Author: Richard Pijl
Date: 01:22:53 10/25/04
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On October 25, 2004 at 04:10:12, J. Noomen wrote: >The following game was played in the 6th round of the Dutch Open: > >[Event "24th DOCC"] >[Site "Leiden Ned"] >[Date "2004.10.17"] >[Round "6"] >[White "Pro Deo"] >[Black "ANT"] >[Result "1-0"] >[ECO "C42"] >[PlyCount "77"] >[EventDate "2004.??.??"] > >1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 >Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 >15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 Be4 > >All well known, in the match Leko-Kramnik this was played twice. Leko didn't >manage to create even a slight edge and switched to 1.d4. Now Pro Deo thought >for some minutes and responded with an incredible move: [D]2r1r1k1/ppp1bppp/2n5/3q4/3PbB2/P1P2N1P/4BPP1/R2QR1K1 w - - >17. Nd2!!?? > >Just letting black take on g2!! During the game we couldn't believe this is >correct, but some analysis yesterday revealed that maybe this is a very >interesting idea! Don't forget that as a Petroff player you want a quiet and >nice draw, now you are drawn into a pool of crazy complications. As withdrawing >the bishop is tantamount to saying that 16 ... Be4 is wrong, there is only one >critical move to consider: > >17 ... Bxg2. White responds with 18. Bg4!, threatening the c8 rook and also 19. >f3! winning the bishop. > >Two replies are posssible: > >A) 18... Bh1!? 19. f3. This looks good for White, but additional analysis is >needed. > >B) 18... f5 (played by ANT and looks most logical) 19. Be2! (threatening Bc4) >and again White seems to have very interesting tactical chances. At least after >an hour of thinking my engines indicate a White advantage. > >So what is the truth here!? Is 17. Nd2!? a brilliant novelty, or just a typical >tactical machine move creating interesting chances? > >Please post your analysis! > >Jeroen
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