[Event "Opening Theory #14"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Aggressive gambit idea in the Slav"] [Black "?"] [Result "*"] [ECO "D10"] [Annotator "KS"] [PlyCount "46"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.11.28"] {[%evp 0,7,27,24,35,8,22,22,34,45] An aggressive gambit idea in the Slav that overturned decades of known opening wisdom. And is today an essential opening theory knowledge, as it is seen in various similar openings. It was the year 2011 that I (Nikos) started working with a few GMs, feeding them with opening ideas. This was one of my ideas that nobody wanted to play! That's how bad they thought it was! I was proven to be correct later, when this became a huge trendy line.} 1. d4 ({The same gambit idea can be tried in the Reti} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 $1 7. Qxb7 Bd7 $1 8. Qb3 e5 $1 $44) 1... d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 $1 {was considered to be bad.} 5. cxd5 (5. Qb3 $1 {the only way to play for an advantage} Qb6 6. Qxb6 axb6 7. cxd5 $1 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Ne2 {[%CAl Ge2c3,Gf1b5]} (9. Nf3 $6 Nc6 10. Bd2 Bd7 $3 {[#]} 11. Be2 e6 12. O-O Bd6 13. Rfc1 Ke7 14. Bc3 Rhc8 15. a3 Na5 16. Nd2 f5 17. g3 b5 18. f3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. e4 Kf7 21. e5 Be7 22. f4 b5 23. Kf2 Ra4 24. Ke3 Rca8 25. Rab1 h6 26. Nf3 g5 27. Ne1 Rg8 28. Kf3 gxf4 29. gxf4 Raa8 30. Ng2 Rg4 31. Rg1 Rag8 32. Be1 b4 33. axb4 Ba4 34. Ra1 Bc2 35. Bg3 Be4+ 36. Kf2 h5 37. Ra7 Bxg2 38. Rxg2 h4 39. Bxh4 Rxg2+ 40. Kf3 Rxh2 41. Bxe7 Rh3+ 42. Kf2 Rb3 43. Bg5+ Kg6 44. Re7 Rxb2+ 45. Kf3 Ra8 46. Rxe6+ Kh7 {0-1 Janowski,D-Capablanca,J New York Rice final 1916 (3)})) 5... cxd5 6. Qb3 {[%csl Rb7,Rd5] How to defend b7? Most books suggested the stupid-looking} Nc6 $1 {the idea!} (6... Bc8 $6) 7. Qxb7 Bd7 $1 {[%CAl Ga8b8,Gc6b4]} 8. Qb3 Rb8 9. Qd1 e5 $1 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 (12. Nd4 O-O 13. Be2 Ne4 $1 $132 {with counterplay}) 12... O-O ({Black's gambit is so good, that another line is at least as good, as shown by Stockfish} 12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Qc7 $1 {So, the gambit works! Jacob Aagaard named it the "Glasgow Kiss" and Avrukh suggested it in his Slav book (excellent book, recommended!)}) 13. O-O Qe7 $1 14. Nd4 Rfc8 $1 {[%csl Rg1,Rh2][%CAl Ge5g4,Gb8b6,Gd6b8] Today, best is considered} 15. a4 $1 (15. Ncb5 Bc5 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. a4 Nxb2 18. Qe1 Ne4 19. Ba5 Nc4 20. Nb3 a6 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. f3 axb5 24. fxe4 Rg5 25. Bc7 Rc8 26. Bf4 Rg6 27. axb5 Qxe4 28. Bg3 Bxb5 29. Qc3 Bc6 30. Ra2 h6 31. Rd2 Re6 32. Re1 Ba8 33. h3 Rg6 34. Kh2 Rc5 35. Qa3 Rxg3 36. Rd8+ Kh7 37. Qxa8 Rxg2+ 38. Kh1 Qxa8 39. Rxa8 Rd2 {0-1 Horvath,C (2509)-Brunello,S (2587) ITA-chT Arvier 2012 (7)}) 15... Neg4 $1 16. Bxg4 (16. h3 Nh2 17. Re1 Ne4 $1 $11) 16... Nxg4 17. h3 Nh2 18. Re1 Bxh3 $1 19. e4 Bd7 20. Qh5 Qe5 $1 21. Qxe5 Bxe5 22. Nf5 Kf8 $1 23. Nxd5 Ng4 $1 $11 *