Annotated chess game: rainbow game

ANNOTATED GAME

rainbow game
Dodge (?) vs. Hoodling (?)
Annotated by: posthuma (1200)
Chess opening: QGD (D08), Albin counter-gambit

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This game was a quite interesting one that happened in 1904. White was a man named dodge. Black was a man named Hoodling. Yeah, I know. Laugh all you want. Anyways, this game happened in Chicago, IL, as I said, 100 years ago. This was a magnificent game.

1. d4 d5 2. c4	This opening is called the queen's gambit. It is one of my favorites now that I have started playing 1. d4.



2... e5	This variation is one you do not see every day. I'm more used to e6, dxc4- queen's gambit accepted, or c6- Slav. I guess this is playable though. Dxc5 would fail to D4, clogging up white's development.
	1 comment hityerclock (1200) on 18-Nov-10: The infamous Albin Counter Gambit! In my experience there are two kinds of chess players: those that believe this is an exciting fighting defense, and those that believe it's utter garbage. Both camps are probably right


3. e3 exd4 4. Qxd4	Although white gains time while attacking d5, his queen is soon destined to get chased away. I would rather capture that way than 4. exd4, though
	2 comments hityerclock (1200) on 18-Nov-10: White wimps out. Things get very interesting after 3.dxe4 d5. nuntar (1702) on 19-Nov-10: Having chosen this line, exd4 is much better. It unblocks the bishop, and Black does not get to make tempo-gaining attacks on the queen.


4... Nf6 5. Nc3	Having more attacking power on d5. But now that a piece of low value is protecting d5, nc6 can be played



5... Nc6 6. Qd1	Still with the threat, though, of cxd5
	1 comment hityerclock (1200) on 18-Nov-10: By declining the gambit, white has let black get in the freeing ...e5 pawn break on move two. Black has equalized and now has a lead in development, but it hasn't cost him anything!


6... Bf5	Controlling an important diagonal.



7. f3	This move is questionable. The point is to build a pawn chain to take the bishop off that diagonal. It is vital because of the threat of Nb4
	1 comment hityerclock (1200) on 18-Nov-10: White shouldn't ignore his development. I'd go for 7.cxd5 Nb5 8.Bb5+, getting the K-side pieces into the game.


7... Nb4	Dodge didn't know how to defend this attack without going down the exchange.
	1 comment hityerclock (1200) on 18-Nov-10: Well, since he played 7.f3 he should now consider 8.Kf2, though white's lack of development should prove fatal.


8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxd7+ Kxd7	Black doesn't care about castling.



10. e4	The best defense against the threat on c2
	1 comment hityerclock (1200) on 18-Nov-10: 10.Kf2 is better, but white still gets crushed after 10... d4, opening up lines for the attack.


10... dxe4 11. fxe4 Nxe4	Black went up a pawn, and white is freaking out. The middle files are open, and that is VERY dangerous when black's rooks are close to taking charge on the files.



12. Rb1	This allowed white to escape the fork.



12... Nc2+ 13. Kd1	A mistake. Loosing a rook.
	1 comment hityerclock (1200) on 18-Nov-10: Not a mistake, the lesser of two evils. The other legal move, 13.Ke2, loses to 13.... Re8 and white will have to shed even material to avoid mate.


13... Nf2+	White is being overwhelmed by attacks.



14. Ke2 Bc5	Black didn't need to capture the rook immediately, because, is it going anywhere? He instead decided to continue developing. Now his rooks can go to the open files in 1 move!
	1 comment hityerclock (1200) on 18-Nov-10: Black doesn't want the rook. He's after bigger game.


15. Nf3	This move could have 50 question marks after it because he just made the biggest mistake of the game. You will see why. It is a mate in 2 thanks to that knight! Can you spot it?



15... Bd3+ 16. Kd2 Be3#	That's right- mate! you see how black and white's knights and bishops form a rainbow. White smothers himself with that knight on c3, and the pieces form a pattern. It was an amazing mate! GOOD JOB HOODLING! Thanks for watching this game. BYE!
	3 comments hityerclock (1200) on 18-Nov-10: Thanks for posting! These old attacking games are always fun. l-d-j (1747) on 21-Nov-10: Hehe, nice picture!! black_cat_hamlet (1531) on 22-Nov-10: <-- that's all I can say!