Continuing the approach of trying unusual openings at Tata Steel, Arkady Naiditsch ventured a 'left hand' Italian Opening, with 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4. But unlike the previous use of the Budapest Gambit, it did not end well for Naiditsch. In fact it was the chess equivalent of Wile E. Coyote investigating an unexploded box of dynamite, with the whole thing blowing up in his face. For a moment it looked as though the rush on the king side might lead to something, but after advancing the f,g, and h pawns to the 4th rank, he wavered in the face of queenside counterplay, and quickly got run over.
Naiditsch,Arkady - Harikrishna,Pentala [D00]
Tata Steel A, 23.01.2014
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. f3 e6 5. Qd2 Be7 6. O-O-O Nc6 7. Qe1 Bg6 8. Nh3 O-O 9. Nf2 Nh5 10. Be3 Nb4 11. Rd2 c5 12. g4 Nf6 13. h4 Nd7 14. f4 Bf6 15. Qd1 Nb6 16. dxc5 Bxc3 17. cxb6 axb6 18. bxc3 Nxa2+ 19. Kb2 Qd6 0-1
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