Author: Sergei Smith
Date: 02:35:27 11/08/01
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On November 07, 2001 at 18:50:31, Tina Long wrote: >On November 07, 2001 at 17:08:31, Sergei Smith wrote: > >> >> >> >>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 >>9.Rb1 Qa3 10.f5 Nc6 11.fxe6 fxe6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Be2 Be7 14.0-0 0-0 15.Rb3 Qc5+ >>16.Be3 Qe5 17.Bf4 Qc5+ >> >>What's your next move ? > >Ivancuk - Kasparov Linares 1990 continued (Informator 49/298) > >18.Kh1 Ng4 19.h3 e5 20.Na4 Qa7 21.Bc4 Kh8 22 hg4 ef4 23.Nb6 d5! (voted as the >3rd best opening novelty of informator 49) > >Black won in 46 moves, although there were several lines given in later moves >that implied White may have been able to almost equalise. > >The moves up to 23.Nb6 had been played a few times before in elite level chess. >I did this search in 1991 & havn't updated it, so perhaps it has been played & >analysed by the elite since. > >I still believe that seeing what the top players have played, and reading their >reasons and analysis in books is FAR better than "infinite analysis" by a >current chess program. > >Tina Long > >PS: When you have been stating in previous threads that B97 Poisoned Pawn is the >best opening, were you refering to for White or for Black? It is STATISTICALLY the best without any doubt, but not necessarily the strongest opening for either W or B Would you follow through with an opening, if you knew it favors your oponent ?
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