Thursday, February 21, 2013

Black Jet in the Steinitz French

Position after 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6
4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 h6 8.Qd2 g5!?

FM Steve Stoyko annotated an interesting game from the recent World Amateur Team Championship in Parsippany, New Jersey that featured a "Black Jet in the Steinitz French."  The idea is that Black plays a sort of “mirror Benko Gambit” -- or “Black Jet” as GM Victor Moskalenko likes to call it -- challenging White’s center on all fronts by advancing with ...h6 and ….g5 (see diagram).  Steve came up with the idea on his own and had tried it a number of times in blitz games on ICC, unaware that it had been played once before back in 2005 at the HB Global Chess Challenge.  Steve’s success in Mo - Stoyko, World Amateur Team 2013, suggests that it is definitely worth a look.

This game was critical to helping Steve’s team, “Knightmare III,” to win their Round 5 match and they went on to play for the championship against the only other team with a 5-0 record going into the final round, “Princeton A.” In that final match, Steve drew his own game against a 2500-player, but the team lost and had to settle for “Best New Jersey Team.”

Note: I have updated the PGN file to include some additional games I have found with this line.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

There was another game with this line:

[Event "EU-ch Internet Cand 3rd"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 h6 8. Qd2 g5 9. fxg5 cxd4
10. Nxd4 Ndxe5 11. O-O-O hxg5 12. Bxg5
Qxg5 13. Qxg5 Bh6 14. Qxh6 Rxh6 15. Be2 Ke7
16. h4 Bd7 17. g4 f6 18. h5 Rg8 19. Rhg1 Nxd4
20. Rxd4 Rxh5 21. Rf1 Rh2 22. Rdf4 Rg6 23. Bd1 Rg2 24. Rb4 b6 25. Rff4 Nc6 26. Ra4 d4 27. Ne4
e5 28. Rf1 Bxg4 29. Rc4 f5 30. Bxg4 fxe4
31. Bh5 Rg1 32. Bxg6 Rxf1+ 33. Kd2 e3+
34. Ke2 Rf2+ 35. Ke1 Kd6 36. Be4 Ne7
37. c3 b5 38. Rb4 Kc5 39. a4 a6 40. axb5
axb5 41. Bd3 Nd5 42. Rxb5+ Kd6 43. Be4
Nf4 44. Rb8 d3 45. Rd8+ Ke7 46. Rxd3
Nxd3+ 47. Bxd3 Rxb2 48. Be4 Kd6 49. Bh7
Kd5 0-1

gutscheine zum ausdrucken said...

sehr guter Beitrag

Michael Goeller said...

I have updated the PGN file to include some games of Petr Kriakov with the line:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~goeller/kenilworth-pgn/mo-stoyko.pgn

Michael Goeller said...

The PGN file can now be found here:
http://www.kenilworthchessclub.org/kenilworth-pgn/mo-stoyko.pgn

Moskalenko discusses this line in the most recent ChessBase Magazine 195:
https://shop.chessbase.com/en/products/chessbase_magazine_195?Ref=RF70-5OH0EFN840

Anonymous said...

In his book French Defence: Steinitz, Classical and Other Systems, Lev Psakhis actually suggests "the fairly rare" 7...Rb8. He notes that if White heads toward queenside castling with 8.Qd2 Qa5! 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Bxc5 Nxc5 then only Black "can lay claim to the initiative," while 9.Be2 b5 is equal (he gives longer lines). It's just a note, but it pretty much summarizes Korchnoi's approach.

Michael Goeller said...

[Event "EU-ch Internet Cand 3rd"]
[Site "playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2006.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[ECO "C11"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5
6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 h6 8. Qd2 g5 9. fxg5 cxd4
10. Nxd4 Ndxe5 11. O-O-O hxg5 12. Bxg5
Qxg5 13. Qxg5 Bh6 14. Qxh6 Rxh6 15. Be2 Ke7
16. h4 Bd7 17. g4 f6 18. h5 Rg8 19. Rhg1 Nxd4
20. Rxd4 Rxh5 21. Rf1 Rh2 22. Rdf4 Rg6 23. Bd1
Rg2 24. Rb4 b6 25. Rff4 Nc6 26. Ra4 d4 27. Ne4
e5 28. Rf1 Bxg4 29. Rc4 f5 30. Bxg4 fxe4
31. Bh5 Rg1 32. Bxg6 Rxf1+ 33. Kd2 e3+
34. Ke2 Rf2+ 35. Ke1 Kd6 36. Be4 Ne7
37. c3 b5 38. Rb4 Kc5 39. a4 a6 40. axb5
axb5 41. Bd3 Nd5 42. Rxb5+ Kd6 43. Be4
Nf4 44. Rb8 d3 45. Rd8+ Ke7 46. Rxd3
Nxd3+ 47. Bxd3 Rxb2 48. Be4 Kd6 49. Bh7
Kd5 0-1

