23 Nov 07
Originally posted by ih8sensThis one is in the Zagorovsky book with the line,
8. Qf3?! {I've never seen this before but it
looks interesting anyways. Probably not correct.}
8.Qf3 Bh4! 9.Bxd5 Nd4 10.Qa3 Nxd5 11.Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. exd5 Bh3!
Apartsev - I Zaitsev Moscow 1963 when black has a forced mate.
In this line 9. exd5 Nd4 10.d6 is not mentioned. I think Black is OK after cxd6 but the position is very complicated and you would need plenty of time to get to the bottom of it. I wonder how much of the Zaitsev game was home preparation and how much was seen at the board.
24 Nov 07
Originally posted by Sepia TintI'd think a lot of it was home prep.. it's really hard to understand this line WITH an engine.. without it it's pretty much impossible (though I did find that one cool move without the engine..).
This one is in the Zagorovsky book with the line,
8.Qf3 Bh4! 9.Bxd5 Nd4 10.Qa3 Nxd5 11.Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. exd5 Bh3!
Apartsev - I Zaitsev Moscow 1963 when black has a forced mate.
In this line 9. exd5 Nd4 10.d6 is not mentioned. I think Black is OK after cxd6 but the position is very complicated and you would need plenty of time to get to the bottom of ...[text shortened]... . I wonder how much of the Zaitsev game was home preparation and how much was seen at the board.
24 Nov 07
Originally posted by Sepia TintIf they are GMs then they probably could find it over the board but being GMs it would probably be home prep.
This one is in the Zagorovsky book with the line,
8.Qf3 Bh4! 9.Bxd5 Nd4 10.Qa3 Nxd5 11.Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. exd5 Bh3!
Apartsev - I Zaitsev Moscow 1963 when black has a forced mate.
In this line 9. exd5 Nd4 10.d6 is not mentioned. I think Black is OK after cxd6 but the position is very complicated and you would need plenty of time to get to the bottom of ...[text shortened]... . I wonder how much of the Zaitsev game was home preparation and how much was seen at the board.