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| Posted by stendhar uskidscompute.com 5/11/2006 06:16:19 play online chess |  Subject: Apparent blunder, possible noveltyMessage: Also I feel I should mention that my opponent played 8...Bb7 and is now struggling to stay in the game with a piece for a pawn. |
| Posted by misato uskidscompute.com 5/11/2006 07:25:22 play online chess | Although this game is still running, Message: Playing White I would not play Bxe4 immediately because this black knight is lost anyway: If it stays on e4 White will capture it (later) with the bishop. If it tries to escape Black has given up his control of g5, so that the white knight f3 has a perfect square with a beautiful look to f7. 9. dxe4 should cause much more trouble for Black than your proposed 9. Bxe4 because now there is no way to re-win the white piece with the pawns on the d- and e-file. Black seems to face the choice between pestilence (one piece down) and cholera (f7-problems). |
| Posted by fmgaijin uskidscompute.com 5/11/2006 09:49:24 play online chess | Musato is correct: Message: |
| Posted by fmgaijin uskidscompute.com 5/11/2006 09:54:13 play online chess | "Misato" is more correct than "Musato" Message: |
| Posted by stendhar uskidscompute.com 5/13/2006 03:59:26 play online chess | I agree Message: |
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