Author: Charles Milton Ling
Date: 14:51:45 07/15/99
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On July 15, 1999 at 15:42:19, KarinsDad wrote: >On July 14, 1999 at 21:16:21, Charles Milton Ling wrote: > >>The fact that 10. ... Qe6 was warmly recommended by the Russian GM School is >>very comforting. If Miss Pähtz and Hiarcs agree, that is nice, too, but not >>nearly as important. Bear in mind that all the teachers of the GM School >>outrank three of the young experts, and over half of them outrank Bacrot. That >>Kasparov also applauds the move cuts both ways, of course... >>Charley > >When the move was first suggested, I posted a message that I did not understand >why it was so good for black. > >We will have to see, but it seems ludicrous for black to not castle, for white >to have 3 semi-open/open files, for black to have doubled pawns and for anyone >to not expect Kasparov (who does not appear to have any major weaknesses in his >position) to take advantage of black's position. And black did all of this just >to gain a basically even exchange of material and to remove Kasparov's center >pawns as opposed to castling. > >I think the problem is one of short sighted goals vs. long term goals. Hirarcs >is probably only looking 12 or 14 ply deep, but Kasparov is looking at long term >weaknesses. I think black's passed d pawn can be stopped in the long run and >black will have a tough time coming up with a good plan. Has anyone used a >program to look at a PV for the position after 14 ... axb6? > >KarinsDad :) The Russian GMs are thinking about long-term goals, rest assured. The removal of White's centre pawns is something Black can usually only dream about in Maroczy-like formations. The King in the middle is not *automatically* embarrassing, nor are the doubled b-pawns. Dynamic equality - or thereabouts - with Black after 15 moves is not bad at all... "Castle because you must or because you want to, never because you can." (Harry Nelson Pillsbury) Dangerous advice for beginners, but we are all at least pretending to be masters here, and indeed guided by such. Charley
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