hbdl D
Mel is the main line, and is based on a little trap that has claimed plenty of victims a 7h3 gt gxe5 8 gt xe5 xe5 9a3 id3 0-l Flament-Gedult, Paris 1970. bl 7 icxe5 8 axb4 amp d3 0-1 Henricksen-Pedersen, Bronsh0j 1937 and V.Subbraman-M.Munteanu, Mamaia girls U-12 Wch 1991. b2 7 lt amp gxe5 8 axb4 lt Sd3 0-1 G.Schott-F.Alefs, Nuremberg 1987 and Garn-Hacker, Oberwart 1987.
CaroKann Defence
2 d3 d5 3 d2 dxe4 4 dxe4 e5 5 gf3 JLc5 this attempt to defend e5 tactically falls into a known opening trap 6 lt xe5 i.xf2 7 ixf2 to-i- 8 iel xe5 9 sc4 Wxe4 10 i.e2 Black has severe defensive difficulties here W Wxg2 11 sd6 if8 12 Sfl i.e6 13 ixf7 1-0 Kristinsson-Bjarnason, Icelandic corr. Ch 1986. 4 jtb5 i.d7 5 fa4 dxe4 6 Axd7 gt xd7 1 'txe4 hc5 8 c4 lt amp d3 it's incredible that White has managed to weaken d3 so much in just eight moves 9 ie2 He8 10 Wxd3 xd3 11 ixd3 Sxcl 12 ie2 g6 White is...
exdxdff
4 ih6 5 d4 lg4 6 .g5 f6 7 i.h4 5 8 d2 lfe7 9 ic3 10 4f2 i.f4 11 ' gl i.h6 0-1 K.Stummer-H.Wittels-berger, Wiesbaden 1992. 4 i.g4 5 e3 Wf6 6 c3 se7 7 lt e4 i.xf3 8 gt xf6 1-0 Z.Vargyas-F.Veg-vari, Hungarian Cht 1993 4. a 5 e3 5 d4 5 g5 6 g3 h5 7 fe2 Ag4 8 Ag2 h4 9 Wf2 h3 10 Afl Bh6 11 i.e2 Sf6 12 0-0 e5 0-1 A.Andersson-P.Jaatinen, corr. 1975. White can play on by giving up his queen 13 xe5 Hxf2 14 Sxf2 Jixe.2 15 M7. b 5 e4 g5 6 i.b5 g4 7 amp xc6 7 ld4 7 bxc6 8 e5 gxf3 9 exd6 Wh4 10 amp fl fxg2...
Sokolsky Opening b
1 e6 2 i.b2 gt f6 3 a3 i.e7 4 e3 0-0 5 d3 h6 6 f3 b6 7 g4 i.b7 or 7 kg4 8 Sgl 8 g5 hxg5 9 lxg5 Axhl this allows a forced mate 10 . amp xf6 g6 11 Wh5 1-0 Chernyshov-Les, Khabarovsk 1970. 2 d6 3 a3 e5 4 tf3 d7 5 e3 .e7 6 c4 c6 7 cxd5 cxd5 8 lc3 f6 9 b5 b8 10 Scl d8 11 fixc8 l-0A.Sok-olsky-Krupsky, Belorussian Ch 1960. 3 f3 lt 0gf6 4 e3 g6 5 c4 dxc4 6 xc4 D When White has opened 1 b4, Black tends not to expect instant tactics however, care is needed in any position.
Miscellaneous First Moves
1 e3 gt f6 2 b3 g6 3 i.b2 .g7 4 f4 d5 5 tf3 c5 6 Ae2 ic6 7 0-0 0-0 8 le5 d4 9 xc6 bxc6 10 i.f3 sd5 11 ffel i.a6 12 i.e2 JLxe2 13 Wxe2 d3 0-1 P.Pint-Ju.Horvath, Zalakaros 1994. I d5 2 g3 3 JLg2 c6 4 d2 e5 5 e4 i.d6 6 le2 0-0 7 0-0 la6 8 amp hl b6 9 exd5 cxd510 b3 h611 e3 d4 12 i.d2 White has played the opening mindlessly, and doesn't even have a threat here 3 Ae6 4 b3 gt f6 5 Wxb7 amp bd7 6 te3 6 cxd5 6 Sb8 7 fxa7 c6 8 cxd5 cxd5 9 d4 Wfc8 10 tf3 Ha8 11 sb5 Sxa7 12 amp xa7 a6 0-1...