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Subject: Re: Was Junior's loss due to opening book error?!

Author: Omid David

Date: 14:32:25 07/08/02

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On July 08, 2002 at 17:23:14, Uri Blass wrote:

>On July 08, 2002 at 16:59:55, Omid David wrote:
>
>>On July 08, 2002 at 16:53:09, Uri Blass wrote:
>>
>>>On July 08, 2002 at 16:18:31, Omid David wrote:
>>>
>>>>It seems to me that Junior lost the game to Shredder due to an opening book
>>>>error, since I doubt if Junior would wander its king on d2 deliberatly...
>>>
>>>I do not think that Junior lost because of book error.
>>>
>>>I know that Junior evaluates itself as better after the opening and I believe
>>>that Junior has enough compensation in mobility of pieces for the fact that the
>>>king went to d2.
>>>
>>>I believe that Junior lost against shredder because of mistakes many moves after
>>>it left book.
>>>
>>>Uri
>>
>>But what made it prefer d2 to d1?
>
>After Kd1 Bc5 the move Nf2+ is a threat.
>After Kd2 Bc5 Nf2 is not a problem.

After Kd1 Bc5 white can play Rf1 followed by h3


>
>Kf1 is a possible alternative.

Kf1 would block the Rh1 for a long time, moreover it'll risk the king after
black opens the f file with ...f5.


>I do not know what is the best move.
>
>Some analysis of Movei at depth 12(p850,64 Mbytes hash tables):
>
>12 37 98174 145082772 e1f1 f2b6 c3d1 d8d6 b2b4 b6d4 c4c5 d6e7 f3d4 e5d4 c1b2
>e7e5 f1g1
>12 38 126570 187368872 e1d1
>
>still calculates iteration 12
>
>
>
>> and then develop(!) the king to d3?
>
>developing the king to d3 helps to free the bishop at c1.

If it had moved to d1, the bishop wouldn't have been blocked anyway.

>
>Uri



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