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It has taken quite a long time to put it all together. Recently I have changed my job and
Ive been very busy with it. I wish to thank all the above mentioned friends who
contributed with articles and games to this issue. I also with to thank Earl Roberts who
reviewed the most of this issues articles and games.
Many thanks also to the many friends who support me with e-mails of appreciation for
our free work.
UON is really becoming an international newsletter. This issue contains articles in 3
languages: english (mostly), italian and french as well!
By the way, Unorthodox Chess Openings (UCO) Yahoos group is well alive. Most
above mentioned authors and players are part of the group, not to forget Kari Heinola,
Clyde Nakamura, Eric Schiller and many other UCO friends. If you want to join us
pls. send an e-mail to UnorthodoxChessOpenings-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and
youll start having fun!
Next UON will be sent before Dec. 31st 2002.
Davide Rozzoni
36.Re2 Cxb2 37.a5 Ag4+ 38.Rf1 Cd3 39.a6 Cxf4 40.a7 Axa7 41.Dxa7 Af5
42.Da2+ Re5 43.Db2+ Rd5 44.Db3+ Re4 45.Df3+ Re5 46.Dxc6 Ae4 47.Dc3+
Rf5 48.Dc8+ 1-0
Hugh Myers New Book
In UON 5 it was written that Hugh Myers was about to publish his new book A chess
explorer. Well, the book is out now. Hugh kindly sent me a free copy of it. It is a nice
book. It contains many annotated games: for unorthodox players Id mention St George
Defense (1 game), Mengarini opening: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.a3 (5 games), Nimzovich
Defense 1.e4 Nc6: (37 games), Polish defense (1 game), Richter Veresov (1 game),
Sicilian, Myers variation :1.e4 c5 2.a4: (2 games ), Sokolsy 1.b4: (5 games) plus other
UCO. I played just a few games contained in the book, but I read the whole
autobiography. After I finished reading it, I can say I appreciate Hugh not only as a
chessplayer but also as a honest man. It must not have been very easy for him to write
about his own personal lifebut he did. Its all in the book. Now I understand the reason
why Edward Winter (Switzerland) called Hughs new book the best of all chess memoirs.
Thank you Hugh. I see your book as a gift of love to the chess world.
I dont know if some copies of the book are still available or not. If youre interested in it,
pls. contact Hugh at his address:
1605 E. 12th Street
Davenport, IA 52803-3801
And now Hugh, were all waiting for the next MOB.
Introduction
Caractris par ces coups, ce gambit est trs antrieur au gambit de Budapest (1916)
dont il diffre fondamentalement d'abord par le trait, mais aussi, par le fait que le pion c
n'a pas t jou. Les lignes dveloppes sont originales et le joueur non prpar peut
souvent tre surpris par celui qui s'est investi dans son tude.
La majorit des livres d'ouvertures l'expdient de faon grotesque en quelques lignes
mais les joueurs de Scandinave notamment doivent s'en mfier. Il est, de plus, une arme
redoutable en partie rapides et fourni dans la majorit des variantes un jeu intressant et
dynamique. Une rcente victime connue est le gnie ukrainien Ivantchuk en 1994 contre
Svoboda, partie potentiellement gagne en 15 coups.
Son nom vient du Capitaine Tennison, membre du cercle d'checs de la NouvelleOrleans qui le jouait vers 1880. Il fut aussi appel gambit de Lemberg, de Budapest en
premier, Zukertort, Abonyi, Polonais...
Nous examinerons uniquement une ligne du gambit accept qui est joue dans environ
20 % des cas de gambit accept ( mais beaucoup plus souvent contre un ordinateur )
Si des amateurs sont intresss, nous pourrons dans d'autres articles, examiner les
autres lignes ( 2... Cf6 2... f5 2... Ff5 et autres ), changer des parties et des analyses.
Plusieurs coups ont t jous et seront tudis successivement:
Chapitre A - 4.d3
Chapitre B - 4.h4
Chapitre C - 4.d4
Chapitre A - 4.d3
Le coup 4.d3 s'impose comme le plus fort et le plus intressant.
Les noirs vont gagner jusqu' 3 pions mais au prix d'un impensable retard de
dveloppement.
A1 4...exd
5.Cc3
5.Fxd tend un pige excellent en parties rapides
5... Dxg2? Tombe dans le pige 6.Fe4! Dg4 Il n'y a que cela
7.Dxg4 Fxg4 8.Fxb7 h6 9.Tg1! Fd7 10.Cxf7 ++- Avec gain blanc.
Bien sur, les coups plus surs 5... Cf6 5... Ff5 5... h6 ou autres sont possibles
5... Cf6 6.0-0 e5 7.Cc3 Dd8 8.Fe3 Cc6 9.De2 = Egalit
4
5... h6 6.Cc3 De5+ 7.Cge4 f5 8.Dh5+ Rd7 9.Df7 Cf6 10.f4 De6
11.Dxe6+ Rxe6 12.Fc4+ Rd7 13.Cc5+ +- Net avantage blanc
5... Ff5 6.0-0 Fxd3 7.Cc3 Dd7 8.cxd3 e6 9.Db3 c5 Le pion donn est bien compens
5.Dxd3 Dxd3 6.Fxd3 Cf6 7.Cc3 e6 8.Ff4 Fb4 9.Fxc7 Cd5 10.Fxb8 Cxc3
11.Fe5 ++- Net avantage blanc
5... De5+ Ce coup est presque toujours jou bien qu'il aide les blancs se dvelopper.
6.Fe3 dxc 6...h6 7.Cf3 dxc etc
7.Dd5! Df6
7....DxD? 8.CxD L'change des dames est suicidaire.
Les 2 cavaliers, courte distance du roque noir, font la diffrence et parfois le massacre.
8.Cxd5 h6 ( 8... Ca6? )9.Cxc7 Rd8 10.Cxa8 hxg5 11.Fxa7 Cc6 12.Fb6+
8.Fd3 et le matriel concd est compens par le dveloppement et l'initiative.
