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Subject: Re: (OT) Chess Informant #89 = Openings [Early Novelties]

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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