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[Round "-"]
[White "WangW"]
[Black "Petrovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Black stalemated"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[Opening "French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[ECO "C11"]
[NIC "FR.04"]
[Time "22:40:20"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 h6 8. Qd2
g5 9. fxg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ndxe5 11. gxh6 Bxh6 12. Bxh6 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qxh6 14.
Qxh6 Rxh6 15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Bg2 Ke7 17. h3 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Bc6 19. Ne2 Rg8 20.
Re1 Nd7 21. Rd3 Ne5 22. Re3 Nc4 23. Rd3 Nd6 24. Nd4 Kd7 25. Ra3 a6 26. Nf3
f6 27. g4 Nc4 28. Rd3 Kd6 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. b3 Ne5 31. Rde3 b5 32. Rf1 Nc6 33.
Nxc6 Bxc6 34. Rf2 d4 35. Rd3 Bxg2 36. Rxg2 e5 37. Kd2 f5 38. g5 b4 39. Rdg3
Rh4 40. g6 e4 41. g7 Ke5 42. Rg6 Rxh3 43. Rxa6 Kf4 44. Rf6 Rg3 45. Rf2+ Rf3
46. Rg2 e3+ 47. Ke2 Rg3 48. Rxf5+ Kxf5 49. Rxg3 Kf6 50. Rg4 Rxg7 51. Rxd4
Rg2+ 52. Kxe3 Rxc2 53. Rxb4 Rxa2 54. Kd3 Ke6 55. Rd4 Ra1 56. Kc4 Rc1+ 57.
Kb5 Ke5 58. Rd2 Rc8 59. b4 Rb8+ 60. Kc5 Rc8+ 61. Kb6 Rb8+ 62. Ka5 Ra8+ 63.
Kb5 Rb8+ 64. Kc4 Rc8+ 65. Kb3 Rb8 66. Ka4 Ra8+ 67. Kb5 Rb8+ 68. Kc5 Rc8+ 69.
Kb6 Rb8+ 70. Kc5 Rc8+ 71. Kb5 Rb8+ 72. Kc4 Rc8+ 73. Kb3 Rb8 74. Rd7 Ke6 75.
Rd1 Ke5 76. Rd2 Ke6 77. Kc3 Rc8+ 78. Kd4 Rd8+ 79. Kc3 Rxd2 80. Kxd2 Kd5 81.
Kc3 Kc6 82. Kc4 Kb6 83. b5 Kc7 84. b6+ Kb7 85. Kb5 Kb8 86. Kc6 Kc8 87. b7+
Kb8 88. Kb6 {Black stalemated} 1/2-1/2

Michael Goeller said...

[Event "ICC 15 0 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.06.20"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Hit-AndRun"]
[Black "Petrovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "1627"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[Opening "French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[ECO "C11"]
[NIC "FR.04"]
[Time "19:24:25"]
[TimeControl "900+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 h6 8. Qd2
g5 9. dxc5 gxf4 10. Bxf4 Nxc5 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Be2
b4 15. Nb1 Ne4 16. Be3 Bc5 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bxc5 Bb7 20. Rf1
Ke8 21. Bxb4 Rg8 22. g4 h5 23. h3 e3 24. Rg1 hxg4 25. Bxg4 Rg5 26. Bc3 Bf3
27. Bd4 e2 28. Kd2 Rd8 29. c3 Bxg4 30. Rxg4 Rxe5 31. Ke1 Rh5 32. Kxe2 Rxh3
33. Nd2 Rh2+ 34. Kd3 Ke7 35. Nc4 Rd5 36. a4 Rh7 37. Rf4 f6 38. Ke4 f5+ 39.
Kd3 Rh3+ 40. Kc2 Rh2+ 41. Kd3 Rh3+ 42. Kc2 Rh2+ 43. Kb3 Re2 44. Bf2 Rd3 45.
Bh4+ Kf7 46. Kb4 Kg6 47. Be7 e5 48. Rf1 Re4 49. Rg1+ Kf7 50. Bc5 Rd7 51. b3
f4 52. Ka5 Re2 53. Nd6+ Kf6 54. c4 f3 55. Rf1 e4 56. Nxe4+ Rxe4 57. Rxf3+
Ke6 58. Bb6 Kd6 59. Kxa6 Rh7 60. c5+ Kd7 61. Rd3+ Ke8 62. c6 Re6 63. Rc3
Rhh6 64. a5 Rxc6 65. Rxc6 Rxc6 66. b4 Kd7 67. Kb7 Rc4 68. b5 Rb4 69. a6 Rxb5
70. a7 {Black resigns} 1-0

