JudgeDeath wrote on 04/03/07 at 07:47:48:
Au contraire. After 15...Rb8 Black stands better if anything.
15...Rb8 does look good.
Bonsai wrote on 04/03/07 at 07:07:24:
JudgeDeath wrote on 04/02/07 at 19:01:26:
11.Qd4 Nc6 12.Qb6 Bd6 seems satisfactory to me.
I suppose that 13.Qxc7 Bxc7 14.Bc5 Bb7 followed by ...0-0-0 looks bearable for black, but something like 13.Na5 Qxb6 14.Bxb6 Bf4+ 15.Kb1 Nxa5 16.Bxa5 has to be a bit better for white (next we can start thinking of a2-a4 etc.), right?
I've now seen, that Khalifman does actually recommend
13.Qxc7 Bxc7, but doesn't continue with
14.Bc5. However I am not sure whether I agree with him that white is really a little bit better after the alternative he suggests. Well, I suppose he's rated over 400 Elo higher than me for a reason, but at least at my level I'd happily play this variation (I suppose on either side, really, the position is interesting enough).
Interestingly enough 12...Bd6 is just featured under the section beginning with "I will mentioned here that the other moves lead to an edge for white" (Khalifman).
As far as I can see (TWIC + Chessbase database), nobody has ventured 11.Qd4, yet (well, not in a tournament the games of which got published), so maybe that says something and this suggestion of Khalifman will not have as enthusiastic a following as e.g. his anti-Grünfeld variation.