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| Shaked makes sure that there will be no sacrifice on h6. The queen can be an effective blockader, as here where there are no knight moves which attack her. Shaked does not initiate the bishop exchange, as that would bring White's c2 pawn to the much better square d3, and then White could attack Black's c-pawn frontally. (Have a question? Ask GM Rohde! Not all questions can be answered, but the Grandmaster will pick selected topics to cover live from e-mail received.) |   |
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