New Move in the Chinese Opening ('cutebaby' 9d vs. 'MilanMilan' 9d)

Black: 'MilanMilan' 9d (Liu Yuanbo 2p)

White: 'cutebaby' 9d (from China? Plays mostly handicap games)

This is the first time they played each other, and as it was a blitz game, the winner was whoever had the sharpest reading ability: in this case, 'MilanMilan' was the strongest fighter.

After the game 'cutebaby' mentioned D15 (move 9) so I guess that s/he was also surprised to see it! I added some notes to explain that move's meaning in the game file.

It seems that D15 really is a Chinese invention - it was first played by Wang Xi 5p (do you have any older game records with this move?) and he won that game. I also added those variations in the sgf.

From what I have seen, this move works very nicely for Black, and it is not easy for White to get a good result locally. It's a good plan for the Chinese Opening!