Author: Rex
Date: 19:00:42 12/13/03
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On December 13, 2003 at 17:49:22, Anthony Cozzie wrote: >Today Zappa played a very frustrating game against Djinn on ICC. Zappa had a >practically won position out of the opening (the book said +2-0=1, and Zappa was >evaluating +.5). Zappa was more or less increasing its spatial advantage when >we came to this position: > >[D]1r1r4/ppbbkppQ/2p1pq1p/2PnN3/3P4/P6P/1P1B1PP1/1BR1R1K1 w - - 0 27 > >First, Zappa has huge branching problems here because of over extending and >changing its mind a lot. But it seems unable to come up with a winning plan. > >1. Rc4 Rh8 2. Qe4 Rbd8 3. Ng4 Qh4 4. Qf3 Kf8 5. Bg6 > = (1.16) Depth: 9/17 00:00:05.66 1800kN >1. Rc4 Rh8 2. Qe4 Rbd8 3. Ng4 Qh4 4. Qf3 Kf8 5. Bg6 > = (1.16) Depth: 9/21 00:00:15.49 5073kN >1. Rc4 Rh8 2. Qe4 Ke8 3. Ba2 Rd8 4. Ng4 Qg6 5. Qf3 Kf8 > = (1.00) Depth: 10/21 00:00:20.85 6809kN >1. Bd3 a6 2. Re2 Nf4 3. Bxf4 Qxf4 4. Rc4 Qf6 5. Ng4 Qg5 > = (1.12) Depth: 10/23 00:01:18.96 24767kN >1. Bd3 a6 2. Re2 Nf4 3. Bxf4 Qxf4 4. Rc4 Qf6 5. Ng4 Qg5 > = (1.12) Depth: 10/26 00:01:40.72 31829kN >1. Bd3 Rh8 2. Qe4 Rbd8 3. Nc4 Kf8 4. Nd6 Bc8 5. Qe5 Qxe5 6. dxe5 > = (1.04) Depth: 11/24 00:02:27.61 46748kN >1. Rc4 Rh8 2. Qe4 Rbd8 3. Ra4 a6 4. Ng4 Qh4 5. Qf3 Kf8 6. Bg6 > = (1.05) Depth: 11/24 00:02:49.88 53688kN > >When I was watching the game, I thought that White should play Rd1, Bc1, Rd3, >and Rf3/g3. However, when I went back and tried to play as white against Zappa, >I couldn't win. I'm convinced this position is won for white. White has a >massive spatial advantage, black is packed on the first rank and has a terrible >bishop. But I can't seem to win it, and neither can Zappa. > >So, can you? :) > >anthony Try this line: Comes from Rebel 12 with some settings I have found to be very strong. Hope to release more info soon but give this a try. g3 Rh8 Qe4 Ke8 Bd3 Rd8 Qg4 Bc8
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