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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