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22 Jul 11
23 Jul 11
4...Ne5 looks like some kind of trap that even I would shy away from playing.
If White goes combo-hunting trying to punish Black and plays 5.Qh5 which
looks tricky and playable, then 5...Qa5+ 6.Bd2
and 6...Nd3+ wins the Queen.
White missed a chance in the main game here.
White played 7.Nd6+ missing the strong 7.Qd4
Two pieces on unprotected squares should have alerted White.
7...Nc6 fails to 8.Qxg7. So 7...Bxc3+ 8.Qxc3 the Knight hangs Nc7+ is a threat.
Black is going to lose material.
I did not look at the posted game any further than move 7.
The 7.Qd4 idea reminded me of a Black trap which I know a few on here
have fallen into for Black in the Danish.
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24 Jul 11
Originally posted by AThousandYoungYeah. Don't slam your queen all the way up the board and leave it there, believing that it looking threatening is in itself a sufficient threat. From that point onwards, Black kept developing and improving his position, while White just went backwards and relied mainly on the single big piece on d6.
[pgn][Event "Battle of Trenton"]
[Site "http://www.playtheimmortalgame.com"]
[Date "2011.06.28"]
[EndDate "2011.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "AThousandYoung"]
[Black "sagator"]
[WhiteRating "1486"]
[BlackRating "1443"]
[WhiteElo "1486"]
[BlackElo "1443"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "8525365"]
1. e4 c5 2. Ng1f3 Nb8c6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nf3xd4 Nc6e5 ...[text shortened]... 0. Qd6d2 Qd8f6 21. Re5e1 Nf5h4 22. f3 Qf6g6 23. Nc3e4 Nh4xf3 0-1[/pgn]
Richard
