Traxler Counterattack
I've become interested in open games positions where one deliberately ignores attacks to pursue a mating net. Muzio Gambit, Legal Mate , Traxler Counter-attack.
I especially like the Traxler the game is often decided under 20 moves. I am working on the finer nuances of this having lost a few games trying to get it right. The sequence 7..d5 8...Nd4 then .....Bg4 threatening the queen is a strong string of moves.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Qe7 6. Nxh8 Bxf2+ 7. Kf1 d5 8.exd5 Nd4 9. d6 cxd6 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qa4+ Kf8 12. cxd4 Bxd4 13. Nc3 Nh5 14. Nd5 Qg5 15. d3 Qf5+ 16. Ke1 Qf2# *
Cut and paste the Pgn above in to the viewer link below to see a traxler counter attack I played as black.
http://www.lutanho.net/pgn/pgnviewer.html
I especially like the Traxler the game is often decided under 20 moves. I am working on the finer nuances of this having lost a few games trying to get it right. The sequence 7..d5 8...Nd4 then .....Bg4 threatening the queen is a strong string of moves.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Bc5 5. Nxf7 Qe7 6. Nxh8 Bxf2+ 7. Kf1 d5 8.exd5 Nd4 9. d6 cxd6 10. c3 Bg4 11. Qa4+ Kf8 12. cxd4 Bxd4 13. Nc3 Nh5 14. Nd5 Qg5 15. d3 Qf5+ 16. Ke1 Qf2# *
Cut and paste the Pgn above in to the viewer link below to see a traxler counter attack I played as black.
http://www.lutanho.net/pgn/pgnviewer.html
posted by takchess @ 6:00 PM
4 Comments:
At 8:14 PM,
Edwin 'dutchdefence' Meyer said…
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At 8:18 PM,
Edwin 'dutchdefence' Meyer said…
Materialistic patzers! Ha! Good job!
At 2:38 AM,
takchess said…
It's makes for interesting games when Materialistics Patzers meet
Unsound Combinational Patzer(me).
At 10:12 AM,
Pale Morning Dun - Errant Knight de la Maza said…
Touch and go there for a bit, nice work. I recently came across Claude Bloodgood's book, "The Tactical Grob." I love watching these kinds of games unfold, it's a bit tougher when I'm playing them. You really have to be accurate. Thanks for sharing your game.
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