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I found the following score on the back of an old, old business card. The players are identified only as "J.S." and me. It's a Latvian Gambit, I won it, but White played sloppily. His 12th is a disaster.
[Date "??"]
[White "J.S."]
[Black "AlexPGP"]
[Result "0-1"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 e4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.d3 d5 6.g4 c5 7.g5?

{White is giving the pawn back, along with the initiative, in my opinion.}

7... cxd4 8.gxf6 Qxf6 9.dxe4 Bb4+ 10.c3

{I think Bd2 is better, as it helps take the starch out of the position.}

10... dxc3 11.Qa4+?

{It's strange, but if 11.Bb5+, the game is still playable. The text loses big time, since after Black parries the check, White still has got to do something about the Black pawn sitting on c3, or get creamed even worse. With the Queen out and about, the Rook on a1 is stripped of protection, e.g., 11.Bb5+ Nc6 12.Nxc3 Bxc3 13.bxc3 Qxc3 14.Bd2 and the Queen covers the Rook (if you replace 11.Bb5+ with the text, the same variation leads to 14... Qxa1).}

11... Nc6 12.Qb3?? cxb2+ (0-1)

{Black threatens 13... bxa1=Q.}
Cheers...

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