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Yugoslav Attack 9 0-0-0 Nxd4 10 Bxd4 Be6 [B76]
We have... Can - Erdogan which features the direct 12 h4 Rfc8 13 h5 and as has been reported before on this site, 17 Be3!? clearly proves to be a problem for Black:
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Kraai - Khachiyan is no better news for Black although (and we're talking 12 h4 Rfc8 13 g4 this time) after 14 Qg5:
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Although I personally have never been an advocate of trading queens.
9 0-0-0 d5 [B76]
Still in 9 0-0-0 but this time with 9...d5, Panchanathan - Wang sees the fairly uncommon (these days) 10 Qe1:
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This game also didn't turn out well for Black and I'm sure it will pay dividends to take note of Gawain's annotations.
9 0-0-0 Bd7 [B76]
Black begins to hit back in a 9 0-0-0 Bd7 system. This still remains a slightly suspicious system but in Reshetnikov - Popov, White was punished for his slightly negative play.
Anti-Chinese Variation [B77]
Over to the 9 Bc4 Yugoslav Attack and although Shaklich - Mikkelson is not a very recent game it occurred to me that there is very little consideration on this site (or elsewhere) on the Anti-Chinese possibility 10 g4:
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Yes, plenty has been said about 10 Bb3 and 10 h4 but here we cover another option White has that involves delaying or even deleting long castles. This game is a nice one by Black but I wouldn't be surprised if we see more of this in the future.
Hyper Accelerated Dragon [B27]
Finally we have the Hyper-Accelerated Dragon encounter Alavkin - Gomez in which in arguably the main line Black shows that 8...Qa5 is far from forced as the calm 8...Bg7!? seems to turn out okay anyway:
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Bye for now!
Best wishes, Chris and Gawain
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