Latest Updates:
Page Index Toggle Pages: [1] 2 
Topic Tools
Hot Topic (More than 10 Replies) A new variation in the Kalaschnikov? (Read 8869 times)
HgMan
God Member
*****
Offline


Demand me nothing: What
you know, you know

Posts: 2330
Location: Up on Cripple Creek
Joined: 11/09/04
Gender: Male
Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #17 - 05/30/05 at 08:41:40
Post Tools
Yes.  I suspect that Black's decent score has more to do with surprise value than the objective strength of this move order.  White does have considerable freedom here to put his/her pieces on optimal squares with little compensation for Black...
  

"Luck favours the prepared mind."  --Louis Pasteur
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Willempie
God Member
*****
Offline


I love ChessPublishing
.com!

Posts: 4312
Location: Holland
Joined: 01/07/05
Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #16 - 05/30/05 at 03:02:08
Post Tools
Did some more checking on 8 Nc4, but I think the pawn sacrifice is not as good as I thought. White should follow up with f3 probably, but I dont see much tangible.

8 exf5 Bxf5 9 Nc4 Nd4 10 Ne3 Be6 11 Bd3 followed by 0-0, Ncd5 and c3 and maybe even c4 looks very good to me, after all that is where you would want your knights and you my be able to develop the c1 bishop to the a3-f8 diagonal. I dont see much potential for black's counterplay like in the similar c4 variation. There is no way you can break the grip on the white fields.
The other variation with 8 exf5 as in the game also looks very decent to me for white.

Note that I am not saying white is winning, I am just saying that I think white is a bit better.
  

If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
HgMan
God Member
*****
Offline


Demand me nothing: What
you know, you know

Posts: 2330
Location: Up on Cripple Creek
Joined: 11/09/04
Gender: Male
Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #15 - 05/29/05 at 13:38:07
Post Tools
This does look interesting, and seems to score rather well in practice.  According to the 18 games in the www.chesslive.de database, Black has a decent score, though I don't see any household names on either side in any of the games.

A couple of wins for White are below, one involving the previously mentioned 8 exf5, and another playing the thematic 8 Nd5.  I'm not sure either involves a win out of the opening, but they might be worth some analysis.  Willempie and Dutch-Kalashnikov both suggest 8 Nc4, which I couldn't find.  Maybe it would be worth investigating that move further.

[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[White "Sinkevich,Petr"]
[Black "Averjanov,Sergey"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 f5 8.Nd5 Nf6 9.Nc4 f4 10.Ncb6 Rb8 11.Nxf6+ Qxf6 12.Nd5 Qf7 13.Be2 Nd4 14.Nxf4 Nxe2 15.Nxe2 Be7 16.0-0 0-0 17.Nc3 Be6 18.Nd5 Rbc8 19.Be3 Bxd5 20.exd5 Qg6 21.c3 Rc4 22.Qe2 Qe4 23.Qd2 Rf6 24.b3 Rc8 25.f3 Qf5 26.c4 Rg6 27.Rac1 Rf8 28.b4 Qh5 29.Kh1 Bh4 30.g4  1-0

[Site "Trevias"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[White "Bajo Gutierrez,Ignacio"]
[Black "Menendez Rubiera,Angel Carlos"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 f5 8.exf5 Bxf5 9.Nc4 Nf6 10.Bg5 Nd4 11.Ne3 Be6 12.Bd3 Be7 13.0-0 Qd7 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Ncd5 Bd8 16.c3 Nc6 17.Be4 0-0 18.Nc4 Rb8 19.Qd3 Bf5 20.Rad1 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 b5 22.Nxd6 Qxd6 23.Nb4 Nd4 24.Nc2 Nf3+ 25.Qxf3 Qg6 26.Qd5+ Kh8 27.Nb4 Qf6 28.Qd6 Rb6 29.Qxf6 Bxf6 30.Rfe1 Re8 31.g3 Rbe6 32.Re4 Rb6 33.f4 h6 34.Rde1 Rd8 35.fxe5 Be7 36.e6 Rd2 37.R1e2 Rd1+ 38.Kg2 a5 39.Nc2 g5 40.Ne3 Rd3 41.Nf5 Rb7 42.Nxh6 Kh7 43.Nf5 Kg6 44.g4 Rc7 45.R4e3 Rd1 46.Rh3 Bf8 47.e7  1-0

  

"Luck favours the prepared mind."  --Louis Pasteur
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Lubo
YaBB Newbies
*
Offline


I love ChessPublishing
.com!

Posts: 36
Location: Muenchen
Joined: 05/25/05
Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #14 - 05/26/05 at 03:11:37
Post Tools
Jan Pinski & Jacob Aagard cover in their book about the Kalashnikov the 7..Be7 line but not this variation.
I faced 6.N1c3 a6, 7.Na3 f5 already 2 times in tournaments. Basically I dont share the opinion that it is premature, otherwise you can say this of many Kalashnikov lines.
But 8.Bc4 made in practise Black suffer very hard.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Willempie
God Member
*****
Offline


I love ChessPublishing
.com!

