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| From | Message | Posted by jstack
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9/08/2005
15:20:21
Play online chess |  Subject: french Winawer
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Has anyone had any experience with this offbeat variation?
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qd3!?
Anand has used it in serious competition so it can't be too bad. I'll post anand's game if anyone is interested.
| Posted by xerox
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9/08/2005
15:50:34
Play online chess | anand
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I don't have any experience with Qd3...
But I'd love to see that game
| Posted by chuckventimiglia
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9/08/2005
16:14:50
Play online chess | I could not find.....
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any games with Anand but here is the originator
with his game. It is called the Chiburdanidze var.
Can you guess why? :-) I have 100's of this variation
in database but I have never tried it myself.
Sorry for all the "break offs" in the game. Just to give
you an idea look at the game below.
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Chiburdanidze,M - Bareev,E [C15]
USSR, 1985
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qd3 dxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qh4 c5
[6...b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.Bb5+! Nc6 9.0-0 Bxc3 10.bxc3 a6
11.Bd3˛ Qd5 12.c4 Qh5 13.Qxh5 Nxh5 14.d5 Nd8
15.Re1 0-0 16.Ng5! h6 17.Nh7! Re8 18.g4 g6 19.gxh5 Kxh7
20.hxg6+± Hebden-Walker Great Britian-ch 1988;
6...Bd7!? 7.Nf3 Bc6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Be4! 10.Bd3 Bxd3
11.cxd3 0-0 12.0-0 c5 13.Bg5 cxd4
14.Nxd4 Nbd7= Smirin-Eingorn USSR-ch Moscow 1988;
6...Qd5 7.Bd2 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 Bd7 9.Nf3 Bc6 10.Bd3 Nbd7
11.Bb4 0-0-0 12.c4 Qh5 13.Qxh5 Nxh5= 14.Ng5!? Bxg2
15.Rg1 Nf4! 16.Bf1! Bxf1 17.Kxf1 Rde8 18.Nxf7 Rhg8
19.Rd1÷ Biriescu-Farago Vienna op 1986;
6...Nd5!? 7.Qxd8+ (7.Bg5!?) 7...Kxd8 8.Bd2 Nxc3
9.bxc3 Bd6 10.Nf3 b6 11.Bd3 Bb7 12.Ng5 Ke7
13.0-0 Nd7 14.f4 h6 15.Ne4 Nf6 16.Nxd6 cxd6
17.Rae1 Rac8 18.a4 Bd5!= Polgar-Sion Leon 1989;
6...Nc6 7.Nf3 (7.Bb5?! Qd5 8.Bxc6+ Qxc6 9.Nge2 b6
10.Bd2 Ba6 11.f3 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 0-0-0
14.Rhd1 Qb5µ Petri-Hansen,LB Groningen jr) 7...e5
(7...Nd5 8.Bg5 Nce7 9.Bd2 Nf5 10.Qxd8+ Kxd8 11.a3 Be7
12.0-0-0˛ Chiburdanidze-Farago Banja Luka 1985) 8.dxe5 Qe7
9.Bb5 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Bd7 11.Bxc6 Bxc6 12.0-0 Ne4 13.Qxe7+ Kxe7
14.Ba3+ Ke8 15.c4 Rd8 16.Rfd1 Ba4© Hector-Grassi Genova 1989]
7.dxc5 Bxc3+ [7...Nc6 8.Bg5 (8.Bd2 Bxc5 9.Nf3 0-0 10.0-0-0˛ (bco 89)
Kuzmin-Drasko Tallinn 1985) 8...Bxc5 9.Nf3 Qb6 10.Bxf6 gxf6
11.0-0-0 f5 12.Qf6 Rf8 13.Na4 Qb4 14.Nxc5 Qxc5 15.Ng5 Qe7
16.Qh6 Rg8 17.f4 Qf8 18.Qh4 Rg6 19.Bb5 Bd7 20.Qf2!±
Chiburdanidze-Werner Bad Woerishofen 1986] 8.bxc3 Qa5
[8...Qc7 9.Ba3 Nc6 10.Bb5 Qa5 11.Qb4 Qc7 12.Ne2
Torre-Ostos Thessaloniki 1988] 9.Qb4 [9.Bd2 Qxc5
(9...Nc6 10.Bd3 Qxc5 11.Ne2 Ne5 12.Be3 Nxd3+
13.cxd3 Qf5= Krassenkov-Naumkin Minsk 1986)
10.Bd3 b6 11.Ne2 Bb7 12.Rb1! Nbd7 13.0-0 0-0
14.Rb5 Qc6 15.Rg5!? e5 16.f3 g6
17.Ng3„ Hector-Mohr,S Debrecen 1989]
9...Qc7 10.Nf3 Nc6 [10...0-0 11.Bf4 (Chiburdanidze 85)]
11.Bb5 e5 [11...0-0 12.Bxc6 bxc6 (12...Qxc6 13.0-0 b6!
14.cxb6 Bb7! 15.Be3! Nd5 16.Qe4! Nxe3= Shabanov-Gleizerov Russia 1988)
13.Bf4 e5 14.Bxe5 Re8 15.0-0-0! (Chiburdanidze 85)] 12.Bg5 Bd7?!
[12...0-0!? 13.Bxc6 Qxc6 14.Bxf6 Qxf6= (Chiburdanidze 85)]
13.Bxc6 Bxc6 14.Bxf6 gxf6 15.0-0-0!± (Chiburdanidze 85, bco 89)
15...Bxf3 16.gxf3 Rc8 [16...0-0 17.Qg4+ Kh8 18.Qh4 Qe7
19.Rd7! (Chiburdanidze 85)] 17.Rd5± Rd8 18.Rd6! Rxd6
19.cxd6 Qb6 20.Rd1!+- [20.Qa4+ Qc6 (20...Kd8) ] 20...Qxb4 21.d7+!
[21.cxb4? Kd7!= (Chiburdanidze 85)] 21...Ke7 22.cxb4 Rd8
23.c4 f5 24.f4! f6 25.Kc2 Rxd7 26.Rxd7+ Kxd7 27.Kc3 Kc6
28.Kd3 b6 29.b5+! Kd6 30.Kc3 Kc5 31.a3 1-0
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Posted by thunker
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9/08/2005
18:11:34
Play online chess | A quick scan of my chessbase
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There are tons of games like this for all players, but when scanning for players above 2600 I was surprised to find seven. Looks like Judit Polgar has even used it once successfully.....
Here are the games I found ... quite even - 3 for white, 3 for black and 1 draw.....
Anand,V (2555) - Short,N (2635) [C15]
Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee (11), 01.1990
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qd3 Ne7 Anand,V-Van der Wiel,J/Wijk Wijk aan Zee 1990 (4)/1-0 5.Bd2 b6 6.Be2 0-0 7.a3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 a5 9.Nf3 Nd7 10.exd5 exd5 11.0-0 Nf6 12.Qd1 Ne4 13.Bd2 Re8 14.Re1 Ng6 15.Be3 a4 16.Nd2 Nd6 17.Bf3 Be6 18.Nf1 Nh4 19.Bf4 Nc4 20.Rb1 Qf6 21.Bxc7 Rac8 22.Bg3 Nxf3+ 23.Qxf3 Qxf3 24.gxf3 Bh3 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Bf4 Re2 27.Rc1 g6 28.Be3 Bf5 29.Ng3 Rxc2 30.Nxf5 Rxc1+ 31.Bxc1 gxf5 32.Kf1 Kg7 33.Ke2 Kg6 34.Kd3 Na5 35.Bf4 b5 36.Bc7 Nc6 37.Ke3 Kg5 38.Bg3 Na5 39.h4+ Kg6 40.Kd3 Kh5 41.Ke3 Nc4+ 42.Kd3 Nxb2+ 43.Kc3 Nc4 44.Kb4 f4 45.Bxf4 Kxh4 46.Kxb5 Nxa3+ 47.Kxa4 Nc2 48.Be5 Kg5 49.Kb5 Kf5 50.Kc5 Ke6 51.Bg3 h5 52.f4 f5 0-1
San Marco,B (2235) - Rozentalis,E (2600) [C15]
Antwerp op Antwerp (1), 1993
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qd3 dxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qh4 Bd7 7.Bd2 Bc6 8.Nf3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 c6 11.Ne4 Bxd2+ 12.Rxd2 Qe7 13.Qg3 0-0 14.Rg1 g6 15.Qg5 Rfe8 16.Bd3 Rad8 17.h4 Kh8 18.Qh6 Ng8 19.Qf4 Ndf6 20.Ng5 Kg7 21.c3 Nh5 22.Qe5+ f6 23.Nxe6+ Kh8 24.Qc5 Qxe6 25.Bc4 Qd6 26.Qxa7 b5 27.Bb3 Nf4 28.Rgd1 Nh6 29.Qc5 Nf5 30.Qxd6 Rxd6 31.d5 c5 0-1
Smirin,I (2640) - Nikolic,P (2625) [C15]
Groningen PCA Groningen (6), 1993
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qd3 dxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qh4 Bd7 7.Nf3 Bc6 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Be4 10.Bd3 ˝-˝
Smirin,I (2630) - Totsky,L (2455) [C15]
Moscow PCA-Intel qual Moscow (5), 1995
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qd3 dxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qh4 Qd5 7.Nge2 Qe4 8.Qxe4 Nxe4 9.a3 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 b6 11.Bf4 Ba6 12.Bxc7 Nd7 13.f3 Rc8 14.fxe4 Rxc7 15.Kd2 Ke7 16.Nf4 Bb7 17.Bd3 Nf6 18.Rhe1 Rhc8 19.c4 g5 20.Nh3 h6 21.Nf2 e5 22.d5 Rc5 23.Nd1 Ne8 24.Ne3 Nd6 25.Rf1 Rd8 26.Ng4 h5 27.Nxe5 f6 28.Ng6+ Kf7 29.e5 Nxc4+ 30.Bxc4 Rxc4 31.Rxf6+ Kg7 32.d6 Be4 33.Ne7 Bxg2 34.Rg1 Rg4 35.Nf5+ Kh7 36.e6 1-0
Hector,J (2629) - Lyrberg,P (2485) [C15]
SWE-chT 9899 Sweden (9), 1999
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qd3 Ne7 5.Nge2 0-0 6.a3 Ba5 7.b4 Bb6 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nbc6 10.Bf4 dxe4 11.Qxd8 Rxd8 12.Bg2 Ng6 13.Bxe4 Ncxe5 14.Nd5 Bg4 15.Nxb6 axb6 16.Bxe5 Nxe5 17.f4 Nc4 18.Bd3 Nb2 19.Nc1 c5 20.bxc5 bxc5 21.Be2 Bxe2 22.Kxe2 Rd7 23.Rb1 Nc4 24.Nd3 Nxa3 25.Rbc1 b6 26.Ne5 Re7 27.Kf3 f6 28.Nd3 Rae8 29.Rhe1 Rxe1 30.Nxe1 Nc4 31.Nd3 Ra8 32.Re1 Kf7 33.Rc1 Ra2 34.Ke4 Na3 35.Ne1 Rb2 36.Kd5 Nb5 37.Nd3 Ra2 38.Kc6 Nd4+ 39.Kxb6 c4 40.Nb4 1-0
Polgar,J (2656) - Verbar [C15]
Kasparov Chess sim1 Tel Aviv, 03.09.2000
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qd3 c5 5.exd5 exd5 6.dxc5 Bxc3+ 7.Qxc3 Qf6 8.Qxf6 Nxf6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Be3 Nb4 11.Nd4 0-0 12.a3 Nc6 13.0-0-0 Ne4 14.f3 Nxc5 15.Nxc6 1-0
Thorhallsson,T (2444) - Nikolic,P (2647) [C15]
Selfoss Milk Masters 2nd Selfoss (5), 03.11.2003
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qd3 dxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qh4 Bd7 7.a3 Bxc3+ 8.bxc3 Bc6 9.f3 Nbd7 10.Bd3 e5 11.Ne2 Qe7 12.0-0 0-0-0 13.Ng3 Nd5 14.Bg5 f6 15.Bd2 h5 16.Nf5 Qf7 17.c4 N5b6 18.d5 Ba4 19.Bb4 Kb8 20.Be7 Rde8 21.c5 Nxd5 22.Qxa4 Rxe7 23.Nxe7 Qxe7 24.c6 Nc5 25.Qb5 b6 26.Be4 a6 27.Qe2 Nf4 28.Qf2 g6 29.Rad1 Rd8 30.c4 Rd4 31.Kh1 f5 32.Bd5 Ncd3 33.Qe3 Qd6 34.g3 Nxd5 35.cxd5 Qxd5 36.Rd2 Ka7 37.Kg1 a5 38.Rfd1 e4 39.fxe4 fxe4 40.Rf1 Rc4 41.Rf6 Qe5 42.Rf7 Qd6 43.Re2 Ne5 44.Rf4 Ng4 45.Qd2 Qxc6 46.Rf1 e3 47.Qd3 0-1
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Posted by jstack
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9/08/2005
18:19:30
Play online chess | Anand
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Anand,V (2555) - Van der Wiel,J (2550) [C15]
Hoogovens Wijk aan Zee (4), 01.1990
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qd3 dxe4 5.Qxe4 Nf6 6.Qh4 c5 7.dxc5 Nd5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nge2 Nd7 10.Bd2 N5f6 11.c6 bxc6 12.a3 Be7 13.0-0-0 Kc7 14.Nd4 Bb7 15.Be2 Rae8 16.Nb3 Nd5 17.Ne4 f5 18.Ng5 Bxg5 19.Bxg5 e5 20.Bd2 c5 21.g3 h6 22.Rhe1 g5 23.Na5 Ba8 24.Bb5 Rh7 25.Nc4 Bc6 26.Ba5+ N5b6 27.a4 Re6 28.Ne3 f4 29.gxf4 exf4 30.Nf5 Rxe1 31.Rxe1 h5 32.Re6 Bd5 33.Rg6 Ne5 34.Rxg5 Nf3 35.Rg6 Be4 36.Rf6 Nxh2 37.Bd2 Bxf5 38.Bxf4+ Kb7 39.Bc6+ Ka6 40.Rxf5 Ng4 41.f3 Nf2 42.Be3 Nh1 43.Rxc5 1-0
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Chuck thanks for posting those games...I will definitely have to take a look.
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Posted by jstack
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9/08/2005
19:05:33
Play online chess | Thunker...
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To tell the truth, when I first found Qd3 in a book, I thought I would get laughed off the stage if I suggested it in a forum. It seemed like such a strange place to put the queen. Then, I found Anand playing it and thought how can they laugh at me if Anand would play it? And then I post it and you and Chuck find so many other great players playing it. I am definitely going to have to try this out. I doubt many class players will be ready for it. Thanks for posting.
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