In a practice match I played with white...
... up until move 4. Stockfish took on move 5 with cxd. I played 5. e3 instead and didn't think taking black's d-pawn is such an urgency - so to speak. What could be the motivation to take the d-pawn already?
I think the point of taking it is to eventally play Qb3, forking the b7 and d5 pawns after taking care of the d4 pawn and developing a bit.
I think the point of taking it is to eventally play Qb3, forking the b7 and d5 pawns after taking care of the d4 pawn and developing a bit.
I guess, but it's easy to prevent that from happening.
After quick analysis with Leela and stockfish on my phone, they both prefer cxd5.
both cxd5 and e3 are strong logical moves, both are acceptable. No point wasting time which line is better. All chess games leads to either of three outcome game and the choice of both cxd5 or e3 would lead to draw as the position is still equal.( neither of them would change outcome from draw / lose/ win )
For reference of Lco and SF lines.
both cxd5 and e3 are strong logical moves, both are acceptable. No point wasting time which line is better. All chess games leads to either of three outcome game and the choice of both cxd5 or e3 would lead to draw as the position is still equal.( neither of them would change outcome from draw / lose/ win )
Yes I agree. @inkspirit added something crucial: starting off from your engine analysis, the key difference is that with e3 first, black can play Nf6 and on some next move take with the Knight on d5! A nifty little detail.
Thanks to everybody for your contribution again!
After quick analysis with Leela and stockfish on my phone, they both prefer cxd5.
both cxd5 and e3 are strong logical moves, both are acceptable. No point wasting time which line is better. All chess games leads to either of three outcome game and the choice of both cxd5 or e3 would lead to draw as the position is still equal.( neither of them would change outcome from draw / lose/ win )
For reference of Lco and SF lines.
Which mobile app is that?
After quick analysis with Leela and stockfish on my phone, they both prefer cxd5.
both cxd5 and e3 are strong logical moves, both are acceptable. No point wasting time which line is better. All chess games leads to either of three outcome game and the choice of both cxd5 or e3 would lead to draw as the position is still equal.( neither of them would change outcome from draw / lose/ win )
For reference of Lco and SF lines.
Which mobile app is that?
Do you mean Leela?
https://github.com/LeelaChessZero/lc0/wiki/Running-lc0-on-Android-with-a-chess-GUI
Android leela is much weaker (200-300 elo) than droidfish. I just do double check for Stockfish as Stockfish do mistakes in certain openings ( e.g French, Catalan). If you have Nvidia GPU, leela is much stronger than SF in opening preparation.
In a practice match I played with white...
... up until move 4. Stockfish took on move 5 with cxd. I played 5. e3 instead and didn't think taking black's d-pawn is such an urgency - so to speak. What could be the motivation to take the d-pawn already?