Mystery game #81: Bxf7+ works pretty well in scorcher!

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  • Mystery game #81: Bxf7+ works pretty well in scorcher!

    Here is the text of an interesting game. You can discuss the game, player strengths, era, setting, format, time controls, etc. I will provide all data in a few days. Enjoy!!

    1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 g5 5.g3 g4 6.Nh4 Bh6 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Nc3 c6 9.O-O b5 10.Bxf7+ Kxf7 11.Bxf4 Bxf4 12.Rxf4 Kg7 13.Qd2 Nh5 14.Nf5+ Kf8 15.Rxg4 Bxf5 16.Qh6+ Ke7 17.exf5 Kd7 18.Qxh5 Kc7 19.Rg7+ Nd7 20.Re1 Kb6 21.Ree7 Nf6 22.Rb7+ Ka6 23.Qf7 Rb8 24.Rxa7+ Kb6 25.Ra6+, 1-0.

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    Dr. Peter Sibbald (2036) -- Patrick Kirby (2065), Kingston 1999. Played 1999-02-08. Kingston Chess Club vs. Queen's University Chess Club team match. Time controls 30/90', SD/60'. King's Gambit, Fischer Defense, C34. Organizers / TDs: Ismail Ibrahim and Frank Dixon. PS: KCC, PK: QUCC.

    A very rare line in the King's Gambit gets another look here. On move 3,...d6 is the Fischer Defense, named for the American GM who was World Champion 1972-75. After Fischer lost to GM Boris Spassky with 3...g5 at Mar del Plata 1960, he did an exhaustive analysis of the opening, published much of it, and advocated 3...d6 as the strongest reply.
    On move five, normal is 5.h4 g4 6.Ng1. The only other game I have found with 6.Nh4, seen here, is between two very strong GMs. Zvjaginsev -- Akopian, Mainz Open 2009, saw 6...f3 7.Nc3 Nf6 8.ZBe3 Be7 9.Qd2 h6 10.Bc4 Bg5, and Black won in 30 moves. So here 6...Bh6 may be new.
    Black lags in development, while trying to protect his gambit pawn, doesn't get castled, and allows 10.Bxf7+, which with White's king castled, is usually a strong move in this opening, the riskiest of all for White. With Black's king on the run, White has essentially a free hand, and pursues his attack accurately to force a quick conclusion. Black runs with his king to the queenside, but it doesn't help! I don't see a clear conclusion on how Black can improve after his king gets rousted out. Shows the practical power of this often underestimated opening!

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