For many years Nicolas Preo was a powerhouse and inventive player who played in The Correspondence Chess League of America (CCLA) and internationally in the International Correspondence Chess Federation (ICCF). As a GAMBITEER, he championed a direct approach in the opening and often essayed the Danish Gambit with a personalized and distinct approach that gave him numerous victories. In three decades (1950s-1970s) he amassed an impressive collection of games featuring this highly controversial opening system.
In recent years it has become clear that many value games emerge out of the correspondence chess arena. Many of them explore and often rewrite evaluations of known theory. Like the Goring Gambit explored in Part I, the Danish Gambit mirrors that and can transpose.
After 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 d5 6.Bxd5, two common ideas offer themselves up. First, 6…Nf6 can give an example of my column on the f7 square weakness. 7.Bxf7+ Kxf7 8.Qxd8 Bb4+ 9. Qd2 Bxd2+ 10.Nxd2. His game versus Haden in the CCLA Grand National 1953 continued with 10. …Re8 11.e5 Nc6 12.Ngf3 Ng4 (Nd5!?) 13.Rc1 Re7 14.O-O Nb4 15.h3 Nd3 16.hxg4 Nxc1 17.Bxc1. Now, Preo demonstrates that two minor pieces are a plus in this position as the game now proves out. 17…Bxg4 18.Ng5+Kg8 19.f4 h6 20.Nge4 Rd8 21.Rf2 b6 22.Bb2 Be6 23.a3 Rf7 24.Nf1 Rdf8 25.g3 Bd5 26.Nc3 Be6 27.Ne3 Bd7 28.Ne2 Bf5 29.Nxf5 Rxf5 30.g4 R5f7 31.f5. Now you can see the full power of my square count theory in action. The two black Rooks are confined to pure defense which adds fuel to the fire. 31…Rd7 32.Nf4 Rfd8. Black tries to activate his Rook-pair. 33.e6 Rd1+ Kg2 R8d2 35.Be5 Rxf2+ 36.Kxf2 Rc1 37.Nh5 a5 38.Nxg7 Rc5 39.Bd4 Rd5 40.e7 (1-0). In those days, they had penny postcards!
I give one further example for your digestion. 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2 Bb4+ and here of course Nc3 transposes to a Goring Gambit line but Preo keeps it in the Danish family with 6.Kf1 Nf6 7.e5 Ng8?! 8.e6 f6 9.exd7+ Bxd7 10.Qb3 Qe7 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Re1 Qxe1+ 13.Kxe1 Bxc3 14.Bxc3 Nh6 15.Qxb7 Ke7 16.Bb4+ Nxb4 17.Qxb4+ Kd8 18.Nf3 Re8+ 19.Kd2 Nf5 20.Qb7 Rc8 21.Qxa7 Re4 22.Bd3 Ra4 23.Qxa4 Bxa4 24.Bxf5 Rb8 25.Rb1 Rxb1 26.Bxb1 h6 27.Bc2 Bxc2 28.Kxc2 c5 29.Kc3 (1-0).
In Part III I will be examining some tricky gambit lines in the Sicilian Defense.
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