New Openings Suite for testing with comments (long post)
Posted: 17 Jan 2006, 23:44When testing an engine I've been using either the Nunn2 set or the Noomen Select, since a pre-established openings suite helps guarantee controlled testing conditions. In both suites I had my quibbles on the choices, which is completely subjective of course, and overall prefer Noomen's selection. The reason I modified and created my own is that I wanted a greater diversity of openings, with a good range of types of positions (open, closed, quiet, tense, etc.) as well as possibly some 'funner' games to watch. My choice of openings was not based on what the elite have been playing in the last 3 years, but rather on openings that are found at any tournament from 2000 and up. This means including openings systems such as the Colle, the hedgehog, and the Closed Sicilian (quite common except at the 2500+ level), as well as others such as the Bird's opening, the Benko, the Benoni, etc. I even added a Sicilian Dragon (see the 'funner' comment above) with plenty of play for both sides, which hopefully will be both entertaining to watch, and instructive on an engine's strengths or weaknesses. The positions were also chosen to allow as much flexibility as possible to allow the engines to choose their own path. Many of the positions are taken directly from Noomen's suite, or are slightly modified versions of his original choices.
I also made two versions of the suite, one 'full' version with 40 positions, and thus leading to 80 games and another 'short' version, with only 25 positions. The purpose of the shorter suite is simply for those wanting a shorter test with 50 games as opposed to 80.
Here is a list of the openings and diagrams of the starting positions, and in 2 other posts, I will put the plain PGNs. Have fun.
Albert
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Bird's Opening"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 *
[diag]rnbqkb1r/ppp1pppp/5n2/3p4/5P2/1P3N2/P1PPP1PP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 0 3[/diag]
A common guest at sub-2200 level
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Reti Opening"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d6 *
[diag]rnbq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/8/3P1NP1/PPP1PPBP/RNBQ1RK1 w - - 0 6[/diag]
I like this seemingly incocuous position from the Noomen. The game will depend
not only on which pawn is advanced (c4 or e4), but of course how the engine
plays it.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "English, Asymmetric"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 *
[diag]r1bqkb1r/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/4p3/2P5/2N2NP1/PP1PPP1P/R1BQKB1R b KQkq - 0 4[/diag]
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Indian, hedgehog"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Rd1
a6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.e4 *
[diag]r2q1rk1/1b1nbppp/pp1ppn2/8/2PQP3/1PN2NP1/PB3PBP/R2R2K1 b - e3 0 12[/diag]
A super classic pawn structure.
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Benko Gambit"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 *
[diag]rn1qkb1r/3ppp1p/b4np1/2pP4/8/2N5/PP2PPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
How not to have a Benko and a Benoni?
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Benoni, Modern"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A73"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O
*
[diag]rnbq1rk1/pp3pbp/3p1np1/2pP4/4P3/2N2N2/PP2BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 9[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Dutch, Leningrad"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 *
[diag]rnb1qrk1/ppp1p1bp/3p1np1/3P1p2/2P5/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 8[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Scandinavian"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 *
[diag]rn2kb1r/pp2pppp/2p2n2/q4b2/2BP4/2N2N2/PPP2PPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Alekhine, Modern"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6 *
[diag]rn1qk2r/ppp1bppp/1n1pp3/4P2b/2PP4/5N1P/PP2BPP1/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - 0 9[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Pirc, 4.Nf3"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 *
[diag]rn1q1rk1/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/3PP1b1/2N2N2/PPP1BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 7[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Pirc, Austrian attack"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 *
[diag]rnbq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/3PPP2/2NB1N2/PPP3PP/R1BQK2R b KQ - 0 6[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Caro-Kann, Advance"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 *
[diag]rn1qkbnr/pp3ppp/2p1p3/3pPb2/3P4/5N2/PPP1BPPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 5[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, 2.c3"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Nc6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Be3
cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 Qd6 *
[diag]r3k2r/pp2bppp/2nqpn2/7b/3P4/2N1BN1P/PP2BPP1/R2Q1RK1 w kq - 0 12[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Closed"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 *
[diag]r1bqk1nr/pp3pbp/2npp1p1/2p5/4PP2/2NP2P1/PPP3BP/R1BQK1NR w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
A very common choice by e4 players not wanting to face the Sicilian theory.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Paulsen"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 *
[diag]r1b1kbnr/1pqp1ppp/p1n1p3/8/3NP3/2N5/PPP1BPPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Sveshnikov"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 *