8... e6 9.Dc4 Fd6 10.Cge4
A2 Cc6
5.Cc3 Dd8 6.Ccxe4 e5 7.Fe2 f5 8.Fh5+ g6 9.Cxh7
9... fxe4 10.Fxg6+ Rd7 11.dxe4+ Cd4 12.c3 ++- Gain blanc
9... gxh5 10.Dxh5+ Re7 11.Fg5+ Rd7 12.Df7+ Cce7 13.Cxf8+ Rc6 14.Dc4+ Rb6 ++- Gain
blanc
9... Txh7 10.Fxg6+ += Avantage blanc
A3 Cf6
5.Cc3 Dd8 6.Ccxe4 Cxe4 7.Cxe4 e5 8.Dh5 = Egalit
Chapitre B - 4.h4
B1 - 4... Cf6
5.Cc3 De5
5... Dd4 6.De2
6.Fb5+ Fd7 7.Fxd7+ Cbxd7 8.De2 e6 9.Cgxe4 Fe7 10.d3 Cd5
11.Cxd5 Dxd5 12.Fd2 = A peu prs gal
B2 - 4... f5
5.Cc3 Dd4 6.d3 e5 7.dxe4 Fb4 8.Dxd4 exd4 9.a3 Fxc3+ 10.bxc3 h6
11.Cf3 fxe4 12.Cxd4 = Egalit
B2 - 4... Ff5
5.Cc3 De5 6.Cgxe4 Fxe4 7.De2 Cc6 8.Dxe4 Dxe4+ 9.Cxe4 = Egalit
Chapitre C - 4.d4
C1 - 4... e5
5.Fe3 Cc6 6.Cd2 Fb4 7.c3 exd4 8.Fc4 Df5 9.Cxf7 dxe3 10.fxe3 Ca5
11.Tf1 Cxc4 12.Txf5 Fxf5 13.Cxh8 0-0-0 ++avec un avantage blanc dcisif et la suite ventuelle :
14.Db3 Cxe3 15.cxb4 Cxg2+ 16.Rf1 Ce7 17.Rxg2 Txd2+ 18.Rg1 Cd5
19.Td1 Txd1+ 20.Dxd1 Cf6 21.Cf7 Fd7 22.Dd4
5
C2 - 4... exd
5.Cc3 De5+ 6.Fe3
Transpose dans la ligne avec d3
C3 - 5... Cc6
5.Fe3 Cf6 6.Cc3 Df5 7.Fc4 e6 8.d5 Ce5 9.dxe6 fxe6 10.Dd4 = Egalit
C4 - 5... e6
5.Cc3 Fb4 6.Dd2 Cc6 7.Cgxe4 Dxd4 8.a3 Fa5 9.b4 Fb6 10.Df4 Cge7
11.fe3 De5 12.Dxe5 Cxe5 = Egalit
Notes by D. Rozzoni:
Vincent Casasnovas article deals with a highly unusual opening. I searched out the
position in 4 large databases and I found the following games only:
Neher,G - Kieferle,P
Oberschwaben ch-B Weiler (6), 1993
1.Nf3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Ng5 Qd5 4.d3 exd3 5.Bxd3 Bd7 6.Nc3 Qe5+ 7.Be3 c6 8.00 Qc7
9.Qd2 e6 10.Rfe1 Bd6 11.g3 Ne7 12.Nce4 e5 13.Nxd6+ Qxd6 14.Rad1 f6 15.Ne4 Qc7
16.Bc5 Be6 17.Nd6+ Kf8 18.Nf5 Kf7 19.Nxe7 b6 20.Ba3 c5 21.Be4 Qxe7 22.Bxa8 Na6
23.Bd5 Rd8 24.Bxe6+ Kxe6 25.Qxd8 10
Bullockus,T - Wegener,H (2165)
Wch Seniors Bad Liebenzell (3), 1996
1.e4 d5 2.Nf3 dxe4 3.Ng5 Qd5 4.h4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Qe5 6.Bc4 e6 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Bb5 Bd7
9.Ngxe4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qxe4+ 11.Nxe4 a6 12.Ba4 b5 13.Bb3 Nd4 14.c3 Nxb3 15.axb3
Bc6 16.f3 f5 17.Nf2 e5 18.d3 Bc5 19.Ke2 00 20.Be3 Be7 21.Bg5 Bd6 22.Be3 a5
23.Rhg1 b4 24.d4 f4 25.Bd2 exd4 26.cxd4 Rfe8+ 27.Ne4 Bxe4 28.fxe4 c5 29.Kf3 cxd4
30.Bxf4 Bxf4 31.Kxf4 Rf8+ 32.Kg3 Ra6 33.Rgd1 Rg6+ 34.Kh3 Rf2 35.Rxd4 Rfxg2 36.Rd3
Rg1 37.Rxg1 Rxg1 38.Rd5 Re1 39.e5 Re3+ 40.Kg4 Rxb3 41.e6 Kf8 42.Rf5+ Ke7 43.Rf7+
Kxe6 44.Rxg7 Rxb2 45.Rxh7 a4 46.Ra7 a3 47.h5 a2 48.Ra6+ Kd5 49.h6 b3 50.Kg3 Rb1
01
Stransky,M (1705) - Hanus,J
Klatovy op-B Klatovy, 1997
1.Nf3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Ng5 Qd5 4.d3 h6 5.Nc3 Qd8 6.Ngxe4 e6 7.Bd2 Nf6 8.Qf3 Be7
9.Qg3 Nxe4 10.dxe4 Nc6 11.000 g5 12.Kb1 Bd7 13.Bb5 Bf6 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Bxg5
Qe7 16.Bxf6 Qxf6 17.Qxc7 Qe7 18.Qe5 f6 19.Qh5+ Qf7 20.Qa5 00 21.Rd3 b6 22.Qb4
Rad8 23.Rg3+ Kh7 24.Qc4 Rc8 25.Qd3 Rcd8 26.Qe3 Rg8 27.Rh3 Qg6 28.Rg3 Qf7 29.b3
Rxg3 30.hxg3 Qg6 31.f3 e5 32.g4 Qg5 33.Qxg5 fxg5 34.Rd1 Rxd1+ 35.Nxd1 h5 36.Ne3
Kg6 37.gxh5+ Kxh5 38.Ng4 Bb5 39.c4 Bd7 40.Nxe5 Be8 41.g3 10
Markus,R - Zack,M
DESC email, 1998
1.e4 d5 2.Nf3 dxe4 3.Ng5 Qd5 4.d3 exd3 5.Nc3 Qe5+ 6.Be3 e6 7.Bxd3 Bc5 8.Nf3 Qd6
9.Ne4 Bb4+ 10.c3 Bxc3+ 11.bxc3 Qa3 12.Bc5 Qa5 13.Ne5 Nh6 14.Nc4 Qa6 15.Ncd6+
cxd6 16.Bxa6 Nxa6 17.Nxd6+ Kd8 18.Nxb7+ 10
6
Stransky,M - Kudlacek,J
Klatovy op-B Klatovy (9), 1999
