Rook Sacrifice

White gets a very nice game out of the opening and with two bishops develops a mating attack in the endgame. Simple rook sacrifice wraps up the game

soccerplayer300 (1873) - goddrie (1798) [B32]

ICC 3 0/Internet Chess Club 2007

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qf6 8. Qxf6 Nxf6 9. Nc3

9... h6 The two other lines (often transposing into same position) are: 9... Nb4 10. Bd3 d59... d5 10. exd5 Nb410. Be3 b5 11. O-O-O O-O 12. f3 Re8 13. a4 b4 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 f6 16. Bc4 White has all the positional trumps here. But of course in blitz anything can happen. 16... Kh7 17. Rhd1 Ne7 18. Rd6 Nc6 19. g4!

19... Re7 20. h4 Re8 21. g5

21... fxg5 22. hxg5 Rf8 23. gxh6 Rxf3 24. hxg7 Kxg7 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26. Bc5 Ne7 27. Rf6+ Rxf6 28. Rg8# Black checkmated 1-0