Knight Sac for the Attack!
Saturday, July 12th, 2008Last night’s WCCC game was a pretty one, although I probably attacked prematurely. I was paired against the club master’s 1500-rated nemesis—how it is that he gives Michael more trouble than anyone else in the club is a mystery, possibly partly (but only partly) explicable by the fact that Charles plays an opening system that no one else in the club plays. It seems to be of his own devising, although I have recently seen something like it referred to as “the Hippo”—a sort of extended Hedgehog formation. I had White against him, and I was able to sacrifice a knight for the attack early on:
1 e4 b6 2 d4 Bb7 3 Nc3 d6 4 Nf3 e6 5 Bc4 Nd7 6 O-O a6 7 Ng5 Qe7 8 f4 h6 9 Nxf7 Qxf7 10 f5 Ngf6 11 fxe6 Qg6 12 exd7+ Kxd7 13 d5 Re8 14 Bd3 Qf7 15 Qf3 Be7 16 Ne2 Rhf8 17 Qh3+ Kd8 18 Nd4 Bc8 19 Nc6 mate.