Thankfully we were blessed when the dreaded derecho (pronounced “deh-REY-cho") that was up in Wisconsin late last night and was forecast to hit my neck of the woods around 8 o'clock this morning split in two with about a 125 mile gap between the halves and we were in the gap!
A derecho (“straight ahead” in Spanish) is a fast moving band of thunderstorms with destructive hurricane force straight line winds along the entire span of the storm front that is maintained over a time span of at least six hours.
On August 10–11, 2020, a powerful derecho swept across Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana and caused high winds and spawned an outbreak of weak tornadoes. Some areas reported torrential rain and large hail. Sustained wind speeds of 70 miles per hour (110 kilometers per hour) were prevalent; in some areas wind speeds hit 120-140 miles per hour. As you can see, we have reason to be thankful!
Its inventor, Claude Frizzell Bloodgood III (July 14, 1937 – August 4, 2001, who was also known as Klaus Frizzel Bluttgutt III), once published a book on it titled "Nimzovich Attack." These days it's sometimes called the Nimzo-Larsen Attack because Bent Larsen was notorious for opening games with 1.b3.
No matter what you call the opening, columnist Phillip A. York wrote, "...if you are willing to commit to an attack which will decimate the bean counters of the chess world, this book is for you." That's an exaggeration, I think.
Dale M. Brumfield, an anti-death penalty advocate, cultural archaeologist, American Grotesk history teller and author of 11 books described the gambit's inventor as "quick, sleazy and cheap: a former Virginia death row inmate lied and scammed his way to the top of the chess world." His article on Bloodgood that appeared in Lessons From History HERE is a good 10-minute read.
As for the gambit, although it was a blitz game, Carlsen once played it against Viswanathan Anand and the game is analyzed by GM Igor Smirnov on Youtube HERE.
A while back while playing some 10-minute games online I remembered the Norfolk Gambit and decided to try it. The only problem was I remembered it wrong and played 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4 which I guess you could call the Norfolk Gambit Accelerated.
Needless to say, the following game wasn't very well played by either side, but it shows the fun you can have with this gambit.
Tartajubow - Guest
Result: 1-0
Site: On line, Game 10
Date: 2021
Norfolk Gambit Accelerated
[...] 1.♘f3 d5 2.e4
14.♗e4 ♕b6 15.♖g3 White's counterplay is really nothing more than a fantasy. 15...h5 16.h3 ♘e3+ This turns the fantasy into a reality! Correct was 16...Nf6
2.b3 This is the correct beginning of the gambit. 2...c5 (2...♘f6 3.♗b2 c5 4.e4) 3.e4 In my database this move scores +20 -30 for white with only 6 draws. It's definitely not a move to play if you are looking for a draw! 3...dxe4 4.♘g5 e6 5.♘xe4 ♘h6 6.♗b2 ♘c6 7.♗b5 ♗d7 8.♕h5 ♘f5 9.♘a3 a6 10.♗xc6 ♗xc6 11.d3 ♕a5+ 12.♔f1 c4 13.g4 ♗xe4 14.dxe4 c3 15.♗c1 ♗xa3 16.gxf5 ♗b2 17.♗xb2 cxb2 18.♖d1 ♖d8 19.♖xd8+ ♕xd8 20.♔g2 g6 21.fxg6 ♖g8 22.♖d1 ♖xg6+ 23.♔f1 ♕f6 24.♕c5 ♖g1+ 25.♔xg1 ♕g5+ 26.♕xg5 1-0 Jones,G (2640)-Bacrot,E (2722)/chess.com INT 2018
2...dxe4 3.♘g5 ♘f6 4.♗c4 e6 5.O-O This move looks natural, but Stockfish thinks it's hideous and immediately changed its evaluation from -0.35 to -3.50, ten times as bad!
5.♘c3 This move has a stamp of approval from Stockfish. 5...♗d7 6.♘gxe4 ♗c6 7.♕e2 ♘bd7 8.♘g5 ♕e7 9.f4 ♘b6 10.♗b3 a5 11.a4 ♘bd5 12.d3 and at Dortmund in 1995 even though black is slightly better a 2075 player named G. Opalka held 2545 rated D. Smagin to a draw.
5...h6 This is why 5.O-O was so bad...the N has to retreat with its tail between its legs to the awful square h3. 6.♘xf7 This was my intention anyway, but it is quite unsound. Fortunately, I am not playing Stockfish which evaluates the position at -5.70 which is totally won for black.
