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Justin D posted an update
Any suggestions on what my thought process should have been here to determine that b4 was the best move (or that Nd2 was an inaccuracy). Nd2 seems natural since this started out as a London and d2 is the natural square for that knight in the London. More importantly though I was trying to preserve the pawn structure from Bxf3 and castle soon.
This is the line the computer saw but this is by no means forcing and I don’t feel like its something I would even start to consider to calculate unless I had some reason to consider it.
9. b4 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Nf6 11.c4 d5 12.c5 Nc6 13.a3 d6 14.cxd6
Stuart and Andrew2 Comments-
Think it’s well above my current pay grade 😵💫
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Hi Justin, I play the London some times also and I think I’d have played the Knight move on instinct also. I think its not liking the move as it may be too slow in this position. b4 takes space and starts a pawn charge with your pawn majority on the Queens side which can create real problems for black before they get all their pieces out.
The computer really likes you taking the bishop back with the g pawn initially. I think it’s because it adds another pawn to the centre and the pawn charge but also lets your rook out to take the half open file, putting pressure on the g7 pawn. But if you leave the computer on it for a bit longer it prefers your idea of taking back with the knight.
You are winning either way.
Thanks for sharing and It’ll be interesting to see what others come up with.
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