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Subject: Re: Mel's bishop's opening

Author: Melvin S. Schwartz

Date: 18:31:12 07/03/99

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On July 03, 1999 at 20:23:17, Derek Bays wrote:

>On July 03, 1999 at 18:43:11, Sarah Bird wrote:
>
>>On July 03, 1999 at 18:05:05, Sune Larsson wrote:
>>
>>>On July 03, 1999 at 17:09:39, Sarah Bird wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hiarcs: White:
>>>>1. e4.....e5
>>>>2.Bc4.....Nf6
>>>>3.Nf3.....Nxe4
>>>>4.Nc3.....Nxc3
>>>>5.dxc3....f6
>>>>6.Nh4.....g6
>>>>7.f4......c6
>>>>8.f5......d5
>>>>9.f6... Look at this position and clearly Black is better.
>>>>
>>>>I believe you later posted that 9. Should be fxg as f6 is illegal.
>>>>
>>>>Now lets proceed.
>>>>9.  fxg....dxc assumed
>>>>10. Qh5
>>>>
>>>>This is the position you claim so bad for white ???
>>>>Again I don't see it. Please post more details.
>>>>Thanks.
>>>>Sarah.
>>>
>>> I found 3 games with the position after 10.Qh5.
>>> 1) Vatter-Treppner Bad Aibling 1982   1-0 (49)
>>> 2) Goebel-Koskivirta IV EU ch  1990   0-1 (32)
>>> 3) Engstrom(2241)-Moberg(2320)SW 1992 0-1 (26)
>>>
>>> It happened: 10.-Kd7 11.g7 Bxg7  12.Qg4+ and in the first game:
>>>
>>> 12.-Kc7  13.Qxg7+ Nd7  14.0-0 Qf8  15.Bh6 Qxg7  16.Bxg7 Re8  17.Bxf6 Nxf6
>>> 18.Rxf6...
>>>
>>> In the other two games black played 12.-Kd6  13.Qxg7 Qf8 and now in game 2:
>>> 14.Qxf8+ Rxf8  15.Bh6 Rg8  16.0-0 Ke7  17.b3 Na6  18.Rae1 Nc7...
>>>
>>> In game 3 followed: 14.Qg3 /instead of 14.QxQ/  14.-Be6  15.Nf3 Nd7
>>> 16.Be3 Kc7  17.Qf2 Rg8  18.a4 a6  19.a5 Re8  20.Ra4 Bd5  21.Kd1 c5...
>>>
>>> Gambling for all or nothing as soon as the game starts...
>>>
>>> Sune
>>
>>The move 9.........dxc is assumed, I will wait see if he intends this or
>>something else.
>>Sarah
>
>
>I Play the Bishop's Opening regularly, and this is most certainly not a
>variation of it. It starts out as The Bishop's, but the main response to
>2... Nf6 is 3.d3. NOT Nf3. This just opens it up into some sort of free for all.
>It looks like a transposition into Petrov's Defence/Italian variation. I doubt
>you will find much on it in database searches, it is a very rare line , and I
>would personally not want to play it. 6.Nh4 ? ugh. I hate having my knight stuck
>there! And why would Black push so many pawns? His development is sad. I'd stay
>away from this - just my opinion. -Derek.

Hello Derek!

You are absolutely correct! It did transpose into Petroff's Defense. That Knight
at h4 is "ugh" indeed. I can feel confident in saying you are a very good chess
player with good intuition.

Yes, my development is not good but it is early. Why I pushed do many pawns? To
get that passed pawn on the e-file. I hope to push that pawn down Hiarcs throat.

Now, I will give you a few other moves to show how I have a very strong passed
pawn on the e-file. Please keep in mind that I am not a Grandmaster, and if I
don't win this game it will not disprove the line Hiarcs played is bad. Hiarcs
still has a minus score. Furthermore, in both openings I presented, after 8
moves Hiarcs has a minus score.

Now the next few moves and notice the powerful passed pawn on the e-file.

9.fxg6...Bg7  10.Bd3...e4  11.Be2...Qb6  12.Bh5...Kd8

Now, I am not saying I have the game won by any means. However, I think my
passed pawn is well supported and will be a thorn in Hiarcs side for a long
time.



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