https://chessopeningsexplained.com/trick-nimzovich-beating-1-nc6/ Mon, 01 Jul 2019 01:14:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/trick-nimzovich-beating-1-nc6/#comment-140 Mon, 01 Jul 2019 01:14:20 +0000 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/?p=1000#comment-140 After 10…Bxd7 11.0-0 Black plays c6 (defending both pawns), but after Ne2-f4 White has a lead in development (If Qg5 Re1 followed by Nf4).

]]> https://chessopeningsexplained.com/trick-nimzovich-beating-1-nc6/#comment-139 Sun, 30 Jun 2019 23:32:13 +0000 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/?p=1000#comment-139 i mean after 14…Bxe2 (14…c6 15. Nf4 forking queening and bishop) 15. Rxc7+ and 16.Qxe2

]]> https://chessopeningsexplained.com/trick-nimzovich-beating-1-nc6/#comment-138 Sun, 30 Jun 2019 23:26:57 +0000 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/?p=1000#comment-138 I mean Ndxe5 is worse because of 9.dxe5 (not Bxe5) followed by 10.Qxd5; even after Qb4 10.Qxd5! Qxf4 11.Bxc6+ regains the piece (bxc6? 12.Qxc6+ forking king and rook

]]> https://chessopeningsexplained.com/trick-nimzovich-beating-1-nc6/#comment-137 Sun, 30 Jun 2019 04:47:52 +0000 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/?p=1000#comment-137 Notes on Colorado Gambit (which I think is dubious): 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.Bb5 Bxf5 5.d4 (threatening 6. Ne5 winning material) Qd6 6.Ne5 Nf6 7.Nc3 Nd7 8.Bf4 Ncxe5 (Ndxe5 is worse because of 9.Bxe5 followed by 10.Qxd5; even after Qb4 10.Qxd5! Qxf4 11.Bxc6+ regains the piece (bxc6? 12.Qxc6+ forking king and rook)) 9.Bxe5 Qg6 10.Bxd7+ Kxd7!? 11.0-0 e6 12.Rc1 followed by 13.Ne2. Or 11…Bxc2 12.Qd2 Qd3 (12…e6?! 13.Rac1 Bd3 14.Ne2 (threatening both 15.Nf4 forking queen and bishop and 15.Rxc7+) Bxe2 (14…c6 15. Nf4 followed by 16. b3) 15. Rxc7+ and 16.Bxe2; 13…Be4 14.Nxe4 dxe4 15.Rxc7+ and 16.Rxb7 and White is up a pawn and has a rook on the 7th rank; these factors lead to a win for White; 13…Bf5 14.Nb5 attacking the c-pawn and threatening Rxc7+ c6 15.Qa5!! (threatening 16.Qc7+ Ke8 17.Nd6+ Bxd6 18.Bxd6, and Black loses the b-pawn and a-pawn due to the threat of 19.Qe7 mate) is bad for Black; the point is that 15…cxb5? leads to mate: 16.Rc7+ Kd8 (Ke8 17.Qxb5+ Kd8 18.Qd7 mate) 17.Rc8+! Kxc8 (17…Kd7 and 17…Ke7 also lose to 18.Qc7 mate) 18.Qc7 mate) 10…Bxd7 is more normal, but after 11.0-0 Black loses the pawn on d5 or c7.

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