Hi everyone,

Last time I posted an opening I made up it was not too successful in that people found lot's of refutations, but now with the help of Deep Rybka 4, I think I can say that I have found a playable line in the O'Kelly Variation of the Sicilian...

 If you see anything wrong with the opening or just want to say th

find just comment. As always, I am encouraging comments,

thanks,

Thomas

any comments? :(

Yes, comments: 8. f4 is not Whites' best move it seems. But it gives Black the opportunity to open up for King's Bishop. So it seems an unlikely scenario, more of an convenient construction. More likely and likely much stronger is 8. Nd5. Black's only viable option here is to capture White's attacking Knight. But 9. exd5 again puts Black back! Knight is forced to retreat all the way home. And White is already far better. White could continue developing with Bd3 and then next castle.

The O'Kelly is 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 a6 with the idea 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 e5.
Inventing a new opening variation can be fun. However, if you haven't studied the conventional lines first, then you are not going to be able to judge the positions in your variations. For example, in your line 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Nf5 d6 7.Bc4 g6 8.Ne3 White has reached a dream Sveshnikov.
Better to pick up a book like "Starting Out: The Sicilian" first.

how can you claim that Qc7 is better than Qd8 when you played Qd8 a few moves later after losing tempo?

Even with 24hrs, I don't think a computer can correctly assess a position so early in the opening. As Links very rightly pointed out, you need to compare the positions you arrive to with other positions known by theory.

Exactly.  8. Nd5 was screaming at me when I saw this position and I couldn't find it in the move list !

Is it O'kelly sicilian or najdorf?

in the o'kelly black play's 2...a6

thanks everyone for your comments I will take them all into account. @ pvmike yes the O'Kelly is 2...a6, but it can transpose.@Prakash_M, it is the O'Kelly, because instead of 2...d6, black has played 2...nc6. To all those recommending nd5, I have edited the game position and added the variation. @Links, thankyou, I will look at the theoretical positions, however I am not completely  new to Sicilian structures since I do play the Sveshnikov and have read Starting Out:the Sveshnikov Sicilian. I also agree that a computer cannot fully analyse a position in one day, but it can give quite a good idea of what is hapenning especially if you have Rybka (yeah I know I am probably too lowly rated for Rybka, but I have been in lots of big tournaments with stronger players than me and thought it might come in useful)

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