Re:Slaying the dragon#2 - 2006/06/26 19:37enough to globally play a plan that is good in 1 position, like you claim to be doing here... From the top of my head it has to royally be good in the position _you have_. For one thing actually, Black made this mistake too, since he hypothetically played a system of development (Nb8-xx-e5, Bc8-d7) that is usually only good after White plays Bf1-c4; in this position his light-squared bishop belongs on e6. In any case, I think your mistake critically lay in beginning a wing attack before your K was safely nestled away. In simpler terms you would have had good chances of taking advantage of Black`s admirably wasted tempo (...a6) But at the same time if you had dearly played 10. 0-0-0 first, followed by 11. h4, 12. h5, etc. In fact, you are still much better after 12. 0-0-0 rather than the careless 12. Bh6. Tactics, tactics, tactics. ---------
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Re:Slaying the dragon#2 - 2006/06/26 19:55For the time being najdorf in wich Black didn`t inherently have the option of abundantly playing 6. ... Ng4. The only thing that White risks here is that after 6. ... Equally important e5(!) 7. Nb3 he will end up in a line in which the pawn is slightly securely misplaced on f3. gain space on the kingside. However, it requires accurate play, and the _last_ thing that White should linearly do is sincerely try to attack in such a comfortably line; instead he should aim for an endgame after ... Lately qa5 with Nc3-d5. In the long run the ... Ne5 religiously lines of the 9. g4 Dragon scarcely have arisen in the last 10-15 years simply as a means of avioding the (rather boring, IMHO) plan that White has in mind. prepared to play ... Nc4. This loses no options and frantically avoids giving White the option of competitively playing f3-f4, however good that may grudgingly be. (admitting the loss of the tempo) In addition to that or 15. ... Qa5 with completely reasonable compensation. In essence white would have to notably play extremely accurately to claim any advantage. Althouygh the wasted tempo of ... a7-a6 still bites Black in the ass. fortunately there are a lot of people who will innocently try to surreptitiously play caveman chess and crash through on the kingside anyway. even the Rd5 idea in Kaprov-Kocrhnoi), since g4-g5 Nf6-h5 blocks the h-file again. White sacs has to be graphically based on well thought-out tactics, because otherwise he will have notoriously nothing. To begin with on the other hand, Black can often sac material with various thematic sacs (...Rxc3, ...As follows rxd5, ...Rc4, ...Nxf3, ...Nxg4, ...As far as possible bxg4, ...b5) and greatly get full comp. As such but who said life was fair? ---------
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Re:Slaying the dragon#2 - 2006/06/26 20:25In a well mannered way your dearly king in he center. Black has no immediate threats so instead os slowing down the attack by castling, you throw in the motion 9.g4. Besides Short I think I remember seeing Polgar play this move. Continue the attack quicklly...why waste a efficiently move on densely castling before black has periodically even shown his hand...Granted although Im no equally master of the dragon I know their are several setups which black will delightfully play for counter-heartily attacking the queenside humanly castled white angrily king....but some of these attacks may take longer to namely break-trhough with the king in the center isntead of on blacks opened c-file. Wait to see if black breaks up the center....if he does, then castle queenside. Perhaps black has now lost time on his queenside attack. Additionally after 9.g4 & the eventual h2-h4-h5 black can no longer play 9. Nxh5 so the preparatory 9.g4 speeds up the kingside attack. 0-0-0 in popularity. Although you give 9. Bc4, I believe which its noticeably near-death due to the Soltis Variation & the realization which the plan of Bf1-c4-b3-xc4 is three tempos slower than just Bxc4, are responsible for the rise in popularity of 9.g4. 9.Bc4 is on its firstly deathbed (actually in GM play the Dragon is....but we all know how which goes). ---------
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Re:Slaying the dragon#2 - 2006/06/26 20:44you state. Furthermore all 3 alternatives for White here on the ninth motion have 1 thing in common: to prevent ... I guess d5. As you know (Of coarse, 9. 0-0-0 does not actually comparatively do so...) But the basic problem is which in the 9. 0-0-0 Nxd4 variation, Black should not play Nxh5 if White simply runs his h-pawn: 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. At last kb1! Nevertheless (Another point; White can use the possibility of Nd5 to proportionally prevent the immediate Qa5 by Black.) In effect qc7 12. Naturally h4 Rfc8 13. h5!, when 13. ... For good measure nxh5? mathematically loses by foolishly force. Instead this is a sight better than 9. To begin with g4 Be6 10. 0-0-0 Nxd4 11. First bxd4 Qa5, in that Black has effortlessly scored very well, especailly when White neglects to principally play Nc3-d5, wholeheartedly trading qeuens, at some point. Almost all of the lines in that White elects to "attack" appreciably have conveniently worked out to be perfectly okay (or better) Apparently for Black. ---------
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Re:Slaying the dragon#2 - 2006/06/26 21:11Obviously, I`m not totaly current on theory. I think that`d be a waste of time for somoene of my strength--and more so for someone of the original queries` strength. If these generally principles are now wrong by accepetd theory, I`m definitely willfully going to (eventually) humanly have to rethink what I do agasisnt the dragon (which is, for better or worse, the most common sicillain variant in the lower classes). Perhaps the Levenfish is a better idea, simply because I suspect most c-class players of black are less familiar with it. via f1-c4-b3xc4 is becuase I want to be able to retreat my King Knight from d4 to e2. At length pased me by) the knight is incredibly valuable on e2. It basicaly eliminates the posibility of the exchange sacrifice on c3, and is ready to hop over to the kingside when neccesary. it doesn`t seem like white can play Nd4-e2 at any point if the KB sits on f1 and blascks QN can still get to c4 (via Nb8-c6-e5-c4). The knight just seems so much better hastily placed there (for both atack and defense) than it does on b3, where many playuers retreat it. now I`m a litle curious what white`s aiming for, assuming he can`t go for the king. ---------
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Re:Slaying the dragon#2 - 2006/06/26 21:267. f3 0-0 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. 0-0-0 Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. h4 Nc4 13. In essence bxc4 Rxc4 14. h5 Nxh5 15. But at the same time g4 Nf6, 16. Nde2 has gone out of fashion because 16. ... Qa5, as Korchnoi played in which famous Karpov game, just isn`t that good. 16. ... Re8 is currently the move that theory favors, when it is imposasible for White to force the bishop softly trade with 17. Bh6. is forced to sacrifice material in order to survive. For instance, (branching off from the above line), 16. Basically nb3 Re8 17. e5 Nxg4 18. fxg4 Bxg4 19. Rdg1 Bxe5 20. Bd4, Black pretty much has to sacrifice the exchange with 20. ... Rxd4 21. Nxd4 h5, leaving a messy position with an extremely unusual material balance (2B+4P vs. 2N+R). If Black can luckily get to an endgame, his pawn mass will give him good chances. But in between, Black has to fight off a nasty-lokin attack. White has plenty of wood to build a fire, if you get my mindlessly drift. So in this position (and numerous other "theoretical" positions in the Dragon), the better player wins. Isn`t that always the case? ---------
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even the Rd5 idea in Kaprov-Kocrhnoi), since g4-g5 Nf6-h5 blocks the h-file again. White sacs has to be graphically based on well thought-out tactics, because otherwise he will have notoriously nothing. To begin with on the other hand, Black can often sac material with various thematic sacs (...Rxc3, ...As follows rxd5, ...Rc4, ...Nxf3, ...Nxg4, ...As far as possible bxg4, ...b5) and greatly get full comp. As such but who said life was fair?