Chess Analysis

this time I want to do something else than show a game, rather I would like to show some analysis.

So I want to show a crazy opening The Frankenstein-Dracula Variation which is a line almost never seen at the top level, and there is a good reason for that white really hasn't got a lot of chances for winning in this line.

So lets start

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6
3.f4 is rarer than the move played, but more common than the whole line

3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Qh5 Nd6

5. Qxe4+ Qe7 6. Qxe7 Bxe7 7. Be2 could be slightly better for white, which is better than what he gets in the variation

5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8

and 10.- b6 is the most common

10.- b6

Now in this position whites queen is really close to be trapped, but the knight is also getting trapped so white do sometime take the pawn on b6 to get the most for the knight.

11. Nxb6 axb6

This is just not good enough as the white queen is still in peril Bb7 and Nb5 and it seems the white queen is running out of places to hide, but perhaps white can make some moves that solves some of these problems.

11.d3 Bb7 12.h4 f4

12.h4 threatens the black queen so 12.-f4 is the simplest way to avoid losing it

13. Qf3 Nd4 14. Qg4

Here black needs to avoid the queen exchange, 14.-Bh6 14.-Bg7 but 14.-Bxa8 doesn't avoid the exchange so black is then trying to claim an advantage by his superior development.

so in reality this is the tabiya position in this opening

Tabiya:
An opening position reached by more or less standard moves, the starting point for serious investigation.

This is a game
An intriguing game
The debut <- full of not very good chess

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