Albin Counter Gambit 11

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12... Bc2 13. Qa3 c6 14. Nb3 Be4 15. Nbxd4 Nc2 16. Qc3 Nxa1 17.

Rxa1 Bxf3 18.


exf3! Qh4 19. c5 O-O-O 20. f4

b) 11... Rb8!? 12. O-O-O!? Qd7

(perhaps 12... Qe7 13. e3 dxe3 14. fxe3 (14. Qxe3 Nb4 15. Qxa7 Nd3+=) 14... b5 15.
Nh4 (15. cxb5? Qc5+ 16. Nc4 Na5-+) 15... Bd7! 16. Nf5! (16. cxb5 Nxe5) 16... Qxe5
17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rhf1)

13. e3 d3 (13... b5?! 14. e6! Bxe6 15. Nxd4 bxc4 16. Nxc4 Rxb3 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18.
Nxc6 Rb5 19. Rd8+ Kf7 20. N4e5+ Kf6 21. f4 Bxa2 22. Nd7+ Kf7 23. e4) 14. Ne1
Nxe5 15. f4

12. a3! Bxd2+ 13. Nxd2 Qg5?! Better 13... Rb8.

14. Rg1 14. Qxb7 Qxg2 15. Qxa8+ Kf7 16. Qxh8 Qxh1+ 17. Nf1+-

14... O-O-O 15. Qxb7+! Kxb7 16. Bxc6+ Kxc6 17. Rxg5+- g6 18. O-O-O Rhe8 19. f4
Kb6 20. b4 a5 21. Kb2 axb4 22. axb4 c5 23. Nb3 cxb4 24. Rg3 Rd7 25. Rxd4 Rxd4
26. Nxd4 Kc5 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. Kb3 Ra8 29. e6 Ra6 30. Rd3 Rxe6 31. Rd5+ Kc6 32.
Rxf5 Rxe2 33. Rh5 1-0 [Michael Goeller]

Game Three: 5.a3 Nge7

V. Topalov (2757) - A. Morozevich (2741) [D08]

Amber Rapid/Monte Carlo MNC (7) 2005

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Nge7! The best move.

a) 5... a5?! is what I used to play, but White has an easy edge after simply 6. Bg5! (6. e3
Bc5! 7. exd4 Bxd4! ) 6... Be7 7. h4 Karpov-Stoma, Simul 1998
b) 5... Be6!? 6. e3 dxe3 7. Qxd8+ Rxd8 8. Bxe3 Nge7 Van der Weil-Ligterink,
Groningen 2001, gave White no advantage but was nothing special for Black either.

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