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Interesting line indeed. The earliest game that I have found is from 2015:Eduard wrote: ↑Fri Feb 17, 2023 11:34 pm[...] An interesting variation (Berlin Defense) begins after the following moves:
DIAGRAM
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Nxg4 *
Stats in the Universal Book:
Why does White win so often? This is where Stockfish seems to misjudge. Far into the middlegame, an advantage of +0.50 is assessed for Black. Then Black (especially in the blitz games) tries to avoid a draw and overruns the position! White just has to wait. My few games with black on PlayChess.com ended in draws.[...]
A shallow analysis of SF 15.1 likes 16.- ..., h5 proposed by Mikhalevski two years ago:GM Victor Mikhalevski wrote:The game Giri, A - Tari, A, 83rd Tata Steel Masters Wijk aan Zee 2021, featured an aggressive setup against the Anti-Berlin with 6...Bg4, which was tested a couple of times by the World Champion.
Giri met the text with the principled 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Nxg4 9.hxg4 Bxg4 10.Be3, and Tari followed his countryman with 10...Be7. Next, Anish improved White's play in Nakamura, H — Carlsen, M 2020 with 11.Kg2!, instead of 11.Kh1?. Black's first reaction, 11...f5!, was correct, but after 12.Qe1! Bxf3! 13.Kxf3 f4! 14.Bd2 g5! 15.Bc3 Bf6 16.Nd2 he first played the inaccurate 16...Qe7 and then after 17.Rh1 h5 18.Ke2 he committed a mistake, 18...g4? This led to a risk-free position for White, which he led to a win with a series of interesting manoeuvres. Good opening preparation and clever maneuvering allowed the Dutch GM to win comfortably. Black can improve his play by means of 16...h5, when he seems to have sufficient compensation for the sacrificed piece. This means that the line with 6...Bg4 is perfectly playable.
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FEN: r2qk2r/ppp4p/2p2b2/4p1p1/4Pp2/2BP1K2/PPPN1P2/R3QR2 b kq - 3 16
Stockfish_15.1-x64-modern:
Found 145 tablebases
NNUE evaluation using nn-ad9b42354671.nnue enabled
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42/58 04:49 312.893.133 1.079.526 0,00 h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 f2f3 Qd8d7 Rf1h1 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 Rd8g8 f3xg4 h5xg4 a4a5 Qd7g7 Ra1g1 Bf6e7 a5xb6 a7xb6 Rh1xh8 Qg7xh8 Qf2xf4 e5xf4 Bc3xh8 f4f3+ Ke2f1 Rg8xh8 Rg1xg4 Rh8h3 e4e5 Kc8d7 Kf1g1 c6c5 Rg4g6 Be7h4 Nd2e4 f3f2+ Ne4xf2 Rh3g3+ Rg6xg3 Bh4xg3 Kg1g2 Bg3xe5 c2c3
43/52 04:59 322.999.129 1.078.335 0,00 h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 a7a5 f3xg4 h5xg4 Ra1g1 Qd7g7 Qf2g2 Rh8xh1 Rg1xh1 Kc8b7 Ke2d1 Rd8g8 Nd2c4 Qg7g5 Nc4d2 Qg5g7
