Yeah, I finally got the chance to face the Taimanov variation of the Modern Benoni. In the Benoni thread I made a while back this variation was mentioned as the real test of the Modern Benoni and I came to the conclusion that black's best chance (maybe only real chance) of survival in this variation is the 9...Qh4+!? variation where black steals a pawn from white but is forced to defend an intense attack from white for the pawn. Not exactly the ideal situation for black, but it worked out ok in this horribly sloppy game:
[Event "Rated game, 3m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2007.04.05"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Papnase"]
[Black "CMSMaster"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1591"]
[BlackElo "1407"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.04.05"]
[TimeControl "180"]
1. c4 {0} Nf6 {2} 2. Nc3 {2} g6 {1} 3. d4 {3} c5 {5} 4. d5 {3} e6 {1} 5. e4 {4}
exd5 {1} 6. cxd5 {4} d6 {1} 7. f4 {7} Bg7 {1} 8. Bb5+ {10} Nfd7 {1} 9. a4 {11}
Qh4+ {3} 10. g3 {3} Qe7 {3} 11. Nf3 {4} Bxc3+ {2} 12. bxc3 {2} Qxe4+ {1} 13.
Kf2 {2} O-O {6} 14. Re1 {12} Qf5 {2} 15. Bd3 {32} Qf6 {2} 16. Bb2 {6} Na6 {3}
17. Qc2 {9} Nb6 {6} 18. c4 {6} Qd8 {2} 19. Qc3 {6} f6 {2} 20. Nh4 {20} Bd7 {6}
21. Bxg6 {2} hxg6 {5} 22. Nxg6 {2} Kg7 {2} 23. Re7+ {4} Kxg6 {3} 24. Qd3+ {4}
Bf5 {3} 25. Qe2 {9} Re8 {6} 26. g4 {4} Rxe7 {3} 27. gxf5+ {1} Kf7 {1} 28. Qh5+
{2} Kf8 {' 7} 29. Rg1 {2} Re2+ {15} 30. Kxe2 {1} Qe7+ {13} 31. Kf2 {2} Qf7 {19}
32. Qh8+ {1} Ke7 {3} 33. Rg7 {0} Rxh8 {6} 34. Rxf7+ {0} Kxf7 {
Temps (Lag: Av=0.68s, max=4.1s) Papnase abandonne 1} 0-1
Atht the end where it looks like two 800 rated players are going at it, it's me trying to get him to time out (he had about 5 seconds on his clock to my 60) and him trying to checkmate me... It seems that 26...Rxe7 was a big mistake and Qxe7 had to be played instead. Despite being a horrible looking game I'm still somewhat happy with it since he had almost 200 points on me.
Originally posted by cmsMasterNice game, the you defended well, so his sac wasn't worth it.
Yeah, I finally got the chance to face the Taimanov variation of the Modern Benoni. In the Benoni thread I made a while back this variation was mentioned as the real test of the Modern Benoni and I came to the conclusion that black's best chance (maybe only real chance) of survival in this variation is the 9...Qh4+!? variation where black steals a pawn fr ...[text shortened]... m still somewhat happy with it since he had almost 200 points on me.
Originally posted by zebanoDidn't know you wanted a game! I thought you were just watching me for some reason. 😛 Next time were both on give me a message and I'll play some against you.
so when are you going to play me? I was on playchess for about 3 hours the other day and you ignored me the whole time!