[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: A Baburin win from the Irish Championship

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
A Baburin win from the Irish Championship
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1216234208.shtml


   As mentioned [1]here, GM Alexander Baburin tied for first in the Irish
   championship with Israeli GM Alon Greenfeld, but since he's an Irish
   citizen, he won the title. One of his wins can be replayed [2]here
   (with an abbreviated version of his notes [which I've supplemented
   with some additional game references] from [3]Chess Today, issue
   2804), but I'd like to draw your attention here to the opening of that
   game:
   1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 h6 7.Bxf6 Bxf6
   8.Rc1 c6 9.Bd3 Nd7 10.O-O dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.h3 exd4 13.exd4 Nb6
   14.Bb3
   [baburin_fox_irishchamps2008.jpg]
   This was the starting point for a variation that was hot in the
   mid-1980s. Kasparov himself won one of the most important games of his
   career with it, defeating Karpov in the crucial 22nd game of their
   1986 match. I used it myself back then, but thought it was put out of
   business by the game Olafsson-van der Sterren. As far as I can tell,
   nothing has really changed except that people have had time to forget
   how to face it, but sometimes that's reason enough. (Connoisseurs of
   this variation are welcome to correct me.)
   [4]Enjoy the game, and who knows - maybe a careful look at the diagram
   will reveal something.

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1215973302.shtml
   2. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/baburin_fox_irishchamps2008.htm
   3. http://www.chesstoday.net/
   4. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/baburin_fox_irishchamps2008.htm