On Ronnie's 6.Be3:The main line is 6.Bg5 with 6,214 games according to chessgames.com which features many notable games by World Champion Mikhail Tal, the Magician of Riga.
N Sacrifice[Event "Riga"][Date "1957.??.??"][White "Mikhail Tal"][Black "Alexander Koblents"][ECO "B63"]1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 a6 11.g4 Rd8 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h4 b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.g6 hxg6 16.h5 gxh5 17.Rxh5 Nf6 18.Rh1 d5 19.e5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Qh2 Kf8 22.Qh8+ Ng8 23.Rh7 f5 24.Bh6 Rd7 25.Bxb5 Rf7 26.Rg1 Ra7 27.Nd4 Ng4 28.fxg4 Be5 29.Nc6 Bxc3 30.Be3 d4 31.Rgh1 Rd7 32.Bg5 axb5 33.R1h6 d3 34.bxc3 d2 35.Kd1 Qxc6 36.Rf6+ Rf7 37.Qxg7+ 1-0
N Sacrifice[Event "Zurich"][Date "1959.??.??"][White "Mikhail Tal"][Black "Erwin Nievergelt"][ECO "B63"]1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.O-O-O a6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Be2 h5 12.Kb1 Qb613.Nb3 O-O-O 14.Rhf1 Be7 15.Rf3 Rdg8 16.Bf1 Kb8 17.Rd3 Bc8 18.a3 h4 19.Qe1 Rg4 20.Nd5 exd5 21.exd5 Ne5 22.fxe5 fxe5 23.Na5 Bd8 24.Nc6+ Ka8 25.Rb3 Qc7 26.Rc3 bxc6 27.Rxc6 Qb7 28.Rxd6 Ra4 29.Rd3 Bc7 30.Rf6 Bd8 31.Rc6 e4 32.Rb3 Ba5 33.Qe3 Qa7 34.Qh6 Rd8 35.Bxa6 Bd2 36.Qf6 Qd7 37.Bxc8+ 1-0
R Sacrifice[Event "Moscow URS ch"][Date "1957.??.??"][White "Mikhail Tal"][Black "Konstantin Klaman"][ECO "B61"]1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Qa5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.f4 Rg8 12.g3 e6 13.Bh3 Qc5 14.Qd2 b5 15.Rhe1 b4 16.Ne2 Qc4 17.Kb1 Qxe4 18.Nd4 Qb7 19.Qd3 Be7 20.Qxh7 Rf8 21.Bg4 Qc7 22.Ka1 f5 23.Bxf5 exf5 24.Rxe7+ Kxe7 25.Re1+ Kd8 26.Qh4+ f6 27.Qh6 Qa5 28.Nb3 Qd5 29.Qxf8+ Kc7 30.Qxf6 Re8 31.Rc1 Ba4 32.Qd4 Qb7 33.Rd1 Re6 34.Qc4+ 1-0
The move 6.Be3 debuted in 1883:[Event "DSB-03.Kongress"][Site "Nuremberg"][Date "1883.07.16"][White "Max Lange"][Black "Louis Paulsen"][ECO "B56"]1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bb5 Qd7 8.Qd2 Nxe3 9.Qxe3 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qa7 13.Qd3 e6 14.O-O Be7 15.Kh1 O-O 16.f4 Qc5 17.Rae1 Bd7 18.f5 Bf6 19.Qh3 Rae8 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.Rxe3 exf5 22.Nd5 Bd4 23.Rd3 Bxb2 24.Nb6 fxe4 25.Nxd7 exd3 26.cxd3 Re7 27.Nxf8 Kxf8 28.g3 Bc3 29.Rf2 f6 30.Rc2 b4 31.d4 g5 32.d5 h5 33.h3 Re3 34.h4 gxh4 35.gxh4 Re4 36.Rh2 Be1 37.Bd1 Bg3 38.Re2 Rd4 39.Bb3Rxh4+ 40.Kg1 Be5 41.Rc2 Rg4+ 42.Kf2 Bc3 43.Kf3 f5 44.Rh2 h445.Bc2 Be5 46.Rh3 Ke7 0-1
Still on Ronnie's 6.Be3, IM Dimakiling replied with the seldom used 6... e5 instead of the main line 6... e6.The e5 set-up is identified with the Sveshnikov Variation.
Ronnie's 7.Nxc6:The usual moves are 7.Ndb5, 7.Nf3 and 7.Nb3. Ronnie played an unusual move that has only 1 game in chessgame.com database:[Event "83rd Hastings Chess Congress"][Date "2008.01.02"][White "Michael Raddatz"][Black "Boris Furman"][ECO "B56"][WhiteElo "2037"][BlackElo "2264"]1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 Nd7 12. Rf2 Ne5 13. b3 Bf6 14. Rb1 Ng6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Na4 Be5 18. c4 c5 19. Nc3 Rae8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bg5 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qe5+ 23. Bf4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 25. Rxf4 Bxe4 26. Rxd6 Bxg2 27. Bd3 Ba8 28. Rd7 Re3 29. Kg1 Rg3+ 30. Kf1 a5 31. Be2 a4 32. bxa4 Ra3 33. Bd1 Rxa2 34. Rf5 Bg2+ 0-1
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On Ronnie's 6.Be3:
The main line is 6.Bg5 with 6,214 games according to chessgames.com which features many notable games by World Champion Mikhail Tal, the Magician of Riga.
