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Subject: Re: Chess Tiger vs. The Web ... not easy the position ...

Author: Djordje Vidanovic

Date: 18:05:01 04/02/01

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On April 02, 2001 at 20:13:15, Peter Kappler wrote:

>On April 02, 2001 at 17:52:03, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>
>>On April 02, 2001 at 16:17:16, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>On April 02, 2001 at 16:07:12, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>>
>>>>On April 02, 2001 at 15:50:24, Frank Quisinsky wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Hi there,
>>>>>
>>>>>in the game Chess Tiger vs. The Web ...
>>>>>http://www.rebel.nl/gt2-web.htm
>>>>>
>>>>>the position is not easy for The Web. White have at the moment all important
>>>>>fields and black not a very good plan. So I think an idea is to play h5 later
>>>>>Ng8 - Ne7 to have here more possibiliys on the king side.
>>>>>
>>>>>We will see ... interesting ... !
>>>>>
>>>>>Best
>>>>>Frank
>>>>
>>>>If white can't win with a king-side attack it is going to lose miserably in
>>>>the endgame.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I do not understand the basis for this remark.
>>>
>>>I don't see any long term weakness in white's position. So what?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    Christophe
>>
>>
>>All you have to do is look at the board.  White has weaknesses _everywhere_
>>
>>Every time you push a pawn, you create a weakness...  white has pushed
>>several.  I would suggest asking a good IM/GM as to how this looks.  To me,
>>white had better roll on the kingside before the endgame arrives.  Otherwise
>>black can infiltrate wherever he wants, while white will be tied to defending
>>all the weak squares he has created with those pawn pushes...
>
>
>"All the weak squares"??  Which ones, specifically?
>
>I don't see any problems at all.  Slight edge for white, IMO.
>
>-Peter


I go along with Peter.  As a matter of fact, White's a3 is a very good move,
already played by a super strong GM (cf. Salov - Akopian, 1993) that gives White
a slight advantage.  I do not see any weak white squares;  all that I can see is
White's space advantage.

***  Djordje



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