Bill Wall's Wonderful World of Chess
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Bill WallQuick Spanish Lessons
¡Hola! Here
are some quick lessons in the Spanish (Ruy Lopez) opening:
Dykes - Somoza, Ohio
1977
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nxe5? Qd4 and Black wins
a piece 0-1
Griffith-NN, England
1888
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Ne7 5.Nxe5 c6 6.Nc4 cxb5?? (6...Ng6) 7.Nd6
mate 1-0
Pal Benko - Sawyer,
New York 1964
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.c3 a6 5.Bc4 h6 6.d4 d6? (6...exd4) 7.Qb3
Na5?? (better is 7...d5) 8.Bxf7+ Kd7 9.Nxe5+ (9...Nxe5 10.dxe5 11.Qe6 mate)
1-0
Levens - Thomas,
England 1963
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 f5 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 fxe4 8.Ng5
Nf6 (or 8...d5) 9.d5 Ne7?? (best is 9...a6) 10.Ne6, trapping the Queen 1-0
Bry Smith - R.
Kaufman, Virginia 2005
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Bg5 Bb4+ 6.c3 dxc3 7.Nxc3 Be7 8.h4 d6
9.Nd5 Nf6? (9...a6) 10.Qd4! (if 10...O-O 11.Nxe7+ Qxe7 12.Bxc6, and if
12...bxc6 13.Bxf6) 1-0
Turner - Matos, New
Jersey 1974
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.hxg4?
(White should playe 8.Nbd2) hxg4 9.Bg5 Qg6 10.Nxe5?? better is 10.Nbd2)
10...Qh7 (11.f4 g3 and Black will mate) 0-1
Alekhine - Ganzo,
Portugal 1944
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6
9.a4 b4 10.a5 Be7? (10...Nc5) 11.Ba4 and White will win a piece (11...Bd7
12.Qxd5 or 11...Qd7 12.Nd4) 1-0
Mohrlock - Kramer,
Varna 1962
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.c3 d3
9.a4 Bd7 10.axb5 axb5? (10...Bxb5) 11.Qh5! (if 11...g6 12.Qd5, threatening
mate or winning the Black rook at a8) 1-0
Dnorzynski - Keres,
USSR 1956
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.d4 b5 6.Bb3 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Qxd4?
(8.c3 or 8.Bd5) 8...c5 9.Qd5 Be6 10.Qc6+ Bd7 11.Qd5 c4, winning a piece 0-1
(this trap is known as Noa's Ark Trap)
Anderssen - Suhle,
Breslau 1959
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Ng6 6.Nxd4 Be7 7.Nf5 O-O 8.Nc3
Bc5 9.Qh5 d6 10.Bg5 Qe8 (10...f6) 11.Nxg7 Kxg7?? (11...Qe5 had to be played)
12.Qh6+ (threatening 13.Bf6 and mate) 1-0
Zukertort -
Anderssen, Breslau 1865
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.c3 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.O-O Ng6 7.Ng5 h6 8.Nxf7 Kxf7
9.Bc4+ Ke7 (better is 9...Ke8) 10.Qh5 Qe8?? (Black had to play 10...Kf6)
11.Qg5+! hxg5 12.Bxg5 mate 1-0
Blackburne -
Gunsberg, England 1980
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bc2 d5?! (7...O-O)
8.exd5 Qxd5 (better is 8...Ne7 or 8...Nxd5) 9.d4 Bd6 10.Bb3 Qe4 11.Qxe4 Nxe4
12.Bd5 (winning a knight) 1-0
Nimzovich - Ryckhoff,
Estonia 1910
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O d6 5.d4 Nxe4? (better is 5...Bd7) 6.d5 a6
7.Bd3 Nf6 8.dxc6 e4 9.Re1 d5 10.Be2! exf3?? (Black had to play 10...bxc6)
11.cxb7 Bxb7 12.Bb5 mate 1-0
Mayet - Anderssen,
Berlin 1851
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.O-O Bg4 7.h3 h5!? 8.hxg4
hxg4 9.Nxe5 g3 10.d4 Nxe4 11.Qg4 (better is 11.fxg3) 11...Bxd4 12.Qxe4??
