Author: Bertil Eklund
Date: 15:59:36 02/02/01
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On February 02, 2001 at 18:03:37, Jorge Pichard wrote: >This is a quick translation of IM Hannu Wegner: > >According to my opinion the victory of Shredder 5 against Nimzo 8 could have >quite more highly failed. Shredder 5 was already brought to some portions by the >selection of the respective initialization version in difficulties. Like already >in the match against Deep Fritz usually Nebenvarianten of Shredder 5 were >played. Contrary to the match against Deep Fritz in this match not only >Nebenvarianten, separate simply bad initialization selected. > >An example is the 15. Portion. Like already in the 4. Round (there against >junior 6) played very passive 5... Le7 against the lady Indian with 4.a3?!. If >black is to absolutely go a side path, then at least 5... g6 (often applied by >Romanischin) are the correct way. In the portion sequence Shredder 5 landed >immediately in an unpleasantly passive position. > >Nimzo had more in the portions from the play whenever the own center position >could be referred and also fastened. Static farmer structures seem to be >appropriate for Nimzo 8 well. Good examples are here the 1. Portion (Shredder >5 goes with 5... b5?! again times a side path) and the 5. Portion in addition, >the 8. Portion. Above all the 5.Partie pleases me from view of Nimzo 8 well. >Shredder 5 rochiert with its king directly into the danger zone. My judgement >begins Shredder with 12... e5 on Abwege to already go. Black in any case must >try the opponent one as in the portion activity shown to prevent in such >positions. Possibly the black king belongs also on the lady wing. With 15... >0-0 black provided a " eleven-meter " for the opponent, whereby he placed at the >same time a 1,2m to large torwart in the gate. > >To regard somewhat unpleasantly the play way of Nimzo 8 works in the 13. >Portion. In addition, this blockade strategy is " Nimzo typical ". > >Shredder 5 could against it particularly in positions in which flexible farmers >in motion could turn out advantages for itself to register. See for this the >exemplary example in the 2. Portion. In addition, 3., 4. and 17. It shows >portion well that Shredder understands 5 it very well the own farmers in motion >to set. Particularly impressively is above all the 2.Partie, in which Shredder >converts text book-like the own farmer majority at the Konigsfluegel into a >crucial advantage. One notes that with 26.g4 an exchange is prevented by light >figures. In the portion sequence black can be waiting the end with frights >because of the developing lack of space only > >In the 9. Portion sacrifices Nimzo 8 incomprehensible-proves quality in the >final game. Even if black should win the white farmer d6, then white in a tower >final game had hardly a defeat to fear, if it can attack the opposing a-farmer >with its tower of " in the back ". > >In the 11. Portion could attain Nimzo with an unusual material relation (4 >light figures against 2 towers and a hand fully farmers) clear advantage. In >the final game Nimzo commits a crucial error however with 64.Lxb6, after which >Shredder attains a Remisstellung can. With 64... Tb8 an >d 66... Txb6 and following exchange a position develops for farmers, in the >whites with 2 Springer against 2 farmers plays. In the conclusion position it >should be noted that the position Remis is, if the farmer f6 is struck would be >white able the black g-farmer to remove, then could still >win white. Even if Shredder 5 with 66... Txb6! still negative evaluation >displays, then this is however the only emergency route, which is pursued by >Shredder 5 in a practical portion. And whereupon it arrives nevertheless, or >not? I assume that programs without Tablebases do not find this way. > >In the end also few Genialitaet of Shredder. In the 12. Portion is provoked >black to the course 10... Lxc3+. After 11. Sxc3 would hang g3 and after >11.bxc3 would have black for the weakened Koeningstellung a certain compensation >in the bad white farmer position. With not even obvious course the 11. Kf2! >in astonishing simple way large advantage. > >With a better initialization selection Shredder 5 could have obtained a still >better result surely. Shredder 5 showed a substantially abwechlungsreicheres >chess compared with Nimzo 8. > > >Pichard. My german isn't particularly good (and my english) but I have no problem to understand Hannus comments of the match. Better wait for the translation a few days. Bertil
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