Author: Odd Gunnar Malin
Date: 06:07:22 11/20/02
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On November 20, 2002 at 08:34:08, Dan Andersson wrote:
>Ah! The Traxler gambit. It is not tolally sound. But white should get no more
>than a better endgame out of it. Some variations of the Vienna, Scotch and Kings
>gambit will be problematic too. Not to mention the quite sound Poisoned pawn in
>the Najdorf. But it is more of an opening problem.
>
>MvH Dan Andersson
Yes,
There was an interesting discussion on rgca one or two years back on traxler. I
see in my DB that I have followed it. Maybe something interesting and unknown in
here.
(Use deja to get the orgin of the lines. Event is probably equal to subject.)
Odd Gunnar
[Event "Traxler with 7.Ke3"]
[Site "Rec.games.chess.analysis"]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White ""]
[Black ""]
[Result ""]
[Eco "C57"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe4+
7.Ke3 Qe7 8.Nxh8 Qg5+ ( 8...d5 9.Qh5+ ) 9.Kxe4 Qf4+ 10.Kd3 d5
11.Bxd5 ( 11.Qh5+ {?} g6 12.Bxd5 ( 12.Nxg6 Qe4+ 13.Kc3 Qxc4# )
( 12.Qxg6+ hxg6 13.Bxd5 Bf5+ 14.Ke2 Nd4+ 15.Ke1 Nxc2+ $21 ) gxh5
13.c3 Bf5+ 14.Ke2 O-O-O 15.d4 ( 15.Bxc6 Bd3+ 16.Ke1 Qh4+ 17.g3
Qg4 18.Bxb7+ Kxb7 19.Kf2 Qe2+ 20.Kg1 Qf1# ) Bg4+ 16.Bf3 Qe4+
17.Kf2 Bxf3 18.gxf3 Qh4+ 19.Kf1 Qh3+ 20.Kf2 Rg8 $21 ) Bf5+ 12.Ke2
Bg4+ ( 12...Nd4+ 13.Ke1 Nxc2+ 14.Qxc2 Bxc2 $16 ) 13.Bf3 Nd4+
14.Kf2 Bxf3 15.gxf3 e4 16.Nc3 ( 16.d3 Qh4+ 17.Kg2 ( 17.Ke3 {!?}
Nf5+ ( 17...exf3 {?} 18.c3 ) 18.Ke2 Nd4+ 19.Kf1 Qh3+ 20.Kg1 exf3
21.Qf1 ( 21.Qe1+ Kd7 $10 {!} ) Qg4+ 22.Kf2 Qh4+ 23.Ke3 O-O-O
24.Kd2 f2 {!} 25.Na3 ( 25.Nf7 {?} Qf4+ 26.Kc3 Nb5+ 27.Kb3 Nd4+
28.Kc4 b5+ 29.Kc3 b4+ 30.Kc4 Qxf7+ $10 ) ( 25.c3 Qf4+ 26.Kd1
Qg4+ $10 ) ( 25.Nc3 Qf4+ 26.Kd1 Qf3+ 27.Ne2 Nxe2 28.Kd2 Ng1 $10 )
Re8 26.Nc4 ( 26.Qg2 Qh6+ $10 ) Re1 27.Ne3 ( 27.Qg2 Re2+ $10 {Check 28.Kd1 Qh5}
) Nf3+ 28.Kc3 Qd4+ $10 ) exf3+ $45 ) ( 16.Rg1 Qxh2+ 17.Rg2 Qh4+
18.Kf1 Qh1+ 19.Rg1 Qh3+ 20.Kf2 Qh4+ 21.Ke3 Nf5+ 22.Ke2 Qh2+ $10 )
Qh4+ 17.Kf1 Qh3+ 18.Kg1 ( 18.Kf2 Qh4+ 19.Ke3 Nf5+ 20.Ke2 Nd4+
$10 ) exf3 19.Qe1+ Kd7 20.Qg3 {Sjekk Qf2} f2+ 21.Kxf2 Rf8+ 22.Ke1
Re8+ 23.Kf2 Rf8+ $10 *
[Event "Traxler var. 1-0"]
[Site "Rec.games.chess.analysis"]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White ""]
[Black ""]
[Result ""]
[Eco "C57"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Kf1
( 6.Kxf2 Nxe4+ 7.Kg1 Qh4 8.g3 Nxg3 $10 ) Qe7 7.Nxh8 d5 8.exd5
Nd4 9.d6 cxd6 10.Kxf2 ( 10.c3 Bg4 ( 10...Qf8 {!?} ) 11.Qa4+ Nd7
12.Nf7 Qf6 $45 ) Bg4 11.Qf1 Rd8 12.Bb5+ Bd7 13.Bxd7+ Kxd7 14.Qd3
Rf8 15.Ke1 Ng4 16.Rf1 Rxf1+ 17.Qxf1 Nxh2 ( 17...Qh4+ 18.g3 Qxh2
19.c3 ( 19.Qf7+ Kd8 ) Qxg3+ 20.Kd1 Nf2+ 21.Qxf2 Qxf2 22.cxd4 )
18.Qf7 Nxc2+ 19.Kd1 Nxa1 20.Qxe7+ Kxe7 21.Na3 Kf8 22.b4 g5 23.Ng6+
hxg6 24.Bb2 Nb3 25.axb3 a6 26.Nc4 Ke7 27.Ne3 b5 28.Ke2 Ke6 29.Kf2 *
[Event "TRAXLER BUSTED ??"]
