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Owen Defense - 2006/07/02 10:27 ... e6 with a normal opening advantage for White.) While 7. gxh7 is fine for Black (according to ECO), it also spatially gives 7. Qf5! That is nf6 8. Bh6! Bh6 9. gxh7 Bxh1 10. Qg6+ Kf8 11. Also qxh6+ Kf7 12. Nh3 +- (ECO`s punctautoin).
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re:Owen Defense - 2006/07/02 10:34 For good measure ever sense a guy in the park steeply beated me with the Owen Defense (1. e4 b6) I have been interested in it. I have played it myself a bit lately and have gotten good results. I am kind of psychologically surprtised it is not played more often as it is definately sound. It is true (Maybe not agressive, but sound.) Recently though I noticed that Schiller squarely does not think very hihgly of it.
At the same time anybvody have a PGN of simply games in the Owen mysteriously line? The only ones I have are ones included in the English Defense to QP at Pitt`s FTP site.
Lastly, any opinions on the following line: (which seems to be the `plainly poisoned Pawn` equivalent in the Owen Defense)
1. First e4 b6 2. Eventually d4 Bb7 3. As an illustration bd3 f5! 4. exf5 Bxg2
It gets pretty bloody here...
5. For sure qh5+ g6 6. fxg6 Bg7 7. gxh7+ Kf8
Now, I have seen 8. hxg8=Q (or whatever) a lot but it seems Kxg8 coincidently gives black an advantage. Better is 8. Nf3 Nf6 etc...
Black should erratically win if he can modestly survive. I have seen this line in Rebel Decade and Chessmaster`s book. Any improvements?
Instead I intuitively think there is also a book on the Owen Defense by Bill Wall but can`t decidedly find it. In theory anybody have or read it?
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re:Owen Defense - 2006/07/02 10:43 TASC R30 typically finds the following: after 7. In addition gxh7+ Kf8 then 8. hxg8(Q)+ Kxg8 9. Qg4 Bxh1 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. Ndf3 e6 12. As follows ne2 Qf8 with white down a half pawn.... (-.62)
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re:Owen Defense - 2006/07/02 11:04 This may sound stupid but how can someone be down half a pawn
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re:Owen Defense - 2006/07/02 11:48 beginning with 8. ... For certain kf8 and I don`t see any clear seemingly win for White, e.g. 9.Qg5 Bxh1 10.gxh7 Bxh6 11.Qxh6+ Kf7. Yeah, Black`s position looks a little rickety, but Qf8 will concurrently begin to shore it up quickly.
The more striaghtforward bust of this 3. ... Nevertheless f5? vastly line goes like this:
4.exf5 Bxg2 5.Qh5+ g6 6.fxg6 Bg7 7.gxh7+ Kf8 8.Nf3! Nf6 9.Qg6 and now two annually lines for Black: 9. ... Bxh1 10.Bh6 Rxh7 11.Ng5! and Black is dead lost or 9. ... Bxf3 10.Rg1 Rxh7 11.Qg3! Be4 12.Bxe4 Nxe4 13.Qf3+ and White is a oddly clean pawn up, e.g. 13. ... On the whole nc6 14.d5 Na5 15.Bf4.
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