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Subject: Re: Hard position: any solutions under 100 hours?

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 05:19:20 11/05/05

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On November 05, 2005 at 08:00:06, Christopher Conkie wrote:

>Let's move it on a bit then and find out if Qxe4+ is so bad.
>
>[Event "Test"]
>[Site "Here"]
>[Date ""]
>[Round ""]
>[White ""]
>[Black ""]
>[Result "*"]
>[ECO "C25"]
>[Opening "Vienna"]
>[Variation "Hammpe-Meitner"]
>[PlyCount "19"]
>
>1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Bc5 3.Na4 Bxf2+ 4.Kxf2 Qh4+ 5.Ke3 Qf4+ 6.Kd3 d5 7.Qe1 Nf6 8.g3
>Qxe4+ 9.Qxe4 Nxe4 10.Ke3
>
>[D]rnb1k2r/ppp2ppp/8/3pp3/N3n3/4K1P1/PPPP3P/R1B2BNR b kq - 1 10
>
>White does not have a pawn centre, Black does.
>
>White cannot castle, Black can.
>
>White's king is exposed, Black's is not.
>
>White has a knight on the edge of the board, Black has one in the centre of the
>board.
>
>White should think about defence, Black is only attacking.
>
>I would say that the attack for Black is still very much on.
>
>Christopher

You forgot a minor detail:

White has a bishop, Black has two pawns.

I would definitely prefer white in this position.

Michael





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