Thursday, 1 February 2024

Scotch Blumenfeld Attack 'Bamboozles' My Opponent

This game started out as a routine, Classical Scotch Game, but then on move 6, I decided to unleash the unpredictable (and no doubt unsound) 'Blumenfeld Attack'. This variation got very interesting when my opponent took a gamble and decided to give his Rook away early on a8. I used the word 'bamboozle' in this post's title, because on move 8. Kd2?! my opponent took over 30 mins to cook up his next sequence of moves !!! Unfortunately I was unable to write all the moves down om my score sheet, as the rules state that in the final 5 minutes of the game the player is not obliged to do so, but luckily I remembered the final few moves in the time scramble ... !!! The outcome was that my opponent got his queen pinned to their King, by my Rook. Finally, he tried to move this piece (illegally) to check me in a bit of a rush, but I had to remind him that his piece was actually pinned and then he realised that he'd incurred a two minute penalty ... He resigned with this in mind.    

As usual, any comments welcome ...

Scotch Game


Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+ 8. Kd2 Qxe4 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Nf6 11. Nc3 Qb4 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Rhe1 Ne5 14. Kc1 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Qf3 d5 17. Qe2 Qh4 18. g3 Qg5 19. Qd3 Bd7 20. b3 Bc6 21. Kb2 Kd7 22. Rad1 Rxa8 23. e4 Kc7 24. exd5 Rd8 25. d6+ Kb8 26. Re7 Nd5 27. Nxd5 Rxd6 28. Qe2 Bxd5 29. Re8+ Kc7 30. Rde1 Be6 31. Kb1 Rd2 32. Qf3 Qd5 33. Qc3 Kb6 34. Qb4+ Ka6 35. Re3 Rxh2 36. Rd3 Qh1+ 37. Kb2 Qc6 38. Rd6 1-0


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