David Kane wrote:

To make your case you have to provide evidence
that players of Fischer's calibre would have had
trouble drawing the position.


David Kane is sooooo lost here. In fact, my point was
not that Black cannot hold -- that is a "strawman". Building
men of straw and then knocking them down is generally
a waste of time, unless one gets his jollies in the process
itself (as Mr. Kane apparently does).

Obviously, to anyone who has paid attention that is, my
correction to the Evans quote was simply to point out the
lie where Evans tried very hard to pretend that White had
no advantage whatsoever. Clearly, weak players have trouble
even recognising the significance of such things as gained
tempi, centralisation, and so forth, which is why I focused my
criticisms on GM Evans himself, not his ratpackers. OTOH,
it was Larry Parr (a decent but far from great chess player)
who fumbled by tossing out the phrase "dead drawn",
where a more honest writer would have chosen "drawish"
to fairly describe reality. Yet both of these turkeys have
attempted to dismiss Spassky's earned win via absurdities.




At the very least,
why not give us some of your White wins from the
position vs. strong computers,


No problemo. I simply remove Black's Bishop, and
it is only a matter of technique.

As can be easily seen at GetClub.com, computers
and I are not on good terms. One or the other of us
will invariably "play like a fish", as Fischer described
his own efforts in this game (i.e.: admitting his blunder).


or even against some strong human opposition, say


Humans are few and far between where I play. I downed
two so far, though in the second of these games it looked
a bit drawish before I made inroads much the same way
as Gheorghiu did in his win over Fischer, a tactical blow
deciding the issue.


within 500 rating points of the combatants in the match?


Not even Bobby Pfuscher has a rating within that range,
so what you ask is ridiculous. And be careful when tossing
numbers about -- subtracting 500 from Fischer's rating comes
dangerously close to eliminating GM Evans himself!


Perhaps some stronger players can describe
Black's drawing method in the position, and
whether there are any pitfalls to worry about.


1. tactics first: don't hang any pawns (or the Bishop)

2. don't trade Bishops unless the K&p ending is tenable

3. keep pawns on the color opposite of White's B, if possible

4. keep White's King out -- no pawn infiltration on either wing

5. avoid zugzwang

6. use the threat of 3-fold repetition to gradually make White
give up his ground advantage

7. psychology: make White pay for trying to win this by dragging
it out to 200 moves

8. always seal an unexpected move so you will have the
analytical edge upon the next resumption

9. see (1) above

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