Jose Luis Guerra vs Robert Morrison (1981)

Jose Luis Guerra vs Robert Morrison
WchT U26 1981 · Sicilian Defense: Paulsen. Taimanov Variation (B46) · 0-1

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Aug-24-11		Rob Morrison: Thanks chessgames.com for fixing the score here. It showed as a draw until recently. I played this as black at the 1981 Youth Olympiade in Graz, Austria. My TN, 8. . . Qb6, was commented on favourably by Tal in the notes to Informant 32/248. (Note: Informant 32 incorrectly gives black as "G. Morrison" in the index.) That said, I'm not aware of any strong player having used 8. . . Qb6 since this game and so I suspect that some commentator somewhere found something wrong with it. Anyone have a refutation to offer?

Aug-28-11		Rob Morrison: I see this game now has its own "stem game" page: http://chessgames.com/perl/chesslik... Excellent. Turns out this line was subsequently played with black up to move 8 four times by Taimanov and twice by Romanishin. Given that Tal commented on my 8. . . Qb6 in Informant 32/248 (hey, he gave it an exclamation mark), Taimanov and Romanishin, among others, must have known about it. So why no takers since then? I still don't see why it isn't at least playable. And I think it had terrific surprise value against Guerra.

Jul-26-12		An Englishman: Good Evening: This must have been quite the disturbing surprise, and receiving the "!" from Tal must rank amongst the highest praise a player can achieve--unless!--Tal had found a refutation and wanted someone to try 8...Qb6 against him. Has anyone unleashed a silicon monster upon this curious innovation?

Sep-18-12		Rob Morrison: Yes, I thought of that. I too would be interested in what the silicon monster would have to say.

Sep-18-12		rapidcitychess: At fairly low ply... (Twenty) click for larger view Houdini_15a_w32: 20/54 00:26 81,474,169 1,301,000 +0.37 Bf4-e3 Qb6xc6 a2-a4 Bf8-c5 Qd1-d2 O-O Be3xc5 Qc6xc5 a4-a5 Rf8-d8 O-O b7-b5 a5xb6/ep Qc5xb6 Nc3-a4 Qb6-c7 Qd2-c3 Qc7xc3 Na4xc3 Ng6-f4 g2-g3 Nf4xe2+ Nc3xe2 Bc8-b7 f2-f3 Ra8-c8

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