My name is Matthew Koutnik. I live in Australia and have played tournament chess in my local area in both senior and junior competitions. I haven’t had much time to concentrate on chess over the past few years, so i am getting back into the books and practicing my game, remembering what i had forgotten and having my eyes opened again to the great world of chess.
So I just played a 5 minute blitz game and thought i would share it with you. There isn’t anything to special about this game. I just logged on for a quick game and something to post for you all as I get this chess blog up and running.
The following game I open with the Danish Gambit and gain a speedy checkmate over my opponent.
White – Matthew
Black – SFPP
1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 d6 5. Nxc3 Be6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bf4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Ne5 11. Bxe5 fxe5 12. O-O-O Nf6?
Currently things are already looking quite good for me. With a centralised Queen and Rooks ready to get into the action i would say i have the advantage in this position. The main mistake though is
Nf6 allowing White to take a heavy advantage.
13. Nxe5…
The pawn cannot take the Knight as the White Rook on d1 would be able to capture the Queen with check.
… Bg7
14. Qf7# 1-0
Due to the game being a blitz game my oponent overlooked the fact that Nxe5 also threatens checkmate with Queen to f7.
Looking forward to sharing more with you soon 🙂