1.Nf3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Ng5 Qd5 4.h4 Nf6 5.b3 h6 6.Bc4 Qf5 7.Nxf7 Rh7 8.Bb2 Be6 9.Ne5
Bxc4 10.Nxc4 Nc6 11.Nc3 Ng4 12.00 000 13.Ne3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Qd7 15.Nxe4 e6
16.d4 Ne7 17.Qd3 Rh8 18.Rf7 Qe8 19.Raf1 Nf5 20.R7xf5 exf5 21.Rxf5 Bd6 22.c4 Rf8
23.Rd5 Be7 24.Re5 Qf7 25.Qe2 Kb8 26.h5 Bf6 27.Rf5 Qe6 28.Qf3 Be7 29.g4 g6 30.d5
Qg8 31.hxg6 Qxg6 32.Ng3 Bc5 33.Kg2 Rg8 34.Kh3 a6
These last 2 games have been played on my pc. Games started after 3. ..Qd5
Shredder,6 - Fritz,7 [A06]
Thematic, 14.06.2002 [5'+2 sec. per move]
1.Nf3 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Ng5 Qd5 4.d3 exd3 [4...Nf6 5.Nc3 Qa5 6.Ngxe4 Bf5 7.b4 Qe5 8.d4
Qe6 9.d5 Qd7 10.Nc5 Qd6 11.Qf3 Bg4 12.Qf4 Nbd7 13.Qxd6 cxd6 14.Nxb7 Rb8 15.h3
Bf5 16.Ba6 Nb6 17.Bb5+ Bd7 18.Bc6 Nbxd5 19.Bxd5 Nxd5 20.Nxd6+ exd6 21.Nxd5 Bc6
22.c4 Bxd5 23.cxd5 Rxb4 24.Ke2 g6 25.Be3 Ra4 26.Rhb1 Bg7 27.Rb8+ Ke7 28.Rb7+ Kf6
29.Rxa7 Rxa7 30.Bxa7 Kf5 31.Rb1 Ra8 32.Rb7 Ke4 33.a4 Bd4 34.Bxd4 Kxd4 35.Rxf7
Kxd5 36.Rf4 Rb8 37.Kd3 Rb1 38.Kc2 Rg1 39.g3 Rh1 40.h4 Kc5 41.Rf7 Rf1 42.f4 Rf2+
43.Kd1 Rg2 44.Rxh7 Rxg3 45.Ke2 Ra3 46.Rh6 Rxa4 47.Kf3 Ra3+ 48.Kg4 d5 49.Rxg6
Ra8 50.f5 d4 51.Kf3 Kd5 52.f6 Ke6 53.Rh6 Rd8 54.Ke2 Rf8 55.f7+ Kxf7 56.Rd6 Kg7
57.Rxd4 Fritz,7-Shredder,6/Thematic 2002/[5' + 2 sec. per move]] 5.Nc3 Qe5+
6.Be3 f6 7.Nf3 dxc2 8.Qxc2 Qa5 9.Bd3 e5 10.Bxh7 Ne7 11.Bg6+ Kd8 12.Be4 Nd7
13.000 g5 14.Kb1 c6 15.Qb3 Ke8 16.Bc2 g4 17.Nd2 Nd5 18.Nde4 f5 19.Nxd5 fxe4
20.Nc3 Nc5 21.Bxc5 Bxc5 22.Nxe4 Ke7 23.f4 gxf3 24.Qxf3 Rf8 25.Qh5 Be6 26.b3 Bb4
27.Qg5+ Ke8 28.Nf6+ Rxf6 29.Qxf6 Bd5 30.Qxe5+ 10
c4 bc4 22 Bc4 Ne3 23 Be6 Bd4 24 Bf7! Kh8 25 Bc5! Nf1 26 Bd4+!
Nxd4 27 Rc8 Bxc8 28 Kf1 Qf6+ 29 Qf2 Bf5 30 Bc4, Black resigns,
Zilbermints-Marc Beaudry (2017), 6/5/2002, World Chess Network.
A4) 3...g6 4 ab4 e5 5 c3 Bg7 6 d5 d6 7 Be3 Ne7 8 g3 Bd7
9
Bg2 a6 10 Na3 Nf5 11 Bd2 00 12 e4 Ne7 13 Nc4 Bb5 14 Na3 Bd7
15 h4 h5 16 Bh3 f5 17 f3 fxe4 18 fxe4 Qb6 19 Qe2 Bxh3 20 Nxh3 Nd7
21 Nf2 Rf7 22 00 R8f8 23 Kg2 Nf6 24 Nc4 Qc7 25 Ne3 Qd7 26 c4 Qc8
27 Rac1 b6 28 c5! bc5 29 bc5 dc5 30 Nc4 Ne8 31 Nd3 Qc7 32 Ba5 Qb8
33 Nxc5 Rxf1 34 Rxf1 Rxf1 35 Qxf1 Qb5 36 Ne6 Nxd5 37 Nxg7 Qxc4??
35 Qxc4!, Black resigns, Zilbermints- Ernesto Labate, Westfield
(NJ) Grand Prix, 12/13/1998.
A5) 3...e6 4 ab Bxb4+ 5 c3 Be7 6 e4 transposes to the Sicilian
Wing Gambit. This line, which is regarded as good for White by
Thomas Kapitaniak in his 1985 book, Sicilian Defense: Wing Gambits
can become very dangerous against an unwary opponent. The game
Zilbermints-Brian McCarthy (2391), New Jersey Open 1997, 8/31/97,
continued 6...d6 7 f4 Nf6 8 Bd3 a6 9 Nf3 h6 10 00 Nc6
11 h3 d5
12 e5 Ne4 13 Bxe4 dxe4 14 Nd2 Nxd4 The first of four cheapos by
Black. 15 Nxe4! Nf5 16 Qxd8 Bxd8 17 g4 Nh4 18 Nd6+! Kf8 19 Ba3
Kg8 20 Kh2 Bc7 21 Nd2 Ng6 22 Nd2-e4 White has full compensation
plus extra for the pawn. 22...Bd7 23 Nc5 Bc6 24 Ncb7! Bxb7 25
Nxb7 Nxf4!? The second Black cheapo. 26 Bd6! Nd5 27 c4! Ne3 28
Rf3! Nc2 29 Rd1 Bb6 30 c5! Ba7 31 Rdf1 h5 The third Black
cheapo, trying to open up the file before my attack crashes
through. 32 g5! Nd4 33 Rxf7 Nf5 The last cheapo, which is
demolished by a sacrifice. 34 R7xf5! ef5 35 Rxf5 g6 36 Rf6 Kg7 37
e6 Bb8 38 Rf7+ Kg8 39 Rf8+ 40 Rf7+ Kg8 41 Kg2! a5 42 Rf8 Kg7 43
Rxh8! Kxh8 44 e7! Ba7 45 Nd8! h4 46 e8/Q Kh7 47 Qf7+, Black
resigns.
