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London Classic 2011 / Round 7

Published December 10, 2011 | By DoughBoy
  King’s Gambit ! !   Nigel Short versus Luke McShane     0-1   It’s not that Romanticism is dead, but Short on the White/Swashbuckling side of the ‘most romantic of chess openings’ WAS.   Still – a valiant try – I wish Nigel well in his future encounters with this opening.   London Classic 2011 / Round 7
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2 Responses to London Classic 2011 / Round 7

  • DoughBoy says:
    December 10, 2011 at 1:46 pm

    [Event "3rd London Chess Classic 2011"]
    [Site "London/UK"]
    [Date "2011.12.10"]
    [Round "7"]
    [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
    [Black "Adams, Michael"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "E21"]
    [WhiteElo "2826"]
    [BlackElo "2734"]

    1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 a5 12. Bd3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Qa2 15. O-O Nd5 16. Qe1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 Ra8 19. Qc1 h6 20. h3 Qa3 21. Qd2 Qb4 22. Qc2 Qa4 23. Qb2 f6 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Be2 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nd5 27. f4 N7b6 28. Bg4 Kf7 29. Qb1 Qa3 30. Rd1 f5 31. Bf3 Ra4 32. Be5 Qb4 33. Qd3 Ra3 34. Qf1 g6 35. h4 Nc4 36. Rxd5 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Qc3 38. Kg2 1-0

    [Event "3rd London Chess Classic 2011"]
    [Site "London/UK"]
    [Date "2011.12.10"]
    [Round "7"]
    [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
    [Black "Howell, David W L"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [ECO "D40"]
    [WhiteElo "2800"]
    [BlackElo "2633"]

    1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3 b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Be7 15. e4 O-O 16. g3 Na5 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. a4 b4 19. Rac1 Bc6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Rxc5 Bf6 22. Rxa5 Bxd5 23. Raxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc1+ 25. Kg2 Bxb2 26. Qxa6 Qc2 27. Rd2 Qb3 28. a5 Bc3 29. Rd5 Qc2 30. Qb7 b3 31. a6 b2 32. Rb5 Qa4 33. a7 h6 34. e5 Kh7 35. Rb3 Qa2 36. h4 Kg8 37. h5 Qa5 38. Qb8 Qa2 39. Rxc3 b1=Q 40. Rc8 1-0

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  • Bart7 says:
    December 10, 2011 at 3:00 pm

    You have to love the King’s Gambit …
    I play it always when given the chance playing online speed chess…[GameKnot]
    [Date "2011.11.28"]
    [White "bart777"]
    [Black "gambiteer13"]
    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. d4 g5 6. O-O Nc6 7. e5 dxe5 8. Re1 f6 9. Nxe5 fxe5 10. Qh5+ Kd7 11. dxe5 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Nge7 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. e6+ Kd8 15. Qd1+ Nd4 16. Ne4 b5 17. Nxc5 bxc4 18. Qxd4+ Bd7 19. Nxd7 1-0

    [although I rarely play 1...e5 in response I must confess
    but when I do I welcome the challenge of 2.f4]

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