[Event "GotM #64"] [Site "Aalborg"] [Date "1872.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ludvigsen, A F."] [Black "Sorensen, Soren Anton"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C40"] [Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"] [PlyCount "44"] [EventDate "1872.??.??"] [EventCountry "DEN"] {[%evp 0,44,80,27,39,18,123,133,213,158,158,158,141,-131,-157,-227,-220,-220, -200,-177,-94,-226,-242,-242,-185,-185,-138,-191,-191,-144,-158,-209,-13,-53, 423,-342,-925,-925,-779,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999, -30000]} 1. e4 {King's Pawn Game} e5 {Open Game} 2. Nf3 {King's Knight Opening} f5 {Latvian Gambit} 3. Nxe5 {The most popular and most successful continuation. } (3. exf5 $14 {is also played regularly.}) 3... Nc6 $6 4. Qh5+ {[#] Ignoring the threat to the Knight by attacking with tempo.} g6 5. Nxg6 Nf6 (5... hxg6 $2 6. Qxh8 $18) 6. Qxf5 $2 {Not only relinquishing his clear advantage, but also putting Black firmly in control.} (6. Qh3 $18 {[%CAl Rh3h8] would have retained White's ascendancy.}) 6... d6 {Winning more time off the Queen before taking the piece.} 7. Qf3 hxg6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne5 10. Qg3 Bxb5 11. Nxb5 Nxe4 12. Qe3 Rh4 {[#] White's Queen has been chased around the board and Black has managed to develop a number of pieces.} 13. d3 Bh6 14. Qe2 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Qg5 { Notice how Black is able to make new threats with every move.} 16. O-O Rxh2 $6 {[%CAl Re5g4,Rg5h4] [#] Not sound but this will go unpunished.} 17. Nxc7+ $4 { Black has a forced # in 6.} (17. Kxh2 $1 Ng4+ 18. Kg1 Qh4 $4 (18... O-O-O 19. Qf3 $15 (19. Qxe4 $4 Qh4 20. Qf4 Rh8 $19)) 19. Qxe4+ $18) 17... Kd7 18. f4 (18. g3 Nxg3 19. Qxe5 Ne2+ 20. Kxh2 dxe5 21. Nxa8 Nf4 22. Nb6+ Ke8 23. b3 Qg2#) 18... Ng4 $1 {[#] Now he offers a Queen sacrifice.} (18... Qh4 $3 {was even quicker:} 19. Qg4+ Nxg4 20. Nxa8 Rh1#) 19. fxg5 {Accepted, and now comes a pretty pattern to finish:} Rh1+ 20. Kxh1 Ng3+ 21. Kg1 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 {[%CAl Re2g1,Re2g3,Yg4f2,Yg4h2]} Rh8# {[#] And he finishes with a nice #.} 0-1