On Apr 19, 10:53 am, help bot <nomorech...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > > > 1. e2-e4{0} e7-e5{2}
> > > > 2. Ng1-f3{0} Nb8-c6{2}
> > > > 3. Bf1-b5{0} a7-a6{2}
> > > > 4. Bb5-a4{0} Ng8-f6{2}
> > > > 5. Ke1-g1{48} Bf8-e7{4}
> > > > 6. d2-d3{20} Ke8-g8{16}
>
> > Although 7. BxN dxB 8. Nxe5 snaffles a pawn it isn't such a massive
> > advantage. However, since it is a purely materialistic gain it is
> > surprising that Getclub did not grab it with both hands.
>
> After thinking about this a little more, I realized
> that the Knight need not be snatched before
> taking the pawn, since it is, after all, pinned to
> the King.
Whoa! Taking it just a tad slower, I now see that
5. Ke1-g1 *is* castling, so the a1-e8 pin is no more.
Believe it or not, my "blindfold analysis" was going
something like this: 1. Nxe5 Qd4! 2. Bxc6+ dxc6
3. Nf3, netting a pawn for White. Of course, not
only is this wrong because Black is in fact castled,
but the Black Queen can't get to d4. That's what
happens when you are on decongestant pills and
can't sleep, so your mind works through all the
im****tant problems you are facing in your life... .
Now that I have the old 'puter freed up, I see that:
at zero seconds, it likes 6. Bxc6!
at one second, ditto
at two minutes, the same
at eleven minutes, it still prefers Bxc6!
Black has nothing for the pawn-- except what I
suppose could euphemistically be termed "open
lines"; the same open lines you get when you
hang a piece which was obstructing your other
pieces... .
If Black has any plans of getting some real
compensation for hanging a center pawn in the
Ruy Lopez, he's better off with the Marshall
Gambit, IMO.
-- help bot
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