[diag]r1bqk2r/5ppp/p1np1b2/1p1Np3/4P3/N1P5/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R b KQkq - 0 11[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Dragon"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Bb3 Rfc8 12.h4 Ne5 *
[diag]r1r3k1/pp1bppbp/3p1np1/q3n3/3NP2P/1BN1BP2/PPPQ2P1/2KR3R w - - 0 13[/diag]
Dragons are fun to play and to watch.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Scheveningen"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O 9.Be3
Qc7 *
[diag]rnb2rk1/1pq1bppp/p2ppn2/8/3NPP2/2N1B3/PPP1B1PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 10[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "French, Advance"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 *
[diag]r1b1kbnr/pp3ppp/1qn1p3/3pP3/2pP4/P1P2N2/1P3PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
If one plays the French, one must know this, and this closed position should be
a good test.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "French, Tarrasch"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 *
[diag]r1bqkb1r/pp1n1ppp/2n1p3/2ppP3/3P4/2PB4/PP1N1PPP/R1BQK1NR w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "French, Winawer"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 *
[diag]rnbqk2r/pp2nppp/4p3/2ppP3/3P4/P1P2N2/2P2PPP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Philidor's Defense"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 *
[diag]rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/3p1n2/8/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 6[/diag]
This too is pretty common for sub-2000 players.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Scotch"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 *
[diag]r1b1k2r/ppppnppp/2n2q2/2b5/3NP3/2P1B3/PP3PPP/RN1QKB1R w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
At first I wondered why Noomen chose this instead of the 4...Nf6 line played by
the top GMs trying to crack Kasparov's Scotch, but as I looked at it, I
understood. And this is a problem with many of the choices: there aren't many
alternative moves once down the main line, and many are refuted or just much
worse. The engines might even find the right moves, but even if they do, the
games won't be very varied.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Italian"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 d6 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 a6 *
[diag]r1bqk2r/1pp2ppp/pbnp1n2/4p3/PPB1P3/2PP1N2/5PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 0 8[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Spanish, Exchange"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 *
[diag]r1b1kbnr/1pp2ppp/p1p5/8/3NP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNB1K2R b KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Spanish, Open"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 *
[diag]r2qkb1r/2p2ppp/p1n1b3/1p1pP3/4n3/1B3N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - 0 9[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Spanish, Closed - Zaitsev"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3
Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 *
[diag]r2qr1k1/1bp1bppp/p1np1n2/1p2p3/3PP3/1BP2N1P/PP1N1PP1/R1BQR1K1 b - - 0 11[/diag]
Noomen's choice stopped at 9...Bb7, and I saw numerous games end in a repetition
3 moves later as some engines chose 10.Ng5 Rf8 11.Nf3 Re8 etc. It may be a valid
choice, but not if I want to test an engine, so I fed a couple of extra moves.
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Colle system"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 e6 4.c3 c5 5.Bd3 *
[diag]rnbqkb1r/pp3ppp/4pn2/2pp4/3P4/2PBPN2/PP3PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 5[/diag]
I know two IMs who have pretty much made a career on this system.
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Gambit, Slav"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 *
[diag]r2qk2r/pp1n1ppp/2p1pn2/5b2/PbBP4/2N1PN2/1P3PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 9[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Gambit accepted"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4 9.Rd1
Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 *
[diag]r1bq1rk1/1p2bppp/p1n1pn2/8/P1BP4/2N2N2/1P2QPPP/R1BR2K1 b - - 0 11[/diag]
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Gambit, Tarrash"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 *
[diag]r1bq1rk1/pp2bpp1/2n2n1p/3p4/3N4/2N1B1P1/PP2PPBP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 11[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Gambit declined, Tartakower"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 *
[diag]rnbq1rk1/p1p1bpp1/1p2pn1p/3p4/2PP3B/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w KQ - 0 8[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Gruenfeld"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O *
[diag]r1bq1rk1/pp2ppbp/2n3p1/2p5/2BPP3/2P1B3/P3NPPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 10[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Bogo-Indian"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 *
[diag]r1b1k2r/ppppqppp/2n1pn2/8/1bPP4/5NP1/PP1BPP1P/RN1QKB1R w KQkq - 0 6[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Indian"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 *
[diag]rn1qk2r/p3bppp/bpp1pn2/3p4/2PP4/1PB2NP1/P3PPBP/RN1QK2R w KQkq d6 0 9[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Nimzo-Indian, 4.Qc2"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Bb7
9.f3 d5 *
[diag]rn1q1rk1/pbp2pp1/1p2pn1p/3p4/2PP3B/P1Q2P2/1P2P1PP/R3KBNR w KQ d6 0 10[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Nimzo-Indian, Rubinstein"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3
*
[diag]r1bq1rk1/pp3ppp/2n1pn2/2pp4/2PP4/P1PBPN2/5PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 9[/diag]
Super classic. Reminded me of Bronstein's work on the 1953 Candidates.
