First 2012 Championship upset

adramforall

Only Chess

02 Feb 12

moon1969

Houston, Texas

Joined: 28 Sep 10
Moves: 14347

15 Feb 12

Originally posted by adramforall
Game 9039018

In this position below from the game, as black I like doing 3 . . Qe2 instead of 3 . . g6. Black to move:

sannevssr

Joined: 30 Nov 06
Moves: 12846

15 Feb 12

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Originally posted by moon1969
In this position below from the game, as black I like doing 3 . . Qe2 instead of 3 . . g6. Black to move:

[fen]r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/4p2Q/2B1P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1K1NR b KQkq - 3 3[/fen]

3. ..Qe2 does remove the the mating threat but still has a little disadvantage. It's illegal. 3. ..Qe7 is probably what you meant and is indeed a good move. I remember sasikiran playing it versus Nakamura in a long game

greenpawn34

e4

Joined: 06 May 08
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15 Feb 12

If my mate Moon 1969 says Qe2 is the move. Then Qe2 it is.

moon1969

Houston, Texas

Joined: 28 Sep 10
Moves: 14347

15 Feb 12

Originally posted by sannevssr
3. ..Qe2 does remove the the mating threat but still has a little disadvantage. It's illegal. 3. ..Qe7 is probably what you meant and is indeed a good move. I remember sasikiran playing it versus Nakamura in a long game

True and haha to GP.