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Subject: Re: Diagram

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 06:49:23 08/21/03

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On August 21, 2003 at 04:05:11, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:

>On August 21, 2003 at 00:27:12, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>>On August 20, 2003 at 12:57:46, Thomas Lagershausen wrote:
>>
>>>On August 19, 2003 at 18:43:07, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>>>
>>>>On August 19, 2003 at 18:18:30, Ricardo Gibert wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On August 19, 2003 at 18:00:44, David Bigler wrote:
>>>>
>>>>White to move, what is the best move ???
>>>>
>>>>[D]2kr3r/pb1nq1pp/1p2pp2/3pP3/2p2P2/2P1PN2/PPB3PP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 15
>>>>
>>>>Who knows?
>>>>
>>>>But Zappa plays Qd4 and thinks it has a slight edge.
>>>>
>>>>anthony
>>>
>>>Rebel 12 Macheide (Athlon 1700+)
>>>
>>>00:11:56.1	0,09	14	545424283	Qd4 fxe5 Nxe5 Nxe5 Qxe5 Qf6 Qh5 g6
>>>
>>>It looks like a very very samll edge.
>>>
>>>TL
>>
>>It's not a bad move, but White should play a4! right away. Black will have big
>>problems along the a-file, and a5 will weaken Black's position further.
>
>After a4 black would play ...a6 and after a5 black has ...b5! and black is fine.
>
>TL

a4 is best, and Black pushing his a and b pawns leave a permanent weakness to be
exploited.

However, I never said outright, White wins either. I haven't analyzed this
position...but gave a both technical and intuitive approach.

Terry



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