Author: Bernhard Bauer
Date: 07:37:45 08/19/05
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On August 19, 2005 at 09:45:36, Peter Berger wrote: >Yesterday evening I checked how the bad 11. ...g5? managed to make it into >Crafty's opening book and the result came as somewhat of a surprise and might be >interesting for some human 1...e5 players too. > >Actually I think Fruit "refuted" 5. ...Bc5 , a respected line of the four knight >Scot, and that the game is of some theoretical relevance because of that. > >5...Bc5!? is supposed to be a good and less drawish alternative to the >well-known 5 ..Bb4 and is recommended e.g. in (amongst others) John Emms "Play >the Open Games as Black" . > >5...Bc5 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d6 ( d5 is suspect, see Emms) 8. O-O Ng4 (Nd7 is >again not expected to equalize) . > >Now the mainline goes 9.Bf4 g5!? ( again, probably works here), but back to >Fruit's chosen sideline > >9. h3 Ne5 10. Na4 Bb6 11. Be2 ( so far no reasonable alternative availlable for >black) . > >11...g5!? ( Emms comment: " aggression is the order of the day, as otherwise >White simply captures on b6 and plays f4" ) . I think he has a point - how is >black supposed to equalize if white can play like this ? > >Stem game is Ginzburg-Sorin, 1995 ( as quoted by Eduard Nemeth yesterday >already). > >Unfortunately Fruit's 12. Qd2 looks like a clear tactical refutation of 11. >...g5 to me, which basically means that 5. ...Bc5 isn't good enough to equalize >unless the line can somehow be healed again. > >Peter Hi Peter, after 12.Qd2 Toga plays 12...Rg8. This looks more agressive than 12...h6. Maybe 12...h6 is weak and not in the spirit of 11...g5. Kind regards Bernhard
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