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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