Francisco Anchondo showed me another example of why players throughout Mexico revere his chess skills.
[Event “Blitz”]
[Site “Tijuana, Mexico”]
[Date “14.1.26”]
[Round “”]
[White “Anchondo, Francisco”]
[Black “Morales, Juan”]
[Result “”]
[Eco “D00”]
[Annotator “Chris Torres”]
{[Blackmar-Diemer Gambit,D00]}
1.d4 d5 2.e4 {!} {Francisco is usually happy to gambit a couple pawns to gain a developmental edge.}
dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 {The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is a fun system to employ. White’s extra piece and
control of the center provide adequate compensation for the gambited pawn.}
c5 {Black attacks white’s center with a pawn of his own. The problem is, Francisco is not obligated to accept the pawn. Perhaps Juan should have played something like this:}
( 5…Bg4 6.h3 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 c6 8.Be3 e6 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O-O Bb4
11.Ne4 Qa5 12.Kb1 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qf3 O-O-O 15.c3 Bd6 16.Rhf1
Rd7 17.g4 h6 18.h4 Qc7 19.g5 hxg5 20.Bxg5 Nd5 21.Rde1 a6 22.Rg1
c5 23.dxc5 Bxc5 24.Rg4 Kb8 25.Be4 {…0-1, Diaz Rodriguez Francisco Javier (ESP) 2179 – Iturrizaga Eduardo (VEN) 2640 , Jaen 2/ 6/2011 It (open) (active)}
)
6.d5 h6 {?} {This slow pawn move does not develop a piece. Now it is white’s duty to punish black’s play.}
( 6…Bg4 7.Bf4 a6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Be2 b5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Ne5 b4 12.g5
bxc3 13.gxf6 cxb2 14.fxg7 Bxg7 15.Rb1 e6 16.dxe6 Qh4+ {0-1, Boe A H – Pedersen Steffen (DEN) 2431 , Gausdal 1990 Cup Arnold}
)
7.Bf4 {Francisco now has three against one with a pawn in the center.}
g6 {?} {Another slow pawn move? Juan is asking for trouble.}
8.Nb5 {!} {Punishment for black’s crimes.}
Na6 {Juan is forced to put a knight on the rim to defend c7.}
9.Qe2 {Now white is threatening to escalate the violence on d6 and is ready to castle.}
Qb6 {?} {Black is oblvious to Francisco’s intentions. A more reasonable continuation would be something like this:}
( 9…Bg7 10.d6 e6 11.Nc7+ Nxc7 12.dxc7 Qd7 13.Rd1 Nd5 )
10.O-O-O {?!} {An inaccuracy. When Francisco showed me this game, I suggested Nd6! which looks to be crushing.}
e6 {Opening up the e-file makes no sense for black. A better move was, obviously, Bg7.}
11.dxe6 {Too many slow pawn moves have left the black King stranded in the middle of the board with no where to hide.}
Bxe6 {Black is finally getting pieces developed but it is too late.}
12.Nd6+ {!} {Francisco’s knight says, “Hola, mi amigo,” to the helpless king.}
Bxd6 13.Rxd6 {Now the rook says, “Hola,” to the queen.}
Qa5 14.Rxe6+ {!} {The rook may be worth more, but king safety is more important than material gains.}
fxe6 15.Qxe6+ {Francisco and Juan saw the impending mate and black resigned. Had play continued it would have looked something like this:}
Kd8 16.Qxf6+ Kc8 17.Qe6+ Kd8 18.Bb5 Qd2+ 19.Nxd2 Nb8 20.Qd6+
Nd7 21.Qxd7# *
