Unorthodox Openings Newsletter

Unorthodox Openings Newsletter

Issue N. ° 1 – Sept. 2000

Dear Chessfriends,

This free newsletter is dedicated to all those who love unorthodox openings and to those who miss new issues of either the Myers Openings Bulletin or Randspringer . All the material herein contained has no copyright so you can freely copy/print/distribute everything you wish. I’m planning to send it quarterly. If you’re interested to get future issues you’re invited to e-mail me at rozzoni@libero.it Unless I receive your request, you won’t get Issue N° 2.

Games & analisys on weird openings are surely welcome.

Enjoy this issue!!

G.M. Miles and the Norwegian Defense

1) Jose Queralto,D (2190) - Miles,A (2630) [B06]

Andorra, 1996

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e5 Nh5 5.Nge2 Bg4 6.h3 Be6 7.g3 c6 8.Bg2 Qd7 9.Be3 Na6 10.Qd2 Nc7 11.Bh6 f6 12.g4 Ng7 13.Bf4 h5 14.g5 fxg5 15.Bxg5 Bf5 16.h4 0-0-0 17.Nd1 Be6 18.Ne3 Nf5 19.0-0-0 Nxe3 20.Qxe3 Kb8 21.Ng3 Bg7 22.f3 Rdf8 23.Bf1 Bf7 24.Bd3 Ne6 25.f4 Nxg5 26.fxg5 Be8 27.Rhf1 Qg4 28.Ne2 Qxh4 29.Rh1 Qg4 30.Rdg1 Qf3 31.Kd2 h4 32.Rh3 Qxe3+ 33.Kxe3 Bd7 34.Rh2 Rfg8 35.Nf4 Be8 36.Rg4 h3 37.Rg3 Rh4 38.Rgxh3 Rg4 39.Rg2 Rxg2 40.Nxg2 Kc7 41.Nf4 Kd7 42.Bxg6 Bxg6 43.Nxg6 Ke6 44.Rf3 b5 45.Nf4+ Kd7 46.Rh3 Bf8 47.g6 e6 48.Rh7+ Be7 49.Kf3 Rf8 50.g7 Rg8 51.Nh5 Ke8 52.Nf6+ Bxf6 53.exf6 Kf7 54.Rh8 a5 55.Kf4 a4 56.Kg5 1-0

2) Lautier,J - Miles,A [B06]

Biel SUI (3), 1996

1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6 3.e5 Nh5 4.Be2 Ng7 5.Nf3 d5 6.h3 h5 7.0-0 c6 8.b3 a5 9.c4 Na6 10.Nc3 Nc7 11.cxd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd5 cxd5 13.Ng5 Bd7 14.Bd3 Ne6 15.Qf3 Nxg5 16.Bxg5 Qb6 17.Qxd5 Bc6 18.Qc5 Qxc5 19.dxc5 Bg7 20.Rfe1 Rd8 21.Bc4 Bd5 22.Bb5+ Bc6 23.Bc4 Bd5 24.Bf1 Kd7 25.Rad1 Ke6 26.h4 Bc6 27.Bc4+ Bd5 28.Rxd5 Rxd5 29.Bxe7 Kxe7 30.Bxd5 Rc8 31.Rc1 Bxe5 32.Bxb7 Rd8 33.Bf3 Rd2 34.c6 Bc7 35.Rd1 Rxd1+ 36.Bxd1 Kd6 37.Be2 Ke7 38.Bc4 f5 39.Kf1 Bd8 40.Ke2 Ke8 41.Be6 Ke7 42.Bg8 Kf8 43.Bd5 Ke7 44.Kd3 f4 45.Kc4 Kd6 46.Be4 Bxh4 47.Kb5 Bd8 48.Bxg6 h4 49.Be4 Bc7 50.Ka6 Bd8 51.Kb7 Bc7 52.Bf3 Bd8 53.a3 1-0

If you’re interested in the Norwegian or North Sea Defense 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6!? you can find a detailed survey on this opening by ICCF-IM Gunnar Hjorth in Randspringer # 71/72 February 1995 (Randspringer Verlag, Wiesenstrasse 78, 78056 Villingen Schwenningen, Germany)

Is the Grob’s attack still playable?

