TCEC Season 9

[jdart]

What about this line: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6

That is a better line than 4. .. e6 IMO, although few strong players have gone into it.

There are some correspondence games with it. One example:

[pgn]
[Event "S-Open/3-sf05"]
[Site "ICCF"]
[Date "2010.07.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Rotaru, Dan"]
[Black "Turko, Sergey Ivanovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2363"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 e6 6. Nc3 exd5 7. Nxd5 Bxa6 8.
e4 Bxf1 9. Kxf1 Be7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. g3 Re8 13. Kg2 c4 14. Re1 Bb4
15. Bg5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 h6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Re3 Qe6 19. Qd2 Ra7 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
Qxd4 Ra6 22. Rd1 d6 23. Re2 Ra3 24. Qxd6 Rxc3 25. Qxe6 Rxe6 26. Rd8+ Kh7 27.
Rd7 Kg6 28. Rc7 Kf6 29. f4 g5 30. a4 gxf4 31. gxf4 Ra6 32. e5+ Ke6 33. f5+ Kxf5
34. Rxf7+ Kg6 35. Rf4 Re6 36. Re1 Kg5 37. Rf3 Rb3 38. a5 Rb7 39. Kg3 Ra7 40.
Re4 Kg6 41. Ra3 c3 42. Rxc3 Rxa5 43. Kf4 Ra2 44. Rg3+ Kf7 45. h4 Re8 46. Rb3 h5
47. Rb7+ Kg6 48. Rb6+ Kg7 49. Re1 Rf8+ 50. Ke4 Ra4+ 51. Kd5 Rxh4 1/2-1/2
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--Jon

[Dirt]

Laser chess has apparently entered TCEC. I don't know anything about it, but it sounds interesting.

[JJJ]

Probably still "weak" for the TCEC. But at least a new engine.

[Dan Cooper]

How about Ponziani Opening in TCEC?

If you want to almost guarantee Black wins, sure.