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From: dregis@exeter.ac.uk (David Regis=)
Subject: Re: Guioco Piano w/4....Q-K2?????
Message-ID: <DGJB5x.30q@exeter.ac.uk>
Organization: University of Exeter, UK.
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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 09:17:56 GMT

In article <45afan$dn6@sanjuan.islandnet.com> eds@islandnet.com writes:
>mmiller675@aol.com (MMiller675) wrote:
>
>>I have a few questions reguarding this unorthodox move!  It seems to give
>>me a little trouble deciding its effectiveness.  My coach and I have gone
>>through extensive analysis of it.  Is there a refutation for this move? 
>>Is there a small positional advantage gained by white if black plays this?
>> Is there a name for this in the history of the italian "Quiet Game"?  
>>A sample move list is here:
>>1.  P-K4          P-K4
>>2.  N-KB3        N-QB3
>>3.  B-B4          B-B4
>>4.  P-B3          (Q-K2)??????
>>Any info appriciated.  Please email me at:
>
>The idea is to be able to retreat the Bishop afer white plays d4
>without losing the e pawn.  E.G., 5. d4 Bb6 6. d5 and when the knight
>moves the e pawn is protected by the Queen.  Then black will play d6
>to maintain a pawn on e5 as a strong point.  
>
>All the reference books I have consulted on this line (admittedly old
>ones) suggest that white can get a slight but lasting space advantage
>and that black really won't be able to equalize.

Ed's line is fine, but I did see some Jon Mestel games from when he
won the British Championship in 197? with 
 5. d4 Bb6  5. P-Q4  B-N3
 6. Bg5     6. B-KN5

I can't remember what Black's reply should be, but then Jon played
d4-d5-d6!? (P-Q5-Q6), sacrificing a pawn to get a bind. 

There is some interesting discussion of the ...Qe7/...Q-K2 plan in
'Secrets of GM play' by Nunn & Griffiths; the game Nunn-Olafsson

[Event "potential"]
[Site "teesside"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "nunn"]
[Black "olafsson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Qe7 (6... O-O 
7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3 Ba7) 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bb3 O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Nf1 (10. Bc2) 
10... Ba7 11. Bc2
% +--------+
% |r+-+-rk+|
% |bpp-qppp|
% |p+npbn-+|
% |+-+-p-+-|
% |-+-+P+-+|
% |+-PP+N+-|
% |PPB+-PPP|
% |R-BQRNK-|
% +--------+
11... Kh8 12. Ng3 (12. Bg5) 
12... Qd7 13. d4 (13. h3 {!} 13... Bxh3 14. gxh3 Qxh3 15. Be3 {!} 15... 
Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Ng4 17. Re2 {wins} 17... f5 18. exf5 e4 19. dxe4 Nce5 
20. Nxe5 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 dxe5 22. Rd2 {and Qf3}) 13... Bg4 (13... exd4 14. 
cxd4 Bg4 15. Be3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 {+-}) 14. d5 (14. Be3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 {=+}) 
14... Ne7 15. h3 Bxf3 (15... Bxh3 {draws, says nunn}) 16. Qxf3 Nfg8 17. 
Bd2 g6 18. c4 f5 19. exf5 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Bc3 Rae8 22. b4 Ne7 
23. h4 Rg8 24. h5 Rg7 25. c5 Reg8 26. g3 h6 (26... f4 27. Rxe5 dxe5 28. 
Bxe5 Qh3 29. Re1 fxg3 30. fxg3 b6 31. Qd3 Qxh5 32. Kg2 {idea Rh1 wins}) 
27. Rad1 Qe8 28. Rxe5 dxe5 29. Bxe5 b6 30. d6 Nc6 31. Bf6 Qe6 32. Bxg7+ 
Rxg7 33. Qxc6 bxc5 34. Qa8+ Rg8 35. Qxa7 Rxg3+ 36. Kh2 Qe5 37. Qxc5 1-0


HTH

D

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See also
 http://info.ex.ac.uk/~dregis/DR/Canon/canon287.txt.html



From info!dregis Thu Oct 19 14:02:08 BST 1995