trw wrote on 06/22/11 at 13:23:18:


Thanks, after flicking through the analysis I have a feeling that this 6...Bxc5 doesnt produce enough compensation for the pawn and the line given by "paddy"  6...Bxc5 7.Qxd5 Qb6 8.e3 Be6 reminds me of the hennig-schara, but maybe blacks queen is too commited on b6.

oddly enough i had never seen 7.Na4! before, but it does seem white is very comfortable in both ...b5 and the old 7...Bxc5, im looking forward to see what aagaard and Ntirlis give in their new book!

Im guessing my knowledge of the theory is out of date here, but isnt 6...d4 the main move? Or this is in disrepute now?

Going to post one of my correspondence games because it followed the theory we discussed of 6. dxc5 for 11 moves.

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5
exd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qxd5
Qb6 8. e3 Nf6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 O-O
11. Bc4 Bf5 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Bd2 a6
14. Rfd1 Bc2 15. Rdc1 Bg6 16. Ne2 Be7
17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Ne4 19. Ba5 Rd7
20. Rd1 Bh4 21. g3 Bf6 22. Ne2 Rxd1+
23. Rxd1 Bh5 24. Kg2 Ng5 25. f4 Ne4
26. h3 Bxe2 27. Bxe2 Bxb2 28. Rd7 b5
29. Rc7 g6 30. Kf3 Nd6 31. Rd7 Ne8 32. Bd3
Nf6 33. Rd6 Kg7 34. Rc6 Nd7 35. Rc7
Nf6 36. Rc2 Ba3 37. Bc3 Be7 38. Bd4
Kf8 39. Ra2 b4 40. Rxa6 Rxa6 41. Bxa6
Nd7 42. e4 Bc5 43. Bxc5+ Nxc5 44. Bc4
Ke7 45. Ke3 f5 46. e5 Ne4 47. g4 h6
48. Kd4 Nf2 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Bd3 Ke6
51. Bc2 Nh1 52. Bd1 Nf2 53. Bf3 Nxh3
54. Bd5+ Kd7 55. Ke3 Ng5 56. fxg5  1-0

Thanks both. Useful advice and a very nice article, just the kind of introduction I'm looking for.

Abby Marshall's article at Chesscafé is also a nice introduction. She also emphasizes Markovich's words.

http://www.chesscafe.com/text/abby01.pdf

Ametanoitos wrote on 06/05/11 at 18:09:33:


While we are waiting: What would be a good introduction to this opening for a club-level player (rating 1726). I am looking for something like the "chess explained" to get an understanding of basic ideas and plans. Is Aagaards old book on the subject good for this or should I look else where?

JamesH wrote on 06/05/11 at 10:30:39:


As i said, in my file i have 3 ways for equality for Black (or is it 4?  ) and one of the is the ...Qf5 variation. The ...Qd8 is fine also.

The QC team decided to put in priority the "big new books" (Karpov, Avrukh etc) and then go for the Tarrasch book. It seems that the final date (which seems pretty close of being really the final date) is the 22nd of July, when the book will be at the book shops. Jacob is responsible for these kind of things, so he would be the right guy to answer this question. I think that you'll be amazed with the amount of the new ideas for both sides that are analyzed in the book. We really "re-built" the whole opening from the beginning.

Larsen_fan wrote on 06/04/11 at 19:18:30:


Although in this game aagard played ...Qf5 which im guessing is the latest way of playing for an edge, although its not like all tarrasch players are suddenly going to be blown off the board because ...Qd8 is still OK?