According to Kania Bronznik's new book "1.d4 - Ratgeber gegen Unorthodoxe Verteidigungen
237 Seiten, gebunden, Euro 19,80
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Content: http://www.kaniaverlag.de/werbemappe/d4lesepro.pdf

This is the material that was sent to Broznick and Keilhack. It is reproduced here, with some corrections. The annotations in German are mine.

NM Ilijas Terzic (2283) - Zilbermints (1950)
Marshall Chess Club 4 Rated Games Tonight!
Game/30 Tournament, 12/14/1995

  1 d4 e5 2 dxe5 Nc6 3 Nf3 Nge7 4 Nc3 Ng6 5 Bg5 Be7 6 Be7 Qe7 7 Nd5 Qd8 8 Qd2 00
  9 e3  Nce5 10 Nxe5 Nxe5 11 Qc3 Nc6 12 h4 d6  13 h5 h6 14 000 Be6 15 Be2 Bxd5 
  16 Rd5 Re8 17 g4 Re5 18 Rhd1 Rxe5 19 Rxe5 Ne7 20 Rd1 d5  21 g5 hg5 22 h6 f6
  23 hg Kg7 24 Rg7 d4! 25 ed Nd5 26 Qg4 Qd6 27 Qd6 ed 28 Bf3 Nf4 29 Re1 Rb8
  30 Re7 Kg6 31 Kd2 Kf5 32 Rxb7 Rxb7 33 Bb7 d5 Hier besser ist 33...Kg4! mit gewinnen chancen fur Schwarz. 34 f3 Kg6 35 Bc8 Kh5 36 b4 Kh4 37 a4 Kg3 38 Bg4 f5 39 Bxf5   Kxf3   40 b5 g4  41 Bxg4 Kxg4 42 a5 Ne6 43 Kd3 Kf5 44 e4 dc 45 Kxc4  Nd8  46 a6 Ne6   47 d5  Nc7  48 d6 Na8 49 Kd5 Nb6+  50 Kc6 Ke6 51 Kc7 Kd5 52 Kb7 Kxd6 53 Kxa7 Kc5 DRAWN.

Charles Jortner was the first master that I defeated with the Zilbermints Gambit in a non-Quick Chess game.

     NM Charles Jortner (2261) - Zilbermints (1950)
     Your Last Blunder in 1995! Tournament
     Marshall Chess Club, Game/30
     12/31/1995

1 d4 e5 2 dxe5 Nc6 3 Nf3 Nge7 4 Nc3 Ng6 5 Bg5 Be7 6 Be7 Qe7 7 Nd5 Qd8  8 e3 00
9 Be2 Re8 10 00 Nce5 11 c4 d6 12 Rc1 Be6  13 b3 Qd7  14 Nd4 Nc6  15 Nb5 Rac8 16 Qd2 a6 17 Nbc3 Nce7 18 Rfd1 Red8 19 Bf3 Rb8 20 g3 Bg4 21 Qe2 Bxf3 22 Qxf3 Ne5
23 Qg2 Ne7-c6 24 h4 Rbc8 25 Nf4 Qg4 26 Qh3 h5 27 Qxg4 hg4 28 Kf1 Ne7 29 Ke2 g6
30 Ne4 Kg7 31 Nd5 Nec6 32 Rh1 Rh8 33 Rhd1 Rhd8 34 N5f6 Ne7 35 Nd5 Nec6 36 Nec3 Re8 37 Nf4 Ne7 38 Kd2 Rh8 39 Kc2 g5!? 40 hg5 Rh2 41 Ne4 Nf5 42 Kc3 Rch8 43 Nd5 c6 44 Nf4 Rd8 45 Rh1 Rxh1 46 Rxh1 Rh8 47 Rxh8 Kxh8 48 Nh5 Kg8 49 N5f6 Kf8
50 Nh5 Ke7 less than 5 minutes left to each player,  0-1. 


If anything, the Morales - Zilbermints game demonstrates that Black had easy equality, but missed some key moves. Sixteen, even eighteen moves of equal play certainly shows that 4 Nc3 is not to be feared. Had I not made a few inaccuracies, who knows how the game might have turned out?

IM Gavrillo Morales  (2335 FIDE) - Zilbermints (1970)
Hilton Swiss
Newark, New Jersey
12 February 1995
G/30

1 d4 e5 2 dxe5 Nc6 3 Nf3 Nge7 4 Nc3 Ng6 5 Bg5 Be7 6 Be7 Qe7 7 Nd5 Qd8  8 Qd2 00 9 e3 Re8 10 Be2 Nce5 11 00 c6 12 Nc3 d5 13 Rad1 Nxf3 14 Bxf3 Ne5 15 Be2 Be6 16 f4 Nc4?!

Besser ist 16...Ng4! 

