Albin's counter-gambit
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The basic position of Albin's counter-gambit after 2.… e7 – e5
In Albin counter gambit is an opening variation of Queen's Gambit .
This counter-gambit begins with the moves
1. d2-d4 d7-d5
2. c2-c4 e7-e5
and is one of the closed games . The associated ECO codes are D08 and D09.
The gambit was introduced into tournament practice in New York in 1893 by Adolf Albin against Emanuel Lasker . It is considered risky for Black and is therefore rarely played. Nevertheless, in 2004 the world-class player Alexander Morozevich played like this in several quick games with Black. In 2005 he even beat GM Ivan Sokolov in a regular tournament game in Wijk aan Zee .
The main variants
The main variations of the counter-gambit include:
- 3. d4xe5 d5-d4 4. Ng1-f3 Nb8-c6
- 5. g2 – g3 Bc8 – e6 or 5.… Bc8 – g4, often in connection with Qd8 – d7 and long castling .
- 5. g2 – g3 Ng8 – e7 6. Bf1 – g2 Ne7 – g6 7. Bc1 – g5 Qd8 – d7 (Morosewitsch)
- 5. a2 – a3 Bc8 – e6 or 5.… Bc8 – g4
Opening trap
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Position after 7.… f2xg1N +
The following sequence of moves is an opening trap that you should know about. It goes back to Emanuel Lasker.
1. d2 – d4 d7 – d5
2. c2 – c4 e7 – e5
3. d4xe5 d5 – d4
4. e2 – e3?
4. Ng1 – f3, 4. a2 – a3 and 4. e2 – e4 are better. The latter wants to keep the position closed and was already played by Boris Spassky . Further 4.… Nb8 – c6 5. f2 – f4 g7 – g5 6. Ng1 – f3 Bc8 – g4 splinters the white pawn or 4.… Nb8 – c6 5. f2 – f4 f7 – f6 6. e5xf6 Ng8xf6 7. Bf1 –D3 Bf8 – b4 + develops Black.
4. a2 – a3 Nb8 – c6 5. e2 – e3 d4xe3 6. Qd1xd8 + Ke8xd8 7. Bc1xe3 Sc6xe5 simplified.
4.… Bf8 – b4 +!
5. Bc1 – d2 d4xe3
6. Bd2xb4? (F2xe3 is better, which leads to a slight advantage for Black after 6.… Qd8 – h4 +.)
6.… e3xf2 +
7. Ke1 – e2 f2xg1S +! ( Sub-transformation )
and after 8. Ke2 – e1 Qd8 – h4 + 9. Ke1 – d2 Nb8 – c6 Black wins. 8.Rh1xg1 ?? Bc8 – g4 +, with which Black wins the queen.
literature
- Alexander Raetzki, Maxim Tschetwerik: Albin's counter-gambit . Kania, Schwieberdingen 1998, ISBN 3-931192-08-3 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Emanuel Lasker - Adolf Albin, New York 1893 . Game to replay on chessgames.com.
- ↑ Ivan Sokolov - Alexander Morosewitsch, Wijk aan Zee 2005 . Game to replay on chessgames.com.
- ↑ Savielly Tartakower : The hypermodern game of chess. Reprint edition. Edition Olms, Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-283-00094-8 , p. 386.
