Author: Chessfun
Date: 04:27:19 06/26/01
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On June 26, 2001 at 07:21:30, Martin Schubert wrote: >On June 26, 2001 at 07:17:56, Mark Young wrote: > >>[D]1rb1k1nr/2q1bppp/p1npp3/2p5/1pP1PB2/3P1NPP/PP2NPB1/R2Q1RK1 b >> >>It is clear looking at the game, IM Matsuura was playing to keep the position >>closed against ChessTiger, but ChessTiger refuted this with 17...f5!. Opening >>the position and beating IM Matsuura(2467 Elo). > >He was tryingto play closed. But he didn't do it well. Eduard suggested Ne1 >instead of Bf4 and than f3 or f4. IMO even better is having the knight on e2 >instead of f3, the position is more variable. Seems to me Bf4 was played hoping for e5. Clearly better would have been Ne1 even Nh2 but naturally there are cases when the computer wants to break up the position. For all we know this was the first game this IM ever played against Tiger, and IMO the position after f5 still isn't so bad for a human to have good winning chances. Sarah.
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