Vaisser, Anatoli – Raetsky, Alexander

2573 2004 · White wins (resignation, time or agreement)

Englund Gambit, 2004: Raetsky (2393) offers a pawn with 1.d4 e5 against Vaisser (2573), who returns the material with 3.exf6 and builds a solid centre. Black holds a playable game — until move 13. After 13.Qa4, 13...h6 swings the evaluation from +0.3 to -1.5: a balanced position turns into a clear deficit. Vaisser presses without pause, his knights touring h7, g6, f4 and d5, and finishes with 28.Qd4, 1-0. Accuracy: 82% for White, 74% for Black. The takeaway: in a gambit, one waiting move like h6 can spend all the credit you built.