Phony Benoni: I just submitted a game which may shed a little light on the opening variation. Or maybe not. But it sure was fun! Leroy Dubeck - Raymond Allen Weinstein
New Jersey Open Championship, 1958
<1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 g6 6.Bc4 Na5> I don't know about the strength of this whole 5...g6 line, but 6...Na5 definitely seems to be tempting fate. Dubeck now pursues a different idea than Kurtes; indeed, he never does get around to sacrificing the bishop on f7. <7.Qd4 f6 8.0-0 Nh6 9.e5 Nf5 10.exf6>  click for larger viewThe fun begins; 10...Nxd4 is answered by 11.f7#.
<10...exf6 11.Re1+ Be7 12.Nd5>  click for larger viewAnd now the idea is 12...Nxd4 13.Nxf6+ Kf8 14.Bh6#
<12...Kf8 13.Rxe7>
Same idea with a different order of moves: 13...Nxd4 14.Bh6+ Kg8 15.Nf6# <13...Qxe7 14.Bh6+ Ke8 15.Qc3> A quiet move, at least by the standards of this game. It only threatens queen, knight and a pawn with check. <15...Qd6 16.Re1+ Kd8 17.Bf4 Qc6 18.Qxf6+> 1-0  click for larger viewThe appropiate conclusion would be 18...Qxf6 19.Bc7#, quite in the style of Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851 Hans Kmoch, in the October 1958 issue of <Chess Review> (p.313), wrote: "The game deserves to be followed with speechless admiration. We feel almost obliged to apologize for having made some annotations." |