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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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Strategy Discussion

Contents 1 Voting CLOSED Until 7pm 1.1 Voting Instructions 2 Strategy Discussion 2.1 Are We Sure Ze's Move Was dxe5?? 3 Suggested Move Summary 3.1 Nxe5 3.1.1 Voting 3.2 Qf7 3.3 Qg6

Are We Sure Ze's Move Was dxe5??

• I just watched theshow and there was no apparent move there. I see "fabulosos - pawn to e5" on the blurb for the show but that's not really proper notation. I wouldn't question it but d5 is actually a better move for White than dxe5. Should we perhaps prepare a response to d5 as well in case we are guessing wrong? If so, I vote for 16. d5 Bb7. Jeff 14:42, 19 July 2006 (PDT)
• Yeah, as his stated move was a little ambiguous, perhaps we should offer him a chance to confirm which he meant (d5 or dxe5). He lifts our moves from the wiki, yes? We could just give our response to dxe5 and ask if he really meant d5 (in which case we'll discuss our response to that tomorrow)... nice for him, but we kind of owe him after that move deadline we missed. 87⁴ 14:56, 19 July 2006 (PDT)
  • On the other hand, he didn't just say "e5", he said "pawn to e5". The former is simply invalid in algebraic notation with the board as is, while the latter quite clearly says he wants to move a pawn to e5, i.e. dxe5. 87⁴ (Yes, feeling a tad scyso at the moment...) 15:00, 19 July 2006 (PDT)

Suggested Move Summary

Suggested Position Suggested Move: Nxe5

Suggested Position Suggested Move: Qf7

Suggested Position Suggested Move: Qg6

Nxe5

Eliminates the threat to the queen and threatens his knight. PTWhipplebang 11:47, 19 July 2006 (PDT)

• So simple. No analysis needed. Geedubber 11:52, 19 July 2006 (PDT)
• I don't think we have any other choice. Maybe whoever was using fritz can help us out :P - arc
• I'm a little worried, though. Does Ze see something we don't? PTWhipplebang 12:05, 19 July 2006 (PDT)
• It seems like we must do this to kill the fork on our knight and queen. bobbie_mac^{rap at me}
• Am I correct in assuming this leads to the practically forced line: 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 ? 87⁴ 13:31, 19 July 2006 (PDT)
  • I suppose he could do 17. Nb4 or 17. Nd4. Just moving his knight out of the way... PTWhipplebang 13:34, 19 July 2006 (PDT)
    • I don't like the thought of his night on d4, now that you mention it. More pressure on our f pawn although it is well defended at the moment. But if he does move his night, should we think about taking the d file with A rook? Maybe push the c pawn first? I don't know just yet. I sense the game is gonna start opening up soon. V 14:04, 19 July 2006 (PDT)
    • I think 17. Nd4 Nd3 puts Black in a pretty good position. 17. Nb4 is one of White's better responses, it makes us move the bishop and gives him time to do Nd5 or f4. After 17. Nb4 Bb7 18. f4 Bxe4 things really start to fly but Black still has the upper hand. Jeff 14:19, 19 July 2006 (PDT)
    • If he does 18. Nd5, it looks like our only response is 18. ... Bxd5 19. exd5 and we lose our bishop. PTWhipplebang 14:27, 19 July 2006 (PDT)
      • if 18. Nb4 Bb7 18. Nd5 we might want to consider Qf7 as a possible response it gives him some unpleasant choices, but I think black comes out ok in all of the lines. And some of it looks more interesting than simply trading bishop for knight. Kingpatzer 14:56, 19 July 2006 (PDT)
  • What about 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Qa4 Bb5 19. Qb4 ..., anyways I'd also vote for this move. JackH 00:31, 20 July 2006 (CEST)

Voting

1. VOTE by Otis 13:07, 19 July 2006 (PDT): Voting early - won't be around later.
2. VOTE by Somejeff 13:44, 19 July 2006 (PDT): This moves the game forwards!
3. VOTE by Jeff 14:04, 19 July 2006 (PDT): Yay, another no-brainer. Ze is deliving his own head to us on a silver platter, and that head will be singing songs.
4. VOTE by Lurker. Just makes sense.
5. VOTE by Frogbeater. Are we completely reactive at this point?
6. VOTE by Geedubber 14:46, 19 July 2006 (PDT) : This game plays itself.
7. VOTE by PTWhipplebang 14:50, 19 July 2006 (PDT): I have a feeling things are about to get interesting.
8. VOTE by Kingpatzer 14:57, 19 July 2006 (PDT) : I love games where the obvious move is also the right move :)
9. VOTE by -87⁴ 15:02, 19 July 2006 (PDT): Oui! Oui! OUI!!!
10. VOTE by Wophugus Ze Frank: Losing so we don't have to.

Qf7

Thought there might be value in retreating our queen and letting Ze's pawn have our knight since we'd lose the other knight anyway; had to draw up the board to realise that Nxe5 actually lets us trade knights, instead of simply losing one. 87⁴ 13:36, 19 July 2006 (PDT)

Qg6

Same (flawed, I believe) logic as Qf7, just a different way of retreating the queen. 87⁴ 13:37, 19 July 2006 (PDT)

• Whites knight Ne7 gets our queen, doesn't it? V 13:45, 19 July 2006 (PDT)