Author: Mike S.
Date: 14:48:31 10/11/02
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On October 11, 2002 at 16:27:55, Mike S. wrote: >(...) >From the impressions I have of various programs, I still believe that Nimzo is >particularly unpleasant for human players of lesser strength, just like it is >now (i.e. N8) without additional anti-human things. That it's not in the very >top among progs anymore, doesn't matter much in that respect. It's not >speculative IMO, but has an extremely sharp style. It's pieces are like the >tooth of a shark. It seems that it's not good in the endgame compared to others >unfortunately, but that doesn't matter much. You won't see any endgame anyway >when playing against Nimzo :o). > >But OTOH if it should be that Nimzo's tactics are no threat for a GM, it may be >one of the easiest opponents for them. [Event "6/98 Mureck, Human vs. IBM/Nimzo98"] [Site "?"] [Date "1998.07.16"] [Round "24"] [White "Allahverdiev, Anar"] [Black "Nimzo 98"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A39"] [WhiteElo "2455"] [BlackElo "?"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd2 Be6 11. b3 d5 12. c5 Ne4 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 Qd4 15. Bb2 Qxc5 16. Qxe4 Bxc3 17. Rac1 Qb4 0-1
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