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“After 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 d4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.a3 Nge7 6.b4 Ng6 7.Bb2 a5! (an essential move, forcing b4-b5 before Black regains the pawn on e5, while weakening White's queenside and getting control of the important c5-square for the bishop on f8) 8.b5 Ncxe5 9.Nxe5 Nxe5 10.e3, we reach a very important position in one of the most topical lines of the Albin Countergambit:
Here, the usual continuation is 10...Be6 11.Bxd4 Nxc4 12.Qc2!? Nd6 13.Bd3 Qg5!? which leads to major and fascinating complications.
However, a few months ago I came across the game Fier,A - Da Silva Borges,R 1-0 in which after 10.e3 Black (instead of the theoretical 10...Be6) played the very surprising move 10...Bc5!?.
Of course, I wondered if the bishop move was just a horrible blunder which should lose the game rapidly after White wins a piece with 11.exd4. Then I realised that it introduces a completely new and incredible concept for Black! I also checked if 10...Bc5!? had been played before, and I discovered only a few internet games with that move. So I started my investigations, spending hours and hours analysing the positions arising after 10...Bc5!?, and discovered a lot of amazing variations - which I now want to share with you!”
From the above diagram, Luc Henris analyses the lines after : A) 11.exd4, B) 11.Bxd4 and C) 11.Be2 or 11.h3.
Henris: “10...Bc5!? leads to fantastic positions which I really enjoyed analysing. In basically all variations Black seems to be more or less fine, with lots of tactics working in their favour. It once again shows the amazing resources of the Albin Countergambit, and I hope this article inspires you to employ this opening in your own practice!”
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