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Michael Adams vs Michael Basman
Islington (1992)
Carr Defense: General (B00)  ·  1-0

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Oct-28-04  Leviathan: The eccentric Basman decides not to put any pawn in the center, allowing white to push his pawns aggressively: white's d-pawn litterally destroys black's q-side, while his e5 pawn is a solid base for the final assault.
Oct-08-11
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  FSR: It's good to see Basman's crap get destroyed for a change.
Oct-08-11  OrigamiArtist: <FSR> The opening is ill-advised but 6...a5 is a bad move which commences the quick crush. Instead black should play 6...Nc6 7.c3/a3 d6 with ok play for the pawn. In fact 2600+ GM Matthew Sadler beat a 2400+ player in just 22 moves with this exact line (check his profile page for the game).

I have messed around with this set-up before and there are actually some merits to blacks first two moves. For example on 4.d5 a benoni type position can be reached where ...a6 is always of value and ...h6 might just add value too but isn't clear. Another line is 1.e4 a6 2.d4 h6 3.Nc3 c5 4.Nf3?! cxd4 5.Nxd4 e5! which seems to me to be a decent sicilian where black can utilise ideas of the O'Kelly and Lowenthal variations. Here ..a6 prevents the immediate Nb5 and ...h6 allows ...Nf6 without having to worry too much over Bg5 and Nd5. So, three variations there and three moderately playable (in my opinion) resulting positions. I imagine there are better ways for white to play but as garbage openings go this one seems reasonable.

Dec-13-22  jerseybob: An early a6 can often be useful for black(or a3 for white, as in Andersson-Morphy) but an early h6 can be playing with fire, as Basman himself found out in his 1968 Philidor loss to Hartston. But he often made this quirky stuff work. There was a Philadelphia master named Ross Nickel who had the same M.O.

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