Thread: Curtains vs PoG
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Old 10-18-2006, 10:47 AM
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Default Re: Curtains vs PoG

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I looked into:

12 ... Bxg2
13 Kxg2 Bxd4
14 Qxb4

to see if there was a way to remove the knight that's blocking our pawn. Unfortunately it looks like we drop the d-pawn in this line:

14 ... Qb6
15 Qa4+ Nd7
16 Nxd4

or

14 ... Bb6
15 Na4

and we end up down a pawn, or with doubled b-pawns

Is it worth it for us to give up the two bishops so that we can remove our isolated pawn?

12 ... 0-0
13 Nxe4 dxe4

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Probably. He may not exchange, he can play Be3 or Bg5, but then we would respond Bxg2 getting the bishops off the board then.
In all cases, this is an even game whichever he plays, after our O-O.
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