Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Fajarowicz with 8...Be6

As an improvement on 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4 4.a3 Nc6 5.Nf3 a5 6.Qc2 d5 7.exd6 Nxd6 8.Nc3 Nxc4 9.Bg5 (Tamburro) in the Fajarowicz variation, I have looked at 8...Be6 9.b3 a4.


Black gets good play for the pawn after 10.Nxa4 Bf5 11.Qd1 Nxc4 12.Qxd8+ Nxd8 13.e4 Be6 14.Bxc4 Bxc4 15.Nb6 cxb6 16.bxc4 Ra4 17.Nd2 Bc5.


A likely continuation is 18.O-O O-O followed by 19...Ne6.