Author: Eran
Date: 12:00:03 01/31/03
In game 3 of the Event "X3D Man vs. Machine”, 9.Bd2 probably was not the best
move, because it as a bad key move led to the middlegame or endgame where
checkmating black king was almost impossible. Although Kasparov liked to play
opposite castled unbalanced games, planning to attack black king side
aggressively in the very complex Slav Defense was not worth the risk. Therefore,
the move 9.O-O was recommended. It enables white to strategically build a good
king attacking plan in balanced games. I believe if Kasparov had played the move
9.O-O instead yesterday, he might win the game. Please see another very similar
but balanced game in PGN format below as a good example.
[D]r1bqk2r/p2nbppp/1pp2n2/3p4/3P4/2NBPN2/PPQ2PPP/R1B1K2R w KQkq -
[Event "Dov Porath mem"]
[Site "Givatayim"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Rabinovich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1997.03.10"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.07.29"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 ({By Power opening book} 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Bb7 12. Ne5
c5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bc4) 10... Bb7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12.
Rad1 Rc8 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. Qb1 Qc7 15. e4 1/2-1/2
What do you think?
Any reply welcome.
Eran
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