Henig- Schara Gambit

Von Hennig- Schara Gambit.

1. d4

... d5;

2. c4

... e6;

3. Nc3

... c5;

4. cxd5

... cxd4;

5. Qxd4

( 5 dxe6 ( Black should now play Bxe6 {! equal .} as dxc3 {loses to} 6 exf7+ Ke7 7 fxg8=N+ Rxg8 8 Bg5+ {1-0 Fidlov - Maier 1959} ) )

( 5 Qa4+ {This check doesn't really make any difference} Bd7 6 Qxd4 exd5

7 Qxd5 Nc6

( 8 e4 {is a mistake many make . The pawn is needed on e3 to shield f2 from Bc5} Nf6 9 Qd1 Bc5

( 10 Bg5 Qb6 11 Qd2 O-O-O 12 Na4 Bxf2+ 13 Qxf2 Qa5+ 14 Nc3 Qxg5 {=+ Ershin - Shkurovich Khazin 1975} )

( 10 Nf3 Qb6 11 Be3 Bxe3 12 fxe3 Qxe3+ 13 Qe2 Qb6 14 O-O-O O-O-O 15 Nd5 Nxd5 16 exd5 Nb4 17 Qc4+ Kb8 18 Kb1 Qg6+ {0-1 Ganev - Shkurovich Khazin 1989})

( 8 Nf3 Nf6 9 Qd1 Bc5 10 e3 Qe7 11 Be2 O-O-O 12 O-O g5 13 b4 Bxb4 14 Qc2 g4

( 15 Ne1 Qe5 {=+ Schouten- De Jong 1989} )

( 15 Nd4 h5 16 Bd2 Kb8 17 Ncb5 Bxd2 18 Qxd2 Ne4 19 Qb2 g3 20 Rab1 gxf2+ 21 Kh1 Nxd4 22 Nxd4 b6 23 Nb5 h4 24 Rxf2 Nxf2+ 25 Kg1 Qxe3 {K.Pastor Cech 1990} ) )

( 8 Bg5 Nf6 9 Qd2 h6 10 Bh4 g5 11 Bg3 Qa5 12 Bd6 O-O-O 13 Bxf8 Rhxf8 14 O-O-O Bf5 15 Qe1 Nd4 16 e4 Nxe4 17 Nxe4 Qxa2

( 18 Nf6 Qb1+ 19 Kd2 Qxb2+ 20 Ke3 Rfe8+ 21 Nxe8 Rxe8+ { #} )

( 18 Qc3+ Nc6 19 Bd3 Bxe4

( 20 Bxe4 Qa1+ 21 Bb1 Rxd1+ 22 Kxd1 Qxb1+ {wins} )

{20 Bxe4 Qa1+ 21 Bb1 Rxd1+ 22 Kxd1 Qxb1++}

(20 f3 Qa1+ 21 Kc2 Qxd1+ 22 Kxd1 Rxd3+ 23 Kc2 Rxc3+ 24 Kxc3 Bg6 {0-1 Kurshin Shkurovich Khazin 1967} ) ) )

( 8 e3 Nf6

( 9 Qb3 Bc5 10 Nf3 Qe7

( 11 Be2 O-O-O 12 Bd2 Bf5 13 O-O g5 14 Nd4 Nxd4 15 exd4 Rxd4 16 Bxg5 {Accepting the pawn is a blunder. White should have played 16 Be3 Rd7 {16...Rb4 17 Nd5} 17 Bxc5 Qxc5 18 Rac1.} Rg8 17 Bxf6 Qxf6 18 Bf3 b6 19 Nb5 Rd3 20 Nxa7+ Kb8 21 Nc6+ Kc7 22 Qa4 Rxf3 23 Nb4 {Again Black crashes through: McLardy - Timperley 1965} Rxg2+ 24 Kxg2 Rxf2+ 25 Rxf2 Be4+ {0-1} )

( 11 a3 O-O-O 12 Qc2 Kb8 13 Be2 g5 14 b4 g4 15 Nh4 {A Belyavsky suggestion.} Bb6 16 Bb2 h5 17 O-O-O {17 0-0 would indeed have been safer.} Rc8 18 Nf5 Bxf5 19 Qxf5 a5 20 b5 Nb4 21 Kb1 Rc5 22 Qf4+ Bc7

( 23 Qd4 Be5 24 Qd2 Bxc3 25 Bxc3 Ne4 )

( 23 axb4 Bxf4 24 bxc5 Be5 25 Na4 Bxb2 26 Nxb2 Ne4 27 Rc1 Nxf2 28 Rhe1 Rc8 29 e4 Rxc5 30 Rxc5 Qxc5 31 Bc4 Qb4 {0-1 Strand Sabel 1990} ) ) )

