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Standard memberFat Lady

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Fischer used to play the Ba3 lines quite a lot. I think this is the game I first saw: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044136

I remember the notes to the game showed that White was better after 9. ... cxd4 and the resultant queen swap-off.

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Originally posted by Winston Smith

I think I spotted another missed tactic.At move 25 you can capture the a-pawn
25.Nxa5,Rxa5? 26.Rxa5,Nxa5 27.Rxc7,Bxb5 28.Rc5 and you're up the exchange
25.Nxa5,Nxa5 26.Rxc7,Bxb5 27.Rc5 again wins the exchange
25.Nxa5,Ra7 26.Bxc6,Bxc6 27.Rxc6,Rxa5 28.Rxa5,Rxa5 29.g3(or h3) and you're up a pawn
It's actually the same as monteirof's 25.Bxc6 line.Maybe this is a bit trappier and therefore easier for the opponent to go wrong?[/b]
The diference between the line I covered and the one you did is the endgame it leads to. RxR endgame or NxB endgame, with white up a pawn in both cases. I'd rather this NxB cause black's bishop wouldn't be very good. But I'm not sure if it really is a better choice.

Anyway, with all that pressure on the queenside, white should have captured that pawn.

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Just to say thanks to everyone who has offered their time and experience to give me some advice/analysis.

I'm going to go over some of these variations over the weekend and see what I can learn.

Cheers,

lordgledhill

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