                      |
| Chess Game Menu | New Opening at Eighty | Pratt's Home Page |
|
My only game with an 80-year-old neighbor who had trouble finding someone to play. He had never seen the Sicilian Wing Gambit before and was really excited to learn a new opening. Not an amazing game but one worth preserving. One of my only good end games.
| 1. e2-e4, c7-c5. | |
| 2. b2-b4, c5xb4. | Indeed Black should accept the gambit. |
| 3. Bf1-c4, Nb8-c6. | |
| 4. Ng1-f3, e7-e6. | |
| 5. d2-d3, Qd8-f6. | White should have fianchettoed his Bishop. Black attacks the unprotected Rook. |
| 6. d3-d4, Qf6-g6. | |
| 7. Nb1-d2, Qg6xg2. | White sees the attack on his Knight Pawn and is content to open that file for his Rook. |
| 8. Rh1-g1, Qg2-h3. | |
| 9. Rg1-g3, Qh3-h5. | |
| 10. d4-d5, Nc6-a5. | |
| 11. Bc1-b2, f7-f6. | Black frees up his King's Bishop. |
| 12. a2-a3, Na5xc4. | |
| 13. Nd2xc4, e6-e5. | |
| 14. d5-d6, Qh5-f7. | |
| 15. Qd1-d3, Qf7-e6. | |
| 16. a3xb4, b7-b5. | |
| 17. Nc4-a3, a7-a6. | if ... Bf8xd6, then 18 Rg2xg7 |
| 18. c2-c4, b5xc4. | |
| 19. Na3xc4, Ra8-b8. | |
| 20. Bb2-a3, Rb8-b5. | |
| 21. Ra1-c1, Bc8-b7. | |
| 22. Nf3-h4, Ng8-h6. | |
| 23. Nc4-a5, Bb7-a8. | |
| 24. Rc1-c8+, Ke8-f7. | |
| 25. Rc8xa8, Rh8-g8. | |
| 26. Na5-c6!, Bf8xd6. | With his Knight pawn protected, finally White gets that pesky pawn. |
| 27. Nc6-d8+, Rg8xd8. | White gets a Rook for a Knight and two pawns. |
| 28. Ra8xd8, Bd6xb4+. | |
| 29. Ba3xb4, Rb5xb4. | |
| 30. Rd8xd7+, Kf7-e8. | |
| 31. Rg3xg7, Ke8-f8. | King's are powerful at close range. |
| 32. Nh4-f5, Nh6xf5. | |
| 33. e4xf5, Rb4-d4. | |
| 34. f5xe6, Rd4xd3. | White could push his King pawn, but he sees it later. |
| 35. Rg7xh7, Kf8-g8. | White wants to distance the Rook from the King. |
| 36. Rh7-g7+, Kg8-f8. | |
| 37. e6-e7+, Kf8-e8. | Finally White sees he can sacrifice a Rook to promote that pawn. |
| 38. Rg7-g8+, resign | Black can take the a Rook but not stop the pawn. |