Not my favorite among my teacher’s works. True, the black counterplay with 3… Qc6! and 7… Bg3+! is attractive and the combination of logical and tactical elements in 4. Qa2+! Rd2 5. Qxd2+ versus 4. Qxd3? is appealing as well. However, the study is simply too noisy for my taste: such a high amount of captures and exchanges needs to be justified by a truly extraordinary idea, not by a combination of decoys and simple double attacks, including forks. Very subjectively, I also find it a minor problem that White is a knight up in the final position, even if it is a dead draw. (2,5 points)
Not my favorite among my teacher’s works. True, the black counterplay with 3… Qc6! and 7… Bg3+! is attractive and the combination of logical and tactical elements in 4. Qa2+! Rd2 5. Qxd2+ versus 4. Qxd3? is appealing as well. However, the study is simply too noisy for my taste: such a high amount of captures and exchanges needs to be justified by a truly extraordinary idea, not by a combination of decoys and simple double attacks, including forks. Very subjectively, I also find it a minor problem that White is a knight up in the final position, even if it is a dead draw. (2,5 points)