During a game I had last night, I attempted to enter a Sveshnikov after 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6, but then was confronted by 3. c3. I continued in normal fashion with 3...Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4, and white played 6. Bb5. I had never ever seen this move, only being familiar with 6. Bc4 and 6. cxd4. I immediately began to search for some kind of refutation, and I found something quite nice in my opinion. Can anyone else find it? Black to move in the diagram below. Give me all the lines you think are necessary to prove an advantage for Black:
Um... I guess Qa5 maybe? after Qa5 Bxc6 bxc6 Nxd4 Ba6 white's king is stuck in the center and black has a really strong knight? while any other response runs up against dxc3. Also the possibility to snap up the e5 pawn in the right moment?
Originally posted by paultopia Um... I guess Qa5 maybe? after Qa5 Bxc6 bxc6 Nxd4 Ba6 white's king is stuck in the center and black has a really strong knight? while any other response runs up against dxc3. Also the possibility to snap up the e5 pawn in the right moment?
After 6...Qa5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Qxd4 Ba6 white can play 8.Nbd2 with c4 and 0-0 with at least defendable position (upd. !~TONY~! managed to point out it first). Stronger seems to be 7....dxc3! with complications advantageous for Black.
Originally posted by Korch After 6...Qa5 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Qxd4 Ba6 white can play 8.Nbd2 with c4 and 0-0 with at least defendable position (upd. ~!TONY!~ managed to point out it first). Stronger seems to be 7....dxc3! with complications advantageous for Black.
This was what I calculated on move 6, and this was what got played in the game. I also noticed 11...Qc1! (getting the queen out and threatening Qb2+), which appears to be stronger than 11....e6, but I can't remember why I rejected it at this particular moment.
A funny 2. c3 Sicilian line....
16 Sep '08 17:571 edit
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