WHO's game is it anyway???

Originally posted by rathish
hi,

1.e4 . e5 2.Ng1f3 . Nb8c6 3.Bf1c4 . Ng8f6 4.Nf3g5 . d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6. Qf3 Qxg5 7. Bxd5 Qf6 8.Bxc6+ Qxc6 9.Qxc6 bxc6

I wonder if there was a better move for white??? Is this a good line for white??

regards,
Rathish.K

I am not sure if it is better, but you could try 6. Nxf7 before Qf3 😉

Originally posted by rathish
hi,

1.e4 . e5 2.Ng1f3 . Nb8c6 3.Bf1c4 . Ng8f6 4.Nf3g5 . d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6. Qf3 Qxg5 7. Bxd5 Qf6 8.Bxc6+ Qxc6 9.Qxc6 bxc6

I wonder if there was a better move for white??? Is this a good line for white??

regards,
Rathish.K

5. ...nxd5 is terrible. The line generally continues: 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qf3+ e6 8. Nc3 Nce7 9. d4 c6 and white has a huge advantage.

Originally posted by rathish
hi,

Thats great.... I have started doing extensive search on this line....
;-) consider for example that black gives an early attack like

1.e4 e5 2.Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3.Bf1c4 Ng8f6 4.Nf3g5 d5 5.exd5 Nc6a5

Is this a power ful defence to the line???

Rathish.K

Indeed. This is the main line which continues: 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4. Because of his development advantage, black stands better off, winning 42% of the time versus 38% for white according to my database. Here's some recent games with different results:

[Event "6th European Individual Championship"]
[Site "Warsaw POL"]
[Date "2005.06.26"]
[EventDate "2005.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "T Radjabov"]
[Black "A Naiditsch"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "52"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6
bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. d4 exd3 12. Nxd3 Qc7 13. b3 O-O 14. Bb2 Ne4 15. Nc3 Bf5 16. h3 Rad8 17. O-O c5 18. Bf3 Ng5 19. Nd5 Qd7 20. h4 Ne6 21. Ne5 Qe8 22. Re1 Bb8 23. Qd2 Qb5 24. c4 Qa6 25. Bc3 Nb7 26. Nc6
1-0

[Event "Alushta Cat.14"]
[Site "Alushta Cat.14"]
[Date "1994.05.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "02"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "A Morozevich"]
[Black "A Nenashev"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "118"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Ne5 Bd6 11.d4 exd3 12.Nxd3 Qc7 13.b3 O-O 14.Bb2 Ne4 15.Nc3 f5 16.h3 Ba6 17.O-O Rad8 18.Qe1 c5 19.Kh1 Nc6 20.Nxe4 fxe4 21.Nxc5 Bxc5 22.Bxa6 Qf4 23.Qe2 Ne5 24.Rad1 Nf3 25.gxf3 Qf5 26.Qc4+ Kh8 27.Bxg7+ Kxg7 28.Qc3+ Rf6 29.fxe4 Qxe4+ 30.f3 Qh4 31.Rg1+ Kh7 32.Bd3+ Kh8 33.Bf5 Bd4 34.Qc7 Rxf5 35.Rg3
Rf7 36.Qxf7 Qxg3 37.Qh5 Qg7 38.c3 Rg8 39.Qg4 Bxc3 40.Rd7 Qe5 41.Qe4 Qxe4 42.fxe4 Rg7 43.Rd3 Bb4 44.Rd4 Bc5 45.Rd5 Ba3 46.Kh2 Rg5 47.Rd8+ Kh7 48.Rd7+ Rg7 49.Rd5 Bb4 50.h4 Re7 51.Rd4 Bc5 52.Rc4 Bf2 53.Kh3 h5 54.b4 Kg7 55.a4 Kf6 56.Kg2 Bb6 57.a5 Rc7 58.axb6 Rxc4 59.bxa7 Rc2+
0-1

[Event "Pune Super GM"]
[Site "Pune IND"]
[Date "2004.09.06"]
[EventDate "2004.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sutovsky"]
[Black "A Beliavsky"]
[ECO "C59"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "114"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6
bxc6 8. Be2 h6 9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 exf3 12. Nxf3 O-O 13. d4 Re8 14. O-O Bg4 15. Nc3 Bc7 16. Ne5 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Nc3 Nc4 20. Bxh6 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Nxb2 22. Rd4 Rc5 23. Rxf6 gxf6 24. Ne4 Rf5 25. g4 c5 26. Rd2 Re8 27. gxf5 Rxe4 28. Rg2+ Kh7 29. Bf8 Re1+ 30. Kf2 Re5 31. Kf3 Rxf5+ 32. Ke4 Re5+ 33. Kf4 Rh5 34. Be7 Nc4 35. Bxf6 Nd6 36. Be7 Rf5+ 37. Kg4 Rd5 38. Bxd6 Rxd6 39. Kf5 Ra6 40. c3 Re6 41. a4 Re3 42. Rg3 Re2 43. h4 Kh6 44. Rg4 Kh5 45. Rc4 Re6 46. a5 Ra6 47. Rxc5 Kxh4 48. c4 Kg3 49. Rc7 Rxa5+ 50. c5 Rb5 51. Ke5 a5 52. Kd6 f5 53. Rg7+ Kf3 54. c6 Rb6 55. Rb7 Ra6 56. Kd5 Ra8 57. Rb3+ Kg4
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