Chess Strategies: Using The Toxic Badger Opening
April 17th, 2009
Author: IdeaMan21Many people have written me to say the N.Earl Roberts Opening ( The Toxic Badger ) is only good for hiding my knight away in his Badger den on f7.
Not true, folks, sometimes the Badger doesn’t feel like hiding and shows his teeth and claws.
[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "esales"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[Opening "R=E9ti opening, The Toxic Badger"]
[ECO "A04"]
[NIC "QP.11"]
[Time "22:58:19"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 f6
The Badger – Invented one day in Manitou Springs because I couldn’t stand the idea of playing some boring d-pawn game against a 1400. I thought maybe I could lash out with … f6-e5 like Chris Peterson does in reverse. I might play… e5 or I might play … Nc6-e5-f7 if necessary
3. Bf4 e5
3 … d6! 4 any e5!
is interesting.
This Badger lives in fresh, uncivilized woodlands.
4. dxe5! Bc5 5. exf6 Nxf6
With insufficient play for the pawn but open lines like any gambit.
6. e3! O-O! 7. Bc4+! d5! 8. Be2 Bg4 9. O-O! Qd7!
10. Ne5 Nxe5! 11. Bxe5! Bxe2! 12. Qxe2! Rae8!
Full development for the pawn.
13. Bxf6! Rxf6! 14. c3 c6
A little consolidating move to free my Queen.
It was stronger to start activating – 14 … Re5, … Bd6, … Rh6, … Rg6, … Ref8,
15. Nd2! Bd6! 16. Nf3 Ref8!
Tyring to set up … R:f3 shots. I had other ideas like 16 … Rg6!!, … Rh6!, … Qf5! or … Re4!
17. c4
trying to distract my wing attack with central play.
17 … Qg4!! 18. Kh1??
I have a small edge after 18 h3 Qe4! or 18 Nd4 Q:e2 19 N:e2 dc
18 … Bxh2!
A very clever move based on 19 N:h2 Q:e2 or 19 K:h2 R:f3 20 gf R:f3-h3 checkmate
I actually had a ton of clever moves – 18 … Rh6!!!, …. R:f3!!!, … Rg6!!!, … Qh5!!!, … B:e5!!, … Bc7!!, … b6!!, … Bb8!! are all better than my move and my move wins!
19. Rae1 Rxf3!
Again I make a clever winning move but miss many stronger ones.
This Badger is nearsighted.
19 … Rh6!!! mates
19 … Rg6!! is devastating
19 … Bc7!, … Bd6!, … R:f3! and … Bb8!
are all good enough.
20. Kxh2!!
Only move
20 … Qh4+!!!
Others – 20 … R8f6!!, … dc!!, … R8f5!!, … Qh5+!!
21. Kg1! R8f6!!
Others – 21 … R8f5!! is good too
22. Qxf3!
Only move
22 … Rxf3! 23. gxf3! Qxc4! 24. Kg2 Qxa2! 25. Rb1 a5
26. Ra1 Qxb2! 27. Rxa5! h5 28. Raa1 Qf6! 29. Rab1 b5
Queen and 5 pawns versus 2 Rooks and 3 pawns
30. Rfc1! g5 31. Rc5! g4 32. fxg4! hxg4! 33. Rbc1 Qf3+! 34. Kf1 g3!!
35. R1c2 Qh1+
35 … g2+!! mates
36. Ke2! g2! 37. Rxc6 Qh5+!! 38. Kd2! g1=3DQ!
Two Rooks plus 68 seconds versus two Queens and 34 seconds
39. Rc8+! Kf7! 40. R2c7+ Ke6! 41. Rc6+! Ke5! 42. f4+ Ke4
mating.
I remember I had 17 seconds left but Esales was out of checks.
43. Re6+! Kf3! 44. Rc2 Qhh2+
44 … d4!! mates fastest but what kind of move is that?
45. Kc3 Qa1+! 46. Kd3! Qa3+
46 … b4!! mates the fastest but what kind of move is that?
47. Rc3 Qe2+
47 … Qb4!! or … Qa4!!
mate in 2 but what kind of moves are those?
48. Kd4! Qd2+! 49. Ke5! Qaxc3+
See, this way I pick up a Rook and checkmate too.
50. Kf5 Qdxe3
Fritz hunts the King,
I hunt the Rooks.
7 seconds left for me.
51. Rxe3+! Qxe3
Now the pawn.
52. Kg5! Qxf4+
Now the King.
53. Kg6! d4! 54. Kg7! d3!
6 seconds. Premove.
55. Kg6! d2! 56. Kh5! d1=3DQ!
57. Kg6! Qg1+! 58. Kh5! Qfh2#
{White checkmated} 0-1
So it’s up to you.
Do you want to be a timid Badger and hide in your multi-tunneled dirt, underground home or do you want to grab clumps of rich, brown topsoil turf on f6 and e5 to throw in passersby faces?
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[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.04.12"]
[Round "-"]
[White "esales"]
[Black "B-Wall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2161"]
[BlackElo "2182"]
[Opening "R=E9ti opening, the Toxic Badger"]
[ECO "A04"]
[NIC "QP.11"]
[Time "22:58:19"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]
1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 f6 3. Bf4 e5 4. dxe5 Bc5 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bc4+ d5 8. Be2 Bg4 9. O-O Qd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Rae8 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. c3 c6 15. Nd2 Bd6 16. Nf3 Ref8 17. c4 Qg4 18. Kh1 Bxh2 19. Rae1 Rxf3 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 R8f6 22. Qxf3 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Qxc4 24. Kg2 Qxa2 25. Rb1 a5 26. Ra1 Qxb2 27. Rxa5 h5 28. Raa1 Qf6 29. Rab1 b5 30. Rfc1 g5 31. Rc5 g4 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. Rbc1 Qf3+ 34. Kf1 g3 35. R1c2 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 g2 37. Rxc6 Qh5+ 38. Kd2 g1=3DQ 39. Rc8+ Kf7 40. R2c7+ Ke6 41. Rc6+ Ke5 42. f4+ Ke4 43. Re6+ Kf3 44. Rc2 Qhh2+ 45. Kc3 Qa1+ 46. Kd3 Qa3+ 47. Rc3 Qe2+ 48. Kd4 Qd2+ 49. Ke5 Qaxc3+ 50. Kf5 Qdxe3 51. Rxe3+ Qxe3 52. Kg5 Qxf4+ 53. Kg6 d4 54. Kg7 d3 55. Kg6 d2 56. Kh5 d1=3DQ 57. Kg6 Qg1+ 58. Kh5 Qfh2# {White checkmated} 0-1
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