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Subject: Re: Crafty-Fritz new idea - 20...b4

Author: Tim Mirabile

Date: 12:38:25 08/30/00

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On August 30, 2000 at 15:28:29, Dan Andersson wrote:

>On August 30, 2000 at 13:44:48, Tim Mirabile wrote:
>
>>[D]1r2kb1r/2qb1p2/p2ppP2/1pP5/3NP2p/P1N2Q2/2P4P/1K1R1BR1 b k - 0 20
>>
>>Now 20...dxc5 is coming under serious doubt after 21.Nxe6, but what about
>>20...b4!? and if 21.axb4 dxc5?  Now 22.Nde2 transposes back to the game, and
>>22.Nxe6 can be met by Rxb4+.
>
>A sharp position it is. A first try is 22. Nb3 and (22 ... c4 looks too risky
>23. Bxc4 Qxc4 24. Rd4 Qc7 25. Rgd1 Bc6  and now 26. Nd5 (rather than 26. Na2 )26
>.. exd5 27. exd5 Bd7 and blacks king is naked.)
[...]

You would really have to be a hardcore Najdorf player to like Black's position
in any of these lines, and I can tell you we love to run around with our king in
the buff, especially if we can get a piece for it.  Actually d8 looks like a
relatively safe place for him one that white pawn blocks the file.



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