First entry in training positions database

By Steve | Published: November 25, 2009

BlunderProne described how to create a database of training positions using ChessBase. Here’s my first entry, from Lavoie-Eddins Nov 2009:

r1b1k2r/pp1pppbp/1qn2np1/8/3NPP2/2N1B3/PPPQ2PP/R3KB1R b KQkq - 0 8

Black to move

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2 Comments

  1. caquetio knight
    Posted November 27, 2009 at 5:37 am | Permalink

    1…Nxe4! 2.Nxe4 Bxd4 and black is a pawn up. Standard tactics in the sicilian opening.

  2. Steve
    Posted November 28, 2009 at 1:08 pm | Permalink

    caquetio—Yes. 2 … Nxd4 is a possibility, too. The Black knight won’t be as pinned on d4 as it looks because of … Nc2+.