Author: Uri Blass
Date: 08:58:52 12/11/03
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On December 11, 2003 at 11:39:20, Steve Maughan wrote: >Tord, > >>The last time I heard any news about this line, even 5. d4 was not considered >>clear. In modern opening theory, the move 4... Nxd5!? is regarded as >>extremely risky and perhaps a bit dubious, but it remains playable and >>unrefuted (unless a refutation has been found during the last few years). > >I don't think 5..Nd5 is playable but I think it's extremely complex. You need >to look deep into quite a few lines but I think 6.Nxf7 wins. I'd be interested >to know of any line that looks reasonable for Black. > >> 1 -0.39 0.00 242 Nxf7 Kxf7 Qf3+ Ke6 Nc3 Nb4 Nxd5 Nxd5 d4 > >It's impressive that Gothmog plays Nxf7! Not many engines play this - CS Tal II >does but I thought it was the only one. > >Regards, > >Steve I am not impressed. I guess that many engines can play it if the programmer increase the king safety score. I prefer to have better engine and sacrifices are not my target. I remember that I read some years ago in a newspaper that Nxf7 was refuted by black in a correspondence game. I do not trust newspapers and I also do not trust correspondence games and I believe that both contain a lot of mistakes but I also do not trust Nxf7 to claim that it is winning(I was simply not interested in the question if Nxf7 wins because I do not play that opening). Uri
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