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.06.10"]
[Round "-"]
[White "WangW"]
[Black "Petrovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn by repetition"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[Opening "French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[ECO "C11"]
[NIC "FR.04"]
[Time "04:27:12"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 h6 8. h4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Qb6 10. Qd2 Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Bb5 Bb4 13. Rb3 Nxd4 14. Rxa3
Nxb5 15. Rb3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 b6 18. Qb4 Ba6 19. Rh3 Rc8 20. Qa4
Bc4 21. Rg3 g6 22. h5 gxh5 23. Qxa7 d4 24. Bxd4 Bd5 25. Rc3 Rd8 26. g3 Rg8
27. Bxb6 Nxb6 28. Qxb6 h4 29. Rc7 Rxg3 30. Qc5 Rd7 31. Rc8+ Rd8 32. Qb5+ Ke7
33. Qc5+ Ke8 34. Qb5+ Ke7 35. Qc5+ Ke8 {Game drawn by repetition} 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "WangW"]
[Black "Petrovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2824"]
[Opening "French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[ECO "C11"]
[NIC "FR.04"]
[Time "23:06:57"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 h6 8. Ne2
g5 9. g3 g4 10. Nd2 Qb6 11. Qc1 cxd4 12. Bf2 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Bg2 Bg7
15. O-O O-O 16. Re1 Bd7 17. Nb3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rd1 e5 20. fxe5 Rxf2
21. Kxf2 d3+ 22. Kg2 dxe2 23. Rxd7 Rf8 24. Qg1 e3 25. Qe1 Rf2+ 26. Kh1 Nxe5
27. Rd5 Nf3 {White resigns} 0-1

Michael Goeller said...

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "WangW"]
[Black "Petrovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White forfeits on time"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2836"]
[Opening "French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[ECO "C11"]
[NIC "FR.04"]
[Time "22:50:07"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 h6 8. Qd2
g5 9. g3 g4 10. Ng1 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc6
15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. O-O-O Bd7 19. Ne2 O-O-O 20. Nd4
Qb6 21. Qe3 Bc6 22. Rhe1 Bd5 23. Kb1 h5 24. Qe2 Bxa2+ 25. Kxa2 Rxd4 26. Rxd4
Qxd4 27. Qxe4 Qxe4 28. Rxe4 Rd8 29. Re2 Rd1 30. Kb3 Kc7 31. c3 Rf1 32. Rd2
Rf3 33. Kc4 h4 34. Rg2 h3 35. Rd2 Rf1 36. Kd3 Rg1 37. Ke3 b5 38. Rf2 Re1+
39. Kd2 Rb1 40. Ke3 Kc6 41. f5 exf5 42. Kf4 Rg1 43. Kxf5 Rg2 44. Rf1 Rxh2
45. Kxg4 Kd5 46. Rxf7 a5 47. Rb7 Rxb2 48. Kxh3 Kxe5 49. Ra7 a4 50. g4 Rb3
51. Kh4 Rxc3 52. Ra5 Rb3 53. g5 Kd5 54. g6 Kc5 55. g7 Rb1 56. Kg5 Rg1+ 57.
Kf6 Kb4 58. Ra8 a3 59. g8=Q Rxg8 60. Rxg8 Kc4 61. Ke5 b4 62. Ra8 Kc3 63. Ke4
Kb2 64. Kd3 b3 65. Kc4 Ka2 66. Kc3 b2 {White forfeits on time} 0-1

