26 Sep '06 04:26>
Well I was hoping some of the higher rated player would answer but they did not.
I played Nh6 in that position. I figured might as well get ready to castle and then grab the pawn after.
I did look at the line:
Qxb2 Nbd2 Qc3 Bf2 etc...
I also looked at white giving up the rook to trap my queen,
Qxb2 0-0 Qxa1 etc... This is what looked dangerous to me so I thought i would go with the safer route.
I put this position into Fritz 8 before I posted on here. It liked Qxb2 Nbd2 Nh6 etc... I looked at Qxb2 Nbd2 because it was pretty aggressive but then I though white has some neat ideas and when I tried them on the computer they weren't as dangerous as I thought but you could still go astray though.
But as you know computers love grabbing material and sometimes positonal considerations come first. You need a bit of human intervation when choosing the right path.
I played Nh6 in that position. I figured might as well get ready to castle and then grab the pawn after.
I did look at the line:
Qxb2 Nbd2 Qc3 Bf2 etc...
I also looked at white giving up the rook to trap my queen,
Qxb2 0-0 Qxa1 etc... This is what looked dangerous to me so I thought i would go with the safer route.
I put this position into Fritz 8 before I posted on here. It liked Qxb2 Nbd2 Nh6 etc... I looked at Qxb2 Nbd2 because it was pretty aggressive but then I though white has some neat ideas and when I tried them on the computer they weren't as dangerous as I thought but you could still go astray though.
But as you know computers love grabbing material and sometimes positonal considerations come first. You need a bit of human intervation when choosing the right path.