Author: Omid David Tabibi
Date: 16:11:27 07/09/03
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On July 09, 2003 at 17:57:41, Dan Andersson wrote: > :) The nickname of this variation in Sweden is 'The Death Variation.' It's good >to know the theory. Or in other words, you cann't avoid getting butchered in that "death variation" unless you perfectly know all the lines. My problem was that _everyone_ knew that I play Sicilian Scheveningen in reply to 1.e4, and KID in reply to 1.d4, so they prepared all the strangest things for me :) The strangest was: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5 g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 Fortunately, I had read the NIC dealing with that line, so I wasn't that surprised (although I ended up losing that game). Ever since I always play 6... Ng4 in reply to 6.Be3 (avoiding Keres attack and its transpositions at all costs!) I assume that if today with my outdated knowledge I return to tournament play, I will get toasted by the new variations... >I myself switched to Grunfeld a decade ago to get a killer >weapon as black. I get a lot of free points playing it now. It was hell to learn >though. I tried learning Grunfeld too, as an alternative to KID, but didn't have the time... Sicilian Scheveningen is reliable enough to play _all_ the time (like Kasparov does), but that's not true for the risky KID. That's why many KID players use Grunfeld from time to time, especially when they play for a draw. In KID you have more winning chances than Grunfeld, but far more losing odds also! > >MvH Dan Andersson
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