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "King's Indian, Fianchetto"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 *
[diag]r1bq1rk1/pppn1pbp/3p1np1/4p3/2PPP3/2N2NP1/PP3PBP/R1BQ1RK1 b ? e3 0 8[/diag]
A very standard position for those who play the King's Indian with either white
or black.
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "King's Indian, Saemisch"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8 9.Nc1
e5 *
[diag]1rbq1rk1/1pp2pbp/p1np1np1/4p3/2PPP3/2N1BP2/PP1Q2PP/R1N1KB1R w KQ e6 0 10[/diag]
I wanted a Saemisch here but was quite unsure as to the variation. A prime
choice I had in mind was 6.e5 d5 7.Nh5 and f5, but I think this is a bit more
flexible.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "King's Indian, Classical"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1
Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 *
[diag]r1bq1rk1/ppp1n1bp/3p1n2/2PPp1p1/4Pp2/2NN1P2/PP1BB1PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 14[/diag]
Noomen's choice stopped one move earlier with 12...f4. I can understand the desire to want to see the engine show it will play 13...g5 on its own, but the none of the engines I tested did so. On the other hand, once committed to 13...g5 most got into the spirit of things.
I also made two versions of the suite, one 'full' version with 40 positions, and thus leading to 80 games and another 'short' version, with only 25 positions. The purpose of the shorter suite is simply for those wanting a shorter test with 50 games as opposed to 80.
Here is a list of the openings and diagrams of the starting positions, and in 2 other posts, I will put the plain PGNs. Have fun.
Albert
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Bird's Opening"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.f4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.b3 *
[diag]rnbqkb1r/ppp1pppp/5n2/3p4/5P2/1P3N2/P1PPP1PP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 0 3[/diag]
A common guest at sub-2200 level
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Reti Opening"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d3 d6 *
[diag]rnbq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/8/3P1NP1/PPP1PPBP/RNBQ1RK1 w - - 0 6[/diag]
I like this seemingly incocuous position from the Noomen. The game will depend
not only on which pawn is advanced (c4 or e4), but of course how the engine
plays it.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "English, Asymmetric"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.g3 *
[diag]r1bqkb1r/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/4p3/2P5/2N2NP1/PP1PPP1P/R1BQKB1R b KQkq - 0 4[/diag]
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Indian, hedgehog"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 d6 9.Rd1
a6 10.b3 Nbd7 11.Bb2 O-O 12.e4 *
[diag]r2q1rk1/1b1nbppp/pp1ppn2/8/2PQP3/1PN2NP1/PB3PBP/R2R2K1 b - e3 0 12[/diag]
A super classic pawn structure.
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Benko Gambit"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 *
[diag]rn1qkb1r/3ppp1p/b4np1/2pP4/8/2N5/PP2PPPP/R1BQKBNR w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
How not to have a Benko and a Benoni?
