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Brian Schuman vs Dmitry Gurevich
Illinois op (1993), Rosemont, IL USA, rd 3, Sep-??
Blackmar-Diemer Gambit: Bogoljubow Variation. Studier Attack (D00)  ·  0-1

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Dec-25-02  David S. Brummer: I don't like White's 11. h3 an improvement might be 11. R(a)-d1 followed by the thematic B-h6 and Ng5 (does he really have time to take the exchange?)
Dec-25-02
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  Sneaky: I don't like 11.h3 either, and your idea looks good. But how about the immediate 11.Ng5, where does that lead us?

11...Bf5 12.g4 wins a piece (...Bxg4?? Rxf6)

11...h5 12.h3 Bf5 13.g4 hxg4 14.hxg4 also wins a piece

But in both of these cases you end up with a "3 pawns for the piece" kind of situation (note that d4 is hanging in these variations)--so it's still not entirely clear to me who's winning. My gut hunch is that it probably favors White while the queens and rooks still roam the board.

I guess that brings us back to your idea of 11.Rad1--after securing the d-pawn, a trapped piece would be absolutely decisive.

Aug-31-04  Dick Brain: <sneaky> 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nf3 Bxf3 13. Rf3 Ne8 menacing the d4 pawn and hoping to set up the nice defensive setup with knights on ...d6 and ...f5.
Feb-27-08  Jesspatrick: 11.Ng5 is answered with 11...h6 12.Nge4 Nd5 13.Qxd8 (what else?) Raxd8 and Black is clearly better.

So, I guess White's got to play 12.Nf3 Bxf3 13.Rxf3 g5, which is really no better.

11.Rad1 Ne7 12.Bg5 Nf5 and Black has counterplay to go with his extra pawn, but it's better than 11.h3

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