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D08 Albin Countergambit

Queen's Gambit Declined: Albin Countergambit. Alapin Variation

Heinrich Wagner vs Wilhelm Schoenmann, 1919

1-0, 25 moves ("Flight of the Valkyries")

[Event "Corrispondence"]
[Site "Corrispondence"]
[Date "1919.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "-"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Heinrich Wagner"]
[Black "Wilhelm Schoenmann"]
[ECO "D08"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "50"]
1. d4 { Game and comments by Italians IM Giorgio Porreca and Adriano Chicco - "Il Libro completo degli scacchi" 8a ed. chapter XXIX: fianchetto bishop } 1... d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 f6 6. e6 Bxe6 7. a3 a5 8. b3 f5 9. Bb2 Bc5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. g3 O-O-O 12. Qd3 Nh6 13. Bg2 Ng4 14. O-O h5 { Here Black looks good, instead his position is almost lost! The clash between appareance and the rising in a few moves reality makes White combo very nice. } 15. b4 { It looks like a common pawn sac--it is instead the beginning of the end. } 15... axb4 { Black is forced to take, because if 15...,Ba7 16.c5 and White's advantage became clear. } 16. axb4 Nxb4 { If 16...Bxb4 then d4 pawn is lost } 17. Qb3 Nc6 { White was threatening at least 18. Ra8+ (or 18. h3!) with revenge on d4 pawn. } 18. Qb5 Bb6 19. Bxd4 { !! This sac depends by previous one and allows the following, on move 21 } 19... Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. Qxb7+ { !! This sac is wonderfully possible, thanks to the strategic placement of Bg2. } 21... Kxb7 22. Rfb1+ Kc8 23. Bxc6 Qa3 { To escape from mating net, in fact 23...,Kd8; 24. Rb8+,Bc8 and Rxc8+ } 24. Rb8+ { !! White finds the most elegant way to end this genial match, little known but that fully deserve to be considered a chess masterpiece. } 24... Kxb8 25. Rxa3 {and Black resigned.} 1-0

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