Author: Daniel Jackson
Date: 10:53:09 07/23/04
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On July 23, 2004 at 01:26:04, Peter McKenzie wrote: >On July 23, 2004 at 00:23:43, Daniel Jackson wrote: > >>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! > >I dunno, it looks pretty dim to me! Hey! Are you calling me dim?!;-) It's not a simple choice, and if h3 can "hold" then g5 is clearly superior:) Daniel Demoted to Candidate Master;-) >Obviously the g3 square is weak after h4 h3 but there is no way to easily >exploit that and the downside is that black no longer has the g4 break at his >disposal. > >Would you really prefer h4 to g5? If black feels the need he can always play h4 >later, its not like white is able to stop it in any sensible way. > > >cheers, >Peter >(ex) Chess Master > >> >>Daniel >>Chess Master
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