A BDG at 25th European Club Cup

The 25th European Club Cup with 57 teams is underway from October 3-11 in Ohrid, Macedonia, about 190 km south of the capital Skopje. The Blackmar-Diemer showed up for an early round and was promptly sent packing.

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Summers, C. - Klein, Fe

0-1 (25th ECC) 10/4/2009

[#] 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.g4 e6 9.g5 Nd5 10.Bd3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Qh5

[12.Nxd5 is better, but tends toward drawing lines.;

12.Ne4 is also better, and provides some complications with chances for both sides.]

12...g6 13.Qh6 Qb6

[I've played this line a few times in blitz, often to be rewarded with 13...Re8?? (intending Bf8) when 14.Rxf7 mates.]

14.Nxd5 cxd5 15.Rf4 f5 16.gxf6 Rxf6 17.Rg4?

[White could salvage a draw with 17.Rxf6 Bxf6 18.Bxg6 hxg6 (18...Qxd4+ 19.Be3 ) 19.Qxg6+ Bg7 20.Qe8+ Bf8 21.Qg6+ ]

17...e5 18.Be3 e4 19.Be2 Nd7 20.Rh4 Rf7 21.Rxe4 dxe4 22.Bc4 Raf8 23.Rf1 Nf6 24.Qf4 Qc6 [0-1]

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Before the Zilbermints Gambit

I was looking through Lev Zilbermints' book on his line against the Euwe Defense and came across an old game of mine he had included. To think, I played this game when I didn't even know it was the Zilbermints Gambit! Or maybe I did, since Lev and I were corresponding around this time.

Anyway, this gives me the opportunity to try a new game posting format introduced by the Chess OK folks with their Aquarium software. Please let me know if this works for you.

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Purser, Tom - Peters

1-0, 4/1/1993.

[#] 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bg5 Be7 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Nxd4 9.Kh1 Nxf3 10.Qxf3 Bd7 11.Rad1!

[11.Qxb7 Rb8 12.Qa6 Rxb2 (Zilbermints, Sawyer)]

11...O-O

[11...Bc6 12.Bb5 Bd6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Ne4 ]

12.Qh3 g6

[12...h6 (Schiller) 13.Bxh6 gxh6 14.Rxf6! mates.]

13.Bc4 Nh5 14.Bh6 Ng7 15.Ne4 Qe8 16.Qc3 f6 17.Rxf6 Bxf6 18.Nxf6+ Rxf6 19.Qxf6 Nh5 20.Qe5 Rd8 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Bxe6+ Rf7 23.g4 Nf6

[23...Qc6+ 24.Bd5 ]

24.Qxf6 Qc6+ 25.Kg1 Qc5+ 26.Kg2 Qxc2+ 27.Kh3 Qd3+ 28.Kh4 g5+ 29.Qxg5+ Kh8 30.Qe5+ Kg8 31.Qg7# [1-0]

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