6.♘h3 e5 7.d3 exd3 8.♘c3 and black is better after either 8...Nc6 or 8...Bb4, but he should avoid taking on c2. 8...dxc2 9.♗xf7+ ♔e7 10.♕xd8+ ♔xd8 and black is still better, but his advantage is not as great as if he avoids 8...dxc2 11.♗g6
6...♔xf7 7.♘c3 ♕d4 Continuing to develop with ...Bc5 and ...Nc6 was better. 8.d3 Going after the P on e4 would be unsuccessful. It's better to try and get some pieces into play.
8.♗b3 ♗d6 9.♖e1 ♕e5 10.g3 ♘c6 11.♕e2 ♘d4 12.♕e3 ♗c5 13.♘xe4 (13.♕f4 ♕xf4 14.gxf4 ♘f3+) 13...♘xb3 14.♘xc5 ♕xe3 15.♖xe3 ♘xa1
8...exd3 9.♗xd3 ♕d7 An unnecessary waste of time. Again, a developing move like 8...Nc6 would have been better. 10.f4 Naturally engines want me to play something like 10.Re1 and just wait. Instead, my plan was to begin a K-side attack at all costs. 10...g6 Earlier moves like ...Nc6 and ...Bc5 were mentioned and they are still good choices. 11.g4 Just awful screams Stockfish, but it adds that 11.Be3 doesn't help white's miserable position much. 11...♗c5+ 12.♔g2 ♕c6+ I missed this and now I either have to trade Qs with no hope of ever getting together some kind of an attack or move the K to g3. Instead, I decided to walk into a pin and lose a P. 13.♖f3 ♘xg4 While this is not as safe as the engine's recommendation it's not bad, but it does allow white some play...or more properly, to make some attacking gestures.
13...b5 Per Stockfish, but I really don't understand it. 14.♗xb5
14.♘xb5 ♗b7 with a sweet position with an evaluation of nearly 7Ps in black's favor.
14...♕d6 15.♖d3 ♕b6 16.b4 ♕b7+ 17.♖f3 ♗xb4 and black is, according to Stockfish winning by over 5.5 Ps. 16...♘f6 17.♗xg6+ ♔e7 Black's K is safe and there's no way to get at it. Here is a pretty variation: 18.♗e4 (18.♕e2 ♕c6+ 19.♔h2 b6 20.f5 ♗d6 wins) 18...♗d7 19.f5 ♗d4 20.♗g5 h4 21.♖d3 ♖g8 22.♕d2 ♘c6 23.fxe6 ♕c5 24.exd7 ♖xg5+ 25.♔h1 ♖ag8 White has no good moves.
17.♗xe3 ♗xe3 18.♗xg6+ ♔e7 19.♗xh5 This is a huge mistake that gives the advantage back to black.
19.♕e1 ♗f2 20.♘d5+ Less good is 20.Qxf2 20...♔f8 21.♕c3 ♗d4 22.♘xb6 followed by Nxa8 wins for white.
19...♖d8 A gross blunder that allows a mate in 4.
19...♕c6+ 20.♗f3 ♕d6 and black's B and P material advantage assure him of the win...at least if you are an engine or a Grandmaster. Here's the remaining moves in a Shootout. 21.♕e2 ♕d2 22.♖e1 ♕xe2+ 23.♖xe2 ♗d4 24.♘d5+ ♔d6 25.♖g6 ♗d7 26.♖d2 ♗e8 27.♖g5 exd5 28.♖xd5+ ♔e7 29.♖2xd4 ♘c6 30.♖e4+ ♔f6 31.♗g4 ♗f7 32.♖f5+ ♔g7 33.♖e3 ♖ad8 34.♔g3 ♖d2 35.♖g5+ ♔f8 36.♖c3 ♗xa2 37.b3 ♗b1 38.♗f5 ♖h6 39.h4 ♖f6 40.♗e4 ♖e6 41.♗d5 ♖ee2 42.♗xc6 bxc6 43.♖xc6 ♖xc2 44.♖xc2 ♖xc2 45.h5 ♖c3+ 46.♔g4 ♖xb3 47.♖d5 ♖b2 48.h6 ♖g2+ 49.♔f3 ♖h2 50.♖b5 ♗h7 51.♖b7 ♖c2 52.♖xa7 ♖c6 53.♔e3 ♔e7 54.f5 ♗xf5 55.♔d4 ♗h7 56.♖a2 ♖xh6 57.♔c5 Black wins
20.♖g7+ ♔f6 (20...♔f8 21.♖f7+ ♔e8 22.♖h7+ ♔f8 23.♕xd8#) 21.♖f7#Powered by Aquarium
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