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Subject: Re: Rybka 1.0 Underestimated the Yugoslav Attack

Author: Telmo C. Escobar

Date: 12:18:05 02/14/06

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On February 13, 2006 at 18:55:02, Djordje Vidanovic wrote:


>
>this is very personal.  I simply think that the Dragon (including the Yugoslav
>lines :-)) is inferior to the natural 5...a6 (the Najdorf).  Not only
>statistics, but the "gut feeling" if you wish suggest 5...a6.  Don't you agree?
>

 I don't agree. The Najdorf is more fashionable today, but there is no solid
reason to be sure that it will be more fashionable forever.


>Besides, the Dragon is probably too passive for computers playing black and
>being subjected to the white pawn storm (g4, f5 etc) or the open h-file.
>
>Djordje

 Agreed. Today computer are still naive playing Dragon-like positions. Things
could be different ten years hence.


  Telmo



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