Author: Joseph Ciarrochi
Date: 19:05:28 02/27/06
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I'm at work, so can not provide diagrams of the mainlines...and my move order might be off but..... IMO, the critical tests for black in the qxd5 scandi are: 1) the line where white plays ne5 and chases the Q back to qc7. 1 e4 d5 2exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qa5 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nf3 c6 6 Bd2 Bf5 7 Bc4 e6 8 Ne4 Qc7 9 Nxf6+ gxf6 2) The line kasparov played against anand 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qa5 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nf3 c6 6 Ne5 Be6 7 Bd3 3) a similar line as (2), but ne5 is played at move 7 after black commits to bf5. the f5 bishop is then hit with the g pawn (g4) and sometimes with the h pawn and white gets a lot of space on the kside 4) Finally, there is a version with Qe2 and white castling long (did shirov play this). I think it looks like this (my memory could be off mind you) 1 e4 d5 2 exd5 Qxd5 3 Nc3 Qa5 4 d4 Nf6 5 Nf3 c6 6 Bc4 Bf5 7 Bd2 e6 8 Qe2 Bb4
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