BtM 10A: Beat the Kasparov Stratos again

August 1988, Position D

White to play

Kuczynski - Schmidt, Gizycko 1985

Contributions are welcome in the comments box. I’ll reply with what the Masters have to say about their choice to anybody who suggests a move.

Scroll down to see some commentary from me and the Masters’ feedback.

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Earlier in the week we saw the Kasparov Stratos hitting the target in a position that the panelists unanimously chose Rc1 as the best way to continue. Today the machine does considerably less well.

To be fair, the 13 Masters on the panel came up with six different moves between them, so it was obviously a tricky one. I didn’t get top marks either. 6 points for my Bd3 - the same as then IM Nigel Davies.

Just the 2 points if you opted for Stratos’ Qe3. If that was your choice console yourself with the thought that you did at least score more points than future GM David Norwood and IM Andy Martin.

Just before I go I want to mention Jim Plaskett’s comment en passant:-

"1 Bf3. This looks similar to Kaprov - Kasparov game 2 1985 ...."

It's something I’ll come back to next time.

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POINTS

10: a5

7:  Bf3

6:  Bd3

4:  fxe5

2:  Qe3, Ba7

MASTERS

a5: Kosten, Flear, P. Littlewood, Conquest, Levitt, Howell, S. Arkell

Bf3: Plaskett, Botterill

Bd3: Davies

fxe5: K. Arkell

Qe3: Kasparov Stratos

Rad1: Norwood

f5: Martin

SOURCE

1 a5 Kuczynski - Schmidt, Gizycko 1985