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- From: peskin@staff.tc.umn.edu (Yury Peskin)
- Subject: Queen's Gambit question
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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 01:43:50 GMT
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- Hello chess people. I have a question about the following game, which features
- an uncommon Queen's Gambit line.
-
- me - J. H. (2100 USCF), Queen's Gambit [D38]
-
- 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 d5 4 Bg5 c6 5 Nf3 Nbd7 6 e3 Bb4 !?
-
- During the game I felt this move deserved "?!", but we were not in the
- beginner section - perhaps my opponent had a new idea? :)
-
- Nowadays Black plays ...c5 in the Manhattan variation, regardless of any
- theoretical problems. In my opinion ...Bb4 is incorrect with ...c6, since
- transposing to exchange variation now favours White.
-
- 7 cd5 ed5 8 Bd3 0-0 9 0-0 Re8 10 Qc2 h6
-
- Alekhine (who was not watching our game!) says 10 ... Nf8 is better.
-
- 11 Bh4 Qc7 ?!
-
- In Maroczy - Ed. Lasker, New York 1924 Black tried 11 ... Nf8 12 a3 Be7 (?),
- but this can not be correct: Black is now a tempo behind standard exchange
- variation lines. Alekhine's notes do not mention this.
-
- One "recent" game with this variation: 11 ... Bd6 12 Rfe1 Nf8 13 e4 g5 14 Bg3
- Bg3 15 hg3 de4 16 Ne4 Ne4 17 Be4 Be6 18 Re3 Bd5 was Geller-Hernandez, Warsaw
- 1969 (who says old Informator volumes are worthless?)
-
- 12 Bg3 Bd6 ? (careless) 13 Nb5 cb5 14 Qc7 Bc7 15 Bc7
-
- This ending is very bad for Black, so he must find improvements. My question
- for players of Queen's Gambit:
-
- What are the improvements? Would you not play 11 ... Qc7 or 12 ... Bd6? Or
- was Black's error 6 ... Bb4?
-
- Thanks.
-
- p.s. New York 1924 tournament book has many interesting games for people
- (like me) who enjoy older-style chess. Your opponent will not always play
- King's Indian defence!
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