Quote:Edit: I'm particularly curious about what you recommend for the ...gxf6 lines I am interested in.
Some thoughts for you - I once tried this variation following the game Belotti-Radjabov, 2001:
[Event "Valle d'Aosta op 9th"]
[Site "Saint Vincent"]
[Date "2001.02.03"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "3"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Bruno Belotti"]
[Black "Teimour Radjabov"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "72"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6
7.Nf3 a6 8.c4 f5 9.Nc3 Bf6 10.Qd2 c5 11.d5 O-O 12.O-O-O e5
13.h4 b5 14.d6 Be6 15.Nd5 Bxd5 16.Qxd5 Nd7 17.Nd2 Bg7 18.Rh3
Qf6 19.cxb5 Rab8 20.Qc6 e4 21.Rc3 Qd8 22.Rc2 axb5 23.Qc7 Qe8
24.Nb3 Qe6 25.Nxc5 Nxc5 26.Qxc5 Qxa2 27.g4 fxg4 28.Kd2 Qe6
29.Bxb5 g3 30.fxg3 e3+ 31.Ke1 Qh3 32.Bf1 Qxg3+ 33.Ke2 Qf2+
34.Kd3 Rb3+ 35.Rc3 Rxc3+ 36.bxc3 e2 0-1
when my opponent played 15.Rh3! which I answered with (the logical) 15...e4 - then: 16.Ng5 Nc6 17.Nd5 Bd5 18.Qd5 Qd7 19.g4! and I could not solve my problems and finally lost in a rook-endgame.
Perhaps 7...a6 is too slow for Black despite it's apparently idea of counter attack