Author: martin fierz
Date: 15:51:39 03/20/02
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On March 20, 2002 at 18:13:15, K. Burcham wrote: >I was amazed that the GM let an opponent play into this position, >and this was only 10 moves into the game. It seems to me that this Gulko >Grandmaster game loss can be attributed all to the opening. > [D] rn1qk2r/pb2bppp/1p2pn2/4N1N1/3Pp3/8/PPP1BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 b kq - > > >The program trades two knights for a rook and a pawn, and black ends up in this >losing position. > [D] rn1q4/p3bkp1/1p2pn1p/3b4/3Pp3/8/PPP1BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 w - - well, let's just say that diagram 1 -> diagram 2 is not really forced... the position after move 15 by white deserves further analysis: [D] rn1q4/p3bkp1/1p2pn1p/3b4/3PpB2/8/PPP1BPPP/R2Q1RK1 b - - gulko played ...h6 obviously thinking that Nxf7 is not a good move. i don't quite know what went wrong, but it seems to me that after black's Re8 he is going downhill fast - he cannot afford to weaken his kingside further. i'd say boris was caught in a position he could not play in a game in 60. i don't believe this position is specially good for white objectively, but of course it's exactly the type of position you want to avoid as a human. maybe the guys with the machines here could play out this game in autoplay for some engines - that would be interesting! what's also interesting is that we are seeing an extreme white-black difference in the human comp games lately, van wely - rebel, 4-0 for white, gulko vs comp draws with white but loses as black. aloha martin
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