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Subject: Re: Kasparovs take

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 03:57:30 11/17/03

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On November 17, 2003 at 03:59:57, Gian-Carlo Pascutto wrote:

>On November 16, 2003 at 16:24:30, Dan Andersson wrote:
>
>> As I wrote. There is nothing wrong with blacks position after a6. It is viable.
>>
>>MvH Dan Andersson
>
>1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 a6 Diverging from game one, when the
>more common 5...Nbd7 was played. This sideline of the Slav with 5...a6 was
>criticized by Kasparov after the game. From the continuation here we can see
>why. X3D Fritz is playing from its opening book right into a position it doesn't
>understand at all! When Kasparov said this everyone looked over at poor Alex
>Kure, the man responsible for selecting and "training" X3D Fritz's openings.
>
>--
>GCP

They obviously didn't expect 6.c5. The positon after 5...Nbd7 6.b4 g6 might be
OK for black but it is also a position that clearly favours a human player.
10...e4 was not a mistake. The Position after 10...exd4 is clearly better for
white. Black has no counterplay.

Michael



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