3) Tuturin Sergey - Nikitin Andrey [A00]

Cup Russia (open) Moscow (Russia) (7), 1999

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 e5 4.d4 e4 5.c4 Bd6 6.Nc3 Ne7 7.Qb3 h6 8.Bd2 Bc7 9.0-0-0 0-0 10.g5 hxg5 11.Bxg5 dxc4 12.Qc2 f6 13.Be3 Nd5 14.Nxe4 Be6 15.Nc5 Bf7 16.Qe4 Re8 17.Qh4 b6 18.Ne4 Qe7 19.Bd2 Na6 20.Nc3 Nab4 21.Bxd5 Nxd5 22.Nf3 Nxc3 23.bxc3 Qxe2 24.Rdg1 Qxf3 25.Rxg7+ Kf8 26.Qh6 Bf4 27.Bxf4 ½-½

4) Tuturin,S (2253) - Khamatshin,I [A00]

White Nights Open St Petersburg RUS (4), 26.06.2000

1.g4 d5 2.Bg2 c6 3.h3 g6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 Qc7 6.Nc3 h5 7.gxh5 Rxh5 8.e4 e5 9.exd5 exd4 10.Nxd4 Qb6 11.Nde2 Bd7 12.Qd3 Na6 13.Qe3+ Qxe3 14.Bxe3 Nb4 15.0-0-0 Ne7 16.Ng3 Rh8 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.Bxc6+ bxc6 19.Rhe1 Rb8 20.Bc5 Rb7 21.Nge4 Be5 22.Nd6+ Bxd6 23.Bxd6 f5 24.a3 Na6 25.Re3 Kf7 26.Rde1 Re8 27.Bf4 Rd7 28.Bg5 Nc7 29.h4 Ned5 30.Nxd5 cxd5 31.Rxe8 Nxe8 32.b3 Nc7 33.a4 Ne6 34.Re5 a6 35.Kb2 Nc5 36.Be3 Ne6 37.c3 Nd8 38.h5 Kf6 39.Bd4 Kg5 40.hxg6 Kxg6 41.f4 a5 42.Re8 Kf7 43.Re5 Kg6 44.Bb6 Nb7 45.Kc2 Rd6 46.Bd4 Nd8 47.Bc5 Rd7 48.Re7 Rxe7 49.Bxe7 Nc6 50.Bc5 Kf6 51.Kd3 Kf7 52.b4 axb4 53.cxb4 Ke6 54.a5 Kd7 55.a6 Kc7 56.b5 Nd8 57.b6+ Kc6 58.b7 Nxb7 59.axb7 1-0

5) Rozzoni,D - Pagnoncelli,M [A00]

Semi-Italia Scacchistica Cr. E-mail, 1999/2000

[Rozzoni]

1.g4 d5 2.h3 e5 3.d3 c6 4.Bg2 Be6 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.Ng5 Bd7?! [6...Bc8!?] 7.c4 h5 8.cxd5 hxg4 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Nxf7! Kxf7 11.dxc6+ Be6 12.cxb7 Bxb3 13.Nc3 gxh3 14.Bf3 Qxb7 15.Bxb7 Na6 16.Bxa8 Nb4 17.0-0 Nc2 18.Rb1 Be6 19.Bd2 Nf6 20.Bb7 Nd4 21.Rfe1 a5 22.b3 Bb4 23.Kh1 Rb8 24.Ba6 Bg4 25.f3 Bxf3+ 26.exf3 Nxf3 27.Bc4+ Kg6 28.Rg1+ Kh7 29.Rbd1 Nxd2 30.Rxd2 Bxc3 31.Rh2 Ng8 32.Rxh3+ Nh6 33.Bd5 Kh8 34.Rc1 Bd4 35.Rc7 Rf8 36.Rg3 Nf5 37.Rf3 Rf6 38.Be4 Nd6 39.Rh3+ Rh6 40.Rxh6+ gxh6 41.Rh7+ Kg8 42.Rxh6 Nb5 43.a4 Na3 44.Ra6 Bc3 45.Ra7 Kf8 46.Bg6 Bb4 47.Kg2 Nc2 48.Kf3 1-0

Updates on 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5

6) Wuest,H - Schlindwein,R (2425) [B00]

