Author: Albert Silver
Date: 06:32:53 10/25/04
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On October 25, 2004 at 09:25:38, J. Noomen wrote:
>On October 25, 2004 at 07:34:47, J. Noomen wrote:
>
>Variation B is probably the best for Black:
>
>B) 18... f5 19.Be2 Na5 20.Qa4 c6 21.c4 Qd8 22.Kxg2 Bg5 and now
>23.Bh5 Rf8 24.Be3 f4 25.Bxf4 Bxf4 26.Nf3.
>
>Programs think White is better here, but this is a wrong
>evaluation. Let's play 26... Rb8! followed by 27... b5 and the
>sidelined knight on a5 gets a very nice square on c4.
>
>All in all I guess it is too risky to play 17 Nd2!? in a WC match,
>but it is interesting to know of the top GM's have spotted and
>analysed it.
>
>Jeroen
If it's analyzed to a satisfactory conclusion, then it is never too risky.
Training methods have changed with the advent of computers, and I don't merely
mean the use of databases. The very top GMs (Kramnik, Anand, etc.) study at
least 8-10 hours a day with engines (plural) running 24 hours to check and
double-check the lines being researched. Even if it is horribly complicated,
they will gladly memorize (and easily do so of course) the entire mammoth
analysis to get that desired advantage.
That makes the opening preparation blunder in game 8 that much more embarassing
of course, since someone simply neglected to run the engine on it. That doesn't
mean they've seen the move from this thread, but does mean they are far from
excluded from seeing a computer suggestion.
Albert
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