44/41 05:02 326.462.812 1.078.403 0,00 h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 a7a5 f3xg4 h5xg4 Ra1g1 Qd7g7 Qf2g2 Rh8xh1 Rg1xh1 Kc8b7 Ke2d1 Rd8g8 Nd2c4 Qg7g5 Nc4d2
45/37 05:09 333.722.512 1.077.062 0,00 h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 a7a5 f3xg4 h5xg4 Ra1g1 Qd7g7 Qf2g2 Rh8xh1 Rg1xh1 Kc8b7 Ke2d1 Rd8g8 Nd2c4 Qg7g5 Nc4d2
46/57 05:57 383.398.466 1.072.077 0,00 h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 a7a5 Nd2c4 Qd7e6 Nc4xb6+ c7xb6 Qf2xb6 g4xf3+ Ke2d1 Rd8d7 Qb6xa5 Kc8b8 Rh1g1 Rh8g8 Bc3xe5+ Bf6xe5 Rg1xg8+ Qe6xg8 Qa5xe5+ Rd7c7 Kd1d2 Qg8g2+ Kd2c3 f3f2 Qe5xf4 Qg2g7+ d3d4 Qg7g1 Qf4f8+ Kb8b7 Qf8b4+ Kb7c8 Qb4f8+
47/46 06:06 392.137.425 1.070.799 0,00 h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Kc8b8 b2b4 Qd7e7 a4a5 Rd8g8 a5xb6 c7xb6 Rh1g1 Qe7d7 Rg1h1
48/24 06:18 404.720.356 1.068.752 0,00 h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Kc8b8 b2b4 Qd7e7 a4a5 Rd8g8 a5xb6 c7xb6 Rh1g1 Qe7d7 Rg1h1 Qd7e7
49/39 06:42 428.944.282 1.065.332 0,00 h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Kc8b8 b2b4 Qd7e7 a4a5 Rd8g8 a5xb6 c7xb6 Rh1g1 Qe7d7 Rg1h1
50/58 07:37 483.234.620 1.056.506 0,00 h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Rd8g8 Ra1g1 Qd7e7 b2b4 a7a5 b4xa5 Qe7c5 Nd2c4 b6b5 Rg1b1 b5xc4 Qg2h3+ Rg8g4 d3d4 Qc5a3 f3xg4 Qa3xc3 g4g5+ Kc8d8 Rb1b8+ Kd8e7 g5xf6+ Ke7d6 Rb8xh8 Qc3xc2+ Ke2e1 Qc2c1+ Ke1e2
51/68 08:12 518.673.671 1.052.943 0,00 h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Rd8g8 Ra1g1 Qd7e7 b2b4 a7a5 b4xa5 Qe7c5 Nd2c4 b6b5 Rg1b1 b5xc4 d3d4 e5xd4 Qg2h3+ Rg8g4 f3xg4 d4d3+ Ke2d1 Bf6xc3 g4xh5+ Kc8d8 Qh3e6 Bc3b4 Qe6f6+ Kd8d7 Qf6g7+ Kd7e6 Qg7g4+ Ke6e5 Qg4g7+ Ke5e6
52/44 09:07 573.266.647 1.046.729 0,00 h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Rd8g8 Ra1g1 Qd7e7 b2b4 a7a5 b4xa5 Qe7c5 Nd2c4 b6b5 Rg1b1 b5xc4 d3d4 e5xd4 Qg2h3+ Rg8g4 f3xg4 d4d3+ Ke2d1 Bf6xc3 g4xh5+ Kc8d8 Qh3e6 Bc3b4 Qe6f6+ Kd8d7 Qf6g7+ Kd7e6 Qg7g4+ Ke6e5 Qg4g7+ Ke5e6
53/44 11:18 698.452.398 1.029.588 0,00 h7h5 Kf3e2 g5g4 Rf1h1 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Rd8g8 Ra1g1 Qd7e7 b2b4 a7a5 b4xa5 Qe7c5 Nd2c4 b6b5 Rg1b1 b5xc4 d3d4 e5xd4 Qg2h3+ Rg8g4 f3xg4 d4d3+ Ke2d1 Bf6xc3 g4xh5+ Kc8d8 Qh3e6 Bc3b4 Qe6f6+ Kd8d7 Qf6g7+ Kd7e6 Qg7g4+ Ke6e5 Qg4g7+ Ke5e6
54/65 15:31 947.314.580 1.016.585 0,00 h7h5 Rf1h1 g5g4+ Kf3e2 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Rd8g8 Ra1g1 Qd7e7 b2b4 a7a5 b4xa5 Qe7c5 Nd2c4 b6b5 Rg1b1 b5xc4 d3d4 e5xd4 Qg2h3+ Rg8g4 f3xg4 d4d3+ Ke2d1 Bf6xc3 g4xh5+ Kc8d8 Qh3e6 Bc3b4 Qe6f6+ Kd8d7 Qf6g7+ Kd7e6 Qg7g4+ Ke6e5 Qg4g7+
55/65 15:58 972.685.944 1.014.861 0,00 h7h5 Rf1h1 g5g4+ Kf3e2 Qd8d7 f2f3 OOO Qe1f2 b7b6 a2a4 g4g3 Qf2g2 Rd8g8 Ra1g1 Qd7e7 b2b4 a7a5 b4xa5 Qe7c5 Nd2c4 b6b5 Rg1b1 b5xc4 d3d4 e5xd4 Qg2h3+ Rg8g4 f3xg4 d4d3+ Ke2d1 Bf6xc3 g4xh5+ Kc8d8 Qh3e6 Bc3b4 Qe6f6+ Kd8d7 Qf6g7+ Kd7e6 Qg7g4+ Ke6e5 Qg4g7+