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by Freezes - 2 months ago
Sudbury Canada
Member Since: Aug 2011
Member Points: 37
This line results in a better game for black than the Tartakower defense.
by h777 - 2 years ago
Vancouver Canada
Member Since: Nov 2008
Member Points: 15915

There are other possible continuations but will lead black to a win.

by Jamesof - 2 years ago
Baltimore United States
Member Since: Jul 2008
Member Points: 41

Mark, the idea after 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7cxd5 would be 7..Nxc3 exchanging a pair of minor pieces and taking a lot of the pressure off of black, if I'm not mistaken.  The light squared Bishop gets some freedom, and at worst you end up with play against the isolated queen's pawn with a queenside majority for black.

by markthomas - 2 years ago
Saint Vincent
Member Since: Nov 2009
Member Points: 4

Personally i think this defence can easily lead to a positional disadvantage to black if white plays Bishop takes bishop on E7. To save the castling options queen takes bishop, then white pawn trades will forse the black king to castle king side early and the black queen under attack from NC3->ND5. So black down 1 pawn and a knight in the open giving white the ability to develop a queen attack using the knight check as cover. But thats just a guess..

by Maishall - 2 years ago
Sydney Australia
Member Since: Sep 2009
Member Points: 50

This is a good defense for black because it has a very high draw percentage.

 

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