[Site "Rec.games.chess.analysis"]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White ""]
[Black ""]
[Result ""]
[Eco "C57"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe4+
7.Ke3 ( 7.Ke1 Qh4+ 8.g3 Nxg3 9.Nxh8 Nxh1+ 10.Ke2 Qxc4+ 11.d3
Qg4+ 12.Ke1 Qg1+ 13.Ke2 Qf2# ) Qe7 ( 7...Qh4 8.g3 Nxg3
( 8...Qe7 {!?} ) 9.hxg3 Qd4+ 10.Kf3 d5 11.Rh4 e4+ 12.Kg2 O-O
13.Qh5 Rxf7 14.Bxd5 $10 ) 8.Nxh8 {!} Qg5+ ( 8...Qc5+ {?} 9.d4
Qxc4 10.Kxe4 exd4 11.Re1 $20 ) ( 8...d5 {!?} 9.Qh5+ g6 10.Nxg6
Qc5+ 11.Ke2 Bg4+ ( 11...Nf6 12.Qg5 ( 12.Qh4 Nd4+ 13.Ke1 Qxc4
14.Nc3 Nxc2+ 15.Kd1 Qxh4 16.Nxh4 Nxa1 17.d3 {!} Bg4+ 18.Kd2 d4
19.Nb5 e4 20.Nxc7+ Kd8 21.Nxa8 e3+ 22.Ke1 Nc2+ 23.Kf1 Nd5 24.Nf3
Bxf3 25.gxf3 Nf4 26.h3 e2+ 27.Kf2 e1Q+ 28.Rxe1 Nxd3+ 29.Ke2 Ndxe1
30.Bd2 Ng2 31.Kd3 Nge3 32.Bxe3 Nxe3 33.Kxd4 Nc2+ 34.Ke5 ) Qxc4+
( 12...Ne4 13.Qe3 Nd4+ 14.Kf1 Bg4 ( 14...Nxc2 15.Qxc5 Nxc5 16.b4
{!} ) 15.d3 hxg6 16.Bb3 $20 ) ( 12...Bg4+ 13.Ke1 Qxc4 14.Nc3 )
13.d3 Qxc2+ 14.Bd2 $20 ) ( 11...Qf2+ 12.Kd1 Nf6 13.Rf1 Qxf1+
14.Bxf1 Nxh5 15.Nh4 $20 ) 12.Qxg4 Nd4+ 13.Kf1 Qxc4+ 14.d3 Qxc2
15.dxe4 Qxc1+ 16.Kf2 Qxb2+ 17.Kg3 hxg6 18.h4 $20 {!!} Ne2+ 19.Kh2
Nf4 20.Nc3 Qxc3 21.Rac1 Qb4 22.Rxc7 Rd8 23.Rh7 Qxe4 24.Rh8+ )
9.Kxe4 d5+ 10.Bxd5 Bf5+ ( 10...Qf4+ 11.Kd3 Bg4 ( 11...Nb4+ 12.Ke2
Nxd5 13.h3 $20 ) ( 11...Bf5+ 12.Ke2 Nd4+ 13.Ke1 Nxc2+ 14.Qxc2
Bxc2 15.Nc3 O-O-O 16.d3 $20 ) 12.Bxc6+ bxc6 13.Qg1 $20 ) 11.Kf3
Bg4+ 12.Kf2 Bxd1 ( 12...Qh4+ 13.g3 Qf6+ 14.Kg2 Bxd1 15.Rxd1 O-O-O
16.Rf1 Qd6 17.Be4 Rxh8 18.d3 $20 ) 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.Rxd1 Ke7
