Author: martin fierz
Date: 07:32:05 12/09/04
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On December 09, 2004 at 09:52:25, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >On December 09, 2004 at 05:47:23, Vasik Rajlich wrote: > >>On December 08, 2004 at 22:32:52, Will Singleton wrote: >> >>>[d]r3k2r/pppqb1pp/1nn1bp2/4p3/8/2NP1NP1/PP1BPPBP/2RQ1RK1 b kq - >> >>With knight on b6 and bishop on e7 the black king must go kingside. >> >>In case of 0-0-0 white will continue with the automatic Ne4 and then decide with >>pleasure between a2-a4, b2-b4, h2-h4 or Nc5. >> >>Vas > >What is very interesting here is that both you and martin like White (even after >0-0) while Zappa is quite happy with Black (and I _think_ Chessmaster is as >well, although I always get confused with all the signs). > >It is pretty obvious why Zappa likes Black (simple computerish things like good >mobility and better center control) but what does White have? white definitely has some things here: -> one central pawn more -> pressure on the semi-open c-file (d3 is protected by e2, c7 is not protected, if you play c7-c6, white has the simple plan of b4-b5 - creating a weak pawn in some way or other) -> general pressure against the black queenside (Bg2->c6/b7, Ne4-c5->b7, Rxc6 is often a motif if it cripples blacks pawn structure and wins e5 - not in this specific position, but after an active move such as f6-f5). positionally speaking, white is a bit better here; compare this with all open sicilians which typically are either fast wins for white or long wins for black - either white crashes through with his initiative, or he suffers from his positional "error" (3.d4 cd4 is nice in principle for black). cheers martin
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