Spanton (147 BCF) - A Darrington (?)
Highbury (London) Rapid 1991
Pirc
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2!?
A modest continuation, but it develops a piece, and has been played by many grandmasters, including Garry Kasparov. One idea is to play a quick Be3, without fearing ...Ng4.
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| How should Black respond? |
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4...e6!?
The main move is 4...Bg7. Stockfish17 and Dragon1 do not like the text, which is not in ChessBase's 2025 Mega database.
5.Nf3 Bg7 6.Bg5 0-0!? 7.Qd2 Nc6 8.0-0-0
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| White's large lead in development and greater space give a positionally won game, according to the engines |
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8....Bd7?
The engines suggest 8...a6 or 8...d7.
9.h4
Even stronger is 9.e5.
9...Qb8 10.h5 Ng4 11.hxg6!? Nxf2?
This forks White's rooks, but Black has to play 11...fxg6 to have any sort of chance of escaping defeat.
12.Rxh7 f6?!
Again ...fxg6 is better, but still losing.
13.Bh6 1-0
LESSON: there are many mainstream defences in which Black falls well-behind in development or space, but none, as far as I know, in which Black falls behind in both.
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