Based on the above games, I would say that White gets good compensation in the 2...cxb4
lines. For those of you who like flank openings, the Zilbermints Benoni can transpose into variations
of the Smith-Morra Gambit, the Sicilian Wing Gambit, the Orangutan/Sokolsky, the French Wing
Gambit, or into independent lines. The reason why I am the only player who uses this line is
because the absolute majority of players, including Sokolsky fans, do not realize the tactical
dynamics of this opening. The games I present here are the only theory on this opening, which is not
in most chess books. Eric Schiller in his huge Unorthodox Chess Openings (1998) calls it the
Nakamura Gambit. This is incorrect. When I contacted Clyde Nakamura of Hawaii by e-mail in
December 1998, he had this to say about Schillers placeholder (as it turned out) name:
Sorry to disappoint you but I could not find any games with moves 1 d4 c5 2 b4. The name Nakamura
Gambit is a name invented by Eric Schiller. I have not named any opening after my own name. In Schillers book on
Unorthodox Openings (Edition 2) he has the Nakamura Gambit listed, but this is based on the game [ a Sicilian
Wing Gambit LDZ ] that I played before at the Hawaii International #4 in a round 2 game against IM Andrianov
from Greece. ...
I believe your name Zilbermints Benoni should be the name for the opening 1 d4 c5 2 b4 since I had no
part in either the invention or the development of this opening. [emphasis mine LDZ]
His analysis is extremely superficial, to say the least. Schiller only gives 2...cxb4 3 e4 g6
3...d5; 4 e5 e6 transposes to the Wing Gambit in the French
Defense (Schiller, 1998) 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Bb2 d6 and I dont see much
compensation for White - Schiller. This is all well and good, but as Nakamura
himself notes, this analysis is based on the game Nakamura-Andrianov, by a different order of
9
moves. Thats first. Secondly, and more important, White does not have to play 3 e4 to begin
with! The right move, as I convincingly showed above, is
3 a3!
Now, for some more history. On the assumption that 1 b4 c5 was very similar to my
opening, I researched thousands of 1 b4 c5 games on the Internet computer database, which has two
million-plus games. Sure enough, the computer came up with seven games that transposed into the
Zilbermints Benoni. The two games shown below belong, by classification of analysis, to C) 2...
other moves, which will be covered in the upcoming Part Three of my article. Because of their
historical interest, however, I include them here, out of sequence.
1 b4 c5 2 bxc5 e6 3 d4 b6?! 4
also arise from 1 d4 c5 2 b4! e6 3
6 f3 Nc6 7 Be3 Qb2 8 Nd2 Nxd4 9 Bd3
12 Rb1 Qa4 13 c3 Qxd1 14 Rxd1 d5 15
B. Nemeskal, Hungary 1964.
10
7.c3
It is as if this game came from Nunns wonderful Secrets of Practical Chess:
DAUT. This acronym means: if in doubt Dont Analyze Unnecessary Tactics.
Tactical analysis is an error-prone activity. Overlooking one important finesse can
completely change the result of the analysis. If it is possible to decide on your move on
purely positional considerations then you should do so; it is quicker and more reliable.
There are, of course, many positions in which concrete analysis is essential, but even in
these case you should not analyse specific variations more than necessary.
Those who question the wisdom of Dr. Nunns tale are invited to investigate the
alternative, 7.h4!? used by that tactical genius, Rubinstein, to deal with Perlis at San
Sebastian, 1912. (It is neither my fault nor Nunns fault that the game became a drawn
Rook-and-pawns endgame in 56 moves. Get over it.)
7...Bd6 8.Bd3
We are following in the footsteps of Maroczy - of the famous Maroczy Bind! - vs
Araiza, San Remo 1930. (Never mind the outcome of that game.)
8...Bd7 9.Qb3 Nc6 10.0-0
DAUT or grandmaster intuition? No matter: every British school boy knows: He who
captures the Queens Knights Pawn sleeps in the gutter.
10...0-0-0
Now White will take a half-dozen moves to a) complete his development, b) link his
Rooks, c) forge a Queen-and-Bishop battery, d) drive the enemy pieces back to their
second rank, e) weaken the enemy Kings pawn protection and f) win the two Bishops.
11.Be3 Rde8 12.Nd2 g5 13.Qc2 Qg7 14.Nc4 f5 15.f4 Ne7 16.Nxd6+ cxd6
Who is surprised that the game lasts a mere two moves more?
17.Rae1 Nd5 18.Bc1 Kb8 -
Well, maybe it was a team captains decision to accept a draw to secure Beeson
Gregorys victory over Richmond. (I dont want to talk about it.)
But dont play this defense. Really. Im not kidding.
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My apologies to John Nunn, or students of Tarrasch, Rubinstein or Maroczy, if they
were offended by this exercise in praising with faint damns, (a comic reversal of the
usual process of damning with faint praise.) But what happened in Dr. Nunns game?
Maybe Heidenfeld 5...Qxf6 was a surprise - after all, Black was giving away 175
rating points - not a situation likely to be enhanced by playing a disreputable opening.
Although Nunns choice of 7.c3 was, without a DAUT, prudent, trying to postpone
or play without c3 (e.g. 7.0-0) was one way of sharpening the game.
The move 9.Qb3 did not turn out well. In Horvath - Frank, Hungary, 2000, Black
answered the alternative, 9.0-0, with 9...Bc6 10.Re1 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Qxf3 12.gf 0-0 with an
OK game. Nunns move allows White to meet 9...Bc6 with 10.Bb5 - but it also allows
Black to offer his b-pawn with 9...Nc6, instead. After 10...0-0-0 Black was comfortable.
