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clickclick Junior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 57 Joined: 10/06/10	Re: Critical Position in Kozul Suicide (?) Reply #6 - 01/25/11 at 23:39:29	Post Tools	Print Post
	Klick, I think you mean 13.Qe1? : ) I was very happy to see Pavlovic's 21.Ba6! in the 13...Be7 line, a novelty which I have already found when updating my files some time ago. Perhaps Pavlovic is right when he says that Black's best chance against 11.Kb1...13.Qe1 is for Black to play 13...0-0-0?


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Klick God Member Offline Posts: 528 Joined: 01/31/03	Re: Critical Position in Kozul Suicide (?) Reply #5 - 01/25/11 at 16:33:05	Post Tools	Print Post
	Quote: 13.f5 - as is recommended by Wells in Experts vs the Sicilian. Yermolinsky coverage of this line in my opinion is inadequate, while Pavlovic only mentions 13.f5 as a 'serious alternative'. So far, I have only managed to dig up ways for White to get a dominating position - despite the computer's insistence otherwise. Yrjola doesnt even mention 13.f5 in his book on the classical. Without having seen Pavlovic`s or Wells` analysis, Blacks play after sacrificing the f6-pawn seems good enough to me. Kozul lost a game against Volokitin in this line in 2005, but had good play and later repeated the line in 2006 and 2010, both games he won. Quote: Instead of 11...Qb6 i always play first 11...b4 and only then Qb6. Why? Simply to avoid White's plan with Qe1 which according to Pavlovic (Cutting Edge 1) gives White better chances. While 12.Qe1 is a good move, I don`t see any reason to avoid it as I believe black can hold his own here and the play is sharp and interesting. Probably just a matter of taste. Most players seem to play 9.f3 these days, but that is another discussion.

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MilenPetrov Senior Member Offline Winnie the Pooh Rules :) Posts: 353 Location: Varna, Bulgaria Joined: 04/03/08 Gender:	Re: Critical Position in Kozul Suicide (?) Reply #4 - 01/25/11 at 08:30:06	Post Tools	Print Post
	Forgot to mention that Khalifman covers both lines which I mentioned in my previous post as better for White but I found improvements for Black which keep them in the game.


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MilenPetrov Senior Member Offline Winnie the Pooh Rules :) Posts: 353 Location: Varna, Bulgaria Joined: 04/03/08 Gender:	Re: Critical Position in Kozul Suicide (?) Reply #3 - 01/25/11 at 08:27:38	Post Tools	Print Post
	I play this line with Black but I use a different move order. Instead of 11...Qb6 i always play first 11...b4 and only then Qb6. Why? Simply to avoid White's plan with Qe1 which according to Pavlovic (Cutting Edge 1) gives White better chances. From the other side it simply transposes after 12. Nce2 Qb6 13.Nxc6 Bxc6 14.f5 e5 15.Ng3 h5. Thus I also avoid Bd3 lines which I think give White better chances. After 15...h5 (15...a5 is worse) 16.h4 Black can choose between 16...Qc5 and 16.Bh6. After I spent months of deep analysis I think that both lead to an equal position. The positions which arise are not easy to be played are not in everyone's taste.


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clickclick Junior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 57 Joined: 10/06/10	Re: Critical Position in Kozul Suicide (?) Reply #2 - 01/24/11 at 21:09:25	Post Tools	Print Post
	So far, I have only looked at 13...h5, if only because both Houdini and Rybka insists it's the best option. Although the engines suggest that the resulting positions are 'equal', I would still take White. I will take a look at the lines you have posted - thanks : )


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Papageno Senior Member Offline FM Posts: 299 Location: Germany Joined: 06/12/08 Gender:	Re: Critical Position in Kozul Suicide (?) Reply #1 - 01/24/11 at 10:59:29	Post Tools	Print Post
	Yes, Yermolinsky might have had in mind writing another book about this specific Kozul line but this never materialized. Some analysis of critical lines: 13. f5 Qc5 14. Bd3 b4 (Black has also the line 13... b4 which often leads to the same positions but I think the text limits white options better) 15. Ne2 e5 16. Ng3 a) 16... a5 17. Nh5 Be7!? a rare continuation (There is also 17... Ke7 18. h4 Rg8 but I like White better after 19. Qe2 Bh6 20. g4 a4 21. Bc4 as indicated by Khalifman) b) 16... h5 17. h4 Bh6 18. Qe2 Qe3 as played by A. Jankovic in two games in 2009. Can you blow these two lines off the board?
	« Last Edit: 01/24/11 at 13:41:00 by Papageno »

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clickclick Junior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 57 Joined: 10/06/10	Critical Position in Kozul Suicide (?) 01/24/11 at 06:09:42	Post Tools	Print Post
	I have been curious in the so-called Suicide Variation of the Classical Sicilian for only a few months, but my impression so far is that the critical position of the Suicide variation comes from 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f4 b5 10.Bxf6 gf 11.Kb1 Qb6 12.Nxc6 Bxc6 13.f5 - as is recommended by Wells in Experts vs the Sicilian. Yermolinsky coverage of this line in my opinion is inadequate, while Pavlovic only mentions 13.f5 as a 'serious alternative'. So far, I have only managed to dig up ways for White to get a dominating position - despite the computer's insistence otherwise. Anyone with ideas for the Black side?


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