A one-minute online game between Grandmaster Vahap Şanal and 17-year-old IM Eray Kılıç, which enters the Crazy Turkish Gambit.
Opening
Şanal played e4 and Kılıç answered with e5. Şanal chose the Vienna Game with Nc3; Kılıç entered a sharp variation by playing ...f5 on move two. Against the pawn sacrifice, Şanal took the central pawn with Nxd5; Black developed with ...Nf6, threatening both the knight and e4.
Black’s pressure
Şanal tried to keep the tempo with Nxf6, but Kılıç exploited his development lead and active queen; ...Qg6 tied Şanal’s bishop to defence. The unexpected ...Qxc2 was one of the game-deciding moments. Watch the video for the finish, which ends in mate.
This article is adapted from the video on the Satranç Okulu YouTube channel.
