Author: Mike S.
Date: 22:45:03 12/01/00
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On December 01, 2000 at 09:25:14, Steve Schooler wrote: >Assume that F6's mate in 15 at the end of your Hiarcs 7.32 variation is valid. >Then, I suspect that (in the H7.32 variation) 5... b3 is inferior because >a. It narrows Black's "middle of the board" shelter AND >b. It releases the c3 strong-point for the Black Bishop. > >Omitting 5...b3 preserves Black's chances for a "b4-c3" fortress as well as an >e5-f6 fortress; forced draw here therefore seems plausible. Yes, a fortress... Maybe a strong player should try to defend the position after 1.f6 with black against a strong program, to see if Rinck was wrong in this case. I'm afraid if I take the black side and loose, it won't prove much. It's hard to test this with two programs unless one of them understands the fortress idea and doesn't play ...b3 for example. Regards, M.Scheidl
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