Sicilian Pin Black Novelty
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on Mon, 03/23/2009 at 12:19am.
Recently, I have sponsored two thematic tournaments: Sicilian Pin and Sicilian Pin Koch. I currently have 12 wins and 2 defeats in the Sicilian Pin Tourney and 9 wins and no defeats in the Sicilian Pin Koch Tourney with no draws in either tourney. I have not analyzed many of these games because everyone is playing the same opening and I do not want to give these strong players too much help. However, in this game, one of my good friends at chess.com, Gustavo, introduces a technical novelty at move 8 that I could not find in any of my databases. For the first seven moves, Gustavo played exactly the same variation of the Pin that I play. Then he boldly launched into new territory. I believe that this game demonstrates that the master DB leading move 8. Nc6 (with a 50% black win rate) is still the strongest reply. White wins against 8. .. d6 with a planned queen sac that forces resignation! Enjoy!