[Event "ICC 3 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2007.06.08"]
[Round "-"]
[White "WangW"]
[Black "Petrovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2850"]
[Opening "French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[ECO "C11"]
[NIC "FR.04"]
[Time "22:38:20"]
[TimeControl "180+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 h6 8. Ne2
Qb6 9. Qc1 g5 10. c3 g4 11. Nd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ne7 13. Nb3 Nf5 14. Bd2 a5 15.
Bc3 a4 16. Nd2 h5 17. a3 f6 18. Qc2 fxe5 19. fxe5 Bh6 20. Qd3 Qa6 21. Ng3
Qxd3 22. Bxd3 Ne3 23. Rg1 h4 24. Ngf1 Nb8 25. Ke2 Nf5 26. h3 gxh3 27. gxh3
Nc6 28. Bxf5 exf5 29. Ne3 Be6 30. Nf3 Kd7 31. Rg6 Rag8 32. Rag1 Rxg6 33.
Rxg6 Ne7 34. Rg1 Bf4 35. Rg7 Bh6 36. Rg2 Rh7 37. Ng5 Bxg5 38. Rxg5 f4 39.
Ng4 Rf7 40. Kf3 Nf5 41. Nf6+ Kc6 42. Kxf4 Ng3 43. Rxg3 hxg3 44. Kxg3 Rg7+
45. Kf4 Bxh3 46. Nh5 Rg2 47. Nf6 Be6 48. Ne8 b5 49. Nd6 Rc2 50. Ke3 b4 51.
Bxb4 Rxb2 52. Kd3 Rb3+ 53. Kc2 Bg8 54. Ne8 Bh7+ 55. Kc1 Rb1+ 56. Kd2 Rb2+
57. Kc3 Rc2# {White checkmated} 0-1

Michael Goeller said...

[Event "S19A"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "QvC"]
[Black "Petrovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Opening "French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[ECO "C11"]
[NIC "FR.04"]
[Time "14:44:36"]
[TimeControl "240+1"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 h6 8. Qd2
g5 9. O-O-O g4 10. Ne1 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc5 13. Qd2 a6 14. Nd3
Ba7 15. Qe2 h5 16. h3 g3 17. Qf3 h4 18. f5 Qg5+ 19. Kb1 Nb6 20. f6 Bd7 21.
Qf4 Qxf4 22. Nxf4 Bc6 23. Bd3 Nd7 24. Rhe1 Bf2 25. Re2 b5 26. b4 Rc8 27. Kb2
Bd4 28. Kb3 Bxe5 29. Nfxd5 Bxf6 30. Nxf6+ Nxf6 31. a4 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Bxd5+ 33.
Kb2 Bc4 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. c3 Rh5 37. Kb3 Rf5 38. Rdd2 Rcf4 39.
Rc2 Rf2 40. c4 bxc4+ 41. Kxc4 Rxe2 42. Rxe2 Rf2 43. Re4 Rxg2 44. Rxh4 Rg1
45. b5 g2 {White resigns} 0-1

[Event "ICC 2 5 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Shankypanky"]
[Black "Petrovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White checkmated"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Opening "French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[ECO "C11"]
[NIC "FR.04"]
[Time "14:17:14"]
[TimeControl "120+5"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 h6 8. Qd2
g5 9. fxg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ndxe5 11. gxh6 Bxh6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O-O Qh4 14.
g3 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qh6 16. Qxh6 Rxh6 17. Be2 Ke7 18. h4 f5 19. Rdg1 d4 20. Nd1
c5 21. Nf2 Bb7 22. Rh2 Rg8 23. g4 fxg4 24. Nxg4 Bf3 25. Nxh6 Rxg1+ 26. Kd2
Nc4+ 27. Bxc4 Rd1# {White checkmated} 0-1

[Event "ICC 2 5 u"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2005.12.25"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dvorzak"]
[Black "Petrovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ICCResult "Game drawn because neither player has mating material"]
[WhiteElo "1801"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[Opening "French: Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[ECO "C11"]
[NIC "FR.04"]
[Time "14:08:37"]
[TimeControl "120+5"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 h6 8. Qd2
g5 9. fxg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Ndxe5 11. Be2 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Qb6 13. Nxc6 Nxc6 14.
O-O-O Bg7 15. Rhe1 Rxh2 16. Bf3 Nd4 17. Nxd5 Qxb2+ 18. Kxb2 Nxf3+ 19. Kb3
Nxd2+ 20. Rxd2 f6 21. Nc7+ Kf7 22. Bf4 Rh4 23. g3 Rxf4 24. gxf4 Rb8 25. Rd8
Bh6 26. c4 Bxf4 27. Nb5 Ke7 28. Rh8 Bd7 29. Rh7+ Ke8 30. Nxa7 Rd8 31. Nb5
Be5 32. Rh5 Bxb5 33. cxb5 Rd3+ 34. Ka4 Ke7 35. Rhxe5 fxe5 36. Rxe5 Kd6 37.
Re4 e5 38. Rh4 Rd4+ 39. Rxd4+ exd4 40. Kb4 Kd5 41. a4 Ke4 42. a5 d3 43. a6
bxa6 44. bxa6 d2 45. a7 d1=Q 46. a8=Q+ Qd5 47. Qxd5+ Kxd5
{Game drawn because neither player has mating material}
1/2-1/2