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1 d4 d5 2 e4 de4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 exf3 5 Nxf3 e6 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 Nc6 8 00 Nxd4 9 Kh1 c6 This move is a chicken line that Black plays, hoping to wait it out. It can be an annoyance if played accurately; however, not too many people know what to play here. Black may think he is playing a Caro-Kann Defense -- which is not the case at all! The inaugural game, Zilbermints-Kopiecki, First Blitz-Discussion-Match (BDM I), Marshall CC, New York, 04.24.1993, continued: 10 Bf6 Bf6 11 Ne4 Be7 12 Ne5 Nf5 13 g4 Qd5 14 Nf7 Kf7 15 gf5 ef 16 Qf3 Rf8 17 b3 Kg8? 18 Bc4! fe 19 Bxd5 cd5 20 Qe3 Bg4 21 c4 Rac8 22 h3 Bc5 23 Qg3 Bf3 24 Kh2 Rcd8 25 Qg5 d4?? 26 Qc5 d3 27 Qe3 d2 28 Rad1 Bxd1 29 Rxd1, BLACK OVERSTEPPED, 1-0. Zilbermints - T. Vialet, off-hand blitz, Marshall Chess Club, New York, 8/23/1998: 10 Nd4 Qd4 11 Bf6 Bf6 12 Ne4 Ke7? 13 Qf3 Bd7 14 Rad1 Qe5 15 Rde1 Qd4 16 c3 Qe5 17 Nxf6 Qxf6 18 Qh5 g6 19 Qc5+, 1-0. 10 Nd4 Qd4 11 Bf6 Bf6 12 Nde4 Ke7? 13 Qf3 Rf8 14 c3 Qe5 15 Rae1 Qd5 16 Qf4 Qxd3 17 Nxf6+ gf6 18 Qxf6 Ke8 19 Rd1 Qxd1 20 Rxd1 Bd7 21 Qg7, 1-0, Zilbermints - T. Vialet, offhand blitz, Marshall CC, New York, 08.23.1998 Zilbermints- T. Vialet Marshall CC Friday Rapids 7 May 1999 10 Nxd4 Qxd4 11 Bxf6 Bxf6 12 Ne4 Bd7 13 Qf3 000 14 Rad1 Qe5 15 Rde1 Qd5 16 Rd1 Qe5 17 c3 Kb8 18 Rfe1 Qc7 19 Nxf6 gf6 20 Qxf6 Bc8 21 Rf1 Rhf8 22 Bxh7 e5 23 Rxd8 Rxd8 24 Re1 Rd7 25 Qh8 Re7 26 Qh8 Re7 26 Bf5 a5 27 Rd1 e4 28 Rd8 e3 29 Rxc8+, Black resigns, 1-0. A game by Peter Leisebein: 10 Nd4 Qd4 11 Qe1 Qb4 12 a3 Qg4 13 Bh4 Qg5 14 Qg3 Rf8 15 Rad1 Qg4 16 Qf2 g5 17 Bg3 Qh5 18 Qd4 Nd5 19 Nxd5 ed5 20 Qe5 f6 21 Qc7 Qg4 22 Bh7 Qd7 23 Bg6+ Rf7 24 Qa5 Kf8 25 Bf7 Kf7 26 c4 b6 27 Qd2 Kg7 28 Bf2 Ba6 29 Bd4 Kg6 30 Qc2+ f5 31 g4 Rf8 32 gf5+ Rxf5 33 Rde1 Bf6 34 Bxf6 Kxf6 35 Qd3 Rxf1 36 Rxf1 1-0, Leisebein - Baer, Germany, correspondence 2000. 10 Nxd4 Qxd4 11 Qe1 Qc5 12 Qh4 Qb6? 13 Rxf6!! A great tactical shot that wins in all lines. Of course, in correspondence chess, with lots of time for analyses, you can do anything you want. 13...gf6 14 Bxf6 Bxf6 15 Qxf6 Rf8 16 Bxh7, Black resigns, 1-0. P. Leisebein - Matse Rohde, BDG 04-09 DVC, e-mail correspondence tournament, Germany 2000. NEXT: HOW POOR KNOWLEDGE OF ZILBERMINTS GAMBIT THEORY CAN COST YOU THE GAME
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