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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 3 Suggested Move Summary 3.1 a5 3.1.1 VOTING 3.2 Qg6 3.3 c5

Suggested Move Summary

Suggested Position Suggested Move: a5

Suggested Move: Qg6 Suggested Move: 18. a4 Qg6

Suggested Position Suggested Move: c5

a5

Chase his knight to a2 Geedubber 11:41, 24 July 2006 (PDT)

• Best move. White's pieces are all goobered up. I think Na2 should be followed by Nd7. Snark 12:00, 24 July 2006 (PDT)
  • either Nd7 or we start the fxe4 exchange. Geedubber 12:03, 24 July 2006 (PDT)
    • I prefer Nd7 so we can retake his Rook with our Rook after fxe4 and subsequent Rook exchange. Snark 12:06, 24 July 2006 (PDT)
• Is this better than c5? Or maybe we should consider (18. a4 a5) (19. Na2 c6)? I don't really like fxe4.--Neal 12:15, 24 July 2006 (PDT)
  • c5 allows En passant. - arc
  • It is better. It forces his Knight back. Jeff 12:20, 24 July 2006 (PDT)
    • I made a c5 board below. discussion about that move should probably happen there. Geedubber 12:22, 24 July 2006 (PDT)

VOTING

1. VOTE by Jeff 12:20, 24 July 2006 (PDT): This was the plan after Bb7. It's still the right plan. See y'all tomorrow.

Qg6

Suggesting it again from last round...

Allows our rook to cover the f rank and improves our position on that side of the board in event of an exchange. It does not make our position bulletproof but it is an improvement on what is currently there and gives us more scope for development. Subtle changes for future benefits. He who says zonk 11:49, 24 July 2006 (PDT)

• I moved the bishiop from a6 to b7. Just so you know. Jes ter23

• Oops, copy-pasted and didnt check it was current. Cheers. He who says zonk 12:00, 24 July 2006 (PDT)

Adding a bit... If he plays 19. f4 xf4 20. Bxf4 then it's messy, could lead to us exchanging a rook for a bishop and making that side of the board shaky for both us and ze. I'd like to see other people's thoughts on this line. Either way I think the queen move is valuable because the f4 weakness is there regardless. He who says zonk 12:07, 24 July 2006 (PDT)

• Thus maybe better this round would be advancing the g7 pawn to g5 to pre-empt f4 He who says zonk 12:07, 24 July 2006 (PDT)
  • This is all too soon. We need the Nd7 move to reconnect our rooks. And f4 is no threat to us. For instance, 18. a4 a5 19. Na2 Nd7 20. f4 fxe4 21. fxe5 Qxe5 and we take the d5 pawn and go up three pawns plus position. Snark 12:12, 24 July 2006 (PDT)

c5

Chase his knight to a2. Geedubber 12:19, 24 July 2006 (PDT)

• En passant. - arc
  • which we could capture with our bishop Geedubber 12:25, 24 July 2006 (PDT)
  • There's nothing inherently wrong with en passant but we're making d5 into a target so why ease up on the pressure by letting him exchange it? After c5 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nd5 we've let White out of his box. Snark 12:28, 24 July 2006 (PDT)