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| Italian Opening |
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| 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 |
| Spanish Opening |
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| 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 |
The Columbus Opening 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bc4!! The Columbus Opening
is named because we are not sure whether it is A Spanish or Italian Opening. Many ask whether Christopher Columbus was Spanish
or Italian
Better here to protect the King pawn 5.d3!!! World Champion Emmanuel Lasker
tried this in 1924 click throught Game 2 at the bottem to see it. (Also 5.Nc3 is fine)
| Game 2 (Lasker 1924) |
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| 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.d3 |
5... Be7 (Best here was to take the pawn 5... Nxe4 then 6.Bd5!! is the
only way to maintain equality as picture below)
| Variant 1 |
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| 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Bd5 |
6.Re1 b5 7.Bf1!! (Here you can go back to the Ruy Lopez by 7.Bb3)
| Variant 2 |
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| 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 |
| Game1 after move 7 |
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| 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bf1 |
(If you prefer. Just click throught Game 1 the rest below) 7...Bb7 8.d4
Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.e5 Ne4 11.Qg4 Ng5 2.Qxd4 Ne6 13.Qg4 d5 14.exd6ep Qxd6 15.a4 b4 16.Nd2 O-O 17.Nc4 Qd5 18.Bd2 Rad8 19.c3
Bf6 20.cxb4 Bxb2 21.Nxb2 Qxd2 22.Nc4 Qc3 23.Rac1 Qf6 24.Qg3 Rd4 25.Na5 Bd5 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.Rxc6 Rxb4 28.a5 Qd4 29.Rxa6 Rb2
30.Rc6 Rfb8 31.Rc3 Ra8 32.Ra3 Qb4 33.Rea1 c5 34.a6 Ra7 35.Rf3 Qd4 36.Rb3 Rxb3 37.Qxb3 Qxa1 38.Qb8+ Nf8 39.Qxa7 c4 40.g3 c3
41.Qc7 Ne6 42.Qc8+ Nf8 43.Kg2 Qa5 44.Qc6 h5 45.Bd3 g6 46.Qb7 Ne6 47.a7 Nc7 48.Qxc7 Qxc7 49.a8=Q+ Kg7 50.Qe4 Qc5 51.Bc2 Kh7
52.Bb3 Qc7 53.f3 Kg7 54.Qd4+ f6 55.Bc2 g5 56.Qd3 Kf8 57.Qh7 Qxh7 58.Bxh7 Ke7 59.Kf2 Kd6 60.Ke2 Kd5 61.Kd3 Ke5 62.g4 h4 63.Kxc3
Kf4 64.Be4 Ke5 65.Kd3 Ke6 66.Kd4 Kd6 67.Bf5 h3 68.Bc8 Kc7 69.Ke4 Kxc8 70.Kf5 Kd7 71.Kxf6 Kd6 72.Kxg5 Ke6 73.f4 Kf7 74.f5 Ke7
75.f6+ Ke6 76.Kg6 Kd6 77.f7 Ke7 78.Kg7 Ke6 79.f8=Q Kd5 80.g5 Ke5 81.g6 Kd5 82.Kf7 Kc6 83.g7 Kb5 84.g8=Q Kc4 85.Qg4+ Kd5 86.Qfb4
Kc6 87.Qe6+ Kc7 88.Qbb6# 1-0
Game 1
PGN [Date "2004.1.1"][Round ""][White
"Brad Zang"][Black "Chessmaster"][TimeControl "45 sec per move"][Result "1-0"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bc4 Nf6 5.O-O
Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bf1 Bb7 8.d4 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 exd4 10.e5 Ne4 11.Qg4 Ng5 2.Qxd4 Ne6 13.Qg4 d5 14.exd6ep Qxd6 15.a4 b4 16.Nd2 O-O
17.Nc4 Qd5 18.Bd2 Rad8 19.c3 Bf6 20.cxb4 Bxb2 21.Nxb2 Qxd2 22.Nc4 Qc3 23.Rac1 Qf6 24.Qg3 Rd4 25.Na5 Bd5 26.Nc6 Bxc6 27.Rxc6
Rxb4 28.a5 Qd4 29.Rxa6 Rb2 30.Rc6 Rfb8 31.Rc3 Ra8 32.Ra3 Qb4 33.Rea1 c5 34.a6 Ra7 35.Rf3 Qd4 36.Rb3 Rxb3 37.Qxb3 Qxa1 38.Qb8+
Nf8 39.Qxa7 c4 40.g3 c3 41.Qc7 Ne6 42.Qc8+ Nf8 43.Kg2 Qa5 44.Qc6 h5 45.Bd3 g6 46.Qb7 Ne6 47.a7 Nc7 48.Qxc7 Qxc7 49.a8=Q+ Kg7
50.Qe4 Qc5 51.Bc2 Kh7 52.Bb3 Qc7 53.f3 Kg7 54.Qd4+ f6 55.Bc2 g5 56.Qd3 Kf8 57.Qh7 Qxh7 58.Bxh7 Ke7 59.Kf2 Kd6 60.Ke2 Kd5 61.Kd3
Ke5 62.g4 h4 63.Kxc3 Kf4 64.Be4 Ke5 65.Kd3 Ke6 66.Kd4 Kd6 67.Bf5 h3 68.Bc8 Kc7 69.Ke4 Kxc8 70.Kf5 Kd7 71.Kxf6 Kd6 72.Kxg5
Ke6 73.f4 Kf7 74.f5 Ke7 75.f6+ Ke6 76.Kg6 Kd6 77.f7 Ke7 78.Kg7 Ke6 79.f8=Q Kd5 80.g5 Ke5 81.g6 Kd5 82.Kf7 Kc6 83.g7 Kb5 84.g8=Q
Kc4 85.Qg4+ Kd5 86.Qfb4 Kc6 87.Qe6+ Kc7 88.Qbb6# 1-0
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