[Event "7.Be3 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Qb6"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2026.03.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "?"]
[Black "French, Steinitz, Boleslavsky"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Annotator "Andersen,Rune Egede"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.06.27"]
{[%evp 0,52,25,16,41,35,28,29,65,58,47,20,20,22,21,32,40,17,32,58,49,49,6,22,
22,22,50,45,45,45,45,29,44,7,7,-29,18,5,-8,-81,-83,-52,-26,-70,-53,-87,-76,-64,
-77,-46,-41,-38,-36,-90,-62]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 {Boleslavsky variation. Ukrainian GM (1919-1977) Key Position
} (7. Be2 $2 {Er en fejl. Be3 skal spilles.} cxd4 8. Nxd4 Ndxe5 9. fxe5 Qh4+
10. g3 Qxd4 $19) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 $1 {One of the newest attempts for
black.} 9. Qd2 (9. Be2 Bc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b6
14. Bd1 $11) 9... Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 $1 {Gives white a small advantage.}
(11. Ncb5 $6 {Not good enough.} Qxa2 12. Rb3 (12. Rd1 Rb8 13. Nc7+ Kd8 14. Ncb5
a6 15. Nd6 Bxd6 16. exd6 Qa3) 12... Qa1+ 13. Ke2 (13. Kf2 $2 Nc5 $1 {[%CAl
Rc5b3,Rc5e4]}) 13... Rb8 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Ncxe6+ fxe6 16. Nxe6+ Ke7 17. Qxd5
Qa5 18. Rb5 Qc3 19. Kf2 Qxc2+ 20. Kg1 $11 Ke8 $8) (11. Ndb5 Qa5 12. Be2 $2 (12.
Nxd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 exd5 14. Nc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 b6 16. Be2 (16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Nxb6
axb6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxb6+ Nxb6 20. Rxb6 Kc7 21. Rhb1 Bc5 $11) 16... d4 17.
Bf2 Bb7 18. Nxb6 Nxb6 19. c3 Bc5 20. Rhd1 Kc7 21. cxd4 Bxd4 22. Ke1 Bxf2+ 23.
Kxf2 Ne7 $15) 12... a6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 (13... Bb4 14. Nb3 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd4
c5 16. Rxb4 Qxb4 17. Bf2 $17) 14... Qc7) 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15. O-O Bxd4+ 16. Qxd4
Qc5 $15) 11... Nxd4 (11... Bb4 $6 12. Rb3 Qa5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc3 15.
Rxc3 Qa4 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 O-O 18. Rc7 Rb8 19. O-O Rb7 20. Rxb7 Bxb7 21.
Rb1 $16) 12. Bxd4 a6 $1 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 $1 {Whites only chance for an
advantage.} ({If white by accident takes immidiatedly.} 14. Rxb7 $5 Bb4 $11 15.
O-O Rc8 16. Nb1 $1 Bxd2 17. Nxa3 $11 {Black is at least equal due to the
bishop pair and the weak c-pawn.}) 14... Qe7 $8 {Here the Queen is badly
placed.} (14... Qa5 $4 15. Bb6 $18 {And blacks queen has seen better days.})
15. Rxb7 Qd8 16. O-O Rb8 (16... Qc8 17. Rb3 Bc5 18. Ne2 $11 {(0.10)}) 17. Rxb8
Qxb8 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Qe3 Be7 $5 20. f5 $1 $16 *
