Tony vs. Dragon

I know I am known for defending the black side, but I thought you guys might like to see me gettin nuts on the White side, against the old but frequently played 9..Nxd4. I used to play this and I knew everything up through about move 16 or 17. One of my best combinations though. 😀

[Event "ICC 15 5"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.03.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "TheShootah"]
[Black "kassisov"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2233"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]
[TimeControl "900+5"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h4 Rfc8 13. h5 Qa5 14. hxg6 hxg6
15. a3 Rab8 16. Bd3 Bc4 17. Be3 b5 18. Bh6 Bh8 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Bg5 Nxd5 21.
Rxh8+ Kxh8 22. exd5 Bxd3 23. Bf6+ exf6 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Rh1 {Black resigns} 1-0

Originally posted by !~TONY~!
I know I am known for defending the black side, but I thought you guys might like to see me gettin nuts on the White side, against the old but frequently played 9..Nxd4. I used to play this and I knew everything up through about move 16 or 17. One of my best combinations though. 😀

[Event "ICC 15 5"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.03.08"]
[R ...[text shortened]... 8 22. exd5 Bxd3 23. Bf6+ exf6 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Rh1 {Black resigns} 1-0

I would probably have to go into the mess that occurs after hxf7+ Bxf7 (Kxf7! might be even better because the bishop can still support ..Rc8, but I would have to look at it longer) Qxc3 Qxa2+ Kc1. White saving grace here is that Bh6+ is impossible.

Originally posted by !~TONY~!
I know I am known for defending the black side, but I thought you guys might like to see me gettin nuts on the White side, against the old but frequently played 9..Nxd4. I used to play this and I knew everything up through about move 16 or 17. One of my best combinations though. 😀

[Event "ICC 15 5"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.03.08"]
[R ...[text shortened]... 8 22. exd5 Bxd3 23. Bf6+ exf6 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Rh1 {Black resigns} 1-0

Originally posted by !~TONY~!
I know I am known for defending the black side, but I thought you guys might like to see me gettin nuts on the White side, against the old but frequently played 9..Nxd4. I used to play this and I knew everything up through about move 16 or 17. One of my best combinations though. 😀

Originally posted by jsmith
Your opponent lose tempi with Nxd4 , Qc7 and Qa5

Originally posted by !~TONY~!
Nxd4 doesn't really lose any tempi, and Qc7 is forced if he wants to get his Queen to a5 eventually because the immediate ..Qc7 (instead of ..Qa5) is bad on account of Nd5!

Originally posted by jsmith
...Black played into white's hands too easily in that variation.

This is the Yugoslav Attack with 9. 0-0-0 instead of your choice, 9. Bc4. Just to let you know, a couple years ago black's choice was all the rage, all the way up to the highest eschelons of GM's.