Move 23 discussion: Everyone vs stockfish

[LaurV]

Ha! I let you alone for few days and look what you have done, you voted against me

Now we have the pawns separated, but the worst is that I have to re-analyze...

Edit: where did the 23.Rd4 came into the poll from? That move seems bad, after 23..Ra5 we have nothing to move, if we exchange then our horse is threatened, and we have to move it, SF gets the sente and he can advance its pawn on column e. That is a lose for us.

[MooMoo2]

Originally Posted by LaurV

Edit: where did the 23.Rd4 came into the poll from?

From:

Originally Posted by Brian-E

The alternative 23.Rd4 (not the pointless 23.Rdb1? Nc4) intending to preserve the f4 pawn might be worth considering

[LaurV]

Oh, I didn't see that! (sorry Brian )

(edit: would you believe that I was spending the time from the post above, i.e. 3 hours, mainly looking to that last white move, and it is midnight here, and I have to go to bed? That Nf5 turns out to be quite a good move after all. That's because of the mate threatening, the horse is strategically holding g7, so black can't take a2 pawn, this is very ingenious!)

[gd_barnes]

Originally Posted by LaurV

Oh, I didn't see that! (sorry Brian )

(edit: would you believe that I was spending the time from the post above, i.e. 3 hours, mainly looking to that last white move, and it is midnight here, and I have to go to bed? That Nf5 turns out to be quite a good move after all. That's because of the mate threatening, the horse is strategically holding g7, so black can't take a2 pawn, this is very ingenious!)

The mate threatening is why I thought it was such a powerful drawing move.