1905 - 1908 Grintals v. Kreicsteins correspondence match

Three of the games explore the King's Gambit

1905 - 1906

Event "Match Grintals - Kreicsteins"
Site "Correspondence"
Date "1905.??.??"
Result "1-0"
White "A Kreicsteins"
Black "K Grintals"
Source "Salmins 'Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944' 164-165"

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d5 6. d4 Qe7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Bxf4 dxe4 9. Qe2 f5 10. O-O-O Bh6 11. Qe3 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 Nf6 13. Bc4 Rf8 14. Rhe1 Nfd7 15. Re2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. Red2 Qxe5 18. Qh6 Qf6 19. Qf4 Ne5 20. Rd6 Qg7 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Rd8+ Ke7 23. Rxf8 Be6 24. Rxa8 Nxc4 25. Qc7+ Kf6 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rxa7 Ne3 28. Rxb7+ 1-0

A Kreicsteins vs K Grintals, 1905

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1905 - 1906

Event "Match Grintals - Kreicsteins"
Site "Correspondence"
Date "1905.??.??"
Result "1-0"
White "K Grintals"
Black "A Kreicsteins"
Source "Salmins 'Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944' 165-166"

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 O-O 9. O-O Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nh5 11. Rxf4 Nxf4 12. Bxf4 c6 13. Bg5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 cxd5 15. Bf6 Qe3 16. Nc3 Nc6 17. Nxd5 Qf2 18. Bd3 Bf5 19. Qc1 1-0

K Grintals vs A Kreicsteins, 1905

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1905 (June - October)

Event "Match Grintals - Kreicsteins"
Site "Correspondence"
Date "1905.06.??"
Result "0-1"
White "K Grintals"
Black "A Kreicsteins"
Source "Salmins 'Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944' 166-167"

1. d4 d5 2. f4 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. Nbd2 Bd6 6. Be2 Qe7 7. O-O c6 8. c4 f6 9. Re1 Nh6 10. Nf1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 e5 13. Ng3 g5 14. fxg5 e4 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. Nd2 Qh4 18. Nf1 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Bd2 O-O-O 21. Rc1+ Kb8 22. Qb3 Rhg8 23. Qd1 Rxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 Qf2 0-1

K Grintals vs A Kreicsteins, 1905

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1907 - 1908

Event "Match Grintals - Kreicsteins"
Site "Correspondence"
Date "1907.??.??"
Result "1-0"
White "K Grintals"
Black "A Kreicsteins"
Source "Salmins 'Korespondence Sahs Latvija 1877-1944' 168-169"

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 d5 5. e5 Nh5 6. d4 g5 7. Bd3 Be6 8. O-O h6 9. Na4 Nd7 10. c3 a6 11. b4 b6 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. Bd2 Qb7 14. Rfc1 Be7 15. a3 g4 16. Ne1 c5 17. bxc5 b5 18. Rab1 Qc7 19. Nb2 Nxc5 20. dxc5 Bxc5+ 21. Kf1 Qe7 22. Nc2 Qh4 23. Nd4 f3 24. Qf2 g3 25. hxg3 Qh1+ 26. Qg1 Nxg3+ 27. Kf2 Qh4 28. Ke1 Bxd4 29. cxd4 Ne2+ 30. g3 Nxg3 31. Kd1 Ne4 32. Rc7 Bg4 33. Kc2 a5 34. Qe3 Bh5 35. Bxb5+ Kf8 36. Nd3 Qd8 37. Rd7 Qc8+ 38. Kb2 Rb8 39. Rxd5 Nxd2 40. Qxd2 1-0

K Grintals vs A Kreicsteins, 1907

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