Arulmaran,Abishan vs. Andersen,Even Jorstad - Fagernes Chess Open 2025 1-0
In the Fagernes Chess Open 2025 on 2025.04.13, player Abishan employed a strategic move with their queen on e8, playing Qe8. This move puts pressure on White's position, suggesting a potential material advantage for Black. By choosing to develop this piece instead of attacking directly, Abishan likely aims to equalize the game through a potential exchange of pieces.
However, Abishan ignores the more pressing threat posed by White's attack, which may have given them an opportunity to counter-attack and gain an initiative. Instead, Abishan proposes a trade of pieces, potentially aiming to simplify the position and create new threats.
The queen move also reveals that White's attacking force is blocked, but it does not allow Black to capitalize on this by launching a swift counter-attack. Furthermore, by moving the queen, Abishan forces White to respond to the piece movement, gaining some tempo advantage in the process.
Despite this, Abishan misses an opportunity to escape the potential attack and expose their underdefended pieces. Meanwhile, the queen is now somewhat well-defended, although it could be improved with better protection for the supporting pieces.
The queen's move also fails to provide adequate protection for the under-protected piece, leaving it vulnerable to further attacks. Moreover, by not using this opportunity to defend, Abishan misses a chance to protect their own attacking pawn.
Ultimately, the queen's move creates a fork that threatens multiple of White's pieces at once, but Abishan fails to capitalize on this potential advantage and instead chooses to develop the piece for active play.
It appears that the queen move does not allow Black to gain an immediate initiative or create new threats through development.
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[Date "2025.04.13"]