#1 This game and story submitted by Walt Ressmeyer--February 2010. Both players are worthy opponents and enjoyable to play. This game may be viewed in the games viewer. I included this in my submissions of memorable chess games for the following reasons. 1) It's short and sweet, 2) Mr. Boyd had become (and would continue) to be a very worthy opponent & tough nut to crack, 3) plus he paid me a very high complement years after this encounter. I recall him telling the story of how he dropped this opening from his repertoire, believing it to be "too risky and borderline unsound" high praise indeed since we are looking at the Queen's Gambit Declined? Tim Boyd Walt Ressmeyer 5/25/1990 1) Nf3 ...Nf6 2) d4 ...d5 3) Bg5 ....e6 4) e3 ...Be7 5) c4 ...00 6)Qc2 ...Nd7/b8 7) Nd2/b1{this is a tad unorthodox and as it later turns out, I am able to take some advantage of this placement.} 7....c6 8)Bd3 ....h6 9)Bh4 ....cd 10)N:c4 ...c5 11) Ne5/c4 ....cd 12) N:d7 ....Qa5+ 13) Ke2?! .....B:d7 14) N:d4 .... Qh5+ {forcing white's next move and gaining attacking lines} 15) Nf3 .....Bc6 {with threat of B:f3} 16) e4?! ....Rd8/f8 17) h3? ....R:d3 {caught Tim asleep at the wheel no time for such moves as h3. Now if K:d3...B:e4 and if Q:d3 ...Bb5} 18)B:f6 ....B:e4 {keeping him on the hook with discovered threats} 19) g4* ....B:f3+ {*attempting to dislocated black's queen but....} 20) K:d3 ...Qd5+ 21) Ke3 ....Bc5+ 22) Kf4 ...g5+ and white resigns (up the exchange) in view of ....Bd6 after being forced to g3. I don't think we have to worry about a bust to the QGD, but I did have fun offering the exchange sacrifice in various multiple ways, and leaving pieces enprise. Tim, later took up the Colle System and scored very well with it! PS) I never told Tim; moving his knight five times in the first twenty moves only to exchange it, needlessly not castling, and taking risky moves just to avoid an isolated pawn, might have assisted in his Queen's Gambits "decline?" I was too happy to have him believe that after 1)P-Q4 2)P-QB4 is a mistake! Please view this game on the game viewer under Boyd-Ressmeyer QGD 1990 or click here to view the game.
