Test your IQ(P)

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8/20/2010 – In this typical IQP position White would like to avoid piece exchanges with 17.Ne4 but of course has to reckon with the knight sortie 17...Ncb4. What does this entail in your opinion? A) advantage for Black; B) advantage for White; C) balanced play. The solution is here, but first ponder over it with a larger version of the diagram.

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Test your IQ(P)
In this typical IQP position White would like to avoid piece exchanges with 17.Ne4 but of course has to reckon with the knight sortie 17...Ncb4. What does this entail in your opinion?

A) advantage for Black;
B) advantage for White;
C) balanced play.

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