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Subject: Re: Zappa vs Junior analysis

Author: Drexel,Michael

Date: 10:21:23 08/19/05

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On August 19, 2005 at 12:51:33, Uri Blass wrote:

>On August 19, 2005 at 12:37:16, Ingo Althofer wrote:
>
>>On August 19, 2005 at 12:07:22, K. Burcham wrote:
>>>I am waiting for your game analysis for Zappa vs Junior.
>>>I am working on mine, and having trouble concluding anything.
>>
>>I do not have technical analysis, but a story told
>>by Erdogan Guenes on PlayChess.com . Erdogan is responsible
>>for the Zappa opening book in this tournament.
>>
>>The opening is wellknown from the match Kasparov vs
>>Junior (February 2003). The Junior team did not look
>>at these openings after that event, but Erdogan did.
>>He found a severe improvement for White - and surprised
>>Junior with it. So, at least partly this win was based
>>on good book preparation.
>>
>>Ingo Althofer.
>
>I am not sure if this is correct.
>
>I think that zappa got the advantage only after 25...b5 when 25...Rxh3 was
>better but I may be wrong.
>
>Fruit starts to see advantage for white only after 26.d5
>after 25...Rxh3 that was not played the position seems to be slightly better for
>black based on fruit.

Certainly the game was just horribly misplayed by Junior.
Junior plays sometimes World class chess and sometimes almost like a Beginner
(See Junior-Crafty WCCC2005).
It always did...

Michael



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