Sicilian Pin Koch Schoenmann
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on Fri, 07/31/2009 at 9:16pm.
I tried to have some fun in the last several weeks by exhibiting some "perfect games" according to Chess.com. It was a bit of fun, but it started a firestorm of controversy since many of you do not believe that a perfect game can be played by anyone in any variation. Here is the definition of perfect game that I follow:
A perfect chess game is one in which one side mates or gains a winning position over the opponent and each move of the winning side stands up to Grandmaster analysis as being unsurpassed in strength, i.e. as strong as any possible move after the defining opening variation position is reached.
I gave this definition several weeks ago in the Perfect Game and Twin Game blog. With this definition, perfect games are played in chess!
But, this week, in order to avoid any "perfect game" controversy, I want to review the main line of the Sicilian Pin Koch Schoenmann Variation to show some of the hidden resources for black. I have not analyzed this game with any computer, so we are simply going to discuss the main strategy in this particular variation. I am going to share some of my secrets here that have given me a 70% black win rate with the Pin over the last 35 years! Fernando is a friend from the Phillipines who has played in several of my tournaments over the last two years and has gained over 200 rating points since he joined my first tourney. He is still learning, so do not be severely critical of his play. He resigned as soon as all counter-play had been exhausted!
nter-pay had been exhausted!