I don't see anything special in this position. No threats, no combinations i see. Pretty even position. Maybe a slight advantage for White. Perhaps White can play Qd4 to prevent plack from playing e5 right away. 1.Ne5? fails to 1...Nxe5 2.fxe5 Rxf2 3.Kxf2 Rf8+ 4.Kg1 and Rf1+
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billwall wrote:
I don't see anything special in this position. No threats, no combinations i see. Pretty even position. Maybe a slight advantage for White. Perhaps White can play Qd4 to prevent plack from playing e5 right away. 1.Ne5? fails to 1...Nxe5 2.fxe5 Rxf2 3.Kxf2 Rf8+ 4.Kg1 and Rf1+
You are right there are no sharp continuations. It's more of a positional puzzle. To get to the heart of it requires quite a deep understanding. To say that it's an even position is not thinking carefully enough. However your suggestion of Qd4 is the brilliant solution. After which the move he was pinning his hopes on e5 is permanently taken away from him. If c5 White just drops his Queen back to d2 and now e5 is impossible since Black's d-pawn has lost its extra protection. After Black's main releasing move e5 has been taken away White can play e4 when he has a measure of control on the position. This is how the game continued:
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As usual I want to hear your thoughts and analysis of the position so I won't give you the solution now.