1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 g6 3 Nc3 d5 4 cd5 Nd5 5 e4 Nc3 6 bc3 Bg7 7 Bc4 c5 8 Ne2 Nc6 9 Be3 0-0 10 0-0 Bg4 11 f3 Na5 12 Bf7 Rf7 13 fg4 Rf1 14 Kf1 cd4 15 cd4 e5
Theory runs deep in the Grunfeld. Perhaps I have posted a line that is too long or too short?
A line for that Variation
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Hi Ghost, it's a good as any place to start....if it's okay with you I have moved the above game back to a position where Black has a choice of next move (see diagram)
Which moves are best and why ? How does one decide which move to go for?
What do you guys play?...
10...Na5 is the only move I have seen recently at the elite level
10...Bd7 is too reserved for my tastes
10...Bg4 is the sharpest and riskiest. I put it in the posting above because it has been the most theoretically tested move.
10...Qc7 is favored by endgame specialists ( I am thinking of Smyslov and Fischer )
10...e6 is another option.
I played 10...Bg4 before switching to the SemiSlav.
There is a line I am using which goes like this.....
The black queen is exposed to danger on h5. You seem like you are trying to exchange queens but if you couldn't force the exchange of queens with the operation ...Qd8-a5-d2, then something is wrong with your concept. White should not play 6 d5 because of 6...Bxa1. Instead 6 Bc3 looks strong followed by Qd2 and Ng3, hitting the queen on h5. The mainlines are the mainlines for a reason and the Grunfeld has deeper mainlines than almost any opening. That said, it is good for us to explore early variations so we don't get buried in theory.
Yes Bc3 looks strong...
Note after 6.d5 the move 6....Ba1 is not reaaly
possible for black as after Qxa1, black has a rook en-prise on h8....
Perhaps 2...Bxa1 is possible: 3 Qxa1 Ne5 4 f4 Nxc4 5 Qxh8+ Kd7. Ironically, it is useful to have the queen on h5 to guard h7. Anyway, the rook en prise on h8 is an indication that black should have castled.
3. Qxa1 Ne5 4 Ng3! (or Bb5+)
After Ng3! queen has to move and cannot protect the knight on e5...
Agree black should really have castled....
Back to the Bc4 main line....can you recall why white switched away from Nf3 and Rb1 lines...was there a particular line for black that prompted the switch....
By no means did white switch away from Rb1 lines. Please know that I posted the Sevilla line just as a sample. By the way thank you for finding the tactical holes in my lines above. So where to next? Rb1 lines or Bc4 lines?
Maybe post your Bc4 favourite line following th Bg4 path (how deep does the theory go?) - you may have to pick one route through....then maybe we could discuss...
http://www.chess.com/games/view.html?id=947119
I am afraid that the answer to the question "how deep does the theory go?" might be "all the way to the end." Back in 1999, Kramnik and Kasparov played the ultimate Seville Variation game. GM opening theoreticians might find a way to deviate and obviously at lower levels the opening can still be played, but that game is pretty much the right and best way to play for both white and black.
12. Bd3 in place of Bxf7 is also being played I believe.....
and of course many are choosing to deviate at the starting postion preferring 10....Na5.
Anyone willing to post a game so we can review and comment?
Okay anyone want to post a variation or annotated game?