[Event "GotM #29"]
[Site "Kosice"]
[Date "1893.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Charousek, Rudolf Rezso"]
[Black "Wollner, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Annotator "Connaughton, Ken"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1893.??.??"]
[EventCountry "SVK"]
1. e4 e5 2. d4 {Center Game} (2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 {Goring Gambit}) 2...
exd4 {Accepted Line} 3. c3 { White plays the Danish Gambit, for the pawn he
will get a fearsome Bishop Pair in an open position. His other pieces will
also come into the game very quickly.} dxc3 {Danish Gambit Accepted. Black's
sense of adventure means we're in store for a very sharp contest. He could
have declined with 3...d6, 3...Qe7 or 3...d5.} (3... d6) (3... Qe7) (3... d5 {
Sörensen Defense or Capablanca Defence}) 4. Bc4 {Lindehn Variation} (4. Nxc3 {
Alekhine Variation} d6 (4... Bc5 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nf3 {again transposing to the
Goring Gambit}) (4... Nc6 5. Bc4 {[%CAl Gg1f3] with 6.Nf3 to come once more
steers the game into Goring waters.}) (4... Bb4 5. Bc4 (5. Qd4) 5... Bxc3+ 6.
bxc3 d6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Ne2 {Alekhine–Pomar, Madrid 1943}) 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nf3 {
transposing to lines in the Goring Gambit}) 4... Nf6 (4... cxb2 { Danish
Gambit Accepted Main Starting Position} 5. Bxb2 {[%CAl Gd1b3,Rc4f7,Rb2g7]
giving White a strong initiatives and Black must defend with precision.} d5 {
Schlechter Defense} (5... Bb4+) (5... Nf6) (5... d6) (5... Nc6) (5... Qe7) (
5... Qg5) (5... Bc5) (5... Nh6) (5... f6) 6. Bxd5 (6. exd5) 6... Nf6 (6... Bb4+
) 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qxd8 Bb4+ 9. Qd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Re8 {Nyholm -
Tartakower, Baden-Baden 1914}) (4... d6 5. Nxc3 {Goring Gambit}) 5. Nf3 Bc5 6.
Nxc3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. Ng5 h6 9. Nxf7 { White chooses the classic Knight
sac on f7.} Rxf7 10. e5 Ng4 ({Not} 10... dxe5 {because of} 11. Qxd8+)
11. e6 {The e-pawn is obliterating Black's defense and look at his completely
undeveloped Queenside.} Qh4 {Black desperately tries to generate counterplay.
11...Bxe6 and 11...Rxf2 might have both been objectively better but both are
also losing.} (11... Bxe6 12. Bxe6 Ne5 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Qb3 b6 15. Nb5 a6 16.
f4 Kh8 17. Bxf7 Nxf7 18. Rfe1) (11... Rxf2 12. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 13. Kh1 Kh8 14.
Qxg4 Nc6 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qf4 Be3 17. Qxe3) (11... Re7 12. Qxg4)
12. exf7+ {} Kf8 13. Bf4 Nxf2 {His last throw of the dice but when it
inevitably peters out, White's much more potent attack will settle it.} 14. Qe2
Ng4+ ({Not} 14... Nh3+ {as White has neither the time nor sufficient
control of f2 to make the Windmill work:} 15. Kh1 Nf2+ (15... Nxf4 16. Qe8#)
16. Rxf2 Bxf2 (16... Be6 17. Qxe6 Nd7 18. Re2) 17. Qe8#) 15. Kh1 Bd7 {
Covering e8.} 16. Rae1 Nc6 {Black seems to have adequately defended e8 with
three defenders vs White's two but he has been tactically outmaneuvered.} 17.
Qe8+ {} Rxe8 18. fxe8=Q+ Bxe8 19. Bxd6# { Black has captured Queens
on his last two moves but he is mated by two central Rooks and the powerfully
positioned Bishop Pair. The double check ensures there is no escape.} 1-0
