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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 Rac8 3 Suggested Move Summary 3.1 Qg6 3.2 fxe4 3.3 Nc5

Rac8

must have been a pretty good move...he's sure taking his sweet time responding to it!  : )

• It may be time to "Make our Move" and start the fxe5 chain . . . where it stops, nobody knows! SaintPeter 13:05, 27 July 2006 (PDT)

Suggested Move Summary

Suggested Position Suggested Move: Qg6

Suggested Position Suggested Move: fxe4

Suggested Position Suggested Move: Nc5

Qg6

• Probably worth doing before fxe4, I'd imagine, otherwise we'd be force to move our Queen afterwards. -87⁴ 13:19, 27 July 2006 (PDT)
• This may be worth looking at. We have everything pretty well guarded. I think it's time to develop the queen some, but we do have to be careful. Our queen is what's guarding the d6 knight. Jes ter23
• I like this move, but I'm concrened about tempo. This gives HIM another chance to develop another piece as well. It's a fine line between continuing to develop and starting the chain of moves with fxe4. What can he do at this point that would mess us up for fxe4? Or threaten other backfield pieces? SaintPeter 13:28, 27 July 2006 (PDT)
  • I agree on the tempo thing. I feel we have developed the extreme backfield enough, time to move the troops forward. arc
    • What do you suggest? Jes ter23
  • The way it looks to me, if Ze initiates an attack, he is going to comeout the worst for the wear. This gives us plenty of time to possition our pieces any way that would be benificial to us. Also, there isn't much developing he can do. Most of his pieces are trapped or hindered. Jes ter23

fxe4

• This still leads to us being forced to move our Queen and possibly trade rooks, which I don't think we want. -87⁴ 13:21, 27 July 2006 (PDT)
• Is this the best time to do this move? Or should we wait to develop our backfield even more, a la Qg6 as above? I'd like to see how this will possibly play out as is. SaintPeter 13:29, 27 July 2006 (PDT)
• I still like this move. Qg6 can occur after the pawn exchange on e4. Otis 13:38, 27 July 2006 (PDT)
• The main argument against doing this move LAST move was that we would lose the c4 pawn. With our rook where it is I see that obstacle as being removed. There is an awful lot of discussion from yesterday that I won't repeat, and will instead link to here - arc
• Is any part of this not forced? 21. .. fxe4 22. fxe4 Qg6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8. Do we like the outcome? -87⁴ 13:43, 27 July 2006 (PDT)
• It could be 23. Rxf8 dxf8. But we still end up losing the c4 pawn. Maybe. Otis 13:51, 27 July 2006 (PDT)

Nc5

• Gets another of our pieces pointed at e4; hems Ze in further back in his territory; kind of pins his Queen to a pawn, for what that's worth. -87⁴ 13:15, 27 July 2006 (PDT)\
  • I don't think this is a good move now that we moved Rc8. It makes that move useless. Also, now that he has Rb1 our c7 pawn is overloaded. I think it would be a good idea to keep Nd7 and protect the b6 pawn.Jes ter23
  • 22. Bxc5 bxc5. 23. Rxb7 Nxb7. 24. Bxc4 seems like a dicey potential exchange. MalteseFalcon
    • Agreed. Jes ter23
    • Yep, this doesn't look as good now - based on the line Maltese Falcon describes above. Otis 13:32, 27 July 2006 (PDT)