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sssthepro Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 439 Joined: 12/16/06	Re: A pawn sac in Tarrasch Reply #3 - 12/22/06 at 08:53:41	Post Tools	Print Post
	I checked Fritz and it says that after 11.Qe3 g4 12.Ne1 h5 13.f4 it prefers White. If you take the pawn, you will face tremedous pressure down it. If not, White has a space advantage. White can try f5.


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MNb God Member Offline Rudolf Spielmann forever Posts: 10780 Location: Moengo Joined: 01/05/04 Gender:	Re: A pawn sac in Tarrasch Reply #2 - 12/21/06 at 21:46:27	Post Tools	Print Post
	All sources I have consulted distrust this pawn sac. But the main line 7...Qb6 8.o-o cxd4 9.cxd4 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 Qxd4 11.Nf3 Qb6 12.Qa4 Qb4 13.Qc2 looks quite attractive to me - for White. I have defended this once as Black. Though I scraped a draw, it was not a pleasure. So I have decided, that declining with 8...a5 or 7...Be7 8.o-o a5 9.Re1 cxd4 10.cxd4 g5!? will be my choice.

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dom God Member Offline Posts: 908 Location: Toulouse Joined: 01/11/03 Gender:	Re: A pawn sac in Tarrasch Reply #1 - 12/21/06 at 20:04:38	Post Tools	Print Post
	After Be7, maybe Qe2 is a good move... After g5 then dxc5, but in all variations White is a pawn down (typical in Ngf3 line : Korchnoi's gambit). The point is: which line to choose as Black, with a pawn up?

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sssthepro Senior Member Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 439 Joined: 12/16/06	C05: A pawn sac in Tarrasch 12/21/06 at 12:58:52	Post Tools	Print Post
	1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Bd3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3!? I think Black usually plays ...Be7 and ...g5 here, and what should White play after that? And can Black accept the pawn? Is this kind of play by White sound? I saw some top grandmasters play it, but am not sure whether it is sound.
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