Author: John Merlino
Date: 09:52:20 05/17/04
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On May 17, 2004 at 09:40:10, Andrey Popov wrote: >On May 17, 2004 at 04:03:56, Jouni Uski wrote: > >>[D]rnb1kbnr/ppp1pppp/8/3q4/8/2N5/PPPP1PPP/R1BQKBNR b KQkq - >> >>All engines I tested want to play -Qe6+ , which is of course dubious. Is there >>engine to find itself better Qa5 or Qd8 at tournament level? >> >>Jouni >Why 3...Qe6 is dubious? >After 4.Be2 the black queen can go 4...Qg2 >Of course, White has a slight advantage, but after 3...Qa5 or 3...Qe8 White is >better too. >I do not see a variation how White can get a big advantage after 3...Qe6. All I can see is that, in my database where this position is reached over 2000 times, 3...Qe6+ was played only ONCE! I'm too much of a patzer to know WHY, but I would say that is pretty convincing evidence. jm
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