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This is the best line.
6. d4 d6
Lasker's Defence, which led to some disillusionment with the Gambit.
7. Qb3
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B. 7... Nxd4
C. 7... Qd7
Lasker's Defence with 7... Qe7
7... Qe7
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8. d5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Qa4+ Kd8 11. Qxa5 Qxe4+ 12. Kd2 Qxg2 13. Re1 Nf6 14. Bd3 Qxf2+ 15. Re2 Qg1
16. Na3 Bg4 17. Bb2 dxc3+ 18. Bxc3 Qb6 19. Bxf6+
gxf6 20. Qc3 Kd7 21. Bb5+
c6 22. dxc6+ bxc6 23. Bxc6+ Kd8 24. Qxf6+ Kc7 25. Re7+
Kxc6 26. Rc1+ Qc5 27. Rxc5+ Kxc5 28. Qc3+ Kb6 29. Qb4+ Kc6
30. Qb5#
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12. Bxg8 Rxg8 13. exd6 Qe5 14. Na3 Be6 15. Qxb7
Bd5 16. Qb5 Bb6 17. Nc4 Qe4
18. Ne3
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19. Qb3 cxd6 20. Ba3 g6 21. Rad1 Kg7 22. Qxc3+
Kh6 23. Bc1 Kh5
Lasker's Defence with 7... Qd7 This is the only satisfactory line. 7... Qd7
covers f7
8. dxe5!
CII: 8...Bb6
Variation CI: 8... dxe5
12. Bd5 Bg4 13. Rd3 Be6 14. Ba3
12. Ba3 Qf6
With enough compensation for the material, according to
Estrin.
9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 Qe6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. O-O Rb8
13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14. exd6
cxd6 15. Ba3
In this endgame, White has a slight advantage, according
to Estrin.
Sadly, when players learned to decline or return sacrificed material, a lot of the steam went out of these openings. e.g. an old line of the Danish Gambit goes 1 e4, e5; 2 d4, exd4; 3 c3, exc3; 4 Bc4, cxb2; 5 Bxb2. If Black clings to the material White will have a good time, but MIESES showed 5...d5; 6 Bxd5, Nf6 secures open lines and probably the two Bishops. The best line for White here is probably 7 Bxf7+ Kxf7; 8 Qxd8, Bb4+ 9 Ke2, Rxd8 when Black has no extra material but can play to win the ending with the Queen's-side majority. Technique was replacing romance in chess. The play of the American Paul MORPHY brought some additional science to all this, not that everyone recognised it at the time. Through his games he showed that a successful attack must be based on a lead in development. Similarly, he showed that a player who is behind in development must not open lines to 'free their position', since these lines will provide avenues along which the better-developed side will attack - instead, they should keep things closed until they have caught up a bit. Morphy's play was the Italian game perfected, and I have used many of his games in this booklet.
The key question in this line is: how are you going to develop your queen's bishop? White on move six can go 6. Be3 hoping for 6...Bxe3; 7. fxe3 when there is a juicy half-open f-file to attack along. Black is better off calmly retreating with 6...Bb6 or even leaving the Bishop at c5. The analysts gradually agreed that 6.Bg5, the Canal Variation, is the best move. One line of this goes 6...h6; (this is OK for Black before castling) when the main line goes 7.Bxf6, Qxf6; 8.Nd5, Qd8. White has given up the Bishop pair to achieve a bit of initiative. [There is a hairy line with 6.Bg5, h6; 7.Bxf6, Qxf6; 8.Nd5, Qg6!? 9.Nxc7+ which is supposed to be poor for Black if White plays 9.Rg1 instead, but White has to prove it!] Other ways to play for Black are to hit the other bishop with 6...Na5 (as in the final game) or to play himself 6...Be6.
in the Canal Variation: to emphasise the pin on the
Nf6, if you're
allowed, with moves like Nd5, and otherwise threaten to
give Black doubled, and
therefore weak, f-pawns. I played a miniature with this
theme at the British
Universities' Congress some years ago:
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