28 January 2012

King's gambit - third step

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In the first two annotated games on the King's gambit we have seen already the vulnerability of the house f7, in this game we have to observe how much there is yet to be discovered in the theory of the King's Gambit.

(1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4) There are conditions to play the Muzio Gambit

(5.0-0 Bc5+) my opponent from São Paulo, the larget city in Brasil with a population exceeding 10 milion inhabitants, choose this move already playied four time in the correspondence chess.

(6.d4 gxf3 7.dxc5 Qe7)The black queen threatens to capture the pawn on c5 with a check and then capture the white bishop on c4 while the pawn in e4 is not in danger because after rook e1 the queen is pinned on the king; in 2001 the game Jobe, Tom B Vs. Arnold, Lee continued with 8.Qd4? Nf6 9.e5? fxg2 10.Kxg2? Nh5 and the white king became an easy target.

(8.Na3)I think that this humble move horse meets the principles of openness, the white should not worry of the pawn dubbed c5, but to bring into play as many pieces as possible, the knight on a3 is temporarily out of play, but defends the bishop c4, without losing time to retire should also frees up space to bring a rook on the central files!

(8. ... Qxc5+ 9. Rf2 fxg2 10. Bxf4!) the black pawn in g2 is a shield for the white king! (10. ... Nf6 11. Qf3) the queen goes in the Muzio's house, from this location creates a dangerous pressure on the square f7 (11. ... Rg8) peraphs with the idea Rg6 or Ng4 to keep the pinned rook in f2 but the black is in lagging of development and i think that the only way to continue the fight was to put a pawn in d5 with the idea to free the queen's side.

(12.Be3 Qb4 13.Qxf6 Rf8 14.Bxf7+ Rxf7 15.Qxf7+ Kd8 16.Bg5+)

Our journey to discover the secrets in the land of the King's Gambit continues in the next game.

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