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Subject: Re: Please look at 13 a3.

Author: Sam Lloyd

Date: 17:31:45 04/13/04

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On April 13, 2004 at 18:15:36, Stephen Ham wrote:

>Hi Terry,
>
>I guess you can drop the phony name now, since we know it's you.

 Indeed, I admitted it:) But I held off on the name change as I'm not certain
it will go over well with the CTF Moderators. I'd like to come back with my
name...CCC doesn't mind, but that's another chess game;-)

It's interesting you brought up 13. a3! as it's a very key move early in the
game and it crossed my mind as well. You would have to make sure books were
off, as it's in opening books.

I will test this move latter, but my hardware is S-L-O-W! Still, fast hardware
may not be of much use as it is a positional move of the human kind as you say,
(long range/planning), rather than the computer/program kind.

Move 23. Bf6! although tactical, is also another good test move, so this game is
rich for computer/program testing.

Terry
>
>Anyway, this was indeed a great game and I'm glad that you brought it up.
>Thanks. For me, the key move was 13 a3(!). While such a move has subsequently
>been played by others who've learned from Fischer, spending a tempo to slow
>Black's advances on the Queenside is an original positional motif that's
>probably far beyond any engine's horizon. I think Fischer was the first to play
>a3 in this common position.
>
>While the move isn't a decisive winner in a concrete sense, it gives White a
>large positional advantge. So it might be fun to see is some of the more
>"knowledge" laden engines can find 13 a3. My guess is that the move is both too
>strategic and too human (i.e. long-range planing) for any engine to find.
>
>Stephen
>
>>Fischer played the famous 29. Bg2 annotated with two exclamation marks, but
>>further inspection shows 29. Bg4!! forces mate! After 29. Bg2!? Black failed to
>>play 29...Qf8 and was quickly mated, albeit Black was lost, he could have
>>prolonged the game.
>>
>>
>>[D]2r1q1k1/r4p1p/b3pBp1/n3P1QP/p2p3R/P2p2PB/2P2P2/R5K1 w - - 0 29
>>
>>
>>1.e4 e6 2.d3 d5 3.Nd2 Nf6 4.g3 c5 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Ngf3 Be7 7.0–0 0–0 8.e5 Nd7 9.Re1
>>b5 10.Nf1 b4 11.h4 a5 12.Bf4 a4 13.a3 bxa3 14.bxa3 Na5 15.Ne3 Ba6 16.Bh3 d4
>>17.Nf1 Nb6 18.Ng5 Nd5 19.Bd2 Bxg5 20.Bxg5 Qd7 21.Qh5 Rfc8 22.Nd2 Nc3 23.Bf6 Qe8
>>24.Ne4 g6 25.Qg5 Nxe4 26.Rxe4 c4 27.h5 cxd3 28.Rh4 Ra7 (The game continued
>>29.Bg2!? dxc2?? 30.Qh6 Qf8 31.Qxh7+!! 1-0
>>
>>Test your engines, how many programs find 29. Bg4!!...? 29. Bg4!! is vital as it
>>targets the e6 pawn, Fischer failed to see this. 29. Bg2!? was played in order
>>to deliver mate with the B going to e4.
>>
>>
>>Lloyd



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