Posted on May 9th, 2010 by Richard
As I play 1.e4 I occasionally face the Petrov defence. I find this a real challenge most times. I am trying to play the Nimzowitsch variation and this game shows a good win here with a bishop sac:
[pgn height=500 initialhalfMove=16 autoplaymode=none]
[Event “rated blitz match”]
[Site “Free Internet Chess Server”]
[Date “2010.05.09”]
[Round “?”]
[White “me”]
[Black “AN”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1026”]
[BlackElo “1220”]
[ECO “C42”]
[TimeControl “300”]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Bg4 7. Be2 Be7
8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 Bf5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Nxe5
dxe5 15. Bh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Kh8 17. Qxh7# {Black checkmated} 1-0
[/pgn]
I do not usually do this well in this opening and in general I need to learn the opening better but at least here when I saw an opportunity develop I took it!
There is a Petrov variation called the Cochrane gambit (Nxf7) which can be quite exciting too but I need to learn this Nimzowitsch opening better, knowing I won’t often win with a sac & mate!
Coincidentally Vishy Anand early in his career had a bad experience losing quickly against the Petrov (if I find the pgn for that game I will post it here!).
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