Open, Untergrombach GER Untergrombach (4), 1999

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.e5 d6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6+ bxc6 6.d4 e6 7.0-0 Rb8 8.c4 Nh6 9.Re1 Nf7 10.Nc3 Be7 11.d5 cxd5 12.cxd5 dxe5 13.dxe6 Bxe6 14.Qxd8+ Bxd8 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.Rxe5 Kf7 17.Rc5 Re8 18.Bf4 Rxb2 19.Bxc7 Be7 20.Na4 Bxc5 21.Nxb2 Bd4 0-1

7) Klinova Masha - Porrasmaa Timo [B00]

It (open) Hoogeveen (Netherlands) (5), 1999

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.d4 Bxf5 5.Bd3 Qd7 6.Bf4 Nf6 7.Nc3 e6 8.0-0 Bd6 9.Bxf5 exf5 10.Ne5 Bxe5 11.dxe5 Ne4 12.Nxd5 0-0-0 13.c4 g5 14.Be3 Nxe5 15.f3 c6 16.fxe4 cxd5 17.Bxg5 Rde8 18.exd5 Rhg8 19.Bf4 Qg7 20.Qc2 Nd3 21.Bg3 Qd4+ 22.Kh1 f4 23.Rf3 Re3 24.Bf2 Qe4 25.Bxe3 fxe3 26.Qe2 1-0

8) Dovliatov,S (2360) - Doettling,F (2473) [B00]

ECh-u20 Aviles ESP (3), 18.08.2000

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.d4 Bxf5 5.Be2 e6 6.0-0 Bd6 7.Bg5 Nf6 8.Nc3 h6 9.Bh4 0-0 10.Bd3 Bg4 11.Be2 Qd7 12.Bg3 Nh5 13.Ne5 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Nf4 16.Qe3 Nxe5 17.Qxe5 Rf5 18.Qe3 e5 19.Ne2 Nxe2+ 20.Qxe2 exd4 21.Rfe1 Raf8 22.f3 c5 23.Rad1 R5f6 24.Qe5 Qd6 25.Qxd6 Rxd6 26.Re7 Rf7 27.Rde1 Ra6 28.Re8+ Kh7 29.Rd8 Rxa2 30.Rxd5 b6 31.Rb1 a5 32.h4 a4 33.h5 Re7 34.Kf1 Re6 35.Rd7 a3 36.Ra7 Rxb2 0-1

9) Wuest,H - Schlindwein,R (2425) [B00]

Open, Untergrombach GER Untergrombach (4), 1999

10) Antoniewski,R (2446) - Doettling,F (2473) [B00]

ECh-u20 Aviles ESP (9), 25.08.2000

1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 d5 4.Bb5 Bxf5 5.Ne5 Qd6 6.d4 Nf6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Bf4 Nxe5 10.Bxe5 Qd7 11.c3 e6 12.Nd2 Bd6 13.Re1 0-0 14.b4 Qf7 15.Qf3 Rad8 16.Qg3 Rd7 17.Nb3 Qh5 18.Na5 Rf6 19.Nxc6 Rdf7 20.Qe3 Be4 21.f4 Qh6 22.h3 Qh4 23.Re2 Rg6 24.Kh2 Rf8 25.Rf1 a6 26.c4 Rf7 27.c5 Bf8 28.a4 Rh6 29.b5 axb5 30.a5 g5 31.a6 gxf4 32.Rxf4 1-0

What do you think of the Zilbermints Gambit ?

11) Caprifichi, L – Codazza, G

cr, Italy 1994

1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nge7 4.Bg5 h6 5.Bh4 g5 6.Nxg5 hxg5 7.Bxg5 Bg7 8.Bf6 Bxf6 9.exf6 Ng8 10.Nc3 Nxf6 11.Qd2 d6 12.0-0-0 Qe7 13.e4 Kd8 14.f3 Bd7 15.g4 Ne5 16.Be2 Rh3 17.g5 Ne8 18.f4 Ng6 19.f5 Ne5 20.Nd5 Qf8 21.Nf4 Rh4 22.h3 Bc6 23.Qe3 Ng7 24.Rhg1 Qe8 25.Rd4 Nf3 26.Qxf3 Qe5 0-1

12) Matveeva,S (2405) - Gansvind,V (2240) [A40]