The Bishop transfer to c6, adding to the Queens pressure on f3, is an interesting
defensive idea. It first showed up in a 1931 Bogoljubov minature, where Black swapped
the piece, but forgot about and lost his Queen; which reminds me: dont play this defense!
Paulsen- Kolisch
London, 1861
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7.Nf3 h6 8.0-0 Nc6 9.c3
Bd7 10.Re1 0-0-0 11.b4 g5 12.b5 Ne7 13.Ne5 Kb8 14.c4 Qg7 15.Rb1 Bxe5 16.dxe5 Ng6
17.Qa4 Nxe5 18.Be4 b6 19.Rb3 a5 20.c5 Bc8 21.Bb2 f6 22.Bc3 Bb7 23.Bxb7 Kxb7
24.c6+ Ka7 25.Bxa5 Ra8 26.Bxb6+ Kb8 27.Ba5 g4 28.Rxe5 fxe5 29.b6 Ra6 30.bxc7+ Ka8
31.Qb5 1-0
12
Tarrasch - Lasker
World Championship Match (6), 1908
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Nf3 Bd7 7.Bg5 Qg6 8.Bd3 f5 9.h4
Nc6 10.Qe2 h6 11.Bf4 0-0-0 12.0-0-0 Bd6 13.Be5 Rhe8 14.h5 Qf7 15.c3 Nxe5 16.Nxe5
Bxe5 17.Qxe5 Qf6 18.f4 Qxe5 19.fxe5 Re7 20.Be2 Bc6 21.Bf3 Be8 22.Rdg1 c6 23.Rh2
Kc7 24.Kc2 Kb6 25.b4 Kc7 26.g4 fxg4 27.Rxg4 a5 28.a3 axb4 29.axb4 Ra8 30.Kd3 Rd8
31.Be4 b5 32.Ke3 Kb6 33.Rg3 Ra8 34.Rhg2 Ra3 35.Kd3 Bxh5 36.Rxg7 Rxg7 37.Rxg7
Ra2 38.Rd7 Be2+ 39.Ke3 Bc4 40.Rd6 Ra3 41.Rxc6+ Ka7 42.Kf4 Rxc3 43.d5 exd5
44.Bxd5 Rc1 45.Bxc4 bxc4 46.e6 c3 47.Ke3 Kb7 48.b5 Re1+ 49.Kd3 h5 50.Kxc3 h4
51.Rc4 Rxe6 52.Rxh4 Kb6 53.Kb4 Rg6 -
Rubinstein - Perlis
San Sebastian (3), 1912
1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Nf3 h6 7.h4 Bd6 8.Bg5 Qf5 9.Be3
Bf4 10.Qd2 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Nc6 12.Bd3 Qa5 13.Qxa5 Nxa5 14.Ne5 Nc6 15.Nxc6 bxc6
16.Be4 Bd7 17.0-0-0 Ke7 18.Rd3 Rhb8 19.Rc3 Rb6 20.a4 Kd6 21.b3 Re8 22.Bf3 e5
23.a5 Rb5 24.dxe5+ Rexe5 25.Rd1+ Ke7 26.Bxc6 Bxc6 27.Rxc6 Rec5 28.Rxc5 Rxc5
29.b4 Re5 30.Rd3 Re4 31.Rc3 Kd7 32.Rd3+ Ke7 33.Rd4 Rxe3 34.Rc4 Kd6 35.Rg4 g6
36.Kd2 Ra3 37.Rd4+ Kc6 38.Rf4 Rg3 39.Rxf7 Rxg2+ 40.Kc3 Rg3+ 41.Kc4 Rg4+ 42.Kb3
Rxh4 43.c4 a6 44.Rf6+ Kb7 45.Rxg6 Rh3+ 46.Ka4 h5 47.Rh6 Rh1 48.b5 axb5+ 49.Kxb5
Rb1+ 50.Kc5 Ra1 51.Kb4 Rb1+ 52.Kc3 Rc1+ 53.Kb3 Rh1 54.a6+ Ka7 55.Kb4 Ra1
56.Rc6 Kb8 -
Maroczy - Araiza
San Remo, 1930
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Nf3 h6 7.c3 Bd6 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.Qe2
Qe7 10.0-0 Nf6 11.Ne5 Bd7 12.Bd2 0-0-0 13.c4 Bxe5 14.dxe5 Ne8 15.Bc3 f5 16.b4 g5
17.a4 h5 18.Rfc1 h4 19.a5 h3 20.g3 c5 21.a6 Bc6 22.b5 Bg2 23.b6 bxa6 24.Rxa6 Qb7
25.Rxa7 Qxb6 26.Ra5 Nc7 27.Bc2 Ba8 28.Qe3 Qc6 29.f3 f4 30.Qe2 g4 31.Be4 gxf3
32.Rxa8+ Qxa8 33.Qxf3 Qa2 34.Qxf4 Rhf8 35.Qe3 Qxc4 36.Bb2 Qa4 37.Bf3 c4 38.Bg4
Rd5 39.Qa3 Qxa3 40.Bxa3 Rg8 41.Rxc4 Kd7 42.Bxh3 Rxe5 43.Bc1 Nd5 44.Bd2 Rf8
45.Rd4 Kc6 46.Bf1 Ne3 47.Bd3 Nf5 48.Ra4 Rd8 49.Bf4 Re1+ 50.Kf2 Rd1 51.Bxf5 exf5
52.Ra5 R8d5 53.Rxd5 Kxd5 54.h4 Ke4 55.Kg2 Rd7 56.h5 Kd5 57.Kh3 Ke6 58.Kh4 Kf6
59.Bg5+ Kg7 60.Bf4 Kf6 61.Bg5+ Kg7 62.Bf4 -
Bogoljubov - Anonymous
Berlin, 1931
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Bd3 Bd7 7.Nf3 Bc6 8.Bg5 Bxf3
9.Qd2 1-0
Gurevich Chow New York , 1994
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.0-0 Bd6 9.c3
0-0 10.Qe2 e5 11.Qe4 Re8 12.Qh7+ Kf8 13.Re1 Be6 14.Be3 Rad8 15.Be4 exd4 16.Nxd4
Bd7 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.Nxc6 bxc6 19.Bg5 1-0
Horvath Frank Hungary, 2000
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Nxf6+ Qxf6 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bd3 Bd7 8.0-0 Bd6 9.c3
Bc6 10.Re1 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Qxf3 12.gxf3 0-0 13.Bd2 Nd7 14.b4 Rad8 15.Be4 b6 16.b5 e5
17.d5 Nc5 18.c4 Ra8 19.Bc2 a5 20.Bc3 Rae8 21.Re2 Re7 22.Rae1 Rfe8 23.h4 g6 24.Kh1
h5 25.Bd2 Kg7 26.Bg5 f6 27.Bd2 Kf7 28.Rg1 e4 29.Be3 f5 30.Bxc5 Bxc5 31.fxe4 fxe4
32.Rg3 Kf6 33.Kg2 Re5 34.Kh3 R8e7 35.Kg2 Kf7 36.Kf1 Kf6 37.Ke1 Kf7 38.Kd1 Kf6
39.Kc1 Kf7 40.Kb2 Kf6 41.a3 g5 42.hxg5+ Rxg5 43.Rh3 Rg2 -
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Rinkewitz, F. -Parisi, C.
