My Chess Game Collection #98. Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed French Variation

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Click and watch the game in GIF file! I played with Blacks on 03/30/2020. In spite of Black's mistake 5...Nc6, Whites did not take advantage of the opportunity and could not endure the positional advantage of the Black Bishop's sacrifice.

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Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed French Variation

1.e3 e5 2.d4 e4 3.c4 Nf6 4.c5 d6 5.Bb5+ Nc6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Ne2 d5 8.O-OBe7 9.Nbc3 Bf5 10.Qa4 Qd7 11.Bd2 O-O 12.Ng3 Bh3 13.gxh3 Qxh3 14.Rfe1 Ng4 15.Qd1 Qxh2+ 16.Kf1 Qxf2#

PGN File

[Event "Live Chess"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020.03.30"]
[Round "-"]
[White "FisherBobbi"]
[Black "marcusantoniu26"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Englund-Gambit-Declined-Reversed-French-Variation"]
[CurrentPosition "r4rk1/p1p1bppp/2p5/2Pp4/3Pp1n1/2N1P1N1/PP1B1q2/R2QRK2 w - -"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[UTCDate "2020.03.30"]
[UTCTime "22:19:50"]
[WhiteElo "1237"]
[BlackElo "1290"]
[TimeControl "1800"]
[Termination "marcusantoniu26 won by checkmate"]
[StartTime "22:19:50"]
[EndDate "2020.03.30"]
[EndTime "22:34:16"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/live/game/4658646913"]

1. e3 {[%clk 0:29:56.5]} 1... e5 {[%clk 0:29:56.2]} 2. d4 {[%clk 0:29:51.3]} 2... e4 {[%clk 0:29:53.1]} 3. c4 {[%clk 0:29:32.6]} 3... Nf6 {[%clk 0:29:42.8]} 4. c5 {[%clk 0:29:27.4]} 4... d6 {[%clk 0:29:39.4]} 5. Bb5+ {[%clk 0:29:07.2]} 5... Nc6 {[%clk 0:29:26]} 6. Bxc6+ {[%clk 0:29:04.3]} 6... bxc6 {[%clk 0:29:23.1]} 7. Ne2 {[%clk 0:28:46.7]} 7... d5 {[%clk 0:29:19.8]} 8. O-O {[%clk 0:28:36.3]} 8... Be7 {[%clk 0:29:16]} 9. Nbc3 {[%clk 0:28:02.4]} 9... Bf5 {[%clk 0:29:06.9]} 10. Qa4 {[%clk 0:27:14.5]} 10... Qd7 {[%clk 0:29:00.8]} 11. Bd2 {[%clk 0:26:19.8]} 11... O-O {[%clk 0:28:47.5]} 12. Ng3 {[%clk 0:25:50.7]} 12... Bh3 {[%clk 0:28:22.6]} 13. gxh3 {[%clk 0:22:21.2]} 13... Qxh3 {[%clk 0:28:16.8]} 14. Rfe1 {[%clk 0:19:01.6]} 14... Ng4 {[%clk 0:28:11.4]} 15. Qd1 {[%clk 0:18:17.5]} 15... Qxh2+ {[%clk 0:27:36.4]} 16. Kf1 {[%clk 0:18:14.4]} 16... Qxf2# {[%clk 0:27:28.5]} 0-1

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Nice checkmate! Solid sac of the Bishop as well.

Thanks for the comment and the vote! It encourages me to keep posting!