This was from a game i just played against someone. Why does Komodo Dragon 2 play Nxe5? I played dxe5. StockFish 14 recommended this move as well. Most other engines want to play Nxe5. I don't see the advantage of the move over Nxe5.
[d]r1b1kbnr/pp2q1pp/2p2p2/3Pn3/3P1p2/2NB1N2/PPP2PPP/R2QR1K1 w kq - 0 10
Why does Dragon Komodo 2 play this?
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Why does Dragon Komodo 2 play this?
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Re: Why does Dragon Komodo 2 play this?
Well, dxe5 wins the Knight back and... that's it. Very winning position (Stash suggests it's +6), but Nxe5 is an even stronger move, threatening to win the Queen with Nxc6 ! And there's no good way to defend it.reflectionofpower wrote: ↑Sun Jul 04, 2021 7:17 pm This was from a game i just played against someone. Why does Komodo Dragon 2 play Nxe5? I played dxe5. StockFish 14 recommended this move as well. Most other engines want to play Nxe5. I don't see the advantage of the move over Nxe5.
[d]r1b1kbnr/pp2q1pp/2p2p2/3Pn3/3P1p2/2NB1N2/PPP2PPP/R2QR1K1 w kq - 0 10
If you go 10... fxe5, then Rxe5 and your Queen is lost.
If you go 10... Kd8, then Nxc6+ and White wins the Queen again.
If you go 10... Qc7, trying to move the Queen away, then Qh5+ g6 Bxg6+! hxg6 Qxg6+ Kd8 Nf7+, and Qxf7 Qxf7 is forced to avoid getting mated.
Stash actually suggests to take the Knight with the Pawn and accept the queen loss. Still about +10 for White.