28-03-2012, 11:41 PM
[pgn]1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 d5 9. exd5[/pgn]
Spoiler ---> AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I could have sworn I stopped this nonsense. Sigh, okay. Let's think about this rationally. I've made a weakness by h3 so I can't do any stuff with g3 after black goes Qh4. The natural line to compare this to is the 8.a4 anti-Marshall line where 8...d5 is a move there.
So lets figure out the differences. By the length of his spoiler (equivalent to thought) I'd guess this isn't some kind of theory. Which implies I might have a refutation here. Time to get a think on.
All seem to be negative... I've made a weakness and I don't have any queenside play. Blimey, maybe this is just a good idea. The more I look at it the more I think I'm going to get battered. I think in the a4 line though black doesn't take on e5 after 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 and instead prefers Nd4. This is promising news, my Bb3 is better protected here and I can take back with the a-pawn. I don't believe in 10...Nd4, intuition says there is something a little squint with that. I'll cross that bridge when we come to it. So onto 10...Nxe5. It certainly makes more sense than against 8.a4 as that h3 weakness could come back to haunt me. so 10...Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12.Nc3 looks logical. Then 12...Nxc3 (don't see much else? everything looks a bit suspicious) 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. Re1 Qh4 15. Qf3. Ahh yes. That looks more like it. Then h3 is useful as there is no Bg4. Maybe this is the bust then? The more I look at it the more I'm liking it. He's got no good square for his light bishop and he can't batter the f-pawn down because it's pinned. It'll also take two moves to get me on the e-file by which time I can get d3 Bd2 in. Maybe he'll have a go with 15...g5? And if 16. Qxa8 Bxh3 17.Qf3 might be good for me as 17...Bg4 can be met by 18.g3. This g3 idea is actually pretty strong. Black might get in a g5-g4-Bxg4 but then g3 pops up again.
Panic over. Let's get that pawn taken. <------ Spoiler
Spoiler ---> AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. I could have sworn I stopped this nonsense. Sigh, okay. Let's think about this rationally. I've made a weakness by h3 so I can't do any stuff with g3 after black goes Qh4. The natural line to compare this to is the 8.a4 anti-Marshall line where 8...d5 is a move there.
So lets figure out the differences. By the length of his spoiler (equivalent to thought) I'd guess this isn't some kind of theory. Which implies I might have a refutation here. Time to get a think on.
All seem to be negative... I've made a weakness and I don't have any queenside play. Blimey, maybe this is just a good idea. The more I look at it the more I think I'm going to get battered. I think in the a4 line though black doesn't take on e5 after 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 and instead prefers Nd4. This is promising news, my Bb3 is better protected here and I can take back with the a-pawn. I don't believe in 10...Nd4, intuition says there is something a little squint with that. I'll cross that bridge when we come to it. So onto 10...Nxe5. It certainly makes more sense than against 8.a4 as that h3 weakness could come back to haunt me. so 10...Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12.Nc3 looks logical. Then 12...Nxc3 (don't see much else? everything looks a bit suspicious) 13. bxc3 Bd6 14. Re1 Qh4 15. Qf3. Ahh yes. That looks more like it. Then h3 is useful as there is no Bg4. Maybe this is the bust then? The more I look at it the more I'm liking it. He's got no good square for his light bishop and he can't batter the f-pawn down because it's pinned. It'll also take two moves to get me on the e-file by which time I can get d3 Bd2 in. Maybe he'll have a go with 15...g5? And if 16. Qxa8 Bxh3 17.Qf3 might be good for me as 17...Bg4 can be met by 18.g3. This g3 idea is actually pretty strong. Black might get in a g5-g4-Bxg4 but then g3 pops up again.
Panic over. Let's get that pawn taken. <------ Spoiler