Lunatic game of the day

[IM Jack Rudd]

Check out what happened to my king and queen after 10 moves:

[Event "4NCL Division 2c"] [Site "Puma Hotel, Hinckley Island EN"] [Date "2013.05.06"] [Round "11.41"] [White "Rudd, Jack"] [Black "Yeo, Michael J"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2285"] [BlackElo "2155"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2013.05.06"] [WhiteTeam "Bristol 1"] [BlackTeam "Wessex"] 1. Nc3 Nf6 2. e4 e5 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Qe2 Bf2+ 7. Kd1 Nxc3+ 8. bxc3 Bc5 9. d4 Be7 10. Qe1 Bf5 11. Qg3 g6 12. h4 Qd7 13. h5 Nc6 14. hxg6 Bxg6 15. e6 Qxe6 16. Qxc7 O-O 17. Bd3 Bd6 18. Qxb7 Rac8 19. Qb5 Bg3 20. Rh3 Rb8 21. Qa4 Bf2 22. Bf4 Rfe8 23. Bxb8 Bxd3 24. Ne5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 Qg4+ 26. Kc1 Rxe5 27. Rxd3 Re6 28. Qxa7 Qg6 29. Rb1 Ra6 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Qc5 Qxg2 32. Qf8+ Kf6 33. Qh6+ Qg6 34. Rf3+ 1-0

[Geoff Chandler]

Hi Jack.

Excellent.

Honestly anybobdy walking past your board here:

rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/8/3pP3/3P4/2P2N2/P1P3PP/R1BKQB1R b kq - 0 10
Would have called across a controller claiming the board had
been set up wrong at the start of the game.

I have a fine collection of games where the final mating
position has the King and Queen on swapped thrones.

I ran a small competition asking for a name for this type of mate.
We have Boden's mate, Anastasia's mate etc...and we know in our
mind right away what sort of set up is involved.

The winner was 'Transvestite Mate' because there is an opening (apparently)
called the Transvestite Attack where within the first four moves White
must play 1.e3 2. Ke2 3.Qe1 and 4.Kd1.

This 'attack' was named and supplied with an example from play by a well
known poster on this site.
I suppose if Black replies 1...e6 2...Ke7 3...Qe8 4...Kd8
We have the Transvestite Defence.

I've spent decades trying to invent an opening where I can
get the Bishops to swap squares but have not yet succeeded.
Getting the f1 Bishop to c1 is proving very tricky.
When I finally succeed I'll called it the Convert Manoeuvre.

[Joey Stewart]

I looked at that game and thought it was some sort of strange french defence, I didnt realise it had come from a kings gambit

[Peter Shaw]

Hi Jack.

Excellent.

Honestly anybobdy walking past your board here:

rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/8/3pP3/3P4/2P2N2/P1P3PP/R1BKQB1R b kq - 0 10
Would have called across a controller claiming the board had
been set up wrong at the start of the game.

I actually saw this happen in the game next to me in a tournament once.

[Roger de Coverly]

King and Queen interchanging have been seen before in the 4NCL and in a Wessex match at Hinckley as well.

Event "4NCL/Div2a/OXF1 vs. WES2"] [Site "Hinckley Island ENG"] [Date "2009.03.21"] [Round "7.7"] [White "Bruce, Dave"] [Black "Tunks, Dominic"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "2091"] [BlackElo "1989"] [Annotator ""] [Source ""] [Remark ""] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 f6 6.Qh5+ Ke7 7.exf6+ Nxf6 8.Qe2 Nc6 9.Ndf3 Qe8 10.Nh3 Kd8 11.O-O Bd6 12.Bf4 h6 13.Be5 Rf8 14.Nf4 Bxe5 15.dxe5 Ne4 16.Bxe4 Rxf4 17.Bd3 Qh5 18.Qe3 g5 19.Rfe1 Bd7 20.a3 a5 21.Rad1 Kc8 22.Be2 Qf7 23.b3 a4 24.c4 axb3 25.cxd5 exd5 26.Qxb3 g4 27.Nh4 Be6 28.Rb1 b6 29.Qc3 Kb7 30.Rec1 Na5 31.Rb4 Nc4 32.Bxc4 dxc4 33.Qe3 Rd8 34.g3 Rfd4 35.f4 gxf3 36.Qxf3+ Qxf3 37.Nxf3 Rd3 38.Nh4 Rd1+ 39.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 40.Kf2 c3 0-1

[Matt Mackenzie]

I looked at that game and thought it was some sort of strange french defence, I didnt realise it had come from a kings gambit

Vienna Game, strictly speaking

[Joey Stewart]

Well, basically the kings gambit with a different move order - kind of like how the french is a variation of the sicilian with a different move order.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Except that if Black essays 3...ef4? in this position, he is liable to get squashed in short order after 4e5!

Regular 1e4 e5 players will probably know that, but I have seen a few Alekhine specialists fall for it after the 1e4 Nf6 2Nc3 e5 3f4 move order

[Geoff Chandler]

Hi Joey,

Matt is correct. White has pushed up his f-pawn but this is not a King’s Gambit.
More akin to a Latvian a very good tempo up.

In the King’s Gambit White is never threatening fxe5 early doors.

rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/4PP2/8/PPPP2PP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 2
If play went 2..a6 3.fxe5 then Black gets a winning position with 3…Qh5+

That is why the King’s Gambit is a mugs opening.
It threatens nothing, it weakens the Kingside etc..etc..
There are at least three other piece developing moves better than 2.f4.
You don’t have to take my word for it, just recall the last time it was played in a WC match.

However the Latvian (which some people think is a King's Gambit reversed)
does threaten to take the e-pawn because it hits a Knight and
the path d1-h5 is block by the f3 Knight.

rnbqkbnr/pppp2pp/8/4pp2/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 3
This Latvian link matters, I’ll show why with the game.

A.Siwiec (2025) - J.Szewczyk (2051) Lasker Memorial 2007

Are you watching Jack, you will like this.

Fitting that this game should come from the Lasker Memorial you should read
what Lasker had to say about the King’s Gambit. (It threatens nothing, it weakens the Kingside etc..etc..)

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 {3...d5 as in Jack's game is the move here and if it's good here imagine how good it is a tempo up. That is why 3.d4 is the move Latvian players fear the most. (put the c3 Knight back on b1 and you have a pure Latvian).} 3... exf4 {This is also a playable line in the Latvian and up to...} 4. e5 Qe7 5. Qe2 {....if that c3 Knight was on b1 we would have a genuine Latvian position. But see how good the extra tempo is. Black does not have Nd5 as he would in a Latvian so...} 5... Ng8 6. Nf3 c6 {Black is reduced to playing grotty moves like this to stop Nd5} 7. Ne4 Qe6 8. d4 h6 9. Bxf4 g5 10. Bg3 d5 11. exd6 f5 12. Ne5 {An excellent move. Black cannot take the e4 Knight as Qh5+ hammers him much like it did in the actual game.} 12... f4 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14. Bc4 Qe8 {We now have a Jack's Kings & Queens reversed position.} 15. Nf7+ Kd7 16. Qg4+ {Black resigned.}