( 14...Qh5 15.Rf1 Qxh2 16.d3 O-O-O 17.Nd2 Rxh8 18.Nf3 $20 ) 15.Kg1 *
[Event "Traxler with 7.Ke3 Qe7 8.c3"]
[Site "Rec.games.chess.analysis"]
[Date ""]
[Round ""]
[White ""]
[Black ""]
[Result ""]
[Eco "C57"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2 Nxe4+
7.Ke3 Qe7 8.c3 d5 9.Bxd5 Qc5+ 10.Kxe4 ( 10.d4 Qxd5 11.Nxh8 exd4+
12.cxd4 Bg4 $21 ) Bf5+ 11.Kxf5 Qxd5 12.Nxh8 ( 12.Qe2 Qxf7+ 13.Ke4
O-O 14.Kd3 ( 14.Na3 Qf5+ 15.Ke3 e4 16.Qc4+ Kh8 $21 ) Qg6+ 15.Kc4
Nd4 $21 {!} ) Ne7+ 13.Kg5 ( 13.Kg4 {?} Qxg2+ 14.Kh4 Nf5+ 15.Kh5
g6+ 16.Nxg6 Qxg6# ) Qxg2+ 14.Qg4 Qxh1 15.Qh5+ ( 15.Qe2 Qxc1 16.Qh5+
( 16.Qb5+ c6 17.Qxe5 Qxb2 18.Qe6 Rd8 19.Qf7+ Kd7 $21 ) g6 17.Qf3
Qxb2 18.Qf7+ Kd7 $21 ) g6 16.Qe2 ( 16.Nxg6 Nxg6 17.Na3 O-O-O
18.Qh3+ Kb8 19.d3 Rg8 $21 ) Qg1+ ( 16...O-O-O ) ( 16...Rd8 {!} )
17.Kh4 ( 17.Kh6 Nf5+ 18.Kxh7 O-O-O 19.Nf7 Rd7 20.d4 Rxf7+ 21.Kg8
Rg7+ 22.Kf8 Qxc1 $21 ) ( 17.Kf6 Kf8 18.d4 Qxc1 19.Qf2 Re8 20.Kxe5+
Nf5+ 21.Kd5 Qe3 22.Qxe3 Nxe3+ 23.Kc5 Nc2 $21 ) O-O-O 18.Nf7
( 18.Kh3 Qxc1 19.Nf7 Nd5 20.Qxe5 Qf1+ 21.Kg3 Qxf7 22.Na3 Rf8
23.Qe2 Nf4 24.Qg4+ Kb8 $21 ) Rd3 19.Qg4+ ( 19.Qxd3 Qxh2+ 20.Qh3+
( 20.Kg4 Qg2+ 21.Kh4 ( 21.Qg3 h5+ 22.Kh4 Nf5+ $21 ) Nf5+ 22.Qxf5+
gxf5 23.Nh6 Qh1+ 24.Kg5 Qxc1 25.b3 Qb2 $21 ) Nf5+ 21.Kg5 Qxh3
$21 ) Nf5+ 20.Kg5 Qxh2 21.Kf6 ( 21.Qa4 Qg1+ 22.Kf6 Qb6+ 23.Kxe5
Qc5+ 24.Kf4 Ng7 $21 ) ( 21.Qb4 Qg2+ 22.Kf6 Qc6+ 23.Kxe5 Qe8+
24.Kf6 Rd5 25.d3 Qc6+ 26.Kg5 Nd4+ 27.Kg4 Qe6+ 28.Kg3 Qe1+ 29.Kg2
Qe2+ 30.Kg3 Qf3+ 31.Kh2 Rh5+ 32.Kg1 Rh1# ) Qf2 22.Nxe5 Rd6+ 23.Kf7
Rd7+ {!} 24.Nxd7 Nh6+ 25.Kg7 Nxg4 $21 *
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