( 9 Qd1 Bc5 10 Nf3 Qe7 11 Bc4 {An unusual and not very relevant move.} O-O-O 12 O-O Bg4 13 Qe2 Ne5 14 Bb3 a6 15 e4 Rd3 16 Nd5 Nxd5 17 Bxd5 ( Rxd5

( 18 exd5 Nxf3+ 19 gxf3 Qxe2 ) ( 18 Qc2 Rd7

( 19 Nxe5 Qxe5 20 b4 Qxa1 )

( 19 b4 Bxf3 20 gxf3 Rc7 21 bxc5 Nxf3+ 22 Kg2 Qf6 23 Be3 Nh4+ 24 Kg3 Qf3+ 25 Kxh4 Re8 26 Rg1 Rxe4+ 27 Qxe4 Qxe4+ 28 Kh3 f5 29 Raf1 f4 30 Bd2 Qf3+ 31 Kh4 Rc6 {0-1 Glikstein Shkurovich Hazin 1970} ) ) )

( Rxf3 {is a quicker and more spectacular win.} ( 18 gxf3 Nxf3+

( 19 Kh1 Qe5 )

( 19 Kg2 Nh4+ ) )

( 18 Qc2 Qc7

( 19 gxf3 Nxf3+ )

( 19 b4 Bd4 20 Qxc7+ Kxc7 21 gxf3 Nxf3+ 22 Kg2 Bxa1 23 Bf4+ Be5 )

( 19 Bg5 Rh3 { !!} 20 Bf4 Nf3+

( 21 Kh1 Rxh2+ )

( 21 gxf3 Qxf4 22 Qxc5+ Kb8

( 23 Rfe1 Qxh2+ 24 Kf1 Bxf3 {and mates} )

( 23 Rfc1 Qxh2+ 24 Kf1 Qh1+ 25 Ke2 Qxf3+ 26 Kd2 Qe2+ { #} )

( 23 Rfd1 Qxh2+ 24 Kf1 Qh1+ 25 Ke2 Qxf3+ 26 Kd2 Qe2+ 27 Kc1 Qxd1+ { #} ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

5. ... Nc6;

6. Qd1

... exd5;

7. Qxd5

( 7 Nf3 {is a Tarrasch defence with lost tempi for white.} )

( 7 Nxd5 ( Nf6

( 8 Nc3 Be6 9 Bd2 Qb6 10 e3 Rd8 {with a good game Hradeczky - Szeles 1972} )

( 8 Nxf6+ Qxf6 9 a3 Bc5 10 Nf3 O-O 11 e3 Bb6 12 Be2 Rd8 13 Bd2 Bg4 {=+ Garcia Russek 1991} ) )

( Be6 ( 8 Nc3 Nf6 {trans to Szeles game} )

( 8 e4 ( Bxd5 9 Qxd5 Qxd5 10 exd5 Bb4+ 11 Bd2 Bxd2+ 12 Kxd2 O-O-O {equal NIC yearbook 36} )

( Nf6 9 Nxf6+ Qxf6 10 Nf3 Bb4+ 11 Bd2 Rd8 12 Qc2 Bxd2+ 13 Nxd2 O-O 14 a3 Nd4 15 Qb1 Qf4 16 b4 Rc8 17 Bd3 Rfd8 18 Qb2 Nc2+ 19 Ke2 Rxd3 20 Kxd3 Rd8+ 21 Kxc2 Rxd2+ 22 Kc3 Rxb2 23 Kxb2 Bc4 {0-1 Kalyamin - Shkurovich-Khazin 1992} ) ) ) )

7. ... Bd7; ( Bd6 8 Bg5 Nge7 9 Qd2 f6 10 Bh4 Qb6

( 11 Qxd6 Qxb2 {-+} )

( 11 Nf3 Bb4 12 e3 Bf5 13 Bc4 Na5 14 Bd3 Rd8 15 Nd4 Nac6 16 Nxf5 Nxf5 17 Bg3 Nxg3 18 hxg3 Ne5 19 Bb5+ Qxb5 {0-1 Schara Gruenfeld 1918}) )

8. Qd1 ( 8 e3 Nf6

( 9 Qb3 ( Be6 { ! Has good compensation.} ) ( Bc5 10 Nf3 Qe7 11 Be2 g5 12 Nd5 Nxd5 13 Qxd5 g4 14 Nd2 Be6 15 Qe4 f5 16 Qa4 O-O-O 17 O-O h5 18 Nb3 Bxb3 19 Qxb3 h4 20 Qc2 Qe5 21 a3 Bd6 22 g3 hxg3 23 fxg3 Rxh2 24 Qxf5+ Qxf5 25 Rxf5 Rxe2 {wins analysis of Korchnoi (!!) - Ahkurovich-Khazin 1970} ) )

