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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