Author: Marc van Hal
Date: 17:00:16 02/24/02
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On February 24, 2002 at 17:31:35, Francesco Di Tolla wrote: >On February 24, 2002 at 13:11:52, Jorge Pichard wrote: > >>I was experimenting with Chess Tiger 14.0 and forced this opening 1.h3 d5 >>just to see what side has the edge. We all know in theory that 1.h3 is a bad >>opening for white, > >I guess you're assumption is wrong. h3 might not grant white any advantage from >the right to do the first move, but is not really spoiling much. In many lines >for black h6 is a useful move. I you "read" it as a game with black plus h6 I >see no good reason why the opponetn should have any evident advantage. > >regards >Franz most of the time moves like h3 are played in closed games (In wich tempo is not of so much importance) to keep the tention in the centre like in the Ruy Lopez the bad part on such moves is that it can become a target for a start on a kingside attack that is if White castles kingside. And After 1 h3 Black has an open choise to solve it's openings problems quickly And it is for this reason why theoretacly it can't be called a good openings move. Regards Marc
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