The Pseudo-Traxler Bukayev Romantic Attack Which Is Stronger Than the Traxler Attack

 

                                                       

                           The Pseudo-Traxler Bukayev Romantic Attack

                         Which Is Stronger Than the Traxler Attack                                     

                                                              by Yury V. Bukayev

 

Since this famous blog isn't only about JG, today let me introduce my new analytical invention which was born after my looking at the Traxler attack (C57) in the Italian opening and looking at the Rossolimo variation (B30) in the Sicilian opening. We remember, Mr. Traxler has discovered his attack with 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+! 6.Kxf2 Nxe4+! after his looking at the Jerome gambit, so the Jerome gambit is a "grandfather" of this my invention.

Thus, here is my new attack:

 

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e5!? (this is a popular modern defence in the Rossolimo variation) 4.b4?! AN (this new sort of the Wing gambit can be enjoyed by a lot of Sicilian Wing gambit lovers in the Internet) 4...cxb4 5.a3 a6 6.Bc4!? Nf6 7.Ng5 Bc5?! (let me name it as 'Pseudo-Traxler Bukayev Romantic Attack'). 

Why is the probability of Black's choice of 7...Bc5 higher than one of 7...d5! (which is stronger, in fact)? After 7...d5 8.exd5! Black sees that the main Two Knights defence plan ...Nc6-a5 can't "save" the diagonal a2-g8 because the square a2 is free here, so White retreats Bc4-a2! The position is very sharp, and Black's knowledge and understanding of "side" Two Knights defence variations against 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 are not enough usually. Black sees a more risk for himself here (7...d5 8.exd5!) than in the case of 7...Bc5, because this new Traxler-ish attack is clearly stronger than the Traxler attack and because its all ideas seem to be clear for an attacker.

The strongest way for White is analogous to the Traxler attack - 

 

8.Bxf7+!  ,

 

and after the analogous response

 

8...Ke7!

 

Black has enough good counter-play, the position is very sharp, is near to even game.

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