26 Apr 09
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Actually the game is Rubenstein vs Marcozy 1920. On the Chessgames site there is an annotated version of this game in which Bogoljubow had this to say: Bogoljubow: "Also good is 23.Nxe5 Nxe5 24.Bxe5 and if 24...Bg4 25.Bd4 with an extra pawn, but Rubinstein prefers to keep the pressure on."
I thought Nxe5 wasn't bad either (which is why I researched a bit more), but I appreciate this thread for the positional thinking. It shows how style plays a role in a game as well.
here's a link to the game for those who gave their educated guess: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1006604
26 Apr 09
Originally posted by NowakowskiBxe5 is my instinct. It aims that Bishop at the enemy K. If the enemy N takes it, the White N retakes, maintaining pressure on the King. If the Black B takes the White one, Rook retaking lifts the room into position to pressure the King.
I thought it might be interesting to view some semi-simple positional puzzles
So in the following position, where would you move?
and [b]why? - White to play
[fen]r3r1k1/qp3ppp/p3b1n1/3Bp3/1bN5/4P1B1/PP3PPP/1QRR2K1 w - - 1 23 [/fen]
For those of you who think this game looks vaguely familiar...
Stop yourself. Don't cheat. 🙂
Boxes are not welcome here, "Why" wins the "prize".... not "What"[/b]