17 Bxc4 dc4 18 Qf2 Qf6?!

18...Qb6 is the correct move.

19 e4 Bg4 20 Rd4 b5 21 e5 Qe7 22 Ne4 Bh5

Hier besser ist 22... Red8.

23 Qg3 Kh8 24 Nd6 Rf8?? 25 Nf5! 1- 0.


IM Jay Bonin - Zilbermints
4 Rated Games Tonight!
New York, 9/12/1996

1 d4 e5 2 dxe5 Nc6 3 Nf3 Nge7 4 Nc3 Ng6 5 Bg5 Be7 6 Be7 Qe7 7 Nd5 Qd8 8 g3 00 9 Bg2 Nce5 10 Nxe5 Nxe5 11 00 c6 12 Qd4 Ng6?!

Besser ist 13...Re8

13 Nc3 Qb6?!

Besser ist 13...d5! =

14 Qxb6 ab6 15 e4 d6 16 Rfe1 Rd8 17 Rd4 Kf8

Besser ist 17...f5

18 Rad1 Ke7 19 a4 Bg4 20 f3 Be6 21 f4 f5??

Schwarz nicht hatt gut Zugen. Wo hier?

22 Bh3! c5 23 R4d2 fxe4 24 f5 Ne5 25 fxe6 Nf3+ 26 Kg2 Nxd2 27 Nd5+ Ke8 28 Rxd2 Rxa4 29 Rf2 Rc8 30 e7 1- 0

Anthony Greco - Zilbermints
Marshall Chess Club Thursday Open,
New York, 1993

1 d4 e5 2 dxe5 Nc6 3 Nf3 Nge7 4 Nc3 Ng6 5 Bg5 Be7 6 Be7 Nge7!? 7 e4 00 8 Be2 Ng6 9 00 Re8 10 Qd2 Nce5 11 Nxe5 Nxe5 12 f4 Ng6 13 Rad1 d6? 14 e5! Bd7 15 ed6 c6! 16 Qd4 Qh4 17 g3 Qh3 18 Ne4? c5! 19 Qd3 Rxe4! 20 Qxe4 Bc6 21 Rd5 Re8 22 Qd3?

Besser ist 22 Qf5 oder 22 d7 sondern Schwarz hatt gut Stellung hier. 22...Bxd5! 23 Qxd5? Rxe2 24 Qh1 Nxf4! Also, 24...Nh4!! ist besser!! wegen zu Matt im 4 Zugen: 25 Rd1 Qe6 26 Kf1 Qe3 27 Qg1 Qf3+ - Tom's Purser's analyses.

25 Rxf4 Re1+ 26 Kf2 Rxh1, 0-1


Games with 1 d4 e5 2 dxe5 Nc6 3 Nf3 Nge7 4 Nc3 h6 :

Thomas Drescher - Tobias Lagemann
Correspondence, 2000

1 d4 e5 2 dxe5 Nc6 3 Nf3 Nge7 4 Nc3 h6  5 Nd5 Ng6 6 Bf4 d6  7 ed6 Bxd6 8 Bxd6 Qxd6 9 e4 Be6 10 Qd2 f5 11 ef5 Bxd5 12 fxg6 000 13 000 Qg6 14 Qd3 Qf7 15 b3 Qf6 16 Kb1 Nb4 17 Qd4 Be4 0-1

Eberhard Zschoch - Tobias Lagemann
Correspondence, 2000

1 d4 e5 2 dxe5 Nc6 3 Nf3 Nge7 4 Nc3 h6 5 e4 Ng6 6 Bc4 Bb4  7 Bd2 Nce5 8 Nxe5 Nxe5 9 Bb3 d6 10 00 00 11 a3 Bc5 12 Bf4 Nc6 13 Qd3 Be6 14 Qg3 Kh7 15 Bd5 Qf6 16 Bxc6 bxc6 17 Na4 g5 18 Be3 Bb6 19 Rfe1 Qg6 20 Nxb6 axb6 21 Bd2 Ra4 22 Qd3 d5 23 Qg3 Rc8 24 f3 Rc4  25 c3 de4 26 b3 Rc5  27 c4 ef3 28 Qxf3 b5 29 Qe3 Rf5 30 Qd4 g4 31 a4 bxc4 32 bxc4 g3 33 h3 Rf2 34 Be3 Rc2 35 Rac1 Rxc1 Ra8 36 Bxc1 Ra8 37 c5 Bd5 38 Bd2 Qc2 38 Qe3 Qg6  DRAW

kylemeister wrote on 07/02/10 at 20:58:41:


Pfft! I drew that game! If you want, I can provide the entire gamescore.

That is why I play 4...h6 in some experimental games. However, in my 17 years of tournament play with the Zilbermints Gambit,  no one has played  8 Qd2 Ng6 9 Qg5 line. The games you see here are what I have.
Other 8th moves are just more popular...