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Sicllian Dragon - Yoguslav, some analysis help please.


  • 15 months ago · Quote · #1

    Boring304

    I have analayzed the following position with rybka and stockfish, both of them say 0.00, but something more human friendly might help - what do you think are the plans for each side? is one said playing only on 2 scores? how easy is it to defend as black (even thou it's possible)?

    This variation is from the game Vashier Lagrave - Kasimdzhanov, San Sebastian 2008 where black played 16...e6 and eventualy lost. The commentator of the game said that Bf6 is the best response, chess engines agree with him. There was only one game with the response 16...Bf6 between a 2400 rated player playing white and a 2600 rated player playing black, white won playing a move Stockfish says is an error (17.fxg4), followed by a move Stockfish says is a blunder... so what do you think of the position?
  • 15 months ago · Quote · #2

    lgbarn

    Nd5 is the correct move according to Houdini but more importatantly, it's not about what the engine says, it's about what your opponent can see on the board in front of him. There is nothing wrong with fxg4 because it gives white more options for an attack along the g-file. Black will have a hard time defending fxg4 over the board. 


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