Opening Survey: The Nikolayev Gambit by Josh on January 30, 2014 in Chess, Musings • 2 Comments Sample Games: Sidelines 6.Nxf6!? [Event "RCC Sat Open"][Site "Rochester, NY"][Date "2000.09.23"][Round "?"][Result "0-1"][White "Manning, John"][Black "Nikolayev, Igor"][ECO "A58"][WhiteElo "1850"][BlackElo "2409"]1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Nxa6 8. Nxf6+?! Qxf6 9. Nf3 Nb4 10. a3? [{White should continue:}(10.e4! Rxa2 11.Rxa2 Nxa2 12.Bc4 Nxc1 13.Qxc1 Be7 14.0-0 0-0){with an equal position, O'Keefe, Patrick 2005 - Nikolayev 2368, RCC Sat Open, Rochester NY, 11/24/2007}]10... Qf5! 11. Kd2 Ra6! {0-1} your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard; alternatively your wordpress theme might suppress the html iframe tag from articles or excerpts
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