Author: John Merlino
Date: 14:38:43 10/28/03
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About one opening move in the second game, I would like some insights into from the strong players, if I could: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Be7 7.O-O [D]rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/8/3p4/3Pn3/3B1N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - 0 7 7...Bf5? I can find 27 games in the CM9000 database in which this move is played and the tally is +14 =12 -1! Black has only won once in this database, and that was when a Master played the move against an unranked player. Very few GMs have played this move and scored: Ivanchuk drew Shirov (rated equally) Heubner drew Adorjan (rated 50 points worse) Christiansen drew Ljubojevic (rated 90 points higher) Reshevsky drew Liberzon (rated 45 points worse) Panno apparently tried this move against Karpov in 1980 and lost (no surprise there, as Karpov was rated 185 points higher). My point is, if this move is so poor, why is it still in an opening book? CM9000's book always plays the very common 7...Nc6 in this position. If its opponent plays 7...Bf5, it will respond with either 8.c4 or 8.Re1 with equal probability. Any thoughts would be appreciated.... jm
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