Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:00:35 12/11/03
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On December 11, 2003 at 15:43:26, Steve Maughan wrote: >Bob, > >>>8. ... Nb4 9. a3 Nxc2+ 10. Kd1 Nd4 >> >>11.Bxd5 > >Material is now equal since Black has given the knight back. White's attack is >only modest but we've moved away from a, "if only black can hold on he will win" >type of game. Would you agree that this line is not an outright refutation of >Nxf7 i.e. can we continue on the other thread and drop this thread? > >Steve Yes. And we eventually need to go back to the a3 Nxc2 Kd1 Nxa1 line again. I don't like it myself, because black has two objects there, avoid getting mated and avoid losing the knight if possible. Black is up a lot of material there, and that was why a3 was considered bad years ago and Qe4 was played more often.
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