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akgo

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11 Aug 2009, 08:18:44

A rare win for White in Polu Variation

[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "Caissa's Web"]
[Date "2009.08.01"]
[White "akgo"]
[Black "Gladiator"]
[Result "1-0"]
[TimeControl "20/720"]
[WhiteELO "2150"]
[BlackELO "2545"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Polugayevsky variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5
9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Ne4 Qxe4+ 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Qd2 h6 14. Be3 Bb7 15. O-O-O
Rd8 16. Nc3 Qe5 17. Bd3 Qxf6 18. Rhf1 Qe5 19. Qf2 Rd7 20. Bf4 Qc5 21. Be3 Qe5 22.
Bf4 Qf6 23. Ne4 Qd4 24. Qg3 Qb6 25. c3 b4 26. Bc2 bxc3 27. Nxc3 Ne7 28. Ba4 Bc6 29.
Rxd7 Kxd7 30. Be3 Qc7 31. Bxc6+ Kxc6 32. Bf4 Qc8 33. Rd1 Kb7 34. Kb1 Nc6 35. Na4

The idea for 11. Ne4 is to keep Bg5. Is this a good variant for White? Gladiator and I are finding it out in another game.

kastelka

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United States

Posts: 109

11 Aug 2009, 17:43:20

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Re: A rare win for White in Polu Variation

akgo said:

The idea for 11. Ne4 is to keep Bg5. Is this a good variant for White? Gladiator and I are finding it out in another game.

Hello everybody,

It looks to me that black may play 16....Rxd2 17 Nxe4 Rxd1+ 18 Kxd1 Nb4 with the idea to attack again the pawn at f6 with ...Nd5 .After these exchanges I do not see any advantage for white.
Congratulations to Akgo!

Edited on 12 Aug 2009 at 03:40:00

yaman

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United States

Posts: 556

12 Aug 2009, 02:01:43

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Re: A rare win for White in Polu Variation

congrats on a tremendous win.Glad loses very rarely and in the polu never.

Gladiator

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United Kingdom

Posts: 642

12 Aug 2009, 08:48:39

In reply to kastelka

Re: A rare win for White in Polu Variation

That's what we are playing in our new game and black is already better. I was too ambitious in our first game and I paid for it. First time I lose a game with my Polu variation.

But after 18...Nb4 black is losing because of 19 fg Bg7 20 Nd6 followed by 21 Nb7

Edited on 12 Aug 2009 at 09:24:28

Gladiator

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United Kingdom

Posts: 642

2 Sep 2009, 22:18:38

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Re: A rare win for White in Polu Variation

[Event "Challenge"]
[Site "Caissa's Web"]
[Date "2009.08.10"]
[White "akgo"]
[Black "Gladiator"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[TimeControl "20/720"]
[WhiteELO "2185"]
[BlackELO "2541"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Polugayevsky variation"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5
9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Ne4 Qxe4+ 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Qd2 h6 14. Be3 Bb7 15. O-O-O
Rd8 16. Nc3 Rxd2 17. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 18. Kxd1 gxf6 19. Nxf6+ Ke7 20. Ne4 Kd7 21. Nc5+
Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Ne5 23. Rg1 Be4 24. Bd4 Kd6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Bxa6 Rg8 27. Re1 f5 28.
Bf1 Ng4 29. Bg1 Nf6 30. g3 Rc8 31. c4 Nd7 32. Kd2 Ne5 33. c5+ Kc6 34. Be2 Rb8 35.
Bd4 Kd5 36. Bc3 Nc4+ 37. Bxc4+ Kxc4 38. Rc1 Rd8+ 39. Ke2 Kb5 40. Be5 Kc6 41. Bd6
Rd7 42. Rd1 h5 43. Ke3 Rb7 44. Rd2 Rb4 45. Re2 Bd5 46. Kd3 h4 47. Ke3 Rg4 48. Kd2
Rc4 49. Kd3 Kb5 50. Kd2 Rd4+

Nothing to worry about for black

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