ICCF/EM/J50/P175
1. Nf3 g5 2. Nxg5 e5 3. d4 h6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nfd2 d5 6.c4 c6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e3
Ne7 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 exf3 11. Qxf3 Bf5 12. Bb5+ Nbc6 13. O-O O-O 14.
Nb3 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nc5 Bg6 17. Ne2 Nf5 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19.Qxg3 Re8
20. a3 a5 21. Bd2 a4 22. Qf2 Qb6 23. Bb4 Qb5 24. Rac1 Ra7 25. Rc3 Bf8 26.
Rfc1 Bg7 27. b3 axb3 28. Rxb3 Qb6 29. a4 Qc7 30. a5 Rb8 31. Bc3 Rxb3
32.Nxb3 Bf8 33. Nc5 Bd6 34. Qh4 h5 35. h3 Be7 36. Qf2 1/2-1/2
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in part, impressive.
1) The French Defence.
a) Alapins Gambit 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3!?4
b) Classical variation 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.Nb5!?5.
c) McCutcheon Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 (5. Bd3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 c5 7.
Nge2 !?) 5... h6 6. Be3!? (6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4!? g6 9. Nf3!?) Ne4 7. Nge2!? ......and it
is interesting to note that of those moves under lined in this variation ,only 1 is not named of Alapin
himself and that is 6.Be3 !? which is named The Janowki Attack after David Janowski who adopted
it against Marshall in Ostend 1907. However the move was first suggested by Alapin in
Schachfreund dated 1899.6
2) Center game. 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O
Re8 8. Qg3 Rxe4 !?7
3) Ruy Lopez. Alapin Gambit (Attack) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bb4 !?8
4) Sicilain Defence. Alapin Variation 1.e4 c5 2.c3!?9
and of course,
5) Alapins Opening 1.e4 e5 2.Ne2!?10.( First offical uncorked in over the board play at the Berlin
Tournament of 1897 )
Its quite clear of those opening suggestion listed above made by Alapin, he was in some cases
a very brillant visionary in the opening and yet in other cases quite eccentric. But there lays that
eternal question that every keen student of the game should ask, do Alapins more eccentric ideas
actually work??.....All, I can say that is up to you but remember that old saying... Best by test...
First, a correspondence game played in the old NAPZ zone of the International Correspondence
Chess Federation:
Anglo Pacfic Postal Tourney 2-35 1997/99.
White E.Roberts - New Zealand
Black C Blanchet - Canada
Alapins Opening.
1. e4 e5 2. Ne2 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nbc3 Qa5 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bb4 7. Bd2 Ne7
8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O c6 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qc7 12. Bf3 a5 13. Qe2 Nf5 14. Be4
Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Bxg7 f6 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21.
Bxf8 Nxf8 22. Rd3 Rd8 23. Qh5+ Ke7 24. Rg3 Rd7 25. Re1 Qd8 26. Qc5+ Kf7 27. Qh5+ Ke7 28.
Qc5+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ Ke7 1/2-1/2
and second, a game across the internet against a famous and much more fancied opponent,
Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan of the U.S
Chess.net 11.07.1999.
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15
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55.Ra5 d4 56.exd4 e3 57.Ke5 e2 58.Ra1 Ke3 59.Re1 Rd1 60.Rxe2+ Kxe2 61.d5 Ke3 62.d6 Rd4 63.Ke6
Re4+ 64.Kf7 Rf4+ 65.Ke7 Re4+ 66.Kf7 Rd4 67.Ke7 Re4+ 68.Kf7 Rf4+ 69.Ke7 Re4+ 70.Kf7 Game drawn
by repetition
La varian t e
Con 2Nf6 cos come con i tratti 2c5 e 2e5 il nero tenta di premere sul centro bianco,
rifiutando il gambetto e cercando un contro gioco immediato.
Nelle varianti esaminate nei numeri precedenti (N.1:1.d4 d5 2.e4 c5 3.Nc3 e N.2:1.d4
d5 2.e4 e5?! 3.de5) il nero cercava di ottenere, senza riuscirvi al meglio, un
contrattacco centrale tramite spinte pedonali. Con la mossa 2Nf6 cerca di farlo
con un pezzo (il cavallo).
Lidea segue la falsariga della difesa Alekhine (ovviamente senza averne le
caratteristiche che la rendono perfettamente giocabile) e di altre difese che
consentono lespansione centrale pedonale del bianco. Come nei casi
precedentemente citati laver spinto i pedoni d4-e4 permette al bianco dimpostare,
oltre ad un vantaggio di spazio tematico con la spinta 3.e5, anche un forte gioco di
pezzi sui punti pi delicati del lato di re nero (f7-g6 e sulla colonna h),
con il sacrificio dostruzione aggiuntivo 4.e6. Il tratto 4.e6 dopo la risposta forzata 3Nf6-d7
obbliga il nero ad una difesa passiva che spesso va incontro alla disfatta. Altre mosse di cavallo sono
palesemente cattive ( 3Ne4 3Ng4 ) come vedremo dalle partite.
