#chess #siliconroad #reengineeringtheclassics Next instalment on the Colle-Zukertort through the excellent game Conquest-Royal British Championship 2025 https://matthewsadler.me.uk/attack/a-typical-colle-zukertort-position-part-4/
A typical Colle-Zukertort position – Part 4 » Matthew Sadler

We saw in previous blog entries that Black’s best line on move 20 was to capture the knight on d4 with 20…Bxd4. Line: 20…Bxd4 In fact, an exchange on d4 We also saw in previous blog entries that Black’s best line on move 20 was to capture the knight on d4 with 20…Bxd4. An exchange on d4 could have been played at multiple occasions between move 16 (when White played 16.Nd4) and move 20: at what moments would this have been a good plan for Black?

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