In my email comments to Yury Bukayev about the line we were discussing, 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6 4.Nf3 Nd4, 5.Bf7!?, I did not show much enthusiasm. In short order, I got a very bright email, enlightening me.
How do you do, dear Mr. Kennedy!
How do you do, dear Mr. Kennedy!
Dear Rick, thank you
very much for your 2 letters! But I disagree with your appraisals of 5.Bxf7
and of 5.Nxe5. I suggest you discuss with me or publish (it will be
better) my following analysis (5.Bf7! Kf7 6.Ne5 Ke6 7.Qh5+- ) and my words
about 5.Ne5 Qg5-+:
1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6
3.Bc4 h6 (Vienna game: Max Lange variation) 4.Nf3 (Italian
game/ Three Knights game) …Nd4?
Paragraph 1. 5.Bf7!
Kf7 6.Ne5 Ke6 7.Qh5!? (White stands better.)
II) 7…Qg5 8.Qf7 Kd6 [8…Ke5 9.d3 (with the idea 10.Bf4 mate) …Nc2 10.Kf1!?+-] 9.Qd5!? Ke7 10.Qd4 Qg2 11.Nd5 Kd8 12.Rf1 White stands better.
III) 7…Qf6 8.Ng6!? (White stands better.)
A)
8…Nc2 (8…Rh7
9.Qd5 mate) 9.Kd1 Na1 10.Qd5 mate;
B) 8…Qg5
9.Nf8!? Ke7 10.Ng6 White stands better.
C) 8…c6 9.Qg4!? Kf7 10.Nh8 Ke8 11.0-0!? Nc2 12.Rb1 Nge7 13.e5 White stands better.
C) 8…c6 9.Qg4!? Kf7 10.Nh8 Ke8 11.0-0!? Nc2 12.Rb1 Nge7 13.e5 White stands better.
D) 8…d6 9.Nf8
(or 9.Nd5) …Qf8 (9…Ke7 10.Nd5!? Kf8 11.Nf6+-) 10.Qd5 White stands better.
E) 8…Ne7
9.Nd5 Qg5 (9…Qg6 10.Nf4+-; 9…Qf7 10.Ngf4+-) 10.Qg5!? White stands better.
IV) 7…g6 8.Qg6!? (White
stands better.)
A) 8…Ke5 9.f4
Kf4 10.0-0+-;
B) 8…Nf6
9.Qf7 Ke5 10.f4 Kd6 (10…Kf4 11.0-0 Ke5 12.d3+) 11.e5 with the very strong
attack;
C) 8…Qf6
9.Nd5!? Qg6 10.Ng6 (White stands better.) …Nc2 11.Kd1 Na1 12.Nc7 (or 12.Nh8)
…Kf6 (12…Kd6 13.Na8 Rh7 14.Nf8 White stands better.) 13.Nh8 Rb8 14.b3 (with the
idea 15.Bb2) +-
V) 7…Nf6 8.Qf7 Ke5
9.f4 Kd6 [9…Kf4 10.0-0 Ke5 11.d3 (with the idea 12.Bf4 mate) …g5!(11…Nc2 12.Bf4
Kd4 13.Qc4 mate) 12.Rf6!? c6 (12…Qf6 13.Qd5 mate; 12…Qe7 13.Rf5+-; 12…Bg7
13.Rg6!? White stands better.) 13.Be3 White stands better.] 10.e5 with the very
strong attack.
Paragraph 2. 5.Ne5?!
Qg5.
Probably, Black stands
better both after 6.Nf7 and after 6.Bf7, because Black has a very strong attack
in both cases: Qg2, Nf3, d5, Bg4.
Do you agree with me,
dear Rick? I suggest you to discuss with me or to publish (it will be better)
my analysis.
Best wishes! Yury V. Bukayev (“Bruno’s Chess Problem of the Day”)