Opening accident

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LawrenceCooper
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Opening accident

Post by LawrenceCooper » Tue Jun 16, 2015 10:50 am

[Event "VIII Hebraica GM 2015"]
[Site "Sao Paulo BRA"]
[Date "2015.06.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Quintiliano Pinto, R."]
[Black "Cubas, Jo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2422"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2015.06.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[EventCategory "8"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 Ne4 4. Nd2 Qa5 5. Ngf3 g6 6. b4 1-0

Roger de Coverly
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Re: Opening accident

Post by Roger de Coverly » Tue Jun 16, 2015 11:06 am

It's been played before, but not everyone has spotted 6. b4 . It's possible to play on for a bit

eg

leading to



which might be playable if Black out-rated his opponent by a reasonable margin.

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Matt Mackenzie
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Re: Opening accident

Post by Matt Mackenzie » Tue Jun 16, 2015 5:09 pm

Two pawns for a piece is usually worth playing out IMO (unless the position is obviously lost for other reasons, of course)

There is even a game in the databases - between rated players - where Black managed to lose after 1d4 Nf6 2Bg5 c6 3e3??? Qa5+ :lol:
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