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Mar-05-16 | | whiteshark: At least "a playable" position.
With the ♗♗pair white should/must open the position (trade at least 2 more pawn pairs). I'm off now for a while, so enjoy the further game... |
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Mar-05-16 | | luftforlife: <whiteshark>: More good stuff. Thanks again, and see you soon. |
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Mar-05-16
 | | HeMateMe: white needs to get a Rook on c1 and play b3? |
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Mar-05-16 | | luftforlife: White's 16. Be3 was wise, for if White had allowed Black's exchange, . . . Nh5xBf4 followed by g3xNf4, White would have ruined her salient, and then left her lsb at g2 pinned by Black's riposte . . . Qg5. |
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Mar-05-16 | | GiuocoPianoMan: Someone please tell me, why didnt Hou Yifan play last year? |
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Mar-05-16 | | jamesmaskell: Hou Yifan committed already to playing in Hawaii thus didnt play in the KO World Championship. No I'm not joking. |
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Mar-05-16
 | | HeMateMe: should black play Rook-b8, getting another piece in the game and taking possession of white's second rank? |
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Mar-05-16 | | Ulhumbrus: 24...Nb6 prepares ...Ne4. However on 24...Nb6 25 Rb7 can pin the knight. This suggests preparing ...Nb6 by 24...Rf8-b8. |
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Mar-05-16 | | caissafan1963: Closed position with pawns on one side of the board usually favors Knights over Bishops. White appears to be tied down here so I think Black is better and definitely has the initiative. Rfb8 seems natural. |
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Mar-05-16 | | GiuocoPianoMan: And a second question- why is the time control here 90 mins and not 2 hours? |
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Mar-05-16 | | luftforlife: <Ulhumbrus: "24...Nb6 prepares ...Ne4." Can you please elaborate? I would be grateful for your analysis. Thanks. |
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Mar-05-16
 | | HeMateMe: Eval is about even, stock, Houdini, et.al. Black's Knights are tied together, they contribute nothing right now. |
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Mar-05-16 | | luftforlife: <Ulhumbrus>: Black has obviated the relative pin you spotted with 25. . . . Rc2. Your suggestion remains intriguing. How would Black's Nb6 support Black's subsequent Ne4? |
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Mar-05-16 | | Ulhumbrus: < luftforlife: <Ulhumbrus>: Black has obviated the relative pin you spotted with 25. . . . Rc2. Your suggestion remains intriguing. How would Black's Nb6 support Black's subsequent Ne4?> Because it would free the knight on f6 from having to defend the knight on d7 from White's rook on a7 |
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Mar-05-16 | | luftforlife: <Ulhumbrus>: Certainly, Black's . . . Nb6 would equalize pressure on d5, but I'm not sure how Black's Ne4 would play into that. |
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Mar-05-16 | | luftforlife: <Ulhumbrus>: Thanks for the clarification. Now I see your point, and I understand. Thank you. |
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Mar-05-16 | | beenthere240: Ne4 is a good way to lose a pawn. |
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Mar-05-16 | | GiuocoPianoMan: My question about the time control is because it looks like both players will soon be in time trouble. |
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Mar-05-16 | | beenthere240: 20 min for about 10 moves? I don't see it. |
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Mar-05-16 | | devere: Mariya missed her chance to attack with 25.g4, and now absent a blunder winning chances seem minimal. |
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Mar-05-16 | | beenthere240: Sure looks like a draw. |
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Mar-05-16 | | Kwesi: Opposite coloured bishops = DRAUGH |
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Mar-05-16 | | beenthere240: At this point Carlsen would be getting excited. |
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Mar-05-16 | | lost in space: hmmmmm, hm, hm, no immediate counterpunch |
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Mar-05-16 | | whiteshark: Muzy should start betimes to really get into (her) gear |
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