ANNOTATED GAME

The Poisonous b7
Opponent (1520) vs. Bert (NC)
Annotated by: bert1bell (1200)
Chess opening: Scandinavian (B01), Icelandic gambit
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1. e4 d5
I play what I Always play against e4, d5 the great Scandinavian defence!

 
2. exd5 Nf6
And no, not Qxd5, way to passive for my liking, this most of the time gives a much nicer game to play.

 
3. c4
I thank my opponent for this, as you can see this is the only move that allows white to hang on to its pawn, but it leads to...

 
3... e6
3.... e6!, the Icelandic gambit, an awesome gambit with great attacking lines for black and white has to defend real secure to keep his pawn up and don't lose material.

 
4. Nc3
He does however not accept and with Nc3 I will start the trade.
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4... exd5 5. Qe2+
an in between check that in my opinion only allows me to develop my bishop early.
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5... Be6 6. cxd5
more trading

 
6... Nxd5 7. Qb5+
And yet another in between check (and a second queen move in the opening!), however this one is not so easy to counter as Nc6 gets countered by Qxb7 getting the pawn with tempo on my knight and 7.... Qd7 also leads to Qxb7 and the loss of a rook as well. Bd7 leads to Qxd5 losing my knight and so the only decent option was...
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7... Nd7
Nd7 'sacrificing' the knight at d5 to counter with 8.... c6 forking knight and queen so I win the knight back.
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8. Nxd5 c6 9. Qxb7
Now white is a pawn ahead, but as you will notice, taking the pawn on b7 will prove once more poisonous.
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9... Bxd5 10. Qa6
That or d4 were his only moves as Nc5 locks the queen (10. Nf3 Nc5 11.Qb4 Nd3+ and the queen is mine).
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10... Qe7+
This was practically forced, as I can't allow white to play Qe2+ himself as that would've lead to queentrade which I have to prevent! He now has two options being 11.Qe2 and 11.Ne2 (as 11.Be2 leads to 11.... Bxg2 winning the rook)

 
11. Ne2
He chose Ne2 which in my opinion is the least good, I would've opted for Qe2. And thus now I unleash my final blow:
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11... Nc5
Nc5 leaving only Qa3 open

 
12. Qa3 Qe4
and Qe4! threatening Nd3+ winning the queen and threatening as well Nxf2+ winning the rook (as white can only reply to 13.... Nd3+ with Kd1).
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13. Kd1
Kd1 moving out of the check, but I still have my attack with Nb3:
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13... Nb3
threatening the rook on a1, the queen with my bishop and the queen can only move back to a6 to get to safety.

 
14. Qxf8+
And my opponent takes on f8, it doesn't seem the strongest move, as my bishop isn't really playing and so he takes out an 'inactive' piece. I would've taken the knight on b3 to get the active knight and bishop back for my queen.
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14... Rxf8 15. Nc3
Taking a tempo before attaking my knight, it however bumps into the nice:

 
15... Qg4+
Qg4+ which wins another pawn with tempo as f3 is not an option (16.f3 Bxf3+ 17.gxf3 Qxg3 winning the rook) and 16. Ke1 Nxa1 and mating issues with Nc2.

 

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