Author: Vine Smith
Date: 03:01:11 05/24/01
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On May 24, 2001 at 05:31:59, Dan Andersson wrote: >As seen in my other posting white did not play his best moves either in move 24 >but after 25... Re7 (as I mentione also) the play might continue 26. Bb5 (26. f4 >is quite lively too) Re8 (26... Nf6 passive but might be better) 27. Qh4 f6 >(hard to find anything better, except moving his pieces around) 28. Qf4 (to >block the f5 break, or 28. Kf1 to guard the pieces. And black will have a hard >time surviving, it's a GM Portisch, Korschnoi, Kramnik or Andersson job.) > >Regards Dan Andersson Yes, Black's position is somewhat difficult in any case, but who knows how Quark would have proceeded after 25...Re7? The move 25...Re5 just helped direct Quark's attention to 26.f4, and 26...Rh5 encouraged Quark to press forward with the kingside pawns, maybe the program would have decided this was risky otherwise (I suppose I could test this, but the point is The King certainly couldn't have "known"). Also, I think the 23...Bh4 maneuver you criticized in the other posting could likewise be due to the high tropism, since this move posted the bishop (temporarily) near the White king. The other problem was the book line not matching up with the aggressive approach. The Old Indian is unlikely to produce positions where Black will be attacking in the middlegame. I doubt that the Kostick book that I thought was typically used with the Utzinger settings includes dour positional lines like this. Perhaps The King with normal settings could have handled the opening better, although the Old Indian hardly seems suited to any program's style. Regards, Vine Smith
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