[Event "Opening Theory #3"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Two Knights"]
[Black "Ulvestad variation"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C57"]
[Annotator "KS"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.02"]
{[%evp 0,34,16,28,25,20,42,15,9,1,1,1,1,-7,99,62,56,36,76,125,84,48,48,48,48,
39,89,84,76,58,47,44,91,91,91,91,113]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5
5. exd5 b5 $5 {The 5...b5 line is sound, underestimated, has less theory and
can generate more winning chances compared with the well established 5...Na5!?}
6. Bf1 $1 Nxd5 7. Bxb5 Bb7 8. d4 {This is So's suggestion in his Chessable
course} ({Another critical line is} 8. d3 Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nd4 11. Bc4
Nb6 $132 {Black has good counterplay here} 12. Nxe5 $2 Bd6) (8. Qh5 Qd7 {
is similar to the Main line}) 8... exd4 $1 9. O-O Be7 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qh6 Qd7
12. Re1 a6 13. Ba4 Qf5 14. Qg7 O-O-O 15. Qxf7 Bxg5 16. Qxf5+ gxf5 17. Bxg5 Rdg8
$11 *