(1) Shira Moolten - Ian Morton
World Open U1100 (2)



1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 f5 4.exf5?!
Accepting the gambit pawn is exactly what black wants. Black can look forward to one or more of 3 things happening: he will recapture on f5 with the c8 bishop gaining a tempo, or the deflection of white's e pawn allows black more control of the center, or black can use the half open f file to generate an attack. All 3 occured in the game!

4...e4 5.Ng1
[5.Qe2 Qe7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nd4 Nf6 8.Nc3 Qe5= ]

5...Nf6
[5...Qg5!? 6.g4 Nf6 Perhaps this idea gives black more active attacking chances than the game move.]

6.Ne2 d5 7.0-0 Bxf5 8.Nd4 Bd7 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Ba4 Bd6 11.Nc3 0-0
Warning bells should be going off for white, since black has all his pieces aimed at the white king.

12.d3 Bxh2+!! 13.Kxh2 Ng4+ 14.Kg3
[14.Kh1 Qh4+ mate in two]

14...h5 15.Rh1
[15.Qe1 This white's only hope for a draw.]

15...Nxf2 16.Qxh5 Nxh1+ 17.Qxh1 Qf6 18.Be3 Qe5+ 19.Kh4 Rf5
[19...Rf4+!! Black misses this simple mate in 7 although the moves played in the game were forcing as well.]

20.g4 g5+ 21.Kh3 Rf3+ 22.Kg2 Qg3# 0-1