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May-11-25
 | | Open Defence: Good day <offramp> |
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May-11-25
| | Open Defence: Only one game in the cg.com db with 9...b5
J van Oosterom vs M Farre, 1955 Black might go for Ne5 now |
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May-11-25
| | Open Defence: Kb1 Nc4 h4 to be expected
or an immediate g4 |
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May-11-25
 | | perfidious: <offramp: It's good to see a full-blooded Sicilian Najdorf. The trouble is that there are vast volumes on the theory on this opening.. White's seventh move has always been regarded as less testing than 7.Bb3, which indeed has reams of theory. |
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May-11-25
| | Open Defence: good morning <perfidious> and they seem to have found a less trodden path though the thematic strategies would probably be the same |
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May-11-25
 | | offramp: Hello <Open Defence>! Here we could have a crowded e-file after
13...Ne5 - that's the current position.
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Then
14. Bxe6? fxe6
15. Nxe6 Qe8
16. Ne2?
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May-11-25
| | Open Defence: Black should put his Knight on c4 and in some lines White may play Bxc4 but I wonder if that will pose problems for White in the longer term on the light squares As of now both White's Bishops seem misplaced? |
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May-11-25
| | Open Defence: <offramp> <crowded e-file> like a bread line in the glorious Soviet Union |
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May-11-25
| | Open Defence: I'm probably wrong but it seems to me that White's setup is slower than the more common lines White will have to defend against b4 (probably by Bc1) and the k-side push lacks support but let's see |
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May-11-25
| | perfidious: I agree that White's play looks slower than the normal kingside bash that one associates with his play vs many Open Sicilian lines, while Vachier has the natural plan against the enemy king, in which case Pragg comes to regret the move a3. |
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May-11-25
| | offramp: 15. Kb1
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I consider the white castled position rickety.
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It's that Kb1, Ba2 looks weak - to me. |
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May-11-25
| | Open Defence: <Gary> saying that White could get his g4 h4 pawn push in so what do I know XD |
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| May-11-25 | | Atking: 16...Ndb6 for d5 This with 17...Qc7 |
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May-11-25
| | offramp: Black is evacuating his pieces from his kingside, but White is packing the queenside with pieces. |
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May-11-25
| | Open Defence: now g4 |
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May-11-25
| | offramp: I have the feeling that MVL is more "at home" with this opening. Praggers might lack experience in this specific opening. |
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May-11-25
| | perfidious: Considering that the Najdorf has long been a speciality of Vachier, that is fair commentary. |
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May-11-25
 | | An Englishman: Good Morning: An endless cup of coffee, a bowl of cherries, good music on the computer, and a Super-GM clash in the Najdorf Sicilian--sometimes, your faithful correspondent does a Sunday properly. Joining after 24...h6. One earlier move of interest; 13.Qe1. The threat of the traditional Najdorf Exchange sacrifice on c3 must have looked very scary. Having some doubts about White's pawn sacrifice, but he might have enough of a grip on the light squares to prevent Black from making his extra bit count. |
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May-11-25
| | An Englishman: Good Morning: Looks like Black never got over his obsession with sacrificing the Exchange. Curious result, though; the Rd6 looks decisively out of place. Looking at both 39.Rb6 and 39.R6xd4 and not particularly liking either for White. |
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May-11-25
| | offramp: At move 36 Black finally got around to playing ...♖x♘. |
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May-11-25
| | offramp: Black's pieces all look well placed.
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May-11-25
| | An Englishman: Good Morning: Not uninteresting--Black gave up the a6 pawn, but if 46.Nd3,Bc4 ties up White completely and neither side can make progress. The draw seems like a fair result for a hard-fought game. |
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May-11-25
 | | Breunor: Why not 11 …Nxe4? |
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May-12-25
| | offramp: <An Englishman: ...One earlier move of interest; 13.Qe1. The threat of the traditional Najdorf Exchange sacrifice on c3 must have looked very scary. Having some doubts about White's pawn sacrifice, but he might have enough of a grip on the light squares to prevent Black from making his extra bit count.> That comment reminded me of the famous game Karpov vs Korchnoi, 1974, a Dragon. Every knows that one! In this game Praggers made many moves to protect the ♘ at c3.
Qd1-d2, then Qe1.
Kb1, to keep the king off the c-file.
Nd4-e2.
Rd3.
Ng3-e2.
Kd2.
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The position was now simpler. White gave up the protection of N at c3.
Ke3.
Rd3-d2.
Ne2-c1.
White played a move to attack the ♙ at d6.
35. Rhd1.
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35...Rxc3+. I don't know whether that's funny or not. |
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| May-14-25 | | Andrew Chapman: I was quite surprised that black was willing to open the h file against his king, even for a pawn. |
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