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18. October 2004, 14:32:35

Caissus

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Subject: Re: Confusion over Bird's Board

Modified by Caissus (18. October 2004, 22:32:10)

<1. Cc3 Nc6 2. Cd5?! Ce6 3. Ah3 Cd4 4. Cc3

>So you can see you have an embarrasing form of imbalance in that setup. White should refrain from such Chancellor folly early on, true, and Black can most likely develop normally then repel it as we do 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5? but the fact that an instability of sorts has been introduced to the game should prove to be a deterent to its ultimate acceptability by the masses

I cannot see any imbalance in this setup only because the early attack with the chancellor against the "weak" point c7 is not a good plan (that means perhaps that the unprotected pawn is not so weak as it looks).Btw Black can also and perhaps better play 2..c7-c6 (like Caro Kann) with a safe defense.
I would say better : Black is okay ,no fast refutation is possible and the setup is playable.