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Post by Ozymandias on Apr 8, 2022 6:58:52 GMT
I play 5... h6 and let white decide what it wants to do. The Botvinnik variation is dubious.
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Post by matejst on Apr 8, 2022 8:47:17 GMT
How do you treat the Moscow? With g6 or a plan with Nd7, Bd6?
What did you play after e3? a6? Nbd7?
In the nineties, nobody below the level of master knew how to play the Slav, but the kids, today, they know everything. I tested recently the Semi-slav against the Maia engine in Lucas chess in several games, and I felt it was strategically difficult against good play, and tactically -- that it did perhaps not give enough. But still, I guess I will give this opening a chance.
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Post by Ozymandias on Apr 8, 2022 10:44:39 GMT
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Post by matejst on Apr 8, 2022 12:09:33 GMT
A very difficult game. It is a kind of game many anglophone masters call "fun", but I don't see anything "funny" in it. The price of moves is much higher for black than for white. OTB, this would have been nerve wrecking. I hope playing as a centaur is less stressing.
I thought to treat this opening the old fashioned way, not with g6, Bg7, but with 9...Bd6.
Which engine did you use for this game, Ozy?
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Post by Ozymandias on Apr 8, 2022 12:20:56 GMT
Everything available back then, except for the one which, as it turned out, handled the position better: Komodo. That was the one white was using, actually it was an engine player. Not until well after white had its passed supported pawn, did they start evaluating the position as good for white. I remember thinking, "now you tell me?", I didn't like their choice, but I was looking for an edge, I needed a win not to let the leaders escape. They escaped all right.
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Post by matejst on Apr 9, 2022 23:47:14 GMT
What is your experience with Leela? Do you use it with a cpu or a gpu?
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Post by Ozymandias on Apr 10, 2022 6:22:18 GMT
GPU of course, otherwise it crawls.
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Post by matejst on Apr 11, 2022 17:44:15 GMT
What do you play against the French defense? I have a headache with that opening -- I played it with black for years, and I can't decide what to do. I like to play positions of the Winawer, but there seems to be an exponential growth of theory. The Tarrasch -- I don't know. When I play it with blacks, I don't see how to equalize. When I try it with white, I don't see how to get an advantage. (Who I am kidding? I never equalize with black and I never get an advantage with white...) I thought that playing the Tarrasch would be good to improve my technique, but... come on, I am too stupid to improve my technique. When I watch analyses it's all nice and dandy, but when I have to play these same moves somehow they lead nowhere.
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Post by Ozymandias on Apr 11, 2022 18:14:48 GMT
OTB I play the exchange, it gives white no advantage, but denies black its sandbox. With engines, I play the Winawer Variation, advantage lasts longer.
If you don't like it with black, why do you play it?
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Post by matejst on Apr 11, 2022 19:44:17 GMT
I don't like to play it, but I noticed that my opponents liked even less than I do. Joking aside, in general it give me combative, fighting positions that are a mix of tactics and strategy that I play well. I was very honest when I wrote that I do not fare well in technical, quiet positions I like, but had very good results in complicated, unbalanced positions I hate. Let's take the French exchange. I usually spend a lot of thinking just to find a way to make a mess of the position and castle on the opposite side, and when I finally manage to do it, my heart start beating and I feel an irresistible need to light a cigarette, asking myself why I did it to myself. :-)
I told you that my first repertoire with black was Drazen Marovic/Bruno Parma's, from the book "How to play with black". I played the French, the Pirc, the Benoni and the QGD. The only opening I liked was the QGD, but I simply did not have enough patience for the QGD. I was working a lot during the game, but I simply did not know enough. Perhaps, this time, it will be better. New, NN engines can help you play better if you use them cleverly (which does not seem to be my case).
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