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Subject: Re: what is the right line after 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 exf4 4.e5 Ng8?

Author: blass uri

Date: 15:07:30 05/19/99

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On May 19, 1999 at 12:10:36, Francis Monkman wrote:

>
>On May 19, 1999 at 11:09:38, blass uri wrote:
>
>>black does not have to go for the position after 7.Qe2
>>black can play 5...d5 instead of d6 planning to play g5 after 6.d4.
>
>Sure, and after 7. h4 g4 8. Ng1 (I guess White can 'afford' this reciprocal
>move) what remains? Neither 8. ...Be7 nor 8. ...f3 seem to be going anywhere, in
>fact I think the advantage would pass to White after the latter.

Junior5.4 agrees about it.
I gave it the position after 8....f3 9.gxf3 and after some hours the best it
could find is 9...Be7 with 0.3 pawns advantage for white.

>position in chess terms, rather than computer terms, it's clear that Black's
>kingside pawn advance is unsupportable, and the opening has been 'bad for both
>sides'. White can also vary with 6. exd6 Bxd6 (presumably not ...Qxd6) 7. d4,
>and there's certainly no advantage there for Black, IMO.

I see one pawn advantage for black but maybe white has enough compensation for
the pawn.

I have no experience with these kind of positions so I do not know.

Uri




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