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re:Svesnikov 11. Nxb5 - 2006/07/09 20:32
"chessanalyst" wrote
Both 9.Nd5 and 9.Bxf6 have been played in thousands of games. There is a large amount of theory about both moves. In practice, 9.Bxf6 scores slightly better, but it's mainly a matter of taste. 9.Bxf6! is the sharpest continuation, while 9.Nd5 leads to a somewhat more quiet positional game.
Saying that 8...b5 might not be best is sheer heresy. It's called the
Sveshnikov variation. If Black plays something else, he isn't playing a
Sveshnikov. The main alternative 8...Be6 is known as the Bird variation.
The knight sac 11.Nxb5 (the line Douglas Stewart was asking about) is a subvariation that is generally considered unsatisfactory for White. Better moves are 11.exf5, 11.Bd3 and the wild bishop sac 11.Bxb5..
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