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Subject: Re: Fegatello test (or trap?)

Author: Tord Romstad

Date: 10:05:44 12/11/03

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On December 11, 2003 at 12:48:55, Marcus Prewarski wrote:

>Since we are talking about the Fried Liver Attack this brings another position
>to mind.  In my personal games I've started playing the Petrof defense and I
>sometimes see this line:
>
>1. e4 e5   2. Nf3 Nf6  3. Nxe5 d6  4. Nxf7
>
>I hope I got it right doing it from memory.  Anyways the first time I saw this
>from white I thought it was complete crap, but I've learned to take this
>seriously, it leads to some real complications for black.

It does.  Some years ago, Topalav played this gambit against Kramnik and got
a draw.

>I wonder if any
>engines would consider 4. Nxf7 here.

Mine doesn't.  It prefers 4. Nf3, which it evaluates as about +0.3 for white.
When I let it analyze the position after 4. Nxf7, it returns a score of +0.08
in black's favor after 12 plies.

Tord



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