Author: Michael Neish
Date: 18:09:29 05/21/00
Hi, No they're not playing again (for the moment), although we probably all wish they would. I'd just like to ask something about the game. We all know how decisively Van Wely took Fritz apart in the recent Dutch Championships. There was a lot of talk about computers failing miserably at this sort of position. I may have missed something, but I can't remember reading anything about how Fritz should have defended the position, i.e., what a strong player would have done. If programmers are to eliminate this yawning hole in their evaluations, they need to know what to patch up or rewrite. Unfortunately for us weak players it's not only a programming problem but lack of understanding of the game that lets us down. So if there are any half-way decent players out there who are interested in the game, could you please let us know what a GM (or strong player) would have done in Fritz's place? (I think we need something more detailed than "stop White's Pawn storm".) Game follows below ...... Cheers, Mike. ---------- [Event "Dutch championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2000.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Van Wely"] [Black "Fritz SSS"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A25"] [WhiteElo "2646"] [PlyCount "49"] 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. a4 d6 9. d3 Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Ne2 Qc8 12. h3 b6 13. f4 Be6 14. f5 Bd7 15. g4 Ne8 16. Ng3 Qd8 17. g5 Bc8 18. h4 f6 19. Qh5 Na5 20. Ra3 Qe7 21. Nf1 Nc6 22. Ne3 Qd7 23. g6 h6 24. Ng4 Ra7 25. Rg1 1-0
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