Reti Gambit : 1 Nf3 f5 2 e4
1 Nf3 f5 2 e4 fxe4 3 Ng5 Nf6
[3 ... e5 4 d3 e3 5 Bxe3 Nc6 6 f4 exf4 7 Bxf4 Nf6 8 Be2 Bc5 9 c3 d5 10 d4 Bd6 11 0-0 0-0 12 Nd2 h6 13 Bxd6 Qxd6 14 Ngf3 Ng4 15 Qb3 Bf5 16 h3 Ne3 17 Rf2 Bxh3 18 Nf1 Nxf1 19 Bxf1 Bg4 20 Qxb7 Rab8 21 Qa6 Rf6 22 Re1 Bxf3 23 gxf3 Qg3+ 24 Bg2 Nxd4 0-1, Hayward Keith (2150) - Curdo John (2405), Portland ME, Open, 1980]
[3 ... e5 4 d4 d5 5 dxe5 Bb4+ 6 c3 Bc5 7 c4 e3 8 f4 Ne7 9 cxd5 Qxd5 10 Nc3 Qxd1+ 11 Nxd1 Nd5 12 g3 Bb4+ 13 Ke2 Bg4+ 14 Nf3 Nc6 15 Bxe3 Nxe3 16 Kxe3 Bc5+ 17 Ke4 Ne7 (17 ..0-0 18 Bc4+ Kh8 19 Ng5 Rad8 20 Nf7+ Rxf7 21 Bxf7 Rd4+ 22 Ke3 Rxd1+ 23 Ke4 Rd4+ 24 Ke3 Rb4+ which appears to lead to mate in all lines. Blecher) 18 Ne3 Bd7 19 Bc4 0-0-0 20 Rhd1 g6 21 Nd4 Bxd4 22 Rxd4 b5 23 Bb3 c5 24 Rd6 c4 25 Bd1 Bc6+ 26 Kd4 Kb7 27 Bg4 Rxd6+ 28 exd6 Rd8 29 Kc5 Ng8 30 a4 a6 31 axb5 axb5 32 Be6 Nf6 33 Bd5 Bxd5 34 Nxd5 Ne4+ 35 Kxb5 Nxd6+ 36 Kc5 Ne4+ 37 Kd4 Nd6 38 Re1 Kc6 39 Re6 Kb5 40 g4 Ka4 41 Kc5 1-0, Blecher Mike - Hayward Keith, Postal, ICCF 9USCCC, 1991]
4 d3 e3 5 Bxe3 e5 6 d4 exd4 7 Bxd4
[7 Qxd4 Nc6 8 Qd2 d5 9 Bd3 Bd6 10 0-0 0-0 11 Nf3 Ne4 12 Bxe4 dxe4 13 Qd5+ Kh8 14 Qxe4 Bf5 15 Qc4 Qf6 16 Nc3 Rae8 17 Nb5 Re4 18 Qc3 Ne5 19 Nd2 Rh4 20 Nxd6 cxd6 21 Bd4 Rc8 22 Bxe5 dxe5 23 Qe3 e4 24 c3 Rd8 25 Rfe1 h6 26 Nf1 b6 27 Rad1 Rd3 28 Rxd3 exd3 29 Ng3 Bg6 30 f3 Qd6 31 Nf1 Kh7 32 g3 Rh5 33 Kg2 Rd5 34 Nd2 Qc6 35 Rd1 Qa4 36 Ra1 Qc2 37 Rb1 Rd8 38 Kf1 Re8 39 Qf2 Re2 40 Qxe2 dxe2+ 41 Kxe2 Qd3+ 42 Ke1 Qe3+ 0-1, Buland Roger (2115) - Hayward Keith (2245), Minneapolis MN, Holy Angels Tornado, 1983]
7 ... Nc6 8 Be3
[8 Bc4 Qe7! 9 Be3 Qb4+ 10 Nd2 d5 =/=+, Rizzitano Jim - Curdo John, Leominster MA, 1978]
8 ... d5 9 Bd3 Bd6 10 Nxh7 Nxh7 11 Qh5+ Kf8 12 Bxh7 Qf6 13 Nd2 Be6 14 Qg6 d4 15 Bg5 Qe5+ 16 Ne4 Bf7 17 Qf5 Re8 18 0-0-0 Rxh7 19 Nxd6 cxd6 20 Qxh7 Qxg5+ 21 f4 Qxf4+ 22 Kb1 Qh6 23 Qf5 Qe6 24 Qxe6 Rxe6 25 Kc1 Bg6 26 Rhe1 Re5 27 c3 d3 28 g4 Ra5 29 Re6 Ne5 30 Rxd6 Ke7 31 Rd4 Nf3 32 Rb4 b6 33 Rf1 d2+ 34 Kd1 Rd5 0-1, Ribeiro Regina (2110) - Hayward Keith (2310), Tucson AZ, Ye Olde Pueblo, 1993
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