I want to share you (the forumers) a game I just finished as Black in one of my "pet"line trying to show that Black may "force" draw in that difficult ending a pawn down. Sure, I would not be happy to play that position OTB, and I would have probably lost even against someone of my level with the time pressure. But on corr. Iam not afraid to reach that line and I like the challenge. Iam sure Markovitch will have a look at this game since it's one of the most challenging threat of the Schliemann with 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 etc. But that game is only a brick of the wall...

White: "Mr X" 
Black : "ArKheiN"

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5 4.Nc3 fxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Nxe5 dxe4 7.Nxc6 Qg5 8.Qe2 Nf6 9.Nxa7 Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.f4 Qc5 12.Nb5 Qxc2 13.d3 Bb4+ 14.Kf1 Qxe2+ 15.Kxe2 exd3+ 16.Kxd3 O-O-O 17.Kc4 Bc5 18.Re1 Rhe8 19.Rxe8 Rxe8 20.Bd2 Re2 21.Re1 Nb6+ 22.Kxc5 Rxd2 23.Re7 Rc2+ 24.Kd4 Rxb2 25.Rxc7+ Kd8 26.Rxg7 Rxb5 27.Rxb7 Rb2 28.g4 h6 29.Ke4 Kc8 30.Rh7 Rb4+ 31.Kf5 Nd5 32.Rxh6 Nxf4 33.g5 Nd5 34.a3 Rb3 35.Rh7 Rxa3 36.h4 Ne3+ 37.Ke4 Ng4 38.g6 Nf6+ 39.Kf4 Kd8 40.h5 Ra1 41.Kg5 Ne8 42.Kh6 Nd6 43.Rh8+ Ke7 1/2-1/2 

[Event "ICC 120 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.07.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "*GM_Ganguly"]
[Black "*GM_Khachiyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: Schliemann defense"]
[ECO "C63"]
[NIC "RL.06"]
[Time "16:04:02"]
[TimeControl "7200+0"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Qd3 d6 8.Qc4 Qe7 9. b4 Be6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qa6 Bxb4 12. Qxc6+ Kf7 13. Ng5+ Kg6 14.Nxe6 Qxe6 15. Nd2 Bc5 16. Nb3 Qd7 17. Qa6 Nxe4 18. Qe2 d5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20.Qxe5 Rhe8 21. Qd4 Ne4 22. c4 Nf6 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Qc3 Re4 25. Qxc7 Rc4 26.Qg3+ Rg4 27. Qh3 Rb8 28. f3 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Qb5 30. Bb2 Rb4 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32.
Rac1 Qf5 33. g4 Qg5 34. Rc7 Qh6 35. Qxh6+ Kxh6 36. Kg2 Rb2+ 37. Kg3 R8b7 38.Rc6 R7b6 39. Rc7 Rb7 40. Rxb7 Rxb7 41. Rc1 Rb6 42. h4 Ra6 43. Kf4 Rxa2 44.Rc6 Kg7 45. Rc7+ Kg8 46. Kf5 Ra3 47. f4 Ra5+ 48. Kxf6 Ra6+ 49. Kg5 {White wins} 1-0

Instead of 12.Qxc6+ does anybody know why the obvious 12.Qb7 does not win on the spot?

Toppy

But isnt 6...d6 interesting from white's point of view if one intends to play 4.d3 ?

Markovich, I do not feel offended ... I just hoped somebody found something strong against 6...d6 and post it here. Because I did not find anything really convincing after this move. If you are not interested about this move its ok, maybe somebody is.

Yes , who has something against 6...d6 ....

"What's the point of coming to the forum with "I have private analysis that refutes 6...Bc5?"

Isnt that obvious ? I intended you to focus on the variation with 6...d6. But I (again) failed 

ArKheiN wrote on 06/19/08 at 23:09:59:


We will bandy words here forever unless Strategy Rules puts up some analysis.  What's the point of coming to the forum with "I have private analysis that refutes 6...Bc5?"  Yes, and I have private analysis that refutes the Queen's Gambit.

I did not say that white is winning after 6...Bc5, only that black is very close to a lost position. That can either mean that white achieves a clear advantage or a position which is in practice very very difficult to defend for black.
First I can just say that in the variation with Bxc6 + Nxe5 black's compensation for the pawn is just insufficient. Of course, if white do not play some more strong moves after Nxe5 he can get problems. But after some more precise moves of white black is really just a pawn down. There exist also a very dangerous idea in the Bg5+Nd5 variation for white, after which at least in an OTB game black's task to defend is almost impossible. That idea was actually proposed by a friend of me who is a GM. So I do not like to publish it here. But I agree that 4.Nc3 is stronger than 4.d3, because after 6...d6 instead of 6...Bc5 white's advantage seems to be not so big like after 4.Nc3. What do people here suggest for white after 6...d6 in the 4.d3-variation ?