zanzibar: <White to move after 16...Ne6>
 click for larger viewr2q1rk1 /1pp3pp/1p2n3/3pPb2/8/P3B3/1P2BPPP/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 17 Engines give White two options here, K-side or Q-side: both 17.g4 and 17.Qb3 are OK, giving White a slight edge. However, just two moves later, engines don't like 19.Qb3. At this point the two leading candidate moves are 19...Bd3 or f3 to neutralize Black's strong bishop. <White to move after 19...Be4>
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r2q1rk1 /1pp3pp/1p2n3/3pP3/4bPP1/P3B3/1P2B2P/R2Q1RK1 w - - 0 19 Allowing 19...Qh4 swings the eval almost a full pawn over to Black. As for the opening, playing 5.d5 puts it a little outside mainstream and does feel classically old, http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... but by the time we reach 7.Be2
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... we are almost thoroughly modern (except for a couple by those Charousek and Schletchter guys). |