Author: Heinz van Kempen
Date: 08:59:51 02/07/06
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On February 07, 2006 at 10:44:23, Stephen Whiteman wrote: >Of course everybody has his favorite openings. One idea would be to test the >compensation in gambit openings and the ability of programs to make use of it. > >For example, I'm partial to the Smith-Morra Gambit: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3. > You could start the games from there, or with one or more theoretical >positions. A variation first played by Evans against Smith at the tournament in >San Antonio (Texas) 1972 (the tournament was sponsored by a fast-food company, >so I like to call it the Fried Chicken Variation) is quite testing: > >1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 Nc6 5.Nf3 d6 6.Bc4 a6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Bg5 e6 >9.Qe2 h6 > >I hope you will consider this and/or other gambit openings. And thanks for the >rating work you do. > >Regards, >Steve Whiteman >Atlanta, GA USA Hi Steve, thanks, the Morra is fine. In one of my correspondence games my opponent killed me with that one by sacrificing a knight on d5 with my king still in the center. Since then I have started to decline the gambit letting the game transpose to other opening systems. For the beginning I think we will start with the bsic stuff, so this would be only giving: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3 dxc3. Best Regards Heinz
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