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Subject: Re: Positional testposition

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 08:17:42 12/13/02

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On December 13, 2002 at 04:15:41, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On December 12, 2002 at 19:03:58, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On December 12, 2002 at 14:01:55, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:
>>
>>>[D]rnbq1k1r/1p1nb3/p2pp2p/6PQ/4P2B/2N5/PPP3PP/R3KB1R w KQ - 0 13
>>>
>>>From Tim Krabbe's site: Bb5!
>>>
>>>--
>>>GCP
>>
>>
>>How can this be called "positional"???
>>
>>The first move is tactical (hanging a piece).
>
>The 'tactical' refutation for taking it is like 3 ply. You
>aren't going to play it unless you see the positional issues
>that are going on.
>
>--
>GCP


Seeing that after Bb5, if black takes the bishop bad things happen is only a
_small_ part
of this position.  There are all kinds of tactical issues that have to be
resolved, which means
it isn't a "positional" problem until all the tactics are worked out...



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