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Subject: Re: A boring position

Author: Daniel Jackson

Date: 21:23:43 07/22/04

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On July 22, 2004 at 16:49:02, John Merlino wrote:

>On July 22, 2004 at 03:40:26, Peter McKenzie wrote:
>
>>[D]1k1r3r/ppp1q1p1/4bp2/2p4p/3nPp2/1PNP1P2/P1PQB1PP/R3R2K b - -
>>
>>This position occurred in KnightCap-Warp in the Australasian Champs the other
>>day.  Warp played the rather dim h4, when g5 seems like a much better option.
>>After h4?! h3 black's chances of breaking through on the k-side have vanished.
>>
>>Do any other engines have this problem, or is it just some Warp specific brian
>>damage?
>>
>>cheers,
>>Peter
>
>CM9_SKR on an AMD 2500 says:
>
>Time	Depth	Score	Positions	Moves
>0:00	1/3	-0.87	862		1...g5 2.a3 Rhe8
>0:00	1/4	-0.97	2347		1...g5 2.a4 Rhe8 3.Nb5 Bd7
>0:00	1/5	-0.89	8730		1...g5 2.a4 Bxb3 3.cxb3 Nxb3 4.Qb2
>					Nxa1 5.Rxa1
>0:00	1/5	-0.91	11091		1...Rhe8 2.a4 Qd6 3.a5 g6
>0:00	1/6	-0.96	24470		1...Rhe8 2.a4 g5 3.Nb5 h4 4.Qa5 a6
>0:00	1/6	-1.18	86710		1...h4 2.a3 h3 3.Bf1 hxg2+ 4.Bxg2
>					g6
>0:00	1/7	-1.34	145146		1...h4 2.h3 Qd6 3.a4 g6 4.a5 Rde8
>0:01	1/8	-1.27	265689		1...h4 2.Bf1 h3 3.Ne2 hxg2+ 4.Bxg2
>					g5 5.Nxd4 cxd4 6.c3
>0:02	1/9	-1.36	600556		1...h4 2.Bf1 h3 3.Ne2 hxg2+ 4.Bxg2
>					g5 5.Nxd4 cxd4 6.Qa5 Qh7
>0:05	1/10	-1.36	1229407		1...h4 2.Bf1 h3 3.Ne2 hxg2+ 4.Bxg2
>					g5 5.Nxd4 cxd4 6.Qa5 Qh7
>0:24	1/11	-1.36	5307643		1...h4 2.h3 g5 3.Bf1 Rhe8 4.Na4
>					Bd7 5.c3 Bxa4 6.cxd4 Bd7
>1:05	1/12	-1.36	14485135	1...h4 2.h3 g5 3.Na4 Rhe8 4.Qc3
>					b6 5.Qd2 Qd7 6.Bf1 Bf7 7.Nc3
>3:03	1/13	-1.28	41577080	1...h4 2.h3 Qd6 3.a4 Nc6 4.Bf1
>					Bf7 5.Reb1 Qe5 6.a5 f5 7.Re1 Rh6
>
>jm

There is nothing "dim" about h4 at all, infact it's a very good move!
If White plays h3, Black has weaked his K-Side!

Daniel
Chess Master



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