[Event "Opening Lab_chesslatte64: owen defense Nc3"] [Date "2020.07.08"] [White "owen defense"] [Black "with Nc3"] [Result "*"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Owen Defense"] [StudyName "Opening Lab_chesslatte64"] [ChapterName "owen defense Nc3"] [ChapterURL "https://lichess.org/study/yF7iy5JO/8IERHjfc"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/chesslatte64"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Nf6 { [#] } 6. Qe2!? (6. Bg5!? d6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. bxc3 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd2 { [#] to play f2-f4 } 10... e5 (10... g5 11. Qe2 e5 12. Qe3 Nd7 13. Bb5 O-O-O 14. a4 a5 15. Rab1 Rhe8 16. Rfe1 Qg6 17. Qd3 Kb8 { ½-½ (60) Konstantinos Nikolaidis-Artashes Minasian Panormo GRE 1998 }) (10... Qg6 11. f4 f5 12. Qf3 Qf7 13. d5 fxe4 14. Nxe4 exd5 15. Rae1 Kd8 16. Ng3 { 1-0 (50) Zlatko Ilincic-Branko Filipovic Niksic 1997 [thechesscorner, @gmail.com] }) 11. f4 { [#] } (11. Bb5+!? c6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. Nc4 Rd8 14. Qc1 O-O 15. Qa3) 11... Qe7 (11... exd4 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Qg5 14. Nf3 Qe3+ 15. Kh1) (11... exf4!? 12. Bb5+ (12. g3 g5 13. a4 Nc6 14. Qe2 O-O-O { Black is doing well here } 15. a5 (15. Ba6 Na5)) 12... Kf8 13. g3 g5) 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Ne3 Nf6 15. Qxg7+ Kxg7 16. Nf5+ Kh8 17. Nxe7 exd4 18. e5 Ng8 19. Nf5 dxe5 20. cxd4 exd4 { David-Bauer 2005 1/2 1/2 } 21. Nxd4 Rad8) (6. Nd2!? { interesting sideline for white } 6... d5 (6... d6 7. Ncb1!? Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. c4 Nbd7 { Bellaiche-Short 2018 } 11. b3 O-O 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bc2 cxd5 14. exd5 b5 15. Bb2 Rc8 16. Kh1) (6... c5 7. a3 cxd4!? 8. axb4 dxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. c4 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 { Ding-Nepo 2019 }) 7. e5 Ne4 8. Qg4!?) (6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. Bg5 Ne7 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nf5 14. Qd3 Ba5 15. Nd2 h5 16. f3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Bxd2 18. Qxd2 Qe7 19. a4 h4 20. g4 f6 21. exf6 Qxf6 22. Rb5 Ba6 23. Re5 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Qf4 25. d5 O-O-O 26. dxe6 dxe6) 6... d5 7. exd5 (7. e5?! Ne4 8. O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 { pawn sacrifice } 10... Nc6 11. Ba3 (11. Qe3 Bb4 12. Qf4 h6 13. Bb5 Be7 14. Qg4 g6 15. c3 { Nakamura-Gareev 2015 }) 11... Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Rfd1 a6 14. c4 Qg5 (14... c5!) 15. c5 Qxe5 16. Qc2 b5 $17 { 1-0 (29) Kurt Pommerening-Gerd Matrisch Germany 1980 [thechesscorner,@gmail.com] }) 7... Qxd5 (7... Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. a4 Nd7 11. a5!? (11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1) 11... c5 12. O-O O-O 13. Bf4 bxa5 14. Rfd1 Bd5 15. Nd2 h6 16. c4 Bc6 17. c3) 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Bf4 { with chances for both sides } 10... Rc8 11. Rfe1 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. c4 Nbd7 { [#] } 14. a4 Re8 15. a5 e5 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bf5 bxa5 18. Bd2 e4 19. Nd4 Nb6 20. Bg5 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 Nxc4 22. Reb1 Bd5 23. Rb5 Rad8 24. Rc5 h6 25. Bh4 e3 26. f3 g5 27. Bg3 Nh5 28. Bc7 Nf4 29. Bxd8 Rxd8 30. c3 Ne6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Kf1 Rb8 33. Rb5 Nd2+ 34. Ke1 Rc8 35. Rbxa5 Rxc3 36. Rxa7 Kf8 37. R7a3 Rxa3 { 1-0 (37) Evgeny Ilgizovich Bareev (2709)-Christian Bauer (2612) It 2001 [thechesscorner,@gmail.com] } *