Author: Dux Kazer
Date: 19:01:46 11/17/02
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Hi James... you know, in chess most openings "dobious" lines are refuted not in the early stage of the game but in the end!, don´t get confused : you start moving your queen aggressively (while lacking on development) threating to take a pwan (sorry for my english), your opponent let you take it, and then another one, thats ok, but then you realise your queen is in danger, so you give up 1 pawn then a second one and save your queen, material is even now but position is not, your experienced opponent has a slightly advantage for the ending but guess what?, that´s all what he need!.. sometimes you can´t refute a opening looking specific moves on the board, sometimes you just need to say: what i get form this move?, pawn majority?, REAL chances to attack?, a strong passed pawn?, two bishops in this great open position?, a perfect a unmovable knight in the center?.... if you use the opening as if it is your "main" weapon in a chess game then my friend you will probably beat me but you will never be able to beat a Master and probably after i "learn" you are a "opening" player then maybe i will never lose again from you (?), you must think of opening just like a fase to get the ending, a favourable one of course or at least a superior middle game which will force your opponent to go to a inferior ending... 3.Qa4 is just the third white move!.. "we" probably could write a book about all the variations and ideas in this position, but is this a pratical approach?.. What will happen if a chess program play this position (as white) vs a human?, probably it will eat all the black pieces! and smash the poor guy, this is understandable due to the superior tactics it has and a very important aspect: most the time the human will try to catch the queen and lost (vs the computer) all his pieces in the "road", but what will happen if you put two programs to play it?, if you have chess engines ( i am sure you have) i encourage you to do the experiment and then post the resulst here, this will be good for all, for you to clarify some ideas about this particular line, for chess programmer, for the engines, for all chess player looking for new ideas, and the most important for chess in general. About the move itself (Qa4) the reason i won´t play it (in a tournament) is just because i didn´t see any the advantages i was talking before, i am not a good "opeinig player" (neither midlle or ending) and cause that i have a open mind about new ideas..
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