[Event "GotM #92"] [Site "Washington"] [Date "1969.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Wall, Bill"] [Black "Wall, William R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C10"] [Annotator "Connaughton,Ken"] [PlyCount "23"] [GameId "505254996883"] [EventDate "1969.??.??"] [EventCountry "USA"] {[%evp 0,23,18,-39,73,-52,29,-22,49,-49,150,-166,208,-188,194,-171,160,-273,214,-214,29995,-29996,29997,-29998,29999,-29999]} 1. e4 {King's Pawn Opening} e6 {French Defense} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 {[#] Paulsen Variation} dxe4 {is the third most played move in this position, one of the main continuations.} (3... Bb4 {is the main move in this position.}) (3... Nf6 {is the second most popular.}) (3... Nc6 {is another frequently used option.}) (3... c5 {has also been tried quite a few times.}) 4. Nxe4 (4. f3 {is the only sideline worth talking about here, the textmove is almost always played.}) 4... Bb4+ {Not a popular move in this position as it gives White a free move.} (4... Nd7) (4... Bd7) (4... Nf6) (4... Be7) 5. c3 {White gets his pawn chain set with tempo.} Ba5 6. Bg5 Ne7 7. Bd3 O-O {[#] Black gets castled much quicker so his King must be safer than the White King who is still a couple of moves from the sanctuary of the castled stronghold.} 8. Nf6+ $1 {Suddenly a Kingside attack begins. White is defying some opening principles that we are warned about. He attacks before completing his opening development. He's calculating that Black is not in a position to exploit his defensive vulnerabilities and his own attack will be decisive. Is he right?} gxf6 (8... Kh8 9. Qh5 h6 10. Bxh6 g6 11. Qh4 Nf5 12. Bxf5 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Nd7 15. Nxd7+ e5 16. Bxf8 b6 17. Qxe5+ f6 18. Qxf6+ Kh7 19. Qg7#) 9. Bxf6 {Those White Bishops are looking ferocious with the White Queen ready to join the onslaught. Black's pieces, of which only one is developed, are so far from the coal face and it's looking grim.} Qd7 $4 {He wanted to free the pinned Knight but now the end will come quickly.} (9... Qd5 {would have been better, and after} 10. Bxe7 f5 11. Bxf8 Qxg2 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 Kxf8 14. Ke2 Nd7 15. Rhg1 c6 16. Bc4 Nb6 {and White is still up an exchange with a nicer position but Black can fight on for a while.}) 10. Bxh7+ $3 {A second sacrifice to obliterate the remains of Black's defense and keep the attack going with speed. This move is obligated by the first sacrifice. He must continue in the same vein as he must win quickly or lose.} Kxh7 11. Qh5+ {And we see as White saw before the second sacrifice that it is forced # on the next move.} Kg8 12. Qh8# {[#] Bringing this explosive attack to a successful conclusion.} 1-0