Interesting Move in the French
Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:11 am
I was reading on the Rybka Forum, where I saw this interesting move (10.Nxd5) played by Rybka in a sideline of the French opening.
See: http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforu ... id=3276#fp
[d]r3k1nr/p1pq2p1/np2p2p/3pPp2/1b1P4/2N2NQ1/PPP2PPP/R1B2RK1 w kq - 0 1
Searching my Megabase 2008 I could only find two games played from the position above, one played in 1975 and the other in 1991. Below is the latter of the two:
[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O h6 10. h4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qf7 12. a4 Ne7 13. Ba3 Nc6 14. c4 dxc4 15.
d5 exd5 16. e6 Qf6 17. e7 Nxe7 18. Rfe1 c5 19. Re5 O-O 20. Rae1 f4 21. Qg4 Nf5
22. Rxd5 Nc7 23. Rd7 Ne6 24. Re5 Ned4 25. Bb2 c3 26. Bxc3 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28.
Qxf4 Rf8 29. Qg4 Nxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Nd4 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7 32. a5 Nxc2 33. Re8+ Kh7 34.
Rb8 bxa5 35. Bxa5 Nd4 36. Rc8 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Ng3+ 38. Ke1 Re7+ 39. Kd1 Ne4 40. f3
Rd7+ 41. Kc2 Nd6 42. Rxc5 Nb7 43. Re5 Nxa5 44. Rxa5 Rd4 45. Rxa7 Rxh4 46. Kd3
1/2-1/2
However the poster Nelson Hernandez states that it was played in a game Tatang-Blinkers88, in 27 Apr 2006, by Rybka 1.1 vs. Toga II 1.2 Beta2a. Does anyone have a copy of this game? I would like to add it to my database. I also found it interesting that not too many engines see this move. Is it the strongest move or just a very complex one for Black to deal with? Some engines like Crafty 20.14 w32 see it but drop it and prefer other moves.
[d]r3k1nr/p1pq2p1/np2p2p/3NPp2/1b1P4/5NQ1/PPP2PPP/R1B2RK1 b kq - 0 10
Postion after 10.Nxd5!
See: http://rybkaforum.net/cgi-bin/rybkaforu ... id=3276#fp
[d]r3k1nr/p1pq2p1/np2p2p/3pPp2/1b1P4/2N2NQ1/PPP2PPP/R1B2RK1 w kq - 0 1
Searching my Megabase 2008 I could only find two games played from the position above, one played in 1975 and the other in 1991. Below is the latter of the two:
[Event "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Site "Vrnjacka Banja"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Black "Drasko, Milan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C16"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. Qg4 f5 6. Qg3 b6 7. Nf3 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. O-O h6 10. h4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qf7 12. a4 Ne7 13. Ba3 Nc6 14. c4 dxc4 15.
d5 exd5 16. e6 Qf6 17. e7 Nxe7 18. Rfe1 c5 19. Re5 O-O 20. Rae1 f4 21. Qg4 Nf5
22. Rxd5 Nc7 23. Rd7 Ne6 24. Re5 Ned4 25. Bb2 c3 26. Bxc3 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28.
Qxf4 Rf8 29. Qg4 Nxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Nd4 31. Qxf7+ Rxf7 32. a5 Nxc2 33. Re8+ Kh7 34.
Rb8 bxa5 35. Bxa5 Nd4 36. Rc8 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Ng3+ 38. Ke1 Re7+ 39. Kd1 Ne4 40. f3
Rd7+ 41. Kc2 Nd6 42. Rxc5 Nb7 43. Re5 Nxa5 44. Rxa5 Rd4 45. Rxa7 Rxh4 46. Kd3
1/2-1/2
However the poster Nelson Hernandez states that it was played in a game Tatang-Blinkers88, in 27 Apr 2006, by Rybka 1.1 vs. Toga II 1.2 Beta2a. Does anyone have a copy of this game? I would like to add it to my database. I also found it interesting that not too many engines see this move. Is it the strongest move or just a very complex one for Black to deal with? Some engines like Crafty 20.14 w32 see it but drop it and prefer other moves.
[d]r3k1nr/p1pq2p1/np2p2p/3NPp2/1b1P4/5NQ1/PPP2PPP/R1B2RK1 b kq - 0 10
Postion after 10.Nxd5!