Notes from the Far Edge of the Continuum of Opening Insanity -Traxler and Goring Gambit

As Bdk has so aply discribed my opening choices.


And yet another Traxler this time a defeat. I will need to see what Heisman Cd says on this line. Stayed within a pawn of him for a long time which is normally sufficient for a wild tactic to make itself available. It went on to a winning endgame for white. Cut and Paste game into the sidebar.


1. e4 {1} e5 {3} 2. Nf3 {2} Nc6 {3} 3. Bc4 {2} Nf6 {3} 4. Ng5 {2} Bc5 {3} 5.
Nxf7 {4} Bxf2+ {2} 6. Kf1 {1} Qe7 {10} 7. Nxh8 {20} d5 {10} 8. exd5 {14} Nd4 {
46} 9. h3 {31} Bg3 {21} 10. c3 {22} Nf5 {24} 11. d4 {98} exd4 {18} 12. Qe2 {16}
Bd7 {22} 13. Qxe7+ {14} Kxe7 {38} 14. Bg5 {16} Rxh8 {27} 15. Nd2 {15} h6 {13}
16. Bxf6+ {5} Kxf6 {22} 17. Rg1 {28} Rf8 {20} 18. Ne4+ {14} Ke5 {17} 19. Nxg3 {
23} Ne3+ {14} 20. Ke2 {10} Nxc4 {4} 21. Rge1 {23} Ne3 {12} 22. cxd4+ {8} Kxd4 {
15} 23. Rac1 {18} Bb5+ {12} 24. Kd2 {19} Rf2+ {16} 25. Ne2+ {2} Bxe2 {28} 26.
Rxe2 {2} Nf1+ {25} 27. Ke1 {3} Rxe2+ {33} 28. Kxe2 {8} Ng3+ {6} 29. Kf3 {3} Nf5
{6} 30. Rd1+ {14} Kc5 {6} 31. g4 {18} Nd6 {33} 32. Kf4 {13} g5+ {6} 33. Ke5 {8}
Nc4+ {18} 34. Kf6 {8} Ne3 {5} 35. Rc1+ {10} Kxd5

Similar continuations

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1224894
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1158380


an interesting alternative on blacks move nine

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1224768

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1224851
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1224861


All these and more can be found in this collection of mine

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chesscollection?cid=1008357

My play seems to be getting sharper. Alot of good that extra pawn did for black. 8)

1. e4 {2} e5 {8} 2. d4 {2} exd4 {5} 3. c3 {1} dxc3 {2} 4. Bc4 {1} Qe7 {112} 5.
Nxc3 {13} Nf6 {10} 6. Nf3 {24} Nxe4 {42} 7. O-O {4} Nc5 {51} 8. Bg5 {48} f6 {8}
9. Re1 {34} Ne6 {5} 10. Nd5 {20} Qd8 {22} 11. Ne5 {72} fxg5 {38} 12. Qf3 {7}
Nf4 {72} 13. Nc6+

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another one for BDK added today. Felt rather Ct-art-ish the ending combination.

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. Nxc3 Bb4 6.
Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nxe4 8. Qd5 O-O 9. O-O Nxc3 10. Qh5 d5 11. Ng5 h6 12. Bb2
Nxa2 13. Nxf7 Rxf7 14. Bxd5 Qf8 15. Rfe1 Nb4 16. Bxf7+ Qxf7 17. Re8+ Qxe8 18.
Qxe8+ Kh7 19. Qf7

Upon reflection I am uncertain as if the continuation is the Danish or Goring I understand these lines often merge. Most likely they are Danishes