[Event "Analysis "] [White "1.d4"] [Black "Albin Countergambit"] [Site ""] [Round ""] [Annotator "Havanur,Nagesh"] [Result "*"] [Date ""] [PlyCount "39"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 $5 {The Albin Countergambit} 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 (4. e3 $2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 dxe3 6. Bxb4 $4 exf2+ 7. Ke2 fxg1=N+ $19 {is a fun line that every schoolboy knows.} )Nc6 5. a3 (5. g3 Nge7 (5... Be6 6. Nbd2 Bb4 7. Bg2 Nge7 ({If} 7... Bxc4 $2 8. O-O Bxd2 9. Qxd2 {followed by 9.Rd1 and White has a lead in development.} )8. O-O Qd7 {is the old standard line.} )6. Bg2 Ng6 {is the Morozevich Variation.} )Nge7 {The Morozevich idea holds well here also.} (5... Bg4 {is the older line.} )6. b4 Ng6 7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 Ncxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. e3 Bc5 $5 {A brilliant TN by Alejandro Melchor, a correspondence player who employed it way back in 2018!} ({Until now only} 10... Be6 {has been known.} )11. Bxd4 $1 {A safe line.} (11. exd4 $2 {This looks obvious, but it's risky.} Bg4 12. f3 $4 {With this move White attacks three pieces and loses!} ({The lesser evil was} 12. Qd2 $1 Qh4 13. dxc5 (13. dxe5 Rd8 $19 )Rd8 14. Qc2 Rd1+ 15. Qxd1 Bxd1 16. Bxe5 Bh5 17. Nc3 (17. Bxg7 $4 Qg4 $19 )O-O $17 { White has a rook, knight and bishop for the queen. However, it is not easy for him to get them together for a co-ordinated action.} )Qh4+ 13. g3 { A picturesque position! as many as four pieces are attacked.} Nxf3+ 14. Kf2 Qf6 15. Be2 Bxd4+ 16. Bxd4 Nxd4+ $19 )Bg4 12. Qd2 Qe7 13. Nc3 O-O-O 14. Nd5 Qd6 15. Bxc5 ({A more complex line is} 15. Qxa5 Bxd4 (15... Kb8 $2 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qb4 Qxb4+ 18. Nxb4 $18 )16. exd4 (16. Qa8+ $4 Kd7 $19 )Rhe8 $1 17. Kd2 Nd7 18. Bd3 Nb6 19. Rhe1 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Kb8 $11 )({or} 15. h3 Bf3 $1 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qc3 Qxc3+ 18. Nxc3 Bh5 $11 )Qxc5 16. Qxa5 Nxc4 17. Qa8+ Kd7 18. Qa4 Qxd5 19. Qxc4 Ke7 20. Qc1 $14 {White is only a pawn up and his pieces are all on the first rank. As for Black, he would have to play...Kf8 and ... Rhe8 for generating counterplay.} *