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Benoni, Modern"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A73"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.Be2 O-O 9.O-O
*
[diag]rnbq1rk1/pp3pbp/3p1np1/2pP4/4P3/2N2N2/PP2BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 9[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Dutch, Leningrad"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.O-O O-O 6.c4 d6 7.Nc3 Qe8 8.d5 *
[diag]rnb1qrk1/ppp1p1bp/3p1np1/3P1p2/2P5/2N2NP1/PP2PPBP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 8[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Scandinavian"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 c6 6.Bc4 Bf5 *
[diag]rn2kb1r/pp2pppp/2p2n2/q4b2/2BP4/2N2N2/PPP2PPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Alekhine, Modern"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 e6 6.O-O Be7 7.h3 Bh5 8.c4 Nb6 *
[diag]rn1qk2r/ppp1bppp/1n1pp3/4P2b/2PP4/5N1P/PP2BPP1/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - 0 9[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Pirc, 4.Nf3"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Be2 O-O 6.O-O Bg4 *
[diag]rn1q1rk1/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/3PP1b1/2N2N2/PPP1BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - 0 7[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Pirc, Austrian attack"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.f4 Bg7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Bd3 *
[diag]rnbq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/3PPP2/2NB1N2/PPP3PP/R1BQK2R b KQ - 0 6[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Caro-Kann, Advance"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 *
[diag]rn1qkbnr/pp3ppp/2p1p3/3pPb2/3P4/5N2/PPP1BPPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 5[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, 2.c3"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Nc6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Be3
cxd4 10.cxd4 Be7 11.Nc3 Qd6 *
[diag]r3k2r/pp2bppp/2nqpn2/7b/3P4/2N1BN1P/PP2BPP1/R2Q1RK1 w kq - 0 12[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Closed"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B25"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.f4 e6 *
[diag]r1bqk1nr/pp3pbp/2npp1p1/2p5/4PP2/2NP2P1/PPP3BP/R1BQK1NR w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
A very common choice by e4 players not wanting to face the Sicilian theory.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Paulsen"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 Qc7 *
[diag]r1b1kbnr/1pqp1ppp/p1n1p3/8/3NP3/2N5/PPP1BPPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Sveshnikov"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c3 *
[diag]r1bqk2r/5ppp/p1np1b2/1p1Np3/4P3/N1P5/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R b KQkq - 0 11[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Dragon"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B79"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 O-O 8.Qd2 Nc6
9.Bc4 Bd7 10.O-O-O Qa5 11.Bb3 Rfc8 12.h4 Ne5 *
[diag]r1r3k1/pp1bppbp/3p1np1/q3n3/3NP2P/1BN1BP2/PPPQ2P1/2KR3R w - - 0 13[/diag]
Dragons are fun to play and to watch.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Sicilian, Scheveningen"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Be7 8.f4 O-O 9.Be3
Qc7 *
[diag]rnb2rk1/1pq1bppp/p2ppn2/8/3NPP2/2N1B3/PPP1B1PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 10[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "French, Advance"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.a3 c4 *
[diag]r1b1kbnr/pp3ppp/1qn1p3/3pP3/2pP4/P1P2N2/1P3PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
If one plays the French, one must know this, and this closed position should be
a good test.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "French, Tarrasch"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.Bd3 Nc6 *
[diag]r1bqkb1r/pp1n1ppp/2n1p3/2ppP3/3P4/2PB4/PP1N1PPP/R1BQK1NR w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "French, Winawer"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Nf3 *
[diag]rnbqk2r/pp2nppp/4p3/2ppP3/3P4/P1P2N2/2P2PPP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Philidor's Defense"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Be7 *
[diag]rnbqk2r/ppp1bppp/3p1n2/8/3NP3/2N5/PPP2PPP/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - 0 6[/diag]
This too is pretty common for sub-2000 players.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Scotch"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Be3 Qf6 6.c3 Nge7 *
[diag]r1b1k2r/ppppnppp/2n2q2/2b5/3NP3/2P1B3/PP3PPP/RN1QKB1R w KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
At first I wondered why Noomen chose this instead of the 4...Nf6 line played by
the top GMs trying to crack Kasparov's Scotch, but as I looked at it, I
understood. And this is a problem with many of the choices: there aren't many
alternative moves once down the main line, and many are refuted or just much
worse. The engines might even find the right moves, but even if they do, the
games won't be very varied.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Italian"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.c3 d6 6.b4 Bb6 7.a4 a6 *
[diag]r1bqk2r/1pp2ppp/pbnp1n2/4p3/PPB1P3/2PP1N2/5PPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 0 8[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Spanish, Exchange"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 *
[diag]r1b1kbnr/1pp2ppp/p1p5/8/3NP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNB1K2R b KQkq - 0 7[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Spanish, Open"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 *
[diag]r2qkb1r/2p2ppp/p1n1b3/1p1pP3/4n3/1B3N2/PPP2PPP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - 0 9[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Spanish, Closed - Zaitsev"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3
Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 *
[diag]r2qr1k1/1bp1bppp/p1np1n2/1p2p3/3PP3/1BP2N1P/PP1N1PP1/R1BQR1K1 b - - 0 11[/diag]
Noomen's choice stopped at 9...Bb7, and I saw numerous games end in a repetition
3 moves later as some engines chose 10.Ng5 Rf8 11.Nf3 Re8 etc. It may be a valid
choice, but not if I want to test an engine, so I fed a couple of extra moves.
