075. Testing the Theory

White: Dlanor - all-play-all tournament, ChessWorld.net, 2021

Well, my book is finally out and you can go and buy it... wherever, supposing you haven't already done so. I'd suggest not wasting any time anyway because, as I write in the Introduction: “Stockfish 17 may refute the whole lot in five minutes”. And we're currently up to Stockfish 14.1.

Meanwhile, I'm still testing the theory in my own games, and to considerable depth. For example, in the main line of E22 in Chapter Ten (Jaenisch 4 d3), which follows analysis by GM Dariusz Swiercz (to 27 Bf4), I've since had the chance to test Stockfish's riposte 27...g5!

as far as 28 Be5 Qxc2 29 Qe3 Qc6 30 Rd1 Rfe8 31 Qd4 Re6 (given by me in a bracket), and supported my comment “that Black can, if necessary, await a convenient moment to take on d6 and reach a drawable endgame”. In the game below we liquidated further to rook + pawn vs. rook and agreed a draw.

GM Keith Arkell (or someone) would want me to prove it over the board, I'm sure. To which end, at the end, something like 46...Rg8 47 Kh3 (or 47 f4 Kc5 48 Rd1 Rg4) 47...Rh8+ 48 Kg3 Rg8+ 49 Kf2 Rh8 50 Ke3 (or 50 f4 Rh3) 50...Re8+ 51 Re4 Ra8, intending ...Kd6, should do the trick.

Which also supports my comment here in an earlier post: “If you want to defend the Jaenisch as Black, study the endgame!”