4.d3 is a second rate move. So is 2.c3 in the Sicilian, even though many players win with it.

Although theory in old lines can be very dogmatic (based in old views with zero comp. analysis), so it surely pays to do some analysis. One would be ahead (same as Kaspy in the Evans: Move is no good, but if you are ahead...)

Radjabov got a 22 move draw vs Anand in the Jänisch/Schliemann. Not too bad. (Aronian managed to win with the Marshall. Even better.  )

Holbox wrote on 12/11/07 at 14:35:21:


Already looked at

http://www.chesspub.com/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1195530096

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I am having fun as Black. Ignore TN's remark though, as it is as off the point as usual.

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I left my beloved pirc and my kid following some of your recomendations anywhere in the forum, and changed to a Chigorin against 1.d4, which was also in my repertoire but I hadn't worked it too much, and 1...e5 against 1.e4. My results are even being slightly better, even without hard preparation, which make feel I'm in the correct way. I'm following basically Davies repertoire book Play 1.e4 e5!, but I don't like the spanish exchange, and that's the reason which make me think in avoiding 3...a3 which, of course, must be the strongest, the richest and the most complex move.

As white I haven't defined yet my repertoire but at the moment, I'm studying Paul Morphy games which I hope it could give some ideas about where to go.

Thx for your attention.

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The problem is that if Informator decide to sue anyone, it will probably be me!

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Don't worry, I'm the lawyer 

Greetings,

I did look at 7. Bxc6, dc; 8. Nxe5, Bxf5.

The idea was to get the long-term advantage of pawn majorities on both sides of the board with the intention of exchanging off to an advantageous endgame as soon as possible. The only problem is that Black gets a good middlegame attack due to White's lack of development. For those who like living dangerously, it might be worth further study! 

Edit:
Further to the above, I'm giving the following line, which is a result of my analysis (along with my old version of Crafty-20.14). This by no means represents "best play" - I'm sure those here can find improvements for both sides. Any flaws in this line are my own.

9. Be3, Qe7; 10. Nc4, Rae8; 11. Nbd2, Ng4; 12. Bxc5, Qxc5; 13. Nb3, Qe7; 14. h3, Ne5; 15. Re1, Qf6; 16. Nxe5, Rxe5; 17. Rxe5, Qxe5; 18. c3, Re8; 19. Nd4, Be6; 20. Nxe6, Rxe6; 21. d4, Qe2; 22. Qxe2, Rxe2; 23. Rb2, Kf6; 24. g4, Rc2; 25. Kg2, Ke6; 26. Kf3, Kd6; 27. h4, h6; 28. Ke3, c5; 29. dc+, Kxc5; 30. f4, Kc4; 31. Ke4, Rh2; 32. h5, a5; 33. Kf5, Rd2; (+=/+- on the basis of the k-side pawn majority.)

Kindest regards,

Dragan Glas

rossia wrote on 11/30/07 at 16:33:36:


Sweet.... Although I am still using Chessbase 7 which does not have this Output feature,I have managed to find a satisfactory work around.

Posting ideas here should be a lot easier for me from now on. As a test to make sure I've got, I will post two of my recent efforts from a half hour team tournament that I accepted to play in after much trepidation due to a long competitive lay off:



TopNotch vs. An, International Master [B52]
Team Tourney, 24.11.2007 Time 30/30
[TopNotch]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ [Avoiding any nasty surprises in the Open Sicilians such as the Najdorf for instance, is usually a good policy in Rapid chess] Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0-0 Nf6 6.Re1 Nc6 7.c3 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Nbd2 Nxd2 12.Bxd2 Be7 13.Rc1 0-0 14.Rc3 [In my opinion the text move is the only good plan for White in this position. The main idea of this rook lift is to eventually swing it to the kingside to participate in a King hunt] Rfc8 15.a3 b5 16.Rd3 [An important preparatory move, which frees my Knight from the defence of the d pawn and buys me time to organise a Kingside raid.] 16...a5 [Very cold blooded. Black is in no way intimidated by my aggressive intentions ] 17.Ng5 [Worth investigating is 17.h4!?] 17...Bxg5 18.Bxg5 Ne7 19.Qh5 Ng6 20.Rh3 h6 21.Bxh6!? [In for a penny, in for a pound. My opponent admitted after the game that he considered this rubbish, while I on the otherhand did not see a clear way for Black to unravel after the sac. It turns out that we were both wrong.] gxh6 22.Qxh6 Rc4 23.Rg3 Rxd4 24.h4 Qe7 25.h5 Rh4? [He should have played 25...Qh4! 26.Rxg6+ fxg6 27.Qxg6+ Kf8 28.Qh6+ Kg8 29.Qg6+ Kf8 30.Qh6+ Kg8 31.Qg6+= and White is obliged to take the perpetual check] 26.Rc1?! [26.Ree3! Qf8 (26...Rc8 27.Ref3+- This is what I momentarily missed during the game, as I forgot my distant Queen is still covering the critical c1 square) 27.Qg5 Qd8 28.hxg6 Qxg5 29.Rxg5±] 26...Rd8?? [Better was 26...d4 but Black would still have big problems to solve after 27.Rd1 Ra7 (27...b4 28.Rdd3 bxa3 29.Rxa3 Rb8 30.Rxg6+ fxg6 31.Rg3+-) 28.Rg5 Qf8 29.Qxf8+ Kxf8 30.hxg6 fxg6 31.f3±] 27.Rcc3 [There is no satisfactory defence now] Qf8 28.Qg5 Rxh5 29.Qxh5 Qg7 30.Rcf3 d4 31.Rf6 Kf8 32.Rgxg6 1-0

A. FideMaster vs TopNotch [A21]
Team Tourney, 2007 Time 30/30
[TopNotch]

1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Nge2 c6 8.0-0 Be6 9.b3 Na6 [Yrjola and Tella don't consider the

risky text move, and suggest instead 9...d5 which indeed is a lot safer but also a lot less fun ] 10.d4! Qe8 11.Ba3 Rd8

12.Qc2 g5 Preparing e4 if need by securing the f4 square from a possible Knight incursion. As it turns out the text move

also facilitates a strong Kingside attack 13.c5?! [In case of 14.Rd1 I had intended 14...e4 with a reasonable game] dxc5

14.dxe5 Ng4 15.Na4 Qh5 16.h3 Nxe5 17.Nxc5 Nxc5 18.Bxc5 Nf3+ 19.Kh1 Rd2! [Also winning as pointed out by Fritz is

19...f4! 20.Bxe7 Bxh3 21.Bxf8 Bg4+ 22.Bh3 Qxh3#] 20.Qc3 Bxc5 21.Ng1 Nxg1 22.Kxg1 Rd5! [The key to the combination] 23.Bxd5

Bxd5 0-1

That didn't take very long to do at all, although I suppose the games could benefit from a bit more formatting which I'm sure I will get the hang of over time.

Much appreciated for the info Rossia.

Toppy

rossia wrote on 11/30/07 at 17:35:08:


Factually incorrect.  

Your payment at a "heavy price" no doubt also included your legally binding agreement to NOT share this very information with anyone.  It is called proprietary RIGHTS, and you are possibly in violation of it, whether you are in Russia, the Planet Tralfalmadore, or anywhere else in which other human beings can come into contact with you.

And, while your intent may be that of good will and altruism, it is irrelevant, because a higher law other than your own mental code of ethics likely takes precedence here.

You may want to at least try to hide under the umbrella of the Fair Use Doctrine, but even that would probably not apply because of your possible (ab/over)use of the info.



Just sayin.