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Colle system"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 d5 3.e3 e6 4.c3 c5 5.Bd3 *
[diag]rnbqkb1r/pp3ppp/4pn2/2pp4/3P4/2PBPN2/PP3PPP/RNBQK2R b KQkq - 0 5[/diag]
I know two IMs who have pretty much made a career on this system.
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Gambit, Slav"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.O-O Nbd7 *
[diag]r2qk2r/pp1n1ppp/2p1pn2/5b2/PbBP4/2N1PN2/1P3PPP/R1BQ1RK1 w kq - 0 9[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Gambit accepted"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 c5 6.O-O a6 7.a4 Nc6 8.Qe2 cxd4 9.Rd1
Be7 10.exd4 O-O 11.Nc3 *
[diag]r1bq1rk1/1p2bppp/p1n1pn2/8/P1BP4/2N2N2/1P2QPPP/R1BR2K1 b - - 0 11[/diag]
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Gambit, Tarrash"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.O-O O-O
9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 *
[diag]r1bq1rk1/pp2bpp1/2n2n1p/3p4/3N4/2N1B1P1/PP2PPBP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 11[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Gambit declined, Tartakower"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 h6 7.Bh4 b6 *
[diag]rnbq1rk1/p1p1bpp1/1p2pn1p/3p4/2PP3B/2N1PN2/PP3PPP/R2QKB1R w KQ - 0 8[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Gruenfeld"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 Nc6
9.Be3 O-O 10.O-O *
[diag]r1bq1rk1/pp2ppbp/2n3p1/2p5/2BPP3/2P1B3/P3NPPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - 0 10[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Bogo-Indian"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Nc6 *
[diag]r1b1k2r/ppppqppp/2n1pn2/8/1bPP4/5NP1/PP1BPP1P/RN1QKB1R w KQkq - 0 6[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Queen's Indian"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 *
[diag]rn1qk2r/p3bppp/bpp1pn2/3p4/2PP4/1PB2NP1/P3PPBP/RN1QK2R w KQkq d6 0 9[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Nimzo-Indian, 4.Qc2"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 O-O 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 b6 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Bb7
9.f3 d5 *
[diag]rn1q1rk1/pbp2pp1/1p2pn1p/3p4/2PP3B/P1Q2P2/1P2P1PP/R3KBNR w KQ d6 0 10[/diag]
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "Nimzo-Indian, Rubinstein"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E58"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 7.O-O Nc6 8.a3 Bxc3 9.bxc3
*
[diag]r1bq1rk1/pp3ppp/2n1pn2/2pp4/2PP4/P1PBPN2/5PPP/R1BQ1RK1 b - - 0 9[/diag]
Super classic. Reminded me of Bronstein's work on the 1953 Candidates.
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "King's Indian, Fianchetto"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.g3 O-O 5.Bg2 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.e4 *
[diag]r1bq1rk1/pppn1pbp/3p1np1/4p3/2PPP3/2N2NP1/PP3PBP/R1BQ1RK1 b ? e3 0 8[/diag]
A very standard position for those who play the King's Indian with either white
or black.
[Event ""]
[Site ""]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "King's Indian, Saemisch"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 O-O 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Qd2 Rb8 9.Nc1
e5 *
[diag]1rbq1rk1/1pp2pbp/p1np1np1/4p3/2PPP3/2N1BP2/PP1Q2PP/R1N1KB1R w KQ e6 0 10[/diag]
I wanted a Saemisch here but was quite unsure as to the variation. A prime
choice I had in mind was 6.e5 d5 7.Nh5 and f5, but I think this is a bit more
flexible.
[Event "?"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Silver Suite"]
[Black "King's Indian, Classical"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "0"]
[BlackElo "0"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]
[Remark ""]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1
Nd7 10.Nd3 f5 11.Bd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.c5 g5 *
[diag]r1bq1rk1/ppp1n1bp/3p1n2/2PPp1p1/4Pp2/2NN1P2/PP1BB1PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 14[/diag]
Noomen's choice stopped one move earlier with 12...f4. I can understand the desire to want to see the engine show it will play 13...g5 on its own, but the none of the engines I tested did so. On the other hand, once committed to 13...g5 most got into the spirit of things.