CHAPTER 6:
A LIVELY OPENING
QUIZ
ACTIVITIES
Indianapolis 1948
1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6 3. Bf1-c4 Bf8-c5 4. c2-c3 Ng8-f6 5. d2-d4 e5xd4 6. c3xd4 Bc5-b4+ 7. Nb1-c3 Nf6xe4 8. 0–0 Bb4xc3 9. d4-d5 Nc6-e5?! (Looks tempting as Black seems to be winning a piece but Bc3-f6 is much better.) 10. b2xc3 Ne5xc4 11. Qd1-d4 Nc4-d6?! 12. Qd4xg7 Qd8-f6 13. Qg7xf6 Ne4xf6 14. Rf1-e1+ Ke8-f8? (14... Ke8-d8 loses to 15. Bc1-g5 Nd6-e8 16. Re1xe8+! (DESTROY!) 16... Rh8xe8 177. Bg5xf6+ Re8-e7 18. Ra1-e1 (ATTACK A PINNED PIECE!) and White comes out a piece up, but better is 14... Nf6-e4.) 15. Bc1-h6+ Kf8-g8 16. Re1-e5 Nd6-e4 (Diagram 87) (16... Nf6-e4 is better but White can win with 17. Ra1-e1 f7-f5 18. Re5-e7 b7-b6 19. Nf3-e5 Bc8-b7 20. Re7-g7+ Kg8-f8 21. Rg7xh7+ (DISCOVERED CHECK!) Kf8-g8 22. Rh7-g7+ Kg8-f8 23. Ne5-g6+ (FORK!)).
13. h2-h4!
This move wins the Black Queen! Black's pieces are so badly placed that White threatens simply to push this pawn through to h8. The only way to stop this is to take the pawn off. So...
13... Be7xh4
14. Rh1xh4! Qd8xh4
15. Bc1-g5 Qh4-h1+
16. Ke1-d2 Qh1xg2
17. Qg7-f6 (Diagram 90)