Sunday, November 27, 2011

R4 Saltorio vs Sol Cruz

3 comments:

rjsolcruz said...

Rhal's third move 3... Bf5 is next to e6 and c5 in popularity.

rjsolcruz said...

3... Bf5 is also a GM move: Edvardsen vs Carlsen in Troll Masters 2001, Chebotarev vs Sveshnikov in Russian Ch 2001, Yusupov vs Tischbierek in Bundesliga 2002, Bente vs Mamedjarova in European Ch 2004, Wang vs Antoniou in Olympiad 2004, Dizdarevic vs Predojevic in Bosnia 2005, Yusupov vs Cheparinov in Amsterdam 2007, Rahman vs Hai in Asian Continental 2009, among others.

rjsolcruz said...

The continuation 4.Bd3 Bxd3 has only 25 games in the chessgames.com database. And it reflects a higher winning percentage for Black at 44% against White's 28%.