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[Date "2018.04.07"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Elephant"]
[Black "for White"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "C40"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Bd6 {I added the references to Kaissiber and
Corbin's games.} 4. d4 e4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. c4 $5 (6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Be2
$5 O-O (8... Bxe5 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Nd2 $1 (10. Nc3 Qxe5 11. Be3 $16 {[%csl Ge3]
}) 10... Qxe5 11. Nc4 Qd5 12. Nd6+) 9. O-O Qc7 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gf8e8]} 10. Bf4 Be6
11. Na3 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 (12... Bxf4 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. g3) 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 $14
{[%cal Gf7f5] White is better, but Black has some play.}) 6... c5 (6... O-O $5
7. Be2 Re8 8. Nc3 $1 {this is important, White should give back the pawn after
which he will control all the dark squares. 8.Bf4 Nbd7 is what Black is
dreaming about.} (8. Bf4 $6 Nbd7 9. Nxd7 $2 Bxf4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. O-O (11. g3
e3 12. gxf4 exf2+ 13. Kxf2 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Qxf4 $19) 11... e3 12. fxe3 (12. Kh1
Bxh2 13. Kxh2 exf2 14. g3 Qh6+ 15. Kg2 Bh3+ 16. Kxf2 Qe3+ 17. Ke1 Re4 $19)
12... Bxe3+ 13. Kh1 Qh4 {[%cal Ge3f4]} 14. g3 Qxd4 $17) 8... c5 (8... Bxe5 9.
dxe5 Rxe5 10. Bf4 Re8 $16 {[%csl Gf4]}) (8... Qe7 9. h3 $16 (9. Bf4 $2 Nbd7))
9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {and I don't see compensation for Black here,
neither after 11.Bg5 nor after 11.Be3.} 11. Be3 (11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Bf4 13. O-O
Rb8 14. b3 {1-0 (61) Wall,G (2353)-Rogers,J (2340) Birmingham 2000} Bf5 15. d5
$5) 11... Rb8 12. Rb1 (12. b3 Bb4 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qd2 Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. h3
Nxe3 17. fxe3) (12. Qc2 Ng4) (12. Qd2 Ng4) 12... h6 13. O-O Bc7) (6... Qe7 7.
Nc3 $1 {given by Rogers in Kaissiber 22. White plays in the same way as after
6. ... 0-0} (7. Bf4 $6 Nbd7 8. Nxd7 Bxf4 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. g3 (10. Nc3 O-O 11.
g3 Bh6 12. Bg2) 10... Bh6 11. Bg2 e3) 7... Bxe5 8. dxe5 Qxe5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Be2
$16) 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Be2 (9. Nc3 Rb8) 9... Rb8 $5 (9... Qc7 10.
Nc3 Bxh2 {Vilela-Corbin, Simultaneous 2006} 11. g3 Bxg3 12. fxg3 Qxg3+ 13. Kd2
e3+ 14. Kc2 Bf5+ 15. Kb3 Rb8+ 16. Ka3 $18 {and the White king is safe. If need
be there is b3 and Kb2}) 10. Nc3 O-O (10... Bf5 11. Qc2 Bg6 12. Be3 $16) 11.
Rb1 (11. O-O Bf5 12. b3 {this seems slightly better for White, but Black is
still in the game, although he will be hard pressed to justify the sacrifice.}
Qc7 (12... Rb7 13. Be3 Rd7 14. Qd2 Be5 15. Rad1 Ng4 16. h3 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bg6)
13. g3 (13. h3 $6 Rbd8 {[%csl Yg2,Yh3][%cal Gf8e8,Gc7d7]}) 13... Qe7 14. Be3
Rfd8 (14... Rfe8 15. c5 Bc7 16. d5) (14... Rbd8 15. Qc2 Bb4 16. Rfd1 Ng4 17.
Bxg4 Bxg4) 15. Qc2 Bb4 16. Rfd1 Ng4) (11. Qc2 $6 {Hammar-Corbin, Quickplay 2009
} Ng4 $1 $132 12. g3 (12. Nxe4 Bf5) (12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. O-O f5) 12... Re8 13.
Qd1 h5 14. O-O e3 15. Bxe3 (15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. Qd3 exf2+ 17. Rxf2 Bc5 18. Be3
Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4) 15... Nxh2) 11... Bf5 (11... Re8 12. Be3 Bf5
(12... Qc7 13. c5 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gb4b5]}) 13. O-O Qc7 14. g3 (14. h3 Qd7 15. d5
c5 16. Qc1 Bxh3 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Bf4) 14... Qd7 (14... Bb4 15. a3 Bxc3 16.
bxc3 Rxb1 17. Qxb1 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Nxg4 19. Bf4 $16) 15. c5 Bc7 16. b4) (11... Qe7
{[%csl Yd4][%cal Gf8d8,Gb8b7,Gb7d7]} 12. Be3 Rd8 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qc2 h5 15. b3
Bc7 (15... Qc7 16. g3 $16 (16. h3 Qd7)) 16. c5 $16) 12. Be3 h6 13. O-O Rb7 14.
c5 {this c5-move seems to be a key idea for White in the position, to exploit
his pawn majority in the centre and on the queenside.} Bb8 15. b4 Nd5 16. Nxd5
Qxd5 17. b5 $40 *