Okay, Markovich. I can post more games where I won against titled players.

Zilbermintz - IM (now Grandmaster) Trickyguy

Internet Chess Club

3 0 rated blitz

1 April 2009

 

BLACKMAR-DIEMER GAMBIT

 

1 d4 d5 2 e4 dxe4 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 f3 ef3 5 Nxf3 e6  Euwe Defense 6 Bg5 Be7 7 Bd3 0-0 8 00 c5 9 Qe1 cxd4 10 Ne2 Nc6 11 Qh4 g6 12 a3 Nd5 13 Qh6 e5 14 Ng3 Nf4 15 Bxf4 exf4 16 Nh5! Bf6 17 Ng5! 1-0.

 

 

 

 

GM Julian Radulsky - Zilbermintz

5 0 rated blitz

Internet Chess Club

6 April 2009

 

PHILIDOR COUNTER GAMBIT

 

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 f5 4 Nc3 fxe4 5 Nxe4 d5 6 Neg5 e4 7 Ne5 Nh6 8 Qh5+ g6 9 Nxg6 Bg4!

 

10 Qh4 hxg4 11 h3 Bd7 12 Be3 Bg7 13 000 Nf5 14 Qf4 00 15 Ne4 Nxe3 16 Qxe3 dxe4 17 Bc4+ Kh8   

 

Best is 17...Kh7!

 

18 h4 Qf6 19 h5 g5 20 h6 Bh6 21 Qe4 Kg7 22 Qb7 Bc6 23 Qc7 Nd7 24 d5 Rac8 25 Qa7 g4+ 26 Kb1 Rb8 27 Bb3 Bb5 28 a4 Ra8 29 Qc7 Rfc8 30 Qg3 Ne5 31 ab5 Bf4 32 Qh4 Qxh4 33 Rh4 Rh8 34 Rh8 Rh8 35 Re1 Ng6 36 g3 Be5 37 c3 Rh2 38 Re4 Rf2  39 Rg4 Rf1 White overstepped on time, 0-1.

 

GM Leonid Yudasin - Zilbermintz

Chess Mates Blitz Tournament

Rahway, New Jersey

5 October 2011

 

PHILIDOR COUNTER GAMBIT

 

To begin with, Yudasin was cocky enough to start the game with me having 5 minutes to his 4. Naturally, I squeezed everything I could from this advantage.

 

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 f5 4 exf5 e4 5 Nfd2 Bxf5 6 Nc3 Nf6 7 Ne3 Bg6 8 c4 c6 9 d5 c5 10 Be2 Be7 11 b3 00 12 Bb2 Qc7 13 Nc3 a6 14 00 Nbd7 15 Ng5 Nxg4 16 Bxg4 Ne5 17 Be6+ Kh8 18 Qd2 Rae8 19 Rad1 Nd3 20 Ba1 Qd8 21 Qc2 Bg5 22 Na4 Qe7 23 Bc3

 

Now comes a beautiful combination, my best against a Grandmaster in over-the-board play. The only comparable one was GM Dzindzichashvili - Zilbermintz, Bryant Park simultaneous, New York 1994. That game ended in a fighting draw.

 

23...Nxf2!! 

 

A beautiful sacrifice which wins a piece by force. There is no defense.

 

24 Qb2 Nxd1 25 Rxd1 Bf6 26 Bxf6 Qxf6 27 Qd2 Qf4 28 Qxf4 Rxf4 and 0-1 in the endgame.

MNb wrote on 12/28/11 at 16:03:40:


books are never the last word — otherwise there'd be no need for any new ones

In my experience, Black usually Castles Kingside in the Euwe.

Gambit wrote on 12/27/11 at 21:17:00:

I don't think it fun to be worse at move 2 when playing White. I think something like 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 dxc4 6.e4 b5 7.Qc2 fun. White is a pawn down again, but has actual compensation in return.

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I would think the Lemberger equally boring in otb play. An example is 4.Nxe4 Qxd4 5.Qe2 (5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Qd5, Scheerer) Bf5 6.Nc3 (White is playing some lame moves, given his strategy of quick development) Nc6 7.Bd2 O-O-O 8.O-O-O Qc5 and Black is just a pawn up.
Yeah, 4.dxe5 Qxd1+ is about equal, but I rather play 1.e4 e5 2.d4 d6 3.dxe5 dxe5 4.Qxd8+ if I have to exchange Queens early.

And the Lemberger is boring as we already have established. Not to mention 1.d4 Nf6 2.f3 c5 3.d5 e6 4.c4 b5, a real countergambit.
2.c4! is the move for attacking players.

Addition: while I like Scheerer's book - it's indeed the first unbiased one on the BDG - there are flaws. He has missed a source:

1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 f5 4.Bf4 Nf6 5.f3 e6 6.fxe4 fxe4 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.Nge2 Na5! 9.Bb5+ and Scheerer has missed c6! 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bb3 b4 (Williams in Play the Dutch).
A better chance is 7.Qd2 like Summerscale-Wall, 1995, unclear.

Gambit wrote on 12/24/11 at 20:21:40:
So am I. To make it easy for you:

MNb wrote on 12/23/11 at 13:58:57:
I would have thought you would like these lines.

More problems (and I'm too lazy to check if this has been mentioned before):
5.Be3 Bf5 6.Bc4 (Scheerer's main line is 6.g4 at once, but that allows the unmentioned 6...Be6 when White will get the pawn back after 7.Bg2,  but the pawn on g4 is a weakness) e6 7.g4 Bg6 8.Ne2
a)8...Nd7 9.h4 h6 10.Nf4 Bh7 11.g5 looks fine;
b)8...Nc6 9.h4 h6 10.Nf4 Bh7 11.g5 does not look fine because of Qd6 (Scheerer via a transposition). I'm not sure if 9.Qd2 h5 10.g5 Bb4, Bd6 or Qd7 offers enough compensation.