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Subject: Re: u2600 Club ICC Rating List -- Mar 15

Author: Will Singleton

Date: 10:39:12 03/16/99

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On March 16, 1999 at 02:44:55, Bruce Moreland wrote:

>
>On March 16, 1999 at 01:09:52, Steffen Jakob wrote:
>
>>On March 15, 1999 at 17:40:38, Will Singleton wrote:
>>
>>[...]
>>
>>>u2600 Position of the Week
>>>
>>>The following position is from the game PostModernist - Amateur, played this
>>>week on fics or ICC.  PM makes an interesting move, Bf5, which appears
>>>pretty speculative, but seems to me to be the best move.  No program I have
>>>tested will play it.  Question -- is it the best move, and if so, how did
>>>PM come to play it?
>>>
>>>2r1k2r/1pq3p1/p1n1ppP1/3p3n/3P4/1QNBP2P/PP4Pb/R3BR1K w k -
>>
>>Hossa likes e4 in this position:
>
>Mine also wants to play e4 but Bf5 might be even nastier, it's hard to tell.
>Not a position you want to play with black, regardless.
>
>bruce

I thought Bf5 was the bolder move, really dominates the board and anticipates
recovering the bishop on h2, or better.  My eval after Bf5 exf5 Nxd5 Qd6 Rxf5 is
greater than 2 (after a 9 ply search from that position).  Several moves would
probably win, but I liked the style of Bf5.

Will



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