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Subject: Re: Diagram

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 15:18:03 08/21/03

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On August 21, 2003 at 11:23:51, Daniel Clausen wrote:

>On August 21, 2003 at 09:49:23, Terry McCracken wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>>a4 is best, and Black pushing his a and b pawns leave a permanent weakness to be
>>exploited.
>
>Wow, I feel proud now. I would play a4 too (even w/o Hiarcs :), even in a blitz
>game and I'm really not good at chess.
>
>However, I have problems with "XYZ is best" statements. It's not that you have a
>proof. Even if all known GMs would play this move, it's possible that another
>move is better.
>
>So if you say "a4 is best". I say "prove it".
>
>Sargon

In a position like this, that would be difficult, and even if I could prove a4
is _the_ best move, it still may not win which I mentioned earlier.

So who'll pay me for all the work to come up with a proof?:o)

Terry



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