C50: Hungarian Defence and Giuoco Pianissimo
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0-0 Nf6 5.d4!? the 'Italian Gambit'
5...Nxe4?? [5...Bxd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.f4 d6 8.fxe5 dxe5 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Na3 Qe7~~ ]
6.Re1?? I'm inclined to stop annotating here! [6.dxc5+- ]
6...Bxd4? [>=6...Be7 7.dxe5 Nc5+/- ]
7.Rxe4?? [7.Nxd4+- ]
7...0-0?? [7...d5 8.Nxd4 dxc4+/= ]
8.c3?? [>=8.Nxd4 exd4 9.Qh5+- ]
8...d5+/- 9.Re2 dxc4 10.cxd4 exd4 11.Bg5 f6 12.Bh4 [12.Bf4 Qd5+/= ]
12...Re8?! [>=12...d3 13.Re3 Nd4= ]
13.Rxe8++/- Qxe8 14.Nbd2 [14.Na3 Be6 15.Nb5+/= ]
14...c3? besides destroying Black's pawn center, this just drops material [>=14...Be6= ]
15.bxc3+- dxc3 16.Nb3?! [16.Qb3+ Be6 17.Qxc3 Qf7+- ]
16...g5? [>=16...Qe4 and Black can hope to survive 17.Na5 c2+/= ]
17.Bg3+- Bf5 18.Nfd4?? [>=18.Qd5+ Qe6 19.Qc5+- ]
18...Rd8+/= 19.Qf3 [>=19.Bxc7 Rd7 20.Ba5+/= (20.Nxf5? Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 c2-+ ) ]
19...Bg6?? [>=19...Nxd4 20.Nxd4 Rxd4 21.Qxf5 Qc6-/+ ]
20.Qxc3+- [20.Qxf6 c2 21.Rf1 Nxd4 22.Nxd4 Rd5= ]
20...f5!? [20...Nxd4 21.Nxd4 Qa4 22.Nb3 Qxa2! 23.Bxc7+- (23.Rxa2?? Rd1+ 24.Qe1 Rxe1# ; 23.Qxc7?? Qxa1+ 24.Qc1 Qxc1+ 25.Nxc1 Rd1# ) ]
21.Bxc7 Rd7 22.Ba5 Nxa5 23.Qxa5 b6 24.Qb5 Bf7 [24...Re7+- ]
25.Nxf5? [>=25.Qxf5 Qd8 26.Qd3+- ]
25...Bxb3?? [>=25...Rd1+ 26.Rxd1 Qxb5 27.Rd8+ Be8+/- ]
26.Qxb3++- Qf7 27.Nh6+ Kg7 28.Nxf7 Rxf7 29.Rc1 Re7+- 30.g3 Kg6 31.Qg8+ Rg7 32.Rc6+ Kf5 33.Qxg7 [33.Qe6# ]
33...a5 34.Rxb6 h6 35.Rb5+ Kg4 36.Qd7+ Kh5 37.g4+ Kh4 38.f3 a4 39.Qf7 h5 40.Qxh5# 1-0