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Subject: Re: Hard test position for chess programs( Steve Ham-Nimzo7.32)

Author: blass uri

Date: 06:42:49 06/17/00

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On June 17, 2000 at 06:20:41, Mike S. wrote:

>On June 16, 2000 at 14:44:39, blass uri wrote:
>
>>[D]2rr4/1b1n1k2/3Bp3/pp4p1/2pPPp2/P4P2/1PB2KP1/R4R2 b - - 0 1
>>The test is to avoid c3 that is not good because of b4.
>
>I understand that 2.b4 devalues black's pawn majority, and (kind of) isolates
>the pawn c3. But, on the other hand, 1...c3 creates a good square for the black
>knight. Maybe an open a-file would be good for black (?). What happens after
>1...c3 2.b4, anything forced? I think this position is too complicated (dynamic)
>for a purely positional test. But I'm not a strong player.
>
>Regards,
>M.Scheidl

You can watch the game at
http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/ham/hamwhite.htm

Nimzo admitted that Steve Ham has more than 1  pawns adavntage some moves after
c3

Uri



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