Are 9.Bc4 Nd7 and 9.-Bd7 10.Bb3 Qa5
completely busted?
Are there any minor lines worth considering? 9.-Qc7, 9.-Qb8
This was the game you talked about, I guess. Seems so easy
[Event "2nd Grand Slam Masters Bilbao Final"]
[Site "Bilbao ESP"]
[Date "2009.09.06"]
[EventDate "2009.09.06"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Sergey Karjakin"]
[Black "Alexey Shirov"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "47"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7
7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Kg8
17. Rhe1 Rc5 18. g4 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qxb4 Qa8 21. Kd2 Rb8
22. Ra1 Rxd5+ 23. Ke3 Re5+ 24. Kd2 1/2-1/2
My opening road, was, by the way (from an ultimate aggressor to a wimp
Marshall --> Dragon --> Classical sicilian --> Taimanov --> french
I'm considering going back to sicilians, and hesitate between Dragon/off, Classical, Taimanov, Najdorf.
Possible way for me is
french --> Taimanov --> Classical sicilian --> Dragon --> Najdorf