I was looking at a not-updated file from the time we were having this discusion here. In the manuscript i see 8.g3 Be7 9.h3 Ne4 and 9.Bg2 Ng4 as we had discussed it here.

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That is the position we looked up. It's just a matter of opinion. Black has enough comp because of the pawn-structure. White has to be really carefull because there are many tactical tricks here.

I have to say that these positions we are discusing here are WAY beyong known theory and i don't expect from my book to solve all the problems. I just wanted to offer some possible solutions as a food for thought and start a discusion. Also the book aims at club level and is not meant to satisfy the ambitious corr players.

after 15.Qb2 Re8 16.Be2 there is no Rad8 because of the bishop, so i dont know which variation do you mean, but for example 15...Bg4 16.e3 Bxf3 17.gxf3 Re8 18.Be2 Rad8 now i like 19.Kf1! with the idea Rg1-Kg2-Kh1
by the way, most of my analysis i do/have done with two ambitious IMs making it a bit more human and proofing the comps evaluations, i think its the same like you do normally

after 8...Rc8 my analysis went with 9.h3 but i have to say that the analysis from stefan buecker starting with 9.Na4 is very strong. I couldn't figure out yet a relevant improvement for Black and at the end of his line white seems just better.
But if you can improve Black, we could discuss a little bit 9.h3

greetings!

Ametanoitos wrote on 07/31/10 at 16:47:39:


Now I'm afraid that the line given by stefan (Na4)is very difficult as black

OK, i should probably not be so hursh with you, i apologize. My analysis starts with 8.g3 Rc8 and if 9.Bg2 Ng4= That's why i think that 7...Be6 should be played (and not Markovic's 7...Be7)

well ok not dangerous is to much, after 8.Qa4 Be7 9.Rd1 0-0 10.a3! i have no clear route to equality for black, but i have the feeling that 8.g3 is even more critical. So for the moment i'm not sure if 6...Nf6 is a solution, but let's see your analysis

Why do you think that 8.Qa4 is not dangerous? Can you post something concrete? I'll post the analysis when i have the chance to be at my laptop where i have my files.

I don't think that here Black's best bet is to focus on the White king. Black has long term chances in many endgames with Q+K Vs Q+B (with maybe a Rook each)+broken pawnstructure. I don't have time to analyse this now too deep but in general it seems unclear to me. If i come up with something more concrete i'll post it. In general the idea for White is very very rare and a better solution is 6...Nf6! (Kotronias has come with the same conclusion with me).

After 15.Qb2! a5 16.b5 Bg4 17.e3 Ff3 18.gf3 Ne7 19.Be2 Rac8 Maybe the withe's king and pawn around give black some compensation but i'm not sure enough