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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