Author: Jeroen Noomen
Date: 11:19:09 05/28/00
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On May 28, 2000 at 13:03:26, Oliver Roese wrote: Hello Oliver, >Volume 11 of Euwe's opening's series (my mid-fifties edition of it) has a >little parapgraph about the Müller-Schulze gambit, where 4.Nxe5 gets a >question mark, and where it says that after 4... Nxe5 5.d4 Ng6 6.e5 Ng8 7.Bc4 >d5 8.Bxd5 c6, Black has a decisive advantage. >So what could one add to the word of the former worldmaster? Nothing! I am just proud I came up with the same line as Euwe. Besides, I would never contradict my fellow countryman, who was not only the first (and last) dutch world champion, but also a well known theoretician in his time. >After 9.Bb3 Be6 10.Bxe6 fxe6 I think 10. 0-0 is better, but still clearly in Black's favour. >blacks lost an additional pawn but achieved the >following: >1) Swap the bishops, simplifying the position >2) Solves much, if not all development-problems on both wings. >3) Got longlasting influence in the centre. >Under all positions if have seen so far, it is clearly the best for black (who >wonders...) I agree. I just put it into the books for Rebel Century and Rebel Tiger. Regards, Jeroen
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