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Subject: Re: Shredder’s opening book in London

Author: Stefan Meyer-Kahlen

Date: 11:44:33 09/06/00

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On September 06, 2000 at 14:26:15, Uri Blass wrote:

>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?

Yes, but also based on my "feelings".

>If this is the case then it seems that Junior did some good moves that are not
>typical for computers.

I don't know. Even if Shredder is very strong in this kind of positions it
doesn't mean that he will win all games. Junior played very strong in that game.

>>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+.

I haven't checked it yet.

Stefan



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