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Posted by Jordan S. Berson
on 7/19/2009, 2:37 am
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My opponent was rather unprepared for this opening. After 7...Na5, he went into a 45-minute think, and played a move that's not very strong. Better was 8.b4 cxb3 9.axb3 Bd7 10.b4 Rc8 with an even position. I saw the line in Batsford Chess Openings some 15 years ago and remembered it to this day 
Zi Yi Qin (2240) – Jordan S. Berson (1996)
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 dxc4 7.d5 Na5 8.Nf3 Bd7 9.Ne5 Rc8 10.Qd5 Qb6 11.Qd2 Qc7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.0-0-0 Nc5 14.Kb1 Qe5 15.f3 Qf5+ 16.Ne4 Nxe4 17.fxe4 Qxe4+ 18.Ka1 Rc5 19.Be3 Rb5 20.Be2 g5 21.Bf3 Qg6 22.d6 Bg7 23.d7+ Kd8 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Nb3+ 0-1
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