FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Chess Beginners · edit-24 days agoIs C4 a good move here? Or does white risk overextending?lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1imageIs C4 a good move here? Or does white risk overextending?lemmy.blahaj.zoneFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Chess Beginners · edit-24 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-24 days agoBut to be fair if it goes c4 qxb4 xd5 and white’s up a knight and just down a pawn plus queen is in danger so they have to move it As far as my beginner eyes see that’s a decent +2 advantage for white Alternatively if they take with knight, than white can threaten the queen and block the queens defens of the knight with c5 Oh but I do see a line where you are correct. If it goes c4 Nxb4 c5 Qe7 h4 Na6 though maybe the Knight ends up blocked in that position and potentially lost. I don’t have the vision too see that far.
minus-squareKaryoplasmalinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 days ago c4 Nxb4 c5 Qe7 h4 Na6 After c5 Qe7 Nxe6 and it’s hard to find a response. Not taking the knight sacrifices the exchange of a rook for a knight and taking the knight runs into an infiltrating rook while also losing the b4 knight. I don’t think Nxb4 is a move honestly.
But to be fair if it goes
c4 qxb4
xd5
and white’s up a knight and just down a pawn plus queen is in danger so they have to move it
As far as my beginner eyes see that’s a decent +2 advantage for white
Alternatively if they take with knight, than white can threaten the queen and block the queens defens of the knight with c5
Oh but I do see a line where you are correct.
If it goes
c4 Nxb4 c5 Qe7 h4 Na6
though maybe the Knight ends up blocked in that position and potentially lost. I don’t have the vision too see that far.
After c5 Qe7
Nxe6 and it’s hard to find a response. Not taking the knight sacrifices the exchange of a rook for a knight and taking the knight runs into an infiltrating rook while also losing the b4 knight. I don’t think Nxb4 is a move honestly.