On your 8th move, did you consider Nxf7? I also might have considered 7 0-0, but you were probably right to attack while the opportunity was there. Fill me in on what you were thinking.
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well i didnt want to play Nxf7 on my 8th move because i didnt want him mobilizing his knight or bishop and blocking my attack. Nh6 would of been a problem, but I was hoping that by threatening black's king, queen and rooks with my knights he would be too focused on other things to play Nh6. Besides, I would of still have gained a material advantage (rather than checkmate) if black played Nh6.
You only attained checkmate because of Black's mistakes, not because of your eigth move. After 8 Nxf7, Nh6?. I don't see the same thing you do.
My Nxf7 idea was without any chess engine help... and now that I've checked the engine it agrees with me.
One thing I didn't notice before, 9 c3 loses the advantage because of Bxe5. After 10 dxe5 Qxe5 there is something close to equality.
Well i agree 8. Nd5 and 9.c3 are mistakes. Hmmm Instead of Nd5 maybe i should of played Nb5? Then if 8.Nh6 9.Nc7+! wins me a rook.
I guess Nxf7 is the best move after all hehe. I didn't see Nh6 at all, i should of been paying more attention.
Yeah, Nb5 somewhere there would've really put the hurt on. Good game still. 13 moves, ugh.
8.Nf7 is premature. 9.Nf7 is curtains. King has to recapture, then qh5+, king flees to f8, then nc7 ends.
Correct is 5 . . . d6.
i enjoy playing 4.h2-h4, Alligahor (sp?) gambit real fun to play.. look it up!
Hi, first post here :)
One thing I learned from this game is I need to stay more confident in my attacks and push them. This was also my first try at the king's gambit, and I enjoyed playing it. Any comments would be appreciated.