C40 Latvian and Elephant Gambits (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f6)

Today I have maybe the shortest game I have ever posted here. This game is also the first one I played after I took a break of over a year from correspondence chess and from chess in general. After this game I have played correspondence chess without a break. I can only blame myself for that fact. It has been fun at times though to try different things out. The problem is that lately some of the openings have seemed to repeat a bit too much for my taste. I actually would like to change my game load more towards Chess960 as it does interest me a bit more now than standard chess. The added benefit at least for some time would be that the games would differ a lot from each other. Mate in two, seven and eight have been updated today.

[Event "Corr game 30.4.2014-2.5.2014"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.04.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "ZoltanHoundOfDracula"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C40"] [WhiteElo "1863"] [BlackElo "1403"] [Annotator "Tactical Analysis 2.10 (5s), TV"] [PlyCount "11"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 e5 (1... f6 2. Nf3 {0-1 (61) Navarro Lopez Menchero,D-Canicio Navarro,S Valencia 2004}) 2. Nf3 f6 {C40 Latvian and Elephant Gambits C40 King Pawn Game: Damiano Defense} 3. d4 exd4 (3... d5 4. dxe5 dxe4 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Nfd2 fxe5 7. Nxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Nbc3 c6 10. O-O-O+ Kc7 11. Bd3 Be6 12. Rhe1 Nbd7 13. a3 Rae8 14. Nd2 h6 15. Bh4 Rhf8 16. Bg3 Nd5 17. Nxd5+ Bxd5 18. Bg6 {Tuhrim,R (2022)-Sloan,S Philadelphia 2009 1-0 (44)}) 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nf5 $146 (5. Be3 d6 6. Bc4 Bxd4 7. Bxd4 Nc6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. O-O Ne5 10. Bb3 N7c6 11. Nc3 Na5 12. Ba4+ Bd7 13. Qd4 Bxa4 14. Qxa4+ Nac6 15. f4 Ng6 16. Qb3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Rd5 Qf7 19. Rb5 Qxb3 {Navarro Lopez Menchero,D-Canicio Navarro,S Valencia 2004 0-1 (61)}) (5. Nc3 Bxd4 6. Qxd4 Ne7 7. Bc4 g6 8. Be3 Na6 9. Qxf6 Rf8 10. Qh4 Nc6 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Bh6 Rh8 13. Bg7 Rg8 14. Bxg8 d6 15. O-O Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. Bf6+ Ne7 18. Nd5 Kd7 19. Nxe7 c5 {Mora Orta,A-Gonzalez Borges,G Tenerife 2017 1-0 (33)}) (5. Nf3 d6 6. h3 Qe7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nc3 Bb4 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 d5 11. Qe2 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nh6 13. O-O O-O 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qd6 18. Qg4+ Bxg4 19. hxg4 Qxd4 {Craciun,D (401)-Pancu,V (404) Voineasa 2008 0-1}) 5... b6 $2 {2.94/18 [#]} (5... g6 $16 {0.75/18 was called for.}) 6. Nxg7+ 1-0