25.Rf3+ Bf6 26.Rxf6+ Ke7 27.Rh7+ Kd8 28.Rf8+ 1-0
Instead of getting distracted with 28.Qxg4 cxb2 29.Rf1 Bd7
30.Bxg6 Rg8 and still having to work for the win, White chose
the correct continuation with 28.Rf8+ as 28…Nf6 29.Qxf6+
Qe7 30.Qxe7#.
Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes
Here, we see players in several sections shown, some
deep in thought during this year’s New Jersey Open
during the final round.
11.Bxd5 Nc6 12.0–0 Rb8 Bxc2 14.Bxc6+
What followed after 13...Bxc2? was pretty uncomfortable for
Black as 14.Bxc6+ pretty much gave White clear sailing
(Roger Gotschall).
Roger Gotschall (1410)
Anila Shah (1789)
2007 US Open - Cherry Hill, NJ
Mr. Gotschall graciously provided us with his comments for
this game.
1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Bf5 4.f3 e5
It seems that we got off of the beaten path when Black
played 4...e5. I was expecting 4...exf3 or 4...Nf6 (Roger
Gotschall). Off the beaten track indeed. We found this
position in only two games in our BDG mega database,
Lemke – Morjan (Corr. 1984 1-0) and lovejudges – CyniK
(ICC 1998 0-1). Obviously, the merits of 4…e5 have yet to
be determined.
Photo provided courtesy of Aaron Kiedes
5.d5 Bb4 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Be3 exf3 9.Nxf3 Bxc3+
10.bxc3 Nxd5?
Danny Balter (left) shown in round six slugging it out with
Nikita Panasenko in the U1900 section of the 61st Annual
New Jersey Open. Nikita and your Editor shared 1st & 2nd
place respectively with 5/6 each scoring 4 wins and 2
draws.
I think Black had the advantage until 10...Nxd5? After that
White had a pretty good grip on the center with 11.Bxd5 or
11.Qxd5. (At that point I thought Black's best response was
11...c6) (Roger Gotschall).
14…bxc6 15.Qxc2 Qd5 16.Bxa7 Rb7 17.Bf2 0–0
18.Rfe1 f6 19.Rad1 Qc4 20.Re4 Qf7 21.Nh4 Rfb8 22.Nf5
Rb2 23.Qd3 Rxa2 24.Rg4 Kh8 25.Rxg7 Qe8 26.Qh3
Rxf2
26...h5 only holds off mate for a few more moves 27.Qg3 Qf7
28.Rxf7 Rg8 29.Qxg8+ Kxg8 30.Rg7+ Kf8 31.Rd8#.
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27.Qxh6# 1–0
All in all, the BDG is simply fun to play. It has been a long
time favorite of mine (Roger Gotschall).
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