49th ch-RUS (women), Moscow RUS (2), 1999

1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nge7 4.b3 Ng6 5.Bb2 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.a3 Bxd2+ 8.Qxd2 b6 9.h4 h5 10.g3 Bb7 11.Bg2 0-0-0 12.0-0-0 Ncxe5 13.Rhe1 Ng4 14.e4 f6 15.Nd4 Qf7 16.Nb5 a6 17.Nc3 Ne7 18.f3 Ne5 19.f4 Ng4 20.Bf3 Kb8 21.Qe2 Qg6 22.Kb1 Rhe8 23.f5 Nxf5 24.Bxg4 Nxg3 25.Qh2 Nxe4 26.Rxd7 Rxd7 27.Bxd7 Rd8 28.Nxe4 Rxd7 29.Ng3 Qg4 30.Bc3 Ka7 31.Kb2 a5 32.a4 Bc6 33.Rg1 Qf3 34.Ne2 Qe3 35.Rg3 Qe4 36.Rg1 Qe3 37.Nf4 Qf3 38.Ne6 g5 39.hxg5 fxg5 40.Nxg5 Qd5 41.Qxh5 Qc5 42.Qh2 Re7 43.Rg3 Kb7 44.Qd2 Qf5 45.Bd4 Qg6 46.Qd3 Qd6 47.Bc3 Qf4 48.Nh3 Qf8 49.Re3 Rd7 50.Qe2 Rf7 51.Ng5 Rf2 52.Qd3 Qh6 53.Ne6 Bg2 54.Nd8+ Kc8 55.Re8 Qh5 56.Rh8 Qg4 57.Qa6+ Kd7 58.Qb5+ Kc8 59.Nc6+ Kb7 60.Rb8# 1-0

13) Sanz Arilla Luis - Argandona Rivero Inigo [A40]

Ch Spain (juniors) Sevilla (Spain) (2), 1999

1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nge7 4.e4 Ng6 5.Nc3 Be7 6.Be3 0-0 7.Be2 Ncxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.f4 Ng6 10.0-0 d6 11.Bc4 c6 12.Qh5 b5 13.Bd3 Bf6 14.g4 Qe7 15.f5 Nh8 16.Rf3 g6 17.Qh3 a6 18.Raf1 Bd7 19.Qg2 g5 20.Qh3 Kg7 21.Qh5 Ng6 22.fxg6 fxg6 23.Qh3 Be5 24.Qg2 Be6 25.a3 h6 26.h3 Rf6 27.Rxf6 Bxf6 28.Qf2 c5 29.Nd1 Rf8 30.e5 Bxe5 31.Qxf8+ Qxf8 32.Rxf8 Kxf8 33.Bxg6 a5 34.c3 Bb3 35.Nf2 c4 36.Bb6 a4 37.Be3 d5 38.Kf1 Kg7 39.Bb1 b4 40.Bd2 bxa3 41.bxa3 Bd6 42.Bc1 Kf6 43.Ke2 Ke5 44.Nd1 Bf8 45.Ne3 d4 46.cxd4+ Kxd4 47.Bb2+ c3 48.Nf5+ Kd5 49.Bc1 Kc4 50.Bd3+ Kd5 51.h4 Ke5 52.h5 0-1

14) Madhy,N - Preuss,F (2072) [A40]

Politiken Cup Copenhagen DEN (8), 25.07.2000

1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Nge7 4.g3 Ng6 5.Qd5 Qe7 6.a3 Ncxe5 7.Nxe5 Nxe5 8.Bf4 f6 9.Bg2 c6 10.Qd4 d5 11.Qe3 g5 12.Bxe5 fxe5 13.Nd2 Bf5 14.0-0-0 Bg7 15.Nf3 Bf6 16.Qb3 0-0-0 17.Nd2 e4 18.e3 Rhe8 19.Rhf1 Be6 20.Qa4 Kb8 21.c3 c5 22.c4 Rd6 23.cxd5 Bxd5 24.Nc4 Ra6 25.Qc2 Qe6 26.Rxd5 Qxd5 27.Rd1 Qe6 28.Nd2 Rb6 29.Nc4 Rc6 30.Nd2 c4 31.Nxe4 Rc7 32.Rd6 c3 33.Rxe6 cxb2+ 34.Kb1 Rxe6 35.Nc5 Rd6 36.Bf3 Rb6 37.Qf5 a6 38.Qd5 Ka7 39.Nd3 Rbc6 40.Ne5 Rc5 41.Qxc5+ Rxc5 42.Nd3 Rc3 0-1

