I just played some of these games on ICC, and thought that they would be reasonable games to analyze. I was white in the first, and black in the second. There is a really obvious mistake I made in the first, allowing Rxf6! , but other than that, I haven't looked at them yet. Hopefully we can get some discussion going. Keep in mind that the later moves are played in time trouble, since they are only 15 0 games.
[Event "ICC 15 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.06.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "TheShootah"]
[Black "idrinkfunny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2006"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[TimeControl "900"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qe2 h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 11. f4 Qc7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rhe1 Qa5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Nf5 Qxa2 18. Nxe7+ Kh8 19. Rxd7 Rad8 20.Nxg6+ fxg6 21. Bxd8 h5 22. Bf6 Rxf6 23. exf6 Bh6+ 24. Qe3 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qa5+ 26.c3 Bxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Qg5 28. g3 h4 29. g4 Kg8 30. h3 Qf4 31. Ke2 Qh2+ 32. Kd3 Kf8
33. f7 Kg7 34. Rf3 1-0
[Event "ICC 15 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.06.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "idrinkfunny"]
[Black "TheShootah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2006"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]
[TimeControl "900"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 Nd7 12. f4 e6 13. Qf2 f6 14. exf6 Qxf6 15.g4 e5 16. g5 Qf7 17. b3 exf4 18. Bd4 Ne5 19. h3 Bd7 20. Re1 Qf5 21. Na4 Qxg5 22. Rg1 Qf5 23. Nc5 Rad8 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bd3 Qf6 27. Qxa7 f3 28. Rgf1 Rf7 29. Qf2 Ne5 30. Re3 Nxd3+ 31. Rxd3 Rdf8 32. Re3 Qa1+ 33. Kd2 Qd4+ 34. Rd3 Qf4+ 35. Kd1 Kh8 36. Qd4+ Kg8 37. Qxf4 Rxf4 38. Rf2 g5 39. a4 h5 40.Rc3 R8f6 41. Ke1 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. a5 g3 44. a6 gxf2+ 45. Kxf2 Rg6 46. a7 Rf8 47. b4 Rg2+ 48. Kf1 Rh2 49. Ra3 Ra8 50. Rxf3 Rxa7 51. Rf6 Rxc2 {White forfeits on time} 0-1
Originally posted by TommyCYeah I have taken some savage beatings in that first line, and the people who did it made it look easy. So I decided to give it a shot.
Nice scalp, twice. Don't know much about the dragon but that first line you played is analysed in Jeroen Bosch's (ed.) "Secrets of Opening Surprises 2" on p 108 - 115. Apparently the best line for black is 8. ... Nc6. I have no clue why and will continue to steer well-clear!