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Re: Open Spanish
Reply #3 - 10/23/06 at 09:17:41
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An interesting one with Nbd2 from Essent. Dont be fooled by the result, up to move 40 black looks very much in the driving seat.
[Event "Hoogeveen"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2006.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "95"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.Nxe6 Qxe6 16. f3 Ng5 17. a4 Rad8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Ra7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21.Kh1 f4 22. b4 c4 23. Qd2 Ne6 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. Qf2 Qe6 26. Qd4 Qc6 27. Kg1 g6 28.Kf1 Bg5 29. Bb2 Ra8 30. Qd2 Ne6 31. Bb1 Rd8 32. Qe1 Qc7 33. h4 Be7 34. Bc1 Qc6 35. Qf2 Rf8 36. Bc2 Bd8 37. Qd2 Bxh4 38. Qxd5 Qb6 39. Qd2 Bg3 40. Qe2 Qa7 41.Be4 Kh8 42. Bd5 Ng7 43. e6 Qe7 44. Qe5 Qh4 45. Ke2 h5 46. Be4 Rg8 47. Rd7 Qh1 48. Bd2 1-0
  
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Re: Open Spanish
Reply #2 - 10/23/06 at 08:26:07
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Alumbrado - I agree, this is a strange one. 9.c3 for me is the traditional main-line, I know 9.Nbd2 and 9.Be3 may be popular now, but 9.c3 is a good move - surely deserves a mention  Huh
  
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Re: Open Spanish
Reply #1 - 08/27/06 at 20:51:11
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I found one game featuring the old main line of 9.c3 on chesspub but it would be nice to see a little more.  I suppose the most topical move now is 9.Be3, and continued coverage of this would be great.
  
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Open Spanish
10/27/03 at 08:33:47
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I have noticed there is a bit of a hole in the coverage of the Open Defence in the Spanish e-book.

After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6, the e-book covers 9.Be3 and then 9.Nbd2 (where it mentions that 'this and 9.c3 are White's main moves'), but there does not seem to be any coverage of 9.c3 - which is traditionally seen as the main line, as I understand it!  Undecided

After 9.c3 Black can play the modest 9...Be7 or the more aggressive 9...Bc5 and after 10.Nbd2 0-0 11.Bc2 he can try the interesting Dilworth Attack with 11...Nxf2!? 12.Rxf2 f6! - the e-book does not cover either of these.  ???

The interesting variation with 9.Qe2 (planning Rd1 and c4) is also not covered.  Sad

Is there any chance this can be remedied some time?  I am sure there must be some noteworthy Open Spanish games being played somewhere ...
  
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