Daniel King's Power Play Show: A bold and provocative king

by Daniel King
9/25/2020 – In this Power Play Show Grandmaster Daniel King looks at a provocative, dangerous and entertaining line of the King's Gambit: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nc3!? Qh4+ 4.Ke2 which Steinitz, Keres (pictured) and King himself used to play. The march of the king looks crazy but the whole line is surprisingly powerful and dangerous. | Power Play is on air most Fridays at 17:00 UK (18:00 CEST, 11:00 EST) on playchess.com. All the usual puzzles, games and instruction will be on offer. | Photo: Valter Heuer (Archive)

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A wild line of the King's Gambit

Daniel King: "Hikaru Nakamura's notorious Bong Cloud opening against Jeffrey Xiong in the last round of the St Louis blitz and rapid tournament put me in mind of a variation of the King's Gambit that I used to play in my wild youth: 1.e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3.Nc3 Qh4+ 4.Ke2."

Nakamura's Bong Cloud

 
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1.e4 e5 2.Ke2 Nf6 3.d3 d5 4.Nd2 Nc6 5.c3 b6 6.Qc2 Bb7 7.Ngf3 Qd7 8.b4 0-0-0 9.a3 Kb8 10.Bb2 g6 11.Ke1 Bh6 12.Rd1 Rhe8 13.Be2 Nh5 14.b5 Na5 15.c4 Nf4 16.Bf1 dxc4 17.dxc4 f5 18.c5 fxe4 19.c6 Nxc6 20.bxc6 Bxc6 21.Nxe5 Nd3+ 22.Bxd3 exd3 23.Qc4 Bxg2 24.Rg1 Bb7 25.Qh4 Qf5 26.Qxh6 Rxe5+ 27.Bxe5 Qxe5+ 28.Qe3 Qxh2 29.Kf1 Qh5 30.f3 Bc6 31.Qg5 Qh3+ 32.Kf2 Qh2+ 33.Rg2 Qd6 34.Re1 Rf8 35.Kg1 Rf5 36.Qe7 Qf4 37.Qd8+ Kb7 38.Qxd3 Rd5 39.Qe3 Qh4 40.Qf2 Qa4 41.Re3 Qd1+ 42.Qe1 Qa4 43.Rc3 Rh5 44.Rg4 Qa5 45.Qc1 Qe5 46.Nf1 Qe6 47.Rgc4 Bb5 48.Rxc7+ Ka6 49.a4 Be2 50.Re3 Rg5+ 51.Kf2 Qh3 52.Kxe2 1–0
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Nakamura,H2736Xiong,J27091–02020C20Saint Louis Blitz 202018.5

"2.Ke2 after 1.e4 e5 just seems provocative but 1.e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3.Nc3 Qh4+ 4.Ke2 is not as stupid as it looks. Paul Keres played it early in his chess career, and I'll be looking at one of his games plus a brilliancy from an English player, the organiser and journalist Tim Wall."

To get into the mood, here's a little warm-up: White to play

 
T. Wall - D. Ippolito, Hampstead 1998

And here's a little chess problem: White to play and mate in 2!

 

Try your own moves!


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Previous shows

You'll find older broadcasts in the Power Play category. To watch these you'll need a ChessBase Premium Account.


Daniel King is the prolific author of the Power Play series which numbers 28 volumes to date.  The Tactic Turbo for the King’s Gambit is the subject of his most recent DVD.

Here’s a teaser:


Power Play 28: Tactic Toolbox King's Gambit

Daniel King presents 50 puzzle positions in video format, all arising from the King's Gambit. They feature typical tactics from the opening, so this is a great way of becoming familiar with the tricks and traps that you can set your opponent.


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Daniel King is a regular on playchess.com. Commentating on live events such as the World Championship or analysing themes for his monthly Power Play Show. He also produces a DVD series called Power Play for ChessBase in the Fritztrainer format.

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