Author: Oliver Roese
Date: 15:56:19 05/29/00
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{On May 28, 2000 at 22:43:20, Daniel Chancey wrote:
>Recently there's been a heavy discussion of this attack. It could be unsound.
>It might not.
>
>All Masters and Computer programs The job is this: Prove this attack unsound
>by playing dozens of games. If anyone finds the solution: give the main line
>and playable alternatives and tell who has the advantage. Also add a few
>opening traps
>
>
>
>Castle2000
Here is a beginning.
Oliver Roese
}
[Event "Analysis Halloween Gambit"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2000.05.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "?"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Annotator "crafty 17.8:Euwe:FM Roese:Steffen"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5 Nxe5 5.d4 Ng6 6.e5 Ng8 7.Bc4 d5!
{Euwe}
8.Bxd5 N8e7!
{This move from Steffen is clearly superior to Euwes move 8...c6.}
9.Bb3
( 9.Be4? c5!
{Now white can forget about it. For example }
10.O-O cxd4 11.Nb5 Nc6 -/+
( 11...Nxe5
{I couldnt found a refutation for this move either}
)
)
9...Nf5
( 9...c5?! 10.Qf3
{Black has problems}
)
10.Ne2 c5
( 10...c6!? )
11.c3 cxd4 12.cxd4 Bb4+ 13.Bd2 Bxd2+ 14.Qxd2 O-O 15.O-O-O
{White has two centerpawns for the piece but not much more. Black should
keep the upperhand at the end, e.g.}
Qc7+ 16.Kb1 Rd8 *
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