sloughter wrote on 03/09/11 at 00:21:31:
TN wrote on 03/08/11 at 22:34:02:
sloughter wrote on 03/08/11 at 13:27:07:
TN wrote on 03/08/11 at 06:06:39:
Didn't you once claim that 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Qe2 Nc6 4.d4 was a forced win for White?
No---I said the game was published in Inside Chess, a magazine devoted to games from chess professionals; the opening is named after me in a number of data bases.
For the record here is the score of the game. It features a "Knight Wheel". The only other example of a Knight Wheel I am aware was one played by Capablanca (According to Chernev, an endgame's expert).
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Qe2 Nc6 4.d4!? N exd4 (GM Lev Alburt suggested, perhaps, d6) 5.e5 Nd5 6.Qe4 Bb4ch?! (Since this was played by a correspondence expert, it is a reasonable.) 7.Bd2 Bxd2ch 8.Nbxd2 Nde7 9.O-O-O d5 10.Qh4 Bf5 11.Nb3 Ng6 12.Qxd8ch Rxd6 13.Nbxd4 Bg4 14.Bb5 Ne7 15.Rhe1 O-O 16.Nxc6 Nxc6 17.Bxc6 bxc6 18.Rd4 Bc8 19.b4! (Freezing the Queenside) Rfe8 20.Re3 f6 21.Kd2 fxe5 22.Nxe5 Bb7 23.Nd3 Rxe3 24.Kxe3 Ba6 25.Kd2 Bb5 26.Rf4 Rf8 27.Rxf8ch Kxf8 28.Kc3 Ke7 29.Kd4 Kd6 (Now comes the Knight Wheel---this is one example of a "squeeze". 30.Nc5 Be2 31.Nb7ch Kd7 32.Kc5 Bb5 33.Na5 Ba4 34.Nb3 Bb5 35.Nd4 Ba4 36.c3 a6 37.a3 g6 38.f4 h6 39.Nf3 Ke6 40.Nd4ch Kd7 41.g4 g5 42.f5 Bd1 43.Nxc6 Ke8 44.Ne5 Bb3 45.Kc6 Kd8 46.Kb7 Ba4 47.Kxa6 1-0
This variation reminds me of 1.e4 e6 2.Qe2 e5 3.Nf3 Nc6 variation, which is considered equal by theory. It's hard to believe that the same position with the extra move ...Nf6 is any better, for example 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Qe2 Nc6 4.d4 Nd4 5.Nd4 ed4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Qe4 c6 8.Qd4 d6 and Black is already better.
White can steer towards a wildly unbalanced position after: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Qe2 Nc6 4.d4 Nxd4 5.Nxd4 exd4 6.e5 Nd5 7.Qe4 c6 8.Bc4 Bc5 9.Bxd5 cxd5 10.Qg4 unclear
What does this have to do with the Fritz? Why are you doing this?
I dispute your evaluation after 10.Qg4, but I'll just point out that 8...Bc5 is not necessary as 8...Nb6 is at least equal for Black:
a) 9.Bb3 Bc5 10.c3 dc3 11.Nc3 0-0 12.0-0 d5 13.ed6 Bd6 and White has insufficient compensation for the pawn. Black's queenside isn't developed yet, but he has no weaknesses and White still is a few moves from completing his development as well.
b) 9.Nd2 Qe7 10.Bd3 d6 11.ed6 Qe4 12.Ne4 f5 13.Ng3 g6 favours Black, as White has a weak d6-pawn that is likely to drop off, and White's pieces lack good squares.
c) 9.Bd3! d6 10.Bf4 Nd5 11.ed6 Be6 12.Bg3 Bd6 13.Qd4 0-0 and in this open position Black's pieces are definitely better placed. His position is marginally better.
Quote:What does this have to do with the Fritz? Why are you doing this?
Nothing, I just thought it would be fun to refute your answer to the Petroff as well.
Next up - what do you recommend against the Phillidor, Master Moody?