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  1. Newsgroups: rec.games.chess
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!destroyer!wsu-cs!vela!argo.acs.oakland.edu!TEWALD
  3. From: tewald@argo.acs.oakland.edu
  4. Subject: Volga/Benko Gambit help
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan3.022526.13137@vela.acs.oakland.edu>
  6. Sender: news@vela.acs.oakland.edu (USENET News System)
  7. Reply-To: tewald@argo.acs.oakland.edu
  8. Organization: Oakland University, Rochester, MI
  9. Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 02:25:26 GMT
  10. Lines: 11
  11.  
  12. My first submission/question:
  13. I am white in the following:
  14. 1.d2-d4  g8-f6  2. c2-c4  c7-c5  3. d4-d5 b7-b5  4. b2-b3 ...
  15. MCO12 identifies black's 3rd move with the Benko Gambit.  It gives three
  16. possible responses:  4.c4xb5  4. g1-f3  4. a2-a4
  17. I played as I did to support the c-pawn.  Accepting the gambit removes
  18. support from the d-pawn; the other two MCO12 responses give up the c-pawn,
  19. which will then cause the d-pawn to lose support.
  20. Can someone explain the thinking here, please?  
  21. Thanks.
  22. tewald@argo.acs.oakland.edu   CIS:  TEWALD
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