Posts: 4312
Location: Holland
Joined: 01/07/05
Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #13 - 04/29/05 at 03:08:34
Post Tools
Well I think that there is a reason Nataf for example plays f5 against the c4 variation, but not against the N1c3 one. I think one of the reasons is in the exf5 variation. I think it is premature as white has enough time to cover d5 and e4 properly.

PS I think f5 is often premature, it just happens to be playable when you can generate enough piece play.
  

If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Torre
Guest


Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #12 - 04/28/05 at 09:43:15
Post Tools
I am sure that 6.N1c3 a6, 7.Na3 f5 is absolutely playable. If it would be premature, you could say the same from a lot of well established opening variations that include a rather early f7-f5, for example in the Rossolimo 1.e4 c5, 2.Nc3 Nf6, 3.Bb5 d6, 4.Bxc6 bxc6, 5. 0-0 e5, 6.c3 f5 played for example by Movsevian, Sveshnikov, Lautier und Chr.Bauer!
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Willempie
God Member
*****
Offline


I love ChessPublishing
.com!

Posts: 4312
Location: Holland
Joined: 01/07/05
Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #11 - 04/20/05 at 11:11:01
Post Tools
Quote:
and? couldnt you say the same from 6.c4 Be7, 7.N1c3 a6, 8.Na3 f5 ?!, 9.exf5 Bxf5, 10.Bd3 Be6...
but this line is more and more established among master-level, since the French GM Igor Nataf invented it
???

Well you have effectively swapped in Bd3 and c4 for Ne3, which I think should be beneficial for white. With the bishop still on f1 I think c4 is now a positional threat.
Still it is playable for black I think.
  

If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Franz B.
Guest


Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #10 - 04/20/05 at 10:20:12
Post Tools
not that I dont believe that this is a positional disadvantage;
but accepting positional defects for the purpose of getting attacking chances in the middlegame, thats what all the Kalaschnikov/Sveschnikov-family is about. From the point of endgames/positional aspects nobody would play these openings.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Franz B.
Guest


Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #9 - 04/20/05 at 10:07:07
Post Tools
and? couldnt you say the same from 6.c4 Be7, 7.N1c3 a6, 8.Na3 f5 ?!, 9.exf5 Bxf5, 10.Bd3 Be6...
but this line is more and more established among master-level, since the French GM Igor Nataf invented it
???
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Willempie
God Member
*****
Offline


I love ChessPublishing
.com!

Posts: 4312
Location: Holland
Joined: 01/07/05
Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #8 - 04/20/05 at 08:56:17
Post Tools
Did some more checking:
8.exf5 Bxf5, 9. Nc4 Nd4, and here I like 10 for white Ne3 iso Bd3. Now you have a sort of mirrored french structure with the holes on e4 and d5 firmly under white control.
  

If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Willempie
God Member
*****
Offline


I love ChessPublishing
.com!

Posts: 4312
Location: Holland
Joined: 01/07/05
Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #7 - 04/19/05 at 08:03:36
Post Tools
Will give a more detailed answer when I am home.
I dont see the problem so far with the fxe4 variation. It costs a pawn but blacks structure is a mess.
  

If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Dutch-Kalashnikov
Full Member
***
Offline


Ambivalent? Well, yes
and no.

Posts: 156
Location: Austria
Joined: 11/27/04
Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #6 - 04/19/05 at 07:21:26
Post Tools
I dont know if it is strategically a problem to allow Nc4. But on the short-term I see no problem, tell me if I am wrong.

8.Nc4 Nf6, 9.Bg5 Be6 (OK, upon 10.Bxf6 you must take gxf6 but this is not the only Kalashnikov variation where this happens).

8.exf5 Bxf5, 9. Nc4 Nd4, 10. Bd3
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Franz B
Guest


Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #5 - 04/19/05 at 06:16:53
Post Tools
All variations without the usual b5 allow Nc4. But I think, not in the 8th move, as after b5 and then b4 black can play fxe4.  More dangerous is 9...Nc4.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Willempie
God Member
*****
Offline


I love ChessPublishing
.com!

Posts: 4312
Location: Holland
Joined: 01/07/05
Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #4 - 04/19/05 at 04:51:11
Post Tools
Cant white just play 8 Nc4 or maybe even 8 exf5 9 Nc4?
Looks quite good to me for white (I play the N1c3 variation as white).
  

If nothing else works, a total pig-headed unwillingness to look facts in the face will see us through.
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Franz B.
Guest


Re: A new variation in the Kalaschnikov?
Reply #3 - 04/19/05 at 01:31:41
Post Tools
I doubt whether this forum is the right place for my question; it seems that most people who discuss here, are more interested in the classical Sizilian or the Sveschnikov.
  
Back to top
 
IP Logged
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: [1] 2 
Topic Tools
Bookmarks: del.icio.us Digg Facebook Google Google+ Linked in reddit StumbleUpon Twitter Yahoo