Lunica possibilit non perdente immediatamente data dalla ritirata 3Ng8 che in
ogni caso lascia campo libero al bianco dopo 4.f4 o 4.Nf3 se 4e6 si ha una
Francese con due tempi in pi per il bianco. Terremo quindi conto nella nostra
esposizione della variante 1.d4 d5 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6 come variante principale.
rischio pur di giocare il nostro repertorio, anche quello di una variante non correttissima, ma dove
lavversario dovr attraversare un mare di complicazioni a lui spesso ignote in breve tempo (sto
parlando ovviamente del gioco a tavolino). Il sacrificio dostruzione che si presenta sulla scacchiera
dopo i tratti 1.d4 d5 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6!? stato analizzato in maniera dettagliata (seppur con
un altro ordine di mosse, ma lidea la stessa) dal forte giocatore dattacco Rudolf Spielmann
(1883-1942) nel suo libro Larte del sacrificio negli scacchi Prisma Editori 1994. Presenteremo
una partita significativa sullargomento. Valutiamo tutto quello che di positivo ci potr portare al
costo di un solo pedone il tratto 4.e6: indebolimento del lato di re nero, difficolt di sviluppo nel
campo nemico, minacce dattacco molto forti ,difesa lunga e difficile, i nostri pezzi minacciosi da
subito sviluppati su case naturali , pensiamo ad un alfiere in d3 che punta le debolezze avversarie,
e un cavallo in f3 pronto a portarsi in e5.! Con 4.e6 abbiamo eseguito quella che io amo definire
una mossa e mezza!
Il rientro
Se il bianco gioca, come proposto la variante principale 1.d4 d5 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6 non si
registrano rientri di rilievo. Il fatto che il bianco forzi la variante giocando 4.e6 non permettendo il
tratto e6 al nero, esclude alcuni possibili rientri nella Difesa Francese.
Ovviamente se il bianco gioca la mossa di sviluppo 4.Bd3 lascia al nero la possibilit dopo e6 di
rientrare nella Difesa Francese. Anche la mossa 4.Bd3 pu essere unalternativa valida per il bianco,
infatti, anche se permette il rientro nella Francese imposta una variante a lui discretamente
favorevole. Se il primo giocatore entrasse direttamente nella difesa Francese dalle mosse 1.e4 e6
2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 (a questo punto) de 4.Be4 Nf6 con lidea c5 permetterebbe al nero di pareggiare
facilmente il gioco. Va comunque osservato che il grande Lasker adott qualche volta questa
variante. Giocata al 4^ tratto la mossa Bd3 dopo i tratti 1.d4 d5 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Nfd7 4.Bd3 oppure
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Bd3 Nf6!? ( pi forte 3de4 con parit) 4.e5 Nfd7 permette al bianco di
conservare un certo vantaggio.
Le partite :
1.d4 d5 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6
Sawy e r
Perrino
Hatboro 1989
1.d4 d5 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6 fe 5.Bd3 (minacciando matto!) c5?? (prendendo il matto! 5g6
6.Qg4 Bg7 7.Nf3 Nf8 8.Qf4[Qg3!?] Nc6 9.Bb5 Bd7 10.Bc6 Bc6 11.0-0[Ne5] Qd6 12.Re1 Qf4
13.Bf4 0-0-0 14.Nbd2 h6 15.Rac1[Bg3] g5) 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qg6+ hg 8.Bg6# 1-0
Codazza Salvini
cr.
1993
1.d4 d5 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6 fe 5.Bd3 g6 6.h4!? (era migliore 6.Qg4 Bg7 non 7.Qe6? Ne5 [7
Bd4?! 8.Qd5 Nc5 9.Bb5 c6 10.Qd8 Kd8 11.Nf3=] 8.Qe5 Be5 9.de Bf5 -+ ma 7.Nf3) e5 7.h5 1-0 il
nero abbandon il torneo. Penso che il piano da me scelto con 6.h4 sia un po lento proprio in
vista di 6e5 7.h5 e4 8.Be2 anche se il bianco pu giocare ancora per lattacco. 6. Qg4 e la mossa
migliore per cercare liniziativa.
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Hucks Crider
ICC. 1999
1.d4 d5 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6 fe6 5.Bg5 (5.Bd3 g6 6.Qg4 Bg7)Nf6 (5e5 6.Nf3 e4 7.Nh4)
6.Bd3 Ne4 (6c5!? 7dc e5) 7.Bh4 (7.Be4 de 8.Nc3 c6 +=) g6 8.f3 Nf6 9.Ne2 Bg7 10.Nf4 (c3!?)
0-0 (10Qd6 11.Ne2 e5 ) 11.0-0 (migliore Qe2) c6 (11c5 12.Qe1 Qd7 13.c3 cd 14.cd) 12.Re1
(ancora 12.c3!? poteva essere presa in considerazione) Qd6 (12Qb6 13.Ne6 Be6 14.Re6 Qb2)
13.Bg3 Qd8 (13Ne4! 14.Be4 Rf4-+) 14.Ne6 (14.c3!?) Be6 15.Re6 Nbd7 += (15Qb6 16.Re7
Nh5) 16.Qe1 Re8 17.Nd2 c5 18.dc Nc5 19.Re2 (19.Bb5!? Nfd7 20.Bf2 Bb2 21.Rb1=) Nd3 20.cd
Qb6 21.Bf2 Qc7 22.Rc1 Qd7 23.Nb3 Rac8 (23e5 24.Re5 Ng4 25.Rc7 Ne5 26.Rd7 Nd7 27. Qb4
+-) 24.Nc5 (24.Rc8 Qc8 25.Re7 Re7 26.Qe7 Qd7 +-) Qc7 25.Rec2 (25.d4 b6 26.Nd3 Qd7 27.Rc8
Qc8 28.Re7 Re7 29.Qe7 a6+-) e5 26.Ne6 (26.d4!? =) Qc2 27.Rc2 Rc2 28.Ng7 (28.Qe5? Rc1+
29.Be1 Nh5) Kg7 29.h3 Rb2 30.Bg3 Ra2 31.Be5 Kf7 32.d4 Rc8? (32Ra6 -+) 33.Qb4?
(bisognava giocare 33.Bf6 Re8 34.Be5 +-)Rcc2 34.Qb7+ Re6 35.Kf1?(35.Qb8 Rf7 36.Qb7+Re6
37.Qb8 =) Ra1 (35Rc1# ) 0-1
Bardgaijin Pulp
ICC.
