jperry@sri-prism@sri-unix.UUCP (08/24/84)
From: jperry@sri-prism (John Perry) This is a critical position so i thought i'd drum up some support for black's ninth move --- 9...Bg4. It is the ONLY move which adequately deals with the problem of black's queen's knight after 10 d5. If 9...Bg4 and 10 d5 then 10...Nd4. 9...Be7 seems to ignore the issue of the knight and seems to be based on unjustified paranoia. Since white CANNOT force the king file open, developing the bishop to e7 just to be able to castle is "seeing ghosts" where there aren't any. In addition, pinning the knight prevents white from moving it and then moving f4 which COULD pry open the dangerous king's file. Vote for Bg4 --- you won't regret it.
jperry%sri-prism@sri-unix.UUCP (08/24/84)
seems to be the only move which prevents white from getting a clear + over - type of positional advantage. Despite the pessimism of other voters, it seems to me that Black's position is emminently playable. Catch you later... John Perry (jperry@sri-prism)