One of the first Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambit games Richard Shorman showed me was played by Charles Maddigan. Mr. Shorman described Charles Maddigan as a talented young man from Oakland who “played chess the right way.” Apparently, Maddigan went to the University of California at Berkeley in the early 70’s but dropped out to chase the dream of becoming a chess professional. He followed this dream all the way to New York City where, in 1974, he defeated Boris Spassky in a simultaneous exhibition. But that’s another story…
In the game which Richard Shorman showed, it took Charles Maddigan only ten moves to deliver a checkmate with the Sicilian Wing Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.b4). It is worth noting that Mr. Shorman asked my opinion on what Black should have played instead of blundering checkmate with 9… Qxb1. I believe I lsuggested 9… e6 or even 9… f6 to which we both agreed that white would still maintain an advantage.
[Event “Sicilian Wing Gambit Miniature”]
[Site “Oakland, California”]
[Date “1970.??.??”]
[Round “?”]
[White “Charles Maddigan”]
[WhiteElo “?”]
[Black “NN”]
[BlackElo “?”]
[Result “1-0”]
1.e4 c5 2.b4 cxb4 3.a3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.axb4 Bxf3 7.Qxf3 Qe5+ 8.Be2
Qxa1 9.Qxb7 Qxb1 10.Qc8#
1-0