[Event "King's Gambit Thematic (D)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Enev, Zlatko"]
[Black "Albrecht, F.."]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "Enev, Z."]
[ECO "C30"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[PlyCount "61"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 { Let's cite Savely Tartakover here: "old nad bad" is
his short comment in the classic "Die hypermoderne Schachpartie" (1925) } 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 f5 { A rare continuation. The usual moves order here is: } ( 4... Nf6 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Be3 O-O { = } ) 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. d4 exd4 7. Bc4 fxe4 { 7... Nc6 is the more usual continuation here
but it does not equalize the black game at all as the following gem of a game
demonstrates: } ( 7... Nc6 8. b4 Bb6 9. Qb3 Nh6 10. Bg5 Qd6 11. e5 { !! } 11... Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 13. Kd2 Ng4 14. Re1 Ne3 15. Bg8 Kd7 16. cxd4 { ! } 16... Qxd4+ 17. Kc1 Rxg8 18. Bxe3 Qe5 19. Rd1+ { 1-0 Grabics,Monika-Forgo,Eva/Hungary 1993 } ) 8. Ne5 { The critical point of the
game. White has two continuations here: 8.Ng5 or 8. Ne5. Ng5 looks stronger at
first glance since in it the knight covers the important h4-d8 diagonal but
black can get acceptable play in it, e.g.: } ( 8. Ng5 Nf6 9. Nf7 Qe7 10. Nxh8 Nc6 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14. Qh6+ Qg7 15. Qxg7+ Kxg7 16. Bd5 e3 17. cxd4 Bxd4 18. Nc3 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Nd3+ 20. Ke2 Nf4+ 21. Kxe3 Nxd5+ 22. Kd4 Ne7 23. Rae1 Nc6+ 24. Kd5 Bd7 25. Rhf1 Rxh8 26. Rf2 Rd8 27. Re3 Be8+ 28. Kc5 Ne5 29. Rg3+ { 0-1 Zoister,Stefan-Costa,Jean/Suhr 1992 On the other hand, the
move in text is connected with a hidden positional catch: the queen check at
h4, looking so tempting, is actually a heavy positional mistake. The black
queen gets out of place, loses a tempo and its bad psoitioning finally allows
white to get a strong atack by means of quite simple developing moves. } ) 8... Qh4+ { ? } 9. g3 Qf6 ( 9... Qh3 { This queen retreat is no better, as shown by the following development: } 10. cxd4 Bd6 11. Qb3 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Ne7 13. Bf7+ Kd8 14. e6 Qf5 15. Nc3 Nbc6 16. Qd1+ { 1-0 Jacobson,Ernst-Olland,Adolf/Goteborg (4) 1920 } ) 10. cxd4 ( 10. Qh5+ { looks strong here but I did not choose it because of the following: } 10... g6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qxc5 d3 13. Qxc7 Nd7 14. Rf1 Qe5 15. Bf4 Qxc7 16. Bxc7 { with equality } ) 10... Bb4+ 11. Nc3 ( 11. Bd2 { would have allowed black to equalize } 11... Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 e3 13. Ne4 Qf5 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. Bb5+ Nc6 16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. Qxf5 Bxf5 18. Nxc6 Be4 { = } ) 11... Ne7 12. Rf1 { The moves order has to be precise or else black can get counterchances: } ( 12. Qb3 { ?! } 12... Qb6 { ! } 13. Bf4 Bf5 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxb3 16. axb3 Rf8 17. d5 Nd7 18. d6 cxd6 19. Rxd6 Bh3 20. Rhd1 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Rf2 22. Bxg7 Rxh2 23. Bb5+ Kf7 24. Be5 Ng6 25. Bc4+ Kf8 { with a very double edged endgame } ) ( 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Qb3 b6 15. Bf7+ Kf8 16. O-O { and black's position looks much more solid than in the game } ) 12... Bf5 13. Qb3 Nec6 { to make place at e7 for a king retreat } 14. Bf7+ Ke7 { all other king retreats lose immediately: } ( 14... Kd8 { ? } 15. Qd5+ Qd6 { +/- } ) ( 14... Kf8 15. Bh5 g6 16. Bg5 { ! + - } ) 15. Bd5 { ! now black's game is lost } 15... a5 16. Be3 a4 ( 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxb7 Be6 19. Qc2 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Bd5 21. Bf4 Qh5 { +/- } ) 17. Qc4 g6 { ? This loses per force. Better chances offered 17...Bxc3: } ( 17... Bxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Ke8 19. Bxe4 g6 20. O-O-O Qe6 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Nxc6 Qxc6 23. Rxf5 { where white still has a long way to victory } ) ( 17... Rf8 18. Bxe4 g6 19. O-O-O Bxc3 20. Qxc3 { looks also better than the continuation chosen } ) 18. O-O-O { ! Probably it was this move that black did not expect. The pawn win at e4 is
weaker: } ( 18. Bxe4 Bxc3+ ( 18... a3 19. Ke2 Bxc3 ( 19... Be6 20. Nd5+ Bxd5 21. Qxd5 ) 20. bxc3 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxe5 22. Bxb7 Ra5 23. Kf2 Rf8 24. Qb4+ Kf7 25. Bd4 Qb5 26. Kg1 { and the struggle goes on } ) 19. bxc3 Rf8 20. Nxc6+ bxc6 21. Bxf5 gxf5 { which is also much less clear than the actual game } ) 18... Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Qd6 { ? the best chance here was 19...a3, as shown by the following continuation: } ( 19... a3 20. Nf7 Kd7 21. Bg5 Qg7 22. Nxh8 Qxh8 { with a lot of struggle } ) 20. Bg5+ Ke8 21. Bf7+ Kf8 22. g4 Nd7 { ? I do not understand that move.
Black had much better continuations here, e.g.: } ( 22... h6 { looks best } 23. gxf5 hxg5 24. Nxg6+ Kxf7 25. Nxh8+ Kg8 ) ( 22... Nxe5 23. dxe5 Qc6 24. Bc4 ) 23. gxf5 Ndxe5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 { after the queens are exchanged there is even not a vague hope for black } 26. fxg6 Nf3 27. Rd7 { ! } ( 27. Bh6+ { is also sufficient but the move in text is more elegant and fast } 27... Ke7 28. g7 Kxf7 29. gxh8=Q Rxh8 30. Rd7+ ) 27... Nxg5 ( 27... hxg6 28. Bxg6 Kg8 29. Bxe4 Nxg5 30. Bd5+ { with mate } ) 28. Be6+ Ke8 29. g7 Rg8 30. Bxg8 Kxd7 31. Rf8 1-0