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	Ze	Us	consensus
1	d4	d5	56%
2	c4	e6	66%
3	Nc3	Bb4	48%
4	Nf3	Nf6	82%
5	e3	Ne4	56%
6	Qc2	f5	62%
7	Bd3	O-O	83%
8	O-O	b6	61%
9	a3	Bxc3	57%
10	bxc3	Ba6	65%
11	Ne5	Nd7	37%
12	Nc6	Qf6	89%
13	f3	Nd6	100%
14	e4	dxc4	100%
15	Be2	e5	100%
16	d5	Nb8	55%
17	Nb4	Bb7	93%
18	a4	a5	100%
19	Na2	Nd7	50%
20	Ba3	Rac8	50%
21	Rab1	Qg5	60%
22	Kh1	fxe4	61%
23	fxe4	Qg6	89%
24	Rxf8+	Rxf8	100%
25	Bxd6	Rf2	100%
26	Rg1	cxd6	100%
27	Qd1	Nf6	73%
28	Bf3	Nxe4	93%
29	Nc1	Rd2	53%
30	Bxe4	Rxd1	100%
31	Bxg6	Rxg1+	100%
32	Kxg1	hxg6	100%
33	Resign	---

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Final Tally:

7. Bd3 O-O - 10 Votes

7. Bd3 b6 - 1 Vote

7. Bd3 g5 - 1 Vote

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Strategy Discussion

Contents 1 Voting Closed 2 Strategy Discussion 2.1 Suggested Move Summary 2.2 c5 2.2.1 Voting 2.3 0-0 2.3.1 Voting 2.4 b6 2.4.1 Voting 2.5 c6 2.5.1 Voting 2.6 g5 2.6.1 Voting 2.7 Qd6 2.7.1 Voting 2.8 Nd7

Our Pawn at d5 is still being threatened by the pawn at c4, but it is protected by pawn at e6. The c3 knight no longer threatens d5, as our b4 Bishop has it pinned to his king. We have also advanced our Knight to f3 in preparation to possibly assault Ze's position, and fortified it with our pawns at d5 and f5. Ze has advanced his Bishop to d3, in preparation to castle, and simultaneously threatening our Knight, which is covered by our pawns at f5 and d5.

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• What do we think Ze is doing with the bishop? Is he just moving it so he can castle or does he have SOME SORT OF DEVIOUS SCHEME AFOOT? Discuss. He who says zonk 11:36, 5 July 2006 (PDT)
• I think he's moving it so he can castle, which also unpins his knight. None of the suggested moves so far seem to address that point. What about Nd7 10. O-O Nf6? This provides one more layer of protection on the square e4. Otherwise, he could decimate our pawn structure and take that knight in exchange for a bishop and a knight.

--dmatos

• I agree. And when white does castle, he will be able to do cxd5 w/o black being able to recapture with the queen. This will leave black with a semi-isolated f-pawn, an exposed kingside and underdeveloped pieces. For black to castle on this move seems pretty safe but what's next? Either Bxc3 which gives up the good bishop or c6 which cramps the queenside development. I think these can be done in either before or after castling so perhaps it would be good to discuss them now? IMHO, c6 is the better direction to take because the dark-squared bishop will be very helpful for attacking white's kingside in the future. --Jeff
• If Ze does unpin his knight, what happens if we respond with BxN? He ends up with a half-open row, but it's on our undeveloped side. I suspect that b6 might be our best counter to that now. -- Pseudonym 16:42, 5 July 2006 (PDT)
• If I were him I would move Bd2 unpinning the knight, thus making the position look alot different. It would also allow castleing on either side for him. He could just wait till we get some kind of coherent attack going and then decide which side to castle on. Oh the speculation...SalMancini
• I'm not sure how to add suggested moves so I'm doing it here -- Ba5, Be7 and a6 are all worthy of analysis at this point Kingpatzer 14:53, 5 July 2006 (PDT)

Suggested Move Summary

Suggested Move Pawn advance: 7. Bd3 c5	Suggested Move Castle King-side: 7. Bd3 0-0	Suggested Move Fianchetto? 7. Bd3 b6
Suggested Move Push Pawn? 7. Bd3 c6	Suggested Move Knight defense: 7. Bd3 Nd7	Suggested Move 7. Bd3 g5
Suggested Move