Author: David Dahlem
Date: 13:46:52 07/07/04
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On July 07, 2004 at 15:07:52, José Antônio Fabiano Mendes wrote: > Please see ==> http://www.chesscafe.com/hansen/hansen.htm > >The meatiest part of the book is obviously the annotated games section. In the >past, I have examined the novelties played at later stages in the games. In >Tukmakov-Huss, Geneva 2004 we see a good example of flank chess: 1 Nf3 Nf6 2 c4 >e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 (so far everything is normal and at this point Kramnik normally >plays the more quiet and sane 4 Qc2 as in his game against Zhang Zhong, which he >annotated in this volume. But Tukmakov is going in another direction...) 4 g4 h6 >5 Rg1 b6 6 Qc2 Bb7 7 a3 Bxc3 8 Qxc3 d6 9 Bg2 Nbd7 10 h4 Kf8 11 g5 hxg5 12 hxg5 >Ne4 13 Qe3 a5 14 b4 with a clear advantage for White. Chess seems to get ever >stranger all the time. > >This time, however, I will look at early novelties: > >1) 1 c4 c5 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Nf3 e5 4 e3 Nf6 5 Be2 d5 6 d4 e4N > >2) 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 c5 3 d5 b5 4 Bg5 Qb6 5 c4 bxc4 6 Nc3 Na6?!N > >3) 1 d4 e6 2 c4 f5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Qc2 Be7 5 Nf3 0-0 6 d5!?N > >4) 1 d4 e6 2 c4 f5 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Qc2 Be7 5 Nf3 0-0 6 h3 b6!N > >5) 1 e4 Nf6 2 e5 Nd5 3 d4 d6 4 Bc4 c6 5 f4 dxe5 6 fxe5 Be6N > >6) 1 1 Nf3 g6 2 e4 d5 3 exd5 Qxd5 4 d4 Bg7 5 c4 Qd8 6 h3 Nh6!N > >7) 1 d4 d6 2 e4 g6 3 Nc3 Bg7 4 Bg5 a6 5 a4 Nf6 6 Qd2N > >8) 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 e5 c5 4 Nf3 Bg4 5 c4 cxd4N > >9) 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 e6 4 Bxc6 bxc6 5 b3 f6 6 Ba3N > >10) 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 e6 4 0-0 Nge7 5 Ba4!?N > >11) 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 c5 4 Ngf3 cxd4 5 Nxd4 Ne7 6 Bb5N > >12) 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 e5 4 Nf3 Nbd7 5 g4!?N > >13) 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 b6 5 f3 Ba6 6 Bd2N > >Without a doubt the most spectacular novelty is number 12, an idea of Vallejo >Pons' that Shirov used against Azmaiparashvili in Plovdiv 2003. With the >development of theory these days, it is an accomplishment to play a novelty on >move 5 or 6 without it being complete rubbish. Thanks. These lines would make a unique opening test for engine vs engine matches, using the same method as the NunnTest. Here are these lines converted to to pgn format. [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Opening Novelty 1"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "A35"] [PlyCount "12"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 e4 $146 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Opening Novelty 2"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "A43"] [PlyCount "12"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. c4 bxc4 6. Nc3 Na6 $6 $146 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Opening Novelty 3"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "A85"] [PlyCount "11"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. d5 $5 $146 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Opening Novelty 4"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "A85"] [PlyCount "12"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qc2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 b6 $1 $146 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Opening Novelty 5"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B03"] [PlyCount "12"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Be6 $146 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Opening Novelty 6"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "A04"] [PlyCount "12"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Bg7 5. c4 Qd8 6. h3 Nh6 $1 $146 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Opening Novelty 7"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B06"] [PlyCount "11"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bg5 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Qd2 $146 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Opening Novelty 8"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B12"] [PlyCount "10"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 cxd4 $146 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Opening Novelty 9"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B30"] [PlyCount "11"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 f6 6. Ba3 $146 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Opening Novelty 10"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B30"] [PlyCount "9"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Ba4 $5 $146 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Opening Novelty 11"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "C07"] [PlyCount "11"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Ne7 6. Bb5+ $146 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.07.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Opening Novelty 12"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "C41"] [PlyCount "9"] [EventDate "2004.??.??"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g4 $5 $146 * [Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Opening Novelty 13"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "E43"] [PlyCount "11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. f3 Ba6 6. Bd2 $146 * Regards Dave
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