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He visited us here in Malaga (Spain) for some simultaneous games and and we were delighted with his friendliness and kindness. 3 days later, he beat Magnus Carlsen in an online game for the first time. We should bring him to the London Mindsports Centre!
Interesting opening approach and game. He certainly kept his cool when his king got opened up. I'm not sure, I would have. I don't know to describe the style/feel of this game. It seemed almost cold blooded, very calculated, direct to the point. No wasted moves. It must have felt like playing against a computer in a way. Just very impressive. Imagine what he'll be like in 10 years. :)
Brilliant game by the young Faustino Oro! Also, I love how chess brings people together across the world. One of the things I love about this game. Cheers!
A very impressive performance. I used to love playing the Benoni as a teenager, but now too often people play this kind of calm non confrontational things which just work so well against my Benoni aggression. Thanks Daniel.😊
BTW, Daniel, this system by White against Benoni that you like very much was the favorite of Mikhail Botvinnik and might have been even introduced by him....
I remember Botvinnik playing Bg5 and e3 in his 1960 match against Tal (and that is quite different in strategy), but the database shows he never played with Bf4 - unless you know better.
What a nice game. That looks a good line against the Modern Benoni. From a repertoire standpoint, it would complement the Bf4 line that you showed (about 2 months ago?) against the Grunfeld - the one where white refrains from an early Nf3.
When Faustino plays e4 , what if he played Ng5 because if the Queen takes bishop takes d6 and forking the rooks and the c pawn is weak and you have a passed pawn. And if the Queen doesn't take the knight gets e6. Any opinions?
Speaking generally, you have to carefully weigh all the factors(which vary in evaluation move to move) when you're going to give up a piece like that. For example, is forking the rooks and giving up your bishop for one of them ACTUALLY good for you? It's possible that bishop has MORE value than EITHER of those rooks. We know generally rooks are "worth" "5" and bishops are considered to be "3"; although some think "3.5". It doesn't mean that in every position, that's the value. Sometimes the minor is worth more. Also, there's an attack being launched on white's king. Your idea gives up the only two defending pieces of white's king. You may not have the time to scoop up an exchange, chase another pawn or have the time to advance your past pawn to the end of the board. And then generally two pieces are worth more than a rook. In this case, ONE might be. Not to mention the resulting position is going to be an open board with black having the bishop pair. All of those things lead me to believe it's unlikely to work. Although, I honestly didn't work it out. I'm sure Stockfish can accurately assess it.
