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Subject: Chess theory question about the Caro-Kann

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 19:01:58 07/08/04

From this position:
[D]r2qkbnr/pp1npppb/2p4p/7P/3P4/5NN1/PPP2PP1/R1BQKB1R w KQkq -
All the top competitors (human or machine) tend to chose Bd3.  For example, in
my opening book database, it is the only choice made in all 177 games.

Shredder 7.04 after 8 hours of soul searching on 2.4 GHz AMD 64 bit with 400
megs hash comes up with Bf4 instead of Bd3:

r2qkbnr/pp1npppb/2p4p/7P/3P4/5NN1/PPP2PP1/R1BQKB1R w KQkq - acd 22; acs 28800;
bm Bd3; ce 20; id "Opening:013"; pm Bf4; pv Bf4 Ngf6 Bc4 Nd5 Bxd5 cxd5 O-O Qb6
b3 e6 c4 dxc4 d5 Bc5 dxe6 fxe6 Ne2 Rd8 Bxh6;

My question is this:
Is there some well known theory about why Bd3 is better than Bf4?  I am curious
as to why Bd3 is universally chosen over Bf4 by the strongest engines/humans.

Re: Chess theory question about the Caro-Kann Kunnar Klauks 03:54:19 07/09/04
Re: Chess theory question about the Caro-Kann Russell Reagan 02:37:05 07/09/04
Re: Chess theory question about the Caro-Kann Dana Turnmire 22:03:55 07/08/04
Re: Chess theory question about the Caro-Kann Roger Brown 19:12:36 07/08/04
- Re: Chess theory question about the Caro-Kann Dann Corbit 19:20:37 07/08/04
Re: Chess theory question about the Caro-Kann [27 games with Bf4] Dann Corbit 19:04:13 07/08/04

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