MNb wrote,
Quote:Uhoh, now that's a logical phallacy...
(Interesting Freudian moment.)
My suggestion for Uhoh to wait a week before commenting again was meant in a spirit of helpfulness, not maliciousness.
I agree with Amet that 6.Be3 is certainly a trying line. It seems to be the most subtle of White's three main choices because of the various transpositions. It's not that it's so terribly dangerous in itself, it's that it gives Black enough rope to hang himself. Here's one line that could have transposed from 6.Be3 a6:
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 (7. h4 Nc6)
(7. h3 a6 !? (7... Nc6 {This is more popular, +2300, but doesn't score well.}))
7... a6 (7... Nc6 8. h3) 8. Qf3 (8. Bg2 {See Shirov-Sokolov, 2008 for a good
warning of what awaits.})
8... Nbd7 (8... Nc6)
9. Rg1 9... Ne5 (9... g5)
10. Qh3
Nfxg4 (10... g5 11. Bxg5 (11. f4 gxf4 12. Bxf4 h5 13. gxh5 Rxh5 $15) 11...
Nexg4 (11... hxg5 12. Qxh8 b5 13. O-O-O b4 $5 (13... Bb7 14. f3 $16 (14. a3 {
Fritz +-}) 14... Rc8) 14. Nb1 (14. Nce2 {Fritz}) 14... Nfxg4 15. Nc6 $16) 12.
Be2 (12. Rxg4 hxg5 13. Qxh8 Nxg4 $15) 12... e5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Nf5 {This
gives white a nice edge, but is probably playable for Black.}) 11. Rxg4 Nxg4
12. Qxg4 e5 13. Nf5 g6 14. Nd5 $1 (14. O-O-O h5 (14... Bd7 15. Nd5 $14 (15.
Nxd6+ {This may be much better than it seems. Firebird scores it as equal, but
I think I've found a way for White to get a huge edge.})) (14... gxf5 15. exf5
h5 16. Qh3 $14) 15. Qh3 gxf5 (15... Be6 16. f4 Qc8 (16... Rc8 17. fxe5 Rxc3 18.
bxc3 Qa5 19. exd6 $1 (19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Nxd6+ Bxd6 21. Qc8+ Qd8 22. Qxd8+ Kxd8
23. Rxd6+ (23. exd6) 23... Kc8 $11) 19... gxf5 20. exf5 Qa3+ 21. Kd2 Bxa2 22.
Qh4 Qxd6+ 23. Ke1 Be7 24. Qa4+ Qc6 25. Qxa2 $18) 17. Bd3 {Some correspondence
games suggest this is winning for White.} h4 (17... gxf5 $18 18. exf5 Bc4 19.
fxe5 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 dxe5 21. Nd5 Qc6 22. Qh4 f6 23. Nxf6+) 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bg5
$18 gxf5 20. exf5) 16. exf5 {White has a slight edge here.}) 14... gxf5 15. Qe2
Be6 (15... Qa5+ 16. b4 $18) 16. Bb6 Qh4 (16... Qc8 17. Nc7+ Ke7 18. exf5 Bxf5
19. O-O-O Rb8 20. Nd5+ Ke8 21. Bc7 $18) 17. Nc7+ {And White has a tremendous
edge.} 0-1
Unfortunately, the translation from chessbase to here makes it a mess to read. Is there an easy way to send a chessbase file here that makes it readable?