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Subject: Re: The best response to 1.h3.... according to Shredder8................

Author: Anthony Cozzie

Date: 19:44:16 07/30/04

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On July 30, 2004 at 20:38:37, Jorge Pichard wrote:

>In a previous game Baron140.b2 vs Movei, The Baron played 1.h3...e5 2.a3?...etc
>and it won the game; but 2.a3? was not the best move after 1...e5!
>
>
>[Event "Shootout (Shredder8, 100'/40+50'/20+10'+"]
>[Site "?"]
>[Date "????.??.??"]
>[Round "?"]
>[White "Pichard, Jorge"]
>[Black "Shredder 8"]
>[Result "*"]
>[PlyCount "48"]
>
>1. h3 e5 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3 {[%eval -22,19] [%emt 0:06:35]} 5.
>dxc3 {[%eval -22,19] [%emt 0:00:40]} O-O {[%eval -2,19] [%emt 0:06:26]} 6. Qf3
>{[%eval -2,19] [%emt 0:05:22]} d5 {(d6) [%eval 12,17] [%emt 0:02:24]} 7. exd5 {
>[%eval 9,17] [%emt 0:01:41]} Qxd5 {[%eval 9,18] [%emt 0:02:03]} 8. Qxd5 {
>[%eval 5,18] [%emt 0:04:06]} Nxd5 {[%eval 1,15] [%emt 0:00:09]} 9. Nf3 {
>[%eval -4,18] [%emt 0:02:23]} f6 {[%eval -10,18] [%emt 0:02:26]} 10. Bc4 {
>[%eval -5,18] [%emt 0:02:36]} c6 {[%eval -5,18] [%emt 0:04:52]} 11. O-O {
>(Be3) [%eval 1,18] [%emt 0:02:49]} Bf5 {[%eval -5,18] [%emt 0:02:35]} 12. Rd1 {
>(Bb3) [%eval -2,18] [%emt 0:02:40]} Rd8 {[%eval -6,18] [%emt 0:01:53]} 13. Ne1
>{[%eval 10,18] [%emt 0:02:37]} Na6 {(Be6) [%eval 9,16] [%emt 0:01:43]} 14. Bxa6
>{[%eval 32,17] [%emt 0:02:38]} bxa6 {[%eval 41,19] [%emt 0:03:29]} 15. Kf1 {
>[%eval 41,19] [%emt 0:05:11]} Be6 {[%eval 16,16] [%emt 0:02:31]} 16. Nd3 {
>[%eval 15,16] [%emt 0:02:18]} a5 {[%eval 22,17] [%emt 0:03:10]} 17. Nc5 {
>(c4) [%eval 53,18] [%emt 0:02:14]} Bf5 {[%eval 53,18] [%emt 0:02:27]} 18. Nb7 {
>[%eval 73,19] [%emt 0:02:30]} Rd7 {[%eval 75,19] [%emt 0:02:34]} 19. Nxa5 {
>[%eval 75,19] [%emt 0:01:50]} Rad8 {[%eval 99,19] [%emt 0:05:53]} 20. Kg1 {
>[%eval 103,19] [%emt 0:02:37]} Nb6 {(Ne7) [%eval 100,18] [%emt 0:03:17]} 21.
>Rxd7 {[%eval 100,19] [%emt 0:01:49]} Rxd7 {[%eval 73,19] [%emt 0:02:35]} 22.
>Nxc6 {(Be3) [%eval 70,19] [%emt 0:02:57]} Bxc2 {[%eval 64,19] [%emt 0:02:05]}
>23. Nb4 {(Kh2) [%eval 43,19] [%emt 0:04:34]} Rd1+ {
>(Bb3) [%eval -25,19] [%emt 0:02:38]} 24. Kh2 {[%eval -25,7] [%emt 0:00:00]} Bb3
>{[%eval -48,20] [%emt 0:02:41]} *
>
>Here is the current position of this interesting game under Shredder8 Shootout:
>
>[D]6k1/p5pp/1n3p2/4p3/1N6/PbP4P/1P3PPK/R1Br4 w - - 0 25
>
>There is nothing wrong with 1.h3?! after all :-)
>
>Pichard

To me it looks like white is completely lost: black will play a5, a4, and Nc4,
when there is simply no way for white to unravel his pieces, leaving black with
a solid kingside majority.

Five bucks says black wins this ;)

anthony



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