Originally posted by Fat LadyCheck it out at Chesslab.com 😉 :
As played by Vadim Zvjaginsev to beat Ruslan Ponomariov:
http://www.chessliga.ru/viewer/club_che06-1.htm
Has anyone seen this before, or played it themselves? I'll be trying it myself first chance I get!
http://www.chesslab.com/PositionSearch.html
Objectively it cannot be good, Black is equal after 2 moves, but it does have the merit of taking the game out of theory, which in the Sicilian there's a huge amount of.
Interestingly it can set up a trap for greedy little computers to fall into
[Event "Blitz:10',P600"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2001.06.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nemeth, Eduard"]
[Black "Deep Fritz, 64Mb"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.04"]
1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. h3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bc4 Nxe4 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qh5+ Ke6
8. Qg4+ Kd5 9. c4+ dxc3 10. Bf4 e5 11. O-O-O+ Nd4 12. Rxd4+ Kxd4 13. Nf3+ Kd5
14. Rd1+ Kc6 15. Nxe5+ Kb6 16. Nec4+ Kc5 17. Be3+ Kc6 18. Qxe4+ d5 19. Ne5+ Kc7
20. Nb5+ Kb8 21. Rxd5 Bd6 22. Nxd6 cxb2+ 23. Kxb2 Qf6 24. Rc5 Qxf2+ 25. Bxf2 b6
26. Nd7+ Bxd7 27. Qb7# 1-0
Originally posted by SiskinI think that is the whole idea, to avoid theory. The sheer amount of theory that GMs have memorized almost makes following their tournaments and games meaningless for me.
Objectively it cannot be good, Black is equal after 2 moves, but it does have the merit of taking the game out of theory, which in the Sicilian there's a huge amount of.
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Originally posted by Fat LadyI was under the impression that this move while not normal has been played quite a bit, im sure theres some GM or another using it on a regular basis at the moment.
As played by Vadim Zvjaginsev to beat Ruslan Ponomariov:
http://www.chessliga.ru/viewer/club_che06-1.htm
Has anyone seen this before, or played it themselves? I'll be trying it myself first chance I get!
Edit oh yes, Zvjaginsev........I need more coffee, clearly.