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e5 "hangs" but opens up the f8-bishop to take on *b4.
Not seeing your 1st rank but the knight can be kicked and d4 seems guarded like d5.
But E5 will get taken more than likely as soon as I move it, why lose a piece if you don't have to. I get being able to move Bishop is good and queen, but is not protecting pieces and getting 1 but two of there's better long term?
You get to play Bxb4 right after, so you don't lose a piece in the end.
white plays b5 threatening your knight, if you take d4 then white takes with the queen (i assume it's there), so you either have to retreat with the knight (wasting 2 turns) or lose it.
E5 is good because it opens an attack on the b pawn with the black square bishop, and if you do take it you get a free check which only defenses that are kind of awkward/passive. protecting the b pawn is also a little weird, the engine thinks the best move for white is a3, which doesn't do much to take control of the center or develop any pieces. White could take the e pawn but that's just trading pawns and the end result is that black has a developed bishop and a better pawn structure.
this post was submitted on 27 Jan 2026
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