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Subject: Re: Shredder’s opening book in London

Author: Uri Blass

Date: 11:26:15 09/06/00

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On September 06, 2000 at 14:05:24, Stefan Meyer-Kahlen wrote:

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>R5, white against Junior:
>Out of book after 12…Nd7. Again we were criticized for playing harmlessly, but
>in our opinion Shredder is very strong in this type of positions so we also
>played this one on purpose. In this game Shredder didn’t find the right plan
>though, so we got outplayed by Junior.

Is your opinion that Shredder is very strong in this type of positions based on
games against programs?
If this is the case then it seems that Junior did some good moves that are not
typical for computers.

>R6, black against Nimzo:
>Out of book after 19.Rg3. We scored very well with this line in our tests so we
>decided to play it in London. Unfortunately we overlooked 19.Rg3 which seems to
>be very strong, so we came out of book lost.

I do not think that you came out of book lost.
I think that Qxb2 was a mistake and Rxe1+ was better.
I did not see a clear win for white after Rxe1+.

Uri



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