tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post6314441188019196255..comments2023-10-30T06:02:04.878-07:00Comments on Ian Simpson on Chess: Albin Counter-GambitIan Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12934766627374308248noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post-69690274322931475792013-11-21T15:22:14.364-08:002013-11-21T15:22:14.364-08:00After 5.Nbd2 Be6 6.a3 Nge7 7.Nb3 Nf5 Bronznik impr...After 5.Nbd2 Be6 6.a3 Nge7 7.Nb3 Nf5 Bronznik improves on Avrukh's analysis after 8.Qd3 a5 9.Bf4 (White has the fun of attacking) and after 5.Nbd2 Bg4 6.a3 Qe7 the game Nielsen-Rasmussen, Silkeborg 2008.<br /><br />"aren't looking too bad for Black"<br />Too bad to my taste, I'm afraid.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post-85222104131626985302013-11-21T10:50:21.471-08:002013-11-21T10:50:21.471-08:00Thanks again for the feedback. I've uploaded ...Thanks again for the feedback. I've uploaded a slightly-updated version of the coverage where in the notes to the first game with 5.g3 I've included some analysis on 5.Bf4 and 5.e3, including a sample game with 5.e3. <br />I don't have Bronzniik's book which is why I missed some of his ideas. <br />In Aleksandrov-Moiseenko 10.Nd5 is indeed a good alternative and another argument as to why Black should prefer 9...a6. (I once had a game in that line as Black and had counterplay but was worse for most of the game- since then I've preferred ...Nge7 over ...Bf5 against the a3, e3 approaches- however I still prefer ...Bf5 against the early g2-g3 approaches.)<br />In Ding-Lin Chen 8.Qa4 O-O-O 9.b4 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Bb2 should IMO be met by 11...a6 with the idea 12.b5 Qe6 (which I embedded into the notes) which improves on Moissenko's game although it is still tricky for Black to defend against the queenside attack.<br />The reason for my relatively optimistic assessment was that I feel that, on the basis of what I've seen, 5.a3 Be6 and 5.a3 Bg4 with 6.Nbd2 aren't looking too bad for Black but it won't surprise me if Bronzniik found something that I missed. The idea after 5.a3 Be6 6.Nbd2 is 6...Nge7 7.Nb3 Nf5.<br /><br />On the downside from Black's point of view, after 5.a3 Nge7 6.b4 Nf5 7.Bb2 a5 8.b5 Ncxe5 White has 9.Qxd4 which leads to an endgame with a small niggling edge for White (I recall reading that Georgiev recommended this for White in his book Squeezing the Gambits).<br />I have a copy of the "X-rated" article by Andrew Martin in an old issue of Chess Monthly- the problem was more that I couldn't refer readers directly to the article.Ian Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12934766627374308248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post-14724689073094274572013-11-18T16:11:06.080-08:002013-11-18T16:11:06.080-08:00You also should include a game on 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3. ...You also should include a game on 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.e3. It's far from a refutation, but if Black wants to win he/she must know and understand a couple of lines.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post-18163008603624999022013-11-18T16:05:33.773-08:002013-11-18T16:05:33.773-08:00In the game Ding-Lin Chen Bronznik gives 8.Qa4 (is...In the game Ding-Lin Chen Bronznik gives 8.Qa4 (iso 8.g3) O-O-O 9.b4 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Qxe5 11.Bb2 and in Nielsen-Rasmussen, Silkeborg 2008 Black didn't last long.<br /><br />In the game Aleksandrov-Moiseenko Bronznik deviates with 10.Nd5 (iso 10.Nb5) following Hendricks-Finegold, Plymouth 1984.<br /><br />Of course Bronznik thoroughly analyses 15...Qh3, the improvement on Topalov-Morozevich. Though objectively White might be somewhat better I wouldn't mind to enter these complications as Black.<br />So 5.a3 Nge7 6.b4 Ng6 7.Bb2 a5 and 5.g3 Bf5 (keeps three attractive options open: play X-rated chess with ...f6, castle queenside and hack with h7-h5-h4 or pull of tricks with ...Nb4 and ...d3) are fun and hardly worse than many well respected lines of the QGD indeed. 5.Nbd2 is the kill joy.MNbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-364674482640521724.post-36859766310844563292013-11-18T15:43:48.143-08:002013-11-18T15:43:48.143-08:00I remain somewhat amazed that few authors follow y...I remain somewhat amazed that few authors follow your line of thinking until it's very end: that 5.Nbd2 is more precise than 5.a3 exactly because 5.Nbd2 kills off both 5...Bf5 and 5...Nge7. IM Bronznik clearly states in his Beating the Guerilla's that after 5.a3 both 5...Be6 and 5...Bg4 are inferior because of 6.Nbd2. So if these moves are best after 5.Nbd2 then White plays 6.a3 and Black is worse than just "a little short of full compensation for the pawn".<br /><br />Btw you can find the Andrew Martin X-rated article here:<br /><br />http://www.scribd.com/doc/145762482/Andrew-Martin-The-X-rated-Albin-Counter-gambit-Chess<br /><br />It looks like you have to pay for it though.MNbnoreply@blogger.com