Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Rien ne va plus


Notes by Daniel Willard Fiske


Serafino Dubois – S. LĂ©crivain
Paris, 1855
King’s Gambit C39

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5. This opening is known in Italy as the Great Gambit, because Allgaier only examined the variation springing from 5. Ng5. 5. ... h5. 5. ... Nf6 has, within a year or two, come to be regarded as stronger (see Chess Monthly Vol. i pp. 234-236). 6. Bc4 Rh7 7. d4 d6 8. Nd3 f3 9. g3 Ne7 10. Bg5 Bh6


11. Nf4. This is perfectly safe. 11. ... Bxg5 12. hxg5 h4. If 12. ... Ng6 13. Nxh5 Qxg5 14. Nf6+ and wins the Exchange. 13. gxh4 Ng6 14. Nxg6 fxg6 15. Qd2 Qe7 16. Nc3 c6 17. Kf2 Be6 18. d5 Bd7 19. e5 dxe5 20. d6 Qg7 21. Ne4 Bf5 22. Nf6+ Kd8 23. Qa5+ b6 24. Qxe5 Rh8 25. Rhe1 Kc8 26. Qe7 Qxe7 27. dxe7 Bd7 28. Rad1. And White wins. 1 : 0. We owe this unpublished game, with the notes, to the kind attention of Mr. Centurini. (Daniel Willard Fiske, The Chess Monthly, Vol. ii, 1858, pages 272-273).

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