2 18.Qg2 Nh5 19.Qfg4 [19.Qxf7+ Rxf7 20.Qd5 h6 21.Qxf7+ Kh7 22.Qf5+ Kh8 23.Qc8+ Kh7 24.Bg8+ Kg6 25.Qe8+ Kf6 26.Qe6#] 19…Qxc3 20.Qxh5 Nd7 21.Qhg4 1–0
A very nice game by Abby Marshall!
Give me a thousand years to do it, and I still wouldn’t have seen 14. dc. What a great game!
Nice game. I played over the entire game and kept going. white played like a GM. but I kind of thought that black must have had some better games. he sure messed up this one. I suspect he was hoping for some mistakes from Abbie. It was an easy win for white at the end. resignation by black was acceptable on this game. LOL.
Abbie you are numero uno. number 1. Great game.
Maybe I should try the kings gambit again. I used to play 2…d5 which is the falkbeer counter gambit. wild games.
I now play 2…g4 against the kings gambit. i think it is a better try for black. but it is wild just the same.
I agree with Sunshine – that perhaps Black overestimated his chances given the published rating difference. Don’t know theory about Falkbeer but isn’t the standard move after exd5, …e5-e4?
Anyway, Abby Marshall really played the attack beautifully. It looks like one of the thos games from the 19th century where Andersen or Morphy slaughters a minor master.
A great game!
Nice game, Abby, and thanks to GM Susan Polgar for recognizing it. 9. Qf1 is more precise than 9. Qd2, and secures the advantage. Otherwise White’s play is close to perfect. Admittedly, Black pretty much self destructed, but White can hardly be blamed for that. Only computers find Qxf7+, and since the win was secure, it would merely have been a flourish.
I would just add that Black had a very impaired sense of danger. Just look at the diagrammed position, which is the one that Black aimed for. It’s surprising that a strong player would have played into this. It just begs for a White tactic, and Abby found it. 1-0.
I would just add that Black had a very impaired sense of danger. Just look at the diagrammed position, which is the one that Black aimed for. It’s surprising that a strong player would have played into this. It just begs for a White tactic, and Abby found it. 1-0.
I did not have an impaired sense of danger, I simply played an opening I know differently than I usually do. Believe me, I knew what was happening. Abby played well. Perhaps Susan will also annotate the recent clash Abby and I had in the 2007 State Championship. Everyone is gearing up for Abby now. No one will underestimate her anymore after seeing her play in the 2006 State Championship.