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Subject: Re: Dutch Open: Gambit Tiger leads

Author: Jorge Pichard

Date: 15:54:45 10/15/00

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On October 15, 2000 at 18:39:36, Jeroen Noomen wrote:

>Hi,
>
>Just returned home from Leiden, where I saw Gambit Tiger doing a great job. The
>games were hard fought, some highlights follow below:
>
>Tiger vs. XiniX
>In this game XiniX surprised with a dubious line, staying 8 games longer in
>book! But the resulting position was bad and Tiger got in command very quickly.
>Its pieces jumped into the Black position, winning heavy material. Good
>positional game.
>
>ANT vs. Tiger
>Some 30 moves not much happened, I was not particulary happy after the opening.
>A solid Alapin against my Sicilian was countered by a solid line of Tiger, but
>ANT chose a line leading to an early queen's exchange. As so often one mistake
>proved enough to get the Tiger going: As soon as ANT allowed the exchange of the
>black knight versus the bishop, it was all over. Good endgame!
>
>Tiger vs. The King
>A dubious opening line by The King gave Tiger the perfect position: No queen's
>on the board (King is especially dangerous with queens ON the board!) and some
>weak black pawns. On top a better bishop and no active Black plan. Tiger slowly
>outplayed The King, that had no chance in this game. An important and impressive
>win by Tiger!
>
>So far nobody has been able to prove even a slight advantage against Gambit
>Tiger, that plays extremely safe and confident. But it is too early to
>celebrate, because Quest remains a dangerous opponent. And Tiger has to play
>Patzer and Kallisto, that can be tough opponents.
>
>See you all next week!
>
>Jeroen

When will the Rebel 11 CD package containing the Excellent Gambit tiger be
offered for sale, before Christmas ?

Pichard.



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