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Subject: Re: (OT) Slav Defense = "A Promising Pawn Sacrifice" [GM Kavalek]

Author: Dan Ellwein

Date: 13:00:55 05/24/04

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On May 24, 2004 at 13:26:29, John Merlino wrote:

>On May 24, 2004 at 10:02:28, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote:
>
>>Please see = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50645-2004May23.html
>>
>>Carlsen - Nielsen = 12th Sigeman tournament, May 2004
>>
>>1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4!? (Former world champion
>>Alexander Alekhine gave credit for this knight move to Orla Hermann Krause, a
>>Danish analyst who found many new ideas in the Slav defense in the 1920s. White
>>wastes time to eliminate the ominous black's queen bishop at all costs. The
>>leading alternative today is 6.Ne5.) 6...Bg4 (In the game Alekhine-Stolz, Bled
>>1931, black played 6...e6, which Alekhine considered natural and good. He wrote:
>>"White will enjoy a pair of bishops [after 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3], but as long as
>>black is able to control the central squares he should not have much to fear."
>>
>>Most common is the retreat 6...Bc8. Alekhine advocated 7.e3 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4
>>9.exd4 "with slightly better prospects for white." Garry Kasparov picked up this
>>line almost 60 years later but without much success. More interesting is the
>>piece sacrifice 7.e4 e5 8.Bxc4 exd4 9.Nf3!?, for example 9...dxc3 10.Bxf7+ Ke7
>>11.Qb3 with messy prospects.)
>>
>>7.h3 (Black can meet 7.f3 with 7...Bd7, for example 8.e4 e6 9.Bxc4 [9.g3 b5!]
>>Nxe4! with an edge.) 7...Bh5 8.g4 Bg6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e3 e6 11.Bxc4 Bb4 12.Bd2 (A
>>useful developing move. 12.Qf3 was played before, but it may not be the best
>>square for the queen.) 12...Nbd7 13.g5 (Carlsen decides to take the center at
>>the expense of overextended pawns.) 13...Nd5 14.e4 N5b6 15.Bb3 a5 16.Qe2 c5!?
>>(The other break 16...e5?! was played in Carlsen- Andriasian in Budva,
>>Montenegro, last year. After 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.0-0-0 Nd3+ 19.Kb1 Nc5 20.Nb5!? Nxb3
>>21.Bxb4 axb4 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 instead of 23.Nc7+?, white should have played
>>23.Rd1!, for example 23...cxb5 24.Rxd8+ Kxd8 25.Qd1+; or 23..Ke7 24.Nd6! and
>>white wins.)
>>
>>17.d5 c4!? (A promising pawn sacrifice, giving black plenty of play on the weak
>>light squares.)
>
>Here's the position:
>
>[D]r2qk2r/1p1n1pp1/1n2p1p1/p1pP2P1/Pb2P3/1BN4P/1P1BQP2/R3K2R b KQkq - 0 17

CM_OffSet likes exd5 with a score of -2.02...

