Author: Harry Schnapp
Date: 19:54:42 12/22/05
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On December 22, 2005 at 21:11:01, Graham Banks wrote: >Before you look at my brief assesment of each position, please be aware that I'm >not being critical of Harry here. >Every book, professional or amateur, has some dubious lines. > Shredder 9 gives FOR EACH LINE under +-1 !!!. NOT ONE EXAMPLE is proper for imbalance!!!. It's computerchess eng-eng not always Anand vs.Kramnik or Leko vs. Adams. More does not give to commentate it. Harry. > >>>>>[Event "EventX"] >>>>>[Site "SiteX"] >>>>>[Date "2005.10.30"] >>>>>[Round "?"] >>>>>[White "PlayerY"] >>>>>[Black "PlayerX"] >>>>>[Result "*"] >>>>>[ECO "B20"] >>>>>[PlyCount "18"] >>>>>[EventDate "2005.??.??"] >>>>> >>>>>1. e4 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d3 Bg7 4. f4 d6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nge7 8. g4 h5 >>>>>9. gxh5 Rxh5 * > >Definitely dubious. >I've had one game go down this line: Fruit 2.2 v Ktulu 7.5 (1-0) > > >>>>> >>>>>[Event "EventX"] >>>>>[Site "SiteX"] >>>>>[Date "2005.10.27"] >>>>>[Round "?"] >>>>>[White "PlayerX"] >>>>>[Black "PlayerY"] >>>>>[Result "*"] >>>>>[ECO "D30"] >>>>>[PlyCount "17"] >>>>>[EventDate "2005.??.??"] >>>>> >>>>>1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Be7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2 Ne8 >>>>>9. Bd3 * > >Not too bad. I could live with this one. > > >>>>> >>>>>[Event "EventX"] >>>>>[Site "SiteX"] >>>>>[Date "2005.10.30"] >>>>>[Round "?"] >>>>>[White "PlayerX"] >>>>>[Black "PlayerY"] >>>>>[Result "*"] >>>>>[ECO "B20"] >>>>>[PlyCount "16"] >>>>>[EventDate "2005.??.??"] >>>>> >>>>>1. e4 c5 2. c4 d6 3. Ne2 Nc6 4. d4 Bd7 5. Nbc3 g6 6. d5 Ne5 7. Ng3 Bg7 8. Be2 >>>>>h5 * > >Another dubious position. >Two games I've had: >Fruit 2.2 v CM10th Warrior (1-0) >CM10th Warrior v Ktulu 7.5 (draw) > > >>>>> >>>>>[Event "EventX"] >>>>>[Site "SiteX"] >>>>>[Date "2005.10.27"] >>>>>[Round "?"] >>>>>[White "PlayerY"] >>>>>[Black "PlayerX"] >>>>>[Result "*"] >>>>>[ECO "D02"] >>>>>[PlyCount "16"] >>>>>[EventDate "2005.??.??"] >>>>> >>>>>1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O Bd7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bg5 >>>>>Be8 * > >The resulting position is fairly equal, so probably okay. >One game: Ktulu 7.5 v Fruit 2.2 (1-0) > > >>>>> >>>>>[Event "EventX"] >>>>>[Site "SiteX"] >>>>>[Date "2005.10.30"] >>>>>[Round "?"] >>>>>[White "PlayerX"] >>>>>[Black "PlayerY"] >>>>>[Result "*"] >>>>>[ECO "E60"] >>>>>[PlyCount "17"] >>>>>[EventDate "2005.??.??"] >>>>> >>>>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. Qd2 d5 8. Nf3 >>>>>Nc6 9. cxd5 * > >Nothing wrong with the position that arises in my opinion. > > >>>>> >>>>>[Event "EventX"] >>>>>[Site "SiteX"] >>>>>[Date "2005.10.26"] >>>>>[Round "?"] >>>>>[White "PlayerX"] >>>>>[Black "PlayerY"] >>>>>[Result "*"] >>>>>[ECO "A00"] >>>>>[PlyCount "16"] >>>>>[EventDate "2005.??.??"] >>>>> >>>>>1. Nf3 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Be2 d6 8. g4 >>>>>O-O * > >I'm okay with this one too. > > >>>>> >>>>>[Event "EventX"] >>>>>[Site "SiteX"] >>>>>[Date "2005.10.27"] >>>>>[Round "?"] >>>>>[White "PlayerX"] >>>>>[Black "PlayerX"] >>>>>[Result "*"] >>>>>[ECO "D30"] >>>>>[PlyCount "17"] >>>>>[EventDate "2005.??.??"] >>>>> >>>>>1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qc2 Ba5 8. >>>>>Nf3 Ncb4 9. Qb3 * > >Another dubious one. >One game: Shredder 9 v Ktulu 7.5 (1-0) > > >>>>> >>>>>[Event "EventX"] >>>>>[Site "SiteX"] >>>>>[Date "2005.10.30"] >>>>>[Round "?"] >>>>>[White "PlayerY"] >>>>>[Black "PlayerX"] >>>>>[Result "*"] >>>>>[ECO "E01"] >>>>>[PlyCount "18"] >>>>>[EventDate "2005.??.??"] >>>>> >>>>>1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. >>>>>Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O * > > >I'm okay with this position.
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