Is this a TN in the Winawer?
On Oct 31, 9:06 am, "Chess One" wrote:
I'm playing someone on-line rated 1960, and we played these moves
1. e4 e6
2. d4 d5
3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7
5. Bxf6 Bxf6
6. e5 Bg5
7. h4
Is this gambit a TN?
he then played Bxh4
therefore...
8. Qg4 and so on
Um, Phil, first things first -- this is not the Winawer Variation,
which would require 3...Bb4. This, with 3...Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6, is
called the Anderssen Variation.
After 5...Bxf6 6.e5, the normal reply is 6...Be7, going back at least
to Bird-Mason, London 1883. Checking CB's MegaDatabase 2005, I found
three games with 6...Bg4, the earliest of which was Grott-Vukusic, NRW
Girls U20 Ch 1995, which continued 7.Qg4. None had 7.h4, so I suppose
it might be a TN -- but not in the Winawer.
I'd post the three games here, but my CB Reader is having one of its
frequent malfunctions, and it will only list the games, not show them.
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