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This game and story submitted by Walt Ressmeyer--February 2010. Both players are worthy opponents and enjoyable to play. In Walt's own words:
I included this in my submissions of memorable chess games for the following reasons. 1) It's short and sweet, 2) Mr. Boyd had become (and would continue) to be a very worthy opponent & tough nut to crack, 3) plus he paid me a very high complement years after this encounter. I recall him telling the story of how he dropped this opening from his repertoire, believing it to be "too risky and borderline unsound" high praise indeed since we are looking at the Queen's Gambit Declined?
Tim Boyd Walt Ressmeyer
5/25/1990
1) Nf3 ...Nf6
2) d4 ...d5
3) Bg5 ....e6
4) e3 ...Be7
5) c4 ...00
6)Qc2 ...Nd7/b8
7) Nd2/b1{this is a tad unorthodox and as it later turns out, I am able to take some advantage of this placement.}
7....c6
8)Bd3 ....h6
9)Bh4 ....dxc4
10)N:c4 ...c5
11) Ne5/c4 ....cd
12) N:d7 ....Qa5+
13) Ke2?! .....B:d7
14) N:d4 .... Qh5+ {forcing white's next move and gaining attacking lines}
15) Nf3 .....Bc6 {with threat of B:f3}
16) e4?! ....Rd8/f8
17) h3? ....R:d3 {caught Tim asleep at the wheel no time for such moves as h3. Now if K:d3...B:e4 and if Q:d3 ...Bb5}
18)B:f6 ....B:e4 {keeping him on the hook with discovered threats}
19) g4* ....B:f3+ {*attempting to dislocated black's queen but....}
20) K:d3 ...Qd5+
21) Ke3 ....Bc5+
22) Kf4 ...g5+
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 c5 11. Nce5 cxd4 12. Nxd7 Qa5 13.Ke2 Bxd7 14. Nxd4 Qh5 {forcing white's next move and gaining attacking lines} 15. Nf3 Bc6 16. e4?! Rfd8 17. h3? Rxd3 {caught Tim asleep at the wheel. No such time for such moves as h3. Now if Kxd3...Bxe4 and if Qxd3...Bb5} 18. Bxf6 Bxe4 19. g4 Bxf3 20. Kxd3 Qd5 21. Ke3 Bc5 22. Kf4 g5 0-1
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and white resigns (up the exchange) in view of ....Bd6 after being forced to g3. I don't think we have to worry about a bust to the QGD, but I did have fun offering the exchange sacrifice in various multiple ways, and leaving pieces enprise. Tim, later took up the Colle System and scored very well with it!
PS) I never told Tim; moving his knight five times in the first twenty moves only to exchange it, needlessly not castling, and taking risky moves just to avoid an isolated pawn, might have assisted in his Queen's Gambits "decline?" I was too happy to have him believe that after 1)P-Q4 2)P-QB4 is a mistake!
This game and story submitted by Walt Ressmeyer--February 2010. Both players are worthy opponents and enjoyable to play. In Walt's own words:
I included this in my submissions of memorable chess games for the following reasons. 1) It's short and sweet, 2) Mr. Boyd had become (and would continue) to be a very worthy opponent & tough nut to crack, 3) plus he paid me a very high complement years after this encounter. I recall him telling the story of how he dropped this opening from his repertoire, believing it to be "too risky and borderline unsound" high praise indeed since we are looking at the Queen's Gambit Declined?
Tim Boyd Walt Ressmeyer
5/25/1990
1) Nf3 ...Nf6
2) d4 ...d5
3) Bg5 ....e6
4) e3 ...Be7
5) c4 ...00
6)Qc2 ...Nd7/b8
7) Nd2/b1{this is a tad unorthodox and as it later turns out, I am able to take some advantage of this placement.}
7....c6
8)Bd3 ....h6
9)Bh4 ....dxc4
10)N:c4 ...c5
11) Ne5/c4 ....cd
12) N:d7 ....Qa5+
13) Ke2?! .....B:d7
14) N:d4 .... Qh5+ {forcing white's next move and gaining attacking lines}
15) Nf3 .....Bc6 {with threat of B:f3}
16) e4?! ....Rd8/f8
17) h3? ....R:d3 {caught Tim asleep at the wheel no time for such moves as h3. Now if K:d3...B:e4 and if Q:d3 ...Bb5}
18)B:f6 ....B:e4 {keeping him on the hook with discovered threats}
19) g4* ....B:f3+ {*attempting to dislocated black's queen but....}
20) K:d3 ...Qd5+
21) Ke3 ....Bc5+
22) Kf4 ...g5+
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. Bg5 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 0-0 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 c6 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 c5 11. Nce5 cxd4 12. Nxd7 Qa5 13.Ke2 Bxd7 14. Nxd4 Qh5 {forcing white's next move and gaining attacking lines} 15. Nf3 Bc6 16. e4?! Rfd8 17. h3? Rxd3 {caught Tim asleep at the wheel. No such time for such moves as h3. Now if Kxd3...Bxe4 and if Qxd3...Bb5} 18. Bxf6 Bxe4 19. g4 Bxf3 20. Kxd3 Qd5 21. Ke3 Bc5 22. Kf4 g5 0-1
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and white resigns (up the exchange) in view of ....Bd6 after being forced to g3. I don't think we have to worry about a bust to the QGD, but I did have fun offering the exchange sacrifice in various multiple ways, and leaving pieces enprise. Tim, later took up the Colle System and scored very well with it!
PS) I never told Tim; moving his knight five times in the first twenty moves only to exchange it, needlessly not castling, and taking risky moves just to avoid an isolated pawn, might have assisted in his Queen's Gambits "decline?" I was too happy to have him believe that after 1)P-Q4 2)P-QB4 is a mistake!