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Mazetoskylo
Oct 30, 2024
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#21
sansuk έγραψε:

Consider you are not a computer, you have to find the right moves over the board in a limited time.

Ummm, no, you don't have to be a computer to beat the Halloween.

I have already shown a simple line which gives Black a small advantage with no risk, and if one is a perfectionist, there is even a free course at Chessable which analyses 7...c6 at a greater depth than you did.

https://tinyurl.com/25kawaw7

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sansuk
Oct 30, 2024
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Mazetoskylo schreef:
sansuk έγραψε:

Consider you are not a computer, you have to find the right moves over the board in a limited time.

Ummm, no, you don't have to be a computer to beat the Halloween.

I have already shown a simple line which gives Black a small advantage with no risk, and if one is a perfectionist, there is even a free course at Chessable which analyses 7...c6 at a greater depth than you did.

https://tinyurl.com/25kawaw7

Your line 7. .. Bd6 is already mentioned in my booklet at UON40. The position is just equal after 8.fxe5 Bxe5 9.Bd3 d6 10.0-0 0-0 11.h3 Qe7 12.Ne2. So this is no refutation.

In the same booklet I have 6 pages analyses of 7. .. c6 . Sorry if you don't find this enough.

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HyperDestruct0r_III
2 days ago
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#23
Compadre_J wrote:

Your asking the wrong questions.

The real questions you should be asking is who on earth plays 3.Nc3 in such position?

You can just smell the stench from that move all the way back in Wales.

Where are the Bishop moves at baby?

Than by a random miracle Black side player decided to copy with 3..Nf6?

Good Lord!

White Blunders with Nc3 instead of Bishop move.

Black counter Blunders with Nf6 instead of Bishop move.

How do you plan on even reaching Halloween Gambit?

You can ask these questions, but remember that this is only a gambit.

People play weird moves in gambits sometimes, and this is just one case of this.