Author: Ricardo Gibert
Date: 19:02:33 08/18/03
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On August 17, 2003 at 15:00:00, Thomas Lagershausen wrote: >[D]2r1k2r/3qbpp1/pnp1p1n1/1p1pPb2/PP1P3p/2N1BN1P/1RPQBPP1/4R1K1 w k - 0 16 > >In this position Brutus played the lemmon 16.a5?? and there is no play on the >queenside.This is very very weak positional play. > >There is absolutly too less chessknowledge in Brutus. > >So, there is no danger for the pc-software. > >I presume in Shredder is much more chessknowledge as in Brutus. > >TL I may be wrong, but I don't think White can reasonably expect to achieve much on the Q-side. I would not fault a player for observing that he has more space on the K-side and therefore decides to secure the Q-side before turning their full attention to the K-side where he an edge. Silman's "pawn pointing" rule in action I suppose. It's true that White could play more flexibly on the Q-side and that leaving the situation fluid there might serve to limit Blacks ability to meet Whites play on the K-side. Indeed this is the type of solution I would probably try to seek, but 16.a5 does not look so terrible to me as to deserve a "??" as far I can tell. The position is not so simple.
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