A few 1.c4 g5 games from the past

15) Maccapan,F - Loschi,E [A10]

Cr. Asigc CIM10, 1993

1.c4 g5 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d3 h6 4.e4 d6 5.Nge2 f5 6.Ng3 Nf6 7.exf5 g4 8.h3 gxh3 9.Rxh3 Kf8 10.Be2 Nc6 11.Be3 d5 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Qd2 Nxe3 14.fxe3 e6 15.0-0-0 exf5 16.Rf1 Ne7 17.Bg4 Kg8 18.Nxf5 Bxf5 19.Bxf5 Nxf5 20.Rxf5 Qd7 21.Rhf3 c6 22.Ne4 1-0

16) Danese,G - Tonelli,A [A10]

Cr. Asigc B/128, 1995

1.c4 g5 2.Nc3 Bg7 3.d4 h6 4.e4 c5 5.d5 d6 6.Bd3 Nd7 7.Nge2 Ne5 8.0-0 Nf6 9.f4 gxf4 10.Bxf4 Nh5 11.Bxe5 Bxe5 12.Bc2 Rg8 13.Qd2 Rg6 14.Rf2 Bd7 15.Raf1 Nf6 16.Nf4 Rg5 17.Kh1 Qa5 18.Nd3 Bd4 19.Rf4 0-0-0 20.b4 cxb4 21.Nb5 Bxb5 22.cxb5 Bc3 23.Qe3 Rdg8 24.R4f2 Qxa2 25.Bb1 Qc4 26.Rc1 Qxe4 27.Qxe4 Nxe4 28.Rxf7 Rxg2 29.Nxb4 Nc5 30.Nd3 Bd4 31.Rf8+ Kc7 32.Rxg8 Rxg8 33.Nf4 Kb6 34.Bd3 Be3 0-1

17) Calgaro,U – Codazza,G [A10]

cr ITA, 1988

1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 h6 4.e4 d6 5.f4 gxf4 6.Bxf4 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.d5 Nd4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.gxf3 e5 11.Be3 Bf6 12.Bxd4 exd4 13.Nb5 c6 14.Nxd4 Qa5+ 15.Ke2 Qc5 16.Ke3 Ne7 17.Rg1 0-0-0 18.f4 Rhe8 19.Qg4+ Kb8 0-1

18) Pastircak,M - Rossi,C [A10]

Reggio Emilia, 1990

1.c4 g5 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 g4 4.e4 d6 5.Be3 Nc6 6.Nge2 e5 7.Qd2 f5 8.dxe5 Nxe5 9.Ng3 fxe4 10.Nh5 Kf8 11.Nxe4 Qe8 12.Nxg7 Kxg7 13.Be2 Qg6 14.f4 Qxe4 15.fxe5 dxe5 16.0-0 Bf5 17.Bc5 h6 18.Rae1 Re8 19.Bd1 Qc6 20.Qf2 Nf6 21.Ba4 Qxa4 22.Qxf5 Qc6 23.Ba3 Qe6 24.Qf2 b6 25.b3 c5 ½-½

19) Scarani,A - Rozzoni,D [A10]

Cr. ASI Semif. 29° C.I., 1997

1.c4 g5 2.d4 h6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 c5 5.Nge2 Qa5 6.dxc5 Qxc5 7.Qa4 Qc6 8.h4 Qxa4 9.Nxa4 g4 10.Be3 d6 11.Nac3 Bd7 12.Nd5 Na6 13.0-0-0 Nf6 14.Nec3 Nxd5 15.cxd5 Nc5 16.Bd4 0-0 17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.Be2 Rac8 19.Kb1 f5 20.exf5 Rxf5 21.f3 gxf3 22.Bxf3 Re5 23.Rhe1 Bf5+ 24.Ka1 Nd3 25.Rxe5 Nxe5 26.Be2 Ng4 27.Bxg4 Bxg4 28.Re1 Kf7 ½-½