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Arnold Denker vs Gonzalez
Simul, 28b (1945), Detroit, MI USA
Danish Gambit: Accepted. Copenhagen Defense (C21)  ·  1-0

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Mar-11-05  p8riot: Check out this amazing discovered checkmate by the (recently) late great Arnold Denker! :^)
Mar-11-05  Knight13: Very good play by White. Castle king side seems like a mistake!
Mar-12-05  Saruman: Funny detail, the checkmate should not arrive until 19.f7(+) ♕f6 20.♗xf6#.
Aug-17-06  Hannibal: Black's position after 8...Bf8 is funny
Aug-17-06  AniamL: Alternatively, 17.Nxh7 leads to a forced mate:

17.Nxh7+ Nf5
(17...Kxh7 18.Qh4+ Kg8 19.Qh6, mate to follow)
18.g4, and with the protector of the h6 square deflected, white forces a rather simple mate in 6 moves.

Aug-18-06  Caissanist: Denker seems to be toying with his opponent here. He could have won quickly and routinely with 9.f6, while the line he chose would give black a perfectly good game after 10..d4.
Feb-21-07
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  fm avari viraf: Lovely game but as <Saruman pointed out it's not 19.f7#> because the Queen interposes.
May-03-08  JimmyVermeer: There is a faster forced mate with 17 Bd3 Nf5 18 Bxf5 Qe8 19 Qh4 Qe2+ 20 Kxe2 h5 21 Bxg6 Kg8 22 Qe4 d6 23 Bxf7+ Rxf7 24 Qg6+ Rg7 25 Qxg7#

17 Nxh7 Re8 18 Ng5 Nf5 19 Qg3 Re4 20 Nxf7+ Kh7 21 Ng5+ Kh6 22 Nxe4 Ng7 23 Bf7 Qxf6 24 Bxf6 g5 25 Qxg5+ Kh7 26 Qxg7#

Oct-14-08
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  tpstar: I wonder if Denker discarded 8. Bxf7+! Kxf7 9. Qb3+ due to 9 ... d5!? 10. ed+ (10. Qxb4 Nc6) Be6 11. Qxb4 Qxd6:


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Now White can't grab on b7 due to 12 ... Qd1#.

After 17. Nxf7+! Black could try 17 ... Rxf7 18. Bxf7 Nxf7 but White still has 19. Qh6! Qg8 20. Re1 winning, like 20 ... Nxh6 21. f7+ Qg7 22. f8=Q+ Ng8 23. Qxg7#, or 20 ... Nc6 21. Re8! is decisive. So Black is forced into 17 ... Rxf7 18. Bxf7 Qf8 19. Bb3 Nf7 which at least covers h6 twice.

The Two Bishops!

Dec-11-13  Sebastian88: 7...Ng8? Black should have play 7...d5! 8.Bb5+ Nd7 9.Qg4 Qe7! 10.Qxg7 Rf8 11.Nf3 c6 with a good game.
Aug-09-17  whiteshark: Sanctified with Danish dynamite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtJ...
Dec-21-21
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  Phony Benoni: This game is from an exhibition tour by Denker in Feruary and March of 1945. which included fourteen simuls in twelve cities in seven Eastern and Great Lakes states. In 553 games, Denker scored +467 =51 -35.

Detroit was the sixth stop on the tour. Denker's score there was +26 =2 -0.

The report in <Chess Review> (April 1945, p. 3-4) includes the score of this game. It ends with <18.Qh6>, which is probably the most apppriate finish. Levitsky has his devotees.

Jul-16-23
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  GrahamClayton: 8. e6 f6 9. exd7+ Bxd7 10. Qb3 Qe7 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Re1 with a winning position - Nicholas A Preo-Ralph E Antcliff, corr, 1953.

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