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Subject: Re: Junior 8 opening novelty

Author: Derek Paquette

Date: 10:00:25 12/28/03

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On December 28, 2003 at 12:48:03, Pierre Chevalier wrote:

>Junior 8 after leaving book produces the following novelty from the
>Semi Slav opening: 16 a3.
>Move order: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 e6 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Bd3 d5c4
>7 Bc4 b5 8 Bd3 Bb7 9 O-O a6 10 e4 c5 11 d5 c4 12 Bc2 Qc7 13 d5e6 f7e6
>14 Ng5 Nc5 15 e5 Qe5 16 a3.
>The position had been reached 51 times previously and the normal move is
>16 Re1.  I have noticed Junior often plays a3 and h3 and this seems
>to be a major problem.

It makes perfect sense to me, Junior 8 is one of the most aggressive engines in
the game, so by playing a3, h3,  you are stopping anything from posting on G5 or
B5,  it then allows junior to concentrate on a king side attack.



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