(12.Nd3) 12...Bxf2+! (After 13.Rxf2 Qd1+
14.Rf1 Rh1+! 15.Kxh1 Qxf1 mate) 0-1
Bohm - Hernandez,
Amsterdam 1979
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Be3 Ne7
9.Nbd2 Ng6 10.hxg4 hxg4 11.Ng5 (better is 11.Bg5) 11...Nf4 12.Qxg4?? (best
is 12.Nxf7) 12...Qxg5! (if 13.Qxg5 Ne2 mate; if 13.f3 Nh3+ 14.gxh3 Qxe3+
15.Rf2 Bc5 wins) 0-1
Valdes - Molina,
Cuba 1992
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O fxe4 6.Nxe5 Nf6 7.d3 Bd6 8.Nc4
Bxh2+ 9.Kxh2 Ng4+ 10.Kg1 (better is 10.Kg3) 10...O-O 11.g3 (best is 11.Ne3)
11...Qd5 12.Kg2?? (12.Qe2) 12...Qh5 (threatening 13...Qh2 mate) 0-1
Brinckmann -
Kleninger, Germany 1932
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 Nf6 6.Nxf6+ gxf6 7.d4 e4?
(better is 7...exd4) 8.Ng5! Bb4+ (if 8...fxg5 9.Qh5+ Ke7 10.Bxg5+, winning
the Queen) 9.c3 fxg5 10.Qh5+ Kf8 11.Bxg5 Ne7 12.Bc4 d5 13.Bxd5! (threatening
14.Qf7 mate. If 13...Qxd5 14.Bh6+ Kg8 15.Qe8 mate) 1-0
Fayer - O'Kelly,
Lutich 1934
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 f6 7.Nc3 Rb8 8.Qd3 Ne7
9.h4 h5 10.Be3 Rxb2?! (better is 10...exd4) 11.dxe5 dxe5?? (11...Ng6)
12.Qxd8+ Kxd8 13.O-O-O+! (winning the rook) 1-0
Perez - Pena, Spain
2004
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 exd4 7.Re1 d5 (7...f5)
8.Bg5 f6 9.Nxd4 fxg5 10.Nxc6 Qf6 11.Nb4+ Bd7 (11...b5 12.Rxe4!) 12.Rxe4+!
Be7 (12...dxe4 13.Qxd7 mate) 13.Nxd5 and White wins 1-0
Katskova - Kakabadze,
Erevan 1962
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Bc5 5.O-O Nf6 6.c3 Ba7 7.Re1 Ng4 8.d4 exd4
9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qh4 11.Nf3?? (11.Be3) 11...Qxf2+ 12.Kh1 Qg1+! 13.Nxg1
Nf2 mate 0-1
Book - E. Andersen,
Warsaw 1935
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c4 f5 6.d4 fxe4 7.Nxe5 dxe5 8.Qh5+ Ke7
9.Bxc6 Qxd4?? (9...bxc6) 10.Qe8+ Kd6 11.Be3 Qxc4 12.Nc3 Bg4 13.Rd1+ Bxd1
14.Qd7 mate 1-0
Taskinen - Werle,
Sweden 1972
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Bc4 Bc5 5.b4 Bb6 6.Bb2 Nxf3+ 7.Qxf3 Qf6 8.Qe2
d6 9.f4?! (better is 9.O-O) 9...Qxf4 10.Rf1 Qxh2 11.Bxf7+ Kd8 12.Bxg8? (best
is 12.Bh5) 12...Qg3+ 13.Kf1 Bg4 14.Rf8+ Ke7 15.Rxa8?? (15.Rf7+) 15...Qxg2!
(threatening mate or winning the Queen) 0-1
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