( 9 Qd1 Bc5 10 Nf3 Qe7 11 Be2 O-O-O 12 O-O g5 13 Nd4 g4 14 b4 Bxb4 15 Qb3 Nxd4 16 exd4 Be6

( 17 d5 Nxd5 18 Nxd5 Bxd5 19 Bc4 Bc6 {=+ Tozer - Schiller 1986} )

( 17 Qb2 Nd5

( 18 Nb5 Kb8 19 Bc4 Ba5 20 Bd2 Bxd2 21 Qxd2 Qf6 22 Qa5 a6 23 Bxd5 Bxd5 24 Qc7+ Ka8 25 a4 Rc8 26 Qg3 Qc6 {equal Portisch - Velimirovic 1979} )

( 18 Nxd5 Bxd5 { ! offers a second pawn} ( 19 Bf4 Bd6 20 Bxg4+ {transposes} ) ( 19 Bxg4+ Kb8 20 Bf4+ Bd6 21 Rfe1 Qf6 22 Bxd6+ Qxd6 23 Bh3 Rhg8 24 Rab1 Bc6 25 Rbd1 Qd5 26 f4 Qf3 27 Rc1 Bd5 28 Rc3 Qxf4 29 Rce3 Bc6 30 Rd3 Rde8 31 Rc1 Re2 {ouch, now white moved the queen and lost to Qf2 ch Rice Daurelle 1997} ) ) ) ) )

( 8 Nf3 Nf6

( 9 Qd1 Bc5 10 e3 Qe7 11 Bd2 Rd8 12 Be2 O-O 13 O-O Bf5 14 a3 Ng4 15 Qa4 Nce5 16 Rad1 Bd7 17 Qc2 Nxf3+ 18 Bxf3 Qh4 19 h3 Ne5 20 Bxb7 Bxh3

( 21 gxh3 Qxh3 ( 22 Qe4 {best} Rd6 23 Ne2 {unclear} ) ( 22 Bg2 Nf3+ 23 Bxf3 Bd6 {0-1 Laks Aramanovich 1956} ) )

( 21 Qe4 Bg4 22 Qxe5 Bd6 23 g3 Bxe5 24 gxh4 Bxd1 25 Rxd1 Bxc3 26 bxc3 Rd7 27 Bc6 Rd6 {and Rfd8 -+} ) )

( 9 Qb3 ( Be6

( 10 Qxb7 Nb4 11 Nd4 Rb8 12 Qxa7 Ra8 13 Qb7 Rb8 {drawn} )

( 10 Qa4 a6 11 Ne5 Rc8 12 a3 b5 13 Nxc6 Rxc6 14 Qd1 Qc7 15 g3 Rd6 16 Qc2 Qc6 17 e4 Rd7 18 Bg5 Be7 19 Be2 Bh3 20 Rc1 O-O 21 Bf1 Qe6 22 Bxh3 Qxh3 23 f3 Re8 {Anastasian Nadanian 1998 equal} ) )

( Bc5 10 Bg5 O-O ( 11 e3 {unclear} )

( 11 Ne4 Nxe4 12 Bxd8 Bxf2+ 13 Kd1 Rfxd8 {-+ Ger van Perlo} )

( 11 Rd1 Na5 12 Qc2 Qb6 13 e3 Bg4 14 Be2 Rfc8 15 O-O Bb4

( 16 h3 Bh5 17 Qd3 Bg6 18 Qb5 Bxc3 { !} )

( 16 Rd4 Bh5 17 Rfd1 Ne8

( 18 Ne5 Bxe2 19 Qxe2 f6 )

( 18 Bh4 Bg6 19 Bd3 Bxc3 20 bxc3 Nc4 21 Bxg6 hxg6 22 Qb3 Qxb3 23 axb3 Na5 {= Peppier - Van Perlo 1994} ) ) ) ) ) )

8. ... Nf6;

9. Nf3

... Bc5;

10. e3

... Qe7;

11. Bb5 {Not White's best.}

... O-O-O; {Black can castle either side in this gambit but queenside is more aggressive and usually better.}

12. Qe2

... a6;

13. Bxc6 {If 13 Ba4 g5! with interesting complications.}

... Bxc6;

14. O-O

... Ne4;

15. Bd2

... Nxc3;

16. bxc3 {16 Bxc3 Bb5}

... Qe4;

17. c4

... Rd6;

18. Bc3

... Rg6;

19. Kh1

... Rxg2; {0-1 Kuznetsov-Lerner, USSR 1977.}

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