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In that line White has no real hope of chopping off the d5-pawn because not only is it currently defended twice, but there are also tactics against the knight on g5. The piece for three pawns line is 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 Bb4+ 5.c3 dxc3 6.0-0 cxb2 7.Bxb2 Nf6 8.Ng5 0-0 9.e5 Nxe5!? 10.Bxe5 d5 if I remember correctly. I had also been thinking in terms of modifying the navigation system so that there is less excessive emphasis on leaving the mouse over to pull out drop-down lists. I think White has enough for the pawn here, but admittedly probably no advantage either.Īnd yes, I need to go back to that site and sort it asap as there are a few part-finished changes to it that have left some pages in disarray. If White can get e4-e5 in, it will give the king's bishop an open line to h7. But in this version with White having an extra tempo and a bishop on d3, if Black puts a knight on e5, White can drop the bishop back to c2 or b1, or in some cases exchange knights on e5 and then play f2-f4. Bg4).Ī key part of White's compensation in this line is that in the aforementioned Göring Gambit line, Black can get a good game by establishing a foothold on e5.
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But in the other games I can find, White has played either 9.Bf4 or 9.h3 (preventing. C67: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence, Rio de Janeiro Variation: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.dxe5 Nb7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Re1 Nc5 11.Nd4 Ne6 12.Be3 Nxd4 13. Here 9.Bc4?! Nf6, as played in Vavruska-Golcman, Stare Mesto op 2009, would transpose to the Göring Gambit line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3 dxc3 5.Nxc3 d6 6.Bc4 Nf6 7.0-0?! (7.Qb3) Be7, which is slightly better for Black. It is no good declining it, as for example 6.d5 7.exd5 Qxd5 8.cxd4 gives White a very good version of the Göring Gambit Declined, with the king's bishop placed more actively on d3 (normally it has to go to e2 in that line) and Black having an offside knight on a5 and a passively placed bishop on e7. However, in the database White has been scoring over 70% with 6.Bd3 offering the c3-pawn again. Yes, 5.Na5 is objectively about equal, and certainly the most popular continuation 6.Qxd4 Nxc4 7.Qxc4 doesn't appeal to me.