If a later edition were to be published, the following game, played on board three (of eight) in division one of the London League last night, could be a candidate for inclusion.
Spanton (1976 - Battersea) - Seny Denisov (1830 - Imperial College)
Sicilian Accelerated Dragon
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3
From a Hyper-Accelerated move-order, the game has transposed to the main non-Maróczy Bind line of the Accelerated dragon.
5...Nc6 6.Nxc6!? bxc6 7.Bc4 Nf6?!
The mainline in ChessBase's 2023 Mega database runs 7...d6 8.0-0, and then 8...Nf6, with an equal game according to Stockfish15 and Komodo13.02.
8.e5 Ng8
The engines give 8...Ng4!? 9.Qxg4 d5, claiming White has only a slight edge.
9.Qf3 e6
9...f5 is, at best, a tiny improvement, according to the engines.
10.Bf4 Qa5 11.Qe2?
I rejected 11.0-0-0 because of 11...Bxe5 12.Bxe5 Qxe5 13.Rhe1, when Black, although massively behind in development, has an extra pawn and the only central pawns. However that is how a game of mine went at the 2019 South Wales Open in Bridgend, and the engines reckon White is well on top.
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| How should Black proceed? |
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11...d5!
Only one of four games in Mega23 to reach the diagrammed position saw 11...d5!, but it gives Black the advantage.
12.0-0-0?
Not 12.exd6? Bxc3+ etc, but missing that 12.Bb3 d4? can be met by 13.Qe4 (or 13.Qc4), when the advantage has swung back to White. Instead the engines reckon 12...Ne7 gives Black at least a slight edge.
12...dxc4 13.Qxc4?!
The engines prefer 13.Ne4!? or 13.Qd2.
13...Ne7 14.Bg5 Ba6 15.Qd4 Nd5 16.Ne4 0-0 17.c4 Nb6 18.Nf6+ Bxf6 19.Bxf6
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| White is three tempi from delivering mate, but that is far too long |
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19...Qxa2 20.b3 Qxb3 21.Qd2 Qxc4+ 22.Kb1 Nd5 23.Ka1 Qa4+ 0-1
Battersea won the match 4.5-3.5.
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