it does like c4 later on in the search

P3/850

Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
0:00	1/3	-0.58	1098		1...c4 2.Bc2 Bxc3 3.bxc3 exd5 4.exd5+
					Qe7
0:00	1/3	-0.62	1945		1...exd5 2.exd5+ Qe7 3.Be3 O-O
0:00	1/4	-0.78	3156		1...exd5 2.exd5+ Qe7 3.Be3 Bxc3+
					4.bxc3 O-O
0:00	1/5	-0.89	11957		1...exd5 2.exd5+ Qe7 3.Qxe7+ Kxe7
					4.O-O-O Bxc3 5.Bxc3 c4
0:00	1/6	-0.82	31792		1...exd5 2.exd5+ Qe7 3.Qxe7+ Kxe7
					4.O-O-O c4 5.Bc2 Bxc3 6.Bxc3
0:00	1/6	-1.02	53973		1...c4 2.Bxc4 Nxc4 3.Qxc4 O-O 4.dxe6
					Ne5 5.exf7+ Rxf7
0:01	1/7	-1.00	122047		1...c4 2.Bc2 Bxc3 3.bxc3 exd5 4.exd5+
					Qe7 5.Be4 O-O 6.Rb1
0:03	1/8	-1.32	292633		1...c4 2.Bxc4 Nxc4 3.Qxc4 exd5
					4.Qxd5 Nc5 5.Qe5+ Qe7 6.Qxe7+ Kxe7
					7.Nd5+ Kd8 8.Bxb4 axb4
0:08	1/9	-1.29	762588		1...c4 2.Bc2 Bxc3 3.bxc3 exd5 4.exd5+
					Qe7 5.d6 Qxe2+ 6.Kxe2 Kf8 7.Be3 Nd5
0:19	1/9	-1.42	1864377		1...exd5 2.exd5+ Qe7 3.Be3 c4 4.Bxc4
					Nxc4 5.Qxc4 O-O 6.O-O Rfc8 7.Qd3
					Ne5
0:38	1/10	-1.55	3874344		1...exd5 2.exd5+ Qe7 3.Be3 Bxc3+
					4.bxc3 c4 5.Bxc4 Nxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O
					7.Qb5 Ne5 8.Ke2 Rfc8
1:33	1/11	-1.61	9243088		1...exd5 2.exd5+ Qe7 3.Be3 c4 4.Bxc4
					Nxc4 5.Qxc4 O-O 6.O-O Rfc8 7.Qd4
					Bxc3 8.bxc3 Re8
3:50	1/12	-1.71	23806034	1...exd5 2.exd5+ Qe7 3.Be3 O-O
					4.O-O Bxc3 5.bxc3 c4 6.Bxc4 Rfc8
					7.Bb3 Rxc3 8.Rab1 Nc5
10:34	1/13	-1.72	66856434	1...exd5 2.exd5+ Qe7 3.Be3 O-O
					4.O-O c4 5.Bxc4 Nxc4 6.Qxc4 Rfc8
					7.Qb3 Qe5 8.Rae1 Qf5 9.Kh2 Ne5
40:09	2/14	-2.02	258494034	1...exd5 2.exd5+ Qe7 3.Be3 O-O
					4.O-O c4 5.Bxc4 Bxc3 6.bxc3 Rfc8
					7.d6 Qxd6 8.Rfd1 Qe7 9.Bb5 Rxc3
Dan
>
>CM_SKR on an AMD 2500 likes c4 right away. It also says to NOT accept the
>sacrifice:
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:00	1/3	0.14	1329		17...c4 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.Qxc4 Rc8
>					20.Qd3
>0:00	1/4	0.05	3785		17...c4 18.dxe6 cxb3 19.exd7+ Qxd7
>					20.Qb5 Bxc3 21.Bxc3 Qxb5 22.axb5
>0:00	1/5	0.00	15177		17...c4 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.Qxc4 Rc8
>					20.Qd4 O-O 21.O-O-O
>0:00	1/6	0.00	65033		17...c4 18.dxe6 cxb3 19.exd7+ Qxd7
>					20.O-O-O O-O 21.Bf4
>0:00	1/7	0.02	136091		17...c4 18.Bxc4 Nxc4 19.Qxc4 Rc8
>					20.Qd4 e5 21.Qd3 O-O 22.O-O-O
>0:02	1/8	-0.04	473441		17...c4 18.Bc2 Nc5 19.Be3 O-O 20.O-O-O
>					Bxc3 21.bxc3 Qc7 22.d6
>0:04	1/9	-0.04	1014476		17...c4 18.Bc2 O-O 19.dxe6 fxe6
>					20.O-O-O Bxc3 21.bxc3 Nc5 22.f4 Qc7
>0:09	1/10	-0.07	2168894		17...c4 18.Bc2 O-O 19.dxe6 fxe6
>					20.f4 e5 21.Rf1 Qc7 22.Qh2 Nc5
>0:23	1/11	-0.09	5286893		17...c4 18.Bc2 O-O 19.dxe6 fxe6
>					20.O-O-O Bxc3 21.Bxc3 Qxg5+ 22.Kb1
>					Qh4 23.Bd4 e5 24.Be3
>1:08	1/12	-0.17	15714791	17...c4 18.Bc2 O-O 19.dxe6 fxe6
>					20.Be3 Qc7 21.O-O-O Bxc3 22.bxc3
>					Nc5 23.f4 Rad8 24.Rhf1
>2:55	1/13	-0.09	41370521	17...c4 18.Bc2 Nc5 19.O-O-O Bxc3
>					20.Bxc3 Qxg5+ 21.Kb1 O-O 22.Bd4
>					Rac8 23.dxe6 fxe6 24.Be3 Qe5
>8:39	2/14	-0.01	125666559	17...c4 18.Bc2 exd5 19.exd5+ Kf8
>					20.O-O-O Bxc3 21.bxc3 Nc5 22.Bf4
>					Kg8 23.h4 Ncxa4 24.Qe3 Nxd5 25.Bxa4
>					Nxe3 26.Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.Bxe3
>
>jm



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