Author: Louis Fagliano
Date: 10:13:27 12/19/03
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On December 19, 2003 at 11:35:08, martin fierz wrote: >On December 19, 2003 at 11:02:44, Dana Turnmire wrote: > >>On page 296 footnote 3 the following line is given in Nunn's Chess Openings. >>The recommended move is 13.Ne5! Bb7 14.Nf3 with a complex but roughly balanced >>evaluation. What is wrong with 13.Nxf8? An obvious blunder in NCO or is there >>a deeper line Chessmaster and Genius 7 fails to see? >> >> >>[d] rnb2rk1/p1p2pb1/5nNp/1B4p1/3Pqp2/1QP5/PP4PP/RNB2RK1 w - - >> >> 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O h6 6. d4 d6 7. c3 Nf6 8. e5 >>dxe5 9. Nxe5 O-O 10. Qb3 Qe8 11. Ng6 b5 12. Bxb5 Qe4 * > >without analysing this position with a compute, i think that black has >compensation for the exchange. whether it's enough is another question, but he >certainly has some pressure against the white king. > >cheers > martin Actually, (again without analyzing this position with a computer), it appears to me that after 13. Nxf8 Black has can threaten mate with 13... Bb7! forcing 14. Rf2 as the only move to guard the g2-square. Then Black has at least a draw by 14... Qe1+ 15. Rf1 Qe4 etc. That is why NCO recommends 13. Ne5! Bb7 14. Nf3. The knight avoids taking the rook because it has to get to the f3-square to stop the mate. Now Black has no instant draw by repetition of moves and the game continues with its complexities.
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