4. Bg5 Qa5+.It is good to try this as black.

Early skirmishes by the queen are rarely rewarding - a lesson to be learnt here

Heh heh... that's the Pseudo-Benko gambit, one of the "exotic" lines I've studied. A thematic move after ...b5 is ...Qa5+!?, where an unprepared White will have trouble bringing his Queenside Knight into play.

This is, in effect, a reversed Reti:   1.Nf3 d5  2.c4 d4  3.b4 is interesting, but offers no real advantage, and if White isn't careful, he'll end up struggling for equality with a weakened queenside.

In light of that, it takes courage to try it with reversed colors.

4. ...Qb6 was very bad move

should have been Bb7 with an equal game

I expected to find a game where Black wins.

Qxb2 on the sixth move ended it for black. Why any experience player would want to open up a file for the Rook that early in the game, especially the Queen's Knight file, is perplexing to say the least.

I play this for black. I like 4. Bg5 Qa5+ and

5c3 Ne4 is a tromp style line

5 Nc3 Ne4 is ok

5 Bd2 Qb6 is better than the above game

5. Qd2 hangs the d pawn to Nxd5 and if e4 then Nb4 should be at least equal

Nbd2 Nxd5 =

the good thing about it is even in the tromp style lines, White has to deal with several plans from black, including c5-c4 push, Bb7 and bang on the d pawn, d6 and benko style play, or e6 with benoni style play. I think white annoys me more when he builds a benoni out of 4 e3 Qa5+ 5 Bd2 and

if 5...b4, 6. c4 followed by Qc2 and e4 and Bd3, since bxc4 e.p. isn't possible due to blacks queen

if 5...Qb6, then c4 or Bc3 are decent tries

Computers scare people away in many cases. Of course it is hard to be original when we have millions of games on record. There is still scope for originality. That's what this article is about.

Very nice article... I find that people are less innovative and inventive these days in chess. No where near as adventurous as they once where. Whats happened to the game?