Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...c5/2. Nf3/2...d6/3. d4/3...cxd4/4. Nxd4/4...Nf6/5. Nc3/5...a6/6. Bg5/6...e6/7. f4/7...b5/8. e5/8...dxe5/9. fxe5/9...Qc7/10. exf6/10...Qe5/11. Be2/11...Qxg5/12. O-O
< Chess Opening Theory | 1. e4 | 1...c5 | 2. Nf3 | 2...d6 | 3. d4 | 3...cxd4 | 4. Nxd4 | 4...Nf6 | 5. Nc3 | 5...a6 | 6. Bg5 | 6...e6 | 7. f4 | 7...b5 | 8. e5 | 8...dxe5 | 9. fxe5 | 9...Qc7 | 10. exf6 | 10...Qe5 | 11. Be2 | 11...Qxg5
(Redirected from Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...c5/2. Nf3/2...d6/3. d4/3...cxd4/4. Nxd4/4...Nf6/5. Nc3/5...a6/6. Bg5/6...e6/7. f4/7...b5/8. e5/8...dxe5/9. fxe5/9...Qc7/10. exf6/10...Qe5+/11. Be2/11...Qxg5/12. 0-0)Polugaevsky Variation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Moves: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. O-O |
Polugaevsky Variation[edit | edit source]
As, Black seems to be very underdeveloped, 12...Ra7 is considered Black's best attempt to equalize the position.
Another option is 12...Qe5, which threatens 13...Bc5 and was studied by Polugaevsky.
Theory table[edit | edit source]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. 0-0
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... Ra7 |
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... Qe5 |
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