1999
1.e4 d5 (rientrando dalla Scandinava) 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6 fe6 5.Nf3 Nf6 6.Bf4 g6 7.h4 Nc6
8.Ne5 (La casa di Spielmann! Vedere il commento della partita : Spielmann Landau) Ne5 9.de
(9.Be5 Rg8) Nh5 10.Bg5 h6 (10c5!?) 11.Bd3 hg 12.Bg6+ Kd7 13.Bh5 Bg7 14.hg (aprendo la
colonna h) Be5 15.Nc3 Bc3+ 16.bc3 Qg8 17.f4 Qg7 +- (17e5 18.g3=) 18.Qd4 Qd4 19.cd b6
(19c5 20.Kd2) 20.0-0-0 Kd6 21.Bf7 (con forte iniziativa) Bd7?? (una svista in posizione difficile
21Rf8 22.g6 Bd7+-) 22.g6 (22.Rh8 Rh8 23.g6 +-) Rhg8 23. Bg8 Rg8 24.Rh6 Be8 25.Rdh1 Bg6
26.g4 Kd7 27.Rh8 Rg7 28.R1h4 Be4 29.c3 Bf3 30.g5 Be4 31.Kd2 a5 32.Re3 c5 33.Rb8 Kc7
34.Rhh8 cd+ 35.cd Rh7 ?! (35Bb1 36.a4 Bf5 +-) 36.Rh7 (36.Rbc8+ Kb7 37.Rh7 Kc8 38.Re7
Bf5 +-) Bh7 37.Rh8 Bf5 (37Bb1 38.Rh6 Kd7 39.g6 Bg6 40.Rg6 +-) 38.Rg8 (38.Rh6 Kd7 39.g6
Bg6 40.Rg6 b5+-) Bh7 39.Rg7 Bf5 40.g6 (40.Re7+ Kd6 21.Rg7 b5 +-) Kd8 (40Kd7 41.Rg8
Bg6 42.Rg6 +-) 41.Rg8+ Kd7 42.g7 Bh7 (42e5 43.Rh8! ef4+ 44.Kf4 Be6 +-) 43.Rh8 1-0
3Ne4?
Gijsbers Esser
Kleve op.
2000
1.d4 d5 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Ne4? +- 4.f3 e6 5.fe4 (5.Bf4 c5 6.fe4 Qb6 +-) de (5Qh4 6.Ke2
Qg4 7.Kd2 Qf4 8.Kc3 Qe4 +-) 6.Nc3 Qh4 (6Bb4+) 7.g3 Qd8 8.Ne4 Nc6 9.Nf3 Bb4+
10.c3 Be7 11.Bd3 0-0 12.Nfg5 Bg5 (12h6 13.Nf3 +-) 13.Ng5 (13.Bg5!? f6 14.ef gf
15.Nf6 Rf6 +-) Qd5 (13h6 14.Qh5 f5 15.ef Rf6 16.Bh7+ Kh8 +-) 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Be4
Qd7 16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Qh7# 1-0
3Ng4
Maciulewicz
Fernhout
IECG Internet
2000
1.d4 d5 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Ng4 4.Be2 Nf2? (4Nh6 +=) 5.Kf2 Bf5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bg5 f6 8.ef gf 9.Bh4
Bd6 10.Re1 Qe7 11.c4 Nc6 (11dc 12.Bc4 Nc6 13.Nc3 +-) 12.cd ed (12Nb4 13.Nc3 Nc2
14.Bb5+ Kd8 +-) 13.Ba6! ba6 14.Bf6 +- 1-0
Allen
Cotton
Y2KO.1.541 IECC
1.d4 d5 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 Nfd7 4.Bd3 e6 5.f4 Be7 6.Nf3 0-0 7.0-0 Nc6 8.c3 a6 9.Ng5 h6 10.Qh5 Nb6
11.Rf3 Qe8 12.Nf7 Nd8 ?? (12Rf7 13.Qg6 Kf8 +-) 13.Nh6 gh 14.Rg3+ Bg5 15.Rg5+ 1-0
E per finire
Spielmann
Landau
Match 1933
1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 (con 2e5 si rientra nella partita Viennese) 3.e5 Nfd7 (3d4 [3Ne4+=]
4.Nce2 +=) 4.e6 (lasciamo il commento a Spielmann preso dal suo libro Larte del sacrificio negli
scacchi Ed.Prisma Editori 1994 : Il sacrificio dostruzione nella sua forma pi semplice e
familiare! Il bianco sacrifica un pedone ed un tempo, ma il tempo, per ha poca importanza, perch il
nero deve accettare il sacrificio e quindi perde un tempo a sua volta. Il pedone nero che andr ad
occupare la casa e6 determina un blocco Simpedisce al nero di consolidare la sua posizione
spingendo in e6 e questo normalmente favorisce lattacco. Inoltre, lo sviluppo della donna nera e dei
due alfieri reso tremendamente difficile e lassenza del pedone in f7 indebolisce molto lala di re.
Ce da aggiungere che il pluspedone del nero di per se una debolezza perch arretrato su una
colonna aperta. In questa chiarissima esposizione di Spielmann c tutta lessenza strategico-tattica
della variante scelta dal bianco dopo 1.d4 d5 2.e4 Nf6 3.e5 con lidea 4.e6!) 4fe6 5.d4 Nf6 (5
e5 6.de[6.Nd5? ed 7.Qd4 Nb6 e dopo c6 il bianco perde un pezzo] e6 +=) 6.Nf3 (in questo schema
dattacco importantissimo il controllo e la conquista da parte del cavallo bianco del punto
e5, dal quale questo forte pezzo irradier tutta la sua forza sulle case f7-g6 e su parte del lato
di donna neri.) c5 7.dc Nc6 (7e5 con idea e6) 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.0-0 Qc7 10.Re1 h6 11.Bc6 bc
12.Ne5 (Mi piace chiamare questa casa naturale, ma vincente in questo tipo dattacco La casa di
Spielmann il bianco lha conquistata e adesso dilagher) g5 13.Qd3 Rg8 14.b4 Bg7 15.Qg6+ Kd8
16.Qf7 (con idea 17.Nd7 e 18. Re6) Be8 17.Qe6 Rf8 18.b5 Ne4 (18Ng4 19.Nd5!) 19.Re4 de4
(19Be5 20.Re5 Rf6 21.Rd5!) 20.Bf4! Be5 21.Be5 Qd7 22.Rd1 cb5 23.Rd7 (c6!) Bd7 24.Qh6
Rg8 25.c6 Be8 26.Nb5 1-0
Nel prossimo numero: 1.d4 c5 2.Nc3!?
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