Article: 2962 of rec.games.chess.analysis Newsgroups: rec.games.chess.analysis Path: info!dregis From: dregis@exeter.ac.uk (D.Regis) Subject: Re: Queen's Gambit question [N on e2] Message-ID: Keywords: Queen's Gambit Novelty Organization: University of Exeter, UK. References: <4v1vr4$eo2@cii3112-14.its.rpi.edu> Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 15:13:21 GMT In article <4v1vr4$eo2@cii3112-14.its.rpi.edu> wilsom3@cii3112-14.its.rpi.edu (Michael L Wilson) writes: > I've been slowly making the switch to Queen's Gambit openings, and >I've had a lot of luck with moving the Ng1-e2-g3. I usually end up bringing >the queenside knight over as well, and end up with a merry romp into my >opponent's kingside. The problem is, I can't find a single shred of analysis >in ANY line of the QG, accepted or declined, that covers Ne2-g3. Is this >actually a bad thing to do, or do I need to dig a little deeper? The N is usually better on f3, as it controls e5. You might delay putting it on f3 un case of ...Bf8-b4, when Ng1-e2 might be preferable. If Black lets you move all your pieces over to the King's-side, fine, but usually you need the centre to be fixed or at least firmly under your control before you do. Otherwise, Black can blow up the centre with ...c5, or, if your Knight has been posted on f4, ...e5. The only time I've seen it on e2 is when ...e6-e5 is impossible, viz. after c4xd5, e6xd5 (Exchange variation). White can play the Exchange at move 3,4,5 ... but an early exchange allows this alternative setup with Ng1-e2. One idea is to play f2-f3 and e3-e4, perhaps with O-O-O, but some folk use it just to get control of f5. You will find analysis on this in the books (promise!). This is an idea of Alekhine's, but has had outings since: Alekhine,A - Capablanca,J (32) [D35] Wch13-Buenos Aires, 1927 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5.e3 c6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Nge2 0-0 9.Ng3 Ne8 10.h4 Ndf6 11.Qc2 Be6 12.Nf5 Bxf5 13.Bxf5 Nd6 14.Bd3 h6 15.Bf4 Rc8 16.g4 Nfe4 17.g5 h5 18.Bxe4 Nxe4 19.Nxe4 dxe4 20.Qxe4 Qa5+ 21.Kf1 Qd5 22.Qxd5 cxd5 23.Kg2 Rc2 24.Rhc1 Rfc8 25.Rxc2 Rxc2 26.Rb1 Kh7 27.Kg3 Kg6 28.f3 f6 29.gxf6 Bxf6 30.a4 Kf5 31.a5 Re2 32.Rc1 Rxb2 33.Rc5 Ke6 34.e4 Bxd4 35.Rxd5 Bc3 36.Rxh5 a6 37.Bc7 Be1+ 38.Kg4 Rg2+ 39.Kh3 Rf2 40.Kg4 Rg2+ 41.Kh3 Rf2 42.f4 Rf3+ 43.Kg2 Rf2+ 44.Kh3 Rf3+ 45.Kg2 Rf2+ 46.Kg1 Rc2 47.Bb6 Rc4 48.Kg2 g6 49.Re5+ Kd7 50.h5 gxh5 51.Kf3 h4 52.Rh5 Rc3+ 53.Kg4 Rc4 54.Kf5 Bxa5 55.Rh7+ Kc6 56.Bxa5 Rc5+ 57.Ke6 Rxa5 58.f5 Ra3 59.f6 Rf3 60.f7 b5 61.Rh5 h3 62.Rf5 Rxf5 63.exf5 1-0 Kasparov,G (2805) - Short,N (15) (2655) [D35] PCA-Wch01 (London), 1993 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 0-0 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 Re8 9.0-0 Nf8 10.b4! a6 [10...Bxb4? 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.Nxd5! (12.Qb3 Bxc3 13.Nxc3 c6 14.Qd1 f5 15.Qh5 Qf6 Gutman,L-Razuvajev,Y/URS/1976/) 12...Qxd5 13.Qa4 Bh3 14.Nf4 Qa5 15.Qxa5 Bxa5 16.Nxh3 Ne6 17.Rfd1] 11.a3 c6 12.Qc2 g6 13.f3 Ne6 14.Bh4 Nh5 15.Bxe7 Rxe7 [15...Qxe7!?] 16.Qd2 b6? 17.Rad1 Bb7 18.Bb1 Nhg7 19.e4 Rc8 20.Ba2 Rd7 21.Nf4 Nxf4 [21...dxe4 22.Nxe6 Nxe6 23.fxe4 Nxd4 24.Qf2 c5 (24...Ne6 25.Rxd7 Qxd7 26.Na4) 25.Bxf7+ Kg7 26.Be6 Nxe6 27.Qf6+ Kh6 (27...Qxf6 28.Rxd7++-) 28.Qxe6] 22.Qxf4 Ne6 23.Qe5 Re7 24.Qg3 Qc7 25.Qh4 Ng7 26.Rc1 Qd8 27.Rfd1 Rcc7 28.Na4 dxe4? [28...Rcd7 29.e5 f5 30.exf6 Rf7 31.Bb1 Ne8 32.Re1] 29.fxe4 Qe8? [29...Rcd7 30.Kh1! (30.Nc3 Rxd4 31.Bxf7+ Kxf7 32.Qf2+ Nf5 33.exf5 c5) 30...Ne6 (30...c5!?) 31.Bxe6 Rxe6 32.Qxd8+ Rxd8 33.e5] 30.Nc3 Rcd7 31.Qf2 Ne6 32.e5 c5 33.bxc5 bxc5 34.d5 Nd4 35.Ne4 Qd8 36.Nf6+ Kg7 37.Nxd7 Rxd7 38.Rxc5 Ne6 39.Rcc1 1-0 -- May your pieces harmonise with your Pawn structure and your sacrifices be sound in all variations D _ / "()/~ Dave Regis &8^D* WWW: http://www.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/chess.html || \_/| = DrDave on BICS ~\ / "...what else exists in the world but chess?" _|||__SHEU: ~/sheu.html -- NABOKOV From info!strath-cs!uknet!usenet2.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!usenet1.news.uk.psi.net!uknet!EU.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.erols.net!surfnet.nl!rl0001.rulimburg.nl!usenet Wed Aug 28 10:45:11 BST 1996