Game of the week July 10, 2022 by Robert Huntington [Event "Philadelphia 1979"] [White "Lawrence Day"] [Black "Calvin Blocker"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [Annotator "ATH"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "1979.??.??"] [SourceTitle "StarBase 4.56"] [SourceDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.11.04"] [SourceQuality "2"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 {Bobby Fischer famously claimed this move to "bust" the King's Gambit.} 4. d4 g5 5. h4 (5. g3 $5 g4 6. Nh4 f3 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Be3 Nc6 $15) 5... g4 6. Ng1 Bh6 7. Ne2 Qf6 8. Nbc3 Ne7 (8... f3 9. Ng3 Nc6 10. Bxh6 Qxh6 $15) 9. Qd2 Nbc6 10. g3 (10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nxc7 Rb8 $15) 10... f3 $2 ( 10... Bg7 11. Qxf4 Nxd4 12. Qxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5 Bb6 $15 { Ledford-Barclay, ICCF email 2018}) 11. Qxh6 Qxh6 12. Bxh6 fxe2 13. Nxe2 f5 14. e5 dxe5 15. dxe5 Be6 $6 (15... Nxe5 16. O-O-O Kf7 17. Bg2 c6 18. Rhe1 $16) 16. Nf4 Bd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. O-O-O (18. Bd3 $1 Nde7 (18... Nxe5 19. Bxf5 $18) 19. O-O-O $18) 18... Nce7 (18... Rd8 $5) 19. Rh2 $6 (19. Bd3 Rd8 20. Rhf1 $18) 19... c6 $2 (19... f4 20. Bxf4 Nxf4 21. gxf4 h5 22. Rhd2 $16) 20. Rhd2 $2 (20. c4 Nb6 21. Rhd2 $18) 20... b5 21. c4 (21. a4 $1 a6 22. Rd4 $16) 21... bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rg8 (22... a5 $1 23. Rf1 $16 {is a small improvement for Black}) 23. h5 ( 23. Rf1 $1 $16 {is a small improvement for White}) 23... Kf7 (23... a5 $5) 24. e6+ $6 (24. a3 $16) 24... Ke8 $2 (24... Kf6 25. Re2 $14) 25. Bb3 (25. Ba6 $18 { is just a wee bit stronger according to Stockfish}) 25... Rd8 $2 (25... Rb8 26. Ba4 Nb6 27. Rd4 a5 28. Bc2 $18 {puts up more resistance}) 26. Ba4 Rd6 27. Rxd5 $1 Nxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxe6 29. Bd2 Ke7 (29... Rg7 {is best but does it matter? It does not.}) 30. Rxf5 Rd8 $6 {Because Black wants to shuffle off this mortal coil as quickly as possible} (30... Re2 31. Ra5 $18) 31. Bg5+ 1-0 your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts Here is Fischer’s article claiming a bust to the King’s Gambit Views: 35