Some games defy belief. Having played 1. f4 for many years, I couldn’t help but laugh with incredulity when I saw this game on pg. 6 of The Quickest Victories of All Time by Graham Burgess (Cadogan). It is one of the funniest games I’ve ever seen, what on earth black was thinking about I don’t know. If it were a football match then we could assume he wanted an early bath!
H.Rost – J.Roscher corr. 1989
1. Nc3!? f5?! That’s not a good start as we Dutch Defense players can testify.
2. e4 dxe4
3. d3 exd3?!
4. Bxd3

If that’s not the daftest postion ever to be reached on a chess board then I don’t know what is. One more dubious move and black is lost. I understand the occasional need for experimentation but really… .
4. …Nf6
5. g4 (Nf3 is better) g6
6. g5 Nh5

If this were a true From Gambit, black would have little to worry about here if, I repeat, if he knows what to do as the g-pawn push isn’t anything to worry about.
7. Ne4 d5
8. Ng3 Nxg3
9. hxg3 Bg7?
10. Rxh7 O-O??
11. Bxg6 Qd6
12. Qh5
12. …Qe6
13. Be3 Resigns
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