Wednesday, 12 March 2025

Lessons From Prague IX

I STARTED well in my round-nine game, reaching the following position with black.
White has just played 13.Qd1-e2
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Black is slightly better, according to Stockfish17 and Dragon1, but after 13...e5?! it was White who was slightly better thanks to the reply 14.Ng5.
LESSON: every move, with very few exceptions (such as delivering mate, for example), has drawbacks as well as benefits. If I had thought about that when considering my 13th move, it would surely have occurred to me that ...e5 weakens the sensitive f7 square.

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