Sugartort wrote on 05/02/06 at 17:59:21:
Sevenviolets is very good at punctuation, but less than good at backing up that punctuation.
About variation 1) with 8...e6 & 10...Nb4, he says White has "other possibilities" than go into the Queen vs Minors ending. We do not get to see them. We have to believe him.
He awards variation 2) with 8.g4 Qd4: a '?!' To know why, we have to make sense of this :
"From practical point of view, this move is bad, unlike you have really analysed one of the many continuation in more depth (but this did no one from a group of so-called BDG critics or opponents yet. They can offer only very flat opposition, often based on overgeneralisation)."
Hmm. Strange, because the discussion conducted on 8.g4 Qd4: on this very forum showed that Black here has a very clear plan of placing a dominating knight on e5, defending the crucial f7 point, along with simple development.
After the natural 9.Be3 Qd6 10.g5 Nfd7 11.Qf2 Ne5, White drifted into a bad position (ArkheiN : "I don't believe White has enough here"). So White was forced to go to extreme measures with 11.Nb5 !? to get at least some material advantage, but Black simply took the knight and got pleasant compensation.
This was in fact another example that Black has easier play in all lines, centered around development. Let's hear ArkheiN on the subject : "And the last argument against the BDG on OTB: It is harder to find the best moves for White than Black, somes of the best moves of the BDG that keep White alive are practically impossible to find OTB. (...) all theses reasons explains that the BDG is quite rare OTB."
Finally, let's hear what arguments Seven has against 8...h6, which has emerged as a very logical move frustrating the principal advance g4-g5. "Geez! 8..h6? is a bad move."
He kindly adds that simple development with queenside castling, instead of taking on d4, is "completely ridiculous". Actually the last sensible word on this variation was, that White should probably castle long and stick with the plan g4-g5 after all.
To me this "middlegame with queenside castlings" looks more solid than the taking on d4, albeit less active. But White should protect d4 on move 8, when the pair g4-h6 can happen later.
To be completely honest... You are right. During the weekend I will try to look on g4 in more depth. But I have started to think about h6 better, also I need to have a closer look on Qxd4 Be3 Qd6 line (Leisebein has considered it the best move). And perhaps it is a crucial test of white´s play.
Sugartort, you´re one of a few... who I think are offering very reasonable continuations for black side. I like your coverage of the lines. Well, maybe it is time to switch the sides and try to refute the white´s concept... but who remains to defend the white cause???
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