I think 6.b4 is not the most difficult reply to handle. My own preference is 6....Nxb4. Now white has two reasonable answers:
variation I 7.Bb3 when 7....d5 should give black reasonable play: 8.0-0?!, Bg4! 9.Qe1,h6 10.Nf3,Bxf3 with a comfortable position for black
variation II (the original Schmidt-attack) 7.d4!?, Bxd4 8.c3, Bc5 9.cxb4, Bd4! 10.Bb3,Rf8 11.f4,d6 12.fxe5,Bxe5 13.Nf7,Rxf7 14.Bxf7, Bxa1 Black is somewhat better (Schmidt-Augustat, corr. 1981, 0-1 (29)). This game is a fine example of precomputer correspondence play by both players. ============================================================= On the variation 5.....Bxf2+ 6.Kxf2+,Nxe4+ 7.Ke3
7.Ke3, Qe7 8.Nxh8 (8.Kxe4 is refuted by d5+) ,d5 9.Qg6+ was considered a refutation I think. I dont quit see how things would be improved by 7.Ke3, Qh4 8.g3,Qe7 , as after 9.Kxe4,d5+ 10.Bxd5 the attack with Qh4+ is no longer available.
My own preference as black was for 7.Ke3,Qh4 8.g3.Nxg3 9.hxg3,Qd4+ 10.Kf3,d5 11.Rh4,e4+ 12.Kg2,0-0 although my personal opinion is that white is objectively a little better after 13. Bb3 (instead of 13.Nc3).
I am interested if anything new has been found, as I played a number of correspondence TGT-tournaments with the traxler around 1998.
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