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Voting CLOSED Until 7pm

Today's Suggested Moves have been posted, and the voting polls will open Wednesday @7PM EDT and close at Thrusday 12AM EDT (Wednesday Night), in order to give time for enough deliberation before the votes are cast. Don't have a username/Id yet? Get one here! and take some credit for your contributions!

Remember to check back even if you've already cast your vote! .. there's still some disagreement between potential moves .. and analysis will most likely continue up until Sunday night when the polls close. It's also not too late to submit a vote for another move that has not been evaluated yet .. (although it looks like we have most of the best move options available, people can always miss things).

Use the following tags to help suggest moves, and remember if you want to throw up an example speculative board in the discussion, please refer to the Edit Guide on how to properly format it.

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Voting Instructions

Cut and paste the following to vote

# '''VOTE''' by ~~~~: add a comment! 

• You may vote for many moves as you like, but only one vote per move.
• When voting closes, the move with the most votes wins.
• If there is a tie, whoever tallies the votes breaks the tie.

Strategy Discussion

Contents 1 Voting CLOSED Until 7pm 1.1 Voting Instructions 2 Strategy Discussion 3 Suggested Move Summary 3.1 cxd6 3.2 Rf2!

Please take the time to familiarize yourself with some common middlegame tactics.

Suggested Move Summary

Suggested Position Suggested Move: cxd6

Suggested Position Suggested Move: Rf2!

Suggested Position Suggested Move: UPDATE THIS

cxd6

• The obvious option. What else is there to say? MalteseFalcon 11:17, 2 August 2006 (PDT)

Rf2!

• Mate threat. g3 forced by white. V 11:21, 2 August 2006 (PDT)
  • Can't white also do an Rg1? What's the response to that one? 64.7.149.152 11:46, 2 August 2006 (PDT)
• Rf2 also sets up the skewer, pinning the bishop, preventing Bxc4. Otis 11:23, 2 August 2006 (PDT)
• And we can still move cxd6 next move if we want to... mick129 11:24, 2 August 2006 (PDT)
• Even better, we can move Bxd5!208.60.177.45 11:27, 2 August 2006 (PDT)
  • Scratch that. Qh6. The game is actually over in three moves. 25. Bxd6 Rf2 26. g3 Qh6 27. ??? Qh2 (and whatever the notation for 'mate' is).bobby_mac^{rap at me} 11:38, 2 August 2006 (PDT)

• Ugh. I didn't consider Bf3. That would stall checkmate...but we'd get his queen.bobby_mac^{rap at me}

• • • That would be ++ This move just made my day. MalteseFalcon 11:39, 2 August 2006 (PDT)
  • Yep, squeeze him. This game is as good as over. Otis 11:28, 2 August 2006 (PDT)
• Please count this as a vote for me when the polls open. And someone set the board up for the rematch... Good night, Ze. Otis 11:29, 2 August 2006 (PDT)
• This is definitely the move to make but it's not a forced mate. But Ze will have to give up heavy material to avoid it. For instance, 25...Rf2 26. Rg1 cxd6 27. Qd1 Nc1. 28. Bxd5 etc. Snark 11:44, 2 August 2006 (PDT)
• Main line: 25. Bxd6 Rf2 26. g3 Qh6 27. h4 Qe3 Mate threat in two. I'm wondering about 28. Rf1 I know we can take back a bishop or trade. Can anyone clear this up? It looks real good either way though. V 11:41, 2 August 2006 (PDT)