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Subject: Re: Question for chess experts

Author: Telmo Escobar

Date: 11:42:45 03/21/02

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>On March 21, 2002 at 00:35:55, Miguel A. Ballicora wrote:
>
>HOWEVER, the key of this position is another.
>>As in many positions of the queen gambit, the big question is:
>>WHERE DO I PLACE MY QUEEN? That is the main point here.
>>There is no reasonable anwer for black.
>>
>
>I disagree. After ... c5 Rad1 black has the very natural ... Qc8.
>Even with the idea of ... a6, ... Bc6 and ... Qb7, with nice
>pressure on the a8-h1 diagonal.
>

 The problem is that, after having played a7-a5, then c7-c5 is not palatable as
the queenside is too weakened. By the way,

 I) a strong player usually plays c7-c5 in this position.

 ii) a strong player hardly plays a7-a5 instead, yet that mistake isn't
impossible. Everybody makes senseless moves sometimes, but-

 iii) a strong player, even being drunk, never plays a7-a5 and immediately
c7-c5. Indeed, after making a7-a5, moving the "c" pawn looks as an illegal move
to his eyes.




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