I've been always a fan of studying a particular opening and trying to master it as much as I can....I wanted an opening that it's played rarely both among humans and the chess engines....that's why I purchased the Andrew Martin's:The Aggressive Sokolsky....I've been studying it for more than three months now and at last I decided to play my first tournament game against a chess engine....Beowulf 2.4 was/is one of the most unpleasent opponents to play against even on an old hardware not mention running it on a modern processor with a lot of hash memory,damn tactical and aggressive....
So I played and I won
Here is the game annotated by Deep Fritz 11 himself
[Event "Zzzz_0_1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.08.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dr.Deeb"]
[Black "Beowulf 2.4"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Annotator "Deep Fritz 11 (20m)"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[Source "Chess Informant"]
{A00: Irregular Openings} 1. b4 e5 2. Bb2 f6 3. b5 d5 4. e3 Be6 5. d4 exd4 (
5... Nd7 6. Nf3 e4 7. Nfd2 Bd6 8. c4 c6 9. Nc3 f5 10. Qb3 Ne7 11. a4 O-O 12. g3
Nf6 13. a5 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Kh8 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Ba3 Qd7 18. O-O
Rfc8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. bxc6 {
Fahrner,K (2260)-Brandner,S (2235)/Hartberg 1992/EXT 2002/1-0 (48)}) 6. exd4
$146 (6. Bxd4 Bd6 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nbd2 c5 11. bxc6 Nxc6
12. c4 Nde5 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. Nb3 Rc8 15. Rc1 Ba3 16. Rc2 Be4 17. Rd2 Qe7 18.
Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Nbd4 Bb4 20. Qb3+ Kh8 {
Kronenburg,T (1564)-Goebel,A (2052)/Frankfurt 2008/EXT 2009/1/2-1/2}) 6... Bd6
7. Nf3 Qe7 {White king safety dropped} (7... Ne7 8. Bd3 $11) 8. Be2 {
White king safety improved} (8. Bd3 Nh6 $14) 8... Nh6 9. O-O {
White castles and improves king safety} O-O {
Black castles and improves king safety} 10. Re1 Qf7 11. a4 Nd7 12. c3 {
Covers b4} a6 (12... Rfe8 13. Nbd2 $11) 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Nbd2 Rfb8 15. Qc2 Bf5
{Black threatens to win material: Bf5xc2} 16. Qc1 c6 {Prevents intrusion on b5}
(16... Re8 17. Ba3 c5 18. h3 $11) 17. Ba3 $14 c5 18. c4 Rc8 19. h3 {Controls g4
} a5 20. Nh4 (20. Qd1 Be6 $16) 20... Rab8 (20... Be4 21. Qd1 $11) 21. Nxf5 $14
Nxf5 22. Nf3 cxd4 $2 (22... Bf8 $142 {and Black could well hope to play on} 23.
Qf4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 $16) 23. Bd3 $18 Bxa3 (23... Rxc4 24. Qd1 Bxa3 25. Bxf5
$18 (25. Rxa3 $6 g6 $16)) 24. Qxa3 Ne3 25. fxe3 dxc4 26. Bf5 d3 $2 (26... g6
27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Nxd4 Rb4 $18) 27. Qd6 Nf8 (27... Re8 {does not save the day}
28. Qxd7 (28. Bxd7 $6 Red8 29. Ne5 fxe5 $18) 28... g6 29. Qxf7+ Kxf7 30. Bd7
$18) 28. Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Red1 Qd7 (29... Nd7 {is not much help} 30. Rac1 Rc5 31.
e4 $18) 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. Rac1 Nb6 32. Nd2 f5 (32... Kf7 {
is not the saving move} 33. Rc3 Ke6 34. Rb1 Nxa4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Nxc4 $18)
33. Rc3 h5 (33... Re8 {is no salvation} 34. Rb1 Nd5 35. Rxc4 Nxe3 36. Rc7 $18)
34. Rdc1 (34. Rb1 {might be the shorter path} Nxa4 35. Rxc4 Rxc4 36. Nxc4 g6
$18) 34... Kh7 (34... Rd8 {doesn't do any good} 35. Rb1 Nd5 36. Rxc4 Nxe3 37.
Rc5 $18) 35. Kf2 (35. Rb1 {and White can already relax} Rc6 $18) 35... Kg8 (
35... g6 {does not improve anything} 36. Rb1 Nxa4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Nxc4 $18)
36. Nxc4 (36. Rb1 $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Nxa4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Nxc4
Nc3 $18) 36... Rxc4 37. Rxc4 d2 38. Rc8+ $1 {the decision} Kh7 (38... Nxc8 39.
Rxc8+ Kf7 (39... Kh7 40. Ke2 {Combination}) 40. Ke2 {Combination}) 39. Rd1 Nxc8
40. Rxd2 1-0
[d]2n5/6pk/8/p4p1p/P7/4P2P/3R1KP1/8 b - - 0 40
1.b4 regards,
Dr.D
P.S.If anyone thinks that the Sokolsky Opening is in conflict with the main opening chess theory that recommends immediately controling the center of the board,he must think again....the opening is all about controling the center of the board and launching a deadly attack against the black king....it's a lethal weapon if you master it besides the fact that most of the opponents,humans or chess engines,get confused when playing against it....It's awesome