Can't say as I agree with you on everything here, Black Baron...
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Originally posted by Black Baron:
Instead of d6 black had to play bb4.
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d6-big mistake.
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That assumes white would attack with a3. However, it seems to me that a better way would be, once you're in this position, c3, and then once black moves the bishop back white plays d4 and gets himself a nice center.
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Originally posted by Black Baron:
Since that it was played d6, Na4 achieves its goal- double pawns and the loss of the "2 bishops advantage" that the black had.
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Hmm, can't say as I've heard of the two bishop advantage you mention... Any chance you'd be able to explain why this is particularly advantageous?
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Originally posted by Black Baron:
h3 sometimes is a prelude to a most ambitious plan-Nh2 and f2-f4 afterwards.
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Seemingly innocent in the beginning, h3 (or h6 for the black), more often than not in mittelspiel is a bane and the doom of the unaware.
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Hmm... I have to wonder whether you aren't overestimating the effectiveness of this. If black had no e-pawn and the bishop were elsewhere, with a few other factors, I can see how this could potentially open up a nice line of attack for white, along with preventing black from easily moving his pieces to defend or to attack white in turn... However, I don't think I'd rank it as being a completely game-ending move. Especially, as I said, in this position. Perhaps you could explain what continuation you were thinking of? Oh, and also, not sure how moving Nh2 is done with no loss of tempo...
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Originally posted by Black Baron:
G7-G6-a huge mistake. The rook had to be placed on this spot in the future.
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What move would you suggest, then? I'm seeing two possibilities, myself, and none of them appear greatly advantageous...
1. Kh8, followed (I would guess) by white's Qxe5. Black now has to defend g7, or else it's checkmate. And as far as I can tell, all that ends up happening with this is black losing material and not having any great attacks.
2. Kg8, followed (I would guess) by white's Qxe5. Doesn't seem too great to me... Black loses material, possibly along with other bad things, as far as I can tell.
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Originally posted by Black Baron:
The rampage of the white queen had to be prevented with all costs. The black had to play Ra8-d,e,f8 from the start.
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I assume you mean at move 24? What continuation were you thinking of, wondering, if white did dxc7 or d7? Rc8? Since otherwise, it appears to me that black ends up losing a rook... But with Rc8, white could bring the queen to b7, forcing black to defend with his other rook (and thereby locking both of them up for the time being). White could probably start his own attack soon after. At least, that's what I'm seeing.
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Originally posted by Black Baron:
Instead of queen e7, queen d6.
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Can't find this... Which move is it?
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Originally posted by Black Baron:
How much time did you have?
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Technically unlimited, but we were both under a bit of unspecified time pressure, iirc (Assassin had to go, I was going to have dinner at an unspecified point in the near future). Lucky for him, methinks... I have a habit of being a very slow player. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
[ 05-30-2004, 06:51 PM: Message edited by: Encard ]