Flohr-Mikenas Attack – 4 ... Ng8
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In the standard line (1 c4 Nf6 2 Nc3 e6 3 e4 c5 4 e5 Ng8) black retreats his knight, thus occupying two of the first four moves with a maneuver that offers literally no development. this seems very unusual and I'm struggling to figure out the compensation. has white overextended and weakened his position in order to get a development advantage? I'm not quite seeing it
Though it looks scary, it appears Black could have enough resource to equalize. White's advanced space seems tough to hold and Black looks like he can initiate enough exchanges without losing position to get pretty close to equal. Though it might be Black has to play very accurately.
Seirawan - Beliavsky 1989 might be a good example of Black's idea of exchange.
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 c5 4.e5 Ng8 5.d4 cxd4 6.Qxd4 Nc6 7.Qe4 d6 8.Nf3 dxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.Qxe5 Nf6 11.Be2 Bd6 12.Qb5+ Qd7 13.Be3 O-O 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.Rxd6 Qxd6 16.Bc5 Qc7 17.Bxf8 Kxf8 18.O-O Bd7 19.Qb4+ Kg8... 1/2-1/2
Giri - Dubov 2016, which is pretty close to Korchnoi - Timman 1991, Black again looking for exchanges and relatively solid structure though in a different, maybe more scary way.
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Ndb5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bb6 Nf5 13. Qb4 Nc6 14. Qc5 d6 15. Bxd8 dxc5 16. Bb6 e5 17. O-O-O Ncd4 18. Bxc5 Bd7... 1/2-1/2
Ivanchuk - Nakamura 2012 is interesting in that Black not as interested in exchanging but looking for more counter play.
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe4 f5 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. Bd2 Nge7 10. Nf3 a6 11. a3 Bc5 12. b4 Ba7 13. Be3 Bb8 14. Bc5 Ng6 15. Bd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 O-O 17. Rc1 b6 18. Qe3 e5 19. Nd5 Rb8 20. h4 e4... 1/2-1/2
