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Subject: Re: GM9K - Lacy again

Author: John Merlino

Date: 12:15:21 08/02/04

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On August 01, 2004 at 21:00:50, Alan Grotier wrote:

>On August 01, 2004 at 19:44:25, John Merlino wrote:
>
>>On August 01, 2004 at 18:49:07, Alan Grotier wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>  [Event ""]
>>>[Site ""]
>>>[Date "2004.8.1"]
>>>[Round ""]
>>>[White "Alan"]
>>>[Black "Lacey"]
>>>[TimeControl "1800+3"]
>>>[Result "*"]
>>>
>>>1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Nf6 4.c4 e6 5.dxe6 Bxe6 6.b3 Nc6 7.Bb2 Bd6 *
>>>
>>>Now what would you play? Please no help from your chess software.
>>>I have been called a patzer on this forum and with reason but I found
>>>it hard to find the best move in this position.
>>
>>[D]r2qk2r/pp3ppp/2nbbn2/2p5/2P5/1P3N2/PB1P1PPP/RN1QKB1R w KQkq - 0 8
>>
>>I would play Be2, in preparation for castling.
>>
>>>The game continues : what would you do?. Of course no help from our electronic
>>>buddies.
>>>
>>> 8.d4 O-O 9.d5 Qa5+ 10.Bc3 Qc7 *  I played 11. d5 x Fe6 and eventual lost
>>> the game.
>
>               Is d4 a bad move? F8 does not mention it.

CM_SKR prefers Be2 with an eval a few centipawns in Black's favor. The eval for
d4 is -0.60. So, it does not appear to be a good move.

jm



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