N Sacrifice
[Event "Riga"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Alexander Koblents"]
[ECO "B63"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.O-O-O O-O 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 a6 11.g4 Rd8 12.Be3 Qc7 13.h4 b5 14.g5 Nd7 15.g6 hxg6 16.h5 gxh5 17.Rxh5 Nf6 18.Rh1 d5 19.e5 Nxe5 20.Bf4 Bd6 21.Qh2 Kf8 22.Qh8+ Ng8 23.Rh7 f5 24.Bh6 Rd7 25.Bxb5 Rf7 26.Rg1 Ra7 27.Nd4 Ng4 28.fxg4 Be5 29.Nc6 Bxc3 30.Be3 d4 31.Rgh1 Rd7 32.Bg5 axb5 33.R1h6 d3 34.bxc3 d2 35.Kd1 Qxc6 36.Rf6+ Rf7 37.Qxg7+ 1-0
N Sacrifice
[Event "Zurich"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Erwin Nievergelt"]
[ECO "B63"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 h6 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.O-O-O a6 10.f4 Bd7 11.Be2 h5 12.Kb1 Qb6
13.Nb3 O-O-O 14.Rhf1 Be7 15.Rf3 Rdg8 16.Bf1 Kb8 17.Rd3 Bc8 18.a3 h4 19.Qe1 Rg4 20.Nd5 exd5 21.exd5 Ne5 22.fxe5 fxe5 23.Na5 Bd8 24.Nc6+ Ka8 25.Rb3 Qc7 26.Rc3 bxc6 27.Rxc6 Qb7 28.Rxd6 Ra4 29.Rd3 Bc7 30.Rf6 Bd8 31.Rc6 e4 32.Rb3 Ba5 33.Qe3 Qa7 34.Qh6 Rd8 35.Bxa6 Bd2 36.Qf6 Qd7 37.Bxc8+ 1-0
R Sacrifice
[Event "Moscow URS ch"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Konstantin Klaman"]
[ECO "B61"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Qa5 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.O-O-O Rc8 11.f4 Rg8 12.g3 e6 13.Bh3 Qc5 14.Qd2 b5 15.Rhe1 b4 16.Ne2 Qc4 17.Kb1 Qxe4 18.Nd4 Qb7 19.Qd3 Be7 20.Qxh7 Rf8 21.Bg4 Qc7 22.Ka1 f5 23.Bxf5 exf5 24.Rxe7+ Kxe7 25.Re1+ Kd8 26.Qh4+ f6 27.Qh6 Qa5 28.Nb3 Qd5 29.Qxf8+ Kc7 30.Qxf6 Re8 31.Rc1 Ba4 32.Qd4 Qb7 33.Rd1 Re6 34.Qc4+ 1-0
The move 6.Be3 debuted in 1883:
[Event "DSB-03.Kongress"]
[Site "Nuremberg"]
[Date "1883.07.16"]
[White "Max Lange"]
[Black "Louis Paulsen"]
[ECO "B56"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 d6 6.Be3 Ng4 7.Bb5 Qd7 8.Qd2 Nxe3 9.Qxe3 a6 10.Ba4 b5 11.Bb3 Nxd4 12.Qxd4 Qa7 13.Qd3 e6 14.O-O Be7 15.Kh1 O-O 16.f4 Qc5 17.Rae1 Bd7 18.f5 Bf6 19.Qh3 Rae8 20.Qe3 Qxe3 21.Rxe3 exf5 22.Nd5 Bd4 23.Rd3 Bxb2 24.Nb6 fxe4 25.Nxd7 exd3 26.cxd3 Re7 27.Nxf8 Kxf8 28.g3 Bc3 29.Rf2 f6 30.Rc2 b4 31.d4 g5 32.d5 h5 33.h3 Re3 34.h4 gxh4 35.gxh4 Re4 36.Rh2 Be1 37.Bd1 Bg3 38.Re2 Rd4 39.Bb3
Rxh4+ 40.Kg1 Be5 41.Rc2 Rg4+ 42.Kf2 Bc3 43.Kf3 f5 44.Rh2 h4
45.Bc2 Be5 46.Rh3 Ke7 0-1
Still on Ronnie's 6.Be3, IM Dimakiling replied with the seldom used 6... e5 instead of the main line 6... e6.
The e5 set-up is identified with the Sveshnikov Variation.
Ronnie's 7.Nxc6:
The usual moves are 7.Ndb5, 7.Nf3 and 7.Nb3.
Ronnie played an unusual move that has only 1 game in chessgame.com database:
[Event "83rd Hastings Chess Congress"]
[Date "2008.01.02"]
[White "Michael Raddatz"]
[Black "Boris Furman"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 Nd7 12. Rf2 Ne5 13. b3 Bf6 14. Rb1 Ng6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Na4 Be5 18. c4 c5 19. Nc3 Rae8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bg5 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qe5+ 23. Bf4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 25. Rxf4 Bxe4 26. Rxd6 Bxg2 27. Bd3 Ba8 28. Rd7 Re3 29. Kg1 Rg3+ 30. Kf1 a5 31. Be2 a4 32. bxa4 Ra3 33. Bd1 Rxa2 34. Rf5 Bg2+ 0-1
Ronnie's 7.Nxc6:
The usual moves are 7.Ndb5, 7.Nf3 and 7.Nb3.
Ronnie played an unusual move that has only 1 game in chessgame.com database:
[Event "83rd Hastings Chess Congress"]
[Date "2008.01.02"]
[White "Michael Raddatz"]
[Black "Boris Furman"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2037"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 Nd7 12. Rf2 Ne5 13. b3 Bf6 14. Rb1 Ng6 15. Qd2 Be6 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. Na4 Be5 18. c4 c5 19. Nc3 Rae8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bg5 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Qe5+ 23. Bf4 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 25. Rxf4 Bxe4 26. Rxd6 Bxg2 27. Bd3 Ba8 28. Rd7 Re3 29. Kg1 Rg3+ 30. Kf1 a5 31. Be2 a4 32. bxa4 Ra3 33. Bd